He Was Nowhere to Be Seen in the Brady Bunch Finale, Now We Know Why

[@FactsVerse]

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[@JE4-1]

Robert Reed used to frequent the restaurant I worked in, in South Pasadena, Ca. He was the most charming and wonderful person. Always kind, and always had a smile. An absolute pleasure to wait on him anytime he was there. What broke my heart was hearing how, when he knew he was dying, he called Florence Henderson & asked her "will you tell the kids?" meaning the 'Brady kids'. That really was his family. ...as in the End ..All we are - is Other People's Memories..... :)

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[@waynejohanson1083]

Thanks for sharing.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Thanks for his story. He should have finished the show.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@robertswedo1027]

Your synopsis of the final episode of The Brady Bunch is completely wrong. You described the episode as focusing on Bobby & Cindy, a vase and the family relocating. The final episode was about Bobby selling a hair tonic and Greg using a bottle of it just before graduation, turning his hair orange.

[@lamontbradford4630]

This FOOL likes telling lies. That story of Mike’s job transfer and Bobby and Cindy hiding a valuable object never existed.

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[@maestromike91971]

The show Was unlike any other family. That’s what turned the show a classic. The time was a tough one. People needed something to see a near perfect family. Nowadays, a lot of people who are too young to have watched it thought it is crazy. Not near as good . They thought why they didn’t get drunk or high or have sex or even get pregnant? The actors themselves thought it was a bit funny. The movies were funny.

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[@gwenniecase2810]

Yes I did know why he wasn't in the last scene but he did come back for the Brady movies!

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[@Stephen-to7jx]

The last episode was Cindy and Bobby trying to sell.a hair tonic. They used it on Greg. who was preparing for graduation and it turned his hair orange. He had to embarrassingly go to a salon to fix it for graduation. Then they spilled it on a couple rabbits. turning them orange. A pet store owner bought them for the novelty. The last scene they're returning home after graduation. I understand Reed didn't appear because of the absurdity of the script. That was the final episode. That's why it was titled A Hair-Brained Scheme.

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[@VickieBell-z7x]

Robert Reed played mike Brady very well but he had issues with the show its too bad these problems couldn't be resolved good video

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[@jonathanrife-rs7sf]

None of that stuff happened in the final episode there was no story about a vase. The final episode was about rabbits , hair dye , and Gregs graduation.

[@thisisme3238]

Yes, I was aware of Robert Reed's unhappiness reference the show, "The Brady Bunch." I heard he really didn't want to be on that show.

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[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

Poor Robert Reed, Was Dying!!!!!!!!!!! He Was Gay,The Whole Time!!!!!!!!!!!! Doesn't Matter To Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still One Of The Best TV Dads, Of All Time!!!!!!!!!!! Right Up There With Ward Cleaver, And James Evans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[@paulw4310]

Bob's disdain for the episodic content of the series was misguided. His complaint about the show's plots being unrealistic was in and of itself unrealistic...realism just wasn't the world of late 60s and early 70s sitcoms. In fact, for the most part, that's still the case to this day. It's always been entertainment over realism. Still, given his dislike of the series and Schwartz, he genuinely enjoyed being around the cast members...who were essentially his real-life "family" as well. For all his dissatisfaction with the "Brady Bunch" series, he appeared in every single post-series "Brady" reincarnation (including their lousy variety show); testament to just how much he really enjoyed being around the people he worked with...his Brady family.

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[@dhenderson1810]

Reed apparently loved doing the "Variety Hour" as it leant into his Broadway song and dance past and apparently was more on board than anyone on that series.

[@DelorisBrown-w5m]

No I didn't know he was unhappy with his role. I love this show as a child and ran to the TV to watch it every time it came on. A big part of my childhood growing up. And I just loved little Cindy and Alice the maid. I loved all of them. And then they made a cartoon. Show. The Brady bunch. And I loved there band they made up the Brady bunch. Loved it all. Deloris Kentucky 8:00

[@edreid7872]

It's been widely known why fans knew why… he hated the plot.. Which was weird as it was no different than many of their others…

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[@LindaCabrnoch]

Robert Reed was a very talented actor

[@sallykohorst8803]

He should have been happy with having a job instead of disagreeing with his boses all the time. He should not have raken the role if he didn't like it.

