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TeeVeeCloset · 08-09-2011, 09:54 AM

Either the Reed estate got paid big bucks or the manufacturer just did it, but after a long absence of Robert Reed's image on recent "Brady" collectibles, I noticed he is pictured from the first season in his usual square on a just released BB Cookie Jar shaped like a TV, the center square has the "The Brady Bunch" logo, so Ann B. Davis does not appear on the piece. Hopefully the Reed Estate has had a change of heart about not letting their fathers' image and likeness allowed on Brady products or if they haven't this cookie jar could be pulled off the market fast. It can be found in most collectable catalogs and stores.

catlover79 · 08-09-2011, 11:53 AM

Marvo301 · 08-09-2011, 04:35 PM

Interesting. It's neat that Reed's estate may now be allowing the use of his image in BB marketing but it's a shame Ann B. was left out of this particular campaign. After all Alice was the chief cookie baker in the Brady household!

catlover79 · 08-09-2011, 04:57 PM

In the grand Brady tradition, someone is missing! Who would've guessed this time it would be Alice?

TeeVeeCloset · 08-09-2011, 05:38 PM

I understand about Ann B, but I have seen the cookie jar and putting the Brady logo in the center was the best thing to do to make it look nice. Otherwise the name would've had to cover up her face entirely, trust me...again it is shapped like a TV screen with antenna as a lid, the picture of course looks like the wonderful old fashioned TV screen aspect ratio, which sadly it looks like we will have to live with 16:9 long screen for the rest of our lives, as you can no longer even buy a decent size old fashioned TV.....perhaps like vinyl records and players have enjoyed a slight comeback, I am hoping the old screen size will return some day.

Oh what I would pay for a new nice classic TV console in a wooden cabinet with great sounding speakers on both sides of the screen facing me!

hitting buttons, having the picture stretched or squeezed, I am dreading the day I ever have to watch my classic TV DVD collection on one of the new sets in a square, much like one of the Brady squares!

Zoneboy · 08-09-2011, 05:43 PM

TeeVeeCloset · 08-09-2011, 06:07 PM

Thank you Zoneboy, a picture is indeed worth 1000 words...

1960'sTVfan · 08-09-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TeeVeeCloset

Oh what I would pay for a new nice classic TV console in a wooden cabinet with great sounding speakers on both sides of the screen facing me!

I have two of the stereo console TV's, manufactured by Zenith. Those console TV's are much better than the junk that's made today, to be sure.

TeeVeeCloset · 08-09-2011, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

I have two of the stereo console TV's, manufactured by Zenith. Those console TV's are much better than the junk that's made today, to be sure.

I am glad I am not the only one, I am not against progress, but believe we should have a choice, everything is disposable now....I have a Zenith (not a console) which is celebrating birthday 31 this year! I also have a huge Toshiba in year 20....both sets have perfect color, etc!

Today you are just suppose to get your year or two out of it and then replace it, because try and find a TV repairman shop anymore....plus there is nothing like the sound of tapping on a real glass TV screen, honestly a sound that cannot be duplicated. Instead of the pulsing, color vibrating, non crystal clear pictures todays average TV bring.

as for digital TV, and the freezing, tiling and blocking, picture total locking up, please give me a snowey analog signal anyday and I would happily balance my rabbit ears wrapped in tin foil sitting on the arm of the couch to get the picture just right!

Technology is really what is destroying the world, changing people, we are communicating less, not more, in this so called communication age as we all hide behind our computers, blackberrys, texting & tweeting while updating our Facebook page because our every move has to be documented. Boy am I sounding an old 48, but trust me, the world worked just fine when life was simplier. Problem with people in my age bracket, we know the world before and after, and it worked and so did people. Remember Just because it can be done, that doesn't mean it has too or it makes it better. Words to live by......

I can't imagine this world in another 20 years, we will destroy ourselves, so as the starter of this thread, go out and get yourself a Brady Bunch cookie jar....well I'm back on topic!

1960'sTVfan · 08-09-2011, 08:04 PM

I agree about digital TV, it is faulty and some people have made a lot of money on it. There was nothing wrong with analog TV, I also don't like how the digital thing was forced on to the public, we had to accept it whether we like it or not. I have a couple smaller analog TV's that I still use, I had to go out and buy two of those converter boxes so those sets could still get reception when doomsday and the conversion to digital occured. Now I have reception problems with those sets because the picture freezes up and I always have to adjust the antenna. That was not the case with the old analog signal. Digital is a bunch of hogwash, it's a total sham.

