Lucille Ball had many fans, and Sherwood Schwartz was one of them. Apparently, he got his inspiration from Lucille’s 1968 film ‘Yours, Mine and Ours’.
Fortunately, Lucille Ball wasn’t bothered by this and actually took it as a big compliment. She gave Schwartz the OK to keep filming the series.
The Brady Bunch House Now
Although we never found out in which city the Bradys lived, we do know the exact address of the real Brady Bunch home. The actual Brady Bunch house is located at 11222 Dilling Street in Studio City, California. After the filming, the Brady Bunch house was sold. The owners, frustrated by all of the fans who were showing up to see the place, put up a fence and planted big shrubbery outside of their home to give themselves more privacy.
When the producers came around to ask the owners to use the home to film 'The Brady Bunch' movies, they turned down the offer. Well, they apparently had enough because they ended up selling the house. In the summer of 2018, the home was sold to HGTV. HGTV has plans to revive 'The Brady Bunch in A Very Brady Renovation'. The network released a video, in which the Brady children ask for help restoring their TV home. They are asking fans to come together and find artifacts from the Brady home, to help bring the home back to life.
All About Concentration
No, we aren’t talking about the children’s hand-clapping game. When Schwartz was interviewing children to play the parts of the Brady kids, he wanted to make sure that the hired children would be able to focus on set. In order to test their abilities, he put toys on his desk.
The children who were able to concentrate on Schwartz and not get distracted by the toys were selected to move forward in the hiring process.
Peter Brady
Peter Brady was played by actor Christopher Knight. Years later, he was on the reality TV show, 'My Fair Brady', with Adrianne Curry, who was the first winner of America’s Next Top Model. He proposed to her in the final episode of the show.
The two were married for five years before divorcing. Since his acting career, Knight has become a successful businessman. He has also since remarried to Cara Kokenes.
Not a Real Brunette
Usually, people go blonde, but you don’t often see people choosing to become brunette. Well, Mike Lookinland was blonde before filming 'The Brady Bunch'. As mentioned, it was important for Sherwood to maintain the authenticity of the show and with that, the siblings’ resemblance.
So, Mike had to dye his hair to match the cast’s hair color. You can see that years later, he was back to his natural blonde color.