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Warm & Fuzzy · 01-19-2002, 03:58 PM

Does anyone else besides me think that the cast was too big? Would it have been better to have 2 boys, and 2 girls?

Don't mind me, I'm bored...

blackbiped · 01-19-2002, 04:43 PM

If there had only been 2 boys and 2 girls, there would have been two empty spaces on the grid. They might've been filled by pictures of Tiger and Fluffy, but that would have elevated their status on the show to full-fledged cast members and the overpopulation problem would remain. Of course, one solution might have been to have Bobby and Cindy disappear in the Grand Canyon and never be found, or perhaps to show them being devoured by wolves. Their pictures could remain on the grid as a memorial but the problem would be solved.

Tiger32 · 01-19-2002, 07:40 PM

I don't think that the cast was too big, particularly when one considers that both Mike and Carol were previously married. Three children each came from there respective prior marriages.

But I thought the writing was not as good as it could have been. They went too far to try to portray these kids as goody two shoes, when they should have wrote about what many teenagers were really facing at that time.

A good episode would have been Greg's friends trying to pressure him into using drugs. Those sort of things were actually going on in Barry Williams real life. In fact he showed up one time to the Brady Bunch set high off of Marijuana.

But I guessed that would have been censored out during the early 70s. But I probably would have thought more highly of the series if they had explored more realistic issues facing teens at that time.

I grew up during the 70s, and I seen many of these problems first hand. Everyone watched the Brady Bunch, they could have given a powerful message to both the parents and the children. But instead they chose to create this perfect Brady world where everything was a bright sun shiny day!

mamamiasweetpeaches · 01-31-2002, 11:43 AM

Right. We all like to say Oliver killed the show...but the truth is they ran out of storylines in the last season because they ran out of things for the Brady kids to do,seeing that they reFUSED to let them grow up like normal teenagers!Cindy never got her period/first bra.No one evr got fresh with Marcia/Jan.No one evr found a joint/condom in Gregs pocket.And so it goes.

Tiger32 · 01-31-2002, 10:28 PM

You are correct Mamamiasweetpeaches, and although watching the Brady Bunch was part of my childhood, I could never sit through an entire episode today.

I actually find the show quite boring today. There really are just a handful of shows from the 60s and 70s that I still find enjoyable today. I still may have fond memories of some shows, but when I go to watch them, I find many of them silly today. I guess everyone changes with time.

But I did watch the television movie based on Barry Williams book. It exposed some of the secrets that were actually going on behind the scenes. The movie exposed the fact that Robert Reed was gay, and that each of the kids dated their respective t.v. siblings, i.e. Marcia and Greg, Peter and Jan, and Bobby and Cindy.

01-19-2002, 03:58 PM	#1
Warm & Fuzzy Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 02, 2001 Posts: 10,254	Cast too big? Does anyone else besides me think that the cast was too big? Would it have been better to have 2 boys, and 2 girls? Don't mind me, I'm bored...
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01-19-2002, 04:43 PM	#2
blackbiped Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 15, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 50	If there had only been 2 boys and 2 girls, there would have been two empty spaces on the grid. They might've been filled by pictures of Tiger and Fluffy, but that would have elevated their status on the show to full-fledged cast members and the overpopulation problem would remain. Of course, one solution might have been to have Bobby and Cindy disappear in the Grand Canyon and never be found, or perhaps to show them being devoured by wolves. Their pictures could remain on the grid as a memorial but the problem would be solved.
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01-19-2002, 07:40 PM	#3
Tiger32 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 14, 2002 Posts: 624	I don't think that the cast was too big, particularly when one considers that both Mike and Carol were previously married. Three children each came from there respective prior marriages. But I thought the writing was not as good as it could have been. They went too far to try to portray these kids as goody two shoes, when they should have wrote about what many teenagers were really facing at that time. A good episode would have been Greg's friends trying to pressure him into using drugs. Those sort of things were actually going on in Barry Williams real life. In fact he showed up one time to the Brady Bunch set high off of Marijuana. But I guessed that would have been censored out during the early 70s. But I probably would have thought more highly of the series if they had explored more realistic issues facing teens at that time. I grew up during the 70s, and I seen many of these problems first hand. Everyone watched the Brady Bunch, they could have given a powerful message to both the parents and the children. But instead they chose to create this perfect Brady world where everything was a bright sun shiny day!
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01-31-2002, 11:43 AM	#4
mamamiasweetpeaches Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 30, 2002 Location: Middle Village,NY Posts: 390	Right. We all like to say Oliver killed the show...but the truth is they ran out of storylines in the last season because they ran out of things for the Brady kids to do,seeing that they reFUSED to let them grow up like normal teenagers!Cindy never got her period/first bra.No one evr got fresh with Marcia/Jan.No one evr found a joint/condom in Gregs pocket.And so it goes.

01-31-2002, 10:28 PM	#5
Tiger32 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 14, 2002 Posts: 624	You are correct Mamamiasweetpeaches, and although watching the Brady Bunch was part of my childhood, I could never sit through an entire episode today. I actually find the show quite boring today. There really are just a handful of shows from the 60s and 70s that I still find enjoyable today. I still may have fond memories of some shows, but when I go to watch them, I find many of them silly today. I guess everyone changes with time. But I did watch the television movie based on Barry Williams book. It exposed some of the secrets that were actually going on behind the scenes. The movie exposed the fact that Robert Reed was gay, and that each of the kids dated their respective t.v. siblings, i.e. Marcia and Greg, Peter and Jan, and Bobby and Cindy.