Brady Bunch Spin-Offs: Difference between revisions

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''The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'' (also known as ''The Brady Bunch Hour'') was an ABC show from 1976-1977 that had the family move to New York and produce their own [[Variety Show]]. It might be the most infamous spin off. It lasted nine episodes.

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Ann B. Davis, when it came to having to work with Rip Taylor. In a later memoir by Susan Olsen, it was contended that Davis absolutely did not like Taylor (due to the very adult content of his stand-up comedy act) and refused to even so much as acknowledge him other than what was needed for the show. Taylor, who was a fan of Davis beforehand, was puzzled at her attitude toward him and to this day, still is, since Davis has refused to talk about working on the show.

* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: This series was never mentioned in later spin offs.

* [[Short Runners|Short Runner]]

* [[So Bad It's Horrible]]: ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked it #4 on its 2002 list of the 50 worst shows in TV history.

 

== ''The Brady Brides'' ==

The sitcom ''The Brady Brides'' picked up where ''The Brady Girls Get Married'' left off. Marcia and Jan have married their respective boyfriends, and the four of them must now share a house. The husbands don't get along.

 

* [[Five Episode Pilot]]: The movie got divided up into the first three episodes of ''The Brady Brides''.

* [[Reunion Show]]: The only project to successfully reunite the whole "Bunch".

 

* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: A [[Rearrange the Song|rearranged version]] of the ''Brady Bunch'' theme song. "It's a new life for two girls named Brady/who have left the Bunch to make it on their own."

** Also wedding bells sound with "That's the way they both became [[Title Drop|The Brady Brides]]."

The 1988 [[Made for TV Movie]] ''A Very Brady Christmas'' saw the now-adult Brady Kids reunite with their parents, and stands out as one of the most somber ''Brady Bunch'' works.

 

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]

* [[Christmas Special]]

Capitalizing on the success of ''A Very Brady Christmas'', the characters received another TV series, ''The Bradys'', in 1990. It also stands out as one of their most somber works. It lasted nine episodes.

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Marsha.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The original show was a sitcom, this was a full-out melodrama. But when the melodrama didn't seem to be working, [[Executive Meddling|the network demanded]] it be changed ''back'' into a comedy -- which was accomplished by the dubious device of simply applying a [[Laugh Track]] over the still-melodramatic stories.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: Many reviewers felt that the creators were trying to create a 1990s ''[[Eight Is Enough]]''.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: This time it was Maureen McCormick who declined to reprise her role, so Marcia was played by Leah Ayres.

* [[Rearrange the Song]]: "Here's the story of the family Brady/A man and wife whose kids are all now grown."

* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: [[Home Improvement|Jonathan Taylor Thomas]] as Greg's son Kevin.

* [[Screwed by the Network]]: The first episode was a two-hour, and gained a significantly larger audience in the second hour, winning the time slot. CBS decided to go keep the earlier start time.

 

== ''Brady: An American Chronicle'' ==

To help promote the 1995 movie, cable channel TV Land created this special in the style of [[Ken Burns]]' ''Baseball'' and ''The Civil War'' documentaries, complete with grainy black and white photos, white letter on black background title cards, and experts in the social importance of all things Brady. Featured cameos of Davy Jones and Susan Olsen in character.

 

* [[Abraham Lincoln]]: At one point Lincoln's "A house divided" speech is contrasted with a similar speech by Mike.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of [[Ken Burns]]'' ''The Civil War'' miniseries.

The [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Growing Up Brady'' aired on NBC in 2000, and depicts some backstage dramas experienced by the original cast and crew of ''The Brady Bunch''.

 

* [[As Himself]]: Barry Williams and ''Brady Bunch'' creator/producer Sherwood Schwartz in the film's bookend sequences.

* [[Based on a True Story]]: Barry Williams' book about the production of ''The Brady Bunch''.

 

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