The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch was one of the last of the old-style fun-around-the-house situation comedies, full of well-scrubbed children, trivial adventures, and relentlessly middle-class parents. The premise here was a kind of conglomerate family, formed by a widow with three daughters who married a widower with three sons; a nutty housekeeper, Alice, thrown in to act as referee; plus, of course, the family cat and a shaggy dog, Tiger. All of these smiling faces lived in a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the Los Angeles suburbs, from which Dad pursued his nice, clean profession as a designer and architect. Typical stories revolved around the children going steady, family camping trips, competition for the family telephone (at one point Dad installed a pay phone), and of course war in the bathroom.
When two previously married people rewed, both of their families and their houskeeper become one.
After reading a letter in the "Dear Libby" newspaper column, the kids are worried that one of their parents is unhappy with the new kids and is considering leaving the marriage.
Cindy lands the lead role in her school play, but her joy turns to sadness when she discovers that because of a seating shortage she can only invite one parent to the play.
Alice doesn't think the boys need her as much anymore now that Carol is in the house--so she announces that she is leaving.
Jan appears to be allergic to Tiger not her dad, which means that the family dog may have to go away.
The boys don't want to share their backyard clubhouse with the girls, so the girls try to build one on their own.
The kids are torn over whom to believe when Cindy's favorite doll, Kitty Karry-All, disappears, and she says that Bobby took it.
Mike and the boys go on their annual camping and fishing trip, but for the first time with Carol and the girls. However, the trip turns out to be less than peaceful.
When the family phone bill goes through the roof, Mike temporarily installs a pay phone in the house to teach the children a lesson.
After watching "Cinderella," Bobby is convinced that his new mom is an "evil stepmother" and that nobody in his family loves him, so he decides that he will run away from home.
Greg and Marcia run against each other for student body president, and their campaigns become very competitive and ugly.
Carol has laryngitis and will not be able to sing at church on Christmas Day, but a department store Santa Claus promises Cindy that she will get her voice back in time.
All six Brady kids have the Measles at the same time, and problems arise when Carol calls in the girls' female pediatrician while Mike brings in the boys' male pediatrician.
Marcia wants to nominate Mike for "Father of the Year." But she wants to keep it a secret, which means she'll have to break family rules to get it done. If she's caught, Mike will punish her--which is exactly what happens.
Since the boys and girls cannot decide on a mutually satisfactory prize, they hold a contest to determine who gets all of the family's combined trading stamps.
Mike worries over a newspaper horoscope, which predicts that a strange woman will enter his life. That woman is a fussy perfume heiress, his firm's latest client who wants her perfume factory impossibly designed to her specifications.
Greg makes an "F" on a math test, and Mike and Carol discover it's because he has a crush on somebody named "Linda." They set out to find out who she is, completely unaware that "Linda" is actually his math teacher.
The Bradys comb the neighborhood in search of runaway dog Tiger.
The kids must handle all the chores when Alice sprains her ankle while Carol is away, but Alice's sprained ankle also means that she will miss the Meat Cutters' Ball with Sam the butcher.
Marcia thinks she is ugly after she gets braces, and it only gets worse when her date to the school dance backs out because his family is going out of town.
Peter's ego grows wild after he saves a little girl from being crushed by a tumbling wall at the local toy store, and is honored by the newspaper.
Cindy accidentally mixes in Marcia's diary with other books for a book drive. Marcia immediately freaks out, worried that someone else will read it and learn about her secret crush on TV star Desi Arnaz Jr.
The kids think the house is too small for their needs, so Mike decides it's time to sell it. But then the kids have second thoughts and launch a plan to make him change his mind.
Mike believes that teaching the boys how to play baseball is more rigorous than helping Marcia earn her cooking merit badge. Carol believes the opposite is true. Therefore, the two decide to switch roles for the day to prove their point.
Jan gets a locket from a secret admirer. As the family try to determine who anonymously sent the locket, they're momentarily distracted when Jan loses the locket (after the clasp becomes loose and it falls off her).
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Florence Henderson | Carol Brady |
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Robert Reed | Mike Brady |
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Barry Williams | Greg Brady |
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Eve Plumb | Jan Brady |
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Maureen McCormick | Marcia Brady |
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Christopher Knight | Peter Brady |
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Ann B. Davis | Alice Nelson |
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Mike Lookinland | Bobby Brady |
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Susan Olsen | Cindy Brady |
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Tiger | Tiger |
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Allan Melvin | Sam Franklin |
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Pitt Herbert | Mr. Driscoll |
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June Foray | Sandra |
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Clarence Nash | Fluffy the Cat (screeching) |
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Michael Lerner | Johnny |
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Hal Smith | Santa Claus |
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Dabbs Greer | Minister |
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J. Pat O'Malley | Henry Tyler |
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Hans Conried | Lance |
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Monty O'Grady | Waiter |
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Larry McCormick | TV Announcer |
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David Armstrong | Wedding Guest |
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Fran Ryan | Mrs. Hunsaker |
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Marion Ross | Dr. Katherine Porter |
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Herb Vigran | Harry |
| Director | Oscar Rudolph |
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| John Rich |
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| George Cahan |
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| David Alexander |
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| Norman Abbott |
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| Herb Wallerstein |
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| Russ Mayberry |
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| Writer | Sherwood Schwartz, Ruth Brooks Flippen, Elroy Schwartz, Paul West, Skip Webster, Al Schwartz, Bill Freedman, David P. Harmon, Burt Styler, Brad Radnitz, Lois Hire, Joanna Lee, Lois Peyser, Arnold Peyser, Charles Hoffman | |
| Producer | Sherwood Schwartz, David Whorf | |
| Musician | Frank De Vol | |
| Photography | Lester Shorr, Dale Deverman | |
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 4 |
| Distributor | Paramount |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 542 |
| Added Date | Jan 02, 2013 16:42:01 |
| Modified Date | Oct 12, 2015 03:42:15 |