Brady Bunch Variety Hour

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour" is so amazingly, wonderfully, jaw-droppingly bad, one can only marvel at it. It is so thoroughly ill-conceived and poorly executed on every possible level, it almost defies description. This DVD has all the "You won't believe what I am about to show you" appeal of a snuff film and I treasure every moment of it! In the words of a close friend "It's just wrong!" I urge you to check it out for yourself - and maybe the good people at Rhino Records will release another volume!

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Summary: OH MY GOSH!! WHAT A HOOT!
Review: After reading the reviews from other Amazon purchasers, I simply HAD to add this to my collection. I was 6 years old when the Brady Bunch TV show premiered and I remember watching these Variety Hours as a pre teen wondering what on earth?? I can truly say watching them as an ADULT was a million times better! This DVD is so ridiculous that it's HILARIOUS!! Robert Reed should have become a hot dog cart vendor before agreeing to be in this ridiculous Variety show! The way he is acting is nothing short of ludicrous. The skits are ridiculous, the colors are so mind-bending that you should turn the color down on your tv, and the acting is a zero on a scale from 1-10. Yet, because of all this, it is entertaining in a strange way. The whole time I was watching it, I was thinking WHAT ON EARTH??? There wasn't a single time that this show was normal or entertaining. Just plain LUDICROUS!! If you are a kid of the 60's/70's era of the Brady Bunch, you gotta get this!!!

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Summary: The Sitcom is way Better!
Review: Because their 1969-1974 series ultimately generated a comforting hokeyness in the turbulent 1960's, and the cultural climate was obviously not getting any mellower in the 1970's, a television power that be decided to bring the Bradys out of hibernation---and into this variety show.

Eve Plumb wisely had steered herself clear from this project, so there is a 'fake' Jan in the line up. Immediately telling of how bad this project really is, 'the family' is too busy embarrassing themselves to notice how different Jan looks.

Did the `square' Bradys only decide to do this show under the influence of powerful drugs----which would also make them forget what each other had actually looked like?
And, making things even worse, the fake Jan is only the immediately noticeable snafu in this abomination.

The Bradys are doing `numbers' which poorly fit with their previously well-established wholesome motif. Granted, they have to work with the hairstyles of the time...etc (and everybody WANTED their network to have at LEAST one variety show) but even with this perspective, the show reeked of VERY FOUL cheese.

Exacerbating the problem is the obvious appropriation of stars/characters who were `cool' (Donny Osmond seriously trying to pretend he is Henry Winkler playing "Fonzie" from `Happy Days') since the life of this quickly tired joke was not able to be prolonged on it's own merits.

Even in those disco-drenched days, the late 70's still produced family-friendly sitcoms. If Hollywood had really wanted to successfully capitalize on why the Bradys were a hit with the American public, they would have actually THOUGHT about keeping the series characters a little consistent to their earlier selves.

Realizing that a studio executive, writing/production team actually got approved and paid for this project is amazing. I am still tempted to believe series creators fudged details to studio executives (like the series's general bizarreness) in order to put it on the air. The sets...etc actually look like they had been designed during a bad acid trip and/or seizure.

Ironically, Robert Reed (who was infamous for his many on-the set disagreements in the earlier series) liked the variety hour only because it gave him the chance to gain experience performing in a `variety show' format. Yet, the genuine intra-cast camaraderie (including with the new Jan) alone was obviously not enough to save this blatant mistake. If there is a museum of atrocious television, this series MUST become a main exhibit.

I shudder to think what will happen to civilization if history repeats itself and allows a show like this to get on the air. Once was one time too many.


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Summary: Oh where to start...
Review: I bought this DVD on a whim and was I delighted. Where else can you see Carol Brady singing from a "Chorus Line" or disco standards by the whole clan. Even Alice makes an appearance! The guest stars include Donny and Marie Osmond (with awful New Yawk accents to boot), Rip Taylor and H.R. Pufnstuff. But the end all reason to buy this DVD is the extremely disturbing and odd number that Tony Randall does with dancing animals. Truly a must have for Brady fans and fans of the wonderful world of 70's cheese. Enjoy

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Summary: Oh where to start...
Review: I bought this DVD on a whim and was I delighted. Where else can you see Carol Brady singing from a "Chorus Line" or disco standards by the whole clan. Even Alice makes an appearance! The guest stars include Donny and Marie Osmond (with awful New Yawk accents to boot), Rip Taylor and H.R. Pufnstuff. But the end all reason to buy this DVD is the extremely disturbing and odd number that Tony Randall does with dancing animals. Truly a must have for Brady fans and fans of the wonderful world of 70's cheese. Enjoy

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Summary: Loved the Variety Hour
Review: I loved this DVD. It was so funny. I did miss the "real Jan", but I think the actress who played her instead did pretty good.

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Summary: Okay but a Little too Cheesy!
Review: I really like The Brady Bunch, I loved the original sitcom and most of the TV movies but though this variety skit show is okay it just doesn't compare to the original sitcom. It's just a touch too cheesy!

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Summary: THE BRDAY BUNCH HOUR
Review: I saw V 2, and I called out "MINE!" I loved that show! Then 1time I got V1. LMAO, in fact, on 1 of my cassete shows I do, i used the song from V2, to show how I was all allone. It was the song Greg and Carol did, the duett All By Myself/Tace's Of Love. Iwish they could get the piolet on tpe, I liked, as a kid, when they did CAR WASH! However, I remember Carol doing it, but I found out it was Alice! LOL!

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Summary: Major Flashback
Review: I was laughing so hard and happy to have this DVD. I know that the simpsons spoofed this and other variety shows of the time, and watching these again just made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. If you are into Brady Nostalgia r variety Show Nostalgia this is a good buy. However why they had thet large pool I will never know.

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Summary: I Loved The Sitcom But Disliked The Variety Show!
Review: I'm a big fan of The Brady Bunch sitcom, it was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid in the 70's but I just didn't like The variety show that popped up on TV in the late 70's several years after the sitcom was cancelled. There were some good variety shows in the 70's but unfortunately the Brady Bunch Variety Hour just wasn't one of them and I can't believe that they have released it on DVD and not the classic sitcom which really should be on DVD. The sitcom is a lot better then this variety show!