R.I.P. Sherwood Schwartz

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By Nads | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 | 1:09 pm | 10 Comments
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Sherwood Schwartz, creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, passed away today. He was 94 years old. He was hospitalized a week ago for an intestinal infection and lost his battle today. So sad. R.I.P.

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10 Comments

  1. 1
    sheesh
    Posted July 12, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    When I ws in highscool (haha I’m letting the typo stand) we went on a trip east to all of these historical sights. To pass the time my friends and I would list all of the “Brady Bunch” epis we could.
    It was hilarious after a while “porkchops and applesauce”

  2. 2
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted July 12, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    “Tiki doll” was my favorite. And when the football hit Marsha in the nose. lol

  3. 3
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted July 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    I used to work at a trade magazine and had the delight of talking to Mr. Schwartz. He was rather charming and kept telling me, despite only speaking to me on the phone, that I was far too young to remember the Brady Bunch, but he let me tell him what I loved about the show, anyway.

    RIP, Sherwood. Your shows were such a big part of my childhood.

  4. 4
    nads
    Posted July 12, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    @sarcasatire – the tiki doll eps in hawaii? The two parter??? Lol

    Wasn’t the tiki doll’s name “Taboo?”

  5. 5
    Amy Petrica
    Posted July 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    The Hawaii trip might even have been 3 episodes.

    I liked the trip to Kings Island in Ohio and how stupid Jan lost Mike’s blue prints in the flume ride.

  6. 6
    giffordsaz
    Posted July 13, 2011 at 12:16 am

    The vacation episodes seem to stand out. I really like the trip to the grand canyon and when they went to the ghost town.
    My in town favorite (did their town HAVE a name>>??) was when the boys got caught in Sams meat locker and were saved because Bobby was little enough to fit through the window.

  7. 7
    atlgirl
    Posted July 13, 2011 at 9:06 am

    I love the Grand Canyon episode where Bobby and Cindy got lost. Bobbyyyyyyyyy! Cindyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

  8. 8
    zerocool
    Posted July 13, 2011 at 9:39 am

    My kids get very annoyed when we have porkchops & applesauce for dinner, because I just can’t stop saying it like Peter. They don’t appreciate classic tv!!

    RIP.

  9. 9
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted July 13, 2011 at 10:12 am

    I still remember, and luckily don’t have many occasions to sing, the Fillmore Jr. High cheer.

  10. 10
    2muchbravo
    Posted July 13, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    They must have lived in the LA area (or SoCal anyway). Marcia was the head of the Desi Arnaz Jr. fan club and wanted to be Mrs. Desi Arnaz Jr. Alice said she knew his mother’s housekeeper and maybe she’d have a word with her and SHE could have a word with Desi Jr. And Desi showed up and called Marcia groovy and kissed her on the cheek and she got all star struck and stupid. Or was that the Davy Jones episode? Regardless, you KNOW Lucy had to live in LA. AND, there was the time they went to the movie studio with Cousin Oliver and won some contest and got to make a movie and got into the pie fight. So, they must have been in the greater LA area.

    Then there was the time the girls had a sleepover and the boys put itching powder in the sleeping bags. Robert Reed’s daughter was one of the little girls.

    F-F-FIL-L-L-LMO-O-O-ORE FILMORE JR. HIGH!

    Oh God make it stop!

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