that Alice was scared seeing Bobby and Cindy with sheets over their heads?

that Mrs. Bailey couldn't figure out that Peter was trying to get out of the play?

that Mr. Brady went out for the evening even though he was suspicious of the boys looking forward to the girls' slumber party.

that Peter and Bobby didn't recognize Marcia's voice in the attic?

that Marcia didn't see that Peter was the common link in the leaking of secrets?

What other clueless moments can you think of?

The first example that the last poster used was from "To Move or Not to Move". There was another thing in that episode that I found "very" hard to swallow! This had to do with the pilot light in the oven. This was another incident that frightened the pantyhose off of Alice! It seems that the children had it rigged up so that when Alice opened the oven door, the light would blink. When that episode was made, the children rainged in age from seven to fourteen. I find it "very" hard to believe that any of the children in that age rainge knew enough about science in general and electronics in particular to accomplish such a thing!

witch episode and season is that from

"To Move or Not to Move" is in season 1.

"To Move or Not to Move" is in season 1. which is my favorite episode right now, although once i watch "Fright Night" for the 1st time i bet it will be my favorite cuz i seen a clip from it :)

That Marcia was so worried about being a high school freshman that she didn't go to school on the first day, and then she signed up for every student club just to establish her popularity. Besides that, did a Los Angeles [or whatever school district in that area] public high school really have, in the early 70's, a recognized club of such prissy female snobs as the one she got in? where the club leader told Marcia she had to check with them about what she could wear and who else she could associate with...?

. . . that Sam stood Alice up because a 7 year old said that she hugged the postman?

. . . that Marcia let Tiger take her schoolwork? (She ran down the stairs after him, called him a hairy beast, then ran back up the stairs. Then later, Cindy followed him to the doghouse but just stood there until her mom began talking to her. Maybe everyone was afraid of the dog. :) )

both from Tattletale

. . . that Sam stood Alice up because a 7 year old said that she hugged the postman?

. . . that Marcia let Tiger take her schoolwork? (She ran down the stairs after him, called him a hairy beast, then ran back up the stairs. Then later, Cindy followed him to the doghouse but just stood there until her mom began talking to her. Maybe everyone was afraid of the dog. :) )

both from Tattletale
:brent

Great thread!

Here are some more:

1.) That Carol question's Mike whether or not they know "Joe Namath?" ("Quarterback Sneak")

2.) That Alice Couldn't remember which laundry soap she used the first time the clothes were washed to test Safe against Best? ("And Now A Word From Our Sponsor")

3.) That the Brady's go through a big party ritual for Peter seemingly just because he gets his feelings hurt for Greg and Marcia getting even with his eavesdropping? ("The Private Ear")

4.) That after Buddy Hinton bullies and torments Peter and Cindy at school, and gives Peter a black eye, he tells the kids to stop teasing Buddy after Peter decks him? Than, Buddy COMES OVER to the house to borrow Cindy's tongue twister book? (That great episode is ruined by that very stupid tag! It should have ended with Buddy running away after Peter decks him and Peter says, "Come on, let's go home.") ("A Fistful of Reasons")

5.) That Carol asks the doctor who determines Marcia's stomach ache is due to nervousness she asks, "Doctor, could the first day at a new school cause this kind of reaction?" BRILLIANT QUESTION! ("Today I am a Freshmen")

6.) That Marica has to stay after school for a week's detention because of the misunderstanding about the drawing of Mrs. Denton. (That should have been a one day punishment.) ( "The Slumber Caper.")

Jack

This is a really good, interesting thread! Gotta love them. :lol:

. . . that Bobby needed help getting Millicent out of Mill and cent? Really, I think he would have figured it out at the beginning, back when he guessed mill.

. . . that Bobby needed help getting Millicent out of Mill and cent? Really, I think he would have figured it out at the beginning, back when he guessed mill.

Not to mention that the show always made Cindy out to have some sort of learning disability, such as dyslexia: Examples:

1.) She scrambles up Vote For Marcia (each word) when the girls are working on her campaign posters.

2.) She mixes up Mark Millard's name on the phone message pad. "Makr Maldrill" LOL!

3.) She has memory lapses:

Cindy: How come I alwaths get Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwithes?"

Carol: "Because you love them!"

Cindy: "Oh yea! I keep forgetting!!!"

She even has a quote, "Forgetting's easy, it's remembering that's hard."

Bobby was pretty sharp and quick witted for his age.

Jack

Not to mention that the show always made Cindy out to have some sort of learning disability, such as dyslexia: Examples:

1.) She scrambles up Vote For Marcia (each word) when the girls are working on her campaign posters.

