Eve Plumb has a new memoir

Oh, NOW the bitch wants to cash in, when the royalties and Social Security are running low!

Is there a forward by George Glass?

I didn't realize she's pushing 70. I feel old as fuck.

Eve: Portrait of a Broke Bitch

I'm still available for hire.

You're a whore, R5!

Eve Plumb has plenty of money and she is kind of a class act.

Does she discuss her co-star in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway — and the far more successful sequel, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn — Leigh McCloskey?

Did they bang?

Was she jealous that he was Juilliard-trained when she was just an LA kid whose parents got her into commercials?

She shouldn’t be hurting for money. Found this on her Wikipedia page:

In 2016, she sold the Malibu home that she had purchased at the age of 11 in 1969. She bought the 1950s beach bungalow for $55,000 and sold it for $3.9 million.

Has Cousin Oliver commented yet?

Bitch should've kept that Malibu shack. She's already blown through the proceeds, and assisted care ain't cheap.

I doubt she will dish any real dirt but I hope Susan Olsen catches some strays. She let it slip in an interview that Eve refuses to talk to her after she sabotaged a proposed "Brady" reboot with her MAGA conspiracy bs.

And we all know Eve is a messy b*tch who can hold a grudge!

Remember when she went on Sally Jessy and threw a fit about the audience asking her about The Brady Bunch? The show’s topic was former child stars.

The irony is she’s participated in MANY BB reunions, except the variety hour, which she was smart as hell to avoid. I don’t care what her wiki page says, and that she has plenty of money from selling her house. MORE money always talks.

Blair’s former stepsister is coming out with a book?

Mindy Cohn is next. She posted this posted this on Instagram couple weeks ago, thanking her author friend & a literary agent. #facts

Who will be the first Brady kid to die? My money is on meth-head Susan Olsen

She’s pretty well off. Her parents invested her money well and she was one of the few child stars of that era who didn’t have parents who depended on their kid as their main/only source of income. Her dad was a very successful record executive.

[quote] Blair’s former stepsister is coming out with a book?

Who?

[quote] Her parents invested her money well

They all say that.

Mindy Cohn is a bit of a weirdo. I don’t know if she’s on the spectrum or what but she has personal space issues and picking up on social cues.

A few years ago, Eve & her husband launched PlumbGoods, a home collection with Eve's retro designs. Mugs, water bottles, totes, aprons, etc. There's also line of fresh-roasted coffees called Happiness Included -- 50% of the profits from the coffee line are donated to the NYC ASPCA.

She looks great.

With a foreword by George Glass.

George Tropicana.^

R13, it was actually Jenny Jones talk show and yes it’s one of my favorite awkward TV moments

I would love if Eve had titled her memoir “Still Not Bitter, Dammit!”

There's a clip from Andy Cohen's talk show where he's interviewing the cast and Eve claims she's never seen the Brady Bunch movies. I'm sure the internet would have exploded if Maureen, sitting next to her would have dropped a perfectly timed, Sure Jan.

Sure, Jan.

She's been a miserable and humorless on every talk show she's ever been on. Refuses to engage with any Brady anecdotes or trivia. Yet the only reason she is even invited on these talk shows is to share Brady anecdotes. She's been a tiny bit better since the Brady house renovation show but not much, still dour.

If she's asked about any behind the scenes shenanigans or bloopers, she says she doesn't remember.

If she's asked about her favorite episode she says she doesn't have one, if she's pushed she reluctantly says either Hawaii or Grand Canyon.

Eve Plumb hatred was not on my bingo card.

Have there ever been Eve Plumb fans?

People like the show, but just fans of Eve Plumb, by herself?

She blew the title.

“Sure, Jan” would be a bestseller.

That's not all she blew...

That Burger Chef money has kept her in good financial shape.

She was hilarious playing "herself" in the mock documentary And God Spoke

I’ve bought her sailboat decal coffee mugs. So I feel like a “Brady”-adjacent now.

