He felt happier possibly because it was something so different from the actual show ( the talk show) and they were discussing the upcoming variety hour and he was all for that. I can only think he liked the idea of the variety show because it was something so different -singing, dancing and skit acting which he had never done before, It ended up being so awful, I really don’t know how they didn’t realize it before filming even the first episode. Back then those variety hours were popular so maybe that why. I wish Robert Reed knew how great he portrayed the Brady dad, so much so the audience didnt have a clue he disliked the role and truly thought he was just the greatest and most caring father. That’s very professional and takes I’d say even more talent to do when you really don’t have your heart in it. He made Mike Brady a very awesome character.
If you watch the pop up videos from the 90's, a lot of the pop ups about Robert constantly talks about how proud he was of the kids, and how he treated them like his own whenever he got the chance, it's very wholesome
So sad that all three of these gentlemen, David Soul, Mike Douglas and Robert Reed are no longer with us. All were iconic in their OWN right. Really miss Mike Douglas. He was the ultimate "gentleman talk show host", who treated every guest with respect and made them all feel "at home" on set. This clip is a perfect example.
Robert Reed infamously had problems with producers and with the series creator but you can say one thing about him and that’s he lives all those kids. He treated them like they were his own kids. Every year he would take them all on a vacation. And when the kids starting touring and doing concerts he was so proud of them. He was just a really good dude.
"New Math" (5:06) was how we [baby boom generation] were taught math in school. It frustrated the hell out of our parents who didn't understand it. I still remember my dad's exasperation trying to help me with homework. It was discontinued before 1980.
Its amazing that Robert Reed hated filming the Brady Bunch and routinely walked off set because he thought it was so dumb really did like the Brady Bunch hour. You cant make that up.
Robert Reed, for the most part, did not enioy being on the "Brady Bunch" He stayed mostly due to the cast - he was very fond of all of them and was particularily close to Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen ( Cindy ) ( Susan was also friends with Robert's real life daughter, Karen .) I heard that Robert also had a lot of creative control over the Brady Bunch Hour, which is why he chose to participate.If any of this information is incorrect, please let me know and clarify
My mom watched it every day. Once she came running outside and said Spanky and Our Gang was going to be on. We came in and there was a band playing. We were expecting the Hal Roach Our Gang, it was a rock group called Spanky and Our Gang.
Mike was a drip. His introducing the Rolling Stones was just...…. PAINFUL. No Flo, No Eve. It just ain't the BB wo Eve's plumb. Jan didn't miss anything on this one.
He was on the first segment. Proper guests, back then, had to sit through the remainder of the show respectfully, unless they had something useful or witty to say. Bringing on the f-n Brady Bunch and still sitting there is a whole other thing...
This is classic television, whether Mike Douglas was a good interviewer or not is irrelevant. He was the interviewer and the interviews are iconic and part of history, so stop knocking the guy. It is what it was and it was good enough back then. Let it me.
I always watched the brady bunch as a kid my dad showed it to us as little kids because he watched it as a kid and i loved i recently picked it back up and i still love it. barry is pretty hot too haha
+Yollie G Eve/Jan didn't want to do anything like this, even though it made her career basically, so she could have shown a little more enthusiasm!!!!! Too above it all....you have to loosen up a bit, and enjoy things!!!!!
I entered Gr. 7 the year this aired. It was when I was introduced to algebra. Mind you, it was relatively simple, as I recall. A second grader could have picked it up. Seemed the further they took us into math, the less we saw actual numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...). By Gr. 11 most of our "numbers" were basically letters from the Greek alphabet: pi, theta, sigma, etc.
Already his hair is increasingly coarse, receding; in its death throes, really and the crow's feat in evidence ..he's only about *22* here. Frightening, I looked in the bloom of youth at that age and like a fetus in comparison to the prematurely withering Williams
@@joemarchand8313 Not any more they don't..I'm, now, *old and decrepit* but _at 22_ - they did just that. It's interesting that you should use that particular expression because 'random people on the street' _and elsewhere, for that matter, literally and figuratively , 'just [threw themselves at [my] feet' It was, I must confess, at once flattering, ego-boosting, irritating and intrusive I don't consciously miss that brand of attention; garnered for essentially doing nothing - but on an occasion such as this when reminded of the "glory days" one can be brought to reminisce for a moment or two.