2.) She mixes up Mark Millard's name on the phone message pad. "Makr Maldrill" LOL!

3.) She has memory lapses:

Cindy: How come I alwaths get Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwithes?"

Carol: "Because you love them!"

Cindy: "Oh yea! I keep forgetting!!!"

She even has a quote in much later seasons, "Forgetting's easy, it's remembering that's hard."

Bobby was pretty sharp and quick witted for his age.

Jack

true--my daughter is a year or so younger than what Cindy was at that time, and she can spell better than that! Poor Susan could never understand why she had to act so stupid. I guess the writers thought it was cute.

I LOVE the examples that you great folks are coming up with here!

In the Desi Arnaz Jr. "Diary" episode, the guy collects the used books from the Bradys... then after Carol/Alice go back into the house, Cindy tells him that he "forgot" to get the last box of books (the box which, of course, contained Marcia's diary).

I wouldn't exactly call Cindy clueless for doing that (even though she had no business giving the guy a box of books when she had no idea what was in them)... but I think that the guy collecting the books was clueless to accept a box from a 7 year old without checking with either Carol or Alice first, especially when he had already apparently packed all of the intended boxes into his truck.



And yeah, Jack...it is too funny when Carol says to Mike, "we don't even KNOW Joe Namath, do we, Mike?" Hilarious that she has to ask her husband whether or not they know Joe Namath.

That Marcia was so worried about being a high school freshman that she didn't go to school on the first day, and then she signed up for every student club just to establish her popularity. Besides that, did a Los Angeles [or whatever school district in that area] public high school really have, in the early 70's, a recognized club of such prissy female snobs as the one she got in? where the club leader told Marcia she had to check with them about what she could wear and who else she could associate with...?
I have never heard of such a thing as far as any high school allowing such a club to exist. I know in college and universities you have your sororities and fraternities that pretty much dictate what the members can or can't do, which is why you are pretty much on your own as far as joining those clubs, but a high school is run by a district and I can't fathom any Los Angeles or any other school district to allow any such female club to exist where they tell members who they can associate with, how to dress, etc.

That reminds me of the Miss Popluarity contest. Is there really an election that people campaign for? It seems meaningless to me. What purpose does it serve except to give a big head to the person who wins? :eek: I guess that brings up another clueless moment. Did Jan really think it would be ok not to keep her campaign promises? She really thought no one would take the promises seriously? :crazy:

The kids had wanted a bigger house with another bathroom...they changed their minds so fast abt that decision, you would think they had grown up in that house and had so many fond memories, when in fact, they had not lived there very long. They sure didn't seem to mind leaving the homes they lived in PRIOR to Mike and Carol getting married.

Not to mention that the show always made Cindy out to have some sort of learning disability, such as dyslexia: Examples:

1.) She scrambles up Vote For Marcia (each word) when the girls are working on her campaign posters.

2.) She mixes up Mark Millard's name on the phone message pad. "Makr Maldrill" LOL!

3.) She has memory lapses:

Cindy: How come I alwaths get Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwithes?"

Carol: "Because you love them!"

Cindy: "Oh yea! I keep forgetting!!!"

She even has a quote, "Forgetting's easy, it's remembering that's hard."

Bobby was pretty sharp and quick witted for his age.

Jack

Correction: Cindy's quote, "Forgetting's easy, it's remembering that's hard."
is not from a later season, It is actually said by her in a Season 1 "The Big Sprain" episode. I have edited my post accordingly.

Jack

This thread is a riot. :rofl: Keep it coming, guys!!

"Episode: "Is There A Doctor in the House?"

1.) That it took Mike and Carol a whole episode to decide to keep using the doctor they had before they got married?

2.) That the kids are able to eat regular meals if they were supposedly so sick?

3.) That Carol and Alice are literally preparing SIX DIFFERENT MEALS for each kid!? If you've got measles, no kid is going to want to eat regular lunch food.

4.) That Dr. Porter and Dr. Cameron have nothing else to do, so they can be right there when Mike or Carol calls the office and stop by on a moment's notice?

5.) That Carol and Alice are making a little chalkboard chart for the doctors? Making a column for Tiger????? :lol: It is believed that Robert Reed says about the chart, "None of the kids have had the shots for "rabies." according to the movements of his mouth, but that the word "distemper" was dubbed in post-production! Check it out! (Perhaps Robert objected to that line, if not the whole scene, which is absolutely ridiculous.)

This episode along with a few others always bugged me!

