The Real Brady Bros

Jan tries to find something she is good at. She tries ballet, tap dancing and acting, but fails at all of them. In a subplot, Mike cooks a gourmet dinner for the family. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S5 E10 - "Try, Try Again" - originally aired November 16, 1973. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week the Bros chat about fan mail, guest actors, what they would have written into the plot of the show, and more... It's Q&A 17! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Bobby and Cindy vie for a spot on a kids' television quiz show "Question the Kids" with host Monty Marshall (Edward Knight). Cindy earns her spot, and gains a huge ego as a result. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S4 E22 - "You Can't Win Them All" - originally aired March 16, 1973. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week: More HGTV renovation stories, things the Bros like to cook, Scandinavian accents, and more! It's Q&A sweet 16! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Greg tries smoking for the first time, which Cindy and Jan see, and the news gets back to Mom and Dad. Carol decides to join an anti-smoking committee aimed at kids, and led by fellow mother, Mrs. Johnson. This is the first episode where Greg plays guitar and sings. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S2 E14 - "Where There's Smoke" - originally aired January 8, 1971. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week, the Bros get some corrections from our many astute listeners. What Non-Brady work are they the most proud of? How was appearing on That 70's Show? All this and more because... It's Q&A episode #15! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Greg becomes a member of the High School football team. Carol fears he will get hurt, and indeed Greg is injured in a scrimmage, so he turns to photography. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S3 E11 - "Click" - originally aired November 26, 1971. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week: some questions about filming "The Bradys" in the '90s, more drama about Greg failing the driving test, interesting Brady merchandise, A Very Brady Renovation, and more! It's Q&A episode #14. Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

The kids are at each others' throats because the house is seemingly too small. However, when Mike places an offer on a house they have previously admired, the kids have second thoughts and pretend to be ghosts in order to scare off would-be buyers. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E23 - "To Move or Not To Move" originally aired March 6, 1970 Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

The Bros talk about making appearances at the department stores of the distant past. Did Chris and Barry interact much with the famous session musicians when recording their albums? All this and more.. Q&A episode #13! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S4 E16 - "Amateur Nite" originally aired January 26, 1973 Jan's misunderstanding of the price for the engraving of a silver platter they intend to give their parents as an anniversary gift leaves the kids scrambling for cash. To raise the funds they participate in television talent show as "The Silver Platters". Featured songs: "It's a Sunshine Day" and "Keep On", sung by the Brady Kids Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Why were the cars that were used changed continuously with no explanation? Going to England with Robert Reed! Was Imogene Coca ever considered for a recurring role?? The 12th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S5 E15 - "The Driver's Seat" originally aired January 11, 1974 After a nervous failure at her first driver's test, Marcia gets her license on her second try. A debate ensues with Greg over which gender has the better driving abilities. To put their argument to rest, Mike creates a driving course for them both to run. In the subplot, Jan is preparing for a crucial debate on her debate team. Nervous about presenting in front of people, Mike gives her the advice to picture them in their underwear. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

