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Davy Jones' Brady Bunch episode turned into a play in 1992, and he was in it
A 46-year-old Davy Jones got to be Marcia's prom date again.
One of the most popular Brady Bunch episodes featured a guest star appearance from none other than Davy Jones. "Getting Davy Jones" for Marcia's school junior prom was not easy, but she made a promise and didn't want to disappoint her peers.
After going through a series of disappointments, Marcia did get The Monkees superstar to perform at the school.
The episode aired on December 10, 1971, and 20 years later, Jones found himself reprising his guest star appearance in a Brady Bunch play.
According to an article in The Los Angeles Times in 1992, "The Real Live Brady Bunch" was a play at the Westwood Playhouse, and Jones, even at 46, was still seen as a heart throb. When he appeared on stage, the audience would scream with excitement.
Apparently, the episode was something he couldn't get away from as people would often ask him, "How's Marcia?" and "Did you and Marcia ever get together."
They didn't, but being linked to an actor after a role is played is common in television, so Jones knew that would happen.
Some people might say, "Why did he do the play? He wasn't a main character and only appeared in one episode." Jones said he decided to do it because it was a "doodle."
"For me to act, it's like I'm getting money for nothing," he told the newspaper. He performed his Brady Bunch lines to sold-out audiences in New York too, which gave him more exposure, and he still had the jacket he wore in the episode.
"I still have the jacket I wore on the show, and it still fits," he added. Jones was still in good shape because he didn't want to be "a little fat guy. You know what I mean?"
Being a member of The Monkees made him a superstar, but playing himself on that episode of the Brady Bunch will live forever in American TV fans' hearts.
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Chuck Joanies Willow Soup because he liked the soup .And its the first appearance of Richies band (Richie Potsie Ralph and Bag).
Gavan O'Herlihy.
Hildie in the Happy Days season 2 episode called Crusin.
Also does anyone know if actress
Cynthia Nixon ever appeared in the Happy Days episode called The DEADLY DARES as "The Drop Dead Girl " who told Potsie to Drop Dead when he asked her for a date and she went out with
Bag instead -the episode where Richie and Potsie wanted to join the Demons.
This Drop Dead GIrl resembles Cynthia
Nixon the actress.
The Deadly Dares episode above
where Potsie tries to get a date with "THE DROP DEAD GIRL who tells Potsie to drop dead .I wonder if this girl is actress Cynthia Nixon.
That's right. I think The Monkees are cool, but The Bunch I find cringe worthy. I'm fickle that way.
