Was that she only said it ONE TIME and that statement is so popular today in 2005. On ESPN tonight, they made another reference to Jan's Statement and it's so surprising since Jan said it one time on the show. Here is the reference made to the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia statement

It's a Football Player by the name of Marshall Faulk and when he is talked about by a Certain Sports Anchor he always says-"Marshall, Marshall, Marshall


LOL

Was that she only said it ONE TIME and that statement is so popular today in 2005. On ESPN tonight, they made another reference to Jan's Statement and it's so surprising since Jan said it one time on the show. Here is the reference made to the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia statement

It's a Football Player by the name of Marshall Faulk and when he is talked about by a Certain Sports Anchor he always says-"Marshall, Marshall, Marshall


LOL
She only said it once...But it was how she said it, with such a loud and tearful voice.

She only said it once...But it was how she said it, with such a loud and tearful voice.


I guess that is truly the most memorable Brady Bunch episode

So? At the end of that very same episode, Cindy complains about her teacher talking about Jan all the time and in frustration mutters "Jan, Jan, Jan." You never saw that becoming anywhere near as popular as "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"

The "Marcia Marcia Marcia" joke is probably used more often by idiots who never watched the actual show, just parodies of the show.

So? At the end of that very same episode, Cindy complains about her teacher talking about Jan all the time and in frustration mutters "Jan, Jan, Jan." You never saw that becoming anywhere near as popular as "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"


Well I just learned something new because I never knew Cindy said-"Jan, Jan, Jan" I don't think it was necessary for Cindy to say the same thing Jan said.

Well I just learned something new because I never knew Cindy said-"Jan, Jan, Jan" I don't think it was necessary for Cindy to say the same thing Jan said.

I guess your right, but it was inculded in the teaser bit at the end, so I guess they needed something to make Jan feel good before the half hour was up;) She'd been so depressed that whole episode.

I guess your right, but it was inculded in the teaser bit at the end, so I guess they needed something to make Jan feel good before the half hour was up;) She'd been so depressed that whole episode.


Oh it was in that same episode? Ok well then that's fine. I thought it was a completely different episode about Cindy being jealous of Jan-lol Now that would have been very uncreative

I think it was brought back to the mainstreams subconcious with the Brady Bunch movie.

Sometimes, that's all it takes. Certain things resonate more than others. I'm sure some people probably swore that they heard it in more than just one episode. Funny how those things work.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!

Same to you! Have a good one! :wave:

Same to you! Have a good one! :wave:
yeah happy new year every1 lol:) most people know "marcia marcia marcia" of the movie, not the tv show.

yeah happy new year every1 lol:) most people know "marcia marcia marcia" of the movie, not the tv show.



Oh ok, that's what it was. I never it couldn't have been the show

Oh ok, that's what it was. I never it couldn't have been the show
?

?


I was saying I knew it couldn't have been the show since it was only said one time. So now knowing it was in the Movie, every thing makes sense

I thought it was funny the way Jan kind of stumbled thought that whole little speech, hesitating a couple of times while trying to get the lines out... they left that scene intact, rather than re-shooting it...


Happy New Year Everyone! :)

She only said it once...But it was how she said it, with such a loud and tearful voice.

There was footage of her saying "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" in "The Brady Brides" from 1981. (Or was it the movie "The Brady Girls Get Married"? :confused: )

I thought it was funny the way Jan kind of stumbled thought that whole little speech, hesitating a couple of times while trying to get the lines out... they left that scene intact, rather than re-shooting it...


It probably came off as being more realistic to the producers and director. A real teenage girl would have those awkward pauses, born out of frustration. It's what they call in the industry a "happy accident.":)

It's interesting the way that they got lots of realistic performances.

I also think they used the line 'Marcia did it again! Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!' in The Brady Bunch Movie trailer which is why it has stuck. Along with pork chops and applesauce.

Going off topic a mo, why Marcia and not Marsha? If I read Marcia in a book I would say Mar-see-a and not Marsha?

