I liked Florence's singing in the 3rd episode but it sounded like she tried to make the theme song sound like some powerful ballad. The lyrics were pretty bad too.
Sam the butcher was played by different actors as well. Allan Melvin played Sam in the series and in The Brady Girls Get Married, and Lewis Arquette played Sam in A Very Brady Christmas.
I think by the last televised episode they added a laugh track, when Marsha (dealing with alcohol addiction) stumbles in the living room I remember a laugh track going berserk!
I like your comment about the footage, but I wish to state that Leah Ayres should not be considered a fake Marcia. She was part of the cast fair and square. These characters all start out as faceless concepts as the creators’ brainchildren. As a voice actor, I may not like other character voices, but they are to be respected because every show that is made is done as a risk. I love the Bradys spin-off, others don’t, so it’s a matter of opinion. Your opinion on Leah Ayers’ Marcia is as valuable as others’; please don’t feel I’m discounting that.
When I first saw this video, I was under the impression that it lasted 3 seasons, as there were 3 intros, & I didn't bother to read the drop box. So for 6 episodes, they had 3 different intros. Pretty interesting. Never knew this was on.
The oringinal Marsha was not avabile for it. Now she was in Brady Brides series & Brady Girls wedding. They had a different Jan for the Variety show they did.
At one point or another one of the sisters were replaced. Marcia was replaced for "The Brady's", Jan was replaced for the "Brady Variety Hour", and Cindy was replaced for "A Very Brady Christmas". The boys were on for the entire run of the franchise.
@@lavalampluva55401 Eventually Barry Williams and Christopher Knight got recast during The Brady Kids. So Mike Lookinland is surprisingly the only one who never got recast.
@@GCBlues45 She really wasn't doing anything else, but probably wanted to distance herself from the whole "Brady" thing. But she eventually came around, for future show, because she needed the paycheck,
Remember when this came out in the 90’s. It was an attempt at updating the show as an adult drama. As a kid I found it to be kinda weird and lacking the charm of the original series. And of course the lack of the best Brady was a deal breaker... Maureen was sorely missed!!!
❤ Retro TV series greetings from coastal Mississippi. I have watched every version since 1969.....I even got to tour the actual Brady house after its transformation ❤
That last theme was off the chain horrendous. I wonder if since Florence Henderson recorded it for the syndicated eps (how does a 6-ep series warrant syndication, anyway?), maybe she just went over the top and was all, "F this sh!t." She's actually a good singer, but those lyrics didn't give her much to work with.
Brian Tucker it doesn't but since it's more or less a continuation rather then a spin off it's packaged with the original Brady bunch. That includes the Brady brides... too.
the Brady Bunch got popular again in the late 90s because of the films and the reruns airing on Nick at Nite. I remember Fox Family showing this series, the Christmas TV movie, Brady Brides, and the Brady 500. Nickelodeon aired the Brady Kids cartoon one summer in the afternoon also.
Holy crap! 😲 I see the old Fox Family logo. I haven't seen that since I was 8 back in 1999. Later they would become ABC Family & now FreeForm. 😞🙄 My God, time flies.
I was 4 when The Family Channel became Fox Family. It was my introduction to Mr. Bean, Mr. Bill, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Pee-Wee Herman, among others.
I'm glad they made this show before Robert Reed's death. probably the fans would like to see the Brady kids as adults struggling with parenthood and Carol and Mike as grandparents. I'm disappointed that the show was short-lived but it was worth watching!
+Ryan Healey I just found out that Maureen McCormick was pregnant at that time so she was unavailable. It's terrible that something happened to her at the wrong time. Who knows? She might not have regret about not participating in this show.
I like the 3rd opening the best because a theme song is always what makes The Brady Bunch like for The original show,Also used in The Brady Girls get Married then a new one for The Brady Brides and the Brady Bunch Variety Hour aka The Brady Bunch Hour had no words either but still had a little pep up to it The Bradys opening three from the Fox Family Channel of which Florence sings the opening theme of which is so touching.
Love this show! The only disappointment I had was Wally being too serious. I liked him better in the Brady Brides. Also I had a problem with fake Marcia. Her acting was good. Just not the same without Maureen McCormick
An unproduced script had Mike Brady die in a helicopter accident when he went to check out a progress at a fire break and the chopper hit a downdraft due to a wind shear caused by a flame. The script also called for Carol to sing at the funeral. In addition, Jan would have finally gotten pregnant, Gary would have proposed to Cindy and Peter would have taken over Mike's position as city councilman and the Mobile Trauma Unit that he helped build would have been named after Mike
@@htruman and that script probably would have called for "dad to save baby boy and his wife" because Bobby while he doesn't go looking for trouble...he's got the same magnetic attraction to it as Daphne Blake does...why is it always the nicest kids that are danger prone? It would also be a huge return for all the times Bobby previously wound up saving everyone's rears by being the one who even when trouble occurred stayed the most out of it.
I never knew any of these other Brady shows existed outside the original series. I guess I grew up and I was too busy adulting to follow the exploits of one of my favorite kiddie shows.
