It seems like everyone says this but I really don't think so. I know several large families where there were blonde, brown and red head kids all in the same family. It's going to be hard casting the same facial features for sure but they were all pretty much the same height. And both David and Mary were out of college by the end of the second season so they were supposed to be "older".
Yes, Betty Buckley was actually younger in real life than Laurie Walters, but I thought Abby looked older than Joanie. For sure, Abby was sort of young for Tom, but I thought their relationship was believable.
And I always thought that the Brady Bunch casting was a little contrived - all blonde girls and all brown headed boys.
In the end, I'm guessing it had to be a nightmare casting this 10 person cast. Just think, 5 of the original cast members didn't make it into the 2nd season. Dick Van Patten wasn't the original choice for Tom; Mark Hamill got in a car accident and was replaced with Grant Goodeve; Dianne Kay and Willie Aames replaced the original Nancy and Tommy; and then Diana Hyland died paving the way for Abby played by Betty Buckley. By the time the 2nd season rolled around, my guess is that the casting department was happy just to have actors in these roles!
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dWillVanGreemen
7 years ago
Agreement with both
especially the part
about the casting department
happy to have somebodies
willing to play these roles
Di Kaye is supposed to be beautiful
at least somebody has to be
to draw in the viewers
Those scenes with Di Kay
and C Needham
luring on the staircase
in their nightgowns
has to be the most remembered ones
in this series
Nevermind the whining
and groaning
of everybody else
except for D Van Patten
and the E Family Pooch
Everybody whines on here
except for Di Kay, C Needham and the Pooch
Therefore
Di Kay and C Needham
need to be cast
by beautiful actresses
and Central Casting
gets it right this time
L Walters
actually elder than B Buckley
just goes to show
how great an actress
L Walters can get
who would believe that
That Lesbian daughter
sure has a short fuse
Okay
so she's over 40
and trying to get out of H School
Happens all the time around here
except that nobody can get into med School
G Goodeve
who knows if he's supposed to be hot
J Prather must think so
but next to her
everybody blends into the woodwork
which is what this show must be all about
That redhead what a trip
no need to talk about that one
M the Peril must be hallucinating by now
W Aames who knows
he's probably still in H School now
B Buckley obviously wanted attention
so that's what that is all about
to launch a television career
out of a Broadway one
how often could that happen
when nobody knows anything
about Bway in Hwood
Back to Di Kay
that's what discussions should be about
or maybe C Needham
They say the girl before her
was 17 and looked over 21
whereas Di Kay
was 21 and looked less than 17
That just goes to show
how great Di Kay really is
and how sometimes
even Central Casting gets it right
But they did try to take in elements
from S of Music
by doing some business
about dancing in chorus lines
probably at the suggestions
and hampering of B Buckley
who obviously wanted back on Bway
big time fast
And that Pooch
should have been given much more air time
than she actually got
because next to her
most of the Cast blends into the dog house
and not in the good kind of way
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