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{{Infobox television
| image = The Brady Bunch in the White House.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Neal Israel]]
| producer = Armand Leo<br />[[Lloyd J. Schwartz]]
| writer = [[Lloyd J. Schwartz]]<br />Hope Juber
| narrated =
| starring = [[Shelley Long]]<br />[[Gary Cole]]
| music = [[Laurence Juber]]
| cinematography = Bob Seaman
| editor = Terry Stokes
| company = [[Paramount Television]]
| distributor = [[CBS Television Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|2002|11|29|tv=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| genre = Political comedy
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''The Brady Bunch in the White House''''' is a 2002 American [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[television film]] and the second [[sequel]] to ''[[The Brady Bunch Movie]]'' (1995), following ''[[A Very Brady Sequel]]'' (1996). It was directed by [[Neal Israel]] and written by [[Lloyd J. Schwartz]] and Hope Juber, based upon characters originally developed by [[Sherwood Schwartz]] for the television sitcom ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' (1969–1974).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-brady-bunch-in-the-white-house/1229562/synopsis |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031032605/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-brady-bunch-in-the-white-house/1229562/synopsis |archivedate=2015-10-31 }}</ref> Although [[Shelley Long]] and [[Gary Cole]] reprise their roles from the previous films, the children and Alice were all recast in this film.

It was produced by [[Paramount Television]] for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television network and first aired on November 29, 2002 on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref>http://www.people.com/archive/article/0,,20138541,00.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The film received negative reviews.

==Plot==
Bobby finds a winning lottery ticket but Mike insists that it be returned to the rightful owner. Mike then invites people to the house to prove they are the owner but none are able to answer correctly what the original wrote on the back of the ticket. A local newscaster hears the story and Mike agrees to an interview in hopes of finding the original owner.

As a montage of multiple stations discussing the Brady story, the original owner is being sentenced to execution on death row and is unable to claim his winnings. Since he is not able to find the original owner, Mike decides to donate the money to charity, which attracts the attention of the [[President of the United States]], President Randolph. President Randolph then invites him to a press conference where the president is asked about his dealings with an oil drilling company that has been abusing the environment. President Randolph insists that he has never had any dealing with the company and swears to resign if he is disproven. The press then asks who will be his running mate and Carol suggests Mike. President Randolph agrees to pick Mike as his running mate and they are shown to win the election. However, just before the President and Mike are to be sworn in, evidence reveals that President Randolph has made dealings with the oil company and is thus forced to resign which makes Mike the new president.

Mike then needs to select a new [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], and he picks Carol. He asks [[United States Congress|Congress]] for permission to appoint her and initially, the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]], Sal Astor, is skeptical of Carol's abilities but she wins Congress over with a song and dance number. Mike settles in nicely as president and pushes to make the country even greater without playing into petty politics. Meanwhile, Veronica Dotwebb grumbles to Astor that he should be president and the two plot to overthrow Mike and Carol by ruining their image. Greg develops a crush on Veronica and she exploits him to divulge any useful information on his family. The Bradys are good and innocent but Veronica manages to spin their most innocent moments into huge scandals. She claims Mike is still involved with a woman from his past; Carol is accused of being a radical hippie when she protests the destruction of a park; Marcia is called promiscuous because she wrote about a fictional erotic encounter with [[Desi Arnaz Jr.]] in her diary; Greg accused of underage smoking because a cigarette container was found in his coat; Peter accused of bribery for getting a better grade after he compliments his teacher; Jan accused of cheating for getting a better grade on an essay; and Alice accused of drugging the food so the Bradys stay happy all the time. Although this plan garners significant news coverage, it is not enough to impeach the Bradys. Veronica and Sal devise a second plan to trick Mike Brady into informing the public that a world-ending asteroid is about to hit Earth. They succeed by switching a report from [[NASA]] regarding data from a space probe with Peter's science project.

Mike addresses the public telling them he received a report from NASA that confirms a massive meteor is on a course and will cause global devastation. The Bradys are then transported to a secret bunker underneath the White House that will protect them from the ensuing danger. Sal Astor then seizes the opportunity to take power by calling an official press conference as acting president and mocks Mike Brady for falling for the hoax. Embarrassed, the public demands Mike's impeachment but Cindy overhears Sal and Veronica plotting and she informs the family so they can stop them. The Bradys break out of the bunker and interrupt the press conference to tell the truth. Mike then addresses the public saying they deserve to know the truth, and goes on to start telling the story of the lottery ticket and how he got to be president.

==Cast==
* [[Gary Cole]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Mike Brady|Mike Brady]]
* [[Shelley Long]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Carol Brady|Carol Brady]]
* Tannis Burnett as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Alice Nelson|Alice Nelson]]
* [[Chad Doreck]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Greg Brady|Greg Brady]]
* [[Autumn Reeser]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Marcia Brady|Marcia Brady]]
* [[Blake Foster]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Peter Brady|Peter Brady]]
* [[Ashley Eckstein|Ashley Drane]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Jan Brady|Jan Brady]]
* [[Max Morrow]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Bobby Brady|Bobby Brady]]
* [[Sofia Vassilieva]] as [[Characters of The Brady Bunch#Cindy Brady|Cindy Brady]]
* [[Saul Rubinek]] as Sal Astor
* Dave Nichols as President Lawrence Randolph

==Recurring events from the show==
* Peter breaks a vase while playing ball in the house - "[[List of The Brady Bunch episodes|Confessions, Confessions]]"
* Marcia throws a slumber party, but the parents punish her - "[[The Slumber Caper]]"
* The boys putting itching powder in the girls' sleeping bags and scare the living daylights out of them - "[[The Slumber Caper]]"
* Mike installs payphones to teach cooperation.- "[[List of The Brady Bunch episodes|Sorry, Right Number]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradyworld.com/episodes/guidea.htm|title=Brady World - Episode Guide|website=www.bradyworld.com}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film was negatively received. Judge Patrick Naugle of ''DVD Verdict'' called it "a pale imitation of the two previous films" and said that the television movie lacked the creative wit and humor of the two feature films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bradyBunchinwhitehouse.php|title=DVD Verdict|access-date= 12 December 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205080646/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bradyBunchinwhitehouse.php|archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref>

==Home media==
''The Brady Bunch in the White House'' was first released on DVD in 2004, in 2011 as part of the ''A Brady Bunch of Movies'' collection and again in 2019 as part of ''The Brady-est Brady Bunch TV & Movie Collection''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0303794}}

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