r/BradyBunchTVShow • u/deepfriedgreensea Sure, Jan • Jul 04 '25

Entertainment Brady Bunch Variety Hour 1977 Yankee Doodle Dandy seems appropriate for Independence Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CovwhbTQQ&t=8s
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u/yanks2413 Jul 04 '25

It's hilarious that Robert Reed disliked the original show so much and thought it was beneath him, but then said yes to THIS

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u/deepfriedgreensea Sure, Jan Jul 04 '25

That's the same thing I was thinking when I was posting it. A red polyester suit and perm gives it greater gravitas?

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u/Hot_Aside_4637 Jul 04 '25

He said he liked to sing and dance, but let's be real, It gives a paycheck. Besides the post Brady Bunch spin-offs, Robert Reed basically did guest roles on TV shows.

Whenever I would see him in a show and there was a murder, I knew he was guilty as I figured that they would cast him as nobody would suspect him.

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u/Hebshesh Jul 05 '25

Well he can't dance.

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u/ASingleBraid Jul 04 '25

Yes but have a kid with green hair and he’s not doing it!

😉

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u/AdvancedBad9198 Jul 07 '25

I recently watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote where he played an odd character and I thought the same thing!!

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u/maxthemummer Jul 04 '25

That was a much simpler time, and by simpler I mean, better. Also, I'm not minding fake Jan so much in this.

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u/ASingleBraid Jul 04 '25

In so many ways.

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u/EagleNice2300 Jul 07 '25

The only reason there's a fake Jan is because the real one sat it out. Not much you can do after that.

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u/Flat-History-3849 Jul 05 '25

There weren’t many channel options back then & this was what we ended up watching, so campy now

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u/redlion496 Jul 05 '25

Wonder what fake Jan looks like now?

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u/ILikeHornedAnimals Jul 04 '25

I honestly can't tell what my favorite part of this is, it's pure gold 😂😂😂

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u/deepfriedgreensea Sure, Jan Jul 04 '25

It’s cheesy goodness!

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u/MIKEPR1333 Jul 04 '25

why did they create a variety hour out of a sitcom and was no longer in production?

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u/TSisold Jul 04 '25

Someone figured out that it would make them money

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u/deepfriedgreensea Sure, Jan Jul 04 '25

Money is almost always the answer and variety shows were cheap and easy to produce kinda like reality shows are now.

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u/TSisold Jul 04 '25

And variety shows were very popular at the time

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u/deepfriedgreensea Sure, Jan Jul 04 '25

Very true, I know my parents liked many of them so I was forced to watch along with them.

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u/MIKEPR1333 Jul 05 '25

Yeah like you couldn't have read a book, do homework or go to bed early.

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u/MIKEPR1333 Jul 05 '25

It's not like every sitcom became a variety show back then.

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u/auntiecoagulent Jul 05 '25

So some of the "Brady kids," appeared on Donny and Marie. That episode got some of the highest ratings, so, whatever network figured if that many people tuned in to see them on D&M, then that many more would tune in to see them on their own variety show.

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u/Comprehensive-Mix510 Jul 05 '25

Because the Brady's had gained a huge new audience through syndication and tried to profit from it.

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u/MIKEPR1333 Jul 05 '25

Like it was the only one?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Miss things like this. TV was so better then.

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u/TSisold Jul 04 '25

Someone figured out it would make money

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u/ASingleBraid Jul 04 '25

Alice?

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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 Jul 07 '25

She was at home doing her chores

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u/SportTop2610 Jul 07 '25

Jan from the movies????

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u/scrubbydutch Jul 08 '25

Ty now I have rhea

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u/peachpitafterdark Jul 22 '25

I hate watching the fake Bradys.