You Can't Win Em All: A scene of Mike moaning and groaning to himself when he finds out that Alice and Carol switched their party menu/date from Mexican on the 3rd to Smorgesboard on the 10th!! (This is BEFORE Mike's very funny "I can't believe it" speech when they find out Cindy's show is also on the 10th!) His lines crack me up.

A scene of Bobby finishing his teepe and he calls Greg and Peter over to show them and the thing falls over on him!

More questions and dialogue from the "Question The Kids" show.

A Room At The Top: Restored scene of Mike, Carol, and some of the kids cleaning out the attic BEFORE Marcia and Greg have their "who gets the room? "arguments. Another restored scene where Greg initially decides Marcia should have the attic. He tells Peter and Bobby, "Ok you guys, you have to help me move my stuff back into OUR room." Peter says, "Our Room?" and Bobby says, "He must have banged his head on the rafter." (This scene was cut by TV Land, but I remember it still intact on TBS/syndicated prints as recently as the mid 80's.)

That's it!!! Bring on Season 5!!!!

Jack

Mods or Admin,

Please stickey this thread so that we can all review and add to it if ncessary. It's a cool reference. This way, we don't have to look for it in 4 months when Season 5 is released. Thanks!

Jack

(Another Brady Blooper in "The Private Ear")

The tape recording that Greg and Marcia make for "the surprise party" does NOT have the same exact words on the tape as it does when they make the live recording! The live quote said by Greg is, "Peter's been failing Geometry all year, and bang he buckles down and brings home an "A." But when the tape is played back by Peter and than by Carol and Mike the quote is, "Peter's been failing Geometry all year and bang he brings home an "A." The words "buckles down" are nowhere on the tape, but they are clearly spoken and therefore should be on the tape when played back!

Also, when Marcia started the conversation with Greg and recorded, I thought Marcia called him "Gregory", yet the recording only had her saying "Greg"! :eek:

Trivia for "The Subject Was Noses: Barry said in Growing up Brady, that they didn't fake Marcia getting hit with the football. The propman hit her in the face with the football, they only had to do the scene once and Maureen recovered quickly.

Jack

I've also read that the football was foam rubber, so fortunately she wasn't hit w/ a real football. If she had been, she may have gotten a bloody as well as a swollen nose.

Not sure if this has been posted. But in the episode "The Voice of Christmas", was there a scene in the boys room, where Greg is listening to a transiter radio, and there is an annoucement saying that "Santa Clause has just flown over Montreal". I am not sure of te exact quote. I know that TV Land cut that scene, but I do remember it when it was on Channel 5 which was then WNEW in New York City.

Also, when Marcia started the conversation with Greg and recorded, I thought Marcia called him "Gregory", yet the recording only had her saying "Greg"! :eek:

She does say "Gregory" at the beginning, but he stops her and tells her to act more natural. They start over, and she says "Greg" after that.

Not sure if this has been posted. But in the episode "The Voice of Christmas", was there a scene in the boys room, where Greg is listening to a transiter radio, and there is an annoucement saying that "Santa Clause has just flown over Montreal". I am not sure of te exact quote. I know that TV Land cut that scene, but I do remember it when it was on Channel 5 which was then WNEW in New York City.

I watched this ep on my 1st season DVD collection last month, and I remember hearing this scene as well.

One I remember from THE CINCINNATI KIDS episode that I haven't seen literally in YEARS was when Greg was trying to find out which one of the park animal characters his new love interest Marge was going to be dressed as. We always see the one with Lloyd Schwartz, where he takes off the animal head and tells Greg he has to be an employee to access the dressing area (he ends up renting the costume from him so he can hopefully meet up with Marge), but before that he goes up to another park character.

Greg: "Marge?"

animal character (in a burly big-man voice): "Do I look like a MARGE???"

Haven't seen this one in ages... can't wait to see it again on the DVD!

One I remember from THE CINCINNATI KIDS episode that I haven't seen literally in YEARS was when Greg was trying to find out which one of the park animal characters his new love interest Marge was going to be dressed as. We always see the one with Lloyd Schwartz, where he takes off the animal head and tells Greg he has to be an employee to access the dressing area (he ends up renting the costume from him so he can hopefully meet up with Marge), but before that he goes up to another park character.