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[@davids3313]

Yep, Gene Hackman declined the role

[@perfectlyimperfect_8528]

Side note- it’s really disturbing, sickening, and makes me completely outraged by how many people where unknowingly effected w HIV/AIDS from blood transfusions back in the 80s-90s. And it was so stigmatized by everyone that it didn’t matter how you truly contracted AIDS , society perceived it as “the gay plague” and a few other derogatory stereotypes that so many people where ashamed of their diagnosis. Although they had absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of NO MATTER HOW they contracted it. Ugh; we’ve made progress as a society but in my opinion, not enough.

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[@dhenderson1810]

Except that Reed didn't get AIDS through a blood transfusion. Robert Reed was homosexual, and contacted AIDS that way.

[@maestromike91971]

I can’t think her name? Maureen McCormick? She was a bit upset. With the later years of the sho. She felt her character was not allowed to “Grow Up.” She was a “Kid” through the series. I think all of them probably felt that way? But Marchia wanted to be allowed to Grow Up.

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[@dhenderson1810]

A few things. 1. The final episode wasn't about a missing artifact. It was that Bobby was trying to make money selling hair tonic. Greg buys some to look good for his graduation and to help Bobby out, but it turns Greg's hair orange. Greg needs to get his hair back to his normal color before graduation. 2. Robert Reed did not get AIDS from a transfusion. He was homosexual. Reed kept his homosexuality a secret for most of his life as he felt it would destroy his career. Only Florence Henderson knew because she figured it out, and kept it secret for him. That is the reason he got AIDS, not a transfusion. .

[@-Ready-Player-One-]

Also, he didn't have conflicts with Florence Henderson as described in this video. He actually considered her such a good friend that she was the one person he confided in about his secret lifestyle. She was also the first he told about his condition and dying, and to tell the kids. Furthermore, this video is completely wrong about the final episode, which was about the hair tonic Bobby was trying to sell, with Greg buying some and turning his hair orange right around the time of his graduation. It wasn't about a vase.

[@dhenderson1810]

@@-Ready-Player-One- In fact, the cast was the only thing he liked about the show and the only reason he came back for other Brady things, to see them, He looked at the six kids like they were his own children.

[@bruce8808]

The Brady Bunch was being cancelled in 74 not just due to declining ratings and competing with other sitcoms but all the Brady kids were getting too old to continue acting their parts. Robert Reed played a good T.V. dad right along with Dick VanPattens Tom Bradford on Eight is Enough.Robert also had a guest role on Medical Center where he played a woman who had gone through a Sex Change operation. That pretty destroyed any respect I had for him as an actor after seeing that episode.

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[@waynejohanson1083]

The kids just grew out of their roles.

[@willsmom93]

How did you not also mention that he was gay. It was a central part of his life.

[@DeesWorld80]

It’s disturbing that you honestly got on here and gave a COMPLETELY WRONG SYNOPSIS of that last episode! 💀

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[@perfectlyimperfect_8528]

If you aren’t passionate about the project & aren’t satisfied with it, it’s very difficult to give it your all. I can understand why he wasn’t in the final episode. If he wasn’t able to get 100% behind the storyline then could he really expect himself to give 100% of himself to the performance? Not being included is better then giving a mediocre performance in my opinion

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[@dhenderson1810]

It:s called "professionalism". We all have days we don't feel like working or don't enjoy it, you are still expected to give 100%. You just need to dig deeper.

[@davids3313]

Uh...Ed Asner was the father of the central characters in "Rich Man Poor Man". Robert Reed was Teddy Boylan who had an affair with Gretchen and introduced Rudy and Thomas to a world beyond their world of a small town bakery.

