Mike Brady Wins "Father of the Year" from the Local Paper

[@northernbettygirl]

I am an adopted daughter also. I wasn't always a good daughter and I regret that every day. But my dad went to Heaven loving me and forgiving me. I feel the same way Marcia does. I love you and miss you daddy ❤️😔

[@tiffanywdavis8128]

I'm sure your dad is proud of you no matter what. My prayers and heart go out to you 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

[@msr1116]

Allow me to give you the same advice I gave my now ex husband back in the mid 1990s: Go to his gravesite by yourself and say all the things you couldn't or didn't get to say when he was alive. Explain why you did what you did, apologize for your mistakes and then forgive yourself. Otherwise, the regrets replaying over and over in your mind will eventually consume you. This experience can be quite cathartic.

[@kellymcfalls1458]

@northernbettygirl Marcia wasn’t an adopted daughter Mike was her stepfather he married Carol the girls mother

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Well, none us were always perfect angels for our parents but our parents know they weren't always that way for their parents(our grandparents), either. Parents always love their children, no matter what they do.

[@nancyleddige6997]

@@kellymcfalls1458 I think Mike adopted the three girls, and Carol adopted the three boys.

[@shawnduncan5779]

This episode makes my eyes water. My dad passed away from cancer 13 years ago. It brought back a lot of happy memories

[@laurlicia]

Same for me. Every time I tear up. I sympathize about your father's passing. Mine has been gone for 7 years now. I miss him every day. We were among the fortunate ones to have good fathers.

[@shawnduncan5779]

One thing that I have learned is to cherish each day of life. Our time here on earth is precious. Life picks up speed as you get older. I will be 50 on September 16 and my mom is 70. Everyday I am thankful that she is still alive. She is my whole world

[@shawnduncan5779]

@@laurlicia I have to confess that Maureen McCormick was an early celebrity crush for me. She was so pretty and sweet when she played Marcia Brady. She still looks pretty and sweet today. She never lost her touch

[@shawnduncan5779]

@@laurlicia I think that Robert Reed was definitely a popular favorite for TV dads

[@msr1116]

Terrific dads are missed forever, because we never have them long enough---even when they live to 80, 90 or beyond.

[@michaelvaladez3012]

That is so sweet the way Marcia looks at Mike and smiles like shes so proud to be his daughter and she runs to embrace him 😢.I'm a 43 yr old man and never had kids.But if I had a daughter or even a stepdaughter I would love her more than she would ever know 😢.Such a beautiful scene

[@CocoAvalon]

So start dating someone nice with kids!

[@samanthakazer8257]

I would have killed to have any parent desire to love me so much 🥺

[@CocoAvalon]

@@samanthakazer8257 Me too girl! You are not alone!

[@smiller4659]

With that sentiment, maybe you should be a father.

[@Rockhound6165]

It's not too late. I didn't adopt my first child until I was 50.

[@Lava1964]

I lost my father about a year ago. This episode does bring a tear to the eye.

[@veranarosa8500]

This episode is so touching.

[@CleganeDondarrion]

it's not shameless tho

[@lisaweiner7696]

This episode is just beautiful!

[@BrianSerpente]

1 of the most beautiful episodes just love it❤

[@shawnduncan5779]

I think that they should have had an episode to have Carol Brady nominated for Mother of the year. She played a very touching role as the mother of three daughters and three sons. I think that she would be a prime candidate for a tv mother

[@jackkircher1755]

This was probably the most touching episodes of the entire series. She almost decides to not send the letter when hee dad catches hee sneaking out to mail the letter before the midnight deadline but ahe continues the letter with "evrn when he punishes me.... even though he has inky been my father foba few months, no man can be a REAL-ER father than Mr Mike Brady " I lived the line ofcthe publisher saying they have never heard such a touching tribute to a father after running the contest so many years.

[@andrewpytko4773]

If Robert Reed had more episodes like this, he wouldn't have despised the show so much.

[@trwent]

I don't think he despised the show. He just thought it should be a bit more realistic. And I agree. But Sherwood Schwartz wanted "Gilligan's Island in Los Angeles", so that is what it was, basically. Although he occasionally threw Reed a bone or two.

[@SnowDaulphin]

@@trwentSimilar issues as John Amos I suspect for Good Times while not quite the same. The show started with the premise what lesson should person A learn and let’s work backwards from there no matter how silly the character arc or situation was. The Brady kids had no real problems like drug use which was prevalent in California at the time. Good Times on the other hand showed poverty and inner city issues but the manner in which they addressed them were handled superficially.

