The Brady Bunch: Why The Spin-Offs Failed

This has to be the best Brady video I've ever watched . Very informative...I learned new stuff and I consider myself a huge Brady fan. Thank you for your hard work!

Robert Reed may have hated the show, but he loved the kids. After his divorce he didn't have the relationship he would have liked with his own daughter, and working with the TV kids filled that gap in his life. He kept coming back for their sake.

This isn't a matter of "Why They Failed" so much as "How Many Times Can They Fail."

I personally love the Brady movie because the 70s family were living in the 90s and felt no need to adapt to the change. I love it thank you for making this ….what a treat.

I have had a special place in my heart for A Very Brady Christmas since ‘88. I’ll watch it for nostalgia’s sake every now and again.

I had no idea that there were so many spinoffs to this show, nor that Ke Huy Quan was involved. I grew up on the 1990's movies.

Am I in a different dimension? I grew up watching the Brady Bunch and have never heard of any of these spin-offs until today. I didn't know they existed.

I like how they renovated the Brady house into the actual Brady house. It turned out great. It should be a pop culture landmark.

I can’t believe it’s been over 50 years since the first season! Boy has time gone by fast!

I watch the Brady Bunch chronologically, starting with the episodes from the original series, to the Brady girls, get married, the Brady brides, a very Brady Christmas, and finally the Bradys. Then I start all over again. It’s a really neat way to watch this iconic family.

The funny thing is with the Variety show, Robert Reed - who hated being on the originally show and would constantly butt heads with producers over the ridiculous storylines - really liked being on it. Though he considered himself a serious actor, he relished the opportunity to sing and dance.

What a massive episode and a massive treat! Thank you so much for all this Brady and 1970s and 80s television history 😃

Melanie Hutsell’s contribution cannot be overlooked, she brought her Jan character from the stage show to SNL, and helped popularize it in the 90s, which helped the movies get made.

I actually watch “A Very Brady Christmas” as part of my Christmas movie lineup every year. And as a 90s kid, “The Brady Bunch Movie” is a stand-by for me.

This is incredible! So hilariously narrated, and so cleverly edited, just a lot of fun to watch. Long Live The Bradys!

My favorite Brady Bunch episode is the one where the entire family goes to the amusement park Kings Island, I was at the park during one of the days it was filmed there, It was early 1970's and one hot day! I got to see the Brady sisters waiting around the Eiffel Tower looking hot, bored and tired, A little white plastic rope was all they were sitting behind, They weren't getting much attention from the parks visitors, I can see myself in the crowd chase scenes, as a few of the Brady kids run back to the log flume ride, to get their father's next house or building design they left on the ride, We extras were warned not to look at the cameras, as we were being filmed in the big crowd. Quite a memory from way back when, 😊😊💕💕😊😊💕💕

Fun Fact: I was cast as Sally on the show Together We Stand but my lovely agent (sarcasm) sent Natasha Bobo to the filming in error and they just kept her because they couldn't/wouldn't reschedule shooting the show. They cut her lines substantially because she couldn't read yet. I was a year older and reading the script on my own.

This was absolutely fascinating. LOL. As a kid who grew up on the re-runs during the late 70s (and experienced the awfulness of most of these spin-offs firsthand), I thought I knew everything "Brady", but you dug up some stuff that blew my mind! Great work!

I think the reason that Kelly's Kids never became a series was because the show was too ahead of it's time. Had the creator waited a few years I believe that Kelly's Kids would have been a hit like Different Strokes and Webster.

I grew up watching the original Brady Bunch and am a little ashamed to say I have seen every single Brady concoction you have listed. I tried to explain the variety show to my wife "No, you don't understand. It's not the actors who played the Bradys, it's the Bradys!"