The Brady Bunch didn't start off musical, but after the Jackson Five became so popular, the producer and writers of the show had the kids become musical i.e. a singing group. For me, I always dug The Partridge Family the best. They were a real band! (smile) They had their own tour bus! Played their own instruments! (smile) Danny was killing on the bass! They wore groovy ass outfits! Keith would try to take off on his Hendrix loving guitar solo with the wah wah in the garage. Funny, he never did that bit during one of their gigs! Anyway, I always had a crush on Shirley Jones. Plus, they had Richard Pryor on the show playing a black militant! You can't beat that! I remember seeing some pictures of the Jackson Five and The Brady Bunch together shaking hands on some studio lot. This was from 71 or 72. Also, from the same period in a teen magazine, they had articles of Marcia and Michael's "Love Affair" and how Marcia (the girl who played Marcia) and Michael would always talk on the phone for hours.
Even though I pick The Partridge Family hands down, The Brady Bunch episode when Peter's voice started to change whenever he would try to sing was some of the funniest shit I have ever seen. To this day, that shit is funny. VHI is starting a "new" Partridge Family. I think they should leave it alone. It's not going to be better than the o.g., so come up with your own thing and stop trying to recreate something that's not going to fly with today's audience who doesn't give a fuck about The Partridge Family anyways. Like P said to Wendy and Lisa in Purple Rain "I mean, can't you just leave it alone?"

blackguitaristz said:

Neither. Because, I would say that non of these shows delt with my reality and were too phony and full of . Eventhough I can't stand neither of the shows, I will say that the Patridge Family had better music.

Hotlegs said:

I'M A BRADY BUNCHER! I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD SHOWS TODAY AT WORK TELLING THEM ABOUT WATCHING THE BRADY BUNCH AFTER SCHOOL. MY FAVORITE EPISODES ARE WHEN THEY WERE IN TALENT SHOWS WEARING THOSE WHITE OUTFITS SINGING SUNSHINE DAY & GOOD VIBRATION.

debbiedean2 said:

I know u were, why u think I ran the thread? (smile) U didn't know I could read minds?

Well, I can't say that I ever even watched The Partridge Family, so I'll have to go with The Brady Bunch.

minneapolisgenius said:

Really? Wow. It was a cool show, I thought.

I think I'll go outside for a walk now, the summertime's calling my name...I hear it now! The Brady Bunch RULES!!

blackguitaristz said:

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!

Both shows raised the bar on cornballishness, albeit in different ways. I side with Bonaduce's wack ass. The Partridge Family had a band, that gets my respect, if nothing else.

Positively Partridge.
(We probably would have been scufflin' over Shirley back in the day.)

Did you know that after she wasn't Mrs. Jack Cassidy anymore,
she married a Brooklyn born comedian by the name of Marty Ingles?

Ingles starred in '60s sitcom called I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
Ingles played the "little black book carrying" single guy Fenster.
The married Dickens was played by John Astin (Gomez Addams).


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

I thought both shows were corny as hell but I liked The Brady Bunch better. I used to watch it, and still do, just to laugh at how corny their asses are. They are so damn corny it is hilarious.

I'm almost embarassed to admit this,but I actually own "The Best Of The Brady Kids" CD

"We can make the world a whole lot brighter
We can make the load a little lighter
Everybody has to try together
Don't you know it's now or never"

hey,what can I say? I grew up in the 70s and 'The Brady Bunch' was such a large part of my life back then...lol...and the songs do have an undeniable charm to them.Does anybody remember the "Brady Kids" cartoon where,in every episode,there would be a music video at the end? I particularly like the song "Ain't It Crazy?".Please tell me I'm not the only one!


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minneapolisgenius said:

Ditto.

EverlastingNow said:

Everybody's happy.....sunshine day!

EverlastingNow said:

"I just can't stay inside all day
I gotta get out and catch me some of those rays"

DavidEye said:

Do I remember the cartoon? Hell man, I have a bulk of the cartoons on video! That and The Jackson 5 cartoons. Come on now!

I love both...

BTW, who can do that Brady Bunch Dance Move? Everybody cross your legs at the knees and bounce:

...We're gonna Keep On, Keep On, Keep On, Keep On,
Dancin' All Thru The Night...

theAudience said:

Yes, u know I know about Shirley getting remarried, player. Check it out, when I was 10, my mom and I went to KTTV Studios in Hollywood to get tickets for the comedy show "Carter Country" and Shirley was there for some benifit, and I asked for her autograph. She gave it to me and then I had to wait to get my pen back because she started signing for other folks. Whe she finished, she gave the pen back to me, piched my cheeck and said "You're a doll." Honest truth. I think we would have been squabbin' player! (smile)

paligap said:

I can.

blackguitaristz said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

I'm sorry, player.

The Partridge Family gets the musical edge. A friend had the PF's greatest hits CD in his car. At first it seemed a little hokey, but then we were all singing "I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of..."[i] Didn't Nice & Smooth sample the intro to that song in "Hip Hop Junkies?" Anybody sampling the Brady Bunch?

All in all, I was more of a BB watcher. I like the Johnny Bravo episode. Basically, what it came down to was a simple truth: Greg "fit the suit." Heck, who needs talent if you've got the look?

DavidEye said:

David, if anybody here would cop to owning it I'd think it would be you. You've never been afraid to admit to liking stuff like this, which makes it hard to goof on you.

Supernova said:

At least you had the balls to say it.

minneapolisgenius said:

You mean David, right? That's what I meant.

I'm gonna go with The Brady Bunch just because I liked that show better. Plus their choreography was better.

"There's a time to chaaannnge, there's a time to chaaaannnnnge...."

Partridge here
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Supernova said:

blackguitaristz said:

So you like those cartoons too?

DavidEye said:

Oh yeah!