"The Brady Bunch Movie The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series ""The Brady Bunch"". The film was directed by Betty Thomas, with a screenplay by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie and Terry Turner, and stars Shelley Long, Gary Cole and Michael McKean. It also features cameos from Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and RuPaul, and the original cast of ""The Brady Bunch"" (except Eve Plumb and Robert Reed [the latter of whom died in 1992]) in new roles. The film places the original sitcom characters, with their 1970s fashion sense"
"the other cast members. The sequence used the then-new ""multi-dynamic image technique"" created by Canadian filmmaker Christopher Chapman; as a result of the popular attention it garnered in this sequence, it has been referred to in the press as ""the Brady Bunch effect"". In a 2010 issue of ""TV Guide"", the show's opening title sequence ranked number eight on a list of TV's top-10 credits sequences, as selected by readers. The theme song, penned by Schwartz and Frank De Vol, and originally arranged, sung, and performed by Paul Parrish, Lois Fletcher, and John Beland under the name the Peppermint Trolley"
"directed by Sousa in the performance of ""Stars and Stripes Forever"". At that time, the director was Ben Laietsky, a member of Sousa's band. The band remained a military group until 1934. In 1935, under the direction of Leroy Allen, the group became an integral part of campus life, providing music at rallies and games. The original uniforms were military style, with military caps and waist-length capes. Under directors C. B. Hunt and Patton McNaughton, the band increased in size to 128 members by 1947. In 1952, Clarence Sawhill became director of bands. F. (Freeman) Kelly James became the director"
"Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch was one of the loosely organized outlaw gangs operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming during the Old West era in the United States. It was popularized by the 1969 movie, ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"", and took its name from the original Wild Bunch. The gang was led by Butch Cassidy, and it included his closest friend Elzy Lay, the Sundance Kid, Tall Texan, News Carver, Camilla ""Deaf Charley"" Hanks, Laura Bullion, Flat-Nose Curry, Kid Curry and Bob Meeks. They were the most successful train-robbing gang in history. This Wild"
"Mario Bros."" movie soundtrack. After the group disbanded, Mark continued his music career by teaming with reggae musician Prince Ital Joe. The duo released two albums in Europe and had a No. 1 hit in Germany with ""United"". Mark continued to release music until retiring in 1998 and becoming a successful actor in the United States. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was an American hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. The Funky Bunch consisted of Wahlberg (alias Marky Mark), Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (alias Hector the Booty Inspector), Terry Yancey"
"of just four acts invited by John Lennon and Yoko Ono to perform with them at their One-to-One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. Subsequently, the group appeared in the 1978 movie ""Grease,"" and from 1977 to 1982, the group reached perhaps the height of its success with its own hit syndicated television show ""Sha Na Na,"" featuring guests such as James Brown, the punk rock band the Ramones, and musicians such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, the Ronettes, and Chubby Checker. The original band line-up featured 12 performers: Alan Cooper (bass vocals), Rob Leonard (vocals), Frederick ""Dennis"""
"the film is ""Girl"", sung by Davy Jones of The Monkees. A different single version of the song was heard on the TV show ""The Brady Bunch""; that episode, ""Getting Davy Jones"", was originally broadcast December 10, 1971, shortly before the film's release. The opening lyrics are changed for the movie version: ""Girl, look what you've done to me, me and my whole world"" (single version) becomes ""Girl, you have a way with you, you could change my world"" (movie version). Jones sang a '90's ""Grunge"" version of the song during a cameo appearance in ""The Brady Bunch Movie"". ""Star"
"film covers the Funk Brothers' career via interviews with surviving band members, archival footage and still photos, dramatized re-enactments, and narration by actor Andre Braugher. The film also features new live performances of several Motown hit songs, with the Funk Brothers backing up Gerald Levert, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Joan Osborne, Ben Harper, Bootsy Collins, Chaka Khan, and Montell Jordan. The impetus behind making the film was to bring these influential players out of anonymity. In addition to bassist James Jamerson, The Funk Brothers consisted of the following musicians: Jack Ashford (percussion); Bob Babbitt (bass); Joe Hunter (keyboards); Uriel Jones (drums); Joe"
"play with their original keyboardist. While not all members appeared in the original film, the full band included: At times, other members have included: The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ""Saturday Night Live"". Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respectively, as lead vocalist ""Joliet"" Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues. The band was composed of previously well-known musicians, and debuted as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of"
"Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman, best known as a member of the band the Monkees, and for starring in the TV series of the same name. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of ""Oliver!"" as well as a starring cameo role in a hallmark episode of ""The Brady Bunch"" television show and later reprised parody film; ""Love, American Style""; and ""My Two Dads"". Jones is considered one of the great teen idols."
