HGTV - A Very Brady Renovation

HGTV wouldn't bother if they didn't think they could pull it off. What's really difficult is that on the inside the house wasn't real, so converting a TV show set into a real house that fits into the real exterior is the challenge

Count me in as someone who will be watching.

They had to compromise in some respects. Gregs attic room has to now be a basement because structurally the exterior would have to be altered from what we all know in order to build up.

The height of the house seems to be too short to accommodate the high ceilings on the show. Even the 2nd floor ceilings on the set appear to be 9 to 10 ft high. I have a feeling we're gonna be disappointed but I'm still following the project. I think they're going to have to custom make those fish wall decorations in the kitchen.

I would love to know who designed those sets originally.

I don't understand how the finished product can be anywhere near the original set - that is the key work - it was a set that was used for the interior shots and had no semblance to the outside. Unless they pull a "moon landing" on us and the finished interior is actually on a sound stage

R5 back again - regardless - a fun project - very nostalgic. Who doesn't long for the days of "Poppy Orange" or "Harvest Gold" or "Avocado Green"? Related to set design I wrote the other day on the Bewitched thread that I always loved the Bewitched set - that was perfectly designed to match the homes exterior - but the Brady Bunch set - was always just a set. If you watch a lot of sitcoms you realize that many designs are basically the same as they work for being in front of an audience or camera movement - Everyone Loves Raymond was pretty much All in the Family's set design - Reba's set was pretty much Roseanne's set design. And none of them made any sense to the exterior shots. Interestingly - back in the day studios used the exact same sets for different shows - I can't think of specific examples but I remember Hazel's kitchen was used in other shows and there are others from the 1960's.

Why is that sometimes the wood work and cabinetry on the Brady set seems to have a definite green tint and other times it reads a deep chocolate brown? I thought maybe they had re-stained the wood in a darker tone in later seasons but I see the color fluctuation exists in earlier episodes as well.

Maybe the film stock and color processing of the era has something to do with the inconsistency..

Green:

Now brown.

Now back to green.

Do the Bradys have a sunken living room?

My guess is a combination of lighting and film degradation. Yes, they had a sunken living room - very classy at the time as it was more expensive to construct - now the design shows seem to be leveling them out. Everything goes in cycles I guess. I am waiting for the washed out gray look to go away.

[quote]Do the Bradys have a sunken living room?

The whole first floor is "sunken". '

They step down from the front door and have to step up to go to the stairs and the master bedroom suite - so maybe not technically a sunken living room but stepping in from the front door it would give you the illusion of being sunken

I can’t believe they got Eve Plumb to participate.

Can they renovate Susan Olsen?

Here's a good article on the interior of the house .

I thought that the actual house didn't even have a second floor, and that they just put fake windows on the exterior to make it look like there were. How can they remedy that without radically changing the exterior?

Robert Reed would have loved this.

Eve channeling Cheryl Ladd in 1982. Harry Langdon had the magic touch.

Gosh, and to think R19, all she got out of that HS was a guest-starring role as a nun on The Facts of Life.

R9 - the brown stain on the wood definitely had a green cast / undertone to it - which would have been in style at the time - and colors can indeed look different on film depending on how things are lit and color corrected - even the same stock could look very different from a different batch, or if it was processed in a different chemical bath.

It will be interesting.

A mish mash of HGTV personalities involved - it depends on who's doing the "master design" - since most of their on air talent are not really designers or contractors they'd need help.

Is it just me or is that Ford woman from Restored by the Fords one of the smarmiest, fake-ass, contrived personalities these design shows have ever foisted upon us? Hell, she even makes Paige Davis look sincere.

The most important question (and the reason I’ll be watching): Will Maureen and Eve actually interact since they hate one another?

[quote]Will Maureen and Eve actually interact since they hate one another?

I think the rancor is more on Eve's part---Maureen seems to want to patch things up.

I know Eve is probably somewhat misunderstood but she DOES seem like a real drag.

Maureen is the drama queen. Eve just doesn't have time for her craziness.

