Balance
Originally Joyce Bulifant was cast as Carol whereas Kathleen Freeman was the first pick to be Alice. However, once Florence Henderson was cast as Carol, the role of Alice went to Ann B. Davis so that they could keep things “evenly balanced”.
Balance
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The Honeymoon
When Sherwood Schwartz first pitched the pilot episode, “The Honeymoon”, to NBC, they believed that the story of the parents taking their blended family with them on their honeymoon was too much of an unbelievable storyline. They only agreed to the pilot if the ending was changed. ABC actually liked it so much that they wanted to turn the story into a 90 minute television movie. However Sherwood was sure that it would be too dull and the series wouldn’t get picked up.
The Honeymoon