Jack

5.) That Carol and Alice are making a little chalkboard chart for the doctors? Making a column for Tiger????? :lol: It is believed that Robert Reed says about the chart, "None of the kids have had the shots for "rabies." according to the movements of his mouth, but that the word "distemper" was dubbed in post-production! Check it out! (Perhaps Robert objected to that line, if not the whole scene, which is absolutely ridiculous.)

This episode along with a few others always bugged me!

Jack

LITTLE chalkboard chart? That thing was huge! :lol: I hope they decided to write it on something smaller rather than lugging it to the doctors' offices? And with all the trouble Alice had with people erasing that little chalkboard near the frig, I would think they would want a more permanent means of keeping track of things. :crazy:

Yeah, having Tiger on there too was pretty goofy.

LITTLE chalkboard chart? That thing was huge! :lol: I hope they decided to write it on something smaller rather than lugging it to the doctors' offices? And with all the trouble Alice had with people erasing that little chalkboard near the frig, I would think they would want a more permanent means of keeping track of things. :crazy:

Yeah, having Tiger on there too was pretty goofy.

LOL!

In reference to the chalkboard chart, I should have used the word "stupid" instead of "little!" hahaha!

Jack

"Episode: "Is There A Doctor in the House?"

1.) That it took Mike and Carol a whole episode to decide to keep using the doctor they had before they got married?

2.) That the kids are able to eat regular meals if they were supposedly so sick?

3.) That Carol and Alice are literally preparing SIX DIFFERENT MEALS for each kid!? If you've got measles, no kid is going to want to eat regular lunch food.

4.) That Dr. Porter and Dr. Cameron have nothing else to do, so they can be right there when Mike or Carol calls the office and stop by on a moment's notice?

5.) That Carol and Alice are making a little chalkboard chart for the doctors? Making a column for Tiger????? :lol: It is believed that Robert Reed says about the chart, "None of the kids have had the shots for "rabies." according to the movements of his mouth, but that the word "distemper" was dubbed in post-production! Check it out! (Perhaps Robert objected to that line, if not the whole scene, which is absolutely ridiculous.)

This episode along with a few others always bugged me!

Jack
Robert Reed and that dubbed word has always bugged me. I think you clarified that moment here before because I know I had read on this BB board what was actually said and what was dubbed. Thank you for mentioning it again for those who didn't know.

I hated that the kids were being fed different lunches and dinners. Hey, when it comes to dinnertime and the kids ARE NOT SICK, Alice doesn't make six different meals. So, why is it that she and Carol make six different meals simply because the kids have the measles? I would say, "This is not a damn restaurant! You eat what we make you!"

The female/male doctor dilemna was so pathetic. No reason whatsoever to try and decide which doctor to stay with. How dumb was that? I am surprised Robert Reed didn't complain abt that unfathomable storyline. YOU KEEP YOUR DOCTOR FOR THE BOYS AND I WILL KEEP MY GIRLS' DOCTOR...PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

That Marcia sometimes would be scared of bugs and other crawly things and other times not? She and Jan scream around Peter and Bobby's frogs, and she was afraid of Myran the mouse. But she had no problems looking at bugs and talking about them at length when she was dating Harvey Klinger, the bug collector!

That Marcia can have Kathy Lawrence be her arch rival in the classic "My Sister Benedict Arnold" Episode but in the very next episode (or close to it.) "The Personality Kid," the same actress plays "Kathy" and she is now Marcia's friend! (Either Marcia got over her rivalries pretty fast, or she has memory problems like Cindy and forgot how much she hated Kathy!. hahaha

Jack

LOL!

In reference to the chalkboard chart, I should have used the word "stupid" instead of "little!" hahaha!

Jack

:rotflmao: :happyface

That Marcia sometimes would be scared of bugs and other crawly things and other times not? She and Jan scream around Peter and Bobby's frogs, and she was afraid of Myran the mouse. But she had no problems looking at bugs and talking about them at length when she was dating Harvey Klinger, the bug collector!
Jack

Just goes to show that we women sometimes will go through anything to impress our man! :lol:

Peter ran into his double at school. Hard to believe that not one kid at that school told him there is another kid there who looks like him. :crazy:

Just goes to show that we women sometimes will go through anything to impress our man! :lol:
Sad but true. :lol:

In another battle of the sexes episode:

"A Clubhouse is Not A Home": Carol crying when Mike says, "How about beards?" after she says girls have a right to anything that boys have. That was a little over the top. Even if she were to get emotional, it seems that she would respond to his joke in an angry way, but not by crying. Another stupid line is when Carol is trying to get Alice to take a side in the debate and Mike comes in and says, "Alice, I need your hel..........." Carol says, what do you mean, "Alice I need your help?" Mike answers, "Oh, I didn't say help I said helmet." Carol, "Alice, I need your helmet, come on!" The stupid line is said by Mike:

"I happen to belong to the National Guard, and we're having a meeting a week from Wednesday."

