If you were a devoted fan of the Bradys, then you would know their address by heart – 4222 Clinton Way. You might also know that their phone number was 762-0799.
While it was known that the family resided in California, the city they called home was never revealed.
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.
The Original Mike Brady
Before Robert Reed was cast to play Mike Brady, Gene Hackman was supposedly meant to play the patriarch of the Brady bunch. Ultimately, Sherwood Schwartz chose Robert Reed to play the role. At the time of the filming, Hackman wasn’t a big actor.
We are sure that he was bummed out by this missed opportunity, but the actor went on to star in big things, and has won two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. In the end, it seems as though everybody went home happy.
The Brady Bunch House Now
Although we never found out in which city the Bradys lived, we do know the exact address of the real Brady Bunch home. The actual Brady Bunch house is located at 11222 Dilling Street in Studio City, California. After the filming, the Brady Bunch house was sold. The owners, frustrated by all of the fans who were showing up to see the place, put up a fence and planted big shrubbery outside of their home to give themselves more privacy.
When the producers came around to ask the owners to use the home to film 'The Brady Bunch' movies, they turned down the offer. Well, they apparently had enough because they ended up selling the house. In the summer of 2018, the home was sold to HGTV. HGTV has plans to revive 'The Brady Bunch in A Very Brady Renovation'. The network released a video, in which the Brady children ask for help restoring their TV home. They are asking fans to come together and find artifacts from the Brady home, to help bring the home back to life.
All About Concentration
No, we aren’t talking about the children’s hand-clapping game. When Schwartz was interviewing children to play the parts of the Brady kids, he wanted to make sure that the hired children would be able to focus on set. In order to test their abilities, he put toys on his desk.
The children who were able to concentrate on Schwartz and not get distracted by the toys were selected to move forward in the hiring process.