![]() He even once disapproved of the quality of the fake ink that stained Alice’s uniform, prompting the actor to pen an angry, multi-page memo to the show’s executives. In yet another, Reed whined about the implausibility of his character slipping on a broken egg. In another episode in which youngest Brady boy, Bobby, sells hair tonic in a get-rich-quick scheme, Reed objected because the product wasn’t FDA-approved. Reed was famous for being difficult on set. (Although the line he ultimately delivered in the filmed episode was, “I do believe I’ve died and gone to strawberry heaven.”) So Schwartz offered a compromise: Mike Brady could say it “looks like strawberry heaven in here,” and Reed reluctantly agreed. He’d read that they didn’t, and he refused to say the line. So Reed went to “Brady” creator Sherwood Schwartz and told him he would not say the line.Īttempting to placate the actor, Schwartz invited Reed down to the set where strawberries were actually being cooked and pointed out that the berries did indeed give off a scent. Only Reed, who had a habit of meticulously fact-checking each script, discovered while poring over the “Encyclopedia Britannica” that strawberries supposedly give off no smell while they’re being cooked. In Season 4’s episode, “Jan, the Only Child,” Brady mom, Carol, and the family’s housekeeper, Alice, hold a competition to see who can craft the tastiest strawberry preserves.Īs the competition raged in the Brady’s formica kitchen, the script called for Mike Brady to arrive home and remark that the house smelled like “strawberry heaven.” The man who played Mike Brady, Robert Reed, paged through the latest script for “The Brady Bunch” and lashed out at the show’s creator, demanding that his part be rewritten. ![]() HGTV sells ‘Brady Bunch’ house for $3.2M - but there's a catch New owner of 'The Brady Bunch' house realizes none of its appliances work ![]() 'DWTS' will have a Taylor Swift Night this season Barry Williams dedicates 'DWTS' dance to late 'Brady Bunch' mom Florence Henderson
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