"Were you surprised when they brought it back?" "It couldn't have been a bigger surprise; especially as a musical." "Why?" Dumbest question I've ever heard and I'm sure every Brady fan feels the same way.
Wow, all of Mike Douglas's questions were all so random and stream of consciousness. Definitely not scripted. But I wanted to hear how he explained away Real Jan's absence!
Nowadays, Robert Reed's sexual preference would be accepted and embraced by his fans and colleagues. He could be who he was and it wouldn't matter. I will always love his portrayal of Mike Brady.
LOL, To the Authority on Maureen: What exactly IS using 'pretty heavily' ??? Like narco bags full a month? Like 'Larry Kudlow' heavy? I'm not touching on Mr. Reed.
It's too bad Eve, Florence, and Ann weren't there for this show. Robert Reed really enjoyed the Variety Hour since he didn't have to argue with Sherwood Schwartz all the time.
Thanks for that info, although I have reservations about its accuracy. I also feel "required" was a very, very odd way of putting it. I can't imagine that any of the actors was considered to be on the hook in perpetuity with the roles they were first given back in 1968 and 1969.
Nope. She was never any of those things. For good or bad. She was "cute" when she was very young in the way most kids are. But she always had that odd mouth thing going on. It's just that those particular oddities that many possess simply become more pronounced/noticeable as one ages and so if you are not especially good-looking overall those quirks will likely come to occupy a greater role , if not dominate your appearance in later years. Regarding the hair, nothing unusual here Our scalp hair is typically at the peak of its powers, so-to-speak, at this stage of our lives . It is beautiful when younger too but after the age at which Olsen appears here , it's all downhill at varying rates depending upon the individual. Re: Cosmetic procedures aming the make and female cast members, Olsen has likely been the least active or invasive. She was just not destined to be a very attractive older person. Any relatively perceptive person should be able to discern this fact by observing her in those youthful stages. She appears pretty much to be the frumpy old hag nature dictated. There isn't much she could have done outside of indulgence in insanely drastic procedures in order to alter the path mapped out for her body by nature.
Lol, calculators.... Wait for common core in 2019. Also, there'll be cell phones with calculators, TV, cameras, calendars, alarm clocks, radio, video games, GPS...and more.
Robert Reed ultimately came to appreciate his association with "The Brady Bunch" but during the shows run he clashed repeated with the executive producer Sherwood Schwartz--he felt that the show was beneath him as he had been a Shakespearean trained actor
"She did play a hooker" Robert Reed says about Eve Plumb, of course he's talking about "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway." I remember when that came on in '76, it was a really big deal in elementary school. The Brady Bunch is good. But all the best episodes revolve around Peter, he's great!
Read Barry WIlliams excellent autobiography "Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg". He talks about the lengthy, lengthy pages of notes Robert Reed would send creator Sherwood Schwartz and the producers over plot elements and dialogue that he found appalling; he finally reached his boiling point in those two episodes, the pie-throwing one and "The Hair-Brained Scheme". He was indeed on the set, behind the cameras, as that final episode was filmed.
This guys doing stuff with those computers. They scare me because they're so imposing, and there's barely any space to even move in the same room with one of those machines and..............sweet God is that little Cindy! I remember only a few years ago when you were just a little kid, but now HUBBA HUBBA me likey!!
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This is the first and only clip I've ever seen where Robert Reed looks comfortable, genuine and content.
He felt happier possibly because it was something so different from the actual show ( the talk show) and they were discussing the upcoming variety hour and he was all for that. I can only think he liked the idea of the variety show because it was something so different -singing, dancing and skit acting which he had never done before, It ended up being so awful, I really don’t know how they didn’t realize it before filming even the first episode. Back then those variety hours were popular so maybe that why.
