The Brady Bunched

We all know the story:

A lovely lady...bringing up three very lovely girls...all of them having hair of gold, just like their mother, with the only difference being the youngest one was in curls. (Which looked quite goofy in the later years...)

And of course there was:

A man named Brady...bringing up three boys of his own...these four men were living together, but they were oh, so alone.

Ok, from what I can gather, the "Bunch" all packed into Mike Brady's pad. But the question that has me baffled is this:

Ole Mikey Boy is obviously pretty well off, I mean, he can support 6 kids and a wife, live in a nice house, have a groovy convertible AND a maid...all on an architect's salary (and probably some killer child support from the ex-Mrs Brady and the ex-Mr Carol ... yeah, I said Mr Carol, do you know her previous married name?)

However, with all this, the kids still have to live three to a room. Why can't they all have their own room? Maybe Mr Brady's house just isn't big enough for the "Bunch". Well, let's think about that.

Here are the rooms:

Living room (with the couch and the front door in sight...at the bottom of the stairs). Obviously no place for a bedroom. That's a no.

Master Bedroom: Another no, as the parents need their place to shag, because obviously they are rather found of it. That's a no.

Kitchen: Obviously, no.

But that leaves:

1. The Boy's Room
2. The Girl's Room
3. The Attic (later home to Greg)
4. The Rec Room (the room off the kitchen where projects were always done...could easily be a room)
5. The Den: Come on, Mike, you selfish SOB!! Take your work to the office and give that room to one of your kids!!
6. HELLO?!? Alice has a room. Tell her to go shack up with Sam the Butcher and give that room to one of your kids...what kind of parent would give a whole room to a maid, but make the kids live 3 to 1?

So, there you have it. Instead of giving the kids their space, Mike and Carol caged them up like rats. Pretty sad. Does anyone know where Oliver slept once he came along? He probably had to sleep in the Boy's Room, since Greg had gone to the attic.

What have we learned from this?

Either the Brady parents like to keep their kids caged like rats, or Mike was a very bad architect...after all, couldn't he design a house with a room for everyone?

PS...In case you were curious...Carol's maiden name was Tyler, and her previous married name was Martin...

PPS...Mike's first wife died, so no child support from her.