"54-40-and Fight": That the kids simply couldn't toss a coin to decide what to do with their trading stamps books. (Mike even suggests this.) Yea, let's build card houses to settle disputes! hahaha!

That a radio station would make a big deal about a trading stamp company going out of business on the news! The kids all just HAPPEN to be marching in with radios when the big announcement comes on! LOL!

"Katchoo!" A stupid sequence where the family INSTANTLY figures out it's Tiger's new flea powder that is making Jan sneeze. No allergic reaction would start and stop just like that. And if Jan was allergic to the powder, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WASHED OFF AFTER EACH BATH THE BRADY'S GAVE HIM. Also, giving a pet a bath won't stop an allergic reaction. It is pet dander that triggers particles in the nose called histamine that cause allergies.


Jack

Peter ran into his double at school. Hard to believe that not one kid at that school told him there is another kid there who looks like him. :crazy:

I think the writers tried to work around it by Arthur saying he was new, but still I would think that word would have spread fast when they looked THAT much alike. Peter's family was clueless here. Alice noticed the 2 different shirts the boys were wearing, but I think the one Arthur was wearing should have been seen as a shirt that didn't even belong to Peter (although we did see it in other episodes I think so maybe they just happened to have 2 shirts just alike).

One thing that always bothers me about this episode is that Arthur should have played along more when people questioned him about things, like when the date asked him about his knee. I can't remember all that was said, but he was too obvious that he didn't know what was going on when he could have just played along with it.

In another battle of the sexes episode:

"A Clubhouse is Not A Home": Carol crying when Mike says, "How about beards?" after she says girls have a right to anything that boys have. That was a little over the top. Even if she were to get emotional, it seems that she would respond to his joke in an angry way, but not by crying. Another stupid line is when Carol is trying to get Alice to take a side in the debate and Mike comes in and says, "Alice, I need your hel..........." Carol says, what do you mean, "Alice I need your help?" Mike answers, "Oh, I didn't say help I said helmet." Carol, "Alice, I need your helmet, come on!" The stupid line is said by Mike:

"I happen to belong to the National Guard, and we're having a meeting a week from Wednesday."


"Katchoo!" A stupid sequence where the family INSTANTLY figures out it's Tiger's new flea powder that is making Jan sneeze. No allergic reaction would start and stop just like that. And if Jan was allergic to the powder, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WASHED OFF AFTER EACH BATH THE BRADY'S GAVE HIM. Also, giving a pet a bath won't stop an allergic reaction. It is pet dander that triggers particles in the nose called histamine that cause allergies.


Jack

Yes, in the first season or two, Carol seemed pretty stupid and in this case immature. I'm glad the character changed.

I just always figured each person put on new flea powder after each bath.

I think the writers tried to work around it by Arthur saying he was new, but still I would think that word would have spread fast when they looked THAT much alike. Peter's family was clueless here. Alice noticed the 2 different shirts the boys were wearing, but I think the one Arthur was wearing should have been seen as a shirt that didn't even belong to Peter (although we did see it in other episodes I think so maybe they just happened to have 2 shirts just alike).

One thing that always bothers me about this episode is that Arthur should have played along more when people questioned him about things, like when the date asked him about his knee. I can't remember all that was said, but he was too obvious that he didn't know what was going on when he could have just played along with it.



Yes, word certainly SHOULD have gotten around that Arthur was now attending school there...
When he meets Peter in the hallway for the first time, I think that Aruthur said that he started school there "yesterday". So apparently, Arthur had a whole day of school without a single person either (1) Addressing him as "Peter" by mistake or (2) Commenting to Arthur that he's a dead ringer for another student. And apparently no one let Peter in on the fact that he has a look-alike now going to school there, either.

Apparently, the whole school was clueless. Even in the front office... when Arthur registered, THEY certainly should have noticed the resemblance. :)

In almost every TV series in which a lookalike comes along for one episode, it's an evil twin plot, so TBB gets a little credit for bucking the trend on this one. But as for Arthur failing to play right along to whatever he's 'served up' by other characters, and rather gives a what-are-you-talking-about reaction, that's just sitcoms' 'mark' that it's comedy, not drama, which does this type of scene much better. That can annoy us. Another example of this is in how dumb a character always appears when he/doesn't want anyone in the room to know who they're talking to on the phone, like Jan talking to "Ralphie" the store clerk and implying he's a guy she has a date with. Or in [i]I Love Lucy when Ricky is talking to Grace, a lady who works at a jeweler and Lucy comes in and he starts saying, "Yes, Sam....that's right, Sam.... okay Sam....see you later, Sam."

