The Real Brady Bros

We are almost there, to the moment you've all been waiting for: The Pilot. BUT before we talk about it, how did this whole thing get started?. Enjoy this very special new episode of The Real Brady Bros with our guests Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen, as the gang discusses the origins of the cast and the show, and where everyone was in their lives before The Brady Bunch!   To advertise on this podc...

The countdown to the pilot recap is almost over! This week we take you all the way back to the start of our podcast, one of our earliest episodes was about the iconic/infamous "football to the nose" plot-line from Season 4. Barry and Chris introduce this trip down memory lane.    This week's episode "The Subject Was Noses " The Brady Bunch S4 E018 - Originally aired February 9, 1973 To advertise o...

Pork chops and applesauce! The kid is back. Come with us as we countdown to the pilot, and revisit this classic podcast with a new intro from Chris and Barry.    This week's episode "The Personality Kid" The Brady Bunch S3 E06 - Originally aired October 22, 1971 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros  

A banger of a Q&A this week! Featuring topics like: Brady airdates and hiatuses, Robert Reed vs Gene Hackman, eating the food during takes, Chris's experience on a Gregg Araki film, jumping the shark, and more!    It's Q&A #60! Get your questions for the next Q&A submitted to Ed on our Facebook page @realbradybros  To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https:/...

A fresh re-run with a new intro from the Bros this week, for this classic recap from 2022. The countdown to the Pilot is on!  This week's episode "Confessions, Confessions " The Brady Bunch S2E12 - Originally aired December 18, 1970. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros  

Marcia succeeds at winning the affections of Harvey Klinger, by learning about Harvey's hobby, collecting bugs. Carol and Mike feel uneasy about this, saying she is too young to 'go steady'. The kids need to be reminded not to grow up too fast.    "Going, Going... Steady" The Brady Bunch S2 E05, originally aired October 23, 1970 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or...

Marcia's new boyfriend, Harvey Klinger, is a nerdy insect collector. The family initially helps Marcia win Harvey's affection, including tutoring her on bugs.   "Going, Going... Steady" The Brady Bunch S2 E05, originally aired October 23, 1970 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros

Jan crashes her bike into a portrait of the kids intended as a present for Carol. Jan tells the kids the photographer lost the negative, and they have to be photographed again. Mike realizes it is a new photograph because of Jan's glasses. Jan says that it is her fault for not wearing her glasses while riding her bike, and that she sold her bicycle to pay for the replacement portrait.   "The Not-S...

Jan accidentally takes someone else's bicycle and her grades are falling. It is learned her eyesight is failing and she needs glasses – which she refuses to wear. She crashes her bike into a portrait of the kids Mike intended as a present for Carol.    "The Not-So-Rose-Colored Glasses" The Brady Bunch S3 E13, originally aired December 24, 1971    To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales...

It's crunch time, and the family is desperately trying to find the missing earrrings. When the truth comes out the family reconstructs the events before Cindy lost the earrings, and find them in the washing machine.   "The Great Earring Caper" The Brady Bunch S4 E20, originally aired March 2, 1973.  To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.lib...

Cindy takes a pair of earrings Carol loaned to Marcia, and loses them. Cindy enlists detective Peter to help find the jewelry before Marcia or Carol find out. The pressure is on when Carol wants to wear them to a costume party.   "The Great Earring Caper" The Brady Bunch S4 E20, originally aired March 2, 1973.  To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://adv...

After winning Most Popular Girl in school, Jan fails to make good on any of the promises she made to get votes. Realizing she is losing her friends, she sets out to right her wrongs. In the subplot, Carol and Mike try to plan a second honeymoon.    "Miss Popularity" The Brady Bunch S5 E13, originally aired December 21, 1973 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to...

A return to Q&As! This week: The Bros are safe from the LA fires, Chris gets trapped between some pillows, Barry tells stories about Dicky Roberts & Imogene Coca, not every child star knows each other, and more!    It's Q&A #59! Get your questions for the next Q&A submitted to Ed on our Facebook page @realbradybros  To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https:...

To win the title of her school's Most Popular Girl competition, Jan makes a host of promises to her friends. She wins the competition but fails to make good on the promises and becomes an insufferable snob.    "Miss Popularity" The Brady Bunch S5 E13, originally aired December 21, 1973 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therea...

Marcia is in a bind when a nominee drops out and Marcia becomes the other nominee against her protege Molly. She considers dropping out herself until she sees Molly's arrogant new behavior. Molly uses Marcia's campaign speech without acknowledging Marcia for her help, and with it, wins the contest. But, in Brady Bunch fashion, Molly has a change of heart and confesses.   "My Fair Opponent" The Bra...

Marcia's "plain-Jane" classmate Molly Webber is nominated for hostess of the school's Banquet Night as a cruel joke by other students. Marcia is angered by this, so she decides to make over Molly to deflate the joke.    "My Fair Opponent" The Brady Bunch S3 E22, originally aired March 3, 1972 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com...

We're back for part two! At the cheerleading tryouts, Greg is caught in a dilemma when he must cast the deciding vote; he fears both Jennifer and Marcia will be angered if he does not favor them. To his surprise Marcia is happy; she knows Greg voted honestly. In the subplot, Carol takes up golf with Mike's help.   "Greg's Triangle" The Brady Bunch S4 E11, originally aired December 8, 1972 To adver...

A very Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas to everyone out there in Brady-land. As is our tradition, we look back on the only real Brady Bunch Xmas episode. Barry and Chris have recorded a new introduction for the season. Enjoy!    To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros

Greg dates classmate Jennifer Nichols, whom Carol and Mike suspect has an ulterior motive: she and Marcia are both trying out for head cheerleader, and Greg is on the judging committee.   "Greg's Triangle" The Brady Bunch S4 E11, originally aired December 8, 1972 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros

The party-goers believe Jan's new look is her playing a joke, and she runs home in tears. Jan's friends show up to explain no offense was intended: they thought it was a joke because her real hair is so beautiful.    "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?" The Brady Bunch S2 E15, originally aired January 15, 1971 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https:...

Peter and Jan are invited to a party. Jan decides she needs a new look and buys a dark wig to stand out at the party, and separate herself from Marcia.    "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?" The Brady Bunch S2 E15, originally aired January 15, 1971 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com    Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/therealbradybros

Our special guest this week is Wendy Winans! She is a Brady Bunch super fan, collector, and runs the beloved internet archive and news site of all things related to the show ( www.bradyworld.com ). Wendy is here to chat about the website, answer questions from Chris and Barry, talk about books, and how she met members of the cast. Stay tuned to the end for info about how to enter the Brady Experie...

Depressed from a lack of attention, Jan's spirits are lifted when she receives a locket from a secret admirer, which she promptly misplaces. The family uses detective skills to figure out how she lost it and who sent the locket in the first place.    "Lost Locket, Found Locket" The Brady Bunch S1 E25, originally aired March 20, 1970 To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com   ...

Climbing up into the treehouse for the first time, Bobby slips, falls, and sprains his ankle. Greg starts to suspect Bobby is deliberately feigning prolonged ankle pain to avoid any activity that involves heights, and Mike and Carol notice that when Bobby comes downstairs for dinner, he's not showing any signs of limping. Bobby's fear is finally overcome when Tiger scares his parakeet out the wind...

Peter and some of his friends have started a club in a treehouse. Bobby wants to join, and Peter convinces them to let him join as a junior member. He pays dues and does menial jobs for them. Climbing up into the treehouse for the first time, Bobby slips, falls, and sprains his ankle.   "What Goes Up..." The Brady Bunch S2 E11, originally aired December 11, 1970 To advertise on this podcast please...