Name something you learned from the Bradys!



Never play ball in the house.

Name something you learned from the Bradys!
Never play ball in the house.

To treat my own kids with respect...thanks Mike!

I learned who Benedict Arnold was - I mean, they mentioned him in quite a few episodes.

Also: a wise man forgets his anger before he lies down to sleep.

The Brady Bunch has taught me to ADORE CINDY!! :eyes:

Hey Scott you took the words right out of my fingers!! I was gonna type the same thing!! :) :)

Don't fall in love with your dentist until you find out if he's single or not.

The excuse: Something suddenly came up REALLY does work!!! :lol:

If something that doesn't belong to you falls out of your jacket pocket, and you don't know how it got there, check the jacket...it might not be yours.

If you don't want anybody to know you're rubbing lemons on your face, be sure to check under the bed before applying the lemons.

Sometimes the teacher in charge of your prom's entertainment committee can look a lot like the lady who works at the wig store.

There's a big difference between someone saying, "You're GOING to be in the big leagues" and someone saying "You MIGHT be in the big leagues."

If you're trying out for pom pom girl, don't just jump up and down and kick your toes into the floor...try come other moves too.

Saying "Pork chops and applesauce" in the voice of Humphrey Bogart can be a lot of fun. Give it a try. You know you want to.

When you've got a pay phone in your house, dimes become a valuable commodity.

If you bring your children with you on your honeymoon, be sure you also bring somebody along to mind them.

If you're going to an unfamiliar Tiki cave in Hawaii to return a cursed idol to the burial gound, leave a trail of popcorn so people can find you in the unlikely event that you're captured and held hostage by Vincent Price.

Along those lines, Vincent Price can be a real bastard if you meet him in a dark cave at night.

Be careful where you leave bad doodles of George Washington.

If you're not invited to a wedding, find a friend and see how long you can stay on a teeter-totter.

Writing nice things about him won't get Mr. Price to change your grade.

If you have a housekeeper, you can still help out in the kitchen. But only make salads... don't go near the stove.


(I didn't make these up, go 'em from a book, there are plenty more where these came from)

It can still be considered "Incest"...:eek:

Never bring a box of bullfrogs to a drive-in theater.

;)

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER put a mouse in the hamper or he will chew through and scare people. :wave:

Never close the door behind you when you are in a locker!
Never break a date with a geek to go out with the "big man on campus".
Never lean out of a window to get your locket.
If you have to mail a letter to enter a contest, mail it before it gets dark!!

If you get any on the patio, Alice'll kill ya!

"A vertebrate has a back that's straight." (I think this was said during "Power of the Press," while Peter was studying for Mr. Price's exam.)

That you can be an openly gay Hollywood actor in the early 1970's and still be a good role model to six child actors and a feisty proponent of good writing.

Mykel

That you can be an openly gay Hollywood actor in the early 1970's and still be a good role model to six child actors and a feisty proponent of good writing.

Mykel


Actually, Reed was not 'openly' gay. He did not want anyone to know about his true sexual orientation. Had he been openly gay, at that time, his career would have been over before it started.

However, you could say that we did learn that one can be a gay Hollywood actor in the early 1970's and still be a good role model to six child actors and a feisty proponent of good writing... just don't come out of the closet if you know what's good for you...

That you too can get Davy Jones to sing at your school dance!!!

that jessie james was a mean dirty killer and also that if the gule bottle says its good foe vases then its good for vases

Never bring a box of bullfrogs to a drive-in theater.



Or an umbrella if you happen to go in a convertible.

Never, never, never tell a boyfriend that his girlfriend was hugging (or was it kissing, I forgot) the mailman. :wave:

Also, never, never go to a building in good clothes or it gets ruined.

Don't leave your school's football playbook lying around the house.

Engraving is really expensive.

Don't clean your car's engine with a vacuum cleaner.

Never, never use a screwdriver when mixing paint (or something. Can't remember.)