I think the writers tried to work around it by Arthur saying he was new, but still I would think that word would have spread fast when they looked THAT much alike. Peter's family was clueless here. Alice noticed the 2 different shirts the boys were wearing, but I think the one Arthur was wearing should have been seen as a shirt that didn't even belong to Peter (although we did see it in other episodes I think so maybe they just happened to have 2 shirts just alike).

One thing that always bothers me about this episode is that Arthur should have played along more when people questioned him about things, like when the date asked him about his knee. I can't remember all that was said, but he was too obvious that he didn't know what was going on when he could have just played along with it.
Right. I tried to justify that scenario by what the writers tried their best to tell us, that Arthur was new. But, even if he was new that day that Peter ran into him, surely someone had to see that there were two Peters running around. Illogical.
You are right abt Arthur not going along with what was said or gone along with. Arthur knew abt the whole scheme, so it is obvious he would know that whatever is mentioned he should just go along with.

I just always figured each person put on new flea powder after each bath.
My understanding was that as well. After each bath, Tiger had more flea powder put on his coat. Since the powder is what caused the allergy, it makes sense she would sneeze everytime Tiger had it on. I also understood that the flea powder was "new". Meaning, Alice or whoever, bought a new brand of flea powder. Am I right, was it a new brand? If it was new, then couldn't the family deduce the fact that it had to be something recent that was causing the sneezing since Tiger had been around Jan before without any reaction?

The fact she is allergic to a particular brand of flea powder can only mean it had an ingredient in it that would cause her reaction, whether that is medically possible, I don't know.

. . . that Greg's teacher couldn't tell that he had a crush on her? I mean, the look on his face . . . ! :crazy:

4.) That after Buddy Hinton bullies and torments Peter and Cindy at school, and gives Peter a black eye, he tells the kids to stop teasing Buddy after Peter decks him? Than, Buddy COMES OVER to the house to borrow Cindy's tongue twister book? (That great episode is ruined by that very stupid tag! It should have ended with Buddy running away after Peter decks him and Peter says, "Come on, let's go home.") ("A Fistful of Reasons")

Or, better yet, why Peter got into a fight with Buddy later on in "Tell It Like It Is" (where Carol writes that article for Tomorrow's Woman). I thought they made up! (Or did just Buddy and Cindy make up when he asked her for her tongue twister book?) :confused:

That Peter's junior high classmates would shun him because he accepted the part of Benedict Arnold in a school play. There might have been a little kidding, but I don't think they would treat him like dirt because of an acting part. But then, adults have been known to do that... such as the actor who played the guy who tried to rape Edith Bunker was challenged on the streets and faced death threats the rest of his life. Ridiculous.

That Greg can keep a goat in the attic, and the house still be habitable, considering waste matter.

That Peter's junior high classmates would shun him because he accepted the part of Benedict Arnold in a school play. There might have been a little kidding, but I don't think they would treat him like dirt because of an acting part. But then, adults have been known to do that... such as the actor who played the guy who tried to rape Edith Bunker was challenged on the streets and faced death threats the rest of his life. Ridiculous.

I had thought of this too but forgot to mention it. I didn't know about the Edith Bunker situation, so maybe kids WOULD do that.

Great thread!

Here are some more:

1.) That Carol question's Mike whether or not they know "Joe Namath?" ("Quarterback Sneak")


3.) That the Brady's go through a big party ritual for Peter seemingly just because he gets his feelings hurt for Greg and Marcia getting even with his eavesdropping? ("The Private Ear")

4.) That after Buddy Hinton bullies and torments Peter and Cindy at school, and gives Peter a black eye, he tells the kids to stop teasing Buddy after Peter decks him? Than, Buddy COMES OVER to the house to borrow Cindy's tongue twister book? (That great episode is ruined by that very stupid tag! It should have ended with Buddy running away after Peter decks him and Peter says, "Come on, let's go home.") ("A Fistful of Reasons")




First one was funny. Does Carol think that she is really all that to the point that they think that they are above Joe's celebrity status?

Why give that weasel a party for stirring up trouble? That sends a message to kids that if you want to have a party and you are having trouble getting your parents to say yes, get a tape recorder and eavsdrop.

That Buddy Hinton Comment was just plain hysterical. I can't stop reading it over and over again. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That Dear Libby would really show up in person at the Brady home?