What was the audition process like? From an actor's perspective, tell us fans, how NOT to approach a celebrity? How fleshed-out was a potential 6th season? The 11th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you, our listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E22 - "The Possible Dream" originally aired February 27, 1970 Marcia's diary gets mixed in with books for a charity drive, leading the family on a frantic search. Marcia is worried someone will find out she has a crush on Desi Arnaz, Jr. To cheer Marcia up, Alice contacts Lucille Ball's housekeeper and requests that the young Arnaz pay Marcia a visit. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E17 - "The Undergraduate" originally aired January 23, 1970. Greg seems to be having trouble with math. Mike and Carol discover that Greg's "math trouble" is actually him having a crush on his math teacher, Miss Linda O'Hara. Ultimately, a friend of Miss O'Hara may be able to help Greg refocus his priorities: Her fiancee, Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Wes Parker. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week's Q&A has questions about the Variety Hour, Sid and Marty Krofft, and befriending cast and crew from other shows on the studio lot during the run of The Brady Bunch! The 10th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you, our listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S3 E06 - "The Personality Kid" originally aired October 22, 1971. Peter is told he is "dull" and has no personality at a party and takes it to heart. Mike suggests that if Peter isn't happy with his current persona, that he should develop another one. Peter's attempts at developing that new personality are taken straight from characters he sees in old movies. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week's episode: "You're Never Too Old" - The Brady Bunch S4E21 - Originally aired March 9, 1973. The kids try to set up the girls' great-grandmother, Connie Hutchins (Florence Henderson), and the boys' great-grandfather, Hank Brady (Robert Reed), after the two come for a visit. Their opposite personalities cause friction, but Marcia and Jan are determined! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Did Barry ever get sick of the younger kids? How does Chris feel about the album he did with Maureen? All this and more! The 9th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you, our listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "Never Too Young" - The Brady Bunch S5E04 - Originally aired October 5, 1973. As Greg and Peter head off on their respective dates, Bobby says that kissing a girl is something he will never want to do. He changes his mind after he is kissed by Millicent at school. He sees skyrockets, but doesn't want anyone to know that he was kissed or that he enjoyed it. However the kiss is witnessed by Cindy who has a penchant for blabbing. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Burning questions! Did the show have table readings before it was filmed? Did the cast see The Partridge Family as competition? Was the food real at the dinner table? All this and more... The 8th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you, our listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "Dough Re Mi" - The Brady Bunch S3E16 - Originally aired January 14, 1972 Greg needs $150 to cut a record. Peter convinces him that family groups are big, and that with the six of them, they can make the song better, and share in the expenses. As the kids rehearse the song, they notice that something isn't sounding quite right, namely Peter, whose voice is starting to change into manhood. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Did the Bros wear their own clothes? Was there a 'competition' for who had the most lines? What are some of the tv shows the Bros are binge watching now? All this and more! The 7th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "The Drummer Boy" The Brady Bunch S2E16 - Originally aired January 22, 1971. Bobby is rejected from joining the Glee Club and takes up playing the drums, but the noise drives everyone nuts. Peter is teased because he plays football and sings for the Glee Club. Just as he is about to quit the Glee Club, he and the other football players learn a lesson from Guest Star and Los Angeles Rams defensive end Deacon Jones! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Did Greg have a whip hanging in his room? What was a time when the bros didn't enjoy their recognition from the show? All this and more! Welcome to the 6th Q&A episode! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "The Tattle-Tale" The Brady Bunch S2E10 - Originally aired December 4, 1970. With special guest, Susan Olsen! Everyone is mad at Cindy because she is a tattle-tale, but things reach a head after Cindy tells Sam The Butcher that Alice was hugging the mailman and Sam misinterprets it. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Vote For Brady" The Brady Bunch S1E11 - Originally aired December 12, 1969 Marcia and Greg compete for class president. Partisanship overtakes the household, prompting Mike to step in and lecture the kids about unity. When his campaign manager Rusty suggests stirring up rumors about Marcia, Greg rejects the idea and fires him. Marcia overhears this and realizes Greg has integrity and a sense of fair play. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Curious about how the tic-tac-toe opening credits were shot? How did the Bros feel about the show getting cancelled? All this and more... Welcome to the 5th Q&A episode!! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "How to Succeed in Business?" The Brady Bunch S4E19 - Originally aired February 23, 1973 Peter has just been offered his first job, working for Mr. Martinelli at the bike shop on weekends. Mike advises him to be prompt, hard working and loyal. Although very excited, Peter fails to pick up on Mr. Martinelli's hints to get the job done quicker. The family throws Peter a surprise "promotion" party, despite the fact that he has just been fired. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

A corrected mistake. What were their lives like back then as child celebrities? What was on Barry's dressing room door? All this and more! Welcome to the 4th Q&A episode!! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Getting Greg's Goat" The Brady Bunch S5E6 - Originally aired October 19, 1973. Greg absconds with the rival high school's mascot, a goat named Raquel, in retaliation for the theft of their own school's bear cub. Greg hides the goat in his attic room, but this leads to a series of misunderstandings (notably when people think that Greg is keeping a girl in his room). Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

What would the bros have done if they hadn't been actors? Did they have any idea the Brady Bunch would be relevant 50 years later? Welcome to the third Q&A episode of our podcast series! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Sergeant Emma" The Brady Bunch S3E20 - Originally aired February 11, 1972. When Alice goes on a week's vacation, she invites her identical cousin Emma (Ann B. Davis), to care for the household. Emma is a twenty-year veteran, a Master Sergeant with the Women's Army Corps, and runs the household like it is the military, micromanaging the household and making them do daily calisthenics. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Double Parked" The Brady Bunch S2E22 - Originally aired March 5, 1971. The Bradys learn that their favorite neighborhood park has been condemned, to make way for a new courthouse, then are shocked that Mike is the architect. Guest stars: Jackie Coogan as the man, and Jack Collins as Mr. Phillips Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "The Tiki Caves" The Brady Bunch S4E3 - Originally aired October 6, 1972. An archaeologist, believing the boys have come to steal his latest "find", holds them captive on the burial grounds where they are directed to return the tiki. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Have you ever wanted to know what's behind that back fence on the Brady property? Welcome to the second Q&A episode of our podcast series! Barry, Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on Facebook and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Pass The Tabu" The Brady Bunch S4E2 - Originally aired September 29, 1972 The tiki apparently brings continued bad luck to the family: Greg is reeling from his surfing crash, a wall ornament hanging in the boys' hotel room falls and nearly hits Bobby, and a tarantula finds its way into their room and nearly bites Peter. The boys then learn that the idol must be discarded at an ancient burial ground in order for the curse to be removed. Guest star: Vincent Price as Professor Hubert Whitehead Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Hawaii Bound" The Brady Bunch S4E1 - Originally aired September 22, 1972. Mike is sent to Hawaii to check on a construction project, and his firm allows him to take the family and Alice along. When Bobby joins his father on the tour of the construction project, he stumbles upon an ancient tiki; which, according to an old Hawaiian legend, brings bad luck to anyone who touches it. The Brady boys laugh at the curse and blow it off as superstition, but then start to think differently when Greg has a surfing accident. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Confessions, Confessions " The Brady Bunch S2E12 - Originally aired December 18, 1970. Peter breaks Carol's vase while playing ball in the house. All of the Brady kids, except Peter, confess. The parents realize what has happened and decree that Peter must decide the kids' punishments, and take Peter shopping for a new lantern for his camping trip, hoping he will confess. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

