Florence Henderson had this theory about Carol's first husband
Sherwood Schwartz was inspired to create The Brady Bunch by a four-line article.

'Till the one day when the lady met this fellow
And they knew it was much more than a hunch,
That this group would somehow form a family...
It's the opening to one of the most beloved family sitcoms in TV history. Everyone knows The Brady Bunch and the theme song sets you up right away with the plot. A single mother with three girls marries a single father with three boys. Add a housekeeper, move them all into one house, and hilarity ensues.
But how did Carol come to be a single mother with three kids before she met Mike?
Creator Sherwood Schwartz knows why he chose to create a different kind of family. Schwartz said that, unlike many shows, he can point to the exact moment he got inspired to create The Brady Bunch.
"It was just a four-line filler piece in the Los Angeles Times," Schwartz said. "Just a statistic. It said that year, 1965, 31 percent of all marriages involved people who had a child or children from a previous marriage. It was just a statistic, but to me it indicated a remarkable sociological change in our country."
That statistic led him to create one of the most famous blended families. But still, how did this family happen in the first place? Schwartz claimed in interviews that Carol was divorced, although it was never mentioned on the show. Divorce was still relatively taboo in 1969, when the show started, so it's likely that the network just sidestepped any mention of a polarizing topic.
But Florence Henderson had her own ideas. "No, nobody ever said [what happened to Carol’s husband]. I always said I just got rid of him."
Wait, "got rid of him"?
"I killed my husband," Henderson said in interviews. "I was the original black widow!"
Uh-oh, Mike Brady had better be careful!

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What does Moose (Barry GREENBERG)
From Happy Days have in common
With the Character Mr. Schump
From The Andy Griffith Show??!
On the other hand, Mike lost his first wife [Constance] to being a workaholic and not spending enough time with her and the boys...
I know this is a total false scenario, but what the hell... so is the actual show!
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SITCOM Zone and the name of the cat
Was FLUFFY .
After Chuck Cunningham 2 Randolph Roberts bought FLUFFY and then
Chuck eloped with Gloria (Linda Purl)
And Bag Zombroski (Neil J. Schwartz)
Eloped with Trudy (Tita Bell) and
MOOSE)Barry GREENBERG) eloped with The cute girl (Carey Williams)
That he was dancing with in the
Happy Days episode Guess Who's coming to Visit. And Marilee (Carol
Williams) changed her mind and
Decided to go on a date with Fonzie's
Friend STICKS (John Anthony Bailey).
I heard that Spike eloped with Jenny
Piccalo Cathy Silvers which made
Eugene BELVIN(Denis Mandel) very
Unhappy. Melvin BELVIN (Scott Bernstein) and Roger Phillips Ted McGinley asked WENDY (Misty Rowe)
To watch SPUNKY when Fonzie
Went on dates with DAPHNE (Hillary
Horan) and Paula Petralonga(Melinda
NAUD).
Trudy from Happy Days Marsha Simms
Had a crush on Bag and when Bag
Left Marsha for Trudy then Marsha
Was left " Holding the bag ".