A Very Brady Christmas
| A Very Brady Christmas | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Written by |
Sherwood Schwartz Lloyd J. Schwartz |
| Directed by | Peter Baldwin |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Frank De Vol (main title) |
| Composer(s) | Laurence Juber |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Producer(s) |
Lloyd J. Schwartz Barry Berg |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editor(s) | Steve Shultz |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Sherwood Schwartz Company Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | December 18, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Brady Brides |
| Followed by | The Bradys |
| Related shows | The Brady Bunch |
A Very Brady Christmas is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring the original cast members of the 1969–1974 sitcom The Brady Bunch, with the exception of Susan Olsen, who was on her honeymoon at the time of filming and was replaced by Jennifer Runyon in the role of Cindy. Ron Kuhlman and Jerry Houser both reprised their characters from the short-lived 1981 sitcom The Brady Brides.
A Very Brady Christmas premiered on CBS on December 18, 1988 and was the highest-rated television film of 1988.
Mike and Carol Brady have a savings account, which both spouses planned to use to bankroll a vacation for the other; Carol wanted to take Mike to Greece, while Mike wanted to treat Carol to a trip to Japan. When they realize their ideas collide, they use the money to try to reunite the entire family for Christmas by paying for airline tickets for their children, grandchildren and their in-laws. Mike and Carol are also thinking of selling the house to buy a smaller condo as they are now empty nesters who no longer need such a large home.
However, all of the Brady kids are facing personal obstacles that might keep them from enjoying the festivities: Greg's wife Nora is spending Christmas with her family; Peter is romantically involved with his boss Valerie and his inferior position and salary is affecting his self-confidence; Bobby has dropped out of college to become a race car driver but has not revealed this to his parents; Marcia's husband Wally was fired from his job at a toy company; Jan is separating from her husband Philip and Cindy is fighting for her independence since she is the youngest and still gets treated like the baby of the family. Cindy is currently a college undergraduate and in an issue similar to Bobby's, Cindy lies to her parents about overwhelming college student issues, when in actuality she plans to go skiing in Aspen with her roommates.
Even their former housekeeper Alice is dealing with a serious issue: her husband Sam has recently left her for another woman. Through each child deciding to spend the holiday and eventually opening up about their issues, Mike and Carol are able to help them out. Nora arrives to surprise Greg. However, the family's Christmas dinner is disrupted when Mike learns that a ruthless businessman he designed a building for has cut corners, resulting in the building collapsing and trapping two security guards inside. Mike manages to free the trapped employees, but an aftershock results in Mike getting trapped in rubble himself.
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