How much did they pay Eve Plumb? She looks like she's having fun, or maybe she really is a good actress. Anyway, this show looks like it's gonna be good and I love this thread!!

[quote]Maureen is the drama queen. Eve just doesn't have time for her craziness.

I have a feeling Eve brings the drama----she's just stealth about it.

Why is the drunk from The Office there?

Is that the original front doors?

I love how the acrimony between Maureen and Eve stems not just from Maureen's allegation that they lezzed it up, but also because she said that Eve used to fart all the time in the dressing room and when she and Susan complained about it, Eve responded, 'Get over it!'

Did Eve play softball?

Apparently every Brady fucked all the others.

Nothing anyone wanted to see, think about or hear about!

I smell bread puddin'.

No way you can smell that from the hallway.

Given that she didn't like to be associated with the show in the past (didn't do reunions, etc.), I'm surprised that Eve saved all that memorabilia.

I wouldn't be surprised if the producers staged all of Eve's memorabilia. Except maybe for Ann B. Davis' gift.

Can't wait for this. When does it start airing?

I'm glad Eve got the stick removed from her ass. She should've joined the convention bandwagon a long time ago. She could've made a the bundle she didn't get from syndication.

[quote]Robert Reed would have loved this.

Robert Reed would have boinked the guy who wrote it.

Eve was railed for not returning for the first revival - the notoriously awful variety shows. She seemed to be the only one to see how dumb that was. She came back for all the others.

Barry and Maureen are the two that make the other four roll their eyes the most.

I'm so excited about this! I have to tell my antiques dealer friends and family to see if they have anything that they're looking for! I'm in the mood for this upbeat, fun stuff.

I wish we could see just ONE last Brady movie but this time with all the original kids, even though it would be very sad to not have Florence , Robert and Ann B.

It would take a brilliant script to make it all work though. Kind of a cross between National Lampoon's Vacation, The Goonies & The 1995 Brady film. Maybe a road trip/adventure comedy with just enough nostalgia and heart to ground it a little and perhaps peppered with a few naughty words and double entendres for some bite. But never the kind of scatological grossness a lot of current "comedies" seem to revel in. I think it could be really fun.

But I mean really R40 between the DUI's, public revelations of homophobia, wacked alt-right politics, and reality shows, what grounds exactly do the other four have for rolling their eyes at anyone. They all have the dignity of a pack of feral racoons.

R43 Barry and Maureen are the drama queens. Susan has whacked out politics but she's a pretty easy going chick.

Can we talk about Susan Olsen's kitchen?

Why did Susan Olsen share photos of her kitchen? Unbelievable. The veil has been lifted.

R46 Alice is turning over in her grave.

Love that Susan has a Mrs. Elrod cutting board in her kitchen.

Susan eats pussy.

I'm in love with the thought of a very Brady reunion movie. It could center around a reunion that was planned well in advance at a picturesque state or national park or maybe some sort of time share purgatory place.

Assemble the Brady Bunch movie cast to do the Brady Brides and a Very Brady Christmas.

And The Bradys. I would love to see Christine Taylor play drunk Marcia.

Ty Burrell could do a fantastsic Mike Brady.

Alice - Judy Gold

Ellen Degeneres as Alice.

The movie roles were already cast, use all of them.

Eve Plumb needs to take the checks for reunions and approach it as an acting role. Just pretend you’re playing a former child actress who embraces her fandom and enjoys sharing the memories, instead of being a bitter twat waffle.

I'm not bitter!

R58 Sure, Eve

When does this air?

Hard to reconciles those two faces of Eve.

Did Maureen ever say “Sure, Jan” on the show or is that an invention of the movies?

It's finished...

What was the point of this agian?

Also, why do Bobby and Cindy look a decade older than Greg and Marcia?

When does this air?

Not until September.

I wish Eve would do a show like Carrie Fishers

Die on a plane?!

Her stage show where she talks about her life and career

I'm Not Bitter, Dammit! An EVEning with Eve Plumb