The Brady Bunch - General Discussion

[Katy M]

6 hours ago, Bazinga said:

I discussed this above.  It still doesn't work.

From above: Possibly the final two categories, "Presentation" and "Literary Style" (whatever those are supposed to be), in which Jan gets marks of 10 respectively, are out of 10, but still doesn't work, as then the highest total possible would be 95.  The teacher just deducted 10 points and thinks the total of 98 is still possible is equally nonsensical.  The grading system being used by the teacher is incorrect, as it never adds up to 100. 

But, if just one of them is worth 10, then it does absolutely work, which is what I said.

[Bazinga]

Nevermind

Edited December 12, 2023 by Bazinga

[GHScorpiosRule]

I feel like such an idiot-I never knew that Santa in the first and only season’s Christmas episode was played by Otis from The Andy Griffith Show!

[TheLastKidPicked]

23 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I feel like such an idiot-I never knew that Santa in the first and only season’s Christmas episode was played by Otis from The Andy Griffith Show!

Speaking of Christmas, MeTv played "A Very Brady Christmas" yesterday.

Just as delightfully cheesy as you remember it!

 

[Egg McMuffin]

I really hate the Christmas movie. It’s sappier and cornier than the series ever was. All the separate little dramas for each that were miraculously resolved by the end - ugh. And I pretty much disliked all the in-laws, like Greg’s wife, the New Gidget, who decided that her family was more important than the Bradys because of some aunt she hadn’t seen in a while. I also disliked uptight Philip. And loser Wally. Marcia would have been better off marrying Doug Simpson or Warn Mullaney. Even Harvey the bug boy might have been preferable; I bet he could at least hold a job. I even disliked de facto in-law Sam, who was a cheating bastard and also played by a different actor.

[merylinkid]

I have failed as a spouse.   Last night I learned my husband has never seen the Hawaii episodes.

He was telling me about some article he read about an ancient idol being found.   I was all "I've seen that episode of the Brady Bunch, don't touch it."   He had no idea what I was talking about.

[GHScorpiosRule]

For SHAME, @merylinkid! You know what you need to do now, right?

[merylinkid]

28 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

For SHAME, @merylinkid! You know what you need to do now, right?

I already sent some youtube clips.  The hula lesson and the surf competition ones.

[mmecorday]

I watched the one about Marcia's braces the other day. I guess no one bothered to do some research about braces. Carol says the the dentist put braces on Marcia's teeth, but doesn't an orthodontist do that? And in most of the scenes she's not even wearing braces. 

[ByaNose]

On 6/21/2024 at 11:02 AM, mmecorday said:

I watched the one about Marcia's braces the other day. I guess no one bothered to do some research about braces. Carol says the the dentist put braces on Marcia's teeth, but doesn't an orthodontist do that? And in most of the scenes she's not even wearing braces. 

This was a one off. Never to be discussed again. Never mind that Eve, Michael & Susan later got real braces (in real life) and it was never even addressed. That said, Jan’s glasses were real because Eve really needed glass. Then she later ditched them for contacts so she could be be hotter than Maureen. Sure, Jan. 

[Blergh]

On 7/8/2024 at 4:09 PM, ByaNose said:

This was a one off. Never to be discussed again. Never mind that Eve, Michael & Susan later got real braces (in real life) and it was never even addressed. That said, Jan’s glasses were real because Eve really needed glass. Then she later ditched them for contacts so she could be be hotter than Maureen. Sure, Jan. 

Interestingly, it was during that Miss McCormick had that rather ugly cry about 'I'm UGLY!' when seeing herself with the braces for the first time which went far beyond what was necessary for the usually comedic drama llama character. As per her autobio, it had been shortly before the episode in which her male parent had meanly revealed that her poor mother had been born with syphilis which had hobbled her health her entire life (and the only reason Miss McCormick and her brothers didn't get it was that she took some kind of very strong medicine before the delivery).

