The Ultimate Brady Bunch Quiz

After signing a contract at ABC, Robert Reed was cast in the family sitcom. However, unknown to many, Reed was severely unhappy with his role as Mike Brady, believing that he deserved more as he's a serious Shakespearean actor.

Unfortunately, the canine actor who played Tiger in the first season succumbed due to a car accident. Still, Tiger remained in the series and the producers were quick to find a replacement.

Barry Williams who played Greg Brady guest-starred in many famous sitcoms such as That Girl and Here Comes the Brides before landing the career-defining role on The Brady Bunch.

After the first season, the producers of The Brady Bunch realized it would be better if it was the Bradys who are singing in the opening titles — as to further impose the close-knit family element.

The creator of the show shopped the sitcom treatment to big television networks such as CBS and NBC before landing a 13-week commitment at ABC.

Ann B. Davis who played Alice was first noticed in the 'Bob Cummings Show' for her role as Charmaine "Schultzy" Schultz. She won two Primetime Emmys during her tenure in the show.

Sherwood Schwartz got the idea of The Brady Bunch after reading about the news that 30% of new marriages have children from the previous ones. He thought the idea of a blended family would be a hit to the viewers, and he was right.

Susan Olsen was under eight years old when she was cast as the youngest child in The Brady Bunch. Unfortunately, the role took a toll on her relationships as other people thought she had the tattletale behavior her character has.

The Tiki prop is now owned by Barry Williams who found it in a Paramount prop room while producing the TV movie 'Growing Up Brady'.

Mike Lookinland who played Bobby would go on and appear on 'Little House on Prairie' which starred the actress that he shared his first kiss with.

The song 'Girl' which was featured in the episode Davy Jones appeared in became the song that Jones is most remembered for, despite not making it on hit music charts.

Decades after its last appearance, the Brady house once again graced the smalls screens in 2018 through the A Very Brady Renovation. It's a reality show that featured six Brady children as they try to renovate the original house.

Before becoming a full-fledged TV actress, Henderson started as a Broadway star. She appeared in musical productions such as 'Oklahoma!', 'Wish You Were Here', and 'Fanny'.

The iconic horror actor played Professor Hubert Whitehead in the show, the man who trapped the Brady boys in a cave when he thought they were trying to claim his archaeological find.

Mike was a staff architect in a firm that was never mentioned once in the show.

Apart from Bobby donning the safety monitor role, this is also the episode that featured him covering the laundry room with large amounts of suds after putting too much detergent in a washer.

Robert Reed found the storyline where Greg Brady changed the color of his hair after pouring some tonic as completely ridiculous. He was on set, however, during the filming of the entire final episode.

The two youngest Brady children went missing after seeing and running after a Native American boy.

As a form of protest and to show everyone how valuable they are, Bobby and Cindy attempted to break a teeter-totter record. While they weren't able to go beyond the global figure, they were noticed by the media and even made it in the local newspaper.

The show ran for good 5 seasons before finally being canceled in 1979.

The birthdate seen on Marcia's temporary driver's license is Maureen McCormick's real birthdate.

The Season 1 episode 'Katchoo' is the first Jan-centric episode of the show.

Alice would, later on, marry Sam Franklin or better known as the Sam Butcher, but it was unknown if she took his last name.

Being a gamechanger of sitcoms, the Brady Bunch started with wedding preparations and ended with Mike and Carol's honeymoon.

Despite being a competent housekeeper, Kay never tried being close to the Bradys, prompting the siblings to track down Alice and convince her to come back to them.

It was unknown why Fluffy disappeared after the pilot episode. Difficulty in handling or the fact that a pet dog was enough could be prime reasons. Tiger would, later on, disappear after the Season 1 finale and was never mentioned again.

The game show host of 'Question the Kids' was played by Edward Knight, Christopher Knight's real father.

Surprisingly, the show didn't achieve high ratings during its airing on ABC and only became popular after its syndication.

This is the episode Robert Reed found too ridiculous to even appear in. The actor is known to frequently question scripts, and the final episode was the final straw. During the shoot, Reed called his agent and told him he would not appear in it.

Many remarked that Cousin Oliver's appearance was the show's "jumping the shark" moment.

This episode was quite different from what the Brady Bunch usually shows as it tackled sensitive themes of parental discipline and the lengths children go to just to hide the truth.

After her stint in The Brady Bunch, Melissa Sue Anderson landed the role of Mary Ingalls in Little House on Prairie that made her a household name in television.

The final episode wrote Robert Reed out after some argument. Barry Williams who played Greg Brady said in his book 'Growing Up Brady' that if the show had continued, Reed would be replaced by a new actor.

The show used two Kitty Karry-All during filming. It is rumored that Eve Plumb and Susan Olsen currently own one of the dolls.

Jim Backus played two roles during his time at The Brady Bunch. The first was Zaccariah T. Brown and the second was Harry Matthews.

The reason for Cousin Oliver having the last line was if the show was renewed, he would be one of the story's main focuses.

Before being a Martin and eventually a Brady, Carol's maiden name was Tyler.

Interestingly, Ann B. Davis has an identical twin sister. Unfortunately, she's not an actress and Davis has to play both characters that look alike.

Jan's imaginary boyfriend was not seen in the show, but a character with the same name and is an actual person appeared in A Very Brady Sequel. He was played by Michael Lundberg.

Despite not having an episode dedicated to her name, Carol is one of the three characters that appeared in all 117 episodes. The other two are Alice and Greg.

Peter would, later on, tell Carol that while Mike put 21 spoons of sugar into his coffee, he didn't forget to put on his pants.

The Brady girls won the deciding competition but in the end, compromised to buy a colored TV set so everyone in the family could enjoy it.

As mentioned before, Robert Reed would relentlessly fight the producers of the show over the accuracy of the scripts and how ridiculous some of the plotlines were. Schwartz would later say that Reed was only in the show because the actor was contractually-obligated and he never liked it in the first place.

Jan only said the iconic line once in the episode 'Her Sister's Shadow', but it remains to be one of the show's most defining moments.

You would think the main character in a wedding dress would be reserved for a final episode, but this isn't the case for The Brady Bunch. For the first episode, we see Carol in a yellow dress and a bow veil with her girls on pink silk gowns.

Jan's essay won the contest, that is until Jan herself recounted the points to find out that she once again lost against Marcia.

The exterior and interior scenes featuring Westdale High were not filmed in an actual high school but at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.

The episode foreshadowed Jan being an architect just like her stepfather, Mike, as she picked the role of a set designer for the play.

Color contacts weren't available that much and were difficult to apply to actors' eyes, so the production decided to leave Knight's eyes as they are.