Brady Bunch House ?

[washman]

Well Mike is a chode then!

Shame on him!

Alright he had Alice. But he added 4 more mouths to feed. That alone is enough evidence he SHOULD have sucked up to Mr Philips and snagged a bonus instead of buying a 4 seat barracuda in later seasons, a wonky boat in season 4, or accepted a friggin pool table in season 5.

Yeeesh, come on Mr Brady, you can do better than that!

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

I usually like analyzing tv sets/situations, but something about the Bradys just makes me want to heave.

 

I think I prefer the Brady movies better, where Marsha and Greg move to the non-existant attic and have a thing for each other, amongst other funny yet real stuff. 

http://https//youtu.be/yBwa0z0kCrg

 

[delaneymeegan]

hilarious

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http://https//youtu.be/C5LuP6tDw3w

 

[delaneymeegan]

Excellent sample of Sears in the mid 90s.

 

Look at the Electronics dept.... and the fashions.  

 

Those were the days.  lol

http://https//youtu.be/s5GZRnJTO5E

 

[launderess]

Quite honestly

Brady Bunch never grabbed me in the way Bewitched and a few other sitcoms did; found it boring and too "white bread" (no offense). Like an updated version of Ozzie and Harriet really. About the only risqué topic covered is when everyone thought something was "wrong" with one of the boys because he wanted to study ballet. Turns out the kid only wanted to take classes because a girl he liked was doing so and he wanted to get close.

Speaking of Bewitched; not to hijack this tread but caught an early episode of the Twilight Zone last night on MeTV.

Entitled "Static" it featured a younger (and much heavier) Alice Pearce. Because of the weight her chin wasn't as prominent as during the Bewitched years. In fact knowing what we know now (the woman was diagnosed with cancer but kept it a secret and worked literally until she died from the disease), you can see the weight loss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_(The_Twilight_Zone)

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[delaneymeegan]

 

And... WHAT ?

 

The facade is a fake !  No I won't believe it.

http://https//youtu.be/mmtMdsW3Qsg

 

[whirlykenmore78]

I always figured the Brady's had a dishwasher:

But we just never saw it as the dishwashing area was not shown. I'll back this with the fact that I never saw Alice doing dishes. With that many mouths to feed I hope she had a DW. At least she had double ovens LOL.
WK78

 

[delaneymeegan]

The cabinets in that kitchen were AWFUL.  Add in the burnt orange counters, and you have a recipe for indigestion.

 

Just the thought of sliding particle board cabinet doors, with finger holes, and knowing how easily the track can get clogged with crumbs, makes me ..... want to heave.  .... or at least not want to eat in such a room.

 

Ewwwh.   It's so fake. <span style="font-size: 18pt;">

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[rp2813]

Ditto Ms. L. --

 

I rarely watched TBB for much the same reasons. 

 

I'm surprised nobody has remarked about the heavenly light beaming down into what's supposed to be a chimney for the kitchen grille.  That would be one really short chimney.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Also notice

the kitchen has TWO SINKS - one on the back counter by the wall, then the other main sink. Surely the dishwasher was hidden behind the counter.

So they slapped a fake window on the front of the exteriors they used of the house? So does this mean that Paramount owned the actual exterior Brady House at the time? I was under the impression that they picked a home to use for exterior shots, but they never really used the home other than that, and that someone else probably actually lived there.

Boy, TV can really mess with your head. I just looked something up and read that the staircase lead to no where! They went up the stairs and around the corner to nothing. LOL - All bedrooms were filmed on a sound stage.

I always watched the re-runs on superstation TBS. So I have seen TBB many times, but I find it a LOT harder to watch now than then. But I still watch it sometimes for nostalgia. In fact, there was one episode that I watched recently that I had never seen, and I thought I had seen them all. It was when the kids thought Alice was snitching on them and they all gave her the cold shoulder so she left and got a job at a restaurant.

