Balance
Originally Joyce Bulifant was cast in the role of Carol whereas Kathleen Freeman was first pick for the role of Alice. However, as soon as Florence Henderson was cast as Carol, Alice’s role went to Ann B. Davis so that production could keep things “evenly balanced”.
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The Honeymoon
When Sherwood Schwartz originally pitched the pilot episode, “The Honeymoon”, to NBC, they thought the storyline of the parents taking their blended family along with them on their honeymoon was too far fetched. They would only agree to the pilot ~if~ the ending was changed. Whereas ABC actually liked the story so much, they wanted to actually turn it into a 90 minute television movie. However Sherwood felt that would be much too dull and therefore the series wouldn’t get picked up.
The Honeymoon