# Re the "Brady Bunch" mom- As a full time homemaker why did she need a full time maid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540 "2006-09-13T14:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/61 "2006-09-14T21:34:28Z")
It would have been too obvious to name “Alice” as “Hazel”!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/62 "2006-09-14T23:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=astro] [She’s not so bad](http://www.capecodchronicle.com/features/feature_081706.htm) Pic from last month. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. I’d still do her. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/63 "2006-09-15T00:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] I thought a Mother’s Helper was a little blue pill… [/QUOTE] That’s a Father’s little helper. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/64 "2006-09-15T02:36:54Z")
[QUOTE=Carnac the Magnificent!] That said, Mike was an architect, not a CEO, though he might have been a partner. [/QUOTE] True enough, his partner’s name was Earl. He ran a fabulous art gallery down on La Cienega that dabbled in Colombian Gold out the back loading dock. 😉 **kunilou** , I am frightened by the level of back-story and behind-the-scenes understanding you have of this show. 😛 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/65 "2006-09-15T03:01:57Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] **kunilou** , I am frightened by the level of back-story and behind-the-scenes understanding you have of this show. 😛 Cartooniverse [/QUOTE] Umm, thanks? I’m not sure whether you flatter me or are suggesting I seek professional help. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/66 "2006-09-15T19:07:48Z")
Both. 😃 Now, if you knew as much at The Partridge Family, I’d gladly become your house-boy. –sweet sigh of innocent youthful love, etc. – Ahhhh, Laurie, Laurie, Laurie. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/67 "2006-09-15T19:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Besides, they needed someone to fill the ninth square in the opening credits grid. [/QUOTE] Why not just use Paul Lynde? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/68 "2006-09-15T20:44:52Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] You have to remember the era. Things were a lot more work then. Hell, there was no permenant press and women had to iron EVERYTHING. Lots of people didn’t own dryers so it was practically a full time job to do laundry. No fast food or even convenience food. [/QUOTE] Permanent press and fast food have already been covered, so I’ll just add that plenty of convenience foods were available to Brady-era families. Swanson introduced the [TV dinner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Dinner) in 1954. [Chef Boy-ar-dee dinners](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_Boy-ar-dee) were on grocery shelves by the 1950’s. [SpaghettiOs were introduced](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_O%27s) in 1965. Of course, had any of these products appeared in the Brady household, the identifying logos and photos would have been covered with generic-looking labels. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540/69 "2006-09-15T21:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Permanent press and fast food have already been covered, so I’ll just add that plenty of convenience foods were available to Brady-era families. Swanson introduced the [TV dinner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Dinner) in 1954. [Chef Boy-ar-dee dinners](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_Boy-ar-dee) were on grocery shelves by the 1950’s. [SpaghettiOs were introduced](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_O%27s) in 1965. Of course, had any of these products appeared in the Brady household, the identifying logos and photos would have been covered with generic-looking labels. [/QUOTE] I have trouble believing Alice and Carol would be making Spaghetti-O’s for dinner. Aren’t Meatloaf and Pork Chops (and applesauce, of course) more their style? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-brady-bunch-mom-as-a-full-time-homemaker-why-did-she-need-a-full-time-maid/372540.md?page=3)