Balance
Joyce Bulifant was originally cast as Carol while Kathleen Freeman was the first pick for Alice. However, once Florence Henderson was cast as Carol, they made a change. Alice’s role then went to Ann B. Davis because production wanted to keep things “evenly balanced”.
Balance
The Honeymoon
When Sherwood Schwartz pitched the pilot episode, “The Honeymoon”, to NBC, they felt that the storyline of the parents taking their blended family on their honeymoon was far fetched. They would only do the pilot if the ending was changed. However ABC loved the idea and wanted to make it into a 90 minute television movie. Sherwood disagreed, saying it was dull and that he felt the show wouldn’t get picked up.
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The Honeymoon
