I wrote her a love letter when I was 14, I had just turned in March and it was just after that, I also sent her a teddy bear. I never heard back not even a thank, you
My favorite episode was the one featuring a guest appearance by Redd Foxx. It must have been pretty tough for him to do a clean stand-up routine, but he pulled it off, and it was really pretty good.
Eve Plumb of course was the better Jan but as my older Brother J.Kevin said on one Friday night "That new Jan sings good."That was the episode in which Greg moved out then back in by the episode's end.Yes told in The TV Guide The Brady Bunch is the show that never dies completely.They even admitted that The Variety show was terrible but even still fun for nostalgia's sake.
I was 9 and I remember it fairly well. It seemed like a looooot or people were riding on the coat tails of the wildly successful Sonny and Cher then Donnie and Marie variety shows. I also remember the swimming pool and thinking it was out or place but nobody else has done it. The flamboyance of Sid and Marty Kroft explains where that came from. There was also Tony Orlando and Dawn, and I think The Carpenters had one but I didn't watch that one. That early surprises me that Robert Reed wanted to do this. He was trained as a Shakespearean Actor and even took the cast to England and the Globe Theater he was that passionate about it. I don't remember how long the Donny and Marie show lasted but I recall by the early '80s the variety show had run its gamut.
When you were talking about Eve plumbs replacement there was only one photo of Eve plumb. The footage you were showing was Jennifer Elise who played Jan in The Brady Bunch movie.
I love the cover photo for this video. I grew up watching the Brady Bunch and Marcia was always my favorite. She had thousands of teenage boys wishing they could date her and I was one of them. Maureen McCormick is still a beautiful lady today. Thanks for sharing this video.
I grew up with the 1st reruns And I love The Brady Bunch all of them, even little cousin Oliver. I met Florence Henderson highlight of my life, we shared a Birthday 🎂 and our Father's were both older when we were born. I did cry a couple days after her passing. 🥲🙄😪😪
I was happy to see Maureen McCormick at a CD signing in April 1991. It was awesome to see and briefly talk to a member of "The Brady Bunch." Being 53, I was watch the original run at a very young age.
Geri Reischl, aka "the fake Jan" played her part and a compound part of showing she knew she wasn't the real Jan with a sublety that was comedic. The kid was good!
I was one of the swimmer -dancers "Kroftettes" we worked hard, most of us could sing and sing circles around the Brady"KIDS" I'm glad Florence was hard on them, except for Barry Williams, the rest could not sing AND DANCE, and of course we could dance circles around them , too. Still I'm grateful I did it, I have a wikipedia page partially from it , and a beautiful Book.
Hmmm? Rather than being humble by the fact that you are a part of television history, you instead show negativity, and bitterness, much like the trump cult followers, of 2021. SMH.....😒😒😒
@@keithbannister9271 WHAT? Did You read what I wrote , I said I was grateful , and I am a liberal Democrat , do not ever mention me along with Donald Trump, how rude to bring any polititics into this. I was a principle on Broadway and I am in history books for originating a principle role.
You missed a few important facts. Its not true the show had bad in the ratings. The Brady kids and mother appeared on the Donny and Marie show in Brady character with big ratings. The show originally was cast as a one time deal. It premiered in late 1976 with HUGE ratings. America all watched to see the Brady kids grown up. The ratings were so high that the network soon pushed to have it a monthly show. Then it premiered (again) in early 1977. After the first few shows the ratings did tank big time.
I watched this variety show when it was on the air when I was a young child but I had missed the original sitcom because I was not born until its final two or three seasons. I remember loving this variety show! So when this short-lived show was cancelled I was introduced to the original Brady Bunch show in reruns. I remember my mom explaining it was not quite the same but it was on every afternoon if I wanted to watch it. I liked the original but preferred this show!! To me it WAS the original!! How funny!!
The Seventies was a great time to be a teenager. You could still be a kid with no worries and get through college with little if any debt. I watch the sitcom but was too busy with college to watch TV in the later half of the decade. So "Jan" went on to bigger and better things including playing a messed up girl while "Marcia" was a messed up girl in real life and did worse. So much for "Marcia Marcia Marcia".
@Jeff Smith I don't remember Eisenhower, but I was alive during his administration. I recall a smoky house fire in the other half of the duplex my parents rented. I recall sitting on the floor, unable to move, while my parents grabbed what they could to evacuate. I recall later sitting in the garden of the "Moser Cabin" in Tamaqua while my mother put out the wash on lines. I recall sitting on a stone wall watching a squirrel seemingly as big as a cat while I waited my father. All this was well before 1960.
I grew up with the Brady Bunch in the 60's and 70's. But I have no recollection of ever seeing one of these Brady Bunch Variety Hour episodes. I must have been watching reruns of Star Trek when it was on.
During the segment on Jan, they are talking about Eve Plumb but the next two images are of Jennifer Elise Cox who played Jan on the Brandy Bunch movie.
It seems Eve Plumb really didn't get any respect from the other cast members. As a teen in the 70's could identify with her and thought she was the best of the bunch.