"band, saying that he would never return to that kind of performance. His impairment was so bad that he could not ""even sit in a loud restaurant or bar anymore."" However, he found performing in front of orchestras more tolerable, and returned several times to reprise his live performance of Jack Skellington. Elfman's scores for ""Batman"" and ""Edward Scissorhands"" were nominated for AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Elfman first became known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the band"
"MCA. The Peppermint Trolley Company made many notable television appearances, including ""Mannix"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", ""Happening '68"" and ""Upbeat"". The Peppermint Trolley Company is credited with arranging and singing ""The Brady Bunch"" theme song for the show's pilot. After the band left Acta Records, the vocals were rerecorded and sung by studio singers Paul Parish, John Beland and Lois Fletcher, leaving the original music intact. In 2009, the Peppermint Trolley Company's self-titled album was re-released on Now Sounds, a division of Cherry Red. Produced for reissue by Steve Stanley, ""Beautiful Sun"" contained all 11 of the original album's tracks as"
"It's a Sunshine Day ""It's a Sunshine Day"" is a 1973 bubblegum pop song from the television sitcom ""The Brady Bunch"" performed by The Brady Bunch Kids (composed of the children of the fictional Brady family). The song was featured in ""The Brady Bunch"" episode ""Amateur Nite"" which aired on January 26, 1973. The song was written by Steve McCarthy and featured in the episode's opening act. Solos are performed by Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland and Maureen McCormick, who portray Jan, Cindy, Bobby and Marcia Brady, respectively. Lookinland's solo part occurs twice. Each soloist steps forward to sing"
"members Gary Young and Wayne Burt; he produced the soundtrack which also featured the film's stars Joy Dunstan and Graham Matters singing a track each and two tracks by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. Jo Jo Zep, containing Young and Burt, were also signed to Oz Records and released the single ""Beating Around the Bush"" from the soundtrack. To promote his single, Wilson formed Mondo Rock: Mondo Rock went through several incarnations but the best known line-up included bassist Paul Christie (ex-Kevin Borich Express, later in The Party Boys), guitarist and songwriter Eric McCusker, (ex-The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band),"
"the bandleader and radio personality Ben Bernie, and used Bernie's famous catchphrase, ""Yowza! Yowza! Yowza!"", for the character in the film. The film's soundtrack features numerous standards from the era. These include: The ballroom band consisted of several real jazz musicians, all uncredited. The band were led by Bobby Hutcherson and included Hugh Bell, Ronnie Bright, Teddy Buckner, Hadley Caliman, Teddy Edwards, Thurman Green, Joe Harris, Ike Isaacs, Harold Land and Les Robertson. A soundtrack album was released on ABC Records in 1969. The film was a box office success, grossing $12,600,000 on a $4.86 million budget, making it the"
"Olympia Brass Band The Olympia Brass Band is a New Orleans jazz brass band. The first ""Olympia Brass Band"" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. The band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie ""Live and Let Die"" where they lead a funeral march for a victim assassinated during the march. Trumpeter Alvin Alcorn plays the knife wielding"
"music in the film was recorded during pre-production, used by the cast as synch tracks during production, and finally married with West’s live vocals, which were recorded on-set. Pat Smear also produced the recordings of the other bands that perform in the movie—the Mae Shi performed as The Screamers, and The Bronx performed as Black Flag. The financing of the film came from personal investments, including Shane West himself. After a stressful false start in production, the cast and crew held a wrap party to celebrate the un-shot film. At the party the actors who portrayed the band (Baby Germs)"
"activities is puzzling. For all his cocky predictions to the press about his future plans, Davy fell into a directionless heap when left to his own devices."" The continued popularity of his 1971 ""Brady Bunch"" appearance led to his being cast as himself in ""The Brady Bunch Movie"". Jones sang his signature solo hit ""Girl"", with a grunge band providing backing, this time with middle-aged women swooning over him. Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork also appeared alongside Jones as judges. On 21 June 1997, during a concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Jones joined U2's The Edge onstage for a"