[@finster1968]

@@SnowDaulphin- I agree. Both dad actors had similar goals for their shows: A bit more reality. The Brady Bunch was too corny and wholesome for Robert Reed even though there was parental guidance written in. John Amos felt parental guidance was completely lacking in favor of Jimmy Walker’s comedy.

[@SnowDaulphin]

@@finster1968​​⁠Amos never said anything bad about Walker publicly but it was rumored he hated the Dynomite schtick and silly dating problems JJ dished out.

[@Dix-E-Normous]

“Mike you came in the Backdoor!” Reed: “Finally something on this show I can relate to! Now that’s what I’m talking about Sherwood!”

[@mattbarton8501]

Mike Brady was a good dad too the kids he was always there for them

[@jennydebrier3190]

I love it 🥰 especially when Mike and Carol’s reads Marcia’s essay especially Mike’s was chosen Father Of The Year especially when the judges from the Daily Chronicle newspaper 🗞, The Best Came From Your Daughter Marcia’s especially when she’s hugs her parents especially her Daddy. Jennydebrier

[@Redeemed1968]

Robert Reed was also a good father to them!

[@thedailyhummm]

That’s nice of her, my father died in 2019 and I miss him

[@bretstanley8931]

A "very special" Brady Bunch! Probably the most moving episode of the series.

[@buckeyeguy1977]

What about the episode where Carol had laryngitis & Cindy asked Santa to get her voice back so that she could sing in church on Christmas Eve? That one was also very special

[@bretstanley8931]

@@buckeyeguy1977 Yeah, that was a good one too!

[@Jimmersaunt]

Another one was when Bobby was running away because he thought Carol would only ever see him as a stepchild. He came downstairs and found Carol waiting for him at the door saying she was going with him. When Bobby says “oh mom, would you really go with me?” and Carol hugs him and says yes-it just brings tears to the eyes.

[@bretstanley8931]

@@Jimmersaunt I forgot about that one!

[@michelleb9884]

Always one of my favorite episodes ❤

[@jackkircher1755]

Even now 50+ years later, I just found myself with tears when they announced the winner was Marsha

[@johnhermanson8995]

Absolutely, Me too - just now. : ) The show was able to strike a cord in a way that no other sit com has been able to.

[@RB2331]

I agree first of all I’ve seen this episode. Literally 100 times I’m watching it right now is a 57-year-old guy who grew up watching the show and syndication. I was only two years old when this was filmed obviously, my tears are flowing and that was the rare time by the way they called Michael Brady instead of just Mike Brady and I’ll tell you a great writing when they’re waiting for him in the door and he comes in the back way which he never comes in the back way never, he always comes in the front door so that was sort of funny, but that was so good specially when early in the scene where she was in his den, she needed a privacy. She got in trouble a little bit, but then when she went out the window. She really got in trouble couldn’t go. This was fantastic television, father daughter bond. I feel sorry for this generation who goes home, says on the couch and watches Netflix or watches the Kardashians or stays on their phone. I came home and watch shows like this sad generation to be honest with you, we were just so lucky that and great other shows from the 70s.

[@SciTrekMan]

@@jackkircher1755 Marcia

[@tylerwilliamson7128]

Mr Brady is definitely father of the year always has been and always will be he definitely was like a father to me growing up

[@rubygirl214]

I always tear up on this episode. Ever since childhood 🥺🥺

[@123123snickers]

I bawl like a baby!

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

What a sweet sweet story! I’m so envious, I always wanted a relationship with a father, or father figure. I never really had any relationship with my dad. He was too busy hating me and my mother, and cursing us every day. But maybe I will still get that father figure one day, I sure hope so. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

[@omidp.8179]

I always cry at this one 😭❤

[@karenrich9092]

This episode should be shown every year on Father's day. It would be a real hit.

[@phillipmorales8886]

Great episode The moment were Marcia embraces her dad It brings a tear to my eye.

[@Redeemed1968]

I always cry on that episode!

[@CocoAvalon]

This made me cry! You could feel the love!

[@SciTrekMan]

*“And even though he’s only been my father for a short time, no father could be a realer father than Michael Brady.”*

[@DrawsbyDonnie]

I wasn’t alive for this of tv I’m enjoying watching the brady bunch my middle teacher I met years ago has me watching it

[@Dix-E-Normous]

“Mike! You came in the backdoor!”😂 Probably the most real moment in the history of this show.