If you really want to know what happened behind the scenes, check out this book by Susan Olsen and Ted Nichelson ,Love to Love You Bradys: The Bizarre Story of the Brady Bunch Variety Hour
Why would I click the "like" button for this, if the like is really in response to something completely different?!? Not that I would even say that I liked the variety hour, if I could actually recall ever seeing it when I was a sprout. All I can remember is Sonny and Cher and Donnie and Marie, and Tony Orlando and Dawn. I was told that I would get all excited whenever I saw Barretta's cockatoo bopping around. Somebody's desperately trying to pad their Google approval ranking.
There were some major failures in the Variety Hour version of the Brady Bunch, not the least of which was losing Eve Plumb. One that comes to mind is that the show took the family from the midwest to LA, when it was well known that the Brady family already lived in LA, during the original series. It appears to me that the Krofft's never intended to make a serious show out of this idea. In the hands of a competent production team, this idea might have worked and lasted longer than one shortened season. Granted the Kroffts were good at their chosen style of production, just look at other Variety shows of the era and you will see vastly superior production values on the other shows. The Brady Bunch Variety Show was in no way a serious show, and also did not have the production values of the original series, or even of the spoof Brady Bunch movies of the 90s. I was, and still am, a fan of the original series, and yes, while I didn't think it was all that great, I thought the variety show was okay as a spoof. Otherwise it was really a waste of money to film.
The problem was not all the cast were song, and dance people. Florence, Barry, and Jeri had the skills to do it. Maureen could have been good if she wasn’t stoned. I’m A little disappointed to hear Ann B Davis had A problem with Rip Taylor’s sexuality. I agree that it was completely unconvincing to see Rip try, and court Ann, but other then that. Eve would not have done well on this show, and instead of shamming her she should be respected for recognizing her limits. You could tell this show was done by fellows who were used to doing kiddie shows for Saturday mornings.
I was a huge fan of the Brady Bunch . And even a bigger fan of the variety hour. The variety hour and a different twist to it . More of a comical sense of it and that’s the way Sid and Marty wanted it . Not like the Brady Bunch Brady Bunch but with music and dancing and guest stars . Loved it and have it on dvd
I think it was that one too many Donny and Marie-like corny shows on the air that did it in before it even started!! Haha!! My family gave it a chance just like D & M and the Cher Show and it was harmless fun!
But heck we wouldn’t have had Nutr system foods or many other things that the Osmonds were involved in. Your are right in that the Variety Show model was worn thin.
Paul Campbell Did you know that John Denver first perform in Cincinnati, Ohio and was booed at his performance. I infrequently watched his variety show. They were not my cup of tea. I did like his songs and his singing voice. Regretfully he died much to young.
I watched it. The biggest mistake in my my was putting new actors/actresses into spots they didn't belong. It destroyed the nuance of the whole series, and I dream of Jeanie, and some others. It would've been better to just say that she was unavailable and label the other as a stand in. It was very well done though and that is why it was so good. This type of show was booming at the time and it was a new thing in a way. I think that I enjoyed it more than the series itself.
I WORKED WITH ROBERT REED ON THE "DEFENDERS" IN NYC, IN THE 60'S...GREAT GUY..ALWAYS VERY NICE TO CAST & CREW.....I WAS HIS STANDIN & PLAYED ASST DA & BAILIFF IN SEVERAL SEGS...JACK ENGLISH WEHO..8/2020.(DIDNT KNOW HE WAS BI)..
Sid and Marty Kroft threw the BBVH together combining it with bad skits, disco music, dancing, and that huge swimming pool with the Kroftettes. Sherwood Schwartz was aghast at what the Krofts did to his Brady Family. He planned to sue but decided against it as the BBVH was canceled.
I watched some of these back when they were on ABC, but when I see them now, it's a form of punishment to me. I'm glad this show isn't considered part of the "canon" or ongoing history of the show's characters.
I was about 8 when this revival came out. Had forgotten all about it- thanks HGTV for getting me to go down the google Brady rabbit hole. Surprised dad let us watch, but then again was on at 7, tv shows were limited & variety shows were in- so after watching a few here, yea I (slightly more than)vaguely remember it now, especially when What's Happening crew was on Cuz Re-Run was well liked (hip n fun) at the time etc.
I ❤ the idyllic world of the Brady Bunch. I've seen every episode 10× over. However, I've known about the Brady Bunch Variety Hour, I have never gotten the honor of seeing a single episode., ☹
Loved the original show, of which aired on Friday nights at 8 p.m.on the A.B.C. (channel 7 in Detroit, MI), followed by the Partridge Family, Nanny & the Professor and the Ghost & Mrs Muir. So of course I watched their variety show. When I heard that "Mike Brady" was gay, I didn't want to believe it; just thought He was the perfect father. Still love him nonetheless. Imagine how I felt when I heard that Rock Hudson was gay. Really?! Absolutely loved him in the role of police commissioner "McMillan" on the during the NBC Sunday Night Mystery Movie "McMillan & Wife" episodes. I still watch the Brady Bunch series episodes when I can on FETV or MeTV! Great stuff!
Liked the video. Never watched the variety show. Kind of popped my balloon on Marcia. Drug addiction? Not good. The show does sound a bit weird, and it might be interesting to watch it now.
Why is there footage of actress Jennifer Elise Cox as Jan Brady in the 1995 movie “The Brady Bunch” mixed in with pictures of Eve Plumb as Jan Brady from the late 60s-early 70s television series “The Brady Bunch”?
