>> COHEN. >> THE AUTHORITIES WILL BE
CALLED. ALL RIGHT, MATT.
>> AL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO, A
LITTLE SHOW CALLED "THE BRADY BUNCH," FIRST PREMIERED AND POP
CULTURE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. FIRST, A SHORT WALK DOWN MEMORY
LANE. IT'S A STORY THAT'S CEMENTED IN
POP CULTURE HISTORY. A MOTHER WITH THREE DAUGHTERS.
A FATHER, WITH THREE SONS, WHO COME TOGETHER TO FORM ONE BIG
FAMILY. ♪ THAT'S THE WAY WE BECAME THE
BRADY BUNCH ♪ >> Reporter: FOR FIVE SEASONS,
THE BRADYS EXPERIENCED THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT
CAME WITH A HOUSE FULL OF SIX KIDS, A HOUSEKEEPER AND A DOG.
>> THERE'S TIGER. >> Reporter: SOME OF THE
EPISODE S PROVIDING CLASSIC TELEVISION
MOMENTS. >> MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA.
>> HEY, YOU GUYS. OH, MY NOSE.
♪ IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THEN IT'S TIME TO CHANGE ♪
♪ KEEP ON, KEEP ON, KEEP ON MOVING ♪
♪ KEEP ON, KEEP ON, KEEP ON GROOING ♪
>> Reporter: IF THE ADVENTURES THEY HAD, IT CAME BACK TO
FAMILY. SAGE PARENTAL ADVICE NEVER FAR
AWAY. >> YOU KNOW, MONEY AND FAME ARE
VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE OTHER
THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT. LIKE PEOPLE.
>> I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE.
>> Reporter: NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER "THE BRADY BUNCH"
PREMIERED. SOP OF THE CAST MEMBERS PASSED
AWAY. MOST RECENTLY, FLORENCE
HENDERSON, WHO PLAYED THE FAMILY MATRIARCH, CAROL BRADY.
BUT THE SHOW AND ITS LEGACY LIVE ON FOREVER.
BARRY WILLIAMS STARRED AS GREG BRADY.
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, PLAYED PETER.
MIKE LOOKINLAND PLAYED BOBBY AND SUSAN OLSEN PLAYED CINDY.
IS IT BECAUSE THIS SHOW AIRS EVERY DAY.
OR BECAUSE IT'S REFERRED TO BECAUSE OF ITS POP CULTURE
SIGNIFICANCE? >> YOU KNOW HOW YOU DON'T GROW
OLD UNTIL YOU SEE YOURSELF IN A PHOTO.
SOMEHOW YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT. IT'S AS THOUGH THE SHOW KEEPS US
YOUNG IN EVERYONE'S MIND. BUT WE'RE REALLY THIS OLD.
>> THE OTHER THING IS, EVERYONE REFERS TO US AS KIDS.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW WE MATURE. WE'RE STILL THE KIDS.
>> IS THAT A GOOD THING ALWAYS? >> SURE.
>> I LIKE BEING A KID. >> IT FEELS OKAY.
>> HOW LONG AFTER THE SHOW AFTER THE SHOW WENT OFF THE AIR DID
YOU REALIZE YOU WOULD NEVER WALK AWAY FROM THE CHARACTERS?
THEY WOULD ALWAYS BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE?
>> I REMEMBER A TEENAGE GIRL CAME OVER AND ASKED ME TO SIGN
AN AUTOGRAPH, FOR HER MOTHER. AND RIGHT THEN, I KNEW.
I WAS IN FOR GOOD. >> I HAD TO REACH PEACE WITH IT
IN MY 20s BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM IT.
AND I HAD AN EPIPHANY IT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE ROOM BEFORE
ME AND AFTER ME. >> SUSAN, YOU ALSO?
>> YEAH. YOU SPEND A LITTLE WHILE TRYING
TO RUN AWAY FROM IT. BUT YOU CAN'T.
YOU KNOW? IT'S LIKE HAVING A HUNCHBACK.
YOU CAN'T DISGUISE IT. YOU MIGHT AS WELL DRESS IT UP.
>> THAT'S NICE. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
UNUSUAL ANALOGIES I'VE EVER HEARD.