[@sulusu4812]

Making me cry over here.

[@northernbettygirl]

I can't make it through this without tears. Although Robert Reed had no children of his own, if that look he gives Marcia isn't from a proud, loving father, I don't know what is 🙏🏼 Michael Brady, Father of the Years

[@triciajohansen7124]

No, he had one daughter named Karen.

[@denisedoherty4909]

His daughter appears in the episode where Marsha has a sleepover and the brothers torment them.

[@123123snickers]

@@denisedoherty4909wow 😮I’ve think I’ve heard that too. Which daughter is it?

[@kimberlyhelm8556]

He had a daughter

[@ausguy5052]

😢 Tears of joy.

[@JordansMom769]

Makes me cry every time!

[@AnnamarieAmoroso-hy5zg]

I love the Brady Bunch so much ❤❤❤❤

[@RapFanatic4ever]

When family’s were united and kids were actually respectful of parents and authority . Kids don’t appreciate their parents anymore like they used to .

[@kimberlytifft810]

This makes me miss my dad so much and .He passed away 11 years this November . I really loved him a lot he was 90 years old in 2013 .

[@bobbyblack6762]

My favorite episode.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

I'm sure this means that Marcia can join the rest of the family on the ski trip. The ski trip will be a great way to celebrate Marcia getting Mike chosen as Father of the Year.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

She should still be punished.

[@123123snickers]

@@sylviaisgod6947😅… why? You know she went on the ski trip!

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Because she still broke the rules. It would be hypocritical of Mike if he didn't punish her, basically he's saying that if she does something dangerous but it benefits him, then it's OK.@@123123snickers

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@123123snickers She broke the rules, it would be hypocritical of Mike if he didn't punish her. Would be like him saying, "It's ok to commit a dangerous act, as long as it benefits me."

[@123123snickers]

@@sylviaisgod6947 There are exceptions to every rule. This was an exception because she had to sneak out to mail the entry for the contest. She wanted to show her love towards him and once he could see that reason, it was only fair and fitting for him to let her go on the ski ⛷️ trip. 😀

[@michaelcdavis7047]

I just want to correct a reply, Robert Reed had a daughter and a grandson.A timeless episode and I think of my father who died twenty six years ago. His favorite characters were Mike, Alice and Marcia.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

I didn't know his daughter had a kid. Nice. He and his ex-wife divorced when his daughter was very young. His ex-wife got remarried and they moved far away. Since he hardly got to see his daughter, he gave a lot of the love that was meant for her to the 6 child actors.

[@michaelcdavis7047]

@@alexanderpytko5394 He had his daughter appear on season two episode, Marcias slumber party. He rarely saw her but reconciled in his later years. When he became ill, he only told his daughter and actress Anne Haney about his HIV diagnosis. When he passed away, he willed his estate to his daughter and infant grandson.He was a tortured soul.

[@jennydebrier3190]

I love it 🥰 especially when Mike and Carol’s reads Marcia’s letter, especially he’s chosen Father Of The Year! The Best Came From Your Daughter Marcia Brady. A Wise Man Forgets His Anger Before He’s Lies Down To Sleep 💤 especially she hugs her parents especially her Daddy. Jennydebrier

[@JonathanLopez-gr1rw]

Maureen's performance brings us tears to our eyes. Knowing all the painful moments she had in real life, thanks for being so professional despite of the age ❤

[@kcindc5539]

This scene has always been my favorite of the entire series.

[@SnowDaulphin]

Definitely a great episode. I think Mike thought Marcia was being disrespectful or dishonest in keeping the application confidential. Love the way it ended. No words in the final seconds.

[@YouCanCallmeNet]

Why does this make me cry...geeeeze.

I remember watching this episode the 1st time it aired....1970, the day after New Year's.......I was 7 years old.

[@gordrum]

TV dads: Robert Reed is the GOAT 🥇

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Whoever the director was for this episode didn’t do such a great job with the kids (IMO). As dad is presented the award, the kids are shown applauding while whispering “Wow!!” Nobody does that in real life. Anyway, Robert Reed as Mike Brady truly made for the “realest father,” as this episode suggests. He was my favorite TV dad of all time.

