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paul.austin · 05-15-2017, 07:11 PM

Being a high school kid in the early seventies... they were a lot more restricted than now, both at school and at home. A teenage girl from now finding herself transported to the Brady Bunch universe would soon chafe under the restrictions and expectations of a young girl in the 1970s.

So I ask of the forum: Would you really like to live in the Brady's world?

bellczar · 05-16-2017, 07:40 PM

I was quite happy living with my own family.

It would have been fun to have more brothers and sisters. But I didn't always get along with the ones I had. Growing up with only one other sibling (a second came later), I was aware that my family was more easily able to afford things and do things like plane trips that my friends with larger families never got to do.

I also had my own bedroom the whole time I was growing up. Many of my friends didn't. (Of course, the Brady kids didn't, until finally the attic was made into a bedroom.) My best friend shared a bedroom with his younger brother and sister until he was about 10 and then continued to share with his brother. One of my best female friends shared with both her sisters, until the oldest sister took inspiration from "A Room at the Top" and got her parents to let her have the basement playroom.

Sherwood Schwartz reported that the show frequently received letters from girls (always girls) who were unhappy with their families and wanted to move in with the Bradys. There were so many that Schwartz had a form letter to reply to them. "Thank God none of them ever showed up!," he wrote in his memoir "Brady Brady Brady."

Piper's mom · 01-20-2019, 02:04 AM

I was a teenager in the 80's and my parents were rather old school and restrictive. I only had one younger brother, so having sisters would have been cool.

I was a child of the 70's and a teenager of the 80's, and from what I remember, the 80's were a much more materialistic decade and the 70's more laid back. So I think I would've actually preferred that 70's in that regard.

As for living with the Brady Bunch, don't know about the whole 6 kids and 1 bathroom situation, but I would have loved to have Alice around. I loved the rapport she always had with the kids. Really, what kid wouldn't love that?

Tankeryanker · 01-24-2019, 11:33 PM

I had my horse so I was not restricted that much. I could do it, but I would not want to live with all of those people.

dakert · 02-22-2019, 04:12 PM

Whenever I think of living with the Bradys I think of this great Brady Bunch themed episode of Day By Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapSLY5Fxbo

Have you Brady Bunch fans seen this?

MA · 02-22-2019, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakert

Whenever I think of living with the Bradys I think of this great Brady Bunch themed episode of Day By Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapSLY5Fxbo

Have you Brady Bunch fans seen this?

I saw some of it back when having a lot of Brady Bunch related stuff on my computer, but now that's gone unfortunately.

DJM77 · 02-22-2019, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakert

Whenever I think of living with the Bradys I think of this great Brady Bunch themed episode of Day By Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapSLY5Fxbo

Have you Brady Bunch fans seen this?

Yeah, I think I first saw that when it originally aired.

TheLittleFaerie · 03-06-2019, 12:02 PM

It would be fun to be neighbors with them and visit

05-15-2017, 07:11 PM	#1
paul.austin Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 22, 2012 Posts: 671	Would you really like to live in the Brady Bunch? Being a high school kid in the early seventies... they were a lot more restricted than now, both at school and at home. A teenage girl from now finding herself transported to the Brady Bunch universe would soon chafe under the restrictions and expectations of a young girl in the 1970s. So I ask of the forum: Would you really like to live in the Brady's world?

05-16-2017, 07:40 PM	#2
bellczar Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 17, 2006 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 133	I was quite happy living with my own family. It would have been fun to have more brothers and sisters. But I didn't always get along with the ones I had. Growing up with only one other sibling (a second came later), I was aware that my family was more easily able to afford things and do things like plane trips that my friends with larger families never got to do. I also had my own bedroom the whole time I was growing up. Many of my friends didn't. (Of course, the Brady kids didn't, until finally the attic was made into a bedroom.) My best friend shared a bedroom with his younger brother and sister until he was about 10 and then continued to share with his brother. One of my best female friends shared with both her sisters, until the oldest sister took inspiration from "A Room at the Top" and got her parents to let her have the basement playroom. Sherwood Schwartz reported that the show frequently received letters from girls (always girls) who were unhappy with their families and wanted to move in with the Bradys. There were so many that Schwartz had a form letter to reply to them. "Thank God none of them ever showed up!," he wrote in his memoir "Brady Brady Brady."

01-20-2019, 02:04 AM	#3
Piper's mom Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 20, 2019 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 7	I was a teenager in the 80's and my parents were rather old school and restrictive. I only had one younger brother, so having sisters would have been cool. I was a child of the 70's and a teenager of the 80's, and from what I remember, the 80's were a much more materialistic decade and the 70's more laid back. So I think I would've actually preferred that 70's in that regard. As for living with the Brady Bunch, don't know about the whole 6 kids and 1 bathroom situation, but I would have loved to have Alice around. I loved the rapport she always had with the kids. Really, what kid wouldn't love that?

01-24-2019, 11:33 PM	#4
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,043	I had my horse so I was not restricted that much. I could do it, but I would not want to live with all of those people.

02-22-2019, 04:12 PM	#5
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	Whenever I think of living with the Bradys I think of this great Brady Bunch themed episode of Day By Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapSLY5Fxbo Have you Brady Bunch fans seen this?

03-06-2019, 12:02 PM	#8
TheLittleFaerie Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2017 Posts: 1,946	It would be fun to be neighbors with them and visit