How did the Brady family afford Alice?

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up watching the episodes on Nick at Nite. I still remember my dad telling me you didn't get to see one episode back to back, everyday like they played them. It blew my mind!

I also loved watching Leave it to Beaver. A few years back, I caught an episode and good grief is that show full of racist comments!

Oh, honey, you just made me feel so old.

Walt was a little rough on the Beaver last night!

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Wait, I thought Carol was a widow and Mike was divorced.

But that then raises the question of why the father had sole custody of his three kids in the 70s?

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Anonymous wrote:We had a housekeeper when I was 3-13. She lived with us, and she took care of us. When she got sick, we took care of her. My parents had some sort of arrangement where she would always be part of the family. She died when I was a freshman.

She is buried next to my grandparents. As kids, we never asked about her family. I wonder to this day about her backstory, but it was always verboten.

Wow, are you still on this board so many years after posting this? Because your story made me think of this: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

Do you think it's possible, PP?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, I thought Carol was a widow and Mike was divorced.

But that then raises the question of why the father had sole custody of his three kids in the 70s?

No, Mike was definitely a widow. Don't you remember in the pilot episode Mike caught Bobby looking at a picture of his mother before the wedding?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, I thought Carol was a widow and Mike was divorced.

But that then raises the question of why the father had sole custody of his three kids in the 70s?

My grandpa had sole custody of two boys in the ‘30s.

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penguinsix wrote:In the Very Brady Sequel movie it was revealed that Carol Brady's husband was a college professor who went on a 'three hour tour' off of Hawaii and was never heard from again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professor_(Gilligan's_Island)

So this guy with three girls and a wife runs off on a 3-hour tour by himself?

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Mr. Brady was a very successful architect. That would imply a very good salary, as well. It's not just the Thurston Howell's of the world that can afford professional nannies. And, yes, because she was provided room and board, she would have been less expensive than a traveling nanny.

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I hope this thread never dies, just like the Brady family's love for one another.

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Anonymous wrote:they need to put Brady Bunch on netflix. i would so binge watch it.

Yes!!!! I would love that.

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Family money

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Anonymous wrote:Carol was divorced? I always thought she was a widow...hmmm - where was that deadbeat dad?!

I thought she was widowed too and had the life insurance from her dead DH.

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Anonymous wrote:they need to put Brady Bunch on netflix. i would so binge watch it.

Yes!!!! I would love that.

It’s on MeTv on Sunday’s. We record it and my kids watch it during the week.

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Anonymous wrote:It's easy to afford things when you are a sit-com family.

Or when you live in the wealthiest area in the country like Loudoun county

Yep cheap hosing helps.

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White slavery.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope this thread never dies, just like the Brady family's love for one another.

Agree. It should always be periodically resurrected.