I also think they used the line 'Marcia did it again! Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!' in The Brady Bunch Movie trailer which is why it has stuck. Along with pork chops and applesauce.

Going off topic a mo, why Marcia and not Marsha? If I read Marcia in a book I would say Mar-see-a and not Marsha?

It's pronounced the same for some unknown reason. One of those inexplicable things about American English.:D

Marcia was the original spelling.

Catsup was the original spelling for Ketchup.

Santa Claus used to be Saint Nicholas.

The list goes on....

Marcia was the original spelling.

Catsup was the original spelling for Ketchup.

Santa Claus used to be Saint Nicholas.

The list goes on....
it bugs me to Marcia spelt Marsha. i dont know y.

I'm not sure what you were trying to say, Erin, but I prefer the Marsha spelling. That's how I always pictured it when I watched the show.

I don't think Jan ever felt that way about Marcia before that famous line. Maybe there was, but I can't remember another show where Jan was jealous of her sister. Also, her hiding Marcia's awards was childish.

I don't think Jan ever felt that way about Marcia before that famous line. Maybe there was, but I can't remember another show where Jan was jealous of her sister. Also, her hiding Marcia's awards was childish.


"Her Sister's Shadow" (episode 55, the "Marcia Marcia Marcia" episode, aired during Season 3) came after "The Not-So-Ugly Duckling" (episode 38, a season 2 ep)... In ep 38, Clark Tyson, the best looking boy in Jan's class, is over at the Brady's studying with Jan, and he flipped when he saw Marcia for the first time... so Jan was definitely jealous of Marcia in that episode (accusing her of "slinking in"to the room when Jan and Clark were studying, just to "turn on her icky old charms").

In "Her Sister's Shadow", Jan is jealous of Marcia's awards... and in "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?" (ep 42, from season 2), Jan is sort of jealous in that her invitation to Lucy's party was addressed to Marcia... not sure if jealousy really applies in THAT instance, but she's definitely upset that HER friend Lucy would confuse her with Marcia...

and you're right, nerrad...hiding Marcia's awards was definitely a childish move on Jan's part (I can hear Jan now, "but I AM a child!")

This just goes to show everyone how connected we all really are and how small the world is: my mother, who isn't much older than Maureen, is named Marcia (yes, it's spelled the same way as the Brady character), she grew up in Southern and Central California in the late 1960's and early 70's, has one sister, named Cindy, and a first cousin, named Jan.

The three were inseparable as girls.

Hollywood writers like Sherwood Schwartz certainly knew what names were fashionable back then and it gives me a certain amount of pride to know that the names of my relatives and these great characters reflect a shared moment of cultural history.

It may have taken my mother a couple of decades to realize the staying power of this old show, but now, she laughs right along with me whenever I say, in exasperation with the fussy ways that seem to be growing in tandem with her age, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"

Mykel

I was saying I knew it couldn't have been the show since it was only said one time. So now knowing it was in the Movie, every thing makes sense


It wasn't because of the movies. It was through Saturday Night Live. One of the regulars I believe during the early 90s SNL named Melanie Hutsell did it when they did Brady Bunch sketches on the show. Everytime they did a sketch, it would always include her spoofing Jan doing the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia line. I'm surprised nobody remembers that. It's really from SNL that that line became as well known as it has.

It wasn't because of the movies. It was through Saturday Night Live. One of the regulars I believe during the early 90s SNL named Melanie Hutsell did it when they did Brady Bunch sketches on the show. Everytime they did a sketch, it would always include her spoofing Jan doing the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia line. I'm surprised nobody remembers that. It's really from SNL that that line became as well known as it has.


Ah, I remember that one very well. In fact, when Susan Dey hosted the show (late 80s I believe, maybe very early 90s), they did a GREAT skit featuring a "Battle of the Bands" (Brady Bunch vs Partridge Family). That skit was great! Susan accused the Bradys of "treating Alice like crap". When Victoria Jackson (as Cindy) replied "That's not true, we LOVE Alith" , Susan said, very sarcastically, "yeah, right...you don't even let her have DINNER with you".