Actually, Reed was not 'openly' gay. He did not want anyone to know about his true sexual orientation. Had he been openly gay, at that time, his career would have been over before it started.
Fair enough, but then why did Susan Olson say in an interview a few years ago that she knew Bob was gay when she was, like, 8 years old if he wasn't openly gay?

Perhaps we are getting bogged down by semantics.

I was engaging in gay behavior as young as 2 years old with other boys my age, but, obviously, didn't know I was "gay" yet, because I didn't have the language for it.

I was "out" in the adult sense of it to select family members prior to coming out to my parents at age 16, but I wasn't active in the community yet.

I became more visibly gay when I was in college, then actually brought boyfriends around in my late 20's, introducing them as such to the entire family, including my grandparents.

So, when exactly was I "out?"

See whaddamean?

Thanks again, tho, for the reply.

Other than what I learned from Bob, I also learned that, above all, family is everything.

Mykel

Don't hide your sister's trophies and awards in the closet 2 feet away - could Jan have chosen a more obvious spot ?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: this is a crak up! i learnt not to pants that are to short for u, looks very dorky.

That if you're lost at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you can't fall off a cliff, you won't freeze (especially not in the summer), and you're not likely to be eaten by a mountain lion [the script had Peter making all 3 dumb suggestions when looking for Bobby and Cindy].

And to say "Yah-ta-hay' " if you happen to run into Tonto.

Not to put a tape recorder under your siblings' beds to listen to their conversations

That when it's time to change you've got to rearrange! ;)

There is no family conflict that can't be settled by building a gigantic house of cards.

;)

Fair enough, but then why did Susan Olson say in an interview a few years ago that she knew Bob was gay when she was, like, 8 years old if he wasn't openly gay?

Perhaps we are getting bogged down by semantics....

yeah, I think you're right... I just meant that all indications that I've seen in reading and watching shows about the Brady Bunch is that Reed did not want the people he worked with (particularly the kids) to know about him, and that he never discussed it with anyone...

And while I have no doubt that Susan Olsen probably did say she knew about Reed's other life when she was 8 (she actually was 8 during the first year of the show, having been born in August 1961), one has to be careful about making these type of statements.

Susan will be 45 this August, and for the most part, it's not always possible (or even likely) that someone at this age can think back clearly to the time one was 8 years old, and accurately remember what they 'knew' then (as opposed to learning later on). I think it's more likely that, if we could go back in time to 1969 and ask then eight-year-old Susan Olsen if Robert Reed was gay, she probably would have said "what are you talking about?". I think this observation by Susan sounds closer to what she would have known in hindsight rather than at that moment. Eight year olds were still pretty innocent in 1969, even in Hollywood.

I think I've even heard Florence Henderson say that she 'suspected' that Reed was gay during the production of the show (and perhaps learned of it for sure during this time), but that was because of the way he acted/rehearsed some of their 'romantic' scenese (personally, I always thought that their romantic scenes were quite realistic)... I'm not so sure an eight year old at that time would have picked up on these types of 'clues'.

I think we can probably learn something from each episode of the Brady Bunch. Using a first-season episode guide as my source, here are some first season lessons (one from each episode, I just went down the list and wrote something for each episode):


If you have kids, and you marry someone with kids, the honeymoon just won't be any good, unless the kids come along.

If you want to be an advice columnist for a newspaper, beware...you'll spend half your time traveling around the country visiting individual families for the express purpose of telling them that they're NOT 'the family that your advice column referred to, and that family lives a thousand miles from here'.

If you're short on nails, try taking them out of the nearest clubhouse.

If something's missing, check the dog house.

To all people with dog/cat allergies: it's not the animal, it's the flea powder.

Don't send your kid to a school which only allows one parent to attend their kid's production. Find another school with a larger auditorium.

Don't just totally ignore the maid just because you have a new mother.