I wondered what Carol did with herself all day too. I think she must have helped Alice, was a member of the PTA, things like that. I think she must have HAD to help Alice since that's too many people for one person to do everything for.

I LOVED the Brady Bunch Movie from 1995 - I was in the theater and I remember people ROTFLOL so many times.

 

[launderess]

read that the staircase lead to no where....

Very common with sitcoms back then.

When Bewitched got a new kitchen courtesy of a fire that destroyed the old set a staircase was added to the kitchen. However it lead no where, and if you watch Sam or anyone else that went up it you can see them sort of crouch down.

 

[washman]

In the Episode

Every Boy Does it once, Season 1, Bobby is upset because he is asked to clean out the fireplace. That would suggest it was a real working fireplace however as we have seen in subsequent seasons, it was merely a plot device.

I kinda thought the show lost some edge when they went from Mopars to GM cars, I think this was season 5.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The Brady's House, from what I saw:

Fireplaces Galore!!!!

Living Room, Den, Mike's Office, and the Parents' Bedroom!!!!

 

So go clean ALL FOUR, Bobby...

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[mark_wpduet]

For me

I thought the fashions looked better in the first season. As each season went on, they kept getting more 70's UGLY. Except Carol's Hair. It was really dated looking in some of the first episodes. Mike's hair looked best during the first season (really short)

It was cool they went to Hawaii, Grand Canyon, and Kings Island though.

Did they ever mention where the show was set? Did they ever say? Obviously it was filmed in Cali but I'm guessing it was set in a suburb of LA? I dunno.

 

[washman]

There are some plot hints as to location

First is Wes Parker appearing in season 1. Then Deacon Jones. Then Don Drysdale All played for LA based teams.

Then in one of the Hawaii episodes, Carol remarks to Alice about the view and how "back home" it is all covered up by smog.

Also consider the episode where Greg is trying to nail a record deal for the Brady six or whatever they were called. Again it suggests LA and all the music industry businesses that abound there.

It is LA no doubt but I don't recall precisely "where" in LA they lived.

 

[launderess]

Never outright said

But inferred to be Santa Monica: http://www.bradyworld.com/cover/faq.htm

 

[ptcruiser51]

Knots Landing

Off-topic, but it always puzzled me that Mac (Kevin Dobson) and Karen (Michelle Lee) had a dishwasher prominent in the set but kitchen shots always showed them doing dishes by hand.

 

[moparwash]

Full House is the new Brady Bunch

In many ways...Full House is the Brady Bunch of its generation for these reasons:

1. A sugary sweet look at family life that borders on causing nausea

2. Both set in California

3. The houses do not match the floorplan and way too many people living in them

4. Both shows have never been off the air and are in constant reruns

5. A reboot ...'The Brady's'..(anyone remember that?) and 'Fuller House'

6. They are both touchstone nostalgia for the audience that grew up with them in first-run or syndication.

7. Both had a family dog...'Tiger'...and 'Comet'

Now all that is needed is a Full House movie like the Brady Bunch movie..a satirical look at the show where every cliché is crammed into a 2 hour timeframe...you got it dude!

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>Off-topic, but it always puzzled me that Mac (Kevin Dobson) and Karen (Michelle Lee) had a dishwasher prominent in the set but kitchen shots always showed them doing dishes by hand.</blockquote> Not really.  It's amazing how many people have dishwashers and don't use them.  TV reflects life, LOL.

 

[mark_wpduet]

True

I think I've seen Samantha on Bewitched doing dishes by hand.

I didn't think of this earlier, but the Brady Bunch would have 100 percent without a doubt been set in LA, because the movie from 1995 showed Mike & Carol's house and neighbor in a suburb of LA - and the entire movie was based in LA. So I guess the movie producers concluded that it was an LA suburb in the TV series.

But aside from being near famous people, record producers, etc.. in the show, I would not "in my mind" think of it as being LA, but more of a midwest city. Everything was just too syrupy sweet for LA, even for then.