@@christineobrien7707 they had a horrible sitcom based solely around the premise. John Denver gotten shrunken down to a kid or something. I could look it up to be more exact but even as a 6 year old kid i thought it was very very stupid
Robbie was/is a cool dude. He was always a better musician than an actor. Haven't spoken to him in years, but somewhere in my life I still have a copy of his original demo "Radio Dream". It was High School garage stuff, but it was tight, and the talent was obvious. Best wishes Robbie. Hope life is well
I remember Robbie from the 1981 "Simon & Simon" episode, "Trap Doors" where he played a computer wiz kid who steals money from a local bank. Speaking of which, how about a video about "Simon & Simon" and its stars, Jameson Parker and Gerald McRraney?
Looking on the bright side, Robbie Fist is blessed by God in many ways. Yes, I remember Robbie appearing on the Brady Bunch back in the day. As time moved on, Robbie Fist made his debut on many programs and received recognition for his talents. God has been steering Robbie Fist's footsteps in the right direction always.
@@chazworm3 Well, fair point, as he joined "Happy Days" and "The Love Boat" late in their respective runs, but he was on "Married...With Children" for 7 years. Not trying to be hateful, I promise. Js.
To me, the Cousin Oliver-era parallels with Cindy's CRAZY HAIR, and braces. If you see the crazy hair and braces, Oliver is definitely there, and the series has only about a month to go
He was "the McDonald's commercial kid" for several appearances before this show! There was a combination of bad things going on in season five unfortunately that didn't get helped with his character like really terrible writing!! The jokes and expressions the kids started to use made them look like they had forgotten how to be funny and natural anymore! There was another attempt at distracting how much older all of the kids were getting with that dull spinoff attempt they tried with the Kelly family! Adding Oliver next to Cindy as she towered over him in height also didn't do much to preserve her "cute youngest Brady" image either!
I’m Facebook friends with good brother Robbie and in addition to being a very nice person he is also extremely funny with a great sense of humor. I have NOTHING but kind a great things to say about my dude!
When I first saw Cousin Oliver appear, I thought he was just going to appear in one episode but instead appears a few more episodes prior to the show ending, I didn't like that. Now I know how people feel about Scrappy-Doo being introduced in Scooby-Doo, but I'm one of the people who enjoyed him. There are other characters introduced in later seasons better than Cousin Oliver, like I enjoyed Nicky and Alex's introductions in Full House and enjoyed Joe Pritchett's introduction in Modern Family. Currently watching Family Matters and I know that one kid called 3J gets adopted by the Winslow family, I'm gonna have to see what that kid is like.
Scrappy Doo upset me on so many levels of my childhood. i mean Scrappy’s uncle Scooby sounded effectively retarded. which was a throwback to Scooby’s dumb hillbilly cousin Scooby Dum.
He was my favoruite part of the Cartoon series "Kidd Video" Every now and then I'll look a song he sang lead for from the show. The song is called "Video Romeo"
That's exactly why he was hired. JD was huge at the time.There's a video on Robbie's channel where he presented JD's AMA award dressed identically to JD.
the last time i saw my favorite band live. Too Much Joy in San Diego in 1997 in a bar. the opening band was good and i noticed in between acts both lead singers were talking much. Somebody told me that the lead singer for the warmup band was Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch. made since. looked like a grown up Cousin Oliver. they both put on great shows.
@@RobbieRist SO THAT WAS you!. That was a wonderful evening in San Diego. I got to see TMJ TWICE that day -they did a day gig somewhere and i got to see Cousin Oliver's punk band. You guys were great. Cereal Killers is always in my top 3 of best LPs of all time
@@RobbieRist I thought Different Galaxies were on ...Finally... I too liked both CK and Mutiny better than Son of Sam I Am. A great album too. just NOT AS GREAT.
@@chazworm3 Yeah. Galaxies in on Finally> Which is good but not as. Same as God N Sods Have you heard the last two? Mistakes Were Made and All These Fucking Feelings. Really good.
This is what happens when you've got "kid-centric" shows.... the kids grow up. In order to try and save it, they introduce a new little kid to the series, to keep the "kid stuff" going. But it never really works, and it all falls apart. The same thing happened to "Diff'rent Strokes". Arnold got older, so they added "Sam".... it didn't work.
I didn't hate him. The 1st episode he was in I felt sorry for all the bad luck he had until the end of the episode. Now I saw series in original run, then re-runs after school. So, Yeahhhhh! My whole life. I'm glad he and Susan clicked. Also glad he stayed sober. Hollywood can be a 'trap'. I'm sure he's still touring + put out new music. Like to see him with Billy Mumy.
