...and heard uncle Joe tell the same story for the hundredth time, well at this outing it's not uncle Joe, but Barry Williams (AKA Greg Brady) sharing his intimate behind the scenes details from the Brady Bunch, including but not limited to, his on again/off again romance with Maureen (Mo) McCormick, his lone "studly" date (and subsequent kiss) with Florence Henderson), and the constant off screen battles between Robert Reed, and Sherwood Schwarz.
To it's credit, the movie version stayed true (virtually verbatim) to the book, which was originally released in 1992. I also liked most of the casting choices.Daniel-Hugh Kelly was terrific as Robert Reed, as was Michael Tucker in the role of Sherwood Schwarz. A few of the kids were a bit out of sync, but the original Brady kids ARE a tough act to follow. Another plus were the appearances by Michael Lookinland (Bobby in the original series), and Barry himself.
There were a few things that didn't quite sit right with me. I could have missed Mike Lookinland's son Scott being cast as the young Mike/Bobby. It seemed to be they chose him merely for the resemblance (and the publicity of it couldn't have hurt either). Also, at the end was a "commercial" offer to purchase the book itself for $19.95, and with the book you also receive a copy of Barry's new CD "The Return of Johnny Bravo", that was almost shameless, and ruined the last two minutes prior which showed Barry leaving the old Paramount soundstage with the real Sherwood Schwarz.
I don't mean to sound cynical, I'm one of the Bunches biggest fans. I loved the book in it's original edition, and I can even fess up to owning the just released new edition (with added chapters)which was signed by Barry, and included yes, that dreadful CD. It just seemed to me that this movie was thrown together as an extended infomercial to sell the book, and it pains me to think that Barry would sell us all out to make a buck after all those friday nights we spent together all those years ago...
To it's credit, the movie version stayed true (virtually verbatim) to the book, which was originally released in 1992. I also liked most of the casting choices.Daniel-Hugh Kelly was terrific as Robert Reed, as was Michael Tucker in the role of Sherwood Schwarz. A few of the kids were a bit out of sync, but the original Brady kids ARE a tough act to follow. Another plus were the appearances by Michael Lookinland (Bobby in the original series), and Barry himself.
There were a few things that didn't quite sit right with me. I could have missed Mike Lookinland's son Scott being cast as the young Mike/Bobby. It seemed to be they chose him merely for the resemblance (and the publicity of it couldn't have hurt either). Also, at the end was a "commercial" offer to purchase the book itself for $19.95, and with the book you also receive a copy of Barry's new CD "The Return of Johnny Bravo", that was almost shameless, and ruined the last two minutes prior which showed Barry leaving the old Paramount soundstage with the real Sherwood Schwarz.
I don't mean to sound cynical, I'm one of the Bunches biggest fans. I loved the book in it's original edition, and I can even fess up to owning the just released new edition (with added chapters)which was signed by Barry, and included yes, that dreadful CD. It just seemed to me that this movie was thrown together as an extended infomercial to sell the book, and it pains me to think that Barry would sell us all out to make a buck after all those friday nights we spent together all those years ago...