TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, April 9, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

So, a few weeks ago, I was standing in line at McDonald's for my Shamrock shake, when the guy in line behind me struck up a conversation with me.

He was convinced that the kid working behind the counter looked exactly like Peter Brady from The Brady Bunch, and apparently he wanted me to be convinced as well.

First, he pointed out how his hair was the same style and the same reddish-brown shade as the middle Brady. Then, he went on to point out the smattering of freckles across his nose.

Finally, he adamantly declared that this kid's mouth was the exact same shape as Peter's...couldn't I see that? Why yes, I could. I could also see that I needed to get out of there as soon as possible!

However, that insightful conversation has had me thinking about the Brady Bunch...so here's some fun facts for you about the show!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness."

HINT: (1904-1993), English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The word "sex" was only uttered once during the four-year run of The Brady Bunch show. Cousin Oliver blurted it out in the final episode of the series when Mrs. Brady had difficulty explaining the mating habits of rabbits.

The Peppermint Trolley Company, who sang The Brady Bunch theme song for the first season of the series, also performed the theme song to the long-running sketch comedy series Love, American Style.

Boddy's hair changed color over the course of the series. Mike Lookinland's hair was naturally a reddish-blond, but the producers experimented with a number of different colors each season in order to make the youngest Brady's hair color match that of his brothers.

The show was originally titled The Bradley Brood, and Gene Hackman had been the producer's original choice for the role of dad Mike Brady. However, the network felt Hackman was too much of an unknown and went with Robert Reed instead, who'd had a successful run on TV's The Defenders.

Florence Henderson wore a wig throughout the first season of the show because her own hair had been cropped short for a role in her first feature film, Song of Norway.

The lisp of Cindy Brady's was very real and so endearing that Sherwood Schwartz had an episode written about it. Susan Olsen had a speech impediment surgically corrected as an adult.


VIDEO CLIP
Brady Bunch Theme Song
All the Brady's are here! Mike, Carol, Greg, Jan, Peter, Cindy, Bobby and even Marsha! Marsha! Marsha! Join America's favorite television family and feel free to sing along! You know the words!

Watch It Now: Brady Bunch Theme Song


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness."

ANSWER: Nancy Mitford.

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