Q: My family and I watched The Ugly Dachshund, and we all thought the set looked similar to that used for The Brady Bunch (both the house itself and the turf grass). Were the same sets used for both?
Andrew, Nissequogue, New York
A: No, these were completely different sets. The Ugly Dachshund was filmed at the Disney Studio in Burbank in 1965, with the back of the house and swimming pool on Stage 3. In fact, the swimming pool was built in the same tank that had held the Nautilus in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Brady Bunch TV series, which had no connection to Disney, didn’t begin airing until 1969. (For the exterior of the Brady Bunch house, the producers of that show used a home on Dilling Street in North Hollywood.)
Dave Smith