Rating:  Summary: Entertaining Read for Brady Boomers! Review: Honest and candid, Barry Williams gives us a funny, entertaining viewpoint of growing up as Greg Brady of "The Brady Bunch." What I like about this book is that he tells of his start in show business, then details life as part of "The Brady Bunch". He expresses amazement that people still love and want to see the Brady Family which resulted in several made-for-TV Brady movies with the old cast and the hilarious Brady Bunch movies with Shelly Long as Carol Brady. Of course Williams describes his crush on Maureen McCormack as well as other Brady Kid pairings once the cameras stopped rolling. It must have been frustrating for him and for the other actors portraying the Brady kids because most of them were not like their characters at all, yet the public expected them to behave that way. Can you picture that Thweet Little Thindy (Susan Olsen) is now a hard-drinking woman? Williams tells of them swapping Brady stories over drinks on an airplane. The only thing I didn't like was at the end of the book, a synopsis of each Brady Bunch episode was included to plump up the book. While that info might be useful for die-hard Bradyphiles, I would have preferred that Williams give us more anecdotes about his life as Greg Brady or better yet, life after Greg Brady, since the bulk of the book is focused on the Brady Years.
Rating:  Summary: growing up with the bradys Review: I did like this book. I thought it started out a little slow but really picked up when Barry got into the stories about the cast of the brady bunch. for anyone who grew up watching the Brady bunch as I did then you should read this book! it is filled with lots of behind the scenes stories of the cast on and off the set. a good read!
Rating:  Summary: One of the worst books ever written Review: For those interested in America's favorite family of the early 1970's, here is the book for you. Barry Williams writes a tome that only an insider could dealing with the behind the scenes goings on of the popular TV series, "The Brady Bunch". Written with a humorous, never-too-serious tone, Williams (who played Greg Brady on the show) tells of the fights and misadventures of the Brady cast as well as the friendliness and respect they had for each other. The reader will learn of Tiger's demise as well as the Battle of the Bras and Greg's first toke. I heartily recommend this book for anyone who enjoyed the series.
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