Brady Bunch 1977 - Mike Douglas - Part 1

[@michaelfirman4700]

Rest easy, Mike, Robert, and David ❤

[@boomer3150]

❤❤

[@birdsfan57]

So sad that all three of these gentlemen, David Soul, Mike Douglas and Robert Reed are no longer with us. All were iconic in their OWN right. Really miss Mike Douglas. He was the ultimate "gentleman talk show host", who treated every guest with respect and made them all feel "at home" on set. This clip is a perfect example.

[@David-dz3ig]

yes, you're right. The days of Mike Douglas, Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett are LONG gone only to be replaced by these ego-maniacal windbags on late night tv!

[@DebraSkyles]

Loved watching the Brady Bunch when I was growing up and still watch it today

[@bernie4366]

This is the first and only clip I've ever seen where Robert Reed looks comfortable, genuine and content.

[@teresas8173]

He felt happier possibly because it was something so different from the actual show ( the talk show) and they were discussing the upcoming variety hour and he was all for that. I can only think he liked the idea of the variety show because it was something so different -singing, dancing and skit acting which he had never done before, It ended up being so awful, I really don’t know how they didn’t realize it before filming even the first episode. Back then those variety hours were popular so maybe that why. I wish Robert Reed knew how great he portrayed the Brady dad, so much so the audience didnt have a clue he disliked the role and truly thought he was just the greatest and most caring father. That’s very professional and takes I’d say even more talent to do when you really don’t have your heart in it. He made Mike Brady a very awesome character.

[@bigbubba29]

@@teresas8173He also hated the Schwartz' but loved the Krofft brothers.

[@MaryEverling]

@@slicksmith856So?

[@deb310red]

Robert Reed loved doing the variety series.

[@SN-nh6pq]

Robert Reed loves those kids. He was a real father to them all and all of us as young children

[@Xavier_Creighton]

If you watch the pop up videos from the 90's, a lot of the pop ups about Robert constantly talks about how proud he was of the kids, and how he treated them like his own whenever he got the chance, it's very wholesome

[@jornfox3545]

That's the counterfeit Jan. lol

[@erikmiller4732]

God I miss the 70s, definitely my favorite decade.

[@adrianjohnson1486]

Same here.

[@3912James]

Me too. A great time to grow up as a kid.

[@anthonycrossley2426]

The 1970's was a GREAT time to be a Teenager..@@3912James

[@lizzabbott]

For sure ! Mine, too ! I was about the same age as the Brady Kids (born in 1960). The best decade. I dearly miss it & my friends n Fam from then. But … I am tremendously blessed by my 2 terrific adult children, SIL , & sweeet Grand Daughter ! Liz

[@easystar123]

I remember watching this show when I was a primary school boy back in the 70s. Great variety of programmes to watch back in those days.

[@rcom9880]

Burnt orange bell bottoms, girls with feathered hair, boys with perms, Hutch. He's got everything relevant from the 70's right on that stage.

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

forgot the groovy toupee

[@silvergamedog8168]

Robert Reed infamously had problems with producers and with the series creator but you can say one thing about him and that’s he lives all those kids. He treated them like they were his own kids. Every year he would take them all on a vacation. And when the kids starting touring and doing concerts he was so proud of them. He was just a really good dude.

[@bigbubba29]

A wonderful man.

[@donkeydesiamericanprofessor]

You would think one of the kids would just change their name

[@ninja51ify]

He was a Real Father to a 6 Kids ,forreal

[@Shooter77]

Just like Michael Jackson. He loves his kids.

[@barndancer6149]

"New Math" (5:06) was how we [baby boom generation] were taught math in school. It frustrated the hell out of our parents who didn't understand it. I still remember my dad's exasperation trying to help me with homework. It was discontinued before 1980.

[@erikmiller4732]

Why isn't anybody commenting on the fact that David Soul from STARSKY AND HUTCH is sitting next to Mike.

[@Kgio-2112]

Search me

[@annetteathanasatos1229]

I don't know. But I wish I was sitting next to him.

[@boomer3150]

Perhaps David was the previous guest, already interviewed, etc.?

[@vickiebohy7609]

​@@boomer3150 Maybe

[@denysemcalister7082]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks so much for posting. The Brady Bunch were such a part of everyone's childhood from my generation

[@lizzabbott]

Absolutely ! Dare I say … they feel like brothers and sisters to me !