[tearknee]

On 11/13/2023 at 1:05 AM, Blergh said:

Maybe to heighten Jan's humiliation and/or to depict the actuality that there ARE some deliberately biased and mean teachers out there who openly broadcast their pets and whipping kids!

Yeah, I know all the above is rather cynical but, yes, I did encounter rotten teachers like Mrs. Watson in my academic trek sometime between nursery school and college graduation.

Now i wish to see Eve Plumb in an AI version of the 1976 DePalma film (no offence to Miss/Ms. Spacek)...

[Dimity]

I posted in another thread that "Greg" turned 70 today.  I guess we've been lucky that so far all the Brady kids have made it well into adulthood and some are in what has been coined 'the golden years' (not by me).  Anyway happy birthday Barry and jeeze we're all getting up there!

[tearknee]

What's the difference between the golden years and the autumn years?

[Fool to cry]

Golden years involve going on cruises.

Is Cindy on the game show the most satisfying humbling of a Brady child?

[tearknee]

Bobby having to watch Jesse James go on a shooting spree is more cathartic to those of us who hated that kid more than we hated Thindy.

[mmecorday]

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Is Cindy on the game show the most satisfying humbling of a Brady child?

Marcia getting demoted from Juliet to Lady Capulet comes to mind. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

20 hours ago, mmecorday said:

Marcia getting demoted from Juliet to Lady Capulet comes to mind. 

Marcia was worse. She was older and she treated her co-lead as if he were dirt under her shoe, wanted to change the script, etc. Whereas Cindy was just a brat and told Bobby she was just smarter than he was. Plus she was 8 or 9 to Marcia's 13.

[tearknee]

Why Marcia is anyone's favorite character, IDNK. Nancy Allen and Rachel McAdams have the skill to make their respective characters "love to hate".

Marcia's actor just isn't on that level for any role.

[tearknee]

Carol looks awful compared to the rest of the outfits  

[Blergh]

I've often wondered why Mike and Carol used their kids as their respective 'best men' and 'bridesmaids' . Did neither of them have any same gendered sibs or adult friends they could have asked despite Mike's career as an architect and Carol's fun personalty or was the writers' way to not have to cast any more extras?

P.S. Carol's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler actually hosted the wedding in their large backyard after having taken their daughter and three granddaughters into their home X# of years after the. ..end of Carol's marriage to a Mr. Martin. Yet, at the end of Season Five, it would be revealed that Carol evidently had a brother who was Cousin Oliver's dad yet no sign of that branch of the Tylers d  at the service despite their mutual parents having  hosted the wedding!

[tearknee]

Well over on "Family Ties", Elyse Keaton refers to herself in a talk with her mom as "your only daughter" but later has a sister called Michelle... I'm sure it makes sense... somehow!

[Egg McMuffin]

We never found out which one of Oliver’s parents is Carol’s sibling. She mentions in season 5 that Jack has to go to a remote area for work and Pauline is going with him. But that’s it.

[Blergh]

On 12/9/2024 at 11:25 PM, Egg McMuffin said:

We never found out which one of Oliver’s parents is Carol’s sibling. She mentions in season 5 that Jack has to go to a remote area for work and Pauline is going with him. But that’s it.

But, as I said earlier, Carol mentioned Jack first when talking about the couple and most folks usually list their sibs first when talking about them and their sibs-in-law so I think it's more likely than not that Jack was her brother and Pauline her sister-in-law.

Curiously Robbie Rist in recent years has made a webpage with the pseudonym 'Oliver Martin' so he evidently believes that Martin had been Cousin Oliver's surname- even though Mrs. Brady's parents' surname was Tyler AND Martin had been her own (and her daughters') surname previous to her Brady union so that might somehow offer a clue. ..or perhaps Mr. Rist got confused.

[Dimity]

I always assumed Oliver was Carol's nephew because he was blond.  No other reason.  Just made sense to me at the time 😀.

Edited December 11 by Dimity

[tearknee]

21 hours ago, Blergh said:

But, as I said earlier, Carol mentioned Jack first when talking about the couple and most folks usually list their sibs first when talking about them and their sibs-in-law so I think it's more likely than not that Jack was her brother and Pauline her sister-in-law.