Welcome to the first of many "interstitial" episodes on our podcast series, The Real Brady Bros. Barry and Chris, and our exec producer, Ed Mann, are here to answer the burning questions that you, our devoted listeners, have submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Pop on Facebook and ask away for the next one, and the next one, and the next! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "And Now a Word From Our Sponsor" The Brady Bunch S3E8 - Originally Aired November 5, 1971 The Bradys are hired by a hip director, Skip Farnum, to star in a television commercial for laundry detergent. They take advice from acting teacher Myrna Carter, but as a result their acting is forced. Skip is appalled and fires the Bradys. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Big Little Man" The Brady Bunch S3E15 - Originally aired January 7, 1972. Bobby is self-conscious about his diminutive height. Greg gets a job at Sam's butcher shop to save for a surfboard. Bobby learns the value of being small when he locks himself and Greg in Sam's meat locker. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Father of The Year" The Brady Bunch S1E14 - Originally aired January 2, 1970. Marcia nominates Mike as "Father of the Year" in a newspaper contest, but her attempts to keep this secret results in several misunderstandings. When she is caught outside well past her bedtime she is grounded from going with the family on a ski trip which was being planned in the subplot. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "The Cincinnati Kids" Brady Bunch S5E11 - Originally aired November 23, 1973. Mike hopes to win his company a contract with Kings Island amusement park, by designing a new roller coaster for them. He decides to take Alice and the entire family to a weekend at the park. (Note: This episode was filmed on location at the then-new Kings Island amusement park 25 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio.) Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode "Out of This World" Brady Bunch S5E16 - originally aired January 18, 1974. After meeting astronaut Brigadier General James McDivitt, Bobby and Peter are convinced that they have seen a UFO hover above their backyard then disappear, but it is only Greg playing a practical joke on them. Bobby later dreams about a UFO landing in the backyard with space aliens Herlo (Frank Delfino) and Shim (Sadie Delfino) emerging and interacting with him. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "The Wheeler-Dealer" The Brady Bunch S03 E04 - Originally aired on October 8, 1971. Greg gets his driver's license and buys his first car, a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, from a slick-talking friend. But the car is a lemon. Greg plans on selling the car to a gullible friend, but has a change of heart and sells it for junk instead. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "The Un-Underground Movie" The Brady Bunch S02 E04 - Originally aired on Oct 16, 1970. Greg plans to make a homemade documentary film about the first Thanksgiving for a school project, starring the Bradys and Alice. The family becomes too much for Greg because of their constant complaining, but later they realize how hard they had been on Greg. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "The Subject Was Noses" The Brady Bunch S4 E18 - Originally Aired February 9, 1973. Marcia accepts a date with popular school hunk Doug Simpson without realizing that she already has a date with Charley. Later, Peter's wildly-thrown football hits Marcia's nose, causing it to swell and bruise. Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/

This week's episode: "A Fistful of Reasons" The Brady Bunch S2 E08 - Originally Aired November 13, 1970. A bully named Buddy Hinton teases Cindy about her lisp. Peter tries to defend Cindy. Every week, The Brady Bros will recap a particular episode of the iconic Brady Bunch, recollect on the production, the adventure, the misadventure, the reaction and how each show resonated with the viewers. They'll also delve into how the show relates to the present day with special guests who love and live all things Brady. One thing's for sure: The Bradys will live in Americana forever, and we're here to make sure that podcast listeners become privy to every detail! Advertising Inquiries: https://www.advertisecast.com/