# 3 Q's for Brady Bunch Fans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354 "2013-03-30T14:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/41 "2013-04-01T01:23:20Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Also, it makes little sense, as by that point she would ALREADY have her own room. Comedy gold, I tell ya! (And sorry to **Andy L** , I didn’t see you posted about that episode already.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/42 "2013-04-01T13:10:37Z")
I recently read Florence Henderson’s autobio. Apparently Robert Reed was a very lonely, bitter man. He had to live “in the closet” or risk losing his career. He was an established Shakespearian actor, and considered himself too good to do physical comedy. Henderson, the TV Brady kids, and Reed’s daughter Karen (from a short-lived marriage were the only people at his funeral. That’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/43 "2013-04-01T13:41:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The kid who played Cindy in the comedy Brady Bunch movies will be 30 this year. > > I feel very old. The Brady movies came out almost 20 years ago. The fact that she’s only 30 is more amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/44 "2013-04-01T13:50:33Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I always thought it was Butcher. First and middle names of Sam and The. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/45 "2013-04-01T13:50:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > This is a rhetorical question … right? :dubious: > > S \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ S \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ and G \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ’ \_ I \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . > [@echo7tango](#): > > Really. > > I’m pretty sure these are easily searchable. > > And, I’ll vote once more for Mary Ann. OK, noting the join dates, some explanation is in order, in case you haven’t already figured it out: Our ol’ pal **Jinx** here has a long-standing reputation for making drive-by OPs of ridiculously \*easy-to-search things (like “Who is on Mt. Rushmore?”) He/she makes one of these posts, then (usually) never returns to the thread to give a thank you for those of us who bite the bullet and respond. So, those other ancillary questions were just some of us having a little fun at his/her expense, knowing that there probably wouldn’t be any response, anyway. Back to the OP, the “b” question was pretty easily searchable. The “a” would have taken some research, and the “c” is a little complicated. I seem to recall that his “colon cancer” was not colorectal cancer as you might expect, but colon lymphoma, a rare cancer that at the time was thought to be related to his HIV diagnosis. \*Not that **Jinx** asks only bone-headed questions. Not at all. It’s just that he/she probably asks more of them than most posters that have stuck around for this long. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/46 "2013-04-02T00:15:29Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The Brady movies came out almost 20 years ago. That’s why I feel old, as in my head it was only maybe 10 years ago. As we get older, time starts to compress into weird inconsistent lengths. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/47 "2013-04-02T00:24:56Z")
> [@Jaymosch](#): > > [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_brady\_bunch](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_brady_bunch) What insight! I assume the OP knows where Wikipedia is. The least you could have done was actually answer the questions. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/48 "2013-04-02T00:35:12Z")
I wouldn’t make that assumption if I were you; this is **Jinx** we’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/49 "2013-04-02T02:02:12Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What insight! I assume the OP knows where Wikipedia is. The least you could have done was actually answer the questions. You obviously are not familiar with Jinx. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/50 "2013-04-02T21:57:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > That’s why I feel old, as in my head it was only maybe 10 years ago. As we get older, time starts to compress into weird inconsistent lengths. Yes. For example, I remember watching “The Brady Bunch” when it was first broadcast - and the premiere episode’s broadcast is closer in time to the start of the Great Depression than it is to today… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/51 "2013-04-03T03:45:56Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Also, it makes little sense, as by that point she would ALREADY have her own room. As would Bobby by his turn, though he’d still be sharing the toiletless bathroom with Cindy if he stayed there, so that might make the attic still desirable if it had its own john (and I think it did). At that point, it’s not about having her own room and privacy, it’s about having the _cool_ room. ---