Curiously Robbie Rist in recent years has made a webpage with the pseudonym 'Oliver Martin' so he evidently believes that Martin had been Cousin Oliver's surname- even though Mrs. Brady's parents' surname was Tyler AND Martin had been her own (and her daughters') surname previous to her Brady union so that might somehow offer a clue. ..or perhaps Mr. Rist got confused.

He last played Oliver 50 years ago. A bit different to Chloe Lang doing Stephanie on Tik Tok after only a decade *giggles merrily*

[Egg McMuffin]

On 12/11/2024 at 6:16 AM, Blergh said:

But, as I said earlier, Carol mentioned Jack first when talking about the couple and most folks usually list their sibs first when talking about them and their sibs-in-law so I think it's more likely than not that Jack was her brother and Pauline her sister-in-law.

Not buying that reasoning given the actual dialog. Carol mentions Jack first because Jack is the one who is being transferred.

Carol: “Jack is being sent to South America on an engineering project and he’s taking Pauline with him.”

There simply isn’t definitive proof whether Jack or Pauline is Carol’s sibling.

Edited December 16 by Egg McMuffin

[Blergh]

I've said what I've said about my theory of Cousin Oliver's blood bond to Carol and everyone can decide for themselves whether or not my theory has credence.

Moving on. .

Did anyone else watching the Wedding Pilot believe (as kids) that Mike and Carol had been needlessly harsh to their kids and deserved to guilt trip themselves from enjoying their first (and last?) chance of privacy at their honeymoon hotel?

Oddly enough, I recall siding against the Brady parents after the Tiger-Fluffy Chase Fiasco.

However, does anyone else as an adult have since come to believe that Mike was right to chastise the boys for not having secured Tiger in their car during the wedding [e.g. having a leash tied to the inside door handle]  if not have had them leave him home in the first placeand that Carol shouldn't have felt guilty for telling her daughters to 'stop that SCREAMING!' since it wasn't helping anything regardless of their feelings for their one-episode feline. ..and that the Brady parents SHOULD have done their best to enjoy their privacy in the honeymoon lodge?

Of course, even if one's stance about whether or not the Brady parents had been right or wrong earlier hadn't changed, it's hard to imagine any viewer over twelve not wondering where all NINE humans as well as their canine and feline companions were supposed to sleep in that honeymoon suite with just the ONE bed! It was a bigger than usual bed but it couldn't have held all eleven lodgers so my guess is that some if not all the Brady kids (and Alice) wound up sleeping on the floor !

[Blergh]

On 11/13/2024 at 7:27 PM, tearknee said:

Why Marcia is anyone's favorite character, IDNK. Nancy Allen and Rachel McAdams have the skill to make their respective characters "love to hate".

Marcia's actor just isn't on that level for any role.

Actually, my fave character has always been. ..Alice- even as a kid!

I suppose I liked the idea of having a quirky but heart-of-gold live-in referee housekeeper around.

However, I always thought it was a bit unfair that Alice was never seen to eat meals en famille with the rest of the Bradys -except perhaps for a midmorning coffee with Carol or when they were all on vacation.  Yes, it was a big boon to the family dynamics that they took her with them on vacations (and that would be the only waking hours when Alice wasn't seen in her uniform- except for the occasional bowling night dates with Sam the Butcher). . Although, I wonder if Alice might have preferred to have been left solo to tackle big cleaning projects without worrying about anyone interrupting or messing things up at Casa Brady. Oh well. .

 

[GHScorpiosRule]

Ooh! “She na na na na na na na na!” Was on today!!!!

[tearknee]

McCormick, Plumb and Ferdin are top on my list of 1960s/70s kid actors I cannot stand. Ferdin as an adult is also on the humans i cannot stand list (blaming a mom and dad after their daughter was killed by a coyote).

(And Anissa Jones deserved a life untouched by Hollywood or her asshole mom).