M3S was ahead of Brady Bunch in the blended family

[Tankeryanker]

So why does Brady Bunch act like they invented the blended family show?

[stevea]

Right, with the adoptions and marriages, M3S had 12 years of blending.

[biffbronson]

Family Affair was another example of sorts of a blended family sitcom, although Bill and the children were blood relatives.

And I so wish there would have been at least one wedding before it ended. Cissy & Gregg were headed that way.

[MichaelMartinD]

"The Danny Thomas Show" also had a blended family in the late 1950s, with Danny remarrying Kathy who had a daughter from a previous marriage.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by MichaelMartinD

"The Danny Thomas Show" also had a blended family in the late 1950s, with Danny remarrying Kathy who had a daughter from a previous marriage.

After a network switch from ABC to CBS in 1957, Danny was remarried and the show went on for another seven seasons, ending in 1964.

[Rich3]

Brady Bunch started before Steve remarried didn't it? At least by a couple of years.

[biffbronson]

Timing was much closer than that, months not years. Here are the airing dates:

Steve & Barbara's wedding episode: Nov. 22, 1969 (Barbara's intro: Oct. 4, 1969)

First Brady Bunch episode: Sept. 26, 1969

[Tankeryanker]

Would Brady Bunch group know about M3S and what their programing would have been for the upcoming season?

Kind of like get to the subject before M3S?

[rcbrad]

Sherwood Schwartz registered the concept of the Brady Bunch with the Writers Guild in 1966, so this predates the story line of the blended family on My Three Sons.

[paul.austin]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

Family Affair was another example of sorts of a blended family sitcom, although Bill and the children were blood relatives.

And I so wish there would have been at least one wedding before it ended. Cissy & Gregg were headed that way.

Would Buffy have still been "almost 9" in a FA 1971-72 season? Given that she said she is in the final 1970-71 season. Just pondering...

[Charles Knox]

Originally Posted by rcbrad

Sherwood Schwartz registered the concept of the Brady Bunch with the Writers Guild in 1966, so this predates the story line of the blended family on My Three Sons.

The original idea was based on a true story (don't know if there was a book), and Lucille Ball held rights to the title, "Yours, Mine And Ours". Lucy produced and starred in the movie, which forced Sherwood into having to changed the working title over to the Brady Bunch.

Even before all this, there was an old Fred MacMurray comedy movie titled "Family Honeymoon", that was about MacMurray's character marrying a widow who already had two kids.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

Timing was much closer than that, months not years. Here are the airing dates:

Steve & Barbara's wedding episode: Nov. 22, 1969 (Barbara's intro: Oct. 4, 1969)

First Brady Bunch episode: Sept. 26, 1969

And the same story line of the dogs getting out of the car and crashing the wedding. Both Tiger and Tramp did this.

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

And the same story line of the dogs getting out of the car and crashing the wedding. Both Tiger and Tramp did this.

That's a good observation. Tramp had gotten into Robbie & Katie's wedding a couple of years earlier as well, which is why Steve makes a quip about whether he would "make it" when he crashes Steve & Barbara's.

I believe in The Brady Bunch pilot, there's a goof: a manual hand crank is visible for the car window -- and that should NOT have been there, since (in escaping) the dog presses a button for automatic windows (no cranks)...!

For Steve & Barbara's wedding, no problem: the boy Robbie hired to take the junk off of the car opens the door to let Tramp out.

[paul.austin]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

That's a good observation. Tramp had gotten into Robbie & Katie's wedding a couple of years earlier as well, which is why Steve makes a quip about whether he would "make it" when he crashes Steve & Barbara's.

I believe in The Brady Bunch pilot, there's a goof: a manual hand crank is visible for the car window -- and that should NOT have been there, since (in escaping) the dog presses a button for automatic windows (no cranks)...!

For Steve & Barbara's wedding, no problem: the boy Robbie hired to take the junk off of the car opens the door to let Tramp out.

The Bunch production crew couldn't even afford a real car?!