The TRUTH About Robert Reed and Florence Henderson

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Join Pop Culture Historian Dave Sundstrom as he uncovers "The TRUTH about Robert Reed and Florence Henderson," the actors who played "The Brady Bunch" parents, Mike and Carol Brady! Get ready for a trip down classic TV memory lane filled with surprises that will leave you wanting more.
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@jeffyoung8726 2 месяца назад

As a kid growing up in the 70's, I always looked forward to Friday nights when "The Brady Bunch" came on T.V. It was something my whole family would watch together! Those were special times. The shows back then were very different compared to the shows now!

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your memories, Jeff!

@thinkmirror8507 Месяц назад

Yes ❤ Fridays nights

@betterinthe80sdude Месяц назад

I was born in 1975, and The Brady Bunch and Little House on the Prairie were on constantly in my home. I haven't watched them in years but still have most episodes in my head. What a great show, mostly because of how the parents and Alice were portrayed by the writers and actors. Even with the simplistic plots and often absurd situations, the kids always showed respect to them. Great video.

@sharonsomers 2 месяца назад

I bet I've seen every episode 20 times! HUGE Brady fan!

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

It's a fun show for sure. I can watch those old episodes over and over.

@MamaPinks 2 месяца назад

Great video! The Brady Bunch was a huge part of my life growing up! At almost 55, I STILL catch episodes when I see them available on cable. Every year at Christmas time, I pop in my VHS and watch A Very Brady Christmas. 🎄 THANKS, DAVE! YOU'RE THE BESTEST!

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for all your support, MamaPinks!

@jerrygillespie1214 2 месяца назад

As I've said before Sanford and Son who was up against the Brady Bunch did not kill the show. It was just the original episodes that ran their course but then regained popularity in syndication.

@johncollins1884 2 месяца назад

Hey Dave this presentation is already "shared" 😂 thank you friend.

@jdsundstrom Месяц назад

Yep. It's one of those "compilation" videos. Thanks for all your support, John!

@Barnabas45 2 месяца назад

Agree with Reed, Some episodes did get a little over the top.

@steelstreet79 2 месяца назад

45 year old man here. I wish I had a dad like Mike Brady growing up sadly. I love my dad tho just wish he was more like Mike.

@leonciohernandez Месяц назад

Imagine how hard is to be working in a character you hate and noone heard you, he stay for the kids. You did a great job Robert Reed RIp and Florence Henderson

@brianarbenz1329 Месяц назад

I was standing in line in a bank in the mid-1980s in downtown Louisville, when I heard a woman in the next line over excitedly say, "Oh my, it's _you."_ I looked and Robert Reed turned around to her and with a kind smile extended his hand and said, "Bob Reed. Nice to meet you." I knew he was in town to act at a dinner theater just across the river in Indiana (about 75 miles from where Florence Henderson was born, btw.)

@dmnemaine 2 месяца назад

I was between the ages of 5 and 10 when The Brady Bunch aired in its original run. For many of us kids in that age group, Friday night was Brady Bunch night. While it wasn't popular with critics nor had big ratings overall, the show was immensely popular with kids and young teens, which was why it lasted for five seasons.

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your memories!

@pamelamays4186 2 месяца назад

After seeing Robert Reed as kind a hearted dad from elementary school to junior highschool, it was a shock to see him in Roots as the not so nice plantation owner when I was in highschool. He really proved whst a fantastic actor was.

@jameskwaka 2 месяца назад

I think he would have relished the chance to be the exact opposite of Mike Brady in his Roots role.

@davidhinkson8856 2 месяца назад

In those days actors were very talented and versatile; they could handle comedy just as well as serious drama.

@marlenepearson3936 Месяц назад

I loved the Brady Bunch. RIP 🙏 to Robert and Florence. I enjoyed them both. ❤

@leesashriber5097 2 месяца назад

Hi Dave!! Great to see you. I still watch the Brady Bunch every morning on CATCHY TV. Yup. I'm 56 and a big kid 😂 I really appreciated this. Happy Saturday my friend 🥰

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

I'm the same age and have the box set that includes the series, spin-offs and the movies too minus the variety hour which is a shame because regardless of it's reputation...it's still a lot of fun!