I wish Robert Reed knew how great he portrayed the Brady dad, so much so the audience didnt have a clue he disliked the role and truly thought he was just the greatest and most caring father. That’s very professional and takes I’d say even more talent to do when you really don’t have your heart in it. He made Mike Brady a very awesome character.
@@teresas8173He also hated the Schwartz' but loved the Krofft brothers.
@@slicksmith856So?
Robert Reed loves those kids. He was a real father to them all and all of us as young children
If you watch the pop up videos from the 90's, a lot of the pop ups about Robert constantly talks about how proud he was of the kids, and how he treated them like his own whenever he got the chance, it's very wholesome
So sad that all three of these gentlemen, David Soul, Mike Douglas and Robert Reed are no longer with us. All were iconic in their OWN right. Really miss Mike Douglas. He was the ultimate "gentleman talk show host", who treated every guest with respect and made them all feel "at home" on set. This clip is a perfect example.
Rest easy, Mike, Robert, and David ❤
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God I miss the 70s, definitely my favorite decade.
Same here.
Me too. A great time to grow up as a kid.
The 1970's was a GREAT time to be a Teenager..@@3912James
That's the counterfeit Jan. lol
Robert Reed infamously had problems with producers and with the series creator but you can say one thing about him and that’s he lives all those kids. He treated them like they were his own kids. Every year he would take them all on a vacation. And when the kids starting touring and doing concerts he was so proud of them. He was just a really good dude.
A wonderful man.
You would think one of the kids would just change their name
He was a Real Father to a 6 Kids ,forreal
Burnt orange bell bottoms, girls with feathered hair, boys with perms, Hutch. He's got everything relevant from the 70's right on that stage.
forgot the groovy toupee
Why isn't anybody commenting on the fact that David Soul from STARSKY AND HUTCH is sitting next to Mike.
Search me
I don't know. But I wish I was sitting next to him.
Perhaps David was the previous guest, already interviewed, etc.?
the casting director that selected this crew is genius
R.I.P. Robert Reed and Ann B. Davis
Leonel Salazar and Florence.
You could easily see from that clip Robert Reed was proud of his TV kids, from what I've read he looked on them as part of his family.
And the late Florence Henderson too..
Yep, sad to have to include Florence now, too. 😞
I remember watching this show when I was a primary school boy back in the 70s. Great variety of programmes to watch back in those days.
"New Math" (5:06) was how we [baby boom generation] were taught math in school. It frustrated the hell out of our parents who didn't understand it. I still remember my dad's exasperation trying to help me with homework. It was discontinued before 1980.
I WAS 6 I WANNA GO BACK SUCH GOOD TV SHOWS TV DRAMA MUSIC TV COMMERCIALS ❤️
I really enjoyed this. Thanks so much for posting. The Brady Bunch were such a part of everyone's childhood from my generation
Only took me 40 years to figure out the Mike-Bob thing.
I never noticed that either
I never noticed that before either
im surprised that mike didnt make david soul sing "dont give up on us baby" :D
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Omg. I love that song! A classic!
Awww, look at beautiful Susan!!!
Bob=Mike, Mike=Bob....I never thought about that.
+miss_midge_6515 Me either until I saw this lol
Its amazing that Robert Reed hated filming the Brady Bunch and routinely walked off set because he thought it was so dumb really did like the Brady Bunch hour. You cant make that up.
He was having fun.
Robert Reed, for the most part, did not enioy being on the "Brady Bunch" He stayed mostly due to the cast - he was very fond of all of them and was particularily close to Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen ( Cindy ) ( Susan was also friends with Robert's real life daughter, Karen .) I heard that Robert also had a lot of creative control over the Brady Bunch Hour, which is why he chose to participate.If any of this information is incorrect, please let me know and clarify
The show writting was dumb. However it was an anomaly. The chemistry. The concept. It's place in time. All worked anyway.
Mike Douglas 1925-2006
Robert Reed 1932-1992
Ann B. Davis 1926-2014
Florence Henderson 1934 - 2016
as Goldberg would ask ...."who's next?"
What about Sam the butcher? Is he still alive?
@@john_from_eastcoast. Allan Melvin died in 2008.