I think Kevin Nealon played Greg, Dana Carvey played Keith, Mike Meyers played Danny, Adam Sandler might have played Peter... Melanie of course, played Jan, Julia Sweeney played Mrs. Partridge...

If you ever notice (maybe on "E", they run a lot of 90s SNL episodes) that Susan Dey is hosting an SNL rerun show, check it out! I'm thinking that this may have been her only time hosting the show, but I could be wrong.

I have this skit on tape (soon to be on DVD, if and when I find it), it's a classic!

The TV stations themselves helped popularize this with their ads. Currently in Chicago, WWME channel 23 advertises the Brady Bunch with clips of "Marcia Marcia Marcia" and "Mom always said, don't play ball in the house" and "Oh !! My nose !!" I believe that Channel 32 did this, too, 20 years ago or so, before they were Fox.............

I think the saying Marcia Marcia got so popular because of the 1995 movie of The Brady Bunch. I've never seen it and I don't want to but supposidly Jan is often heard saying Marcia Marcia Marcia. The movie probably popularized the saying a lot.

This just goes to show everyone how connected we all really are and how small the world is: my mother, who isn't much older than Maureen, is named Marcia (yes, it's spelled the same way as the Brady character), she grew up in Southern and Central California in the late 1960's and early 70's, has one sister, named Cindy, and a first cousin, named Jan.

The three were inseparable as girls.

Hollywood writers like Sherwood Schwartz certainly knew what names were fashionable back then and it gives me a certain amount of pride to know that the names of my relatives and these great characters reflect a shared moment of cultural history.

It may have taken my mother a couple of decades to realize the staying power of this old show, but now, she laughs right along with me whenever I say, in exasperation with the fussy ways that seem to be growing in tandem with her age, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"

Mykel
thats to spooky!

I think the saying Marcia Marcia got so popular because of the 1995 movie of The Brady Bunch. I've never seen it and I don't want to but supposidly Jan is often heard saying Marcia Marcia Marcia. The movie probably popularized the saying a lot.
haha yup jan dd say Marcia Marcia Maricia a hell of a lot! i think thats y its popular, at least in nz neway. most people have seen the movie, not hte actual show and i think thats wehre the marcia bit comes from .

The "Marcia Marcia Marcia" episode always reminds me of the creepy Twilight Zone where Marcia thinks that she's a person, but she's really a mannequin. All the other mannequins try to remind her of this by (loudly) whispering "Marcia !" to her.............

The "Marcia Marcia Marcia" episode always reminds me of the creepy Twilight Zone where Marcia thinks that she's a person, but she's really a mannequin. All the other mannequins try to remind her of this by (loudly) whispering "Marcia !" to her.............
....?????:confused: is that on a episode of the brady bunch?

....?????:confused: is that on a episode of the brady bunch?


No, that was from a "Twilight Zone" episode titled "The After Hours".

A synopsis (from http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/hours.html)

"The After Hours"
o Writer: Rod Serling
o Director: Douglas Heyes
o Producer: Buck Houghton
o Director of Photography: George T. Clemens
o Music: stock
o Cast:
+ Marsha White: Anne Francis
+ Saleswoman: Elizabeth Allen
+ Armbruster: James Millhollin

Marsha buys a gold thimble from a rude saleslady on the ninth floor. When she goes to complain, she is informed there is no ninth floor. She points out the saleslady, but is shocked to find it is just a store mannequin. She is helped to a store office where she falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds she is locked in the closed store. She hears voices coming from the mannequins as she wanders through the empty store. She backs into the elevator which takes her to the ninth floor. There the mannequins all come to life one by one, including the saleslady and elevator operator. They explain that she too is a mannequin, and that each of them is allowed a one month journey among humans. She forgot her true identity and didn't return on time. She apologizes, then turns back into a mannequin.