Also the shows cancellation had nothing to do with the addition of Oliver. The show, in it's original run was never a top 30 hit. It was only in syndicated afternoon reruns that TBB finally got some real recognition, and gained a huge following that continues to this day.
Ok. In a way, you could call me somewhat of a Johnny-come-lately to the show. I've been watching it pretty much my entire life, but was only 2 when it went off the air. So, I just mean that I wasn't part of the original viewing audience, as it premiered 2 years before I was even born. I first remember watching it when I was anywhere from 4-6. The point I'm trying to make is that I never understood the problem with Cousin Oliver, and that perhaps you have to have been with the show during it's initial run to understand this. What I find bizarre is the whole life imitating art situation, here. In real life, some people seem to blame the show's demise on Cousin Oliver. Meanwhile, in the world of the show, every time Cousin Oliver made an appearance, some calamity seemed to occur, and the whole thing was always blamed, from start to finish, entirely on him. Not fussing, just noting this odd situation.
"He's still active today, most recently appearing in the 2013 intentionally campy 'Sharknado'..." Really? 10 years ago is recent? How about really doing your research and noting that he's still active through 2021? After all, your channel is called "Facts Verse."
Yes I recall first seeing the episodes of Cousin Oliver when they first came out along with how in the last episode Bob Reed didn't appear and it was said,he had to be out of town and on The Nick @Nite Trivia Calendar it also told how he was Abhorred by the episode's content and so he refused to appear and if there were a 6th Season to follow then he'd have been written out.
You said, ‘he’s still active today…in the 2013 movie…’ I hate to break it to you, but 2013 was NINE years ago. Anyone whose last acting gig was almost a decade ago, is not ‘…still active today.’
He's featured in a very recent The Real Brady Bros podcast and he's still as loud, overbearing and annoying as he was as a child, probably even more so.
Yeah, he and Raven Samone we're definitely unnecessary. I stopped watching both, the Brady Bunch and the Cosby show after one or two episodes when they started. They were cute, but unnecessary.
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I always thought he looked like a mini John Denver
hence Big John Little John. looking back i always wondered how deep the story lines could have gotten from that shallow concept.
He does! 😂
I never thought of that! But it's true 👍 😄
@@christineobrien7707 they had a horrible sitcom based solely around the premise. John Denver gotten shrunken down to a kid or something. I could look it up to be more exact but even as a 6 year old kid i thought it was very very stupid
@@chazworm3 If you find the name of it, please let me know. Thanks I'd probably get a good laugh from it!
Robbie was/is a cool dude. He was always a better musician than an actor. Haven't spoken to him in years, but somewhere in my life I still have a copy of his original demo "Radio Dream". It was High School garage stuff, but it was tight, and the talent was obvious. Best wishes Robbie. Hope life is well
I remember Robbie from the 1981 "Simon & Simon" episode, "Trap Doors" where he played a computer wiz kid who steals money from a local bank. Speaking of which, how about a video about "Simon & Simon" and its stars, Jameson Parker and Gerald McRraney?
Looking on the bright side, Robbie Fist is blessed by God in many ways. Yes, I remember Robbie appearing on the Brady Bunch back in the day. As time moved on, Robbie Fist made his debut on many programs and received recognition for his talents. God has been steering Robbie Fist's footsteps in the right direction always.
Robbie Rist, not Robbie Fist.
I knew when they brought Robbie Rist as cousin Oliver, I knew the show was about to be off the air....and it was.
I was just bummed Ted McGinley wasn't cousin Oliver. He's the Grim Reaper for any sitcom
@@chazworm3 Well, fair point, as he joined "Happy Days" and "The Love Boat" late in their respective runs, but he was on "Married...With Children" for 7 years. Not trying to be hateful, I promise. Js.
To me, the Cousin Oliver-era parallels with Cindy's CRAZY HAIR, and braces. If you see the crazy hair and braces, Oliver is definitely there, and the series has only about a month to go
He also played the initial incarnation of Doctor Zee on the trainwreck “Galactica 1980”.
He was "the McDonald's commercial kid" for several appearances before this show! There was a combination of bad things going on in season five unfortunately that didn't get helped with his character like really terrible writing!! The jokes and expressions the kids started to use made them look like they had forgotten how to be funny and natural anymore! There was another attempt at distracting how much older all of the kids were getting with that dull spinoff attempt they tried with the Kelly family! Adding Oliver next to Cindy as she towered over him in height also didn't do much to preserve her "cute youngest Brady" image either!
