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The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch
How the Canceled Sitcom Became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We Are Still Talking About Today
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There isn't a person in this country who hasn't heard of The Brady Bunch. Whether it's the show they watched growing up, or the one their parents did—whether adored, or great to poke fun at—The Brady Bunch is unarguably one of the most enduring and inspiring TV shows of our time. It's lived a dozen lives, from its original comedy debut and big-screen movies, to the Emmy-winning TV auteurs it has inspired—everyone from Vince Gilligan to Jill Soloway—and promises to live many more.
In The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch, TV and pop culture writer Kimberly Potts will draw upon her deep knowledge of and appreciation for The Brady Bunch and television and pop culture history, as well as her contacts, connections, and experience, to provide an industry insider narrative of The Brady Bunch. With fresh interviews, The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch will examine the show's lasting effects on its audience and take readers behind-the-scenes and into the lives of our most beloved characters, all to document why The Brady Bunch was one of the most groundbreaking shows of its time—and why it remains to this day, unforgettable.
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Release date
December 3, 2019 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781538716595
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781538716595
- File size: 23473 KB
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Languages
- English
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December 15, 2019
Potts pays tribute to the beloved sitcom, The Brady Bunch, in this fond look back at the show and its enduring legacy. Readers not intimately familiar with the history of the show, which followed three sisters and three brothers who became part of a blended family when their parents wed, might be surprised to learn it wasn't a hit in its original run (1969-74), either in the ratings or with the critics. The Brady Bunch thrived in syndication over the next several decades, which led to all sort of attempts at recapturing the magic of the original series, from a variety show to a wedding special to a drama reboot. None of them fared well, though a Brady Bunch movie in the mid-1990s with a new cast playing the iconic characters made a splash. Potts digs into some of the behind-the-scenes drama?most notably the ongoing feud between showrunner Sherwood Schwartz and Brady patriarch Robert Reed, who made no bones about his distaste for the material?but for the most part this is a cheery, warm-hearted look at a cherished TV classic.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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