Brady Bunch

Merged television household

The Brady Bunch is an American television sitcom that aired from 1969 to 1974, depicting a blended family with six children from two previous marriages.

The show became a cultural touchstone for wholesome, idealized family life, and references to it often carry connotations of large happy families or nostalgic domesticity.

Their house was like something out of the Brady Bunch.

A Brady Bunch situation suggests a harmonious stepfamily or an unusually cheerful household dynamic.

blended-family

stepfamily

Household joined by remarriage

children · household · remarriage · Mike · Carol · Marcia · Jan · Cindy · Greg · Peter

sitcom

television

Broadcast viewing device

network · broadcast · primetime · season · rerun · spinoff · syndication · pilot · script · laughtrack

seventies

bell-bottoms

Flared-leg trousers

shag carpet · lava lamp · avocado green · macramé · station wagon · tiki · leisure suit · sideburns · daisy · sunshine

nostalgia

retro

Evoking recent past

reminiscence · childhood · memories · timeless · flashback · sentimentality · Nickelodeon · TV Land · reunion · reboot

Opposites
family dysfunction vs. wholesome idealization

Brady BunchThe Osbournes

dysfunctional family · Roseanne · The Simpsons · broken home · Breaking Bad

blended/large family vs. non-traditional structures

Brady Bunchchildless couple

Partners without progeny

broken family · estranged family · only child · latchkey kid · orphan

cultural tone and era

Brady Bunchdark comedy

Comedy treating grim topics lightly

gritty realism · Breaking Bad · South Park · The Sopranos · Family Guy

Family

bunch, bunched, bunching, bradycardia, unbunched, brachycephalic, Brady

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G