If you're being punished and you sneak out of the house to mail your father of the year letter by midnight, you darn well better make sure you WIN the contest! Otherwise, you'll REALLY be in trouble.

If you read "Baseball from Ruth to Mays",that will tell you all you need to know about playing baseball in the back yard with your sons.

If you have a pay phone installed, make sure you don't speak to important clients on it. Use the phone in your den.

If a male doctor you don't know is standing over your middle daughter while she's in bed sick, threaten him.

If you have 94 books of stamps, and the company is going out of business, don't have a contest to see who gets the stamps. Get something the whole family can enjoy.

If you go camping and don't catch anything, don't be afraid to eat sissy-food.

If two sibblings are running for the same political office at school, the one with the least experience in student government should bow out of the race gracefully.

Just because your step mother asks you to clean the fireplace, it doesn't necessarily make her 'wicked'.

Undoubtedly, the one time in five years your family goes to church is sure to be the time when your mother will contract laryngitis and can't sing her big number. But don't panic. Just find the nearest Santa and he'll save the day.

Women named Beebe love pink.

If you son loves a girl named Linda, don't be thrown off the track if there are no Lindas among his schoolmates. Check out the teachers.

When kids complain about not having enough room, don't take that as a sign that they actually want to sell the house.

If your dog is missing for a couple of days, don't worry about it. He might be getting lucky.

If you are a girl who just got braces, pray that your new boyfriend falls of his bike, so HE'LL have to get braces too. That way, he'll go out with you again.

If you're a housekeeper, watch out for Chinese Checker sets that are left just lying around.

Keep your eyes open if you hang around a toy shop. If you save a girl's life, her mother will probably buy you a toy. But don't get greedy.

If none of the typewriters in your house drops it's y's, good luck finding the person who sent the locket.

If you have a diary, make sure it has a lock on it.


There, that takes care of Season one. :wave:

A doctor can determine that you need your tonsils removed by looking at them for 2 seconds with a cheap flashlight in your daughter's bedroom !!!!

That men wore perms.

That being sick with the measles can actually be fun. (That is, if you were living the Brady's life).

I leard from The Brady's Not to play Basketball in The House.

Never leave a goat unattended in the attic.

that a very Good Lesson nervery Leave a Gote in the Attic

Never leave a goat unattended in the attic.


Yeah, I know...that didn't work out too well when I tried it, either!

If you want a celebrity to visit you, write a letter telling him you're very very sick.

If one of the kids is missing, check the doghouse.

Even Astroturf needs to be mowed.

If you sneeze, it might be tonsilitis. :rolleyes:

Don't ever trust those mail order companies.

Having a 101 temp is no big deal. You still feel like playing Monopoly with your siblings.

that everything counts when your building a house

Primary colors should be the staple of your home decor and wardrobe.

Hide your money in the head of your favorite doll.

Hide your beans inside an empty flashlight.

that everything counts when your building a house
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Don't trust your car-happy teenager to deliver multi-million dollar architectural renderings on his bike !

Stay clear of the Tiki if you know what's good for you!! :eek: :lol:

Don't stick a moustache on your brother and try to pass him off as someone else! (especially as part of a double date!)

Never leave a goat unattended in the attic.
Especially if Mrs. Kravitz is coming over!!!!!

Never use a whole box of detergent for one load of clothes!

Don't buy hair tonic from your kid brother just before your High School graduation!

Especially if Mrs. Kravitz is coming over!!!!!
:rofl: You're right! I'd forgotten Sandra Gould was in that ep. I kept expecting her to find the goat in the attic and run away screaming "ABNER!!!!" :rofl:

Don't clean your car's engine with a vacuum cleaner.
:rofl: That scene was hilarious.

Yeah, I know...that didn't work out too well when I tried it, either!
I would've liked to see that, actually. :brent

That you can be an openly gay Hollywood actor in the early 1970's and still be a good role model to six child actors and a feisty proponent of good writing.

Mykel

Gay, yes, but not openly!