[@jameshamaker9321]

love it. honestly, we only ever ended up as a family, all seven of us, my six siblings and myself in the news if one of the other seven did something. I was on the news, walking away from things like accidents or a car stuck in the mud, neither one caused by me. I was the victim of a series of events, so unfortunate, I'm surprised I'm still alive. I would watch shows like this and wonder, what it would be like to have parents that cared about me.

[@NicoleLoftus]

I love Robert reed Mike Brady I love to have him as my father he’s a good nice kind man and I love to be his little girl

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

At 1:12 is he saying "What the hell..." ??

[@mrscottspodcast]

I thought so too lol

[@kristinadospoy7347]

I think he said, "What the devil....?"

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

Thank you very much, The Brady Bunch, for uploading this interesting video so that I can see it again in the near future. Please have a nice day today. ™ August 14, 2023 @ 1:35 am ™

[@Garvin1116]

So very touching! Made me tear up every time I watch this episode!

[@jennydebrier3190]

I love it 🥰 especially when Marcia hugs her parents especially her Daddy’s when Mike and Carol’s reads her wonderful essay about how she’s loves her Daddy. Jennydebrier

[@disneytoysr4fun975]

This was so painful because moments before he was scolding Marcia when she didnt even do anything wrong! Boy does he must feel positively goofy for punishing her now that he knows her true intentions😅

[@reneerieder385]

He came in back doors in real life too :O

[@joesullivan-y9r]

I'll bet Mike really liked that Lance. He is quite the flamboyant "man".

[@JamesHayes-ip4dv]

Episode always chokes me up

[@raea3588]

❤

[@HughProf]

Speaking of doors, in some of the season 1 episodes such as this one, the color of the door and other wooden objects is brown. I wonder if some kind of color correction was done, because in most other episodes the wood has a prominently green tint.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

This episode really touched my heart very much. Please post only positive comments over here. ™ August 14, 2023 @ 1:00 am ™

[@shawnduncan5779]

I agree with you there. I lost my dad to cancer 13 years ago. We had our ups and downs but he was always there for me. We got along for the most part. Seeing this episode brought back a lot of pleasant memories

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Nice

[@toddlee2571]

1:15

[@marynickson6276]

this episode makes me my eyes water 😂my dad passed away

[@3ofus135]

Alice looks so pretty in that dress.

[@madmattish]

1:12 . did he swear ?????

[@garylee9738]

What the devil is going on here?!

[@Juliet_Capulet]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

[@MikeCohenCSL]

Is the tv show host Dr Bricker from the Love Boat?

[@NichOlsonSmooth]

Did Mike say, “What the hell is going on here?”

[@PhilAlumb]

But.. Why isn't anyone paying attention to....Jan?

[@Greg-re7nj]

Nice moment from Dorky series

[@TnseWlms]

We never find out in the end- did the end justify the means?

[@johnoconnor6356]

What the hell is going on here? At least back in those days you would not think that they would be allowed to say that on TV. And why would Alice want to know which side of her looked better? And it was never revealed whether or not Marcia did get to go skiing after all. After most episodes in which they went anywhere, like on the one where they went on Mike's boss's boat, the punch line always showed them coming home from the trip, but not this one.

[@salvatorecollura2692]

‘What the devil’ I believe he said.

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

2:32 with zero disrespect, I absolutely adore this show as a child and my kids like it now. But isn't it odd that the girls call them dad immediately because in 2023 I know divorced parents the kids don't always call their😊 step parents mom and dad

[@denisedoherty4909]

I thought the same thing. There was never really a clear explanation of what happened to the girls Dad. Almost like he never existed.

[@beaedens285]

@@denisedoherty4909I agree. In the very first BB episode before the wedding, Carol tells Mike that earlier she’d thought “it was the end of the world.” That sounds more like a death than a divorce, but as you said, the writers never made it clear exactly what happened to the girls’ father.

[@123123snickers]

@@denisedoherty4909True… I’ve always wondered that.

[@horrorfan-addict78]

The first season was really something special. Almost a stand alone show from the rest of the series. They still referenced that they were a blended family and the stories were sweet and more realistic than the later years. Season 1 and 2 were so good, but especially season 1. Then the show just became so absurd and cheesy. The outfits became outlandish, music changed within the show and the storylines were silly.

[@moso299]

This kind of makes you wonder about her biological father and whether the never-mentioned divorce might have been because he left them. In the pilot, Carol mentioned how devastated she had felt. Marcia might have been old enough to have been devastated, too.

