Guys,

Here is a list of known Brady Bloopers. Feel free to add

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1. Florence calls Peter "Chris" during the trampoline scene in "What Goes Up?"

2. Mike and Carol take Bobby to the Cartoon King Show in the convertable, but come back in the station wagon in "The Winner."

3. Jan's hair changes styles during the "House of Cards" contest in "54-40 And Fight."

4. Mike says the attic is too small for Greg to move into in "Our Son The Man," but Greg is able to move into the attic in "A Room At The Top."

5. Greg mistenly calls Jan "Eve" also in the trampoline scene in "What Goes Up?"

6. One of the kids (Marcia?) seems to mistakenly call Peter "Chris" when the kids are rehersing for the talent contest in "Amatur Night" when they are out in the garage.

7. The live tape recording made by Greg and Marcia for Peter in "The Private Ear" is NOT the same as what is played back.

(Robert Reed must of loved this! :lol: :lol: Reed: "What is this sh*t? How can we have a tape recording of what is said that is different than what is said? I want that scene redone!!!" Sherwood or Lloyd: "Bob, it's like two little words that are mixed up, so what? We can't redo it, Barry and Maureen have gone home and we don't have time to redo it. Who's gonna know?"

Reed: "Well, I'm gonna know!!!! This is the kind of unrealistic crap that is destroying this show!!!" )

Jack

Dontcha mean Jan's "hair"???


But speaking of Marcia's bracelet, shouldnt she have just taken that silly thing off for the card house contest???

Dontcha mean Jan's "hair"???


But speaking of Marcia's bracelet, shouldnt she have just taken that silly thing off for the card house contest???my mother ran across that ep one day and asked me the same thing

Dontcha mean Jan's "hair"???


But speaking of Marcia's bracelet, shouldnt she have just taken that silly thing off for the card house contest???

Yes,

Corrected, and I agree about Marcia's (not Jan's as I had posted) bracelet.

Jack

Those mistakes in the trampoline episodes are classics :lol:
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I have found a small little thing in the QuarterBack Sneak episode... Marcia says that Greg is a Half-Back, and of course Jerry Rogers is a QuarterBack....Well Jerry says that "he and Greg bumped heads in last years game" ..well thats impossible, because both guys play offense, and they would never be on the field at the same time....

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No, not necessarily. Even large high schools back then, and smaller schools still today, often had to play athletes on both sides of the ball. And players generally were known by their offensive postions. And defensive positions often were still called by names of their offensive 'counterparts,' such as defensive halfback instead of cornerback, as in almost all levels of football today. Going further back, a defensive line usually had a center, guards, tackles and ends, and only by gradually lining them up differently did their position descriptive names change to linebackers, and 3 or 5 techniques-- but that's probably getting too far into the science of football ;) .

When Peter lent his tape recorder to Greg and Marcia he told them to press <record> to use it but not to press <play>. But if they had pressed record it would have recorded over what he had on the tape.

It seems like whenever anyone ever presses play on a tape recorder on television it's always magically preset to the precise part they are looking for.

anthor one is when the kids are making spooky noises to trick the people into not buying the house (one of my favs) when the show is over Bobby turns off the TV a couple minutes later Alice and Peter are going to check out the noises and alice turns off the TV when it's already been turned off
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Not exactly a blooper, but it's always funny to me in part 3 of the Hawaii episodes, when the boys are tied up by Vincent Price, who is convinced they took the tabu idol from 'his' cave, and Price is looking evil menace and he gets right up beside Bobby's face, and Mike T. can't keep from smiling. That appears to be cut short, and it must be because he couldn't keep a straight face.

Not exactly a blooper, but it's always funny to me in part 3 of the Hawaii episodes, when the boys are tied up by Vincent Price, who is convinced they took the tabu idol from 'his' cave, and Price is looking evil menace and he gets right up beside Bobby's face, and Mike T. can't keep from smiling. That appears to be cut short, and it must be because he couldn't keep a straight face.

I'll have to watch for that!!!! BTW, I think you mean Mike L. not Mike T! :lol:

Jack

In the 'Personality Kid' episode (I think) Peter gets a call. In his close ups and the wide shots with Mie and Carol he is wearing a top. In the close ups of Mike and Carol where we see Peter pick up or put down the phone, as he leans into shot you can see that he is wearing a different coloured top.