That Desi Arnaz Jr. would really show up at the Brady home?

That Cindy's school would really offer a special performance of her school play JUST FOR HER? As if she was the only one in that dilemna of inviting one parent. :rolleyes:

How about when Greg played football and got hurt and then his Mom made him quit and be a photographer.

Then later, when Marcia's new boyfriend steals the playbook, Greg is playing on the team and many times he mentions going to football practice.

That Desi Arnaz Jr. would really show up at the Brady home?


not to mention Davy Jones and Joe Namath :eek: which reminds me of another clueless moment: Joe Namath really thought Bobby was sick?

How about when Greg played football and got hurt and then his Mom made him quit and be a photographer.

Then later, when Marcia's new boyfriend steals the playbook, Greg is playing on the team and many times he mentions going to football practice.

And Peter had already played (Deacon Jones episode). She didn't seem at all worried about him. :lol:

When Cindy or was it Bobby couldn't decide which parent to take to the school play, so they had a special perfomance just for the Brady family? No school does that.

What parent would let thier youngest daughter wear dresses so small that when she dent over her underwear would show? Cindy's dresses. Wonder how Susan Olsen flet about haveing her underwear shown all the time?

What school has kids pick on a boy(Peter for being in the Glee Club)(chior)?

Like all the kids would roll around in the mud for a tv soap commercial? Also having a famous director do the commercial in their own home.

Where Jan look identical to an aunt at a younger age.

Like Greg would really take Bobby on a date with him to the movies and let him act like an idiot.

Like Cindy and Bobby would wrap towles around themselves and be naked underneath and say they are going swimming. Alice put a stop to it. It was a cut seen that we didn't get to see.

Like a dog Tiger would suddennly vanish and no one knows why or cares he is missing and never seen again. The cat the girls had disapeared and to never be seen again.

Somehow Mike Brad yjust happen to make enough money to afford to have 6 kids a wife who didn't work, afford a housekeeper, and take trips all over the place, like to Grand Canyons, Kings Island amusement park, Hawaii.

Like the family would let Peter have a party and invite all his friends over after he did something nice by saving a girl from a falling shelf, even after the fact that he gotten a swelled head and made all the other people in the house miserable.

Like Sam the Butcher would let Greg in the store by himself and have Bobby lock them in the freezer. If no one else is at the store the manager or owner would not leave that person at the store by themselves.

Bobby was a afraid of heights to clumb to get in the club house in the tree, yet he was able to club a ladder to the second floor to try and help Greg fix a window with no problem and not even be scared of heights.

Funny how when Greg was in the Attic they could hear everything that was said in the attic from a closet, the parents didn't go and invetigate what the noises they heard when he had a goat up in the closet.

Funny how the Brady kids shared a bathroom, yet you never seen a toilet, or ever heard one of them say I gotta go to the bathroom.

Funny how Jan was afraid of bugs and rodents, yet when they brought Marvin home she wasn't afraid of Marvin and tried to play a joke on them by hiding Marvin.

Wouldn't Peter have been Late for school if he went to Cindy's school to stand up to a bully that was making fun of Cindy? Wouldn't Peter be in like Junior high by then? 5-8 is Junior high at some school districts, and in a different building.

When they were building a card house to see who gets the green stamp books and Jan says boys are so lucky they don't wear bracelets. Wouldn't she have taken it off so it wouldn't be a problem when she tried to build the playing card house?

^^^as for the Cindy's dresses too short comment, that was the style back then. Not to show one's underwear, but the dresses and skirts were short. The style from the 60's flowed into the early 70's. Girls knew how to NOT allow their undies to show.

Greg had no choice but to take Bobby with him on his date. Greg lost a bet and the bet was for Greg to do whatever Bobby wanted.

Peter being late comment: Some junior high schools are in the same building as grade schools.

Kids would roll in mud for a tv commercial. Kids get dirty when playing, so getting in the mud and having their faces on tv would be a no problem.

Somehow Mike Brad yjust happen to make enough money to afford to have 6 kids a wife who didn't work, afford a housekeeper, and take trips all over the place, like to Grand Canyons, Kings Island amusement park, Hawaii.

It's true Mike would not likely have had the income by his job alone to have a non-working wife, a fulltime housekeeper, and 6 kids with normal kid clothes and wants, but perhaps he (or Carol) actually did have a big trust fund from some source that they could draw from. That's not indicated in the show, and indeed they do occasionally talk about rather routine expenses [i.e., the phone] as a financial burden [wilth a fulltime housekeeper and non-working mother :lol: ]; weird, but not impossible.