Greg: "Marge?"

animal character (in a burly big-man voice): "Do I look like a MARGE???"

Haven't seen this one in ages... can't wait to see it again on the DVD!

I'm pretty sure I've seen this scene on TV Land, the last time I saw this ep.

Yeah.. For some reason I do remember seeing that scene as well.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this scene on TV Land, the last time I saw this ep.

Could be... I know the different networks chop up parts of different scenes while leaving others intact and vice/versa. Haven't watched syndicated Brady Bunch episodes in years for that very reason.

Your Never Too Old: (YUCK!!!!!! Could there be anything worse??? This is like combining the "Tiger/Fluffy slapstick scene from "The Honeymoon" episode, than adding Tank Gates, Skip Farnum, and Cousin Oliver to the mix!!!.) Sorry but I will NEVER watch this one! Someone else can do a DVD scene restoration for this episode. Even if I could, it wouldn't be accurate as I have seen this episode maybe twice in my life and would not be able to do any scene comparisons. This episode will make you HATE the "Play All" feature on your DVD! Avoid it.

Mike and Carol Brady dressed up as...........GRANDPARENTS!!!! OH THE HORROR!!! PLEASE WAKE ME FROM THIS NIGHTMARE!!!

Jack

OK, I've taken this challenge, since a friend gave me Season 4 for Christmas. I watched this ep tonight and took notes on each scene, then I immediately watched this ep in its syndicated version which I taped off a local station in the mid-90s.

The DVD includes a scene (and parts of other scenes) that were cut in syndication:

When they're first sitting down and meeting on the patio, Hank tells Connie that he sat on the bench for 40 years, and Connie says "40 years on the bench? You must've picked up a seat-full of splinters!". Then syndication picks up where Connie asks Hank if judges ever don't wear pants under their robes.

The whole scene is omitted from syndication where Connie and Hank drink a toast to each other, then the boys and girls make their excuses about why they have to leave for the evening.

During the breakfast scene after the disastrous supper, syndication cuts out the part after Alice says the dinner was "disasterful". Alice describes what happened, Marcia says that she can't let them stay angry at each other, and Greg says, "I told you not to meddle.". Syndication picks up again where Connie comes in from her morning jog just after that.

I hope I did justice to Jack1000's standards. I'll compare the ep to the TV Land version when TV Land reruns this ep in the next few weeks. (TV Land is at the end of season 3 right now.)

There it is, folks - the filthiest scene in the history of "The Brady Bunch"! (which isn't saying much, of course).

I remember seeing this scene (Bobby & Cindy going to swim naked in the neighbor's pool) sometime back in the 80s in syndication, probably before the further cuts in the 90s, same w/ the scene from "Love and the Older Man" where Alice plays Marcia's French Maid.

I remember seeing this scene (Bobby & Cindy going to swim naked in the neighbor's pool) sometime back in the 80s in syndication, probably before the further cuts in the 90s, same w/ the scene from "Love and the Older Man" where Alice plays Marcia's French Maid.

Alice played Marci's French Maid? Now that scene I haven't seen before..

Alice played Marci's French Maid? Now that scene I haven't seen before..

Yes, that is a classic Brady daydream which has been cut for many years. It must be seen, if only to revel in its stupidity. Bobby and Cindy also play Marcia and Dr. Dentist's kids in that fantasy - they wear old-fashioned clothes, speak in British accents, and call Marcia "Mummay". Really dumb, but funny in its own way.

OK, I've taken this challenge, since a friend gave me Season 4 for Christmas. I watched this ep tonight and took notes on each scene, then I immediately watched this ep in its syndicated version which I taped off a local station in the mid-90s.

The DVD includes a scene (and parts of other scenes) that were cut in syndication:

When they're first sitting down and meeting on the patio, Hank tells Connie that he sat on the bench for 40 years, and Connie says "40 years on the bench? You must've picked up a