In "To Move or Not to Move."

Carol, Alice, Greg, Marcia, and Peter are outside trying to find out where the strange sounds are coming from. Carol says, "Listen, the only things that are out here are four very vivid imaginations." She either miscounted or did not include herself!

Jack

When Peter lent his tape recorder to Greg and Marcia he told them to press <record> to use it but not to press <play>. But if they had pressed record it would have recorded over what he had on the tape.

It seems like whenever anyone ever presses play on a tape recorder on television it's always magically preset to the precise part they are looking for.


Just a side not, nothing to do with bloopers... but I had the exact same tape recorder as a kid that Peter got as a gift from Mike and Carol in that episode... it was a Panasonic, very state-of-the-art for the early 70s.... and the tape that you can see in the close up shot of the recorder is the exact same 'Demonstration Tape" that came with my machine.

Back in those days, cassette player/recorders would ususally come with a "Demonstration Tape" so that you could see how the thing worked, assuming you didn't already have cassette tapes on hand prior to buying the machine. The Demo tapes would usually have an instrumental version of a hit song (in my case, I think it was "Walk Don't Run" which was already an instrumental in its original form), and Side Two would be blank so you could try out your recording skills.

I sitll have the Demo tape that I got with that player, but no longer have the player, of course. The Demo tapes gave you maybe 10-15 minutes of recording time per side.

I remember a blooper, but don't remember exactly which episode it was from...

This MIGHT have been from the episode in which Bobby tries to win a trophy on the TV Show, but I'm not sure...

Bobby comes home from the show and the house is dark... they come in the back way through the family room and kitchen... then, when the get to the living room, it's still dark... all of a sudden, two kids turn on a light and yell "surprise!".... then, the camera shows another part of the room, WHICH IS STILL DARK, even though the first light was turned on... someone turns on the light there and yells "Surprise!"... then they do it a third time, they show one or two of the other kids, STILL IN THE DARK, in another part of the SAME ROOM, turning on a light an yelling 'Surprise!'...

Shouldn't the room have lit up when the first light was turned on, which would have meant none of the other kids would have been still in the dark?

Anyone know which scene I'm talking about?

In Love and the Older Man, Doctor Vogal puts Marcias smock on tightly around her, in the next instance on the close up of Marica it's very loose fitting and not in the same postion as the instant before.

Not really a "blooper" but in the episode when Bobby is a Safety Monitor he puts Jan on report for not having set the table. The response was Jan had to read a book for the following day. Um, a). how long does it take to set a table? b). sounds like she shouldn't have waited till the last minute to read the book (unlikely she was supposed to read a whole book in ONE DAY). c). what does this have to do with safety?

in one scene in the pilot, they show the dog-Tiger, or whatever his name was-in the car, and he puts his paw on the thing you press down to open the window. Naturally, the window opens. But, right next to it, there's also a crank to open the window. And, back then, cars weren't equipped with BOTH of those things-they had either one or the other, but not BOTH.

A pretty cool one I saw yesterday was on the "Grandparents" episode (Reed/Henderson as the Grandparents) Marica slips on the kitchen floor as the 3 girls run in to talk to Alice. It occurs at about 7 min. 50 sec. into it:) She recovers nicely and continues the scene but not without a brief Marica smile:)~

In 'House Of Cards', after Tiger pushes Barry Williams into the cards and knocks them down, you can see Robert Reed trying to 'push' down some cards that were obviously taped upright to hold them all in place...

In "The Elopement" in Season Five Carol is showing Alice pictures trying to hint about marriage. Carol saying "Here's one of me and Mike on our honeymoon." Even though... Alice and the kids were THERE on the Honeymoon!

I noticed a little blooper in the Bobby vs. Greg chin-up episode this weekend.

When Bobby comes home in the beginning of the episode, he enters the house through the famous 'screen' door... after he opens the door and runs through it, the turbulence created by his motion cause the drapes to flap around a little bit, and they flap right 'through' the screen...almost as if the screen WASN'T REALLY THERE! :lol:

Edit: I think the same thing might have happened in the "Cyrano de Brady" episode when Jan and Kerry first entered the kitchen after meeting Greg in the driveway.