@timepoet77 2 месяца назад

Robert was superb on Mannix as well.

@wb3381 2 месяца назад

He appeared on Barnaby Jones

@lavender1118 11 дней назад

I have a friend who worked on a play that Robert Reed was in. He told me Robert was the nicest, most gracious man.

@jdsundstrom 11 дней назад

Thanks for sharing!

@clintonwatkins1070 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the video, Dave. I always looked forward to watching The Brady Bunch after school. I always wished that I could live in the Brady house.

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

You and me both!

@johnnynbk 2 месяца назад

Mrs. Brady would be 90 today, wow..

@Cassie-pt7mt Месяц назад

Thank God for Mike Brady and Charles Ingalls. My father was a raging, abusive alcoholic. Watching Jan or Half-Pint get a calm, sit down, rational conversation about mistakes they made was so far removed from the beatings I received. If it weren't for shows like this, I would never have seen what a kind, loving, patient father looked like.

@eloiseockert9233 Месяц назад

Who is Charles Ingall?

@henryscafe8364 Месяц назад

@@eloiseockert9233 Character from Little House on the Prairie

@rawbacon 2 месяца назад

Crazy, his real life daughter is almost 70.

@eloiseockert9233 Месяц назад

Who?

@rawbacon Месяц назад

@@eloiseockert9233 Robert Reed's Daughter, her name is Karen Rietz. Rietz was his born name before he changed it to Reed.

@EclecticDD 2 месяца назад

I've read Maureen McCormick and Florence Henderson's memoirs. I got my copy of Growing Up Brady autographed in person by Barry Williams. I think that I need to get Robert Reed's biography now, if there is one.

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

I don't believe that Robert ever wrote a memoir of any sort.

@EclecticDD Месяц назад

@@jdsundstrom That's too bad.

@williamwelch7 2 месяца назад

Thanks Dave. Robert was indeed a class act. Sorry for mentioning this, but I think you meant Anne Haney, who I loved in her Star Trek roles. Florence was also priceless, and I particularly enjoyed her brief role in Shakes the Clown. I've heard Robin Williams did his role, as the hostile, talkative mime, for free to help his friend Bobcat out, what a guy he was!

@robertcuratolo5339 2 месяца назад

👨👩👈Mike and Carol Brady.....Reed was only 59 🙁🪦While Florence a full life of 82. 🌹🌺💐

@stevengreco1939 2 месяца назад

Great job Dave!

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@pamelamays4186 2 месяца назад

Mike Brady was the seventies answer to Ward Cleaver.

@kendallrivers1119 2 месяца назад

And Jason Seaver and Steven Keaton were the eighties answers to them. 😊

@prycerobertson4695 2 месяца назад

Not too many people remember Florence Henderson co-hosting Later Today (part of the Today show franchise), which debuted 25 years ago come September. (Her co-hosts were Asha Blake and Jodi Applegate.) Later Today wasn't a ratings success and was canceled after only a year.

@JP5466 2 месяца назад

He actually played a very believable villain/bad guy.

@nate_d376 2 месяца назад

Born in the mid 70s, but grew up watching every episode of the Brady Bunch, a cherished part of my childhood. And my favorite episode(s) was the Hawaiian one. Although it's been decades, I seem to recall that it was a 2 part episode? Maybe I'm misremembering. 😊

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

You're correct it was two parter.

@bonnieriffle8371 Месяц назад

No it was a three parter.

@jerrygillespie1214 2 месяца назад

EG Marshall was reunited with Robert Reed on a Brady episode as Marcia's principal

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

I enjoyed listening to EG Marshall on "CBS Radio Mystery Theater".

@jerrygillespie1214 Месяц назад

@jdsundstrom EG was also in the horror movie Creepshow in 1984. He played a billionaire owner who treated his employees like dirt when thousands of cockroaches invaded his penthouse and attack him. First horror movie I ever saw with cockroaches. I thought they should have a long time ago. That's scary

@stevengreco5897 2 месяца назад

What a great channel!

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks Steven!

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 2 месяца назад

Lego needs to make a Brady Bunch set!

