He felt happier possibly because it was something so different from the actual show ( the talk show) and they were discussing the upcoming variety hour and he was all for that. I can only think he liked the idea of the variety show because it was something so different -singing, dancing and skit acting which he had never done before, It ended up being so awful, I really don’t know how they didn’t realize it before filming even the first episode. Back then those variety hours were popular so maybe that why. I wish Robert Reed knew how great he portrayed the Brady dad, so much so the audience didnt have a clue he disliked the role and truly thought he was just the greatest and most caring father. That’s very professional and takes I’d say even more talent to do when you really don’t have your heart in it. He made Mike Brady a very awesome character.
So sad that all three of these gentlemen, David Soul, Mike Douglas and Robert Reed are no longer with us. All were iconic in their OWN right. Really miss Mike Douglas. He was the ultimate "gentleman talk show host", who treated every guest with respect and made them all feel "at home" on set. This clip is a perfect example.
If you watch the pop up videos from the 90's, a lot of the pop ups about Robert constantly talks about how proud he was of the kids, and how he treated them like his own whenever he got the chance, it's very wholesome
Robert Reed infamously had problems with producers and with the series creator but you can say one thing about him and that’s he lives all those kids. He treated them like they were his own kids. Every year he would take them all on a vacation. And when the kids starting touring and doing concerts he was so proud of them. He was just a really good dude.
"New Math" (5:06) was how we [baby boom generation] were taught math in school. It frustrated the hell out of our parents who didn't understand it. I still remember my dad's exasperation trying to help me with homework. It was discontinued before 1980.
Its amazing that Robert Reed hated filming the Brady Bunch and routinely walked off set because he thought it was so dumb really did like the Brady Bunch hour. You cant make that up.
Robert Reed, for the most part, did not enioy being on the "Brady Bunch" He stayed mostly due to the cast - he was very fond of all of them and was particularily close to Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen ( Cindy ) ( Susan was also friends with Robert's real life daughter, Karen .) I heard that Robert also had a lot of creative control over the Brady Bunch Hour, which is why he chose to participate.If any of this information is incorrect, please let me know and clarify
Mike was a drip. His introducing the Rolling Stones was just...…. PAINFUL. No Flo, No Eve. It just ain't the BB wo Eve's plumb. Jan didn't miss anything on this one.
He was on the first segment. Proper guests, back then, had to sit through the remainder of the show respectfully, unless they had something useful or witty to say. Bringing on the f-n Brady Bunch and still sitting there is a whole other thing...
My mom watched it every day. Once she came running outside and said Spanky and Our Gang was going to be on. We came in and there was a band playing. We were expecting the Hal Roach Our Gang, it was a rock group called Spanky and Our Gang.
I always watched the brady bunch as a kid my dad showed it to us as little kids because he watched it as a kid and i loved i recently picked it back up and i still love it. barry is pretty hot too haha
Already his hair is increasingly coarse, receding; in its death throes, really and the crow's feat in evidence ..he's only about *22* here. Frightening, I looked in the bloom of youth at that age and like a fetus in comparison to the prematurely withering Williams
@@joemarchand8313 Not any more they don't..I'm, now, *old and decrepit* but _at 22_ - they did just that. It's interesting that you should use that particular expression because 'random people on the street' _and elsewhere, for that matter, literally and figuratively , 'just [threw themselves at [my] feet' It was, I must confess, at once flattering, ego-boosting, irritating and intrusive I don't consciously miss that brand of attention; garnered for essentially doing nothing - but on an occasion such as this when reminded of the "glory days" one can be brought to reminisce for a moment or two.
+Yollie G Eve/Jan didn't want to do anything like this, even though it made her career basically, so she could have shown a little more enthusiasm!!!!! Too above it all....you have to loosen up a bit, and enjoy things!!!!!
This is classic television, whether Mike Douglas was a good interviewer or not is irrelevant. He was the interviewer and the interviews are iconic and part of history, so stop knocking the guy. It is what it was and it was good enough back then. Let it me.
I entered Gr. 7 the year this aired. It was when I was introduced to algebra. Mind you, it was relatively simple, as I recall. A second grader could have picked it up. Seemed the further they took us into math, the less we saw actual numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...). By Gr. 11 most of our "numbers" were basically letters from the Greek alphabet: pi, theta, sigma, etc.
Thanks for that info, although I have reservations about its accuracy. I also feel "required" was a very, very odd way of putting it. I can't imagine that any of the actors was considered to be on the hook in perpetuity with the roles they were first given back in 1968 and 1969.
Wow, all of Mike Douglas's questions were all so random and stream of consciousness. Definitely not scripted. But I wanted to hear how he explained away Real Jan's absence!
Mike Douglas asked where the other Jan was and didn't wait for the answer. I'm sure that was frustrating for audiences before Google could tell you she left over a contract dispute and didn't want to commit to five years.
Nowadays, Robert Reed's sexual preference would be accepted and embraced by his fans and colleagues. He could be who he was and it wouldn't matter. I will always love his portrayal of Mike Brady.
LOL, To the Authority on Maureen: What exactly IS using 'pretty heavily' ??? Like narco bags full a month? Like 'Larry Kudlow' heavy? I'm not touching on Mr. Reed.
"Were you surprised when they brought it back?" "It couldn't have been a bigger surprise; especially as a musical." "Why?" Dumbest question I've ever heard and I'm sure every Brady fan feels the same way.
It's too bad Eve, Florence, and Ann weren't there for this show. Robert Reed really enjoyed the Variety Hour since he didn't have to argue with Sherwood Schwartz all the time.
Nope. She was never any of those things. For good or bad. She was "cute" when she was very young in the way most kids are. But she always had that odd mouth thing going on. It's just that those particular oddities that many possess simply become more pronounced/noticeable as one ages and so if you are not especially good-looking overall those quirks will likely come to occupy a greater role , if not dominate your appearance in later years. Regarding the hair, nothing unusual here Our scalp hair is typically at the peak of its powers, so-to-speak, at this stage of our lives . It is beautiful when younger too but after the age at which Olsen appears here , it's all downhill at varying rates depending upon the individual. Re: Cosmetic procedures aming the make and female cast members, Olsen has likely been the least active or invasive. She was just not destined to be a very attractive older person. Any relatively perceptive person should be able to discern this fact by observing her in those youthful stages. She appears pretty much to be the frumpy old hag nature dictated. There isn't much she could have done outside of indulgence in insanely drastic procedures in order to alter the path mapped out for her body by nature.
Lol, calculators.... Wait for common core in 2019. Also, there'll be cell phones with calculators, TV, cameras, calendars, alarm clocks, radio, video games, GPS...and more.
