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September 29, 1973 TV Episode The Brady Kids

Studio
Filmation Associates, Redwood Productions
Distributor
Paramount Television

Characters

Greg Brady, Marcia Brady, Peter Brady, Jan Brady, Bobby Brady, Cindy Brady, Ping, Pong, Marlon, Fleetwood, Chuck White

Credits

Directing

Director
Hal Sutherland

Producing

Producer
Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
Executive Producer
Sherwood Schwartz
Associate Producer
Marc Richards

Writing

Writer
Mark Richards

Voices

Voice
Lane Scheimer (Greg), Erica Scheimer (Marcia), David Smith (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby), Susan Olsen (Cindy), Larry Storch (Marlon, Fleetwood, Chuck), Jane Webb (Ping, Pong)

Crew

Production Manager
Rock Benedetto
Storyboards
Sherman Labby, Michael O'Connor, Dan Noonan, Paul Fennell, Jack Miller, Dale Hale
Art Director
Don Christensen
Key Assistants
Mike Hazy, Bill House
Layout
Albert De Mello, Herb Hazelton, Carl Lundberg, Virgil Raddatz, Cliff Voorhees, John Perry, Kay Wright, Wes Herschensohn, Les Kaluza, Lou Karchivas, Louise Sandoval, Dick Hall
Director Of Color
Ervin Kaplan
Background Artists
Paul Xander, Tom O'Loughlin, Maurice Harvey, Boris Gorelick, Bill Loudenslager
Checking Supervision
Martin Turk, Jane Phillipi
Xerography & Paint Supervision
John Remmel, Betty Brooks
Camera
Sergio Antonio Alcazar, Byron McRae, Frank Harrish, Bob Pope
Editorial Supervision
Joseph Simm, Doreen Dixon
Film Coordinator
June Gilham
Feature Song Performed By
The Brady Bunch (Courtesy Of Paramount Records)
Recording Supervised By
Jackie Mills
Background Music By
Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael
Music Publisher
Shermley Music Co. A.S.C.A.P
Color By
TECHNICOLOR
Executive Consultant
Sherwood Schwartz

Companies and other credits

  • Music And Sound Effects: Horta-Mahna Corp
  • A Filmation Production
  • A TelePrompter Company
  • Copyright © 1972-1973 Filmation Assoc. - Redwood Productions
  • In Association With Paramount Television
  • A Division Of Paramount Pictures Corporation

Production notes

With the popularity of The Brady Bunch in prime-time and The Archies on Saturday morning, Paramount Pictures combined with Filmation Studios to bring the successful Brady Kids series to life. Because of the immense popularity surrounding teenage pop acts on Saturday morning, and as the title implies, The Brady Kids featured only the six Brady children— Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy— and not their parents (Mike and Carol) or their maid (Alice). This allowed the cartoon to focus on the comedic, mystery-solving adventures of the popular young stars.

Instead of using the famous Brady house as the center for the action, The Brady Kids took place in the kids' tree top clubhouse and revolved around their lives, romances, and adventures as a pop music group. Adding to the mayhem were their new animal friends: Marlon, a wisecracking mynah bird with magical powers; Mop Top, a grinning sheep dog that whistled and pantomimed his communications; and Ping and Pong, loveable Chinese-speaking Panda bears.

The show debuted as a special episode of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie before beginning its regular run. The show fell under the creative control of Sherwood Schwartz, executive producer and creator of Paramount's The Brady Bunch.

All six Brady kids were first voiced by the actors who portrayed them on the prime-time version and were drawn by Filmation artists to resemble the way they looked during the previous season. Many voices were later replaced by other actors for the diminutive second season.