[@leonelsalazar9978]

R.I.P. Robert Reed and Ann B. Davis

[@bigroy38]

Leonel Salazar and Florence.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

You could easily see from that clip Robert Reed was proud of his TV kids, from what I've read he looked on them as part of his family.

[@celestesmith5496]

And the late Florence Henderson too..

[@crazysingingchick]

Yep, sad to have to include Florence now, too. 😞

[@LITMOVIESCENES]

the casting director that selected this crew is genius

[@lizzabbott]

Boy thatz for sure !

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

I WAS 6 I WANNA GO BACK SUCH GOOD TV SHOWS TV DRAMA MUSIC TV COMMERCIALS ❤️

[@lizzabbott]

I agree ! Take me back ! If just for a couple days

[@crazysingingchick]

Awww, look at beautiful Susan!!!

[@spinout3]

david soul had the coolest hair. used to love the original brady bunch. never gets repeated here in the uk.

[@presto709]

Maybe you had to be there folks. Mike Douglas was very popular and beloved. I watched the show every day after school.

[@kkampy4052]

My mom watched it every day. Once she came running outside and said Spanky and Our Gang was going to be on. We came in and there was a band playing. We were expecting the Hal Roach Our Gang, it was a rock group called Spanky and Our Gang.

[@musicom67]

You had to be there is correct. I was and it all now looks so...

[@lizzabbott]

Yes ! He was wonderful !

[@presto709]

@@lizzabbott He was actually the voice of Prince Charming in Snow White. (or was it Cinderella?)

[@vivienleigh2121]

@@presto709 I didn't know that.

[@Wild1995]

Its amazing that Robert Reed hated filming the Brady Bunch and routinely walked off set because he thought it was so dumb really did like the Brady Bunch hour. You cant make that up.

[@bigbubba29]

He was having fun.

[@audiobooksmore3374]

Robert Reed, for the most part, did not enioy being on the "Brady Bunch" He stayed mostly due to the cast - he was very fond of all of them and was particularily close to Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen ( Cindy ) ( Susan was also friends with Robert's real life daughter, Karen .) I heard that Robert also had a lot of creative control over the Brady Bunch Hour, which is why he chose to participate.If any of this information is incorrect, please let me know and clarify

[@rman52]

The show writting was dumb. However it was an anomaly. The chemistry. The concept. It's place in time. All worked anyway.

[@FlavioGirl]

im surprised that mike didnt make david soul sing "dont give up on us baby" :D

[@crazysingingchick]

😆😆❤️

[@SuV33358]

Omg. I love that song! A classic!

[@NovRoost]

Mike Douglas 1925-2006 Robert Reed 1932-1992 Ann B. Davis 1926-2014

[@user-wx3ln8yq1b]

Florence Henderson 1934 - 2016

[@johnteacher5955]

as Goldberg would ask ...."who's next?"

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

What about Sam the butcher? Is he still alive?

[@AlfredHawthornBennyHill]

@@john_from_eastcoast. Allan Melvin died in 2008.

[@christinewashington4710]

John Mint no he passed away

[@richardburchett]

Only took me 40 years to figure out the Mike-Bob thing.

[@adamwilgard840]

I never noticed that either

[@adamwilgard840]

I never noticed that before either

[@miss_midge_]

Bob=Mike, Mike=Bob....I never thought about that.

[@cluvsonj]

+miss_midge_6515 Me either until I saw this lol

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

The Brady Bunch is still a cool show. It is as popular today as it was years ago. George Vreeland Hill

[@maiden-eq4uv]

Susan was incredibly gorgeous during this time.

[@mariannaestes9505]

Is it weird that I’m 17 and I’ve seen every Brady bunch episode of both the original and the variety hour and the movies??

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

😂 I think it's kind of sweet, actually.

[@mariannaestes9505]

Update, now 18 and still loving the Brady bunch

[@lizzabbott]

Nope ! It’s awesome ! I watched them on Friday nights growing up. And I've been watching them on y'tube for a week or so. Itz so comforting to me. Cheers ! Liz

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

As with more than a few programs, the popularity soared in syndication.

[@magafun8911]

Bob and Cindy looked their best here!

