Performing Arts History & Criticism
Love to Love You Bradys
The Bizarre Story of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- History & Criticism, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550228885
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $25.95
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Description
Chronicling a production rife with conflictsfrom drug addiction and power struggles to sexuality and weight issuesthis behind-the-scenes history of the rarely seen Brady Bunch Variety Hour investigates how the show was conceived, produced, and ended up ranked one of the Worst Shows of All-Time.” Featuring hundreds of never-before-published photos and interviews with cast, crew, and production staff, this colorful retrospective details how the spin-off ultimately shattered the Brady’s perfect image and forever scarred their television legacy. After decades under lock and key, the story behind the most disastrous offering in television history is revealed in full Brady detail.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Ted Nichelson is a writer, musician, scholar, business entrepreneur, and pop culture historian. Susan Olsen is internationally recognized for her role as Cindy Brady on The Brady Bunch. She is an actress, writer, artist, producer, and radio personality. Lisa Sutton is a graphic designer and art director. She writes a weekly television and pop-culture memorabilia column for TVLand.com. They all live in Los Angeles.
Editorial Reviews
"Undeniably, a head-scratchingly hilarious celebration . . . Love to Love You Bradys is the Wisconsin Death Trip of the disco era'strange, awful and utterly, guilt-inducingly fascinating." “Salon.com Critics' Picks
"An incredibly detailed account of exactly how this TV debacle came to be be." AfterElton.com
"[Susan Olsen] bravely relives this disco-era cautionary tale while dissecting the singing-and-dancing Brady's pop culture impact in her new behind-the-scenes tell-all." Retroality.tv
"Full of photos, the book is a colorful document of a television show so bad, it's legendary. Most good shows don't get treatments this detailed." Bookgasm