If you thought that the Brady kids looked older and more mature in the second episode than they did in the pilot episode, well there’s a reason for that. An entire year went by in between these two episodes.
So no, the kids didn’t just grow up fast overnight. They had 365 days to grow up a bit more and prepare themselves for becoming big TV stars.
No Glass in These Doors
Although the Brady’s home had an infamous sliding glass door, there wasn’t actually glass in it. The reason for this was that the glass would have interfered with the imaging on camera.
The producers wanted to prevent the glares from lighting during filming, so they built the door without glass. Another fact about the home? It’s reportedly the most photographed home in the United States after the White House.
Staying True
Sherwood Schwartz was very concerned with keeping the TV show as authentic as possible and he took great measures to achieve this. There are many examples of this in the show.
One of them is that the clubhouse in the show was actually built by the Brady boys. Seems like the girls pitched in by making those signs.
The Brady Brood
Sherwood Schwartz had plans to call the show 'The Brady Brood' instead of 'The Brady Bunch'. Why he changed the title is unknown, but we’re sure happy that he did, and we guess he’s probably happy about that too.
Other potential titles were 'The Bradleys' and 'The Bradley Bunch'.
Theme Song
Perhaps the most iconic part of the show is the opening theme song, which is sung by the children. Actually, if you were a fan from the beginning, then you’d know that the opening was sung by professional singers in the first season. Things changed (thankfully) in the second season and the Brady children received the coveted role of singing the song themselves.
The lyrics were also changed from the third person to the second person, becoming the quintessential song as we know it today - “The Brady bunch, the Brady bunch, that’s the way we became the Brady bunch.” The creative brains behind the song? Mr. Sherwood Schwartz himself.