But the trips... the Grand Canyon was the only one they had to pay all expenses for, and it was just a few hundred miles for them. Hawaii and Kings Island were actually business trips for Mike in which he somehow got to take the whole family (including Alice) for a vacation.

Peter ran into his double at school. Hard to believe that not one kid at that school told him there is another kid there who looks like him. :crazy:

Didn't Arthur have glasses? No one recognized Clark Kent as Superman because of the glasses.

When Cindy or was it Bobby couldn't decide which parent to take to the school play, so they had a special perfomance just for the Brady family? No school does that.

Where Jan look identical to an aunt at a younger age.

Like Sam the Butcher would let Greg in the store by himself and have Bobby lock them in the freezer. If no one else is at the store the manager or owner would not leave that person at the store by themselves.



I don't remember the details of the school play episode, but could the "special performance" have been the dress rehearsal?

As for Jan looking identical to an aunt, my wife looks almost identical to her aunt (her dad's sister) at a younger age. Growing up, people/teachers even called her by her aunt's name.

When I was in high school and the first year of college, I worked at a hardware store. There were times when the manager went to eat dinner and I was left in charge of the store. There were even times that they asked me to count down the cash drawers and drop the deposit off at the bank's night drop box.

...Funny how the Brady kids shared a bathroom, yet you never seen a toilet, or ever heard one of them say I gotta go to the bathroom...



Actually, we did hear that, at least one time...

In the Teeter Totter episode, someone comes out and notices that Alice is sitting on one end of the teeter totter, with Bobby at the other end... Alice explains that she has to fill in sometimes...and Cindy adds "...when one of us has to go to the bathroom".

Going to the bathroom is also implied in the beginning of the Grand Canyon episodes, I think... or maybe it was when the family goes on that camping trip... at any rate, the family is ready to go in the car, then all of a sudden, one by one, the kids, starting with Cindy, run back to the house (because they have to go to the bathroom)... a couple of other kids follow Cindy's lead.

It is true that a toilet was never seen on the show.

..That a 13 year old girl would want to be the next Shirley Temple?

Going to the bathroom is also implied in the beginning of the Grand Canyon episodes, I think... or maybe it was when the family goes on that camping trip... at any rate, the family is ready to go in the car, then all of a sudden, one by one, the kids, starting with Cindy, run back to the house (because they have to go to the bathroom)... a couple of other kids follow Cindy's lead.

It is true that a toilet was never seen on the show.

Going to the bathroom was also implied when the Bradys were driving singing "Oh My Darling Clementine" and there was a sudden break and the car was pulled off to the side of the road. At least that's my interpretation. Of course, that would beg the question: Did the Bradys eat or drink something in the car after they answered nature's call at home so that they had to go again? :lol:

..That a 13 year old girl would want to be the next Shirley Temple?

That I've always found believable, for whatever reason. "The Snooperstar" is one episode I enjoy. (Sorry, Susan Olsen! :D )

Didn't Arthur have glasses? No one recognized Clark Kent as Superman because of the glasses.
Glasses are made to be this magical thing that seems to hide people's identity. If that were so, there would be no need for robbers to wear masks when robbing a bank. :lol: :lol: :lol:

That Desi Arnaz Jr. would really show up at the Brady home?


Or that Alice apparently hangs out with Lucille Ball's housekeeper.

That the Brady kids really didn't have any regular friends. Marcia's "best friend" Jenny Wilton was never seen again (well, actually the actress came back a few more times, twice playing Greg's girlfriend Rachel and then playing another character in the final season).

That the family hopped around in the back yard in potato sacks.

That the family cleared out the downstairs living room to square dance, and later to do dances from the 20s.

As for the whole Boosters club thing - high school sororities still exist, though I don't believe you see them as often as you used to. That part didn't ring false for me - I attended a high school where there were clubs like that. But that was quite a while ago. ;-)

Or that Alice apparently hangs out with Lucille Ball's housekeeper.

Lucille Ball surely did have a housekeeper (at least one), and it's likely this housekeeper hung out with somebody, so why not another housekeeper in the junior grade of upper-middle-class? and, coincidentally, the Bradys :lol: .

That the Brady kids really didn't have any regular friends. Marcia's "best friend" Jenny Wilton was never seen again (well, actually the actress came back a few more times, twice playing Greg's girlfriend Rachel and then playing another character in the final season).

This is just because TBB is a very domestic-centered comedy, and with 6 kids, those outside the family aren't needed all that often; so when they are, not a great deal of continuity with the same kid actor in the same role was considered. And using the same actors in different roles was, of course, a very common thing in many series.