:nod:

wow.... thats totally nutty. im srry for being incredubly stupid, but is this based on marcia brady?

wow.... thats totally nutty. im srry for being incredubly stupid, but is this based on marcia brady?

No, you are not stupid... I didn't know there was an episode from the Twilight Zone as to about Marcia.... :wave:

wow.... thats totally nutty. im srry for being incredubly stupid, but is this based on marcia brady?


Agreed, you are NOT stupid!

The Twilight Zone was produced and ran on Network TV in the late 50s / early 60s...I think it might have run from 1959 to 1963 or 1964... That particular episode was a first-season episode, meaning that it was originally broadcast in 1959 or 1960.

If you ever see the episode, the mannequins keep whispering her name "Marsha", and the way the ep was produced, all you hear is a bunch of people whispering the name Marsha, while the camera rapidly goes from one mannequin to another...

No relation at all to the Bradys, but something in common, that being the name Marcia...

The Twilight Zone was an anthology series, so it did not have recurring characters... we never see Marsha again after that one episode... but the mannequins repeating her name would definitely remind one of Jan's lament.

Agreed, you are NOT stupid!

The Twilight Zone was produced and ran on Network TV in the late 50s / early 60s...I think it might have run from 1959 to 1963 or 1964... That particular episode was a first-season episode, meaning that it was originally broadcast in 1959 or 1960.

If you ever see the episode, the mannequins keep whispering her name "Marsha", and the way the ep was produced, all you hear is a bunch of people whispering the name Marsha, while the camera rapidly goes from one mannequin to another...

No relation at all to the Bradys, but something in common, that being the name Marcia...

The Twilight Zone was an anthology series, so it did not have recurring characters... we never see Marsha again after that one episode... but the mannequins repeating her name would definitely remind one of Jan's lament.

oh thank you! i get it now lol.. takes a while for me ta get things :)

I suppose this quote is popular strictly on the basis that it has become the template for the whole "Middle Child Syndrome" crisis for characters like Jan. Other TV characters that are middle children, like Stephanie Tanner on Full House or Sue Heck on The Middle, have exhibited the same kind of exasperation over their older and younger siblings, so I suppose Jan paved the way for that trend.

The movie Flanderized Jan as far as that catchphrase goes, I believe.

Ah, I remember that one very well. In fact, when Susan Dey hosted the show (late 80s I believe, maybe very early 90s), they did a GREAT skit featuring a "Battle of the Bands" (Brady Bunch vs Partridge Family). That skit was great! Susan accused the Bradys of "treating Alice like crap". When Victoria Jackson (as Cindy) replied "That's not true, we LOVE Alith" , Susan said, very sarcastically, "yeah, right...you don't even let her have DINNER with you".

I think Kevin Nealon played Greg, Dana Carvey played Keith, Mike Meyers played Danny, Adam Sandler might have played Peter... Melanie of course, played Jan, Julia Sweeney played Mrs. Partridge...

If you ever notice (maybe on "E", they run a lot of 90s SNL episodes) that Susan Dey is hosting an SNL rerun show, check it out! I'm thinking that this may have been her only time hosting the show, but I could be wrong.

I have this skit on tape (soon to be on DVD, if and when I find it), it's a classic!

Yes, Susan Dey has only hosted SNL once, with the episode airing live on Feb. 8, 1992, during her last season as Grace Van Owen on LA Law. I remember being surprised that Susan would be playing Laurie Partridge again, since she never took part in any of the PF reunions, at least in person. (She did make a phone call into the My Three Sons/Partridge Family reunion in 1977.) As far as I know, only Danny Bonaduce & Dave Madden have appeared as their PF characters on tv since the series was cancelled in 1974, Danny appearing in The Rerun Show as Danny Partridge (on his knees) and Dave appearing as Reuben Kincaid on The Ben Stiller Show and Married With Children (where Danny was playing himself).

In contrast the Brady characters have appeared many times in both regular and satirical circumstances since The Brady Bunch was cancelled.