"ask him to perform at the high school prom. Jones responds by coming to her house later that evening and accepting personally. Near the end credits, all the Brady children are sitting on the steps and singing the song before Marcia comes home from the prom. In ""The Brady Bunch Movie"", Marcia Brady introduces Jones at the school prom. Jones gets a huge reception from the teachers, while the students give him a cold one. Jones starts singing ""Girl"", much to the dismay of the students. The band in the background gets a little edgy and starts to back him"
"Peppermint Trolley Company The Peppermint Trolley Company was an American sunshine pop band known for their 1968 single ""Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind"" as well as their performances on ""Mannix"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and their arrangement and performance of ""The Brady Bunch"" original theme song. Peppermint Trolley Company released one album and five singles on the Acta label, a subsidiary of Dot Records. The original line-up included Jimmy Faragher (vocals, bass, guitar), Danny Faragher (vocals, keyboards), Casey Cunningham (drums) and Patrick McClure (guitar, vocals). McClure was later replaced by Greg Tornquist. In 1969, Jimmy and Danny Faragher, Cunningham"
"Band"", were the real-life inspiration for Irving Berlin's 1911 song, ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"", and the 1938 movie of the same name. Even though, for the motion picture, the name and city were changed, the basics of the story appear to ring true, according to family members, and New Orleans jazz history aficionados. The following are reported to have been members of the band: Jimmie Kendal, Freddie Burns, Jimmy Ruth, Pat Shields, Buzz Harvey, Emile Bizard, and occasionally Larry Shields, and Ray Lopez (during the period of approx. 1903/08). Because sound recordings were new in that era, no known recordings of"
"Mike Lookinland Michael Paul Lookinland (born December 19, 1960) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as the youngest brother, Bobby Brady, on ""The Brady Bunch"" from 1969 until 1974. Lookinland was born in 1960 in Mount Pleasant, Utah, a small town eighty miles (128 km) south of Salt Lake City. He has a younger brother, Todd, who starred in ""The Blue Bird"" with Elizabeth Taylor, and an older sister, Terese. Lookinland grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a self-professed conservationist and ""camping nut"". He attended the private"
"called Barbarella's. They went on to name the band after a character from ""Barbarella"", Roger Vadim's French science-fiction film. The character, played by Milo O'Shea, is named ""Dr. Durand Durand"". The band's first singer was Stephen Duffy. Simon Colley soon joined Taylor, Rhodes and Duffy. Colley was the band's original bass player, as John Taylor was the guitarist at this point. This was the first complete line-up of the band that played live shows. For drums and percussion, an electronic drum machine belonging to Rhodes was used. Colley left the band prior to the addition of Andy Taylor. A few"
"long time. It can now, however, be found as a bonus track on the ""Davy Jones"" CD and on the soundtrack of ""A Very Brady Sequel"". The ""grunge"" version is widely available as part of the soundtrack to ""The Brady Bunch Movie"". This version currently stands as Jones' best selling song on iTunes. It also appears, in a slightly different version, as the main-title theme for the 1971 movie ""Star Spangled Girl"" starring Sandy Duncan. In June 2012, Friday Music issued ""Davy Jones: The Bell Recordings (1971-72)"" on compact disc, and also issued a limited-edition green vinyl 45 (on the"
"Bnad [""sic""]. The original band had about fifteen members and was initially led by their founder A.J. Paul La Prairie. During their second rehearsal, however, it was discovered that La Prairie could not read music, so the band was turned over to Tom Kenney, a chemical engineering student. The LGMB's first uniform consisted of a few red military jackets and pith helmets. The uniform along with their first bass drum, two tenor drums, cymbals and a drum major's baton were courtesy of La Prairie's resourcefulness and his military connections. Those who didn't wear military jackets were often seen in the"
"Shell at Lincoln Center in New York City, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and the Hatch Shell in Boston. In 1984, the band recorded and participated in the filming of Francis Ford Coppola's movie ""Gardens of Stone"". Under the leadership of Colonel L. Bryan Shelburne, leader and commander (1990–2000), the band continued its tradition of excellence with performances at the 1990 Economic Summit in Houston, the Desert Storm Victory Parade in New York City, and Reba McEntire's Christmas Special in Nashville. Col. Shelburne also led the band in performances in Sweden, the Netherlands, Turkey, Nova Scotia, Scotland, and a"
