‘The Brady Bunch’: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Show

You may think you know the story of a lovely lady, a man named Brady, six seamlessly blended stepsibs and their groovy family sitcom that has since become a classic. But here’s your first eye-opener: Conceived by Gilligan’s Island creator Sherwood Schwartz in the mid ’60s after he read that nearly 30% of marriages were between people who had kids from a previous union, The Brady Bunch peaked at just No. 34 in the ratings. It seems primetime viewers didn’t know quite what to make of this modern brood with Andy Griffith, Ozzie & Harriet and the Cleavers so close in the rearview. Here are eight more things you (probably) didn’t know about The Brady Bunch.