John Mint no he passed away
the new Jan is pretty cute
David Soul was so cool...should have been as big as Steve McQueen!
Susan was incredibly gorgeous during this time.
david soul had the coolest hair. used to love the original brady bunch. never gets repeated here in the uk.
Maybe you had to be there folks. Mike Douglas was very popular and beloved. I watched the show every day after school.
My mom watched it every day. Once she came running outside and said Spanky and Our Gang was going to be on. We came in and there was a band playing. We were expecting the Hal Roach Our Gang, it was a rock group called Spanky and Our Gang.
You had to be there is correct. I was and it all now looks so...
Bob and Cindy looked their best here!
The Brady Bunch is still a cool show.
It is as popular today as it was years ago.
George Vreeland Hill
Really? Couldnt afford 3 more chairs for his guests? Has them sitting on the floor.
Mike was a drip. His introducing the Rolling Stones was just...…. PAINFUL. No Flo, No Eve. It just ain't the BB wo Eve's plumb. Jan didn't miss anything on this one.
It was the 70s Joe, pillows and beanbags were very hip. Can you dig it man? Groovy.
@@pootdaggy2657 nah, Fake Jan is Legit and legend. Geri and Susan become long time friends.
It’s about including them all in the wide shot
I guess you weren't born in the 60s or you'd understand that's just not how we did it back then. We didn't have huge elaborate stages and such
David Soul is like invisible just sitting there.
I definitely think Robert reed knew he was there lol!
Souls are invisible
Don't give up on us baby
@@stevegordon5689 oh, you caught the warm handclasp?
He was on the first segment. Proper guests, back then, had to sit through the remainder of the show respectfully, unless they had something useful or witty to say. Bringing on the f-n Brady Bunch and still sitting there is a whole other thing...
These Mike Douglas interviews are always so painful. It was as if he did no prep before a show.
AJ Schak his interview style was to play dumb. Somehow it worked for all the years that he was on
I loved The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Too bad it didn't last that long.
"Mike plays Bob and I [Bob] plays Mike."
As with more than a few programs, the popularity soared in syndication.
Wow, the Brady Bunch finally had real Soul.
Is it weird that I’m 17 and I’ve seen every Brady bunch episode of both the original and the variety hour and the movies??
😂 I think it's kind of sweet, actually.
Update, now 18 and still loving the Brady bunch
I also like that David soul was there and he enjoyed the music
This is classic television, whether Mike Douglas was a good interviewer or not is irrelevant. He was the interviewer and the interviews are iconic and part of history, so stop knocking the guy. It is what it was and it was good enough back then. Let it me.
Mike always showed his guests respect let them talk and everyone seemed to have a great time.
Peter's the cutest!
love the polyester bellbottoms
i never thought of it-bob(robert reed) plays mike and mike lookingland plays bob(bobby)
Holy shit I thought that was Carol Brady but it turned out to be Bobby Brady
I always watched the brady bunch as a kid my dad showed it to us as little kids because he watched it as a kid and i loved i recently picked it back up and i still love it. barry is pretty hot too haha
Oh I remember the Mike Douglas show
Dang, the 70s was one strange decade.
At least we were thinner back then, for the most part.
I'd take the 70's decade over this decade any day......
It was fun and everybody got along.
@@juliemnm8273 I concur.
It’s like we were lost and trying to find ourselves. Lol
Wished Mrs Brady is present & also the original Jan more of the reunion
+Yollie G Eve/Jan didn't want to do anything like this, even though it made her career basically, so she could have shown a little more enthusiasm!!!!! Too above it all....you have to loosen up a bit, and enjoy things!!!!!
Gee, I never thought of it that way.
You have the freaking Brady bunch on and he wants to talk about new math.
Yeah, Douglas ain't a brain surgeon. I'd assume Reed knew the names of the kids, considering he'd worked with them for like eight years.
I entered Gr. 7 the year this aired. It was when I was introduced to algebra. Mind you, it was relatively simple, as I recall. A second grader could have picked it up. Seemed the further they took us into math, the less we saw actual numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...). By Gr. 11 most of our "numbers" were basically letters from the Greek alphabet: pi, theta, sigma, etc.