RR also played Ted and Georgette's adopted son in the last season of the Mary Tyler Moore show in 1976-77. He was only in 2-3 episodes though.
Facts Verse has just jumped the shark.
I’m Facebook friends with good brother Robbie and in addition to being a very nice person he is also extremely funny with a great sense of humor. I have NOTHING but kind a great things to say about my dude!
He was a dork then, and he's still a dork now..
Here a dork, there a dork, everywhere a dork dork.
Legend has it that they originally were going to have Ted McGinley portray the role of Cousin Oliver...
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Wow, that would've been AWESOME
I use to Love Big John little John, watched it every Saturday Morning.
If John Denver had his own mini-me.
LMAO
Never noticed that! That is hilariously true, down to the round glasses, lololol!
When I first saw Cousin Oliver appear, I thought he was just going to appear in one episode but instead appears a few more episodes prior to the show ending, I didn't like that. Now I know how people feel about Scrappy-Doo being introduced in Scooby-Doo, but I'm one of the people who enjoyed him. There are other characters introduced in later seasons better than Cousin Oliver, like I enjoyed Nicky and Alex's introductions in Full House and enjoyed Joe Pritchett's introduction in Modern Family. Currently watching Family Matters and I know that one kid called 3J gets adopted by the Winslow family, I'm gonna have to see what that kid is like.
Scrappy Doo upset me on so many levels of my childhood. i mean Scrappy’s uncle Scooby sounded effectively retarded. which was a throwback to Scooby’s dumb hillbilly cousin Scooby Dum.
Scrappy spoke with perfect diction. And Scooby could barely talk.
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓I remember when RALPH MACCHIO became the "cousin Oliver" of EIGHT IS ENOUGH!!!😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
JEREMY!!! The troubled teenager! Looking back , it was cheesy. But this was when I started getting the hots for Ralph!🥰AAH! The memories!👍
I liked Cousin Oliver he is the only one of the Bradys who used the word sex, but then again he was a relative of Carol.
I love your comment, but don't understand it, lol! Unless you mean that Carol was a Brady by marriage, so...
Oliver talked about 5EX?!? Frick episode was that?
I thought he was little john Denver
He was my favoruite part of the Cartoon series "Kidd Video" Every now and then I'll look a song he sang lead for from the show. The song is called "Video Romeo"
You know a show is on its way off the air when they introduce a new extemporaneous principal character, for no good reason.
He always reminded me of a mini John Denver.
That's exactly why he was hired. JD was huge at the time.There's a video on Robbie's channel where he presented JD's AMA award dressed identically to JD.
I wanted them to write him off the show. Maybe a dreadful accident or abduction ending in a corpse
C’mon, man, it was the Brady Bunch. They wouldn’t show his corpse. But maybe a final shot showing just his mangled pair of glasses? 😂
the last time i saw my favorite band live. Too Much Joy in San Diego in 1997 in a bar. the opening band was good and i noticed in between acts both lead singers were talking much. Somebody told me that the lead singer for the warmup band was Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch. made since. looked like a grown up Cousin Oliver. they both put on great shows.
I am a MASSIVE TMJ fan
@@RobbieRist SO THAT WAS you!. That was a wonderful evening in San Diego. I got to see TMJ TWICE that day -they did a day gig somewhere and i got to see Cousin Oliver's punk band. You guys were great. Cereal Killers is always in my top 3 of best LPs of all time
@@chazworm3
Cereal Killer and Mutiny are both brilliant end to end.
And then they still have amazing alter songs like Different Galaxies
@@RobbieRist I thought Different Galaxies were on ...Finally... I too liked both CK and Mutiny better than Son of Sam I Am. A great album too. just NOT AS GREAT.
@@chazworm3
Yeah. Galaxies in on Finally>
Which is good but not as.
Same as God N Sods
Have you heard the last two?
Mistakes Were Made and All These Fucking Feelings.
Really good.
I loved the Brady Bunch. I don’t know if I liked Cousin Oliver.
Glad to know that you love the Brady Bunch! Who is your favorite cast member?
@@FactsVerse Peter Brady, Bobby Brady and Cindy Brady are my favorite characters, I met Susan Olsen a few years ago.
I think Cousin Oliver was only in like 3 episodes of The Brady Bunch, people act like he was in the entire final season, not so.
