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Barry Williams always had a crush on Maureen McCormick, and the two shared a kiss during the Hawaii three-parter to open Season 4. Later in the same season, “A Room At the Top,” it was frustrating for the show’s creator and executive producer Sherwood Schwartz to make due to Williams and McCormick acting like boyfriend-girlfriend rather than brother-sister. McCormick wasn’t the only one Williams kissed, or dated. As he took Florence Henderson on a date, and later kissed. Despite all of that, Williams said that the first people to hook up on the show were Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen who made out in Tiger’s doghouse which wasn’t being used due to the dog’s death between the first two seasons. Olsen later confirmed this, and said she named her son after Lookinland.
Barry Williams always had a crush on Maureen McCormick, and the two shared a kiss during the Hawaii three-parter to open Season 4. Later in the same season, “A Room At the Top,” it was frustrating for the show’s creator and executive producer Sherwood Schwartz to make due to Williams and McCormick acting like boyfriend-girlfriend rather than brother-sister. McCormick wasn’t the only one Williams kissed, or dated. As he took Florence Henderson on a date, and later kissed. Despite all of that, Williams said that the first people to hook up on the show were Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen who made out in Tiger’s doghouse which wasn’t being used due to the dog’s death between the first two seasons. Olsen later confirmed this, and said she named her son after Lookinland.
Robert Reed was a closet homosexual, who never came out to the public during his life time (1932-1992) he never even told his own daughter about the matter until he had AIDS. Florence Henderson found this out for herself when she noticed that Reed was uncomfortable with all the romance scenes, so the two would often practice. After Reed died, Henderson and Barry Williams talked about the matter, saying that Reed being closeted led to him being hot tempered, and feuding with Sherwood Schwartz, which became such a problem, that Reed refused to do the last episode “The Hair-Brained Scheme.” Where Greg graduates High School, but after buying Bobby’s hair tonic out of pity, it turns his hair orange. Reed preferred more serious stuff, and it can be argued that he put up with it because he loved the cast. Despite its reputation, Reed preferred ‘The Brady Bunch Variety Hour’ as he could be on the stage singing and dancing.
Robert Reed was a closet homosexual, who never came out to the public during his life time (1932-1992) he never even told his own daughter about the matter until he had AIDS. Florence Henderson found this out for herself when she noticed that Reed was uncomfortable with all the romance scenes, so the two would often practice. After Reed died, Henderson and Barry Williams talked about the matter, saying that Reed being closeted led to him being hot tempered, and feuding with Sherwood Schwartz, which became such a problem, that Reed refused to do the last episode “The Hair-Brained Scheme.” (which was the second episode Reed wasn’t in) Where Greg graduates High School, but after buying Bobby’s hair tonic out of pity, it turns his hair orange. Reed preferred more serious stuff, and it can be argued that he put up with it because he loved the cast. Despite its reputation, Reed preferred ‘The Brady Bunch Variety Hour’ as he could be on the stage singing and dancing.
Sherwood Schwartz in the early 1990s spoke about why he kept the show lighthearted rather than following the trends that worked with ‘All In the Family.’
Sherwood Schwartz in the early 1990s spoke about why he kept the show lighthearted rather than following the trends that worked with ‘All In the Family.’
“A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that’s why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life … I personally take the view that as a responsible producer, it’s not sufficient to portray only negative role models. I think it’s better to give an alternative. It’s not enough to say ‘no’ to drugs. What do you say ‘yes’ to?”
“A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that’s why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life … I personally take the view that as a responsible producer, it’s not sufficient to portray only negative role models. I think it’s better to give an alternative. It’s not enough to say ‘no’ to drugs. What do you say ‘yes’ to?”
==Controversy==
Not much is known behind the scenes, but in the Season 4 episode “Goodbye Alice, Hello,” Alice slowly loses the trust of all the Brady kids as she tells Carol that Peter broke Mike’s lamp (Robert Reed wasn’t in this episode) and that Marcia left the record player on all night. In a scene cut from most reruns, Bobby and Cindy want to go swimming at the neighbors, and Alice checks if Bobby is wearing his new swimsuit, but to her shock, he’s wearing nothing under his bathrobe, as well as Cindy. Alice asks why they’re in their “Birthday suit” and they say that their neighbor (who’s a doctor) that he swims naked all the time because of getting Vitamin D. Alice doesn’t want to hear it, and forces them to wear swimming suits.
Though not that big of a deal as it’s doubtful that Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen were naked during that scene, but it’s never brought up again that a grown adult swims naked, and asked children who aren’t in Middle School yet to join them.
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