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installLSC · 05-20-2016, 10:18 PM

Recently I bought a TV Guide from 1971. In the TV Teletype section they have this nugget

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Scripts call for Florence Henderson to have a baby. As an audience lure the baby will be born on the night of an important rating survey.

Has anyone heard of this before? And would it have worked? I think it would have been a disaster, since shows with a baby almost always focus on the child--robbing the show of its sibling rivalry focus.

Smartboy · 05-20-2016, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by installLSC

Recently I bought a TV Guide from 1971. In the TV Teletype section they have this nugget

Has anyone heard of this before? And would it have worked? I think it would have been a disaster, since shows with a baby almost always focus on the child--robbing the show of its sibling rivalry focus.

I am going to have to say that I had never heard of this before. I wonder what stopped them from going through with this idea. If any here knows anything about it, I would really enjoy hearing from you.

RetroGuy2000 · 05-21-2016, 02:09 AM

Never heard of this, either. Wow!

The Brady kids were so much older. I can't imagine this working well. Probably best they scrapped this idea, but it's interesting nonetheless.

jehobden · 08-05-2016, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by installLSC

Recently I bought a TV Guide from 1971. In the TV Teletype section they have this nugget

Has anyone heard of this before? And would it have worked? I think it would have been a disaster, since shows with a baby almost always focus on the child--robbing the show of its sibling rivalry focus.

Can you provide the issue date here? I'd love to read this item myself, and I think I have almost every issue from 1971. Thanks!

installLSC · 08-09-2016, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jehobden

Can you provide the issue date here? I'd love to read this item myself, and I think I have almost every issue from 1971. Thanks!

May 29 issue with the "All in the Family" cast on the cover.

lakesgirl · 08-09-2016, 09:39 AM

I don't think it would have worked. But then again, a baby would have been better than Cousin Oliver. :/

1960'sTVfan · 08-09-2016, 02:55 PM

Six growing kids in that family was more than enough. The last thing they needed was to add a baby to the mix.

scrapple · 08-10-2016, 08:26 PM

If they had done it, you just KNOW it would have been twins...one boy, one girl.

Will Dockery · 08-10-2016, 09:57 PM

Sounds like where the Cousin Oliver idea originally may have come from.

plmkr88 · 08-21-2016, 11:11 PM

Would the baby have to share that bathroom between the boys room and girls room too?

Smartboy · 08-22-2016, 10:36 PM

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Would the baby have to share that bathroom between the boys room and girls room too?

I guess that he or she would have. It is my understanding that the only other bathroom in the house was connected to the master bedroom.

Bronson · 08-24-2016, 10:46 AM

Robert Reed was not coming back the next season so I think how they would have handled that. Their options would have been:

1. Kill of Mike Brady and introduce someone to be the family patriarch like maybe his brother.

2. Send him off on an extended trip and on occasion speak about him or Mrs.
Brady or one of the kids speaking to him on the phone.

3. Recasting Mike Brady. Not sure if that would have worked.

Babalu · 08-24-2016, 09:46 PM

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I don't think it would have worked. But then again, a baby would have been better than Cousin Oliver. :/

A serial killer would have been better than cousin Oliver.

Bonniegirl · 08-24-2016, 11:04 PM

How about boy/girl twins! With the twist being that the boy had hair of gold like the Mother,and the girl had dark hair like Mike!!

Mark Mallard · 09-08-2016, 06:57 PM

^ That would have been hilarious! The theme song's lyrics would be wrecked, though, haha!

05-21-2016, 02:09 AM	#3
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Never heard of this, either. Wow! The Brady kids were so much older. I can't imagine this working well. Probably best they scrapped this idea, but it's interesting nonetheless.
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Will Dockery Shadowville All-Stars Senior Member Join Date: Oct 31, 2006 Location: Shadowville Posts: 1,448	Sounds like where the Cousin Oliver idea originally may have come from.
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08-09-2016, 09:39 AM	#6
lakesgirl Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2014 Posts: 2,116	I don't think it would have worked. But then again, a baby would have been better than Cousin Oliver. :/

08-09-2016, 02:55 PM	#7
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,128	Six growing kids in that family was more than enough. The last thing they needed was to add a baby to the mix.

08-10-2016, 08:26 PM	#8
scrapple Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 03, 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 259	If they had done it, you just KNOW it would have been twins...one boy, one girl.

08-21-2016, 11:11 PM	#10
plmkr88 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2010 Location: College Station TX Posts: 134	Would the baby have to share that bathroom between the boys room and girls room too?

08-24-2016, 10:46 AM	#12
Bronson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 27, 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 274	Robert Reed was not coming back the next season so I think how they would have handled that. Their options would have been: 1. Kill of Mike Brady and introduce someone to be the family patriarch like maybe his brother. 2. Send him off on an extended trip and on occasion speak about him or Mrs. Brady or one of the kids speaking to him on the phone. 3. Recasting Mike Brady. Not sure if that would have worked.

08-24-2016, 11:04 PM	#14
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,887	How about boy/girl twins! With the twist being that the boy had hair of gold like the Mother,and the girl had dark hair like Mike!!

09-08-2016, 06:57 PM	#15
Mark Mallard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 26, 2013 Location: United States of America Posts: 104	^ That would have been hilarious! The theme song's lyrics would be wrecked, though, haha!