Brian Damage
03-17-2010, 01:59 PM
1. The Bradys (The Brady Bunch, 1969–74)
Here’s the story: We’ve all wanted a family like the Bradys. Sure, Mike (Robert Reed) and Carol (Florence Henderson) had six kids sharing one bathroom, and OK, nobody noticed that Tiger vanished after the second season. But they got to do full-blown productions of Snow White in their Astroturfed backyard, had a sassy live-in housekeeper and the ability to overcome problems ranging from identity crises to broken noses in 30 minutes flat. “The Bradys were the last of a genre: a sweet, simple, idealized American family,” says Christopher Knight, who still cherishes his time as middle Brady boy Peter. “I was able to escape into the fantasy of an idyllic family,” he says, adding that his real-life home “was more ‘Hurt Locker’ and less ‘Avatar.’” Which is exactly why we love the Bradys: No matter what our own families were like, this endearingly mild Bunch always made the day more sunshiney.
http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/feature/tvs-top-families-10-1-4400.html?page=2
Here’s the story: We’ve all wanted a family like the Bradys. Sure, Mike (Robert Reed) and Carol (Florence Henderson) had six kids sharing one bathroom, and OK, nobody noticed that Tiger vanished after the second season. But they got to do full-blown productions of Snow White in their Astroturfed backyard, had a sassy live-in housekeeper and the ability to overcome problems ranging from identity crises to broken noses in 30 minutes flat. “The Bradys were the last of a genre: a sweet, simple, idealized American family,” says Christopher Knight, who still cherishes his time as middle Brady boy Peter. “I was able to escape into the fantasy of an idyllic family,” he says, adding that his real-life home “was more ‘Hurt Locker’ and less ‘Avatar.’” Which is exactly why we love the Bradys: No matter what our own families were like, this endearingly mild Bunch always made the day more sunshiney.
http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/feature/tvs-top-families-10-1-4400.html?page=2