[@tatianamaeve]

I always watched the brady bunch as a kid my dad showed it to us as little kids because he watched it as a kid and i loved i recently picked it back up and i still love it. barry is pretty hot too haha

[@kjctiticthecritic4302]

David Soul is like invisible just sitting there.

[@stevegordon5689]

I definitely think Robert reed knew he was there lol!

[@endingsarebeginnings911]

Souls are invisible

[@deb310red]

Don't give up on us baby

[@musicom67]

@@stevegordon5689 oh, you caught the warm handclasp?

[@musicom67]

He was on the first segment. Proper guests, back then, had to sit through the remainder of the show respectfully, unless they had something useful or witty to say. Bringing on the f-n Brady Bunch and still sitting there is a whole other thing...

[@lizzabbott]

Love them all ! Mike Douglas, too !

[@holzapfelstein]

"Mike plays Bob and I [Bob] plays Mike."

[@derrydylanger8994]

David Soul was so cool...should have been as big as Steve McQueen!

[@Focusyn]

the new Jan is pretty cute

[@joegriego3091]

Really? Couldnt afford 3 more chairs for his guests? Has them sitting on the floor.

[@pootdaggy2657]

Mike was a drip. His introducing the Rolling Stones was just...…. PAINFUL. No Flo, No Eve. It just ain't the BB wo Eve's plumb. Jan didn't miss anything on this one.

[@erikmiller4732]

It was the 70s Joe, pillows and beanbags were very hip. Can you dig it man? Groovy.

[@garypranzo9334]

@@pootdaggy2657 nah, Fake Jan is Legit and legend. Geri and Susan become long time friends.

[@mikedowd66]

It’s about including them all in the wide shot

[@flamingpieherman9822]

I guess you weren't born in the 60s or you'd understand that's just not how we did it back then. We didn't have huge elaborate stages and such

[@der22672]

I loved The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Too bad it didn't last that long.

[@Kick_Rocks_]

Anybody realize that Florence Henderson looks just like the dude from Starsky and Hutch?

[@dannyboyd9462]

Lol !!! Interesting Resemblance

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Gee, I never thought of it that way.

[@amandamason4713]

I also like that David soul was there and he enjoyed the music

[@hifijohn]

i never thought of it-bob(robert reed) plays mike and mike lookingland plays bob(bobby)

[@joe-vz6hx]

Cindy is smokin hot here, but Maureen's still the queen ;-) Fun flashback, thanks

[@kjctiticthecritic4302]

This is classic television, whether Mike Douglas was a good interviewer or not is irrelevant. He was the interviewer and the interviews are iconic and part of history, so stop knocking the guy. It is what it was and it was good enough back then. Let it me.

[@johnharris7751]

Mike always showed his guests respect let them talk and everyone seemed to have a great time.

[@seannewhouse1943]

Oh I remember the Mike Douglas show

[@slmacph]

I entered Gr. 7 the year this aired. It was when I was introduced to algebra. Mind you, it was relatively simple, as I recall. A second grader could have picked it up. Seemed the further they took us into math, the less we saw actual numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...). By Gr. 11 most of our "numbers" were basically letters from the Greek alphabet: pi, theta, sigma, etc.

[@abe_froman8360]

Dang, the 70s was one strange decade.

[@pinkfreud62]

At least we were thinner back then, for the most part.

[@juliemnm8273]

I'd take the 70's decade over this decade any day......

[@atrocchia]

It was fun and everybody got along.

[@adrianjohnson1486]

@@juliemnm8273 I concur.

[@crazysingingchick]

It’s like we were lost and trying to find ourselves. Lol

[@litlgrey]

Thanks for that info, although I have reservations about its accuracy. I also feel "required" was a very, very odd way of putting it. I can't imagine that any of the actors was considered to be on the hook in perpetuity with the roles they were first given back in 1968 and 1969.

[@tryithere]

Wow, the Brady Bunch finally had real Soul.

[@gogoyubari366]

Jan Brady was my favorite.

[@lovemyfurrkids3462]

I don't remember her being a recast

[@soujourne]

@@lovemyfurrkids3462 She wasnt. She and reed wont do anything together unless under contract. She wasnt going to go to this

[@joeblow9931]

love the polyester bellbottoms

[@ajschak405]

These Mike Douglas interviews are always so painful. It was as if he did no prep before a show.