^^Teehee:) I love that stuff... and that's one of my fave eps... must have missed it.

^^Teehee:) I love that stuff... and that's one of my fave eps... must have missed it.


You mean the chin-up episode?

Yep. :) love the under dog type of stuff. Greg is so smug and Bobby is so overjoyed when he wins:) A GREAT Episode imo.

in one scene in the pilot, they show the dog-Tiger, or whatever his name was-in the car, and he puts his paw on the thing you press down to open the window. Naturally, the window opens. But, right next to it, there's also a crank to open the window. And, back then, cars weren't equipped with BOTH of those things-they had either one or the other, but not BOTH.

Actually TV Land mentioned at one time that there was some car model back then that had both the automatic & crank openers, so it could've been that model.

Speaking of the wedding episode, Mike considered Alice a member of the family, yet how did she get to the wedding? She wasn't riding in the car with them.

In the tattletale episode, after Cindy is lectured by Mike, she goes back to her room wearing different clothes!

Two continuity problems in "Coming Out Party"

1.) Carol explains to Cindy that after her tonsils are out, she won't be catching colds or getting sore throats anymore. Removal of the tonsils has NOTHING to do with one's likelihood of getting a cold or sore throat. It only would prevent another tonsilities infection.

2.) Cindy sneezes and INSTANTLY they call Dr. Howard. (LOL!) For the Brady's, a hangnail requires a doctor's visit (or so it seems) Problem is, sneezing has not been shown to be a symptom of tonsilities.

(Sidenote: Remember when they call Dr. Howard when Marcia had a stomach ache and didn't go to high school on her first day? Carol asks an ingenious question that MUST have made Robert Reed roll his eyes in disgust:

Carol: "Doctor, could the first day in a new school cause this kind of reaction?" Hahahahahahaha!!! Also, Dr. Howard is played by an actor named John Howard, who wrote a couple of episodes. (At least the names are identical.) ).

Jack

PS. Possible Correction: Actor "John Howard" may actually be named "Bruce Howard." Will check for varification.

Those mistakes in the trampoline episodes are classics :lol:

Too bad Maureen McCormick was left out of that ep. With two other name errors, someone may have called her "Mo" then too.

Guys,

Here is a list of known Brady Bloopers. Feel free to add

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1. Florence calls Peter "Chris" during the trampoline scene in "What Goes Up?"

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5. Greg mistenly calls Jan "Eve" also in the trampoline scene in "What Goes Up?"


Jack

If you listen real close, (as I just did repeatedly) it is clear that Carol is calling Peter "Greg" not "Chris". I think people hear "Chris" because that makes more sense than "Greg", intrestingly, the closed captions on the DVD say "go get em Greg". It is still a mistake, since it is Peter not Greg on the trampoline (Greg doesn't get on the trampoline in that episode)

Greg does indeed say "why don't you try it, Eve?"

When Peter lent his tape recorder to Greg and Marcia he told them to press <record> to use it but not to press <play>. But if they had pressed record it would have recorded over what he had on the tape.

It seems like whenever anyone ever presses play on a tape recorder on television it's always magically preset to the precise part they are looking for.

There's no mistake there, Peter did that because he actually wanted them to listen to it, as they themselves commented.

As for the tape being cued up, there was nothing magical, Peter cued it up.

When Peter lent his tape recorder to Greg and Marcia he told them to press <record> to use it but not to press <play>. But if they had pressed record it would have recorded over what he had on the tape....


Actually, I think Peter told Greg and Marcia NOT to hit record, because there was some stuff on the tape that he (Peter) wanted to keep on there and not have it erased.

He did explain to them HOW to record on the machine (i.e. by pressing play and record), but I believe he specifically asked them not to because he DIDN'T want Greg and Marcia to erase the "stuff" he already had on there.

It was after Peter left the room that Greg and Marcia (naturally) hit "Play" to see what Peter had put on the tape that was so important.

In My fair opponent, when Marcia first brings Molly Webber home the scene shifts briefly to Cindy and Jan at the screen door. Cindy's palms are flat as if resting on the screen, if they are, then Jan's elbows are going right through it!

Either cindy is miming, or the screen isn't really there.