[@conmilos7707]

Title is deceptive! The video only infers that the original Mrs Brady passed away. It doesn't say it unequivocally, nor does it say the cause.

[@Videokid703]

Wonder if Marsha got on the ski trip after all

[@63002]

Real newspaper men's names

[@caseylwyatt9142]

Marsha is wearing the dress Jan wore to Lucy winters Birthday party

[@User-tt9ow7c9e]

I noticed now. Wow 🤯

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

A classic adoration marcia has for her stepfather

[@trwent]

Robert Reed had his issues with this show and with producer Sherwood Schwartz. But he remained through its full run, mainly because he truly loved these kids, almost as if they were his own children. It is too bad he had to keep his sexuality in the closet, but that is what a lot of people, actors included, had to do back in those days (and earlier) to have a career. Rock Hudson (gay), Dick Sargent (gay), Katherine Hepburn (bisexual), Montgomery Clift (gay), Jodi Foster (bisexual), Cary Grant (bisexual), Marlon Brando (bisexual), Barbara Stanwyck (at least bisexual, perhaps lesbian), Paul Lynde (gay), Will Geer (gay), Joan Crawford (bisexual), the list goes on and on.

[@itsjustme7979]

Wow I had no idea about most of the people you mentioned.

[@trwent]

@@itsjustme7979 You can look it up.

[@chrisp-critter8144]

I often wondered what happened to the boys real mom and girls real dad. Did they ever say?

[@Videokid703]

The boys real mom and the girls real dad are both to believe have passed

[@sylviaisgod6947]

The boys' Mom died, it was implied in the pilot episode (Bobby had a picture of her) and never mentioned again. The girls' father is never mentioned, but Sherwood Schwartz has said that they are divorced, but the network wouldn't allow that to be talked about on the show.

[@SterlingFogg]

In interviews Florence Henderson said that she always believed that Carol murdered her first husband.

[@marybethjaskowiak]

Funny none of the kids talked about their birth parents ever

[@lauraliviola7028]

😂backdoor...

[@jennydebrier3190]

Daddy! I think that’s every girl wants to be a Daddy’s girl even if you’re the oldest like Marcia Brady. Jennydebrier

[@TheresaSmall-sl6kb]

🎉🎉 for God. So loved 😍🤩🤩 the. 🌎🌍 that. He gave. His. Only begotten Son. That who. So. Ever believe. In him. Will. Not. Die

[@purefoldnz3070]

and the closeted father of the year award goes to.....

[@TheresaSmall-sl6kb]

❤❤🎉 Jesus Christ 🙏 nails 💅 our Sinns. To. The . cross ❌. If u believe In him. That. God. Rased Jesus Christ. From. The. Dead. U. Will be. Saved

[@jsmith6436]

They gave the award to a gay architect.

[@mikep5335]

What a corny episode. They might have just subtitled this episode "The Book of Job". I mean I dont mind sentimentality but this is just schmaltz.

[@123123snickers]

I think it’s very touching. Makes me cry!

[@bzmanatt]

I knew Jan and Cindy were always jealous of Marcia because Marcia had the guts to win all of her contests and her sisters especially Jan was trying to get rid of Marcia's awards that she won in later episotes! Marcia was the smart one of the 3 girls having been the aggressive one! That goes to show Marcia entered in the contest every way she can without any fear of what the consequences for breaking the rules. She even said that if she can't go on the trip with her family, it would have been worth it because she knew she had the guts to do something good for her new loving father!

[@johnoconnor6356]

If the deadline was midnight that very day, that would mean that the entry's would have to be post marked by midnight that day. So, if Marcia snuck out to mail the letter that late, obviously all the mail pickups for that day had already been accomp!ished, and it would not have been post marked in time.

[@lagarde2011]

​@@johnoconnor6356 She would have to walk all the way to the main post office in downtown Los Angeles to get the postmark for that day. In her pajamas and robe.

[@jennydebrier3190]

I love it 🥰 especially when Mike’s came home from he’s chosen Father Of The Year especially the judges from the Daily Chronicle newspaper 🗞 said that The Best Came From Your Daughter Marcia Brady especially when Mike and Carol’s reads her essay even though he’s only been my Dad for a short time, no Dad could be a realer Dad than Mike Brady especially when she’s hugs her parents especially her Daddy. Jennydebrier