[@nashvilletennessee3194]

AJ Schak his interview style was to play dumb. Somehow it worked for all the years that he was on

[@mph1ish]

Fake Jan alert!!!!!!

[@michaelvaladez3012]

Bobby looks like Greg's friend Eddie who sold him that Classic Chevy Bel Air Piece Of Trash! From the episode The Wheeler Dealer Lol 😂

[@yollie2210]

Wished Mrs Brady is present & also the original Jan more of the reunion

[@elvicare35]

+Yollie G Eve/Jan didn't want to do anything like this, even though it made her career basically, so she could have shown a little more enthusiasm!!!!! Too above it all....you have to loosen up a bit, and enjoy things!!!!!

[@MM-su8jn]

Amazing how fast clothing and hair styles changed between 1974 and 1977 - the Brady’s are now in the disco phase. They should not have included fake Jan in this interview.

[@joelfogelsanger5773]

Peter's the cutest!

[@CliveStaplesElvis]

Wow, all of Mike Douglas's questions were all so random and stream of consciousness. Definitely not scripted. But I wanted to hear how he explained away Real Jan's absence!

[@newt0830]

its so obvious that the kid actors actualy consider robert Reed as the dad

[@AlisoViejoMan]

Holy shit I thought that was Carol Brady but it turned out to be Bobby Brady

[@1069Woodsy]

Yeah, Douglas ain't a brain surgeon. I'd assume Reed knew the names of the kids, considering he'd worked with them for like eight years.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

David Soul looks like he wants to crack up!

[@steveclayton2353]

I'm sure Mr Brady was into hutch! Wink wink!

[@jaengen]

They would have made a cute couple.

[@chelseabosco133]

"Were you surprised when they brought it back?" "It couldn't have been a bigger surprise; especially as a musical." "Why?" Dumbest question I've ever heard and I'm sure every Brady fan feels the same way.

[@skullduggery3377]

david soul wishing starsk was there for back up.

[@ZhairMillerGospelArchive]

Does anyone have the Clara Ward Gospel Singers performing on this show?

[@lynnmckenna9934]

Robert Reed looking so handsome here.

[@amandamason4713]

She could never replace the real jan Brady eve plumb is still number 1 and his other guess d⁶

[@coletanner5193]

What schools were teaching algebra in the 3rd grade?..maybe in bay area, but in LA?..they were teaching kids spanish

[@pinkfreud62]

All the girl's hair is pretty, but Cindy's looks especially pretty here.

[@mainecoon6514]

Susan Olsen was a beautiful teen and young adult. I believe she had plastic surgery. She looks different and is now butt ugly.

[@manofiske3318]

Nope. She was never any of those things. For good or bad. She was "cute" when she was very young in the way most kids are. But she always had that odd mouth thing going on. It's just that those particular oddities that many possess simply become more pronounced/noticeable as one ages and so if you are not especially good-looking overall those quirks will likely come to occupy a greater role , if not dominate your appearance in later years. Regarding the hair, nothing unusual here Our scalp hair is typically at the peak of its powers, so-to-speak, at this stage of our lives . It is beautiful when younger too but after the age at which Olsen appears here , it's all downhill at varying rates depending upon the individual. Re: Cosmetic procedures aming the make and female cast members, Olsen has likely been the least active or invasive. She was just not destined to be a very attractive older person. Any relatively perceptive person should be able to discern this fact by observing her in those youthful stages. She appears pretty much to be the frumpy old hag nature dictated. There isn't much she could have done outside of indulgence in insanely drastic procedures in order to alter the path mapped out for her body by nature.

[@GymMusic-xq4nu]

You have the freaking Brady bunch on and he wants to talk about new math.

[@df2studios]

David Soul is there to arrest the brady bunch lol

[@epaulk1969]

I never knew there was another Jan.

[@tams237]

David Soul!!

[@davewebbtheauthor]

Mike Douglas asked where the other Jan was and didn't wait for the answer. I'm sure that was frustrating for audiences before Google could tell you she left over a contract dispute and didn't want to commit to five years.

[@slapshot68]

Wish Brady bunch lasted longer so I could see Bobby all grown up

[@shannonm75]

Barry was looking good. He was past the awkward teen look into a man.