Because Cindy and Jan are so close they are almost touching, this isn't an optical illusion caused by the camera angle. Note that Cindy turns her head toward Jan as if she noticed that Jan's elbows are in the wrong place.

In My fair opponent, when Marcia first brings Molly Webber home the scene shifts briefly to Cindy and Jan at the screen door. Cindy's palms are flat as if resting on the screen, if they are, then Jan's elbows are going right through it!

Either cindy is miming, or the screen isn't really there.

Because Cindy and Jan are so close they are almost touching, this isn't an optical illusion caused by the camera angle. Note that Cindy turns her head toward Jan as if she noticed that Jan's elbows are in the wrong place.


Good catch, here's the scene you're talking about: Jan and Cindy are only shown at the screen for a few seconds, so that was a real good catch on your part!

Good catch, here's the scene you're talking about: Jan and Cindy are only shown at the screen for a few seconds, so that was a real good catch on your part!

It was that sudden shift of focus that first caught my attention, then I wondered about the odd position of Cindy's hands and it occured to me that they were probably supposed to be on the screen, but something didn't look right. Then I went back through it one frame at a time and spotted the alignment issues. Another thing that caught my eye was the way Cindy turned her head toward Jan when they were both supposed to be watching what was going on in the back yard, though it is possible that that bit of body english was deliberate.

My guess is that they didn't want to deal with the optical effects of shooting through a real screen (ever notice the strange stuff that goes on with striped shirts?) so they just put a frame on there with no screen material.

I've seen a couple of posts about the imaginary screens before but I didn't find a post about this particular incident. I think this may be fertile ground for finding other mistakes.

If any outtakes were ever saved from the series I'll bet at least one involved someone going right through the screen as if it wasn't there. I wonder if Tiger ever did that...

Here are some more details on the 3 name errors in the trampoline scene in What goes up:

#1 "Go get 'em ..."
Though many say that Carol says "Go get 'em Chris" when you listen carefully and repeatedly it is pretty clear she is actually saying "Go get 'em Greg" , this is still a mistake since it is Peter, not Greg on the trampoline (Greg never gets on the trampoline).

If you listen to the audio file http://www.3dham.com/brady/gogetemgreg.wav you'll see what I mean. I don't see how anybody gets "Chris" out of that.

Though closed captions are not always 100% accurate, in this case they have Carol saying "Go get 'em Greg"


#2 and #3 "Be careful Eve" and "Why don't you give it a try Eve?"
It's interesting that Barry williams claimed that the "Chris" error was the only name error that slipped through when you consider that he himself commits the other two errors in this same scene!

While Cindy and Jan are on the trampoline Greg says "Be careful Eve". Right after Cindy gets off and before Mike says "Well when everyone else has a turn" Greg says "Why don't you give it a try Eve?" You can hear both of these in this file http://www.3dham.com/brady/eve.wav

If want to see these in context, I also have MPEG excerpts:
http://www.3dham.com/brady/gogetemgreg.mpg and http://www.3dham.com/brady/eve.mpg

In the beginning of Top Secret Bobby is building a house of cards while Oliver looks on. The house collapses in a rather suspicious fashion.

If you look close and watch if frame-by-frame, you can clearly see that it is on top of a platform that moves as the house collapses and pushes the empty card box several inches!

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It has been ponted out that there is a continuity error in Mail Order Hero in which Cindy is carrying a wastebasket and then it suddenly vanishes.

I believe this is a result of some sloppy editing which creates an apparent continuity error.

If you watch it frame by frame you'll see that Cindy lets the wastebasket slip down as if she was either putting it down or just dropping it, then the focus shifts and she is turned around and not holding it. Later, just before she exits the scene she can quite clearly be seen bending over as if to pick something up. The focus then changes to Bobby and Cindy doesn't appear again in this scene.

Here are some caps of Cindy either putting the wastebasket down or dropping it:

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Here is the bending over to pick up sequence:

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In the next frame the focus shifts to Bobby and Cindy isn't seen again.
One question that comes up is why Cindy bothered to put the wastebasket down just to make such a brief remark, after all, being filled mostly with wadded up paper it couldn't have been very heavy. This may be result of Cindian logic or it could be that her role in this scene was originally meant to be longer.