That the family cleared out the downstairs living room to square dance, and later to do dances from the 20s.

Well, a domestic comedy that makes mountains out of molehills has to have some basis for showing off with dancing, potato sack races, a dunking tank, a pie fight, et al. These seem like old themes, but even a later show like Three's Company filmed before an audience did a few of these.

Lucille Ball surely did have a housekeeper (at least one), and it's likely this housekeeper hung out with somebody, so why not another housekeeper in the junior grade of upper-middle-class? and, coincidentally, the Bradys :lol: ....


Makes me wonder if Alice hung out with any other celebrities' housekeepers?

Boy, did anyone think to ask Alice if she knew Joe Namath's housekeeper? Because if she did, it could have saved Bobby and Cindy a whole lot of trouble.

But, I guess if Alice did know Namath's hosuekeeper, she wouldn't have been so flabbergasted upon answering the door when Namath visited...she probably would have just said "Hi Mr. Namath, how's <fill in name of housekeeper here> doing these days?"




Not that Namath lived in that area at the time...

And Peter had already played (Deacon Jones episode). She didn't seem at all worried about him. :lol:



And Carol's old boyfriend "Tank" was a former pro football player and star back for Westdale.

I LOVE the examples that you great folks are coming up with here!

In the Desi Arnaz Jr. "Diary" episode, the guy collects the used books from the Bradys... then after Carol/Alice go back into the house, Cindy tells him that he "forgot" to get the last box of books (the box which, of course, contained Marcia's diary).

I wouldn't exactly call Cindy clueless for doing that (even though she had no business giving the guy a box of books when she had no idea what was in them)... but I think that the guy collecting the books was clueless to accept a box from a 7 year old without checking with either Carol or Alice first, especially when he had already apparently packed all of the intended boxes into his truck.

I don't think it was a box of books that Cindy give the man. Cindy just happened to find Marcia's diary while she went into the garage to retrieve a toy, and she give it to the man.


And yeah, Jack...it is too funny when Carol says to Mike, "we don't even KNOW Joe Namath, do we, Mike?" Hilarious that she has to ask her husband whether or not they know Joe Namath.

How about the Father of The Year episode? The voters get hundreds of letters and they just happen to pick Marcias letter.And Marcia is walking around acting like she know shes going to win.And I also thought that was mean of her family to be practising sking in the back yard where a grounded Marcia was watching on with tears coming out of her eyes.
Also 6 kids well 7 if you count Oliver and 1 bathroom would never work in real life.Also the bathroom always appeard to be clean-sorry a kids bathroom is anything but clean and I should know as my brother has a house full of kids and the bathroom is a mess.

What I found sort of odd about that episode was that when the judges were talking about the entries, they had narrowed it down to 3 and said that would be hard to choose one from them. Later, when they give the award, the man says something about Marcia's entry standing out among them. (Sorry, I can't remember the exact words.)

I have only 2 kids, and their bathroom does get very messy. I guess Alice cleaned it every day. :)

Heres another one I thought was silly.Alice goes away and her look alike cousin takes her place and makes the whole family get up at the crack of dawn and do exercises.Ok what family in real life would let there housekeeper wake them at the crack of dawn and make them do exercises?!

Heres another one I thought was silly.Alice goes away and her look alike cousin takes her place and makes the whole family get up at the crack of dawn and do exercises.Ok what family in real life would let there housekeeper wake them at the crack of dawn and make them do exercises?!

I have to agree with you there. She was there to take care of the house, not boss everyone around. I remember watching that episode, thinking "Why don't Mr. and Mrs. Brady let her know, she's there for cleaning and cooking only.

They didn't want to hurt Alice's feeling or Emma's feelings. There were times when Alice was treated more like family than a servant.

I hated the episode with the old grandfather and grandmother played by Robert Reed and Florence Henderson. That one was stupid.

I hated the episode with the old grandfather and grandmother played by Robert Reed and Florence Henderson. That one was stupid.

That was not one of my favorites either. I was rather quite bored with the episode. I also found it weird that they were somewhat family as well. However, they did not share blood so for that, I will keep an open mind.

And if Jan was allergic to the powder, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WASHED OFF AFTER EACH BATH THE BRADY'S GAVE HIM. Also, giving a pet a bath won't stop an allergic reaction. It is pet dander that triggers particles in the nose called histamine that cause allergies.


Jack

When this first came on that occured to me and I rationalized it "they must have put fresh flea power on him after each bath" , that actually makes perfect sense when you think about it.

As for the allergy not being rid by a bath, of course not, it was a silly act of desperation.