Florence Henderson -- RIP

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November 25th, 2016 at 3:16:55 PM permalink
Evenbob
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The first TV couple to share a bed was not on "The Brady Bunch"
or "The Munsters," but was on "The Mary Kay and Johnny" show in 1947.
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November 25th, 2016 at 3:39:06 PM permalink
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Quote: Evenbob
The first TV couple to share a bed was not on "The Brady Bunch"
or "The Munsters," but was on "The Mary Kay and Johnny" show in 1947.


I thought it was Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
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November 25th, 2016 at 5:20:05 PM permalink
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The premise of the show was really dumb, but hey, it was a sitcom. There wasn't any depiction of the massive conflict, screaming, bloodshed, and maybe actual murder that would be featured in such a cobbled-together household. And Mom Brady should have been depicted as having secret stashes of vodka everywhere, which Jan and Peter and Marcia and Duffy and Poppy and maybe the maid Alice would discover and get into while the parents were away at a charity function--and would return to interrupt a drunken orgy.

My only distinct memory of the show was watching it at a friend's house and her mother remarking that in real life, Carol wouldn't have all those nice kitchen appliances because she would have, for example, broken the blender over someone's head.
November 25th, 2016 at 8:19:36 PM permalink
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This was earlier. But I don't know which TV couple were first.


The Brady Bunch was entirely in color, but I think just barely. I thought the Munsters was all black and white but your image above either proves me wrong or was colorized.
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November 25th, 2016 at 9:26:11 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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For anybody close to my age of 51, Florence Henderson represents the perfect mother, Carol Brady. Always upbeat, never angry, full of energy and enthusiasm, a great cook (with help from Alice), and full of unconditional love. No real woman, that I've met, can compare.

For me, I watched the Brady Bunch daily through most of my childhood.


The show began 47 years ago. As I understand it, it was far more popular in syndication than in original broadcast.

The age of 4 seems to young to be watching a sitcom. Did you watch it in reruns?


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November 26th, 2016 at 3:54:23 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: stinkingliberal
The premise of the show was really dumb, but hey, it was a sitcom. There wasn't any depiction of the massive conflict, screaming, bloodshed, and maybe actual murder that would be featured in such a cobbled-together household. And Mom Brady should have been depicted as having secret stashes of vodka everywhere, which Jan and Peter and Marcia and Duffy and Poppy and maybe the maid Alice would discover and get into while the parents were away at a charity function--and would return to interrupt a drunken orgy.

My only distinct memory of the show was watching it at a friend's house and her mother remarking that in real life, Carol wouldn't have all those nice kitchen appliances because she would have, for example, broken the blender over someone's head.


I was under the impression the show was based on the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball movie "Yours mine and Ours"
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November 26th, 2016 at 4:32:34 AM permalink
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I was under the impression the show was based on the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball movie "Yours mine and Ours"


Sherwood Schwartz created and shopped the TV show around for several years, but shelved it when he had no buyers. As "It's About Time" was cancelled after one year, Sherwood had no successor to Gilligan's Island. The financial success of the film "Yours mine and Ours" ( YM&O) sparked network interest in the dormant project.

But since the Brady Bunch followed the movie YM&O by about one year, most of the public assumed it was based on the film.
November 26th, 2016 at 6:00:05 AM permalink
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The age of 4 seems to young to be watching a sitcom. Did you watch it in reruns?


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