Friday, July 13, 2012

The Great Accomplishments Of The Brady Bunch Television Series

By Kevin H. Beasley


The Brady Bunch is a TV sitcom that started 40 years ago. The show was created when Sherwood Schwartz found that 20 to 30 percent families had at least one child from previous marriage. With this in mind, he wrote a 30 minute pilot episode. Where a widow with 3 daughters marries a widower with 3 sons and they all end up going to the honeymoon together.

When it came to choosing the cast, the creators think it would be a lot easier if the kids had the same hair color as their parents. The problem started when the casting of the kids started first, so, in order to back up their plan they have to have 3 blonde girls, 3 blonde boys, 3 brunette girls and 3 brunette boys.

Carol's part was meant to be played by Joyce Bulifant from Mary Tyler Moore Show. However, when Florence Henderson auditioned, she nailed her screen test. So Florence wound up getting the role, thus, it means that all girls were going to be blonde. A number of people believe it becomes much better if the girls were brunettes. Since they feel, brunettes appear mischievous.

The Academy Award winning legend, Gene Hackman has been picked to depict the part of the architect father Mike Brady. Paramount Studios did not agree to this, believing that Hackman was not recognized during that time and would never have performed on TV. It's very possible that Mr. Hackman would have dodged a bullet on this decision. So the role ended up with Robert Reed, who didn't want the part. He had been auditioning for Paramount Studios for three various shows and this has been his least favored. He previously had numerous disagreements with the show over the years so he did not appear on the final show.

The Brady Bunch TV show has been among the last shows to provide enjoyment around the house, funny scenarios, filled with kids, and middle-class parents. Each one of these smiling faces lived in a 4 room property in LA suburbs. The Brady Bunch story involves family camping trips, kids getting together and competition for the household telephone. There is one time, when their father installed a payphone and never to forget the conflict in the restroom.

In the beginning of the Brady Bunch TV episode, the children's age ranged from seven to fourteen years old. The eldest son, Greg portrayed by Barry Williams became a teenage idol. During the year 1971 he was receiving 6,500 fan letters per week. Barry, with the others decided to put their television screen success into recording opportunities in 70's but without having significant achievements. Watch a replay of the Brady Bunch TV series now. And relish the family humor that developed this show a hit 40 years back.




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