"Florence Henderson Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American actress and singer with a career spanning six decades. She is best remembered for her starring role as matriarch Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom ""The Brady Bunch"" from 1969 to 1974. Henderson also appeared in film, as well as on stage, and hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She appeared as a guest on many scripted and unscripted (talk and reality show) television programs and as a panelist on numerous game shows. She was a contestant on ""Dancing with the"
"The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre, which ""continued the drunken hillbilly theme"". The line up included Paul Barnett on bass guitar, Garry Mansfield on guitar; and former bandmate, Simpson on drums. In 1988 he formed The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre, a country-punk fusion group with Garry Mansfield (guitar), Paul Barnett (bass), Scotty Simpson (drums) and Terry Foster (guitar, harmonica); they disbanded in 1993. Punk-influenced I Spit On Your Gravy had also disbanded by the end of the 1980s but Fred has maintained a significant underground presence in Melbourne, Australia with regular appearances in his other bands, and today contributes a weekly"
"the Street"" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger, ""The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"" by Cher, and ""The Lion Sleeps Tonight"" by Tight Fit. The 1990s brought a 1970s revival. The films ""Dazed and Confused"", ""Detroit Rock City"", ""Casino"", ""The Stoned Age"", ""The Brady Bunch Movie"" and its sequel (both of which were remakes of the popular early '70s TV show ""The Brady Bunch""), and ""Boogie Nights"" (in which the first part of this film took place in the late '70s) were released, along with a revival of 1970s disco and pop led by artists such as the"
"Barry Williams (actor) Barry William Blenkhorn (born September 30, 1954), known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor and singer best known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Greg Brady, on the ABC television series ""The Brady Bunch"". Williams, youngest of three boys, was born in 1954 in Santa Monica, California, to Doris May Moore and Canadian-born Frank Millar Blenkhorn of English, Scottish, and German ancestry Barry and siblings Craig and Scott Blenkhorn grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where actor Peter Graves was a neighbor. Williams decided as a child that he wanted to"
"The latter song was recorded by the Will Bradley Trio, consisting of McKinley, Slack, and Doc Goldberg, with guest vocals by songwriter Don Raye. In 1942, McKinley departed to form his own band. Bradley hired trumpeter Shorty Rogers and drummer Shelly Manne, but many members wound up in the military due to the draft, and the band dissolved. For the rest of his music career, Bradley composed chamber music and orchestral works. He died on July 15, 1989, in Flemington, New Jersey, three days after his 77th birthday Bradley was the band leader for the ""Summer Silver Theater"" on CBS"
"Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was an American hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. The Funky Bunch consisted of Wahlberg (alias Marky Mark), Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (alias Hector the Booty Inspector), Terry Yancey (alias DJ-T), and Anthony Thomas (alias Ashey Ace). The group's best known song is ""Good Vibrations"", which made it to number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1991. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch released their debut album, ""Music for the People"" on July 23, 1991. The album was a huge success for the group,"
"of the band about the intended subject and events of the film, in particular whether the story ought to continue past Mercury's 1991 death. He also mentioned artistic disagreements with the band over the composition of the production team, referring specifically to the involvement of Morgan, David Fincher, and Tom Hooper. Following Baron Cohen's departure, in December 2013, Ben Whishaw was mentioned as a possible replacement to play Freddie Mercury. Also at this time, Dexter Fletcher was selected as the film's director. Fletcher removed himself from the project early the following year, amid reports of creative disagreements with King. In"