The way we all became the Brady bunch : how the canceled sitcom became the beloved pop culture icon we are still talking about today

The way we all became the Brady bunch How the canceled sitcom became the beloved pop culture icon we are still talking about today

Kimberly Potts

Book - 2019

Examines the show's lasting effects on its audience and take readers behind-the-scenes and into the lives of our most beloved characters, all to document why The Brady Bunch was one of the most groundbreaking shows of its time--and why it remains to this day, unforgettable.

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Subjects
Brady bunch (Television program)
Television programs > United States > History.
Popular culture > United States.
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Kimberly Potts (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xiv, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-268).
ISBN
9781538716618
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. A Hunch About The Bunch
  • Chapter 2. The Way They Became The Brady Bunch
  • Chapter 3. Here's How to Tell the Story
  • Chapter 4. Here's the Story
  • Chapter 5. This Group Must Somehow Form a Family
  • Chapter 6. What About Bob?
  • Chapter 7. Keep on Groovin'
  • Chapter 8. Bradys vs. Partridges
  • Chapter 9. Something Suddenly Came Up
  • Chapter 10. When It's Time to Change, You've Got to Rearrange
  • Chapter 11. Sunshine Days
  • Chapter 12. Still Groovy After All These Years
  • Appendix Fifty Years of The Brady Bunch in Pop Culture
  • Acknowledgments
  • Source Notes
  • About the Author
Review by Booklist Review

Potts pays tribute to the beloved sitcom, The Brady Bunch, in this fond look back at the show and its enduring legacy. Readers not intimately familiar with the history of the show, which followed three sisters and three brothers who became part of a blended family when their parents wed, might be surprised to learn it wasn't a hit in its original run (1969-74), either in the ratings or with the critics. The Brady Bunch thrived in syndication over the next several decades, which led to all sort of attempts at recapturing the magic of the original series, from a variety show to a wedding special to a drama reboot. None of them fared well, though a Brady Bunch movie in the mid-1990s with a new cast playing the iconic characters made a splash. Potts digs into some of the behind-the-scenes drama most notably the ongoing feud between showrunner Sherwood Schwartz and Brady patriarch Robert Reed, who made no bones about his distaste for the material but for the most part this is a cheery, warm-hearted look at a cherished TV classic.--Kristine Huntley Copyright 2019 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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