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"The Bradys" (1990), the final TV incarnation in "The Brady Bunch" with the original cast minus Maureen McCormick, who was replaced by Leah Ayres. RIP, Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis.
YES IT DID! If you watched a lot of TV in 1990 the last thing you would remember is an unremarkable show that ran for six episodes. Chances are you saw it in the TV guide, didn't think it sounded good and watched something else and never thought of it.
Daniel Garcia Sherwood Swartz milked the Brady's for all they were worth. After the original show came the God awful Brady Bunch Variety Hour (with fake Jan). Then there was the Brady Girls Get Married movie (reuniting the full cast). Then came the Brady Brides tv show staring Marcia and Jan with Carol appearing occasionally. (Eve Plumb said she only did this and the future in incarnations because they threw an obscene amount of money at her). After that was the Very Brady Christmas (with fake Cindy as an adult, but had flashbacks with the original Cindy as a child). Then came this atrocity. The Brady's 1 hour drama. Only Marcia had the sense to keep away from this train wreck. But again, throw enough money at an actor and it's hard to say know even if the material is awful.
@@slapshot68 actually he was the last kid to overall get married as far as we know. Peter had a fiancè in the previous special who dumps him in this series....because Valerie was more married to her job than anything else. Greg was also already married in the previous special. In all fairness though...Bobby is the only boy's wedding we ever get to see...because it's the most special of the boys' weddings...since "baby boy gets hitched" is the official moment that the baby boy is no longer "the baby of the family"
Wow! I have no memory of the version with Florence Henderson singing the lyrics to the theme song. Of course I was 8 when this series came out so that might be why. I had watched the original series on TBS & A Very Brady Christmas by the time this came out so I knew all the characters (including the spouses of the grown up kids) and even at 8, I got that the vibe was very different. I remember being very thrown that not only was Maureen McCormick gone, but they had even gotten another little girl to play young Marcia in the credits. I always wondered who that little girl was and if she ever did anything else.
I remember this show despite its short run on CBS. And to think just five years later Sherwood Schwartz would make a mockery out of the Bradys with that movie starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole.
Sherwood actually fought the studio every step of the way to try and make the Brady Bunch movie more faithful to the original series. They were going to have Alice sleeping around with a bunch of guys and make Marcia a lesbian among other changes.
Yeah, Maureen McCormick wasn't in this because she was battling a drug addiction. Eve Plumb wasn't in the variety hour show because at the time, she no longer wanted to be associated with the Bradys. And Susan Olsen wasn't in "A Very Brady Christmas," because she was away on her honeymoon when they were filming it. They all had replacements. In fact, after Season 5, Schwartz was thinking of replacing Robert Reed as Mike for a possible 6th season as he and Robert didn't get along well but Season 6 didn't happen because the contract was up and the kids weren't adorable anymore, plus most of them didn't really seem like kids anymore.
Heavens to Murgatroid ! THREE themes for a series that only lasted six episodes ?? That's mind blowing ! THANKS for sharing all three with us ! CHEERS !! :-)
When I look at the mustachioed Greg Brady, I feel all he needs now are shades, and he'll look like Jeff Lynne (of the Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO).
The first version was the best, during the last one I laughed so hard Mug Root Beer went up my nose! Those lyrics were kinda special, if you know what I mean. Also, yes the new Marcia sucked, but did anyone notice Jan? Eve Plumb went and got pretty hot while our backs were turned! Just sayin'
I agree. I think if Maureen McCormick had done the show and they'd dropped the over-the-top soap elements that got resolved way too quickly (Marcia recognizing she's an alcoholic), the show could have been a hit that attracted better writers. Been loving the HGTV "A Very Brady Restoration" extras here on RUclips. The "kids" were unanimous in their agreement that they wouldn't want to make another show playing their characters -- in part, I'm sure, because Florence, Robert, and Ann have passed on. I believe they said a reboot upholding the spirit of the original show would be the way to continue the Brady legacy.
The child actress, whose image is replacing a 12yo Maureen McCormick, looks the same age, maybe even younger, than Eve Plumb was at the time, 10, the 1st season pilot & intro were filmed, Fall 1968.
@@matthartleyjr9180 | "I am sure the picture is of Leah when she was younger..." If you watched the intro from the very beginning showing the grid with the Brady Bunch when they were all younger, all those headshots were not still-shots. The child actress portraying the young Marcia/Leah Ayres was smiling and moving. And if you're thinking that was CGI, keep in mind that technology was still a few years away.
@@OikPoinFive its a scene from Simpsons where Smithers is phoning Burns when on holiday and Burns says to bring back lots of photos but of course Smithers Cant
@@brotherofjunk Not to mention that had it continued, Robert Reed was going to leave The Bradys anyway as he was disgusted with the show (and clashing with Sherwood Schwartz). So an episode was scripted (not produced due to the cancellation) where Mike Brady dies in a plane/helicopter crash and Carol replaces him as councilwoman.
man for someone who hated being in the original show. Robert Reed appeared in everything they did over the years. the variety hour , Brady Girls get married , Brady Brides series , A Very Brady christmas and the Brady's.
