Prior to creating ‘The Brady Bunch’, the famous Paramount Studios was strictly a movie studio. After creating the iconic American TV series, the studio completely changed its direction, thus impacting in a major way the entire television industry.
Bonus fact: Sherwood Schwartz is also the brains behind Gilligan’s Island for CBS.
Tiger’s Doghouse Stays
It’s either the adored family dog, Tiger, or his doghouse that stays. Well, apparently, producers chose the doghouse. Tiger was tragically killed off the show in a car accident. While producers never introduced another dog to replace him, they chose to keep his doghouse in the backyard of the Brady’s house.
Perhaps to commemorate the life of Tiger? Not exactly… the doghouse was meant to cover up a spot on the Astroturf where a studio light had fallen and burned the ground.
Boss Lady
Carol Brady was the matriarch of the Brady bunch and the one to keep the family running and things flowing smoothly. She was, what you would nowadays refer to as a “boss lady”. Despite this, she was the only character not to have an episode named after her or based on her character.
This seems ironic, considering that Carol was such a central component to the show. Well, Florence Henderson didn’t seem so bitter about this, as she happily reprised her role many times following the end of 'The Brady Bunch', and are we ever glad that she did!
No Glass in These Doors
Although the Brady’s home had an infamous sliding glass door, there wasn’t actually glass in it. The reason for this was that the glass would have interfered with the imaging on camera.
The producers wanted to prevent the glares from lighting during filming, so they built the door without glass. Another fact about the home? It’s reportedly the most photographed home in the United States after the White House.
Staying True
Sherwood Schwartz was very concerned with keeping the TV show as authentic as possible and he took great measures to achieve this. There are many examples of this in the show.
One of them is that the clubhouse in the show was actually built by the Brady boys. Seems like the girls pitched in by making those signs.