Bachu
12-19-2009, 10:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/Retroteevee#p/c/D14DDFB01C3BB68D/33/w5wdsChiukc
The first time I saw this was on Christmas day about 18 years ago during the first run of TBB on Sky One (at the time they were airing season 5 so this episode really stood out).
This is just what I want from a Christmas episode; the house is decorated and we even see it being decorated and the whole story has a Christmas feel to it.
When the episode starts we see Mike and Alice at a foldaway table in the family room. At first I remember thinking why aren't they just using the normal round table that they have in the family room. After checking back a couple of episodes it seems that that table has yet to appear (perhaps it appeared in season 2 onwards???).
This episode marks possibly the first and only time we see the double front doors both open when Mike helsp the kids with the tree. It also results in a blooper. We see Mike push one door to so it closes but the other one is left open as no one is seen shutting it. Moments later as the tree is moved about the living room the door is suddenly shut (perhaps a gust of wind closed it:D ). Also, the double chest of drawers that the infamous Brady horse sits on is wheeled away as room is made for the tree.
Alice is seen looking into the new wardobe with the sliding doors that appeared only an episode or two back.
At the start of the scene where Cindy tells Carol she will get her voice back, as we are just fading into that scene Cindy is seen picking some cards up and in the process knocks a bauble onto the floor in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
My favourite seen is the one in which Greg is listening to Santas progress on the radio. The sad music played as he leaves the room to go and look at the tree is lovely.
I have heard that you can here someone or something off camera cue Carol to start singing in the bedroom at the end. Speaking for myself, I just cannot hear it.
The first time I saw this was on Christmas day about 18 years ago during the first run of TBB on Sky One (at the time they were airing season 5 so this episode really stood out).
This is just what I want from a Christmas episode; the house is decorated and we even see it being decorated and the whole story has a Christmas feel to it.
When the episode starts we see Mike and Alice at a foldaway table in the family room. At first I remember thinking why aren't they just using the normal round table that they have in the family room. After checking back a couple of episodes it seems that that table has yet to appear (perhaps it appeared in season 2 onwards???).
This episode marks possibly the first and only time we see the double front doors both open when Mike helsp the kids with the tree. It also results in a blooper. We see Mike push one door to so it closes but the other one is left open as no one is seen shutting it. Moments later as the tree is moved about the living room the door is suddenly shut (perhaps a gust of wind closed it:D ). Also, the double chest of drawers that the infamous Brady horse sits on is wheeled away as room is made for the tree.
Alice is seen looking into the new wardobe with the sliding doors that appeared only an episode or two back.
At the start of the scene where Cindy tells Carol she will get her voice back, as we are just fading into that scene Cindy is seen picking some cards up and in the process knocks a bauble onto the floor in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
My favourite seen is the one in which Greg is listening to Santas progress on the radio. The sad music played as he leaves the room to go and look at the tree is lovely.
I have heard that you can here someone or something off camera cue Carol to start singing in the bedroom at the end. Speaking for myself, I just cannot hear it.