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The Brady Bunch
''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family of six children, with three boys and three girls. After its cancellation in 1974, the series debuted in syndication in September 1975. Though it was never a ratings hit or a critical success during its original run, the program has since become a popular syndicated staple, especially among children and teenage viewers. ''The Brady Bunch''s success in syndication led to several television reunion films and spin-off series: '' The Brady Bunch Hour'' (1976–77), '' The Brady Girls Get Married'' (1981), '' The Brady Brides'' (1981), '' A Very Brady Christmas'' (1988), and '' The Bradys'' (1990). In 1995, the series was adapted into a satirical comedy theatrical film titled '' The Brady Bunch Movie'', followed by '' A Very Brady Sequel'' in 1996. A second sequel, '' The Brady Bunch in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Williams (actor)
Barry William Blenkhorn (born September 30, 1954), better known by his stage name Barry Williams, is an American actor. He is known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Characters of The Brady Bunch#Greg Brady, Greg Brady, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''The Brady Bunch'' (1969–1974), a role he reprised in several sequels and spin-offs including the animated series ''The Brady Kids'' (1972–1973), the variety series ''The Brady Bunch Hour'' (1976–1977) and the television films ' (1981) and ' (1988) and the reality television series ''A Very Brady Renovation'' (2019). He made his Broadway (theatre), Broadway debut in the musical ''Romance/Romance'' in 1988. He acted in the films ''Wild in the Streets'' (1968) and ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995). Williams acted in shows such as ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Full House'', ''That 70s Show'', and ''Scrubs (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brady Bunch Movie
''The Brady Bunch Movie'' is a 1995 American comedy film that parodies the 1969–1974 television series ''The Brady Bunch'' (albeit in postmodern lens). The film was directed by Betty Thomas, with a screenplay by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, and Bonnie and Terry Turner, and stars Shelley Long, Gary Cole, and Michael McKean. It also features cameos; three former Monkees members, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork and drag queen, RuPaul, and some of the original cast of ''The Brady Bunch'' in new roles. The film (likewise with the connected sequels) is an alternate retroactive continuity of the Brady Bunch storyline and lore, based on the kitschy-camp parody musical "Live Brady Bunch" tour in the early 1990s. The film places the original sitcom characters, with their 1970s fashion sense and sitcom family morality, in a contemporary 1990s setting. Mike Brady works as a successful architect in Los Angeles. Due to failure to pay property tax, his family's home is at risk for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Olsen
Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is an American actress and former radio personality. Olsen is known for her role as Cindy Brady, the youngest Brady child in the sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'' for the full run of the show, from 1969 to 1974. Early life Olsen was born in Santa Monica, California, to Lawrence and DeLoice Olsen, the youngest of four children. Olsen graduated from William H. Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California in 1979. Acting career Early roles and ''The Brady Bunch'' Olsen landed a number of supporting roles in television, most notably in '' Ironside'', ''Gunsmoke'', and '' Julia'', and appeared in the Elvis Presley movie '' The Trouble With Girls'' (1968) as a squeaky-clean singer in a singing contest. At just under age eight, Olsen was cast as Cindy Brady on ''The Brady Bunch'' (1969–1974). As an adult, Olsen has said that portraying Cindy made friendships difficult for her as a child. She most disliked the season two "tattletale" episode, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Knight (actor)
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957)"Christopher Night Biography" . Biography.com/ Retrieved January 6, 2010 is an American actor and businessman. He is best known for playing List of The Brady Bunch characters#Peter Brady, Peter Brady in the 1970s series ''The Brady Bunch''. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. Early life and work Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edward and Wilma Knight. Knight's father, an actor, was born Edward Kozumplik, to parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while Knight's mother was Ashkenazi Jews, Jewish.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen McCormick
Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her role as Characters of The Brady Bunch#Marcia Brady, Marcia Brady on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'' (1969–1974). She reprised the role in several of its various spin-off (media), spin-offs and films, including ''The Brady Kids'', ''The Brady Bunch Hour'', ''The Brady Brides'', and ''A Very Brady Christmas'' (1988). In the 1980s and 1990s, McCormick ventured into film and stage acting, with supporting roles in the films ''The Idolmaker'' (1980), ''Texas Lightning (film), Texas Lightning'' (1981), and ''Return to Horror High'' (1987). On stage, she starred as Wendy Darling in a 1983 production of ''Peter Pan (1954 musical), Peter Pan'' and as Betty Rizzo in a 1994 production of ''Grease (musical), Grease''. In the 2000s, McCormick was the first actress to portray Passions, Rebecca Crane on the television soap opera ''Passions'', as well as appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Plumb
Eve Aline Plumb (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom ''The Brady Bunch''. A native of Southern California, Plumb began appearing in commercials at age seven, and also had guest roles on the televisions series '' Family Affair'', '' The Big Valley'' and '' The Virginian'' between 1966 and 1967. She was cast as Jan Brady on ''The Brady Bunch'' in 1969, and portrayed the role until the series' end in 1974. After, Plumb continued to work in television, portraying a teenage prostitute in the NBC television film '' Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway'' (1976), and as Elizabeth March in the 1978 miniseries '' Little Women''. Plumb continued to reprise her role as Jan Brady in numerous reunion series and films, including '' The Brady Brides'' (1981) and '' A Very Brady Christmas'' (1988). She made her feature film debut with a minor role in '' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'' (1988), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lookinland
Michael Paul Lookinland (born December 19, 1960) is an American actor and cameraman. He is best known for his role as the youngest brother, Bobby Brady, on the ABC sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'' from 1969 to 1974, and all of its sequels and spinoffs. Early life Lookinland was born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Paul and Karen Lookinland. His father was a principal at Stephen M. White Junior High, Carson, California. Paul and Karen resided in San Pedro, California, but were visiting family in nearby Spring City over Christmas break 1960 when Michael was born. His grandfather was an administrator at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City He has two siblings: sister Theresa and brother Todd, who starred in '' The Blue Bird'' with Elizabeth Taylor. Todd would later appear in a ''Brady Bunch'' episode that served as the pilot for a spin-off series, '' Kelly's Kids'', about a husband and wife with three boys: one white, one black, and one Asian. The series was not bought. Michael was raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepfamily
A stepfamily (sometimes called a bonus family) is a family where at least one parent has children who are not biologically related to their spouse. Either parent, or both, may have children from previous relationships or marriages. Two known classifications for stepfamilies include "simple" stepfamilies, where only one member of the family's couple has a prior child or children and the couple does not have any children together, and "complex" or "blended" families, where both members of the couple have at least one child from another relationship. Etymology The earliest recorded use of the prefix ''step-'', in the form , is from an 8th-century glossary of Latin-Old English words meaning . is given for the Latin word and for . Similar words recorded later in Old English include , , and . The words are used to denote a connection resulting from the remarriage of a widowed parent and are related to the word meaning 'bereaved', with and occasionally used simply as synonyms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Georgia Straight
''The Georgia Straight'' is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Overstory Media Group. Often known simply as ''The Straight'', it is delivered to newsboxes, post-secondary schools, public libraries and a large variety of other locations. ''The Straight'' has a long history of independent, unconventional editorials and content, and is known as a vocal critic of government, notably the former Liberal government of Gordon Campbell. As surveyed by VAC its per-issue circulation average , was once 119,971 copies, and its average weekly readership was once 804,000 . Its website traffic once ranked 92,215 globally and 5,395 within Canada, from Alexa. In January 2020, the newspaper's acquisition by Media Central Corporation was announced, a few weeks after the same company announced a deal to acquire the similar Toronto publication '' Now''. In September 2022, after Media Central Corporation filed for bankruptcy, ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
