The Brady Bunch

Created by Sherwood Schwartz

1969-1974 on ABC

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  • Does The Brady Bunch clash, or go along with, the rest of American popular culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

  • What messages about contemporary issues of the late 1960s are present in The Brady Bunch?

  • What explains the legacy of this program; the original run or its life in syndication?

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