They deserved credit for bringing together everybody, including Robert Reed (who always hated the show), Ann B Davis, and the actors who played Marcia and Jan's husbands from the Brady Brides series. Shame Maureen McCormick didn't come back, though. Actually, I liked the series. It worked pretty well, all things considered, and it probably could have stood to continue another year or so. And as to the lyrics, heh, they weren't bad. Fortunately, Florence Henderson had the talent to make it work. At least, they didn't have the kids sing them.
This has Fake Marica. The variety show had Fake Jan. The Christmas special had fake Cindy. Only the Brady Brides pilot had all the original actresses in any Bradys reunion show.
I remember seeing these episodes matched up into movies on the Family Channel years back around the holidays. I always thought it was just made for TV specials as the Bradys had so much success in syndication that people wanted to see them in endless specials. I was watching TGIF at the time when this show aired. If Sherwood was serious about this show having a chance, it would have fared better on ABC at 10pm on TGIF and move 20/20 to another night. At least a full season or two would have worked before the plug was pulled. With this being Reed's last major appearance before his death, I can see the series using his death as a finale.
@@GSU2004 The Bradys aired on CBS , who put it on at 8pm to lead into Dallas and Falcon Crest. By this point, Dallas and Falcon Crest had slipped from the glory days - Dallas mainly since Patrick Duffy came out of the shower. (FC would end later in 1990). That timeslot put the Bradys against Family Matters and Full House on ABC, which were popular at the time.
The original show would have lasted a couple more seasons IMHO if the writers had allowed the characters to mature more, particularly Cindy. The fact that they had her doing that "Shirley Temple" routine toward the end of the fifth season when Susan Olsen was 12 years old, speaks for itself.
***** "The Bradys" was a last second idea pitched by CBS. What happened was after "A Very Brady Christmas", Sherwood and Lloyd Schwartz decided to released made for TV "Brady" movies every six months. CBS was desperate for a hit and convinced them to make a new series, in spite of their reservations (they thought a new series would hurt the franchise). The reason why Maureen McCormick is not in these is because with a young daughter, she did not want to commit to a series. If you notice, the first two episodes are written as if they are one movie as are the next two episodes.
Robert Reed was more comfortable with this as it was a more serious show and he of course was a serious actor, he STRONGLY preferred drama over comedy. In the original series he was miserable playing Mike Brady but brilliantly masked it in the episodes. I know he also reprised the role because he welcomed the opportunity reunite and work with the cast again.
Actually he wasn't. He openly feuded with Sherwood Schwartz over the scripts and direction of "The Bradys" as he did with the original show and spinoffs. In fact, Sherwood Schwartz was planning on killing off Mike Brady in a helicopter accident had "The Bradys" not been cancelled and come back from hiatus.
I had no idea of its existence. This has more bubble-gum than any candy shop in the world. I actually got a headache and feel embarrassed for them. It is so cheesy. Of course every Brady can do the 1% things that just aren't seen every day unless you're a Brady. Bobby's a race car driver and a champion but Greg the doctor that totally flew me through a loop. I loved it! First year of the 1990s there's a lot of 1980s in the background. So long ago hard to believe
I actually like the third theme song best. The lyrics really tie it all together, the Brady Bunch theme is as much an icon “character” as the family or the house. Though this series was short lived I actually really enjoyed seeing the Brady’s grown and taking on the World. Sure it was cheesy and the topics should have been drawn out longer than an hour-wrapped up, but it had potential. In someways, I think this show was ahead of its time and had it started within the last few years it would have caught on longer than 6 episodes. We are all looking for nostalgia and comfort, what’s more comfort than seeing the Brady’s “America’s Family” grown? Besides the original series, The Brady’s is my favorite connection.
OK! Some stations that show reruns of this use a fake opening (which is really an unused opening) using how the Bradys appeared in the 1990's instead of how they appeared in the past. It came in two versions. It was done to hide the fake young Marcia. Other stations use a really fake intro with a bit of the grid from the end of the standard intro and use clips from the show & A Very Brady Christmas full screen. It came in one version only. It also was done to hide the fake young Marcia as well.
Eve plumb wasnt interested in the variety show because she felt she couldnt sing. Susan olsen was on her honeymoon during the brady christmas special. Moreen mccormick had just had her child when this was filmed and wanted to be home.
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That season 3 theme song is pure, unintentional, comedy gold.
It didn’t have three seasons. They went through three opening themes in the span of six episodes.
Sung by Florence Henderson herself.
It's as pathetic as the show.
@Will N Yeah, I think you answered the wrong comment.
@@kenlompart9905,the show was good. The problem it was going thru had rough gping cause it was up against other shows.
Why does Barry Williams look like he’s gonna sell me used cars
Reminds me of that episode where Greg bought that messed up car from his friend for 100 dollars
@@haythamkenway2812 I watched that episode today!
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I liked Florence's singing in the 3rd episode but it sounded like she tried to make the theme song sound like some powerful ballad. The lyrics were pretty bad too.
lol
I think she sang beautifully, like Barbra Streisand 😊
I had a feeling that was her voice.😅
R I p to Robert Reed & Ann B Davis & Florence Henderson shall be missed
Rest in Peace, Florence Henderson.