**Author:** ![Jaymosch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaymosch/32/2820_2.png) [@Jaymosch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaymosch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/52 "2013-04-03T15:06:40Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What insight! I assume the OP knows where Wikipedia is. The least you could have done was actually answer the questions. I looked at the article, it had the character information and links to the specific actors to get the rest of the information. That’s way more work than the OP did, or has done since he posted. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/53 "2013-04-03T17:58:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Various websites say that the Bradys’ car for the Grand Canyon trip was a 1971 Plymouth Satellite. Anyone know what the rear seats looked like in that car? Because Google Maps says that the trip today would be about eight hours on I-40. I wonder how uncomfortable the kids would be for that trip. Back then you took long car trips. My family, I was the youngest of six, frequently drove from OKC to California in the summer. Two days on the road. The station wagon was heaven. We did it once with five kids and a dog in a grand torino. (like Starsky and Hutch). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/54 "2013-04-03T18:07:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Various websites say that the Bradys’ car for the Grand Canyon trip was a 1971 Plymouth Satellite. Anyone know what the rear seats looked like in that car? Because Google Maps says that the trip today would be about eight hours on I-40. I wonder how uncomfortable the kids would be for that trip. I’d have been fine as long as Marcia was riding on my lap. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/55 "2013-04-03T19:09:51Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Various websites say that the Bradys’ car for the Grand Canyon trip was a 1971 Plymouth Satellite. Anyone know what the rear seats looked like in that car? Because Google Maps says that the trip today would be about eight hours on I-40. I wonder how uncomfortable the kids would be for that trip. > > Back then you took long car trips. My family, I was the youngest of six, frequently drove from OKC to California in the summer. Two days on the road. The station wagon was heaven. We did it once with five kids and a dog in a grand torino. (like Starsky and Hutch). We did as well. My parents, my brother and I, along with a cousin, his wife and their infant son, drove from Connecticut to Orlando. This was in a Volkswagen Squareback and I think my father drove pretty much through the night. I think this was in 1974. (I remember that Space Mountain was still under construction and Wikipedia says that opened in January 1975.) I was eight years old and my brother was ten. I don’t remember being uncomfortable, but mostly I was excited about seeing Disney World. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/56 "2013-04-03T19:36:26Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’d have been fine as long as Marcia was riding on my lap. You misspelled Jan. ---
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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Why did they have money for a live in maid but not a bigger house? As I recall, in an early episode the Brady parents did indeed plan to sell the house and buy a bigger one to accomodate their new blended family. But the kids didn’t want to move, so they rigged the place to seem haunted to scare off the potential buyers. While real parents would have been totally pissed, Mike and Carol were so touched by the kids’ affection for the house that they called off the sale. So really, they screwed themselves out of that extra bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/58 "2013-04-03T23:33:13Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Not true. When Jan goes to college, Cindy would indeed have her own room at which point Bobby would get the attic leaving Cousin Oliver alone in the boy’s room. I would assume Cousin Oliver would have been murdered by someone in the family long before they reached the point of Jan going to college. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354/59 "2013-04-08T21:08:25Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > My impression, from reading at least two books including Barry Vashisname’s, is that Cindy was indeed the younger of the two. Barry Williams appeared, as did a green-screened-in John Fogarty, in the 2004 Wiggles DVD _Santa’s Rockin’_. [Williams sings “Wags, Stop Your Barking” along with the Wiggles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zsma20Z2U). There’s a bit of extra comedy for us Yanks when one of the other Wiggles walks on to the set and addresses lead singer Greg Page by saying, “Hi, Greg,” and both Greg _and_ Barry respond. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > The kid who played Cindy in the comedy Brady Bunch movies will be 30 this year. > > I feel very old. Carrie Henn, who played Rebecca “Newt” Jordan (the little girl) in _Aliens_ will be 37 this year. Why don’t we put her in charge? ---
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> [@Zebra](#): > > We did it once with five kids and a dog in a grand torino. (like Starsky and Hutch). :dubious: I don’t remember Starsky & Hutch making that trip at all, with or without a dog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-qs-for-brady-bunch-fans/654354.md?page=4)