Both the putting down and picking up sequences are cut short by editing and happen so quickly that they could easily be missed.

The final question is why Cindy seems to just drop the wastebask instead of setting it down, my theory is that they didn't want to show her bending over with her back to the camera. Perhaps a wardrobe issue.

TV Land made a reference to this one, in the episode "Cindy Brady, Lady", Susan/Cindy walks off and sticks her tongue out at the end of the scene, thinking it was still just a rehearsal scene. Also, there's one that supposedly Barry was high (he himself admitted this) when they called him in to shoot, in the episode "Law and Disorder". Greg was working on his bike (what else? :) ) when Mike drove home with a boat on top of the car. It was the scene right after the first commercial break. If he wasn't high, he sure was acting strange ;)

... Also, there's one that supposedly Barry was high (he himself admitted this) when they called him in to shoot, in the episode "Law and Disorder". Greg was working on his bike (what else? :) ) when Mike drove home with a boat on top of the car. It was the scene right after the first commercial break. If he wasn't high, he sure was acting strange ;)

Yes, Barry was high during that scene.

I don't remember if he had a scheduled day off, or if he'd already finished his work and gone home for the day..I think he was supposed to have had the day off.

I think in that scene, he kind of has trouble stepping over his bicycle tire pump or something, and he almost trips over it when he stands up as Mike's car is approaching.

But yeah, he was high, AND he was aching strangely.

I don't know if Robert Reed or Florence Henderson knew, or if they said anything to Barry about it, though.

Yes, Barry was high during that scene.

I don't remember if he had a scheduled day off, or if he'd already finished his work and gone home for the day..I think he was supposed to have had the day off.

I think in that scene, he kind of has trouble stepping over his bicycle tire pump or something, and he almost trips over it when he stands up as Mike's car is approaching.

But yeah, he was high, AND he was aching strangely.

I don't know if Robert Reed or Florence Henderson knew, or if they said anything to Barry about it, though.

Yes,

"Law and Disorder's" Boat Scene did feature Barry stoned. After it was pointed out to me about ten years ago, it was so obvious on rewatch. "Greg" looks a little too surprised in that scene for it to be a natural reaction.

"You didn't say anything about getting a boat, Dad?!"

According to Barry's book, which is loaded with Episode Guide errors, but seems to be fairly accurate based on other sources for behind the scenes information, the make-up guys tried to fix him up with eye drops. But Barry's silly grin now just screams to the casual viewer that he wasn't himself that day.

Jack

What could qualify as a continuity error, (You really have to know your Brady Bunch scenes to spot this one! I just noticed this!)

Watch the scene where Peter and Bobby along with the other kids are preparing Spunker (Bobby's frog) and Old Croaker (Peter's frog) for the big frog jumping contest in the episode "Greg Gets Grounded." After Old Croaker jumps off the edge of the tarp and Spunker doesn't movie, Peter and Cindy go to give Old Croaker a treat. Bobby thinks Spunker may not be OK, and decides to "Go down to Burke's Pond to get a plan ordinary frog, a mutt." That's where Marcia and Jan become "Frog Sitters" and make each other scream by putting Spunker in front of each other.

But in the next scene, I'm not sure about Bobby, but notice that Peter is wearing a different shirt and it shows Bobby with a whole box of frogs and Peter says, " I thought you were going to get one frog, not drain the pond dry." Obviously, this sequence of events was supposed to happen within maybe a hour or at most a two-hour time-frame. Why would Peter (and Bobby if this is true as well) be wearing a different shirt from the time that Bobby goes to get another frog and returns home?

The way the scene is set up, based on Peter's wardrobe change, it's like Bobby spent an entire day at Burke's Pond catching all those frogs and didn't come back until the next morning! Obviously, those scenes were shot at different times, and neither the director, producer, or wardrobe people noticed the error! Can someone check for me and see if Bobby's shirt has also changed?

Jack

What could qualify as a continuity error, (You really have to know your Brady Bunch scenes to spot this one! I just noticed this!)

