I don`t even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they`ll contact me.
It`s an honor to have been part of something so core to so many lives. The show has evolved beyond it`s original intent and form and has transcended... itself!
Would I want my kids to watch the show, or to have watched it if I had been a father back then? My own mother told me that parents in dysfunctional families would not have wanted to face the question, `Why isn`t our family like that?` But my own mother had given up on our family. I don`t buy that it was wrong to watch The Brady Bunch" (1969) because it was a fantasy. It can`t do any kid any harm to watch it. Yeah, I`d let my kids watch it, and have a very difficult time figuring out what else they should watch."
I`m not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon.
It may part of a one way evolution... or it may be we are currently on the downside of an innocence cycle where one day, with an up cycle, sweet will be entertaining again.
To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it`s a thrill to start a friendship even up.
One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It`s a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you`re old friends.
It`s nothing to be ashamed of and that there are even beneficial traits associated with the condition. Most importantly, acknowledge yourself for who you are and if you`re struggling with anything resembling ADD get professionally diagnosed.
It`s well known by now that I had a special need to get Maureen`s goat when ever the opportunity presented itself. I was a boy and she was the enemy... a girl.
Being a Brady comes with it`s pleasures and its baggage. I`m not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.
The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it`s less odd that it`s lasted for over thirty years; and why it may last in some respects as long as Mother Goose!
I`m also beginning to engage myself more in the public discussion of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) to which I was diagnosed five years ago.
My own family was completely dysfunctional, so I know what the appeal of The Brady Bunch" (1969) was. And when kids get older, in college, for example, and they realize that all their friends watched it, and you all have something in common. You can make fun of it, or say `God that was great!` because it was so stupid and silly. Like the "Batman" (1966) series. But it`s a known quantity, and you can gather around it. It becomes flypaper".
My office address and email address are somewhat public info at this point. It was by this method I was contacted for TV Road Trip.
Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I`m one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it`s not a driver - art imitates life.