Susan Olsen earned a large group of fans for her role as Cindy Brady on The Brady Bunch, though she admitted she didn’t always think the show was “cool” until she learned that some notable rock stars were fans.
When The Brady Bunch aired its final episode in 1974, Olsen, 64, thought that the show “jumped the shark” with its ending. Additionally, she felt “uncool” and she didn’t feel “cute.”
However, her stance on the show changed years later thanks to the opinions of several rock legends. She recalled meeting some of the Black Crowes members at an MTV event while speaking to People in an interview published on Monday, September 1.
“Chris Robinson comes to me and he is going, ‘Our drummer would be in tears if he were here to meet you,’” she recalled of her interaction with the lead singer. “He said, ‘He went to see you guys in concert when he was a kid. He has one of those pictures that you guys sold at your concert that says I Saw The Brady Bunch Live In Concert. He’s got it on his wall.’ He then goes, ‘This is so cool to meet you.’ I’m going, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, a rock star is telling me it’s cool to meet me?”
It turns out that the Black Crowes weren’t the only band that helped her realize how “cool” The Brady Bunch was. Olsen told the outlet about her past interaction with the Stone Temple Pilots’ Chester Bennington, who spoke to her about his blended family of six children. During their conversation, he admitted that his family resembled what he saw on the sitcom.
“Sebastian Bach set me straight,” Olsen continued of the Skid Row singer. “He said to me, ‘Dude, you’re a part of people’s childhood, and you’re a good part. How could that ever be bad?’ He’s right. What could ever be bad about that?”
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Additionally, she said that her stance on the show changed when she welcomed her son, Michael Markwell, in 1997. Once she became a mother, Olsen started to think about how her fictional parents on the show, Carol Brady and Mike Brady, would have acted in her situation.
“This show that had been very uncool when it first ended, and I was still trying to be an actress, and I had this show following me around,” she told the outlet. “Now, to me, it’s almost like a gentle guidebook for how to have a happy family. It’s simple, but that’s why it’s been so successful. The simple messages ring true, because they are true.”
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