Eve has held on to these bitter Brady memories for too long.

Don't cross this line, R37.

[quote] People like the show, but just fans of Eve Plumb, by herself?

Oddly enough, the writers of the show loved her, which is why she was given so many showcase episodes where basically Jan freaked out (over having a dull personality and needing a wig, over being in Marcia's shadow, over looking like Aunt Jenny, etc.). the writers were convinced she was the best child actor on the show and gave her more "dramatic" episodes than they did for the other children.

She also got much better work than the other kids did when the show ended--whe was cast in more TV movies than any of the other kids were. but then it dried up when she grew up to be a somewhat dowdy adult.

She looks like an Eilbacher.

I grew up on the East Coast so we never had Burger Chef R34. But I always appreciated the Roy Rogers Fixins Bar!

R42 I grew up in Rhode Island and there was a Burger Chef 5 minutes away from me.

[quote]r22 Eve & her husband launched PlumbGoods, a home collection with Eve's retro designs.

You know, I actually want the owl mug. And it’s on sale!

[quote]R31 Have there ever been Eve Plumb fans? People like the show, but just fans of Eve Plumb, by herself?

Well, she’s by far the best actor out of all the kids. I think everyone recognizes that, at least.

If "by far the best actor out of all the kids," you mean the most castable as a teenage whore, you are correct.

Unfortunately, her career kind of level-set with the others after 1978.

[Quote] Well, she’s by far the best actor out of all the kids.

That’s a really low bar to step over. Really low.

She looks like Cynthia Nixon in those new photos. The two should team up - she could play Nixon's mother in a B'way play.

Ouch, r47. Plumb is only 8 years older than Nixon

If it's not full of bitchy comments and complaints about Maureen McCormack, no one will buy this.

Damn it, those PlumbGoods items are cute. I think I may have to order a mug and some holiday cards!

So her book title is a big factor in her product line posted above.

Big surprise there.

Jan was giving Marcia a run for her money in the looks department by the end of the series.

The funny thing is by giving Plumb more dramatic episodes, Jan became such a Gen X idol.

R52, Jan is a Gen X idol because of her walk and her talk.

R21- How dare you pick on datalounge's favorite

GREAT BIG FAT PERSON

Her most bizarre appearance had to be on an episode of One Day at a Time that she did around the time of her guest star appearance on Facts of Life. She plays Howard Hesseman's date the first time he shows up and meets Barbara and Ann Romano.

She's in the show all of two minutes and has one or two lines. I was stunned at the end when I found out it was her and wondered why she would accept such a nothing role, unless she needed the money. But they couldn't writer her something a little more substantial?

Shit, even Susan Richardson got a couple of episodes on One Day playing a friend of Barbara and Mark's.

R55 I think around this time she was still trying to make a career as an actress, and taking what she could get. This was around the time after the Brady Brides series. She’s admitted that they threw a lot of money at her to do Brady Brides and that’s the only reason she did it.

One Day At A Time was considered prestige TV so even a nothing part was worth taking if it might get you into Norman Lear’s orbit. Clearly it didn’t work for her but I can understand why she did it

It's the NEW Jan Brady!

Sounds like she's still making the best of it. You can count on one hand the number of people who have transitioned from successful child actor to successful adult actor.

Last thing I saw her in was a Law & Order episode.

GenX related more to Jan than Marcia.

[quote]R57 One Day At A Time … even a nothing part was worth taking if it might get you into Norman Lear’s orbit. Clearly it didn’t work for her but I can understand why she did it

Plumb also had to take these stray, bit parts so Fake Jan wouldn’t scoop them up, and eclipse her.

They could have also cut down the part from read-through to tape on that ODAAT episode. I recall reading the actress who played Big Daddy's younger bride on The Golden Girls saying in an interview that her part was cut significantly from the initial script she had at the beginning of the week.

EVE

EVE

EVE

There is not one item on that Plumgood site I find appealing and her price points are ridiculous.