Regarding the Brady Bunch cookie jar, I'm not going to buy one but I guess it's cute enough. Judging by the picture posted above, it looks cheaply made. What does it retail for?

catlover79 · 08-09-2011, 09:31 PM

We had a Zenith TV for many, many years. We had it from the time I was very little until it finally bit the dust in 1993 - when I was 13 1/2. It had rabbit ears and no remote, but it was solid and reliable. We're on our third TV since then. (Not counting the TVs in my brother's and my rooms.)

1960'sTVfan · 08-09-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

We had a Zenith TV for many, many years. We had it from the time I was very little until it finally bit the dust in 1993 - when I was 13 1/2. It had rabbit ears and no remote, but it was solid and reliable. We're on our third TV since then. (Not counting the TVs in my brother's and my rooms.)

Over the years, Zenith TV's have normally been a good investment. The two consoles I have are nice sets. As a kid growing up in the 1960's, my parents had a Zenith black and white set. It was on legs and the TV could swivel back and forth. No remote control in those days, the TV had a knob to change channels, another knob to adjust the volume, and a few smaller knobs that adjusted the picture. If I recall, the TV had tubes in the back. If a tube went out, the set wouldn't work again until the bad tube was replaced. A few shows I remember that my parents watched on that set are: Jackie Gleason Show from Miami Beach, Dean Martin Show, Get Smart, Star Trek, Laugh In, Mothers In Law, My World And Welcome To It, many other shows too that I have since forgotten. Yea, those were some good days with fond memories. Sometimes I would like to go back to being a kid when life was simpler and a lot more fun than it is right now.

catlover79 · 08-09-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Sometimes I would like to go back to being a kid when life was simpler and a lot more fun than it is right now.

That makes two of us!!!!

Marvo301 · 08-09-2011, 11:53 PM

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That makes two of us!!!!

Make that three of us!

old grouch · 08-10-2011, 10:02 AM

Make that four!!!

That cookie jar is cool, but how can you have a Brady Bunch cookie jar and not have Alice's face on it???

I too remember the old console TV sets. They were like a piece of furinture. My aunt had one that also had a stereo built into it.

08-09-2011, 09:54 AM	#1
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08-09-2011, 04:57 PM	#4
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	In the grand Brady tradition, someone is missing! Who would've guessed this time it would be Alice?

08-09-2011, 05:38 PM	#5
TeeVeeCloset Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 1,873	I understand about Ann B, but I have seen the cookie jar and putting the Brady logo in the center was the best thing to do to make it look nice. Otherwise the name would've had to cover up her face entirely, trust me...again it is shapped like a TV screen with antenna as a lid, the picture of course looks like the wonderful old fashioned TV screen aspect ratio, which sadly it looks like we will have to live with 16:9 long screen for the rest of our lives, as you can no longer even buy a decent size old fashioned TV.....perhaps like vinyl records and players have enjoyed a slight comeback, I am hoping the old screen size will return some day. Oh what I would pay for a new nice classic TV console in a wooden cabinet with great sounding speakers on both sides of the screen facing me! hitting buttons, having the picture stretched or squeezed, I am dreading the day I ever have to watch my classic TV DVD collection on one of the new sets in a square, much like one of the Brady squares!

08-09-2011, 06:07 PM	#7
TeeVeeCloset Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 1,873	Thank you Zoneboy, a picture is indeed worth 1000 words...

08-09-2011, 08:04 PM	#10
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,060	I agree about digital TV, it is faulty and some people have made a lot of money on it. There was nothing wrong with analog TV, I also don't like how the digital thing was forced on to the public, we had to accept it whether we like it or not. I have a couple smaller analog TV's that I still use, I had to go out and buy two of those converter boxes so those sets could still get reception when doomsday and the conversion to digital occured. Now I have reception problems with those sets because the picture freezes up and I always have to adjust the antenna. That was not the case with the old analog signal. Digital is a bunch of hogwash, it's a total sham. Regarding the Brady Bunch cookie jar, I'm not going to buy one but I guess it's cute enough. Judging by the picture posted above, it looks cheaply made. What does it retail for?

08-09-2011, 09:31 PM	#11
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	We had a Zenith TV for many, many years. We had it from the time I was very little until it finally bit the dust in 1993 - when I was 13 1/2. It had rabbit ears and no remote, but it was solid and reliable. We're on our third TV since then. (Not counting the TVs in my brother's and my rooms.)

08-10-2011, 10:02 AM	#15
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	Make that four!!! That cookie jar is cool, but how can you have a Brady Bunch cookie jar and not have Alice's face on it??? I too remember the old console TV sets. They were like a piece of furinture. My aunt had one that also had a stereo built into it.