Behind-the-Scenes Facts About ‘The Brady Bunch’

Published on 08/28/2017
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Hey, sponsors were a big deal back in The Brady Bunch days. If you forgot, the major sponsors for the show during the beginning episodes were Mattel Toys and Cheerios.

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Inspired By Real Life

So, it wasn’t only the football hitting Marcia that was partially inspired by real life events. In fact, Schwartz often used real life events to write the plot for the episodes. He used things that happened to the actors and personality traits and habits of them to write. Like when Barry, aka Greg, plays music in different episodes, that’s because he would always do this in real life.

Inspired By Real Life

Inspired By Real Life

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