Why is she styled as an albino lesbian on her book cover?

Is she going to address the trauma that she inflicted on unsuspecting gaylings who tuned in to Family Affair for some light comedy and got a dying child instead?

Eve appeared on a very early episode of That '70 Show, as Jackie's realtor mother. It was essentially a cameo (just a couple lines), but her delivery was funny. "And this tiled walkway leads to the swimming pool...which is occupied by some of the local teenagers....heavily Caucasian...it's a good neighborhood!"

Here she is on Rosie O'Donnell Show acting excited when discussing anything other than TBB.

These days Eve, Cynthia Nixon and Laurie Metcalf have a similar vibe. They should do a show together, maybe golden girls type sisters, Eve could be the middle sister.

According to Amazon.com, this book isn't even being released until April 28, 2026.

Are pre-orders available?

Yes, pre-orders are available.

Eve was gorgeous as a young adult. She filed out some in middle age and got frumpy but she still looks good when she wants to.

She looks better than Susan who is five years younger.

Eve on Conan’s show in 1993. She was 35 at the time. Very quick wit.

Eve Plumb is how I learned about smegma. No questions please.

I'm curious how much money she made as an actress celebrity post 1980.

According to this, the working title was HAPPINESS INCLUDED: MY LIFE IN THE JAN LANE

Which is hilarious!

[quote]That Burger Chef money has kept her in good financial shape.

She lasted for many decades longer than the restaurant chain did.

Eve donated her childhood bedroom door to the Valley Relics Museum several years ago. Love this interview! And all those stickers! I'm 10 years younger, but had many of those stickers...and you see the "inspiration" for her home goods line (esp. the owls & daisies)

[quote] One Day At A Time was considered prestige TV

NO!

I hope she talks in detail about that cunt Jamie Lee Curtis stealing the lead in Prom Night from her and derailing a potential scream queen career

She's super tiny. Like maybe 5 ft.

She has to be super rich from the Brady Bunch residue.

[quote] Her dad was a very successful record executive.

Nepobaby!

[quote] She has to be super rich from the Brady Bunch residue.

Nope. It washed off.

I'd love to be covered in Peter Brady's residue

Why isn’t it called “Plumbing the Depths?”

All About Eve Plumb would've been a great title.

R88 It would be.

The Three Faces of Eve Plumb

Eve: Portrait of a Teenage Starlet

Eve Plumb looks like an elder gay male college professor in her memoir!

Eve sings.

What about me?

Who r94?

Working title: Summer’s Eve spills…

I love that she has a "The Pope Smokes Dope" sticker on her door.

R97 That was the best part.

She sold her Malibu beach house for $3.5 million 9 years ago, so she’s fine.

[Quote]She looks like Cynthia Nixon in those new photos. The two should team up - she could play Nixon's mother in a B'way play.

My mother? No, she'll be playing my lover.

My strap-on is ready, Eve!

I was just looking at the credits for “Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway” and noticed Joan Prather (Smile, Eight is Enough) plays a character named Susie. Who was that character?

Prather was pretty and talented (enough), but she was also the $cientology gateway for John Travolta.

[quote]Is there a forward by George Glass?

Oh, dear.

I hope she finally addresses why she didn't do the variety show.

She’s said her career had some heat after portraying Dawn, so she didn’t want to go back to Bradyland.

She was actually willing to do an episode or two of the variety hour, but didn’t want to commit to longer, so they hired fake Jan.

R104. She told Conan she was filming Dawn and couldn't do the variety show.

I think skipping the variety show was a smart move.

Eve was close to getting the lead in Prom Night, but the producers went with Jamie Lee Curtis once she expressed interest. It would have been interesting to see Eve in a project like that. She was never going to be Meryl Streep, but that could have given her a ticket into the early-’80s horror boom instead of remaining tethered to the Brady Bunch nostalgia circuit.