"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" was also the title of a People vs OJ Simpson episode that just won an Emmy for best writing.

I assume that the "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" line is quoted so often because unlike other sitcoms, The Brady Bunch's characters never had certain phrases that they would repeat. There were no trademark quotes like the characters of, say, Full House, so any memorable quote is gold! I think the Brady Bunch's characters' lack of trademark quotes enhances the show's beauty; each character is known for personality instead of something they typically say. However, many people love shows that have characters with repeated lines, so I wonder if The Brady Bunch could have aired longer if Sherwood had taken that approach.

Well I just learned something new because I never knew Cindy said-"Jan, Jan, Jan" I don't think it was necessary for Cindy to say the same thing Jan said.
I never knew that either. I have to rewatch that episode.

No, that was from a "Twilight Zone" episode titled "The After Hours".

A synopsis (from http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/hours.html)

"The After Hours"
o Writer: Rod Serling
o Director: Douglas Heyes
o Producer: Buck Houghton
o Director of Photography: George T. Clemens
o Music: stock
o Cast:
+ Marsha White: Anne Francis
+ Saleswoman: Elizabeth Allen
+ Armbruster: James Millhollin

Marsha buys a gold thimble from a rude saleslady on the ninth floor. When she goes to complain, she is informed there is no ninth floor. She points out the saleslady, but is shocked to find it is just a store mannequin. She is helped to a store office where she falls asleep. When she wakes up, she finds she is locked in the closed store. She hears voices coming from the mannequins as she wanders through the empty store. She backs into the elevator which takes her to the ninth floor. There the mannequins all come to life one by one, including the saleslady and elevator operator. They explain that she too is a mannequin, and that each of them is allowed a one month journey among humans. She forgot her true identity and didn't return on time. She apologizes, then turns back into a mannequin.

Another Brady tie-in to this TZ episode: James Millhollin, who played Armbruster, a department store employee (not a mannequin), later played the desk clerk at the Bradys' hotel in "The Honeymoon".

Here's a trivia question about this episode. See if you can answer it w/o rewatching the show:

Where was Jan sitting when she said this, and who were the only people there to hear her?

She was sitting on a couch in Dad's den, and her mom and dad were the ones who heard her.

She was sitting on a couch in Dad's den, and her mom and dad were the ones who heard her.

You got it!

I always kinda thought it was inspired by the legendary (and by the fifth season dead at 67) character actor and comic Billy DeWolfe
-y'know, the nasty magician who tried to melt Frost the Snowman (and who himself used to be a contract player at Paramount stuidos, and worked with Doris Day and Marlo Thomas, among other greats!) After all, if the other middle child, Peter, could be Humphrey Bogart, though DeWolfe played characters like, Marcia x3, (uppity) and had a lisp (I do,too) like Cindy. (Okay, now someone will say jan was doing a chick take on Cary grant by repeating herself...too bad it WASN't a catchphrase throughout the show);

I thought I'd revive this thread to point out a place where something very much like the "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" quote was seen on a different sitcom years earlier, not once (like on this show) but twice.

On My Three Sons, Robbie was originally the middle son, between Mike & Chip, and his character was somewhat different from Robbie in the color M3S episodes, where he was the oldest son after Mike left to be married & Ernie was adopted into the family. Robbie was very emotional (for a teenage boy), breaking into sobs once or twice, usually over some perceived slight by his older brother, Mike. In 2 different episodes, Robbie actually says "Mike, Mike, Mike", not as loudly as Jan said her line, but still emphatically. In "Mike's Brother" (OAD 12/29/1960), Robbie says it to his father, Steve, while complaining about being compared unfavorably to Mike, and in "Damon and Pythias" (OAD 12/28/1961) he says it to his friend, Hank, as they make a mess in the HS chemistry lab while trying to get into a club that Mike had never joined.

I think Me-TV could have a good promo here, running the clips of "Mike, Mike, Mike" with "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" and call Robbie Douglas the original misunderstood middle sibling.