# Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick traded sex for drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674 "2008-10-19T23:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/21 "2008-10-20T15:50:19Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > And the evil Mrsin says as I read him this tread: “Sex for drugs? I get sex and drugs? What’s the downside, win, win.” Look out SkaldtR, if MrSin becomes a member you might have a run for your evilness. And he’s collecting nuclear bees. First, it’s “evilitude,” not evilness. Second, I’ve moved on to acid-spitting turkeys, as they also excrete acid into–well, never mind. You’ll all find out at Thanksgiving. Third…um, actually I had two things. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/22 "2008-10-20T17:31:04Z")
Meanwhile, the estate of the actor who played Sam the Butcher on the Brady Bunch has released his posthumous memoir, _Got Your Sausage Right Here, Babe!_, in which he reveals he once traded drugs for sex. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/23 "2008-10-20T17:47:45Z")
> [@](#): > > On one occasion, she took amyl nitrate pills, or “poppers”, from a bowl on the coffee table at a party at Sammy Davis Jr’s Los Angeles home. Umm - isn’t amyl nitrate in pill form used to lower blood pressure? “Amyl nitrate poppers” refers to a liquid inhalant, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/24 "2008-10-20T18:27:25Z")
Millions of people have traded sex for drugs over the centuries so what’s new? Same old same old. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/25 "2008-10-20T18:35:04Z")
Yeah; now if she had traded _Cindy_ for drugs, that would’ve been something to write about. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/26 "2008-10-20T18:40:51Z")
And we all thought Tiger ran off that one time, but really . . . ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/27 "2008-10-20T18:45:49Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Yeah; now if she had traded _Cindy_ for drugs, that would’ve been something to write about. Uh, she did. The cartel gave Cindy back and demanded a refund. Jan they might have kept, as she grew up to be a hottie. But Cindy–who could tolerate Cindy? (Even though she is the centerpiece of the show’s one non-sucky episode.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/28 "2008-10-20T19:10:50Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Does this make anyone else feel old? Especially after seeing how she looks at 52… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/29 "2008-10-20T19:23:40Z")
The thing that really gets me is that for years I’ve considered Barry “I used to be Greg Brady” Williams as pretty pathetic for all his “Hey, I used to be Greg Brady” books and real estate deals and public whoring, but after this book and Christopher Knight going on VH1 and revealing himself to be an utter mimbo after hooking up with that crazy chick I guess I have to take back all those things about Barry Williams. Good on ya Barry. Unless it turns out that Mike Lookinland smuggles meth into bording schools for the Hells Angels and eats puppies or something. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/30 "2008-10-20T20:44:11Z")
> [@Euthanasiast](#): > > All this time I had her confused with [Christine Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3780875264/nm0852132)! I had such a crush on her when I was about 11 and she was the camp counselor on _Hey Dude_. Regarding the OP, I do have to admit that the thought of a coke-fueled night of non-stop sex with '70s-era Marsha Brady might end up clouding my thoughts for the next couple days or so. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/31 "2008-10-20T21:05:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Uh, she did. The cartel gave Cindy back and demanded a refund. > > Jan they might have kept, as she grew up to be a hottie. But Cindy–who could tolerate Cindy? > > (Even though she is the centerpiece of the show’s one non-sucky episode.) I forget which one that one was… My fave was always the time Bobby lied about being terminally ill in order to get Joe Namath to come over to the house to toss the football around, then the dad comes home and he and Joe have hot, sweaty 69 on the astroturf lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/32 "2008-10-20T21:19:00Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I had the chick from “Different Strokes” proposition me for a $500 blowjob. She eventually got down to $20. My sarcasm/non sequiter meter is broken. You don’t mean this literally, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/33 "2008-10-21T01:49:46Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Unless it turns out that Mike Lookinland smuggles meth into bording schools for the Hells Angels and eats puppies or something. [How about a drunk driving arrest in Utah?](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/lookinlandmug1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/34 "2008-10-21T02:51:42Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > I forget which one that one was… > > My fave was always the time Bobby lied about being terminally ill in order to get Joe Namath to come over to the house to toss the football around Shamelessly reincarnated later into an episode of _Diff’rent Strokes_ with Arnold subbing for Peter and Muhammad Ali for Joe Namath. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/35 "2008-10-21T03:41:38Z")
Reggie Jackson, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/36 "2008-10-21T17:38:19Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > I had the chick from “Different Strokes” proposition me for a $500 blowjob. She eventually got down to $20. > > My sarcasm/non sequiter meter is broken. > > You don’t mean this literally, do you? If so, I’m shocked to hear that Dana Plato was a tranny. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/37 "2008-10-21T18:48:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Shamelessly reincarnated later into an episode of _Diff’rent Strokes_ with Arnold subbing for Peter and Muhammad Ali for Joe Namath. It would be so much more satisfying if he had pretended to be terminally ill and then Muhammad Ali showed up and beat the shit out of him. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/38 "2008-10-21T18:57:48Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > My sarcasm/non sequiter meter is broken. > > You don’t mean this literally, do you? True story. I lived in Vegas and had a buddy that worked at a radio station. This was about the time Plato got busted for robbing a video store. The morning crew at the same station had her on a few times for “comic relief”. Long story short: I was at an event hosted by the station. She was there, too. She thought her “celebrity” status made her a high-doller escort, when in actuality she was a $20 Ho. She was pretty nasty. She dropped her price amazingly fast. Must have been pretty hard-up, so to speak. And now she’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/39 "2008-10-22T01:22:30Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Yeah; now if she had traded _Cindy_ for drugs, that would’ve been something to write about. What about trading sex with Cindy for drugs? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674/40 "2008-10-22T02:23:11Z")
Many trade sex for money and money for drugs. It’s impressive that McCormick, even at her young age, was savvy enough to cut out the middle step. More economically efficient. Why can’t today’s teen stars show some business sense, dammit?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-traded-sex-for-drugs/468674.md?page=3)