@jetman80pops 2 месяца назад

Yeah that'll never happen

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 2 месяца назад

@@jetman80pops Ya never know, the show is iconic

@MamaPinks 2 месяца назад

I'd buy it! ❤

@jetman80pops 2 месяца назад

@@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety yeah it is but Lego isn't known to make sets of old TV shows from the 70s. They need to make stuff that will sell and let's face it us old heads aren't their core buyers.

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 2 месяца назад

@@jetman80pops I read somewhere more adults are into Lego than kids these days.

@SuperMarioBrosIII 2 месяца назад

Dave, as you may or may know the final tv series The Brady's with most of the original cast had scripted but never filmed episode of Mike Brady dying in a helicopter. Carol would have sung at his funeral. 😢🚁💥🪦

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

I knew that Sherwood was planning on firing Bob...but I hadn't heard that the script had been written.

@SuperMarioBrosIII 2 месяца назад

@@jdsundstrom Hi Dave, I am referring to the (1990) tv series hour long drama ""The Brady's" not the original tv series that aired from 1969-1974. There were other subplots the hour long series had that were also never concluded due to being cancelled. In addition Jan would have finally gotten pregnant. Gary would have proposed to Cindy. And Peter would have taken over Mikes position as city councilman and the mobile trauma unit he helped build would have been named after Mike. 👷‍♂📺📼🙏

@jerrygillespie1214 2 месяца назад

I forgot Ronnie Shell was in the Wesson commercial. Ronnie of course was Duke on Gomer Pyle, he was on Good Morning World which was produced by the same people who did the Dick Van Dyke Show, then went back to Gomer, then became a regular on Jim Nabors variety hour

@annielane5621 2 месяца назад

I was truly saddened when it was announced that Mr. Reed passed away, I didn’t care then or now what his sexuality was. He was great on The Brady bunch and I can only hope he knew how much he meant to us young people as Mr. Mike Brady, only he could play ❤

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Well said!

@SD-nh5yr Месяц назад

I liked it when Davy Jones from the Monkees was on it!❤❤❤

@matthewbaduria 2 месяца назад

The Brady Bunch is the most popular television show in syndication, if it weren't for The Brady Bunch there wouldn't be no Step By Step, there a huge influence.

@kendallrivers1119 2 месяца назад

Idk if it tops The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Munsters, The Odd Couple, I Dream of Jeannie and Perry Mason when it comes to a big syndication boom throughout the decades but it's definitely up there with those shows.

@leestroud9246 2 месяца назад

I was deeply touched when Florence supported Maureen on “Dancing with the Stars”.

@jenniferhansen3622 2 месяца назад

I was too. That was so sweet.

@SuperMarioBrosIII 2 месяца назад

@@jenniferhansen3622 And vice versa right? Florence was on the show too!💃🕺♥🙏

@pamelamays4186 2 месяца назад

RIP Carol and Alice.

@tigger06 2 месяца назад

Watched every week, Friday night, for the duration of the show, not reruns to come much later. I loved it.

@henryscafe8364 Месяц назад

In a 90s sitcom the oldest son dreamt of being a Brady. The actor later played Greg in The Brady Bunch Movie

@jdsundstrom Месяц назад

The show was called "Day By Day".

@henryscafe8364 Месяц назад

@@jdsundstrom Yes! Thank you!

@wandahall4435 2 месяца назад

❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊Dave Awesome

@Narrowgaugefilms Месяц назад

Robert Reed's role on Medical Center was as a pre-op transgender patient: pretty bold for 1970s TV! What was kind of silly was Dr. Gannon performed the surgery and apparently even though it was the first time he tried such a procedure, ol' Joe was able to do it all in one session! (Now THAT'S a skilled surgeon!)

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 2 месяца назад

As an autistic kid growing up, I always thought my family was like the Bradys, but as an adult, I see we're move like the 90s Bradys parodies. 🤪

@4508bluesky 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the good depiction, instead of laughing at stereotypes..

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

You're most welcome. I have deep affection and admiration for both Robert and Florence.

