The Brady Bunch Actors Reunite at the Chocolate Expo, Share Set Memories

The Brady Bunch’s Barry Williams, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen had a sweet reunion this weekend at The Chocolate Expo in New Jersey. As part of the event’s entertainment lineup, the actors reunited during panel discussions on Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison. 

Williams, Lookinland and Olsen played Greg, Bobby and Cindy Brady, respectively. Their show ran for five seasons from 1969 to 1974. Although the last original episode of the series aired more than 50 years ago, audiences of all generations continue to connect with the Brady family. 

In an Instagram video from the event shared by @thejerseymomma and @njparenting, Williams spoke to the “purpose” that series creator Sherwood Schwartz had with the series.

“That is, how do people get along with one another? How do we resolve issues together?” he said. “And we said it in kind of trite ways, ‘All for one, one for all,’ and that’s really what we meant. As I look at the body of five years of shows, we see that with our siblings — who we never refer to as steps, it was never my stepsister or stepmom, right away it was sister — we were all in it together. Each time we finished an episode I felt better than when I started. And that was the point. That is what the show is supposed to be, that is what the brand of the show was, as a model.”

Butch Patrick, 71, who played Eddie Munster on The Munsters, was also on hand to share memories and greet fans through the weekend.

“We get to say ‘hello’ to lots of our viewers from over the years,” Williams, 70, told My Central Jersey before the event. “And now we have parents and grandparents bringing their kids and grandkids.” 

“Being a Brady kid is a badge of honor,” Williams added. “It’s been a wonderful ride, and continues to be so.” 

Since the show wrapped, the stars have maintained their relationships off-camera. 

“We’re all still friendly and get together − I think it’s fun for us to all get together, which we do,” Williams said of his TV siblings. “Some of them I like better than my own family … The chemistry — which you can’t fake — is genuine.” 

That chemistry is ever-present on The Real Brady Bros podcast. The show, hosted by Williams and Christopher Knight who played Peter, is an episodic breakdown of the iconic series. During the March 25 episode, the hosts answered listener questions, including one about the “scenes with the milk and cookies.”

A listener asked: “Was any of that even edible? Also, with the amount of milk poured in each glass, how many vats of milk was in the fridge at one time?”

Williams explained that the kitchen’s refrigerator on set worked, but they didn’t store the milk there. Instead, only a half or full gallon would be placed in the fridge during shoots. Knight, 67, explained the prop master kept “vats of milk” in another fridge off-camera. 

As for the cookies, Williams said, “They were fresh, or at least they started out that way. The food was okay, but the demands of the shooting schedule, sometimes it’d be out too long. Sometimes it would get hot. Sometimes there would be dust around. So it was not the most desirable environment within which to eat, but the food was good.”

And Knight said as kids, “You’re not really thinking about dirt and germs and stuff. And if you’re hungry, like me, you weren’t discerning at all. You just ate everything … I didn’t care so much that they sprayed it with bug spray or dulling spray or whatnot. I’d still eat it.”

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The last time a group of Brady kids got together in public was last November on NBC’s Today show. Williams and Knight were joined by Eve Plumb — who played Jan — to promote a Brady Bunch sweepstakes to benefit No Kid Hungry. The Brady Experience takes winners through the home used for exterior shots on the show. Inside, the house was renovated to replicate the Bradys’ home during a 2019 HGTV reality show starring the Brady Bunch cast.

The original series also starred Maureen McCormick as eldest sister Marcia, plus the late Florence Henderson and Robert Reed as parents Carol and Mike Brady, plus the late Ann B. Davis as beloved family housekeeper Alice.

Williams, Olsen and Lookinland will next appear at The Chocolate Expo in Long Island, N.Y., on May 4, where they’ll be joined by Knight.