When Michelle Obama's brother, Craig Robinson, introduced her at
last week's Democratic National Convention, he noted an important fact:
His sis watched A LOT of "Brady Bunch" episodes when she was a kid.
Really, who didn't? And, more to the point re: this week's Rich or
Rehab, who didn't resent cousin Oliver, the supposed son of Carol's brother who randomly came to stay with the Bradys during the last six episodes of the show? 
The
real reason he appeared, obviously, was because the actual Bradys were
getting old. I mean, Susan Olsen was getting closer and closer to being
mature enough to throw up during a live radio show.
The sitcom needed a cute factor, and so entered cousin Oliver, a sweet,
bespectacled kid who would start the time-honored TV tradition of
exploiting an adorable child to reinvigorate a series. It didn't work
for "The Brady Bunch." But in a way, you have to give props to good old
Oliver. He was a pioneer, really.
And, by the way, he was played
by Robbie Rist. So whatever happened to the kid who made "The Brady
Bunch" take a big, flying leap over the shark?
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