WHAT DO PEOPLE MOST OFTEN SAY TO YOU WHEN THEY COME UP AND
RECOGNIZE YOU ON THE STREET? DO THEY EXPLAIN WHY THEY
CONNECTED WITH THE SHOW? >> I THINK -- YEAH.
>> I SORT OF HAD TO FIGURE OUT THAT.
IT'S BECOME A GENERATIONAL THING.
EVERY AGE GROUP WAS REPRESENTED ON THE ORIGINAL SHOW.
AND NOW, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE EVEN INTO THE THIRD GENERATION OF BRADY FAMILIES
NOW. >> FOUR GENERATIONS.
>> OUR FANS HAVE GRANDCHILDREN. >> THERE'S A STYLE OF
TELEVISION. PEOPLE ASKING ME, I WISH THEY
MADE SHOWS THAT WAY NOW. OF COURSE, THINGS CHANGE.
SO, THEY CAN'T. THERE'S NETWORKS THAT WILL.
AND THEY WILL SHOW CLASSIC TELEVISION.
A NEW ONE. THE ME TV.
JUST STARTED A NEW CAMPAIGN CALLED THE SUMMER OF ME.
THEY DO BLOCKS OF THE CLASSIC SITCOMS AND WESTERNS AND YOU CAN
SIT DOWN AND WATCH IT OVER. AND THEY HAVE A BRADY BRUNCH ON
SUNDAYS, WITH FOUR BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES.
>> IT WAS WHOLESOME. IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME IN ALL
OF OUR LIVES. >> YEAH.
BUT THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR THAT.
WHAT YOU HAVE ON "THE BRADY BUNCH," IS SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO SEE, WHICH IS A FAMILY WHERE THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS
RESPECT EACH OTHER. AND TODAY, I MEAN, I HAVE HEARD
FROM PRODUCERS THAT THE FORMULA IS, GET THE PARENTS OUT OF THE
SHOW FOR THE KIDS' SHOWS. AND YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE SHOWS
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH WITH YOUR KIDS AND PICK UP PARENTING TIPS.
>> SOMEBODY BEFORE THE SHOW MENTIONED TO HODA THAT SOME OF
YOU ON THE CAST HAVE OFF-COLOR LYRICS YOU ATTACHED TO THE THEME
SONG. WITHOUT SAYING THEM, WHO WOULD
CLAIM THAT IS TRUE? RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> YES. >> I HEARD ALL KINDS OF LYRICS
ATTACHED TO THE THEME SONG. >> SUSAN, YOU ARE RAISING YOUR
HAND AGAIN. >> I WROTE THEM.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WOMAN ON THE SCREEN, FLORENCE
HENDERSON. WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORY WITH ON
THIS SHOW. SHE PASSED AWAY NOT LONG AGO.
WHO WANTS TO TAKE AN ATTEMPT AT DESCRIBING FLORENCE?
>> SHE WAS GREAT HUMAN. EVERYONE SHE MET.
FELT BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM
AFTER HAVING SPENT A MOMENT WITH FLORENCE.
>> SHE WAS A MENTOR, A FRIEND. WE LEARNED HOW TO INTERACT WITH
THE PUBLIC. SHE WAS SO GRACIOUS WITH HER
FANS. AND WE ALL LEARN HOW TO DO THAT
GRACIOUSLY. MOSTLY, SHE LOVED TO MAKE PEOPLE
LAUGH. YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN IN
HER SPACE. SHE WOULD FALL DOWN AND SAY
JOKES. MAKE PEOPLE SMILE.
>> A TV SHOW CAN BE TENSE. YOU KNOW?
IT CAN GET TENSE. YOU GET BEHIND SCHEDULE.
AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. SHE COULD LIGHTEN -- SHE COULD
LIGHTEN THE MOOD. >> DOUBLE PARKED.
>> SHE COULD LIGHT UP THE ROOM AND LIGHTEN THE MOOD.
AND SHE JUST DID IT NATURALLY. AND WE BENEFITED FROM THAT.
>> OUR CONDOLENCES ON HER LOSS. WE FEEL IT WITH YOU.
WE MISS LAWRENCE, AS WELL