Behind-the-Scenes Facts About ‘The Brady Bunch’

Published on 07/01/2018
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Best Dad

Also, there’s no denying Reed’s on-screen talents despite his off-screen tensions with Sherwood Schwartz. He truly embraced the role of Mike Brady. Actually, he was so successful in the role, he got named by TV Guide as one of TV’s greatest dads of all time back in 2004.

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That being said, there was one particular moment that Reed really let Schwartz hear his honest thoughts on a scene. Reed absolutely refused to work on a scene where the characters were supposed to throw pies at each other without any dialogue. Besides calling the concept, ‘dumb,’ he also told Schwartz that the cast wasn’t filming a silent movie.

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