awards but unfortunately the ratings started to slip during its fourth and final season it was cancelled by cbs in NUMBER_TOKEN for the next several years he had minor roles in shows like family affair ironside manics and love american style in NUMBER_TOKEN however he was given the biggest role of his career when he was cast as mike brady on the comedy series the brady bunch the show quickly became a national obsession and is still considered a classic cult NUMBER_TOKENs series it aired for five seasons and was one of the most popular shows on television during its run robert reed and the brady bunch seeing as robert played the leading role for five years most people would probably assume he was fairly content with being on the show but that assertion couldn't be farther from the truth the show's creator sherwood schwartz and reed would constantly bump heads about the content being depicted in each episode robert was constantly annoyed about what he saw as subpar script writing he wasn't shy about how he felt either in numerous interviews he revealed he and schwartz would get into frequent arguments over his lines and some of the gags the scripts called for reid would go as far as claiming the brady bunch would have been an entirely different show if he didn't vent his frustrations and request changes be made reed was close to his co-stars despite the fact sherwood and reed never saw eye to eye robert enjoyed a close relationship with his fellow brady co-stars over the years they developed a family-like bond and reid developed several very close friendships that he would maintain until his death in NUMBER_TOKEN. one of the most notable bonds he formed while working on the show was with his on-screen wife florence henderson mike brady's television children played by barry williams christopher knight susan olson mike lookingland eve plum and maureen mccormick also took fondly to him he treated them almost as if they were his own kids hidden darkness the revealing book the way we all became the brady bunch discussed more about robert reed than he likely expected while his conflicts with sherwood were relatively well known the book also revealed the severity of robert's drinking problem apparently he was drunk on set nearly all the time he couldn't put the bottle down due to his alcoholism reed developed anger issues and would erupt at any one and everything with no warning there was one time he got into a heated debate with a crew member about whether or not strawberries had a discernible scent another time he lost his cool over a prop that was used there was no shortage of arguments on set when reed was around and he started NUMBER_TOKEN of them hey quick side note do us a favor and give this video a like it only takes a second and while you're at it hit the subscribe button as well and make sure you watch the rest of the video to find out more of robert reed's deep dark secrets some of which he took to his grave reed's marriage to maryland even though he was prone to temperamental outbursts
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