Is she going to address Maureen's revelations of girl on girl action between the two?

Eve knew it was much more than a munch.

I will have to come back to give you extra WWs for that one, R111...

R111 wins.

Thank you R112 & R113!

R69 Eve Plumb is Z list why would they do a show with her?

R74 I forgot how cute Conan was.

It's ironic that her memoir is titled "Happiness Included" when she always seemed the most reluctant cast member to want to be associated with the The Brady Bunch.

I mean, I can't blame her when you keep having to live your life through the lens of a truly stupid, hollow and ridiculous show from 50 years ago. But I guess at some point especially as you age, you either completely remove yourself from the entire situation or somewhat embrace it and welcome the attention. Because in the end, money is money, and we all need it. It's not like she had to dig ditches to make a buck. Life could have been worse.

Why should she run away from the Brady Bunch now? The show gets more forgotten every year and we are now near the point when the "kids" are going to be dropping off one by one.

R41, thanks for the Roy Rogers shoutout — I haven’t thought about that Double R Bar Burger in decades. Now it will haunt my dreams.

[quote]I mean, I can't blame her when you keep having to live your life through the lens of a truly stupid, hollow and ridiculous show from 50 years ago. But I guess at some point especially as you age, you either completely remove yourself from the entire situation or somewhat embrace it and welcome the attention.

Alison Arngrim agrees with you.

But Alison was raped by her brother! Eve??

If I had unlimited funds I’d finance DAWN & ALEXANDER: THE RETIREMENT YEARS - [italic]only[/italic] on Lifetime.

At the end of the second movie, the couple fled L.A. together, desperate for a quieter life. In this third installment, they’re living under assumed names in wholesome, rural Maine. But a new neighbor (a former client) recognizes them and blackmails them into joining his swingers parties.

I don’t know what else would happen - -

I wonder what level salaries Plumb and McClosky would demand.

[quote]I mean, I can't blame her when you keep having to live your life through the lens of a truly stupid, hollow and ridiculous show from 50 years ago.

Then don't show up. No one twists her arm to do this. I'm sure she's not upset with the money she gets from it or the lifestyle it has afforded her though.

She comes off as an asshole in that 90's talk show clip. Why did she think she was on Jenny Jones alongside Punky and Webster? To discuss Mamet's newest play?

You don't hear Susan Dey bitching and moaning about The Patridge Family fandom do you?

I was surprised when they did the renovation show that she had a storage unit filled with BB memorabilia. I would’ve thought she would be the last cast member to have such a thing.

R222 Leigh is a little overdressed for Selma Ave. in that pic

R122

R123, Susan Dey? Too soon!

[quote]R124 I was surprised when they did the renovation show that Eve had a storage unit filled with BB memorabilia. I would’ve thought she would be the last cast member to have such a thing.

She said somewhere that her mom saved EVERYTHING. A lot of that stuff went up for auction not that long ago.

[quote]You don't hear Susan Dey bitching and moaning about The Patridge Family fandom do you?

You say it best when you say nothing at all

To be serious for a moment, I can really respect Susan Dey's behavior. She doesn't want to be a part of the whole nostalgia thing, so she stays home and stays quiet. No talk shows. No memoirs. She doesn't tease with an appearance and then refuse to talk about The Partridge Family. Whether you like that stance or not, she has, in the most Datalounge way, stated her boundaries and stuck to them. And power to her!

Well, Susan Dey went on to do major motion pictures and a whole other hit series. People don’t as relentlessly tie her to one role.

I would also point out that her show wasn’t quite as universally beloved as THE BRADY BUNCH, nor was her character Laurie as central as Jan.

What major motion pictures was Dey in?

R132 Echo Park, Looker, First Love. The last two weren't very good, but she was terrific in Echo Park....I think it's what led to her getting LA Law.

Susan was great in La law.

When I was little I thought she was so pretty on the FIRST LOVE poster (with Tommy from CARRIE!)

She did begin as a model.