Product Description

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/07/2000

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40000 in DVD
• Brand: Brady
• Released on: 2000-10-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

The Television Enigma That STILL Puzzles America...
The weirdness of this 1977 television show defies description. It
lasted less than ten episodes, and no wonder it has been forgotten by
fans and viewers, and conveniently left off of the resumes of all
those involved in making the program.

The well-loved Brady Bunch
gathers together for another Brady show, the first after the original
was cancelled. Unfortunately, this one was created by Sid & Marty
Krofft of Saturday morning Super Seven fame. '70s disco-spangled
weirdness is at full power!

The Brady kids (especially Greg),
wanted to get into music, like the Partridges. They put out several
albums (some have been re-issued on CD), so naturally the producers
felt this would be a hit show with a built-in audience.

All of the
original cast but Jan signed on, leading to the Brady conundrum of
what has become known as the "Fake Jan" character, a
replacement Brady!

Of all the Brady cast, only Greg & Carol can
actually sing. Marsha and the Fake Jan can manage.

The show
appeared at the peak of television musical variety shows in the
'70s. Donny & Marie, Sonny & Cher, Captain & Tennille,
Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Osmond Family, and others were part of a
genre of television that has largely been forgotten. Every week would
bring a new guest star and/or singing act. Only "Saturday Night
Live" survives the variety show era and is still in production
today.

The Brady show boasted two innovations, the Rockette wannabes
known as the "Krofftette Dancers & Water Follies", and a
set that featured a large swimming pool for the underwater ballet
swimmers. Both are just weird when juxtaposed with the Bradys!

On
the DVD, two shows are featured, with guest stars Ann B. Davis
(Alice), Tony Randall, Rip Taylor, Vincent Price, Donny & Marie
Osmond, and H.R. Puffnstuff. Randall & Price steal their scenes,
and Davis is the most comfortable with the bad scripts. There is also
a short interview with Bobby & Cindy talking about what it was
like growing up as a Brady, working on the Variety Hour, and other
things about their careers.

Although the show has terrible writing,
is horribly dated, and emits 1970's toxically radioactive happiness in
its purest form, the Bradys are still the Bradys, and this is one
television enigma that is not to be missed. The DVD is reasonably
priced, too.

OH MY GOSH!! WHAT A HOOT!
After reading the reviews from other Amazon purchasers, I simply HAD to add this to my collection. I was 6 years old when the Brady Bunch TV show premiered and I remember watching these Variety Hours as a pre teen wondering what on earth?? I can truly say watching them as an ADULT was a million times better! This DVD is so ridiculous that it's HILARIOUS!! Robert Reed should have become a hot dog cart vendor before agreeing to be in this ridiculous Variety show! The way he is acting is nothing short of ludicrous. The skits are ridiculous, the colors are so mind-bending that you should turn the color down on your tv, and the acting is a zero on a scale from 1-10. Yet, because of all this, it is entertaining in a strange way. The whole time I was watching it, I was thinking WHAT ON EARTH??? There wasn't a single time that this show was normal or entertaining. Just plain LUDICROUS!! If you are a kid of the 60's/70's era of the Brady Bunch, you gotta get this!!!

Oh where to start...
I bought this DVD on a whim and was I delighted. Where else can you see Carol Brady singing from a "Chorus Line" or disco standards by the whole clan. Even Alice makes an appearance! The guest stars include Donny and Marie Osmond (with awful New Yawk accents to boot), Rip Taylor and H.R. Pufnstuff. But the end all reason to buy this DVD is the extremely disturbing and odd number that Tony Randall does with dancing animals. Truly a must have for Brady fans and fans of the wonderful world of 70's cheese. Enjoy