David Soul!!
david soul wishing starsk was there for back up.
Robert Reed looking so handsome here.
Barry was looking good. He was past the awkward teen look into a man.
I don't think he had an awkward teen stage tbh
Already his hair is increasingly coarse, receding; in its death throes, really and the crow's feat in evidence ..he's only about *22* here. Frightening, I looked in the bloom of youth at that age and like a fetus in comparison to the prematurely withering Williams
@@tommyriam8320 Wow...I'm sure that random people on the street just throw themselves at your feet....lol.
@@joemarchand8313 Not any more they don't..I'm, now, *old and decrepit* but _at 22_ - they did just that. It's interesting that you should use that particular expression because 'random people on the street' _and elsewhere, for that matter, literally and figuratively , 'just [threw themselves at [my] feet' It was, I must confess, at once flattering, ego-boosting, irritating and intrusive I don't consciously miss that brand of attention; garnered for essentially doing nothing - but on an occasion such as this when reminded of the "glory days" one can be brought to reminisce for a moment or two.
David Soul looks like he wants to crack up!
"Were you surprised when they brought it back?"
"It couldn't have been a bigger surprise; especially as a musical."
"Why?"
Dumbest question I've ever heard and I'm sure every Brady fan feels the same way.
its so obvious that the kid actors actualy consider robert Reed as the dad
Jan Brady was my favorite.
I don't remember her being a recast
@@lovemyfurrkids3462 She wasnt. She and reed wont do anything together unless under contract. She wasnt going to go to this
Wow, all of Mike Douglas's questions were all so random and stream of consciousness. Definitely not scripted. But I wanted to hear how he explained away Real Jan's absence!
Fake Jan alert!!!!!!
Bobby looks like Greg's friend Eddie who sold him that Classic Chevy Bel Air Piece Of Trash! From the episode The Wheeler Dealer Lol 😂
I was in 11th grade in 1977 too! lol
Maureen was using cocaine at this point pretty heavily. Robert Reed was gay but nobody ever talked about it.
Nowadays, Robert Reed's sexual preference would be accepted and embraced by his fans and colleagues. He could be who he was and it wouldn't matter. I will always love his portrayal of Mike Brady.
Not really.
LOL, To the Authority on Maureen: What exactly IS using 'pretty heavily' ??? Like narco bags full a month? Like 'Larry Kudlow' heavy? I'm not touching on Mr. Reed.
It's too bad Eve, Florence, and Ann weren't there for this show. Robert Reed really enjoyed the Variety Hour since he didn't have to argue with Sherwood Schwartz all the time.
AG Eve hates the brady bunch. She's angry about something. Watch Jenny jones
I never knew there was another Jan.
Barry William's was so handsome
White pants were popular for men in the mid seventies. Notice both Reed and the blond guy from Starsky and Hutch both wearing them.
Ratings mean nothing to a 12-year old. I watched this show religiously, in prime time and later, syndication.
Wish Brady bunch lasted longer so I could see Bobby all grown up
I'm sure Mr Brady was into hutch! Wink wink!
They would have made a cute couple.
Cool
Ha ha - that's a good one!
Thanks for that info, although I have reservations about its accuracy. I also feel "required" was a very, very odd way of putting it. I can't imagine that any of the actors was considered to be on the hook in perpetuity with the roles they were first given back in 1968 and 1969.
The way Mike Douglas singled out Cindy commenting how she was grown (not) was kinda creepy
lasted, not last. Yes, I am a Grammar Nazi, and I despise typos.
Spell check is my worst enema.
She could never replace the real jan Brady eve plumb is still number 1 and his other guess d⁶
All the girl's hair is pretty, but Cindy's looks especially pretty here.
Susan Olsen was a beautiful teen and young adult. I believe she had plastic surgery. She looks different and is now butt ugly.
Nope.
She was never any of those things.
For good or bad.
She was "cute" when she was very young in the way most kids are.