@4508bluesky 2 месяца назад

@@jdsundstrom when they did the Brady Bunch house remodel, the ‘kids’ (that was the right thing to call them because that’s what Robert and Florence called them) got very emotional over the memory of their tv parents.. ❤️and Ann B

@ravenpoe7093 2 месяца назад

My mom had a book she did a cookbook with some entertainment tidbits or something I think she signed it too. Her husband as a therapist of a relative so he got my mom the book idk Florence stopped by the office sometimes or he just had them but I forgot all about that until now

@stevestoneman5881 2 месяца назад

I remember seeing her in the musical carousel which I absolutely loved and she was so good in it

@cadeevans4623 Месяц назад

Such a great classic show thanks for sharing the truth buddy the facts and all

@jdsundstrom Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it, Cade!

@user-lp3kr8yf7m Месяц назад

I liked the episode when the whole Brady Bunch went to an amusement park in the state of Ohio. And Mike was supposed to show some sketches to some important men. But instead was Jan's Yogi Bear Poster.

@jdsundstrom Месяц назад

One of my favorite episodes as well!

@mariabrandon7394 Месяц назад

Both Florence Henderson and Robert Reed played on Murder She Wrote as well as Barry Williams and Eve Plumb. 14:16 14:16

@pamelamays4186 2 месяца назад

When she appeared on Bobby Knight's reality show "My Fair Brady", Florence talked to him not just as a friend but also like a caring mom

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Florence...and Robert really cared for all of the young actors who played their kids on the show.

@Torrey33327 2 месяца назад

*Christopher Knight

@KevinDavis338 2 месяца назад

I'm sure had Robert didn't die, he would have appeared on the first Brady Bunch movie (like Florence did). Not sure about the second one.

@davidhinkson8856 2 месяца назад

I always loved The Brady Bunch when i was a child. I didn't particularly enjoy the revivals of it in the 1990s because they were kinda tacky.

@Doris1888 Месяц назад

As often as I was able, I was a "faithful" watcher of The Brady Bunch every Friday night followed by The Partridge Family and ending my Friday night watch with Love American Style. I was there from its inception in 1969 till it ended in 1974. So it started when I was in grade school and ended when I was in junior high. Looking back I realize it was a show aimed at kids because almost all stories revolved around them. I am sure that is why most kids loved to watch it. I never thought much of the sequels even the reunion when Marcia and Jan were married. Reunions and sequels often don't work because it takes away how we remember when the show originally aired. I would rather remember a show the way it was even if it was corny. I also remember which scenes were left out of the reruns when they were shown in syndication that's how well I knew the show.

@jdsundstrom Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing your memories, Doris!

@Ravenscroft82 2 месяца назад

Loved the Tiki episode as a kid. Also enjoyed the Grand Canyon two parter and King's Island shows. Oh, if eight year old me had ANY idea of how different the world would be 50 plus years later, I'm afraid I'd have put myself in a hibernation chamber! Reed was indeed a class act, and he sure loved his TV family, regardless of what he thought of the show overall. Nice video Dave!

@lamontbradford4630 2 месяца назад

The Grand Canyon was a 3 part episode.

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

Well done! Thanks Dave.👏

@nmundy100 2 месяца назад

Classic tv

@brenthaymon280 Месяц назад

Florence Henderson was in a movie called "Bad Grandmas." It was made in 2015 and released in 2017, about a year after she died.

@MrLangDog 2 месяца назад

I actually prefer "not so real" shows from the past. When I watch TV now, it's usually plutotv and something old, escapism.

@karenleemallonee684 2 месяца назад

I just found Pluto TV & I absolutely love it!!! I can't get enough Odd Couple...lOl!!! 😆

@jons.6216 2 месяца назад

And a note I looked up the other day. Ronnie Schell is still with us in his early 90s. Florence Henderson has noted a few times in interviews about speaking with Robert Reed toward the end how he asked her to "tell the kids", which is very endearing! One thing Sherwood Schwartz did to forever tarnish Mike Brady's reputation as a TV dad was have him actually miss out on his first born son's high school graduation over some alleged "business trip" that was only mentioned in the last few lines of the final episode!

@jerrygillespie1214 2 месяца назад

I'm not sure if you heard this, 1:29 Dave, but I heard Gene Hackman was considered as Mike Brady. Gene of course was in 70s movies as The French Connection and the Poseiden Adventure. And Joyce Bulifant was considered to be Carol Brady. She is best known as Murray's wife on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and on Match Game. Both Gene and Joyce are still alive

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

I had heard that. It's just nutty to think about Gene Hackman as Mike Brady.

