FIVE SEASONS. BUT ITS LEGACY HAS SPANNED
GENERATIONS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "THE BRADY
BUNCH" WHICH GAVE US POP CULTURE EXPRESSIONS LIKE MARCIA, MARCIA,
MARCIA AND PORK CHOPS AND APPLE SAUCE.
>> WE'RE JOINED BY BARRY WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT,
AND MIKE LOOKINLAND. AND SUSAN OLSEN.
MAUREEN McCORMICK WANTED TO BE HERE.
BUT SHE COULDN'T JOIN US. YOU GREW UP IN FRONT OF OUR
EYES. WAS IT DIFFICULT GOING THROUGH
PUBERTY AND BEING ON NATIONAL TV?
>> YEAH. >> IT'S TOUGHER NOW, THOUGH.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE COVERAGE TODAY THAN BACK THEN.
THERE WASN'T A "NATIONAL ENQUIRER."
THERE WERE TEEN MAGAZINES. >> I WORE A DISGUISE TO GO ICE
SKATING AT A LOCAL SKATING RINK. IT DIDN'T WORK.
>> REALLY? >> THE NICE THING, WE COULD
COVER EACH OTHER. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE TOGETHER. WE COULD RELATE TO THAT.
WE'RE PROTECTIVE OF THAT. >> AND WE ALL WENT BACK TO
PUBLIC SCHOOL. >> THAT'S INTERESTING.
>> I DON'T THINK ANY KIDS TODAY ON TV SHOWS WOULD DARE DO THAT.
BUT WE GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET TEASED FOR THE EPISODES.
>> TELL ME THIS. WOULD YOU TRADE IT?
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS -- PROBABLY AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN YOUR POSITION, WHERE THE ROLE WAS SO ICONIC THAT, I LOOK AT
YOU NOW, AND I SEE THAT CHARACTER.
AND YOU'RE NOT A KID ANYMORE. WOULD YOU TRADE IT?
WOULD YOU WEAR IT AS A BADGE?
DID YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH IT? >> PROUD OF THE SHOW.
>> IF I HAD KIDS -- WE GOT LUCKY.
>> YOU WOULDN'T? >> WE GOT LUCKY.
THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOU HAVE THAT MUCH ATTENTION
AS A CHILD. WHAT IT DOES TO YOU, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT ATTENTION, IS LIFE-ALTERING.
WITH SUCCESS OR WITHOUT IT. >> WE'RE LUCKY IN THE SENSE THAT
THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD FEELING TIED TO THE SHOW.
WE NEVER SUFFERED. AT ANYTIME I INTERACT WITH A
FAN, IT'S ALMOST EXCLUSIXCLUSIV POSITIVE THING.
>> YOU GUYS ARE BELOVED. YOU HEAR ABOUT ACTORS THAT HAVE
ICONIC ROLES. AND THEY SAY IT SUFFOCATES THEM.
BUT FROM EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, YOU'VE EMBRACED BEING BRADY.
>> GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE GREW UP WITH THE SHOW.
THEY DON'T MAKE SHOWS LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
THANKS GOODNESS WE HAVE NETWORKS DEVOTED TO CLASSIC TV, SO PEOPLE
CAN ENJOY THEM. IT'S AN HOHONOR.
>> AND NEARLY 50 YEARS AND IT HASN'T BEEN OFF THE AIR.
THERE'S NO RUNNING FROM IT. WE SPENT A MOMENT FRY INGTRYING
FROM IT. >> I NEVER WANTED TO BE ONLY
ACTOR ANYWAYS. >> AND I LEFT BUSINESS.
I THINK IF I CONTINUED TO BE AN
ACTRESS, IT WOULD BE A HASSLE TO
ME. WHEN I FIND OUT OUR SHOW IS USED
WITH KIDS THAT IS SEVERELY ABUSED.
PSYCHIATRISTS USED OUR SHOW. THAT MADE IT SPECIAL.
>> WE LIKE TO PLAY GAMES ON THIS SHOW.
PROPS. I WAS KIDDING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. NICE.
HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU SET IT UP HERE. >> WHO AMONGST YOU, DO YOU
THINK, HASN'T CHANGED SINCE "THE BRADY BUNCH" DAYS?
>> OH. >> LOOK AT THAT.
>> ALL YOUR CAST MATES SAY YOU, GREG.
>> I WORK AT IT HARDER THAN ANYONE.
>> THAT'S FUNNY. HERE WE GO.
WHO IS MOST LIKE -- WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO PLAY BALL IN THE
HOUSE? >> I WOULD CALL THAT A TIE.
>> THAT'S HILARIOUS. >> WHO WAS MOST LIKELY TO FORGET
THEIR LINES? >> WAIT.
>> ARE YOU SAYING EVERYBODY? >> NO.
EVERYBODY. >> IT'S EVERYBODY.
>> YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO, I WANTED -- YOU KNOW, A FRIEND OF
OUR SHOW WAS FLORENCE HENDERSON. WE LOST HER IN NOVEMBER.
>> WE ALL LOST HER. I MEAN, TELL US WHAT SHE MEANT.
>> SHE WAS A MENTOR. SHE WAS A FRIEND.
SHE WAS -- A PEER. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO
RELATE TO PEOPLE AND OUR PUBLIC. AND SHE WAS A VERY GRACIOUS
LADY, WHO LOVED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH.
>> AND A VERY, VERY GOOD MOTHER. HAS FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN WHO
HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE GREAT PEOPLE.
FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT FELT LIKE SHE WAS A MOM, P PEOP
REALLY ARE PSYCHIC. AND YOU WERE RIGHT.
YOU WERE RIGHT TO LOVE HER. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOM.
>> SHE WAS. >> GREAT.
>> IF YOU WANTED, IF YOU NEEDED AN EXAMPLE, HOW TO BE A BETTER
PERSON, YOU COULD LOOK TO FLORENCE HENDERSON.
HANGING OUT WITH HER WAS A JOY. >> AND YOU NEVER WANTED TO
DISAPPOINT HER. WE PLAYED AROUND A LOT.
SHE PLAYED BACK. FOR A MOM FIGURE, BECAUSE SHE
WAS, IT WASN'T LIKE MY MOM. SHE DID HAVE THAT LIGHT OF AN
INNER CHILD SHE PLAYED WITH. SHE ENGAGED WITH YOU ON.
BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, WE HAD TO GET THE WORK DONE.
IF YOU WENT TOO FAR, SHE WOULD JUST LOOK AT YOU.
>> GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WOULD BE REMISS IF