The Brady Bunch
Vote for Brady
TV Flash files “Vote for Brady” as hour 11 of 117 in the TV Flash guide — The Brady Bunch (1969–1974) on ABC, season 1, episode 11, aired 1969-12-12, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 117 in the The Brady Bunch guide, hour 11 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1969-12-12 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Every Boy Does It Once” (S01E10). Next is “The Voice of Christmas” (S01E12).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Both Greg and Marcia rush home after school with the news that they're both running for student body president. May the best candidate win, as the boys and girls each take sides and soon each one of them is accusing the other of sabotage. Later, rudeness and apathy abound as each candidate rehearses their campaign speech, leading to a stern lecture from Mike about family unity and how they will be a family far longer than either Greg or Marcia will be class president. It's a speech that Greg take seriously when he fires his campaign manager for recommending that they spread a lie around school that Marcia was seen in the balcony of the local movie theater with an older boy. Marcia (who witnessed the exchange without Greg knowing it) realizes that, while Greg is indeed intensely competitive, he also has integrity and will stick up for his siblings ... and then understands that Greg is the best for the job after all.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Vote for Brady sit in the The Brady Bunch guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 117 — hour 11 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did The Brady Bunch S01E11 air?
Vote for Brady aired 1969-12-12 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The theme song is the map: three sons, three daughters, Alice, the staircase. Early episodes sell the blend; you do not need later movies to meet the household.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Brady Bunch arrived in 1969 as Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine — six kids, two parents, Alice, and a staircase that became architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil while the kids turn sibling logistics into syndication folklore. Theme-song world-building, plus the origin of every later stepfamily sitcom's smile.
The staircase is the brand. *The Brady Bunch* arrived in 1969 as Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine — six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil on ABC while Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, and the rest of the brood turn sibling logistics into syndication folklore. Ann B. Davis's Alice is the extra parent. Theme-song world-building did the oral history. Schwartz's second high-concept hit after *Gilligan's Island* premiered…
Filed against
- Robert Reed as Mike Brady
Robert Reed's Mike Brady kept The Brady Bunch civil — Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine arriving in 1969, six kids, Alice, a staircase that became architecture as branding. Florence Henderson across the landing. TV Flash files…
- Florence Henderson as Carol Brady
Florence Henderson kept the staircase civil as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch — Sherwood Schwartz's blended-family machine, six kids, Alice, architecture as branding. 1969 domestic engineering that syndication never let age out. TV Flash…
- Barry Williams as Greg Brady
Barry Williams’s Greg Brady sat at the top of The Brady Bunch staircase — Sherwood Schwartz’s 1969 blended-family machine, six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding, Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keeping the household…
- Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady
Maureen McCormick owned the staircase as Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch — Sherwood Schwartz’s blended-family machine, six kids, two parents, Alice, architecture as branding. Florence Henderson and Robert Reed keep the household civil…
- Ann B. Davis as Alice Nelson
Ann B. Davis’s Alice Nelson kept The Brady Bunch civil — six kids, two parents, a staircase that became architecture as branding, Florence Henderson and Robert Reed holding the household while sibling logistics turned into syndication…