AMEN
RIP Florence,Robert, and Ann
The version of her singing had me in tears. Because she, Robert, and Davis are gone.
I’m Sorry For Your Loss
"Clowns never laughed before, beanstalks never grew" - Johnny friggin' Bravo
From the “Brady Variety Show” to the TV movies and then to “The Brady’s”, each of the daughters had been played by different actresses.
Sam the butcher was played by different actors as well. Allan Melvin played Sam in the series and in The Brady Girls Get Married, and Lewis Arquette played Sam in A Very Brady Christmas.
I think by the last televised episode they added a laugh track, when Marsha (dealing with alcohol addiction) stumbles in the living room I remember a laugh track going berserk!
Really? That's horrible.
*Marcia
I think they did that because of Marcia's real actress, Maureen McCormick, who did battle a drug and alcohol addiction
That wasn't the last episode, but one of the episodes.
@@phillies4100_mainsite Had nothing to do with her.
I love how the casting of fake Marcia meant they had to film a fake young Marcia for the opening titles 😂
Leah ayers filled in for Maureen McCormick since she couldn't do this series since she had an infant daughter
@@maikeliRAIWALUI fake orgasm
She also looks younger than Cindy for some reason lol
So, even little Marcia in "The Bradys" went through DSS (Darrin Stephens Syndrome) 😁
I like your comment about the footage, but I wish to state that Leah Ayres should not be considered a fake Marcia. She was part of the cast fair and square. These characters all start out as faceless concepts as the creators’ brainchildren. As a voice actor, I may not like other character voices, but they are to be respected because every show that is made is done as a risk. I love the Bradys spin-off, others don’t, so it’s a matter of opinion. Your opinion on Leah Ayers’ Marcia is as valuable as others’; please don’t feel I’m discounting that.
When I first saw this video, I was under the impression that it lasted 3 seasons, as there were 3 intros, & I didn't bother to read the drop box. So for 6 episodes, they had 3 different intros. Pretty interesting. Never knew this was on.
The opening graphics are like a power point presentation. Oy Vey!!
I just can't get over the replacement they used for Marcia
The oringinal Marsha was not avabile for it. Now she was in Brady Brides series & Brady Girls wedding. They had a different Jan for the Variety show they did.
At one point or another one of the sisters were replaced. Marcia was replaced for "The Brady's", Jan was replaced for the "Brady Variety Hour", and Cindy was replaced for "A Very Brady Christmas". The boys were on for the entire run of the franchise.
Maureen was high as a kite on cocaine for a while, not sure if it was during the time of this show though...
@@lavalampluva55401 Eventually Barry Williams and Christopher Knight got recast during The Brady Kids. So Mike Lookinland is surprisingly the only one who never got recast.
@@GCBlues45 She really wasn't doing anything else, but probably wanted to distance herself from the whole "Brady" thing. But she eventually came around, for future show, because she needed the paycheck,
Remember when this came out in the 90’s. It was an attempt at updating the show as an adult drama. As a kid I found it to be kinda weird and lacking the charm of the original series. And of course the lack of the best Brady was a deal breaker... Maureen was sorely missed!!!
Barry Williams aka Greg Brady looking like Mr. Pringles with that Mustache 😂😂😂😂
❤ Retro TV series greetings from coastal Mississippi. I have watched every version since 1969.....I even got to tour the actual Brady house after its transformation ❤
"That's how our Brady Bunch became The Bradys" has got to be the corniest line ever written for a theme song!
Snoopy's Biggest Fan The lyrics are worse than her vocals.
The words to the song were awful. Was always meant to be instrumental
Terrible song
Lyrics were pain to my ears
1990 was a good time for t.v., back in the days.
That last theme was off the chain horrendous. I wonder if since Florence Henderson recorded it for the syndicated eps (how does a 6-ep series warrant syndication, anyway?), maybe she just went over the top and was all, "F this sh!t." She's actually a good singer, but those lyrics didn't give her much to work with.
Brian Tucker it doesn't but since it's more or less a continuation rather then a spin off it's packaged with the original Brady bunch. That includes the Brady brides... too.
the Brady Bunch got popular again in the late 90s because of the films and the reruns airing on Nick at Nite. I remember Fox Family showing this series, the Christmas TV movie, Brady Brides, and the Brady 500. Nickelodeon aired the Brady Kids cartoon one summer in the afternoon also.
"off the chain horrendous" is putting it suavely.
They play it on a loop in Hell, for the child-molesters and priests (whoops - same thing!).
Jon Dunmore you right. Orange man bad, religion bad. Burn everybody except Weinstein. He’s our hero!
It was probably a way to get her extra money without having to increase her salary, as she would be paid a royalty every time it was played.
Holy crap! 😲 I see the old Fox Family logo. I haven't seen that since I was 8 back in 1999. Later they would become ABC Family & now FreeForm. 😞🙄 My God, time flies.
So funny because I worked at Fox Family Channel in 1999
I was 4 when The Family Channel became Fox Family. It was my introduction to Mr. Bean, Mr. Bill, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Pee-Wee Herman, among others.