@jerrygillespie1214 2 месяца назад

@jdsundstrom just think Dave, if Gene had gotten the role, maybe Robert Reed would be starring in The French Connection. LOL

@user-yt2ur1fp4z Месяц назад

I would watch it

@mikesilva3868 2 месяца назад

Great 😊

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks 😊

@mikesilva3868 2 месяца назад

@@jdsundstrom 🙂🙂🙂Turn around / Look at what you see / In her face / The mirror of your dreams / Make believe I'm everywhere

@stevepettersen3283 2 месяца назад

So the Bradys in Hawaii episode, obviously my favorite part was Jan/Eve Plumb in her bikini. I'm curious if the actors got a cut of the profits for merchandising or residuals for reruns?

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Good question. Residuals ran out decades ago for the actors on the show. Not sure about merchandising though.

@michaelstaunton1632 2 месяца назад

👍👍👍 📺

@rhrh2025 2 месяца назад

Robert Reed was gay, and I doubt he had anything going on with any female!

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

I'm sure his daughter would dispute that.

@figmo397 2 месяца назад

Both Robert Reed and Florence Henderson were severely underutilized talent-wise on The Brady Bunch, but it did give them steady paychecks. It also caused a generation or two of folks to become interested in their extended body of work.

@JackieSkellington 2 месяца назад

We were a step family when the Brady bunch on, made it easier to explain! Florence Henderson a very classy lady who got that Bob was gay and let producers know to keep the kissy face minimal so he wouldn't be uncomfortable

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@dannystaton5386 2 месяца назад

Daveeeee

@annielane5621 2 месяца назад

Are you going todo anything on the wonderful actress Shelly Duvall?

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

I'll talk about her during Monday evening's live stream.

@annielane5621 Месяц назад

@@jdsundstrom Thank you, I’m Along time fan of hers. ❤️ 💜 💕

@justen.d.sblackburn6701 2 месяца назад

I enjoyed Robert Reed in the mini series Roots. Definitely a diversity as actor

@richdouglas2311 Месяц назад

Reed was an ace and Schwartz was a genius. But that genius was about a subject Reed really didn't want to be a part of. He got locked in, however.

@davidellis5141 2 месяца назад

Robert Reed was excellent in Roots .. Definitely not Mr.Brady

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

He was also in a movie with Julie Andrews called STAR! about the life of Gertrude Lawrence.

@achild4363 Месяц назад

Didn’t like it

@joeanderson9852 2 месяца назад

👍👍

@mindyteddybear Месяц назад

bobby found the ticki idol.

@johnr.7906 Месяц назад

Who cares about his sexual orientation - Robert Reid was absolutely fantastic. In the 1980's I watched Brady reruns just about every single day. RIP Mr. Reid!

@pamelamays4186 2 месяца назад

Florence Henderson lost the part of Shirley Partridge to her good friend Shirley Jones.

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

It all worked out perfectly. 🙂

@Torrey33327 2 месяца назад

I always thought Partridge Family was developed with Shirley in mind.

@jetman80pops 2 месяца назад

Reed took himself to seriously like most classically trained actors.

@jdsundstrom 2 месяца назад

Yes, Robert really did take his work seriously.

@GeminieCricket Месяц назад

too not to nor two

@jetman80pops Месяц назад

@@GeminieCricket I used voice to text there grammar nazi

@achild4363 Месяц назад

I don’t agree he was a slave owner

@ValleyProud916 2 месяца назад

Robert Reed was a pillow-biter

@ValleyProud916 2 месяца назад

Colon cancer? Well, his colon did have quite the workout 😅

@kallen868 2 месяца назад

What a tacky and disrespectful comment. 😕

@ThomasMccluskey-f1m 2 месяца назад

Bobby found the necklace. Not Greg. No big deal. Still love your stuff. Tom

@johnbeechy 2 месяца назад

another caring video. myop any body that gets AIDs should move to a warm climate. Magic Johnson got Aids (around the time RR passed away) and Magic is still alive. Aids does take away immunity to some of the health challenges all of us face as humans, but less weather changes can remove some of them colds and coughs. myop