Watch the scene where Peter and Bobby along with the other kids are preparing Spunker (Bobby's frog) and Old Croaker (Peter's frog) for the big frog jumping contest in the episode "Greg Gets Grounded." After Old Croaker jumps off the edge of the tarp and Spunker doesn't movie, Peter and Cindy go to give Old Croaker a treat. Bobby thinks Spunker may not be OK, and decides to "Go down to Burke's Pond to get a plan ordinary frog, a mutt." That's where Marcia and Jan become "Frog Sitters" and make each other scream by putting Spunker in front of each other.

But in the next scene, I'm not sure about Bobby, but notice that Peter is wearing a different shirt and it shows Bobby with a whole box of frogs and Peter says, " I thought you were going to get one frog, not drain the pond dry." Obviously, this sequence of events was supposed to happen within maybe a hour or at most a two-hour time-frame. Why would Peter (and Bobby if this is true as well) be wearing a different shirt from the time that Bobby goes to get another frog and returns home?

The way the scene is set up, based on Peter's wardrobe change, it's like Bobby spent an entire day at Burke's Pond catching all those frogs and didn't come back until the next morning! Obviously, those scenes were shot at different times, and neither the director, producer, or wardrobe people noticed the error! Can someone check for me and see if Bobby's shirt has also changed?

Jack


It doesn't look as though the two scenes take place on the same day.

After the first scene you described (the frog race on the tarp), we see the Brady house at night. Greg tells Mike that he finished the dishes, just as he promised he would (his exact words)... then Mike reminds Greg that he promised to wash Carol's car, so Greg goes out at night to do this.

It is after the car wash scene that we see Peter and Bobby with their frogs again, and Bobby has a whole box of them. Seems like this takes place on the following day.

The first pic shows the frog race on the tarp...the second pic shows Peter and Bobby the next day, when Bobby has a box of frogs.

The ep does show Bobby with two different shirts on during what seems to be the same afternoon.

The first pic shows Bobby wearing a yellow shirt. It is in this scene that Bobby first tells Pete about the frog jumping contest.

The second pic shows him later that afternoon, in a scene with Carol and Marcia, and he's now wearing a green shirt. But there's no telling how much time passed between the scenes... but he's definitely wearing two different play shirts on what seems to be the same afternoon.


For the record, these caps occur in the following order:

1) Bobby in yellow shirt, this is when he first tells Pete about the frog jumping contest - about 4:00
2) Bobby with Carol and Marcia - about 10:00 - this seems to be the same afternoon as the previous
3) The frog race on the tarp - about 15:30
4) Peter and Bobby (probably next day after the frog race) - 18:30

I don't know if this is really a blooper but I'm going to mention it here.

I just finished watching Bobby's Hero.

When Bobby has that bad dream, why doesn't Mike and Carol come into his room? I would think they could hear him if he wakes up Greg and Peter.

In other episodes, the one about Fright Night, the girls were loud to where Mike and Carol heard them and came in and it woke up the Boys even though the Boys were probably awake.

I don't understand why Mike and Carol didn't come into Bobby's room especially if they were awake.

It has been ponted out that there is a continuity error in Mail Order Hero in which Cindy is carrying a wastebasket and then it suddenly vanishes.

I believe this is a result of some sloppy editing which creates an apparent continuity error.

If you watch it frame by frame you'll see that Cindy lets the wastebasket slip down as if she was either putting it down or just dropping it, then the focus shifts and she is turned around and not holding it. Later, just before she exits the scene she can quite clearly be seen bending over as if to pick something up. The focus then changes to Bobby and Cindy doesn't appear again in this scene.

Here are some caps of Cindy either putting the wastebasket down or dropping it:

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Here is the bending over to pick up sequence:

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In the next frame the focus shifts to Bobby and Cindy isn't seen again.
One question that comes up is why Cindy bothered to put the wastebasket down just to make such a brief remark, after all, being filled mostly with wadded up paper it couldn't have been very heavy. This may be result of Cindian logic or it could be that her role in this scene was originally meant to be longer.

Both the putting down and picking up sequences are cut short by editing and happen so quickly that they could easily be missed.

The final question is why Cindy seems to just drop the wastebask instead of setting it down, my theory is that they didn't want to show her bending over with her back to the camera. Perhaps a wardrobe issue.

I'm going to try doing these caps again using better software.

