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26. Mike was gay...

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Fri Jun 27, 2025, 01:45 PM

Jun 27

Alice & Carol were lovers.

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Thing to ponder. Why did Carol of the Brady Bunch have a cook/housekeeper-Alice, when Carol had no young children to [View all] debm55 Jun 27 OP

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Could be.Thank you for your insight. debm55 Jun 27 #3

Mother's little helper more likely angryxyouth Jun 27 #18

Great speculation there angrylyouth. debm55 Jun 27 #21

Anything Coolgoober Jun 27 #2

Thank you Coolgoober . But like what? debm55 Jun 27 #5

Well Coolgoober Jun 27 #14

But until the kids all came home from school. Did she have a hobby, I never saw here have a life beyond the show.with debm55 Jun 27 #22

Im A Bad Speller Coolgoober Jun 27 #15

Thats okay and welcome to DU. If you misspell a word a red line will go underneath it. debm55 Jun 27 #23

Thanks Coolgoober Jun 27 #25

She was seeing other guys mymomwasright Jun 27 #4

He was in real life but not as Mike Bradey debm55 Jun 27 #33

Even as a kid... buzzycrumbhunger Jun 27 #54

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you buzzycrumbhunger. debm55 Jun 27 #55

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She was apparently too wealthy to keep house or cook. surrealAmerican Jun 27 #7

Yea what's up with that JMCKUSICK Jun 27 #8

1 bathroom for 6 kids (and without a toilet!) Wiz Imp Jun 27 #10

Well, Wiz Imp people like the Bradeys don't make #1 or 2. The first program that had a person flushing the toilet was debm55 Jun 27 #35

Agree, the two older children should have had their own separate rooms. debm55 Jun 27 #34

Thank you surrealAmerican. debm55 Jun 28 #58

Hard to stay pretty and crisp all day is you're doing housework and cooking/baking Historic NY Jun 27 #9

But this show was in the 60s or early 70s June Cleaver must have seen this ad as she always wore pearls. debm55 Jun 27 #36

How did she have a white maid? SARose Jun 27 #11

Thank you very much.SARose. And Carol always had these perky outfits on. Did she charity work. grow a garden. or work as debm55 Jun 27 #20

And how did an architect's salary cover all expenses for a maid, a wife and six kids as well as himself? spooky3 Jun 27 #12

Hi spooky3, Was Mike secretly doing work for the CIA????? debm55 Jun 27 #17

Hee hee! Maybe he worked alongside Jefferson D'Arcy. Nt spooky3 Jun 27 #24

Agree. Who knows what he was doing in his "office" debm55 Jun 27 #37

Carol must have got a ton from the ex. Historic NY Jun 27 #27

I thought her spouse died? But she would have still gotten a ton from the Deceased--Agent Mike. debm55 Jun 27 #38

Because before Reagan, middle class families could survive on a single decent salary. FSogol Jun 27 #29

True but TV is very unrealistic about how far that salary stretches. spooky3 Jun 27 #30

Thank you spooky3 debm55 Jun 27 #51

That's true. Thank you FSogol. debm55 Jun 27 #39

Insurance settlement from those dead spouses?? Demovictory9 Jun 27 #53

Could be , Demovictory 9, Could be. debm55 Jun 28 #59

She was already working for Mr. Brady when they met The Blue Flower Jun 27 #13

But what did she do all day? it would seem boring. debm55 Jun 27 #16

There's always something to do with 6 kids The Blue Flower Jun 28 #60

That could be during the summer. But what about when they were in school? debm55 Jun 28 #61

Thanks. Alice came with Mike and the boys, not Carol and the girls ms liberty Jun 27 #19

Then poor Alice had to do all of work , while Carol flitters around. Who treats their family member like that? debm55 Jun 27 #40

Mike was gay... ZDU Jun 27 #26

Now that makes sense. Thank you ZDU debm55 Jun 27 #41

Hi Deb! ZDU Jun 27 #47

Kind of like Melanoma, she needed time with the Pool Boy Lochloosa Jun 27 #28

Thank you, Lochloosa. so true. But their backyard was so small . And the Turf so green debm55 Jun 27 #42

Had to keep up with the Baxters with Hazel. MichMan Jun 27 #31

Thank you MichMan. There is another Ponder right there. debm55 Jun 27 #43

What was Carol doing? In real life, she was doing young Greg. Mister Ed Jun 27 #32

OHHHHHHHH, NOOOOOO. Is that true or not. I am shocked, shocked I tell you. Mike was doing Willlllburrr in the back of debm55 Jun 27 #44

I'm relieved to report that a quick internet search tells me that this decades-old story (of a lovely lady) is... Mister Ed Jun 27 #49

I do buy your story, Mr.Ed. But Jerry Van Dyke. was said to have heard Mike say" i can't quit you Willlberrrr" debm55 Jun 27 #52

It was a package deal jmowreader Jun 27 #45

Thank you jmowreader. debm55 Jun 27 #46

Sam the butcher bringing not only Alice the meat. n/t flvegan Jun 27 #48

Oh you. HAHHHAHAHHAHH. Thank you fivegan. debm55 Jun 27 #50

Mike couldn't satisfy Carol sexually. LudwigPastorius Jun 28 #56

Oh my. Thank you LudwigPastorius. debm55 Jun 28 #57