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The Brady Bunch Variety Hour - Vol. 1 [VHS]

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This is probably the WORST of all variety shows ever made in the 70's. Part of the charm of the Brady's was watching them mow the astroturf, keep an empty dog house in the yard, watch Marcia date everyone from Desi Arnaz, Jr. to Davy Jones, and watch them put on plays in their back yard. It's all fake,we know. But transporting them to a "variety show" as if they were a real family - what were they thinking? Watching "Greg" trying to sing a Broadway number is painful; watching Mike dance to "shake your booty" is agonizing, making the Silver Platters routine look like a Bob Fosse number. The jokes are hopeless; watch as one the confused Water Follies kicks in the opposite direction at the end of the show. Tony Randall is boring, the fake Jan is, well, as fake as that famous black wig. The roller rink sketch that places real life brother/sister Donny and Marie Osmond (themselves cheesy variety show royalty) and fake brother/sister Greg and Marcia singing "Splish Splash" is the singlemost vapid and devastating piece of television ever created. Watch this after the party is over and you're very drunk.

Being a fan of the Brady Bunch sitcom I watched this variety show when they had it on Nick at Nite and it was so corny! Eve Plumb the real Jan turned this down, I think she made a very wise decision in doing that! OK so yes The sitcom could also be corny at times but not as bad as this variety show and was 100 times better!

A wonderful show starting out with "Baby Face." Of course, there is a "fake Jan." But it is still GREAT!

I always had to watch what my brother wanted to watch; naturally, he had a TV in his bedroom and I didn't. Mom sat and watched TV day and night on the family's main television, so it was always tense and grim and frankly, stupid and tyrannical. When The Brady Bunch Variety Hour came out, I was desperate to watch it, but I was always vetoed. Imagine my surprise, all these years later, to see two videos offered here on Amazon. I bought those two volumes so fast and I was delighted to watch episodes I'd never seen. Very light entertainment, suitable for children and entire families to watch.

One of The worst thing that came out of the 70's and so unoriginal, they just jumped on the variety show band wagon and thank goodness it didn't last too long and they got pushed off that band wagon! The bubble gum music, goofy dancing, ugly costumes and lame jokes are just plain tacky. I'll watch a Brady Bunch rerun any time I can but I'll pass on the variety show. Okay we all know that Florence Henderson is very talented and has a beautiful singing voice but come on you have to admit that this show was beneath her!

The jokes, the songs, the dancing. The Brady Bunch is in their glory and all are at the high point of their careers. It's just a shame that Eve Plumb did not choose to particiapte...