Wasn't it soapnet at one point as well or am I getting that confused with something else
Also I noticed how not only the theme tunes changed up but so did Eve Plumb's and Mike Lookinland's shots in the first and second-third versions.
Bobby got in a car wreck in episode 1 and got paralyzed.
Jan adopts that little girl in episode 2.
I'm glad they made this show before Robert Reed's death. probably the fans would like to see the Brady kids as adults struggling with parenthood and Carol and Mike as grandparents. I'm disappointed that the show was short-lived but it was worth watching!
+Ryan Healey I just found out that Maureen McCormick was pregnant at that time so she was unavailable. It's terrible that something happened to her at the wrong time. Who knows? She might not have regret about not participating in this show.
lurch321 it had to be the script and money. Depending on how far along she was, a pregnancy could have been written in.
OliAliNes3723 Glad I am not the only Brady fan who enjoyed this series!
@ I guess when something is this bad, getting more money is like a salve to help soothe the pain.
Do not recall this when it was on; .what I love about you tube
I like the 3rd opening the best because a theme song is always what makes The Brady Bunch like for The original show,Also used in The Brady Girls get Married then a new one for The Brady Brides and the Brady Bunch Variety Hour aka The Brady Bunch Hour had no words either but still had a little pep up to it The Bradys opening three from the Fox Family Channel of which Florence sings the opening theme of which is so touching.
I never knew this show existed I only knew about the original Brady bunch
@@LittleBunny143 I never heard of that show ether but I looked it up... thank you
The theme with lyrics gives me douche chills.
Love this show! The only disappointment I had was Wally being too serious. I liked him better in the Brady Brides. Also I had a problem with fake Marcia. Her acting was good. Just not the same without Maureen McCormick
An unproduced script had Mike Brady die in a helicopter accident when he went to check out a progress at a fire break and the chopper hit a downdraft due to a wind shear caused by a flame. The script also called for Carol to sing at the funeral. In addition, Jan would have finally gotten pregnant, Gary would have proposed to Cindy and Peter would have taken over Mike's position as city councilman and the Mobile Trauma Unit that he helped build would have been named after Mike
Same
@@htruman lol @ the mobile mike trauma unit. name....
@@htruman and that script probably would have called for "dad to save baby boy and his wife" because Bobby while he doesn't go looking for trouble...he's got the same magnetic attraction to it as Daphne Blake does...why is it always the nicest kids that are danger prone? It would also be a huge return for all the times Bobby previously wound up saving everyone's rears by being the one who even when trouble occurred stayed the most out of it.
That first one with the saxophone reminded me of the theme from Knots Landing. 😁
Oh...I miss Knots Landing on Thursday nights😞
The Bradys aired on CBS, which ironically aired Knots Landing.
Knots Landing by this point was about to go through behind the scenes drama.
You know watching this intro though makes me think of my own youth like how were kids one minute the next were grown
I never knew any of these other Brady shows existed outside the original series. I guess I grew up and I was too busy adulting to follow the exploits of one of my favorite kiddie shows.
New for 2010: The Walking Bradys. The Brady clan struggle to survive the zombie apocalypse.
Haha yes or the Brady's become zombies and call themselves the Zombie Bunch.
This should have been called "Too Many Bradys."
It takes a lot to make a stew…
"That's the way" us Sunshine Day fans reconnect with our lesson-learning family, no matter what changes might have came up in their still laugh-filled journeys. Stay safe everyone!
"The Bradys" (1990), the final TV incarnation in "The Brady Bunch" with the original cast minus Maureen McCormick, who was replaced by Leah Ayres. RIP, Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis.
Spoke too soon:A Very Brady Renovation
what a skidmark in Brady history
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How come nobody ever talks about "Fake Marcia"?
I am sure many did then & now
Joe Libby why does it always have to be about Marcia, Marcia, Marcia?
@@AlisoViejoMan It's always the way, isn't it?
Because there was no equivalency on "The Simpsons" for starters.
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Jan and Phillip's adopted daughter Patty was so adorable.
*****
That was an adorable little toddler.
ivegotalongdong
Oh,relax. Don't call yourself a pervert.
+ivegotalongdong That was a joke!
really weird how on a whim i went searching for the brady bunch only to learn florence henderson just died. rip :(
I never heard of this show at all...and I watched a lot of tv back in 1990....
it didn't exist.. Mandela Effect
YES IT DID! If you watched a lot of TV in 1990 the last thing you would remember is an unremarkable show that ran for six episodes. Chances are you saw it in the TV guide, didn't think it sounded good and watched something else and never thought of it.
Daniel Garcia Sherwood Swartz milked the Brady's for all they were worth. After the original show came the God awful Brady Bunch Variety Hour (with fake Jan). Then there was the Brady Girls Get Married movie (reuniting the full cast). Then came the Brady Brides tv show staring Marcia and Jan with Carol appearing occasionally. (Eve Plumb said she only did this and the future in incarnations because they threw an obscene amount of money at her). After that was the Very Brady Christmas (with fake Cindy as an adult, but had flashbacks with the original Cindy as a child). Then came this atrocity. The Brady's 1 hour drama. Only Marcia had the sense to keep away from this train wreck. But again, throw enough money at an actor and it's hard to say know even if the material is awful.
