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Title: Growing Up Brady : I Was a Teenage Greg by Barry Williams, Chris Kreski, Robert Reed, Barry Williams/Chris Kreski ISBN: 0-9673785-0-8 Publisher: Good Guy Entertainment Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (37 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: DECENT, HONEST APPRAISAL OF SHOW
Comment: Unlike Sherwood Schwartz, Barry Williams offers an honest appraisal of the Brady Bunch. Schwartz's account of the show and the failed sequels tend to blame others (e.g., network brass) for the failures. Among his excuses are bad scheduling and network interference. Maybe dismal scripts also had something to do with it, Sherwood. At least Barry calls a spade a spade. He recognized the quality of the scripts declined over the years and were absolutely dreadful in the sequels (Robert Reed (Papa Brady) would have said the scripts were bad to begin with).
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting dive into Brady Bunch Babylon
Comment: For those interested in America's favorite family of the early 1970's, here is the book for you. Barry Williams writes a tome that only an insider could dealing with the behind the scenes goings on of the popular TV series, "The Brady Bunch". Written with a humorous, never-too-serious tone, Williams (who played Greg Brady on the show) tells of the fights and misadventures of the Brady cast as well as the friendliness and respect they had for each other. The reader will learn of Tiger's demise as well as the Battle of the Bras and Greg's first toke.
I heartily recommend this book for anyone who enjoyed the series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Refreshing
Comment: Authored by Barry Williams, (aka Greg Brady) this volume differs from fan-books of retro tv shows in that it is neither a hyper-romanticized trip down memory lane, nor bitter attacking screed from an individual wishing the spotlight back on themselves.
In refreshingly honest prose, Williams recalls the thrill of growing up in the early 1970's (including celebrity perks). The balanced perspective on America's most famous sitcom on seccond marriages and mixed families draws in readers who liked the show, but were never tremendous fans. Openly candid, Williams shares hillarious backstage hijinks that attempt to explain why these former child stars have managed to avoid the negative publicity that caught up with so many of their contemporaries.
True, the long-standing animosity between Robert Reed and Sherwood Schwartz is included, but this does not detract from the genuinely caring sentiment that cast members feel towards one another on and off cammera. The exact family composition may have been the work of a hollywood scriptwriter and casting director, but hollywood personnel could not have required these people to develop the strong personal bonds with eachother that only strengthened over time.
In keeping with the desire for a book transcending the typical low expectations for former Child Star memoirs, a suprisingly small lack of space is devoted to an apparent fling with co-stars Maureen McCormick and Florence Henderson. Certainly mentioned, both incidents are not excessively doted on by the author.
The overall focus of the text seems to be on how a shared sense of cooperation and commuinity among the cast helped a tv show about step-families become a favirote in the American pop psyche at a time when "stepfamily" still conotated various fairy-tale horror stories.
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Title: Bradymania!: Everything You Always Wanted to Know - And a Few Things You Probably Didnt (25th Anniversary Edition) by Elizabeth Moran ISBN: 1558504184 Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Brady Bunch Files : 1,500 Brady Trivia Questions Guaranteed to Drive You Bananas! by Lauren Johnson ISBN: 1580631657 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Brady Bunch : An Outrageously Funny, Far-Out Guide To America's Favorite TV Family by Sylvia Stoddard ISBN: 0312960530 Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Pub. Date: 15 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title:Brady Bunch Home Movies ASIN: B00004YA6Z Publisher: Rhino Video Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.46 |
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Title:It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch ASIN: B000002OND Publisher: Mca Pub. Date: 02 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $10.99 |
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