When Peter lent his tape recorder to Greg and Marcia he told them to press <record> to use it but not to press <play>. But if they had pressed record it would have recorded over what he had on the tape.

It seems like whenever anyone ever presses play on a tape recorder on television it's always magically preset to the precise part they are looking for.

And the sound from a hidden recorder with an internal mike is better than might be expected from a recorder right in front of the subject with an external mike.

There is a similar mistake in the movie of My Fair Lady, when Eliza first arrives at Professor Higgins's home, he says he has plenty of her dialect and won't waste another cylinder on it. Yet at the end of the film, he has a recording of the exact conversation, in 1960s-quality sound!

(Another blooper was ANYONE thinking it was a good idea to remake that movie, but that's another subject.)

Just a side not, nothing to do with bloopers... but I had the exact same tape recorder as a kid that Peter got as a gift from Mike and Carol in that episode... it was a Panasonic, very state-of-the-art for the early 70s....

Maybe to do with bloopers, and maybe not...how did the sound quality of your recorder compare with Peter's?

In "The Elopement" in Season Five Carol is showing Alice pictures trying to hint about marriage. Carol saying "Here's one of me and Mike on our honeymoon." Even though... Alice and the kids were THERE on the Honeymoon!

And, if others weren't there, who would have taken the picture? :)

Actually TV Land mentioned at one time that there was some car model back then that had both the automatic & crank openers, so it could've been that model.

And they probably still should. When your car drives into water and the electric openers short out, suddenly a crank starts looking good.

If any outtakes were ever saved from the series I'll bet at least one involved someone going right through the screen as if it wasn't there. I wonder if Tiger ever did that...

My nephew did once, but unfortunately the door was closed and the screen was in at the time. :whatever:

You guys are awesome knowing episode titles, but I am awesome catching one you missed.

In the episode where Carol gets into a fender bender (?) because a fight between Bobby and Cindy distracted her, and has to appear before a judge--the fight was over who spilled ice cream on Cindy. Later Cindy accuses Bobby, "You spilled ice cream on my dress!" Thing is, when they exited the car, Cindy was not wearing a dress, but a blouse and pants. At the end she goes to appeal to the judge, saying, "Maybe he can figure out who spilled the ice cream." I would throw Cindy's case out of court. She can't even remember what she was wearing when spilled on! :lol:

You guys are awesome knowing episode titles, but I am awesome catching one you missed.

In the episode where Carol gets into a fender bender (?) because a fight between Bobby and Cindy distracted her, and has to appear before a judge--the fight was over who spilled ice cream on Cindy. Later Cindy accuses Bobby, "You spilled ice cream on my dress!" Thing is, when they exited the car, Cindy was not wearing a dress, but a blouse and pants. At the end she goes to appeal to the judge, saying, "Maybe he can figure out who spilled the ice cream." I would throw Cindy's case out of court. She can't even remember what she was wearing when spilled on! :lol:

It might not have been mentioned on this thread but it has come up on this board several times.

Unfortunately, this is one of several threads on this subject. I wish they were all together!

Maybe to do with bloopers, and maybe not...how did the sound quality of your recorder compare with Peter's?


Well, it seemed to me that Pete's recorder picked up Greg and Marcia's conversation very clearly considering it was hidden under the bed. Those types of recorders usually had the recording level set automatically, it wasn't anything you could adjust.

It was an excellent recorder for the time, but being hidden under a bed, I don't know that it would have picked things up as well as it did. The conversation would have been at least a little muffled.

Cori aka ChrisSCrush pointed out the sound quality question (post #46). I honestly can't remember if that model had a built-in mic or not. I think it might have had one, but I remember using the external plug-in mic a lot. If it had a built-in mic, it wouldn't have been as good as the plug in mic where you could place the mic wherever you wanted for best quality.

Besides, I don't think that the conversation Pete heard on the mic was a recording of the same one we saw Greg and Marcia have. G & M didn't always speak their words in quite the same way.

This is a huge blooper and continuity list that I found for The Brady Bunch online. Some errors are know, but others are not:

http://www.moviemistakes.com/tv3802/pageall

Jack

The trampoline scene comes to my mind.

There's a scene of Oliver and he has a tee shirt with some California University name across it, next time you see Oliver he has the same shirt except there is now tape hiding the name of the college.