No, you just didn't watch. That's why it got cancelled after like 6 episodes..
SHUT WITH THE R.I.P
An utterly depressing show that nearly killed Bobby.
Bobby was the useless Brady
Remember that episode where Bobby broke his ankle from a tree house.
@@e.tezani3877 he got a GF before the other Bradys in this series
@@slapshot68 actually he was the last kid to overall get married as far as we know. Peter had a fiancè in the previous special who dumps him in this series....because Valerie was more married to her job than anything else. Greg was also already married in the previous special.
In all fairness though...Bobby is the only boy's wedding we ever get to see...because it's the most special of the boys' weddings...since "baby boy gets hitched" is the official moment that the baby boy is no longer "the baby of the family"
That’s how the Brady bunch became.... the bradys?
You can't be a bunch forever. You eventually ripen and fall off the vine.
They split up
Wow! I have no memory of the version with Florence Henderson singing the lyrics to the theme song. Of course I was 8 when this series came out so that might be why. I had watched the original series on TBS & A Very Brady Christmas by the time this came out so I knew all the characters (including the spouses of the grown up kids) and even at 8, I got that the vibe was very different. I remember being very thrown that not only was Maureen McCormick gone, but they had even gotten another little girl to play young Marcia in the credits. I always wondered who that little girl was and if she ever did anything else.
May you rest in peace!Robert Reed
I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was the best!
I believe he only had a few yrs left to live wen this was aired
That’s correct. He passed away in 1992, two years after this show was cancelled.
@hasselbeck
I remember this show despite its short run on CBS. And to think just five years later Sherwood Schwartz would make a mockery out of the Bradys with that movie starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole.
Didn't the movie make The Brady Bunch more popular with a new audience?
As brilliant as he was, I don't think Sherwood Schwartz could make an intelligent show. However, he knew who his fans were and what they wanted.
Sherwood actually fought the studio every step of the way to try and make the Brady Bunch movie more faithful to the original series. They were going to have Alice sleeping around with a bunch of guys and make Marcia a lesbian among other changes.
Without Maureen McCormick - no way.
all 3 girls didnt do a BRADY over the last 40 years.
Ken M Indeed. The only time all nine of the original cast members were involved in a Brady reunion was "The Brady Girls Get Married" in 1981.
+James Trout And the episode of "Day After Day"
+T James Ugliest Marcia ever!
Yeah, Maureen McCormick wasn't in this because she was battling a drug addiction. Eve Plumb wasn't in the variety hour show because at the time, she no longer wanted to be associated with the Bradys. And Susan Olsen wasn't in "A Very Brady Christmas," because she was away on her honeymoon when they were filming it. They all had replacements.
In fact, after Season 5, Schwartz was thinking of replacing Robert Reed as Mike for a possible 6th season as he and Robert didn't get along well but Season 6 didn't happen because the contract was up and the kids weren't adorable anymore, plus most of them didn't really seem like kids anymore.
Heavens to Murgatroid ! THREE themes for a series that only lasted six episodes ?? That's mind blowing ! THANKS for sharing all three with us ! CHEERS !! :-)
Rip To, Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B Davis & Sherwood Schwartz, We Still Miss You All, Always
When I look at the mustachioed Greg Brady, I feel all he needs now are shades, and he'll look like Jeff Lynne (of the Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO).
His mustache has a 70's gay porn vibe to it.
+ClassicTVMan1981X He's finally come into his Johnny Bravo persona!
PrimeTimeSuds I take it his porn name would be Johnny bravo.
That's right - a porn name to go with that pornstache.
@@ErisRising Tagline: The clowns still haven't laughed, but his beanstalk is GROWING.
The first version was the best, during the last one I laughed so hard Mug Root Beer went up my nose! Those lyrics were kinda special, if you know what I mean. Also, yes the new Marcia sucked, but did anyone notice Jan? Eve Plumb went and got pretty hot while our backs were turned! Just sayin'
I think this show kind of cemented why the Brady Bunch movie had to do what it did. The Bradys are nothing if they're not stuck in the 1970s.
Exactly. They will forever be viewed as a product of their time. The Brady Bunch and The 70s are synonymous.
RIP Robert Reed, Florence Henderson and Ann B. Davis.
I knew the show wouldn't last when they didn't have Maureen McCormick playing Marcia!
I agree. I think if Maureen McCormick had done the show and they'd dropped the over-the-top soap elements that got resolved way too quickly (Marcia recognizing she's an alcoholic), the show could have been a hit that attracted better writers.
Been loving the HGTV "A Very Brady Restoration" extras here on RUclips. The "kids" were unanimous in their agreement that they wouldn't want to make another show playing their characters -- in part, I'm sure, because Florence, Robert, and Ann have passed on. I believe they said a reboot upholding the spirit of the original show would be the way to continue the Brady legacy.
