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I hate to be the one to tell you this but, Dad Brady was a widower and Mom Brady was a widow. Neither one were divorced.

According to Florence Henderson, Mom Brady was actually TV's first divorced mom. They just let viewers assume she was a widow because TV wasn't ready for a divorced mom. I don't know if this "counts" or not, since it was pretty much an insider secret! LOL

As for the rerun show, I won't bother to watch it again. But I admit the guy who portrayed Keith Partidge was very good and funny, (constantly tossing his hair and admiring himself in the mirror.) And the guy (yes, guy) who portrayed Edna Garrett was also hilarious. The show could have been good if it hadn't descended into sleaze.

LOL! I hadn't heard that about what Florence Henderson said. She seems to be a little on the nutcase end of the spectrum. I know that whole cast likes to milk that show for all they can get out of it. I am tired of hearing about the Brady Bunch. You are correct about the Edna Garrett character. He had her dead-on! Like you said, too bad they had to ruin it with the juvenile sleaze.

If I had been writing the script, I would have had The Partridges, down on their luck, approaching MTV for their own reality show. However, they would use the words "fudge" in place of the Ozzie version. Then, the powers-that-be at MTV would come to them and tell them they were just too nice for MTV and the deal is off. It would be a sly commentary as well as comedy.