So unreconizable
He is unrecognizable wouldn't have recognized him either I remember the Brady bunch he changed didn't he
I find it mental that he voices Choji in Naruto these days
This is what happens when you've got "kid-centric" shows.... the kids grow up. In order to try and save it, they introduce a new little kid to the series, to keep the "kid stuff" going. But it never really works, and it all falls apart. The same thing happened to "Diff'rent Strokes". Arnold got older, so they added "Sam".... it didn't work.
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Man just return to ur old top 10 videos
I didn't hate him. The 1st episode he was in I felt sorry for all the bad luck he had until the end of the episode. Now I saw series in original run, then re-runs after school. So, Yeahhhhh! My whole life. I'm glad he and Susan clicked. Also glad he stayed sober. Hollywood can be a 'trap'. I'm sure he's still touring + put out new music. Like to see him with Billy Mumy.
Also the shows cancellation had nothing to do with the addition of Oliver. The show, in it's original run was never a top 30 hit. It was only in syndicated afternoon reruns that TBB finally got some real recognition, and gained a huge following that continues to this day.
Ok. In a way, you could call me somewhat of a Johnny-come-lately to the show. I've been watching it pretty much my entire life, but was only 2 when it went off the air. So, I just mean that I wasn't part of the original viewing audience, as it premiered 2 years before I was even born. I first remember watching it when I was anywhere from 4-6. The point I'm trying to make is that I never understood the problem with Cousin Oliver, and that perhaps you have to have been with the show during it's initial run to understand this. What I find bizarre is the whole life imitating art situation, here. In real life, some people seem to blame the show's demise on Cousin Oliver. Meanwhile, in the world of the show, every time Cousin Oliver made an appearance, some calamity seemed to occur, and the whole thing was always blamed, from start to finish, entirely on him. Not fussing, just noting this odd situation.
"He's still active today, most recently appearing in the 2013 intentionally campy 'Sharknado'..." Really? 10 years ago is recent? How about really doing your research and noting that he's still active through 2021? After all, your channel is called "Facts Verse."
Cousin Oliver had good hair.
I remember when he came in and I didn't like him at all. Just about the time I stopped watching
Yes I recall first seeing the episodes of Cousin Oliver when they first came out along with how in the last episode Bob Reed didn't appear and it was said,he had to be out of town and on The Nick @Nite Trivia Calendar it also told how he was Abhorred by the episode's content and so he refused to appear and if there were a 6th Season to follow then he'd have been written out.
What was so bad about Greg's hair being dyed, to Robert Reed, I wonder?
@@joeymorvant161 it was Bobby that they dyed his hair coal black. he looked like some goth kid in the pupae stage
@@chazworm3 Love it, lol!
I guess the Brady bunch was canceled because the actors and the staff couldn’t stand cousin Oliver.
He was in chips
You said, ‘he’s still active today…in the 2013 movie…’ I hate to break it to you, but 2013 was NINE years ago. Anyone whose last acting gig was almost a decade ago, is not ‘…still active today.’
Robbie has acting credits all the way through 2021... a simple check of IMDB would show you that.
I don’t get it! I always like cousin Oliver!
I thought he was cute & annoying all at the same time!
He's featured in a very recent The Real Brady Bros podcast and he's still as loud, overbearing and annoying as he was as a child, probably even more so.
I didn't go for Cousin Oliver, but admire that Robbie stays sober. God Bless Him on all his future endeavors. I love the music 🎶 he's done too
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Do you remember Robbie Rist's role on Kidd Video?
Never connected with that character on the Brady Bunch.
Oh no! Not Cousin Oliver! 😄
NGL, I watched this show as a kid and even I didn't like Cousin Oliver. Just seemed out of place for the show.
Cousin Olivier (and thereby Robbie Rist) really wasn't bad -- just unnecessary.
I never could stand him!
I liked robbie a child star
Galactica 1980
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I don't remember him
Robbie was a guest on my channel! We chatted about tmnt
I really didn’t like the show. As a teenager at that time the show ran on tv, I thought it was too cheezy.
Everybody pretty much finds The Brady Bunch to be cheesy. It's one of those shows that sucks so bad, that it loops back around to being cool, lol!
Everyone hated Oliver....
Yeah, he and Raven Samone we're definitely unnecessary. I stopped watching both, the Brady Bunch and the Cosby show after one or two episodes when they started. They were cute, but unnecessary.
Six episodes too many
I actually really liked Cousin Oliver.. Brady Bunch needed a couple more seasons, and I bet Robbie Rist would have been BIG...
Nope.