The child actress, whose image is replacing a 12yo Maureen McCormick, looks the same age, maybe even younger, than Eve Plumb was at the time, 10, the 1st season pilot & intro were filmed, Fall 1968.
Yeah - totally f'ed up.
I am sure the picture is of Leah when she was younger
@@matthartleyjr9180 | "I am sure the picture is of Leah when she was younger..." If you watched the intro from the very beginning showing the grid with the Brady Bunch when they were all younger, all those headshots were not still-shots. The child actress portraying the young Marcia/Leah Ayres was smiling and moving. And if you're thinking that was CGI, keep in mind that technology was still a few years away.
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth yeah good points all around
@@MoniqueFromPlymouth
Wow that's crazy I don't remember that version of the Brady Bunch.
Was it any good?
Finally a recent comment lol.
The Third Version with Florence singing had me tear up. Mostly because She, Robert & Davis are gone.
I wonder what they’re doing rn in heaven…
@@robertcarldecker Reed and Hudson and Lynde and Sargent are at a resort where you can't take pictures?
@@mullauna gayness sin?
@@OikPoinFive its a scene from Simpsons where Smithers is phoning Burns when on holiday and Burns says to bring back lots of photos but of course Smithers Cant
I loved this show. I was bummed it didn't last.
It didn’t last because Robert Reed died the following year RIP
😢
@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz It was up against Family Matters and Full House on ABC, which were popular shows. So The Bradys had no chance.
@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz It didn't last because it was awful and was canceled. Not because of Reed's passing.
@@brotherofjunk Not to mention that had it continued, Robert Reed was going to leave The Bradys anyway as he was disgusted with the show (and clashing with Sherwood Schwartz).
So an episode was scripted (not produced due to the cancellation) where Mike Brady dies in a plane/helicopter crash and Carol replaces him as councilwoman.
Greg looks like Bob from Bob’s Burger with that mustache
man for someone who hated being in the original show. Robert Reed appeared in everything they did over the years. the variety hour , Brady Girls get married , Brady Brides series , A Very Brady christmas and the Brady's.
Patrick Peralta I’m glad he did. ❤️
I seriously never knew about any of these other Brady shows until now
Well, he didn't hate the people he was working with.
They should've made the show where they all run a B&B together and called it The Brady Brunch
RIP Florence Henderson, Robert Reed, Ann B. Davis, Sam the Butcher...
Was Sam the butcher in this series?
They all look fantastic!
I like all 3 intros, even Henderson’s version lol
They deserved credit for bringing together everybody, including Robert Reed (who always hated the show), Ann B Davis, and the actors who played Marcia and Jan's husbands from the Brady Brides series. Shame Maureen McCormick didn't come back, though.
Actually, I liked the series. It worked pretty well, all things considered, and it probably could have stood to continue another year or so.
And as to the lyrics, heh, they weren't bad. Fortunately, Florence Henderson had the talent to make it work. At least, they didn't have the kids sing them.
marcia changed her hair face everything what
Different actress. Maureen didn't want to be involved.
This has Fake Marica. The variety show had Fake Jan. The Christmas special had fake Cindy. Only the Brady Brides pilot had all the original actresses in any Bradys reunion show.
6 episodes 3 theme songs.
I remember watching this when it came out. An attempt to give them serious storylines didn't work so well.
I remember seeing these episodes matched up into movies on the Family Channel years back around the holidays. I always thought it was just made for TV specials as the Bradys had so much success in syndication that people wanted to see them in endless specials. I was watching TGIF at the time when this show aired. If Sherwood was serious about this show having a chance, it would have fared better on ABC at 10pm on TGIF and move 20/20 to another night. At least a full season or two would have worked before the plug was pulled. With this being Reed's last major appearance before his death, I can see the series using his death as a finale.
@@GSU2004 The Bradys aired on CBS , who put it on at 8pm to lead into Dallas and Falcon Crest. By this point, Dallas and Falcon Crest had slipped from the glory days - Dallas mainly since Patrick Duffy came out of the shower. (FC would end later in 1990).
That timeslot put the Bradys against Family Matters and Full House on ABC, which were popular at the time.
Shit it’s been 30 years since this show has been on. It was only 20 years from the time this show was on to the time the original was on
That’s how the Brady bunch became the bradys... hope nobody lost sleep coming up with that lyric
HAHA ... for real!! ... i'm still crying with laughter from how dreadful that was... you know Sherwood had to have written it.. hahaha
This show only had 6 episodes and 3 different theme songs!
The last version is the best. Catchy tune and lyrics plus Florence Henderson's great vocals.
Who the heck is that little girl at 0:00 that’s not marsha
"That's how the Brady Bunch became The Brady's"??? Absolutley dreadful
Oh yes, the version with lyrics was... terrible.
That's puke inducing.
🎶 When aaah-wuuuuh kids were small, their problems all were smaller 🎶
Well no fuckin' shit Carol. Really stating the obvious there.
@@lance694 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No Maureen McCormick. Aww :(
+Jayd Lor I know :( Maureen McCormick made the Brady franchise the bomb! The original series she was great and the same with the Brady Brides
+Jayd Lor She came back for the "Day After Day: A Very Brady Episode" crossover!