[@nenabunena]

I don't think he had an awkward teen stage tbh

[@tommyriam8320]

Already his hair is increasingly coarse, receding; in its death throes, really and the crow's feat in evidence ..he's only about *22* here. Frightening, I looked in the bloom of youth at that age and like a fetus in comparison to the prematurely withering Williams

[@joemarchand8313]

@@tommyriam8320 Wow...I'm sure that random people on the street just throw themselves at your feet....lol.

[@tommyriam8320]

@@joemarchand8313 Not any more they don't..I'm, now, *old and decrepit* but _at 22_ - they did just that. It's interesting that you should use that particular expression because 'random people on the street' _and elsewhere, for that matter, literally and figuratively , 'just [threw themselves at [my] feet' It was, I must confess, at once flattering, ego-boosting, irritating and intrusive I don't consciously miss that brand of attention; garnered for essentially doing nothing - but on an occasion such as this when reminded of the "glory days" one can be brought to reminisce for a moment or two.

[@grl9917]

@@tommyriam8320yea, okay

[@seeburg220]

Ratings mean nothing to a 12-year old. I watched this show religiously, in prime time and later, syndication.

[@at90percent]

I was in 11th grade in 1977 too! lol

[@Alex-fx5es]

It's too bad Eve, Florence, and Ann weren't there for this show. Robert Reed really enjoyed the Variety Hour since he didn't have to argue with Sherwood Schwartz all the time.

[@obiedrier4841]

AG Eve hates the brady bunch. She's angry about something. Watch Jenny jones

[@Kick_Rocks_]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tommyriam8320]

Douglas' wig is insane. 5:08

[@joestocking]

What happened to Jan...Maureen turns and smiles.

[@Jen.E]

Lol, calculators.... Wait for common core in 2019. Also, there'll be cell phones with calculators, TV, cameras, calendars, alarm clocks, radio, video games, GPS...and more.

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

lasted, not last. Yes, I am a Grammar Nazi, and I despise typos.

[@bryanparenteau374]

Spell check is my worst enema.

[@wjm4268]

Is that FAKE jan?

[@johnlamphier9812]

MrOrthogonalization. good observation .....also she was the first person asked a question, so they could focus on everyone else more

[@oldhamegg]

I'm gonna say yes.

[@6789uiop]

yes, Eve was so done with the Brady Bunch.

[@2ToyBoys]

billytheweasel ....for now...actually, she was going to do it...if the money was right....but it wasnt.

[@6789uiop]

Thanks 2ToyBoys. How could producers go cheap with the original stars in play? It matters.

[@florencehendersonfan3694]

Anything else with the Brady Bunch? Where's Florence?

[@robertshearer137]

Maureen was using cocaine at this point pretty heavily. Robert Reed was gay but nobody ever talked about it.

[@mainecoon6514]

Nowadays, Robert Reed's sexual preference would be accepted and embraced by his fans and colleagues. He could be who he was and it wouldn't matter. I will always love his portrayal of Mike Brady.

[@manofiske3318]

Not really.

[@musicom67]

LOL, To the Authority on Maureen: What exactly IS using 'pretty heavily' ??? Like narco bags full a month? Like 'Larry Kudlow' heavy? I'm not touching on Mr. Reed.

[@seekthetruth824]

Where was eve?

[@Wild1995]

@atwtlukesnyder You are not correct. The producers of the show would not lie. Even the cast members speak on how Reed walked off the pie throwing episode and the last episode of the hair die because he thought it to be too stupid. Everyone that had a part in the show has spoken about this

[@dmarkj22]

No Eve Plumb?

[@wb3381]

Is that the replacement Jan actor?

[@6789uiop]

So awkward. I wish they still played the reruns though.

[@Anon.y.mous1503]

Calculators! Hahaha

[@duncandonit7876]

Davidson Soul looks....amused..

[@rem2267]

Ha ha - that's a good one!

[@voxxclamantis9668]

Fake Jan was pretty cute, I wonder if the Brady boys thought so too.

[@thomasfulmer9638]

According to Susan Olsen's book, all 3 were hot for her but she was hot for Chris

[@mariettakelly6465]

"Fake Jan" returns. LOL

[@mkrobinson95]

Do you mean Eve Plumb? Original Jan ...

[@henryfranqui7236]

The new....jan....i never saw her in the show.....i remember the old ...jan....( april..12..2020 )

[@leafyutube]

Starsky and Mrs. Brady are missing.

[@gracealexandre3381]

And Alice.