[@lorrejohnson7972]

Thank you! I was hoping someone would remember the facts about Rich Man, Poor Man! Honestly, these millennials can’t get anything right.

[@larryshaver3568]

I think I see now why the CBS dramedy The Bradys didn't last then

[@keisamallory2591]

That was stupid scene I agree tho last episode

[@scotthullinger4684]

Makes me wonder why some actors who are hired and agree to do a job often balk when their job satisfaction diminishes. It's just a job. Seriously, how many sane people are going to raise hell with their boss / employer? Key word being SANE. I think Robert Reed seemed to forget that he was hired for a sitcom style show before they became universal. The Brady Bunch is one of the best dumb old TV shows there is, just like I dream of Jeanie, Gilligan's Island, and Bewitched. All ridiculous and fun. Such programs concentrated on the story line, rather than on the actors themselves. A hundred time better than watching "Friends" which constantly overflows with narcissism.

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[@scotthullinger4684]

@@FactsVerse - Robert Reed was a good sport to stick with the series specifically because he believed in a great experience for the young actors. He didn't want to spoil anything in that regard, although he didn't actually appear in the final episode.

[@scotthullinger4684]

@@FactsVerse - Every episode is quite goofy in some way, but the episode about breaking mom's vase with the basketball was paramount in that regard. Same with Marcia's broken nose in another episode. How about Greg getting locked into the meat freezer? Stupid episodes, but lots of fun just for that reason alone - they're stupid.

[@waynejohanson1083]

These show were made to be fun, entertaining and enjoyable and a bit silly. It was escapism from the real world. They were not meant to be taken seriously. I myself at times just want to watch something that is funny, light and silly and not being serious all the time.

[@brianinct4631]

The reason for the cancellation of the Brady Bunch was much simpler than you made it out to be. You failed to mention that Sherwood Schwartz FIRED Robert Reed after he boycotted the final episode of season five. This made ABC's decision on whether to cancel the show much easier for them. The last season of the Brady Bunch was getting creamed in the ratings by NBC's Sanford & Son, so the show was on thin ice to begin with.

[@demonofu-tube758]

He was at the hospital. From my understanding he tried to lick Tigers balls and got bit.

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[@deborahleroy5323]

I wonder why he accepted the role?

[@NoName-zb1gm]

What did he expect from a sitcom? It's not rocket science. I didn't know he was in Columbo and Dallas.

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[@waynejohanson1083]

I don't blame him. What a stupid story to end a iconic series. Buys some shampoo from his brother and it turns orange. Such a childish story. Greg is graduating from high school and they could not come up with a meaningful touching story to end the series. Shameful.

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[@robertvance1873]

He should have stayed hidden because he ruined a lot of childhood memories of a regular Dad

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[@treyandrew4978]

Ahh l wanted to be first

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[@bruce8808]

Too Bad. Better luck next time. Jeffrey beat you to it. He is first today and he actually did it with a comment. Cheers. 🌟💥👍💪👌😎

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[@12yearssober]

It’s rumored he gave 2-4 actors who played minor bits in different episodes HIV. Supposedly it was all consensual but considering how popular the show was at the time I think it was more of a trade. He probably promised them more work would come.

[@robertswedo1027]

Your comment is interesting, considering the AIDS epidemic didn’t start until 1981 and the last episode of The Brady Bunch was in 1974.

[@12yearssober]

@robertswedo1027 It was around in the 70's just not known

[@robertswedo1027]

The narrator says that he contracted the virus in the early 80’s from a blood transfusion during surgery. Neither you nor I know how or when Robert Reed became infected. Your statement that he infected 2-4 people during the shows production is just a rumor and kind of disrespectful in my opinion.

[@12yearssober]

@@robertswedo1027 He was absolutely not straight and did not get it through a transfusion.

[@robertswedo1027]

@@12yearssober It’s well known that Robert Reed was gay but quit making statements like you knew him and were there. You sound incredibly foolish.