She just had a baby at the time so she had other responsibilities to fulfill
Still ♥ Peter.
That smile.
As a straight 35yo male Robert reed was very good looking, young and old
I like the second version best. I wish this show had lasted a couple of more seasons.
The original show would have lasted a couple more seasons IMHO if the writers had allowed the characters to mature more, particularly Cindy. The fact that they had her doing that "Shirley Temple" routine toward the end of the fifth season when Susan Olsen was 12 years old, speaks for itself.
***** "The Bradys" was a last second idea pitched by CBS. What happened was after "A Very Brady Christmas", Sherwood and Lloyd Schwartz decided to released made for TV "Brady" movies every six months. CBS was desperate for a hit and convinced them to make a new series, in spite of their reservations (they thought a new series would hurt the franchise). The reason why Maureen McCormick is not in these is because with a young daughter, she did not want to commit to a series. If you notice, the first two episodes are written as if they are one movie as are the next two episodes.
+James Trout I know such a shame they couldn't get Maureen... Maureen McCormick was the bomb of the Brady franchise
Vagamente recuerdo esta serie de TV, sin embargo lo poco que recuerdo me entretenía y mucho, gracias por este tipo de programas, 😅
Robert Reed was more comfortable with this as it was a more serious show and he of course was a serious actor, he STRONGLY preferred drama over comedy. In the original series he was miserable playing Mike Brady but brilliantly masked it in the episodes. I know he also reprised the role because he welcomed the opportunity reunite and work with the cast again.
Actually he wasn't. He openly feuded with Sherwood Schwartz over the scripts and direction of "The Bradys" as he did with the original show and spinoffs. In fact, Sherwood Schwartz was planning on killing off Mike Brady in a helicopter accident had "The Bradys" not been cancelled and come back from hiatus.
He was wonderful. In the 70' and on the 90'. A hanndsome impressive man!!
I didn't never see this or heard of it but ok parallel world I guess
I had no idea of its existence. This has more bubble-gum than any candy shop in the world. I actually got a headache and feel embarrassed for them. It is so cheesy. Of course every Brady can do the 1% things that just aren't seen every day unless you're a Brady. Bobby's a race car driver and a champion but Greg the doctor that totally flew me through a loop. I loved it! First year of the 1990s there's a lot of 1980s in the background. So long ago hard to believe
The what?? I’ve never seen this before 😂 This is so 90s!
I actually like the third theme song best. The lyrics really tie it all together, the Brady Bunch theme is as much an icon “character” as the family or the house. Though this series was short lived I actually really enjoyed seeing the Brady’s grown and taking on the World. Sure it was cheesy and the topics should have been drawn out longer than an hour-wrapped up, but it had potential. In someways, I think this show was ahead of its time and had it started within the last few years it would have caught on longer than 6 episodes. We are all looking for nostalgia and comfort, what’s more comfort than seeing the Brady’s “America’s Family” grown? Besides the original series, The Brady’s is my favorite connection.
I like this this show use to watch this in 90s
Really???
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The Brady bunch is my favorite show to bad it is not on the TV anymore
I can't believe they had 3 opening themes for only 6 episodes 😮
Marsha Marsha Mar......shhh......awwwww what the hell?
I never knew about this series. Interesting.
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Didn't Jonathan Taylor Thomas play Greg's son in this?
Yep!
Was that JTT playing Greg's son? Lol
Yup
Under his real last name Jonathan Weiss. I guess JTW didn't have the same ring as JTT
Wow, I didn't even remember this revival at all.
It debuted around Christmas 1988 on CBS and only lasted one season
RIP Florence Henderson
Florence's "Wesson Hairdo" @3:05 😆
Music is very 90’s kinda catchy lol
Hell yeah
imagine trying to explain to people that you played the child version of the new marsha actress from the bradys.
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OK! Some stations that show reruns of this use a fake opening (which is really an unused opening) using how the Bradys appeared in the 1990's instead of how they appeared in the past. It came in two versions. It was done to hide the fake young Marcia. Other stations use a really fake intro with a bit of the grid from the end of the standard intro and use clips from the show & A Very Brady Christmas full screen. It came in one version only. It also was done to hide the fake young Marcia as well.
Sounds like this was on CBS 🤔
Yup
It was
Rip ann b you be miss brady bunch
Cast:
Florence Henderson
Robert Reed
Leah Ayres
Eve Plumb
Susan Olsen
Barry Williams
Chris Knight
Mike Lookinland
Ann B Davis
I don't care what anyone says. This show should have run for years.
Agreed. Felt the same way about the Brady Brides
Yessssss
Why couldn't they ever get all three girls on one reunion show. One always refused to show up at least once.
Eve plumb wasnt interested in the variety show because she felt she couldnt sing. Susan olsen was on her honeymoon during the brady christmas special. Moreen mccormick had just had her child when this was filmed and wanted to be home.
@@Traveldude189 Still, its interesting that they could never get all three together, while they had no problem getting the boys on every show.
2:56 He looks like Seth MacFarlane here