But she always had that odd mouth thing going on.
It's just that those particular oddities that many possess simply become more pronounced/noticeable as one ages and so if you are not especially good-looking overall those quirks will likely come to occupy a greater role , if not dominate your appearance in later years.
Regarding the hair, nothing unusual here
Our scalp hair is typically at the peak of its powers, so-to-speak, at this stage of our lives . It is beautiful when younger too but after the age at which Olsen appears here , it's all downhill at varying rates depending upon the individual.
Re: Cosmetic procedures aming the make and female cast members, Olsen has likely been the least active or invasive.
She was just not destined to be a very attractive older person.
Any relatively perceptive person should be able to discern this fact by observing her in those youthful stages.
She appears pretty much to be the frumpy old hag nature dictated.
There isn't much she could have done outside of indulgence in insanely drastic procedures in order to alter the path mapped out for her body by nature.
Davidson Soul looks....amused..
Lol, calculators.... Wait for common core in 2019. Also, there'll be cell phones with calculators, TV, cameras, calendars, alarm clocks, radio, video games, GPS...and more.
David Soul is there to arrest the brady bunch lol
Rob was a nice man….
The new....jan....i never saw her in the show.....i remember the old ...jan....( april..12..2020 )
Does anyone have the Clara Ward Gospel Singers performing on this show?
Mike comes off as very creepy.
I agree...like you'd see him parked in a white van somewhere
Check him out introducing the Stones back in the 60's. Just.....damn.
Which Mike? Mike Douglas? Mike Brady? Mike Lookinland? Microphone? 😉
Fake Jan was pretty cute, I wonder if the Brady boys thought so too.
According to Susan Olsen's book, all 3 were hot for her but she was hot for Chris
So awkward. I wish they still played the reruns though.
Never heard that story before! I'd say the outcome was exactly as it should have been. Imagine Robert Reed as Popeye Doyle!
I was 9 in 1977
No one cares.
I'm sure that while no one remembers Mike Douglas or his show, everyone remembers The Brady Bunch.
Actually a lot of people remember Mike Douglas.
You do remember him, but you just don't realize it. Douglas was the singing voice of Prince Charming in Walt Disney's Cinderella.
Okoboji You must me a young person who thinks everything outside their life “timeline” is nonexistent and/or irrelevant.🙄
Douglas' wig is insane. 5:08
Cindy turned into such a hot lil momma.
makes me want to get a perm
Who would have guessed Reed was into musicals and dancing? 😂
Shocked I say! Shocked!
idiot
What schools were teaching algebra in the 3rd grade?..maybe in bay area, but in LA?..they were teaching kids spanish
Robert Reed ultimately came to appreciate his association with "The Brady Bunch" but during the shows run he clashed repeated with the executive producer Sherwood Schwartz--he felt that the show was beneath him as he had been a Shakespearean trained actor
What happened to Jan...Maureen turns and smiles.
Calculators! Hahaha
"She did play a hooker" Robert Reed says about Eve Plumb, of course he's talking about "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway." I remember when that came on in '76, it was a really big deal in elementary school. The Brady Bunch is good. But all the best episodes revolve around Peter, he's great!
+Steven Fallon I loved Robert's rundown there!!!!!
What's up with the "unwed mother and transvestite" reference though
He played a transsexual that had a sex-change on 'Medical Center.' I'm not sure what the movie is with Florence Henderson.
And she had huge breasts.
He didn't need to play one.
Read Barry WIlliams excellent autobiography "Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg". He talks about the lengthy, lengthy pages of notes Robert Reed would send creator Sherwood Schwartz and the producers over plot elements and dialogue that he found appalling; he finally reached his boiling point in those two episodes, the pie-throwing one and "The Hair-Brained Scheme". He was indeed on the set, behind the cameras, as that final episode was filmed.
Where is Mrs. Brady and Alice?
This guys doing stuff with those computers. They scare me because they're so imposing, and there's barely any space to even move in the same room with one of those machines and..............sweet God is that little Cindy! I remember only a few years ago when you were just a little kid, but now HUBBA HUBBA me likey!!