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It only ran from 1969 to 1974, but The Brady Bunch has endured as one of the most popular sitcoms ever. The many stories of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls, and her husband, a man named Brady who was busy with three boys of his own, who somehow formed a family, have kept us entertained and filled with warm and fuzzy feelings of nostalgia and #familygoals for nearly 50 years. A family show in the most literal sense, it was about as squeaky-clean and corny as 1960s and 1970s TV ever got, with the kids messing up and learning a lesson, Mr. Brady doling out advice, and housekeeper Alice making some gentle wisecracks. But there was actually a lot going on beneath the surface.

As superficial as The Brady Bunch may have seemed to younger viewers, there's some pretty startling stuff about the show you only notice as an adult. There's just a hint of darkness, a splash of weirdness, and a lot that simply boggled the mind … and that's not even counting the sudden addition of "Cousin Oliver" to the show. Here's a groovy look into The Brady Bunch.

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Thanks for posting this but wow, it is kind of depressing in a sense. And the person who wrote this article has way too much time on their hands. As far as the premise, I suppose these days they could have said that both Mike and Carol were divorced from their former spouses, but I don't think that would have gone over too well. It was easier to say that Carol and Mike were widow and widower.

The show was a comedy and was supposed to focus on them all being a family so how they came together was neither here nor there I guess. I did think about how easily they adjusted a few times when I was watching Season 4.