Here is one thing I learned


Never go on a reality show, and never date someone who is 25 years younger than you.

Here is one thing I learned


Never go on a reality show, and never date someone who is 25 years younger than you.
YES!!!!!!! I think Barry Williams has learned that the hard way. As for Chris and Adrienne, they will celebrate four years of marriage in May - and people (including me) predicted they wouldn't even last six months. So maybe they really are beating the odds - who knows?

Don't get locked into closets--or freezers at the butcher shop. :D

Don't wear a tiki idol on a string around your neck. It's taboo!!

If you have a portrait taken, destroy it with your bike in the garage, then later change your appearance (ie; glasses), make sure that you look exactly like you did in the first picture, so that your dad doesn't find out! I love that episode!

This is a hilarious thread! Thanks for :bump it!

Don't pick Jessie James for your idol!
Don't promise the whole school that Davy Jones will sing at your prom!

If you have a portrait taken, destroy it with your bike in the garage, then later change your appearance (ie; glasses), make sure that you look exactly like you did in the first picture, so that your dad doesn't find out! I love that episode!

This is a hilarious thread! Thanks for :bump it!
Yes, Jan really could be a "dumbhead" sometimes - like that episode!! :lol:

^Speaking of which, when you purchase an engraved plaque for your parents' anniversary, make sure you understand that it's 85 cents per letter, not for the whole thing. That way, you won't have to go to the trouble of appearing on a variety show to try to win a prize to pay for it. :lol:

^Speaking of which, when you purchase an engraved plaque for your parents' anniversary, make sure you understand that it's 85 cents per letter, not for the whole thing. That way, you won't have to go to the trouble of appearing on a variety show to try to win a prize to pay for it. :lol:
See, you put a whole lot more thought into that than Jan did!! :lol:

Never recommend your sibling to your boss. They may steal your job!

Never dress up like Shirley Temple and sing Goodship Lollipop when you're 13 or 14 years old, even if Mrs. Howell is coming over!!!!

Never dress up like Shirley Temple and sing Goodship Lollipop when you're 13 or 14 years old, even if Mrs. Howell is coming over!!!!
:rofl: I think Susan Olsen would agree 100% with you!!

Don't cook peas without water.

A girl's dress can never be too short! omg:

A girl's dress can never be too short!


Thats true

Don't cook peas without water.
:lol:

Just after having a tonsillectomy you become an expert at saying tongue twisters. (I'll never forget Carol thinking Mike was calling again and her saying to Mr. Phillips that his boat was a "broken down barnacle barge"). I will also remember that saying tongue twisters is a good way for repairing your loose tooth problems.

Also, if you buy a poster at Kings Island, never ask your father to combine his sketches into one cylinder. Unless you want to be photographed running all over the park as a shameless promotional tool. Make sure if they do its in your contract to use stunt doubles so you won't have to do all that running around!

TV Forever

When you're vacationing in Hawaii, sit outside while playing a ukulele- Don Ho will show up.

A flashlight makes the perfect pork n beans container.

When you're vacationing in Hawaii, sit outside while playing a ukulele- Don Ho will show up.
I think you could say that about every show that visits Hawaii. :lol:

When you are faking an injury or illness, try to be more convincing (Peter in "Everyone Can't Be George Washington" and "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?"; Marcia in "Today I am a Freshman"). :lol:

When you are faking an injury or illness, try to be more convincing (Peter in "Everyone Can't Be George Washington" and "Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?"; Marcia in "Today I am a Freshman"). :lol:
Why bother feigning an illness when you can just say that "something suddenly came up"? I can't be in the play because something suddenly came up. I can't go to school today because something suddenly came up. :lol:

I think you could say that about every show that visits Hawaii. :lol:

True:lol:

That a large family living on only one income can afford a housekeeper!

That Cindy Brady is a lady. If you say she's not she'll bop you!

That Cindy Brady is a lady. If you say she's not she'll bop you!
:rofl: I love that line.