Question about Robert Reed (a.k.a Mike Brady)

It's well publicized that Robert hated being in the Brady Bunch and

Uniblab...

Combination of both - the show generally ranked between #20 and #30 at its
peak, but once "Sanford" began to pick up steam, ratings for the Bradys
started to taper off. So faced with declining ratings, contracts that had to
be renegotiated, and a lead actor who was feuding with the producer, ABC
decided to drop the show. Creatively, it probably only would have been able
to go on for one more year, anyway.

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One more season with Cousin Oliver? Hells bells!

Jude Cormier...

Oliver would have been sent back and Carol would have had twins.
(From Sherwood's notes on planning a sixth season)

never liked talking about it..., so why the Dickens was he doing this
sort of stuff (clip below) some years after the show ended?

SoHillsGuy...

While Reed's disfavor with Sherwood Schwartz and his general dislike of
"The Brady Bunch" TV series is fairly-well known, it's also

Anim8rFSK...

Do people often mistake you for Dr. Zee?

Jude Cormier...

oh Brad, having never seen ya.......you have to be an improvement!

well-publicized how much he really loved being around his co-stars. He
basically treated them like they were his real family. On one of those
recent "Behind the Scenes" shows (I forget which), Susan Olsen said
that Reed also loved to do the kinds of entertaining (singing, dancing)
seen on the horrible variety hour. Olsen said that Reed always looked
like he was the only one in the cast who loved doing that show.