| The Brady Kids | |
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| Created by | Sherwood Schwartz (characters) |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Voices of | Susan Olsen Eve Plumb Maureen McCormick Barry Williams Christopher Knight Mike Lookinland Larry Storch Jane Webb David E. Smith Erika Scheimer Lane Scheimer |
| Composer(s) | Frank DeVol Yvette Blais Jeff Michael |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Editor(s) | Doreen A. Dixon Joseph Simon |
| Running time | 30 min. (with commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Filmation Redwood Productions |
| Distributor | Paramount Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 2, 1972 – February 23, 1974 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Mission: Magic |
The Brady Kids was an animated television series, produced by Filmation in association with CBS Paramount Network Television and seen on ABC from 1972 to 1974. It was an animated spinoff of ABC's sitcom, The Brady Bunch.
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Overview
In 1972, Filmation Associates and The Brady Bunch executive producer Sherwood Schwartz adapted the popular live action TV show to animation, resulting in this ABC Saturday morning (and later syndicated) show. The original show's children voiced their animated counterparts (in the first season); however, as the series' name implies, the parents and Alice the housekeeper were left off the show. The six kids were often seen in their tree house.
The animated series also added some animal characters. Marlon (voiced by Larry Storch) was an intelligent, red, talking mynah bird and also a wizard (complete with stereotypical wizard's cap) who used his magic to help the kids out of jams. Marlon was also notable for his method of flight: he spun his tailfeathers like a helicopter rotor rather than using his wings, which were instead used as hands, often for grand gestures as he cast spells.
The Brady's dog from the live-action series, Tiger, was replaced by a dog named Mop Top (also voiced by Storch). There were also twin panda cubs, Ping and Pong (voiced by Jane Webb), named after the game ping-pong.
Also, there were three human characters created for this show: Chuck White (Storch) was a boastful, self-absorbed teenager (about Greg's age) who was not above cheating to get whatever he wanted, Fleetwood (Storch) was his easygoing sidekick and rounding out this trio was Babs (voiced by Webb), a cute redhead who was smitten with Greg. The three of them went to the same school as the Bradys, and Chuck was sometimes central to the plot as an antagonist.
Originally aired as a one-hour segment on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie[1], the pilot episode was split into two half-hour segments on The Brady Kids. A total of 22 episodes were produced.[2] Like most Saturday morning animated series' of the era, The Brady Kids contained a laugh track.
Two episodes of this series were released in The Complete Brady Bunch DVD 21-disc series.
Characters and voices
The Bradys
- Greg Brady: Barry Williams (season 1), Lane Scheimer (season 2)
- Peter Brady: Christopher Knight (season 1), David E. Smith (season 2)
- Bobby Brady: Mike Lookinland
- Marcia Brady: Maureen McCormick (season 1), Erika Scheimer (season 2)
- Jan Brady: Eve Plumb
- Cindy Brady: Susan Olsen
Other characters
- Marlon: Larry Storch
- Ping and Pong: Jane Webb
- Mop Top: Larry Storch
- Chuck White: Larry Storch
- Fleetwood: Larry Storch
- Babs: Jane Webb
Opening
The opening sequence featured the "grid" familiar to Brady Bunch viewers, without the center column that is normally occupied by the elder Bradys and Alice; as the theme song (new lyrics set to the original Brady Bunch theme with a 70's style beat) plays, Marlon flies up and down the center, "magically transforming" the live-action children into their animated counterparts. The Theme song lyrics go as follows:
Meet the sisters. Now meet the brothers.
Greg's the leader and a good man for the job. There's another boy, his name is Peter. The youngest one is Bob.
See our sisters. They're all quite pretty. First there's Marcia with her eyes a sparkling blue, then there's Jan the middle one who's really groovy, and sister Cindy too.
Let's get set now for action and adventure, as we see things we never saw before. We'll meet Mop Top and Ping and Pong the pandas, and Marlon who has voices by the score. The Brady Kids, The Brady Kids. It's the world of your friends, The Brady Kids.
Notes
- The Brady Kids played musical instruments in relatively the same positions as the Archies band: Greg and Peter on guitars, Bobby on drums, Marcia on tambourine and Jan on keyboards. Added was Cindy (in front of Greg) on a smaller guitar.
See also
External links
- The Brady Kids at the Internet Movie Database
- The Brady Kids at TV.com
- The Brady Kids site A fansite with information about The Brady Kids cartoon and music
References
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