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10 September 2009 5:47 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

As anyone who’s ever turned on a TV knows, there’s lots of bad television out there. There’s even a lot of really bad television. 

Very rarely has been there anything on television as bad as The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, a show that ran for a mere nine episodes in 1976-1977.

Consider:

The show was a typical 1970s song and dance variety show, but except for Brady mother Florence Henderson, none of the cast had any real experience, and in most cases, any real talent, for song and dance. Several cast members could barely carry a tune. One of the original Brady Bunch cast members, Eve Plumb, who played Jan, refused to participate, meaning the part had to be recast with an unfamiliar actress, later dubbed “Fake Jan.” Since the show was produced by Sid and Marty Krofft (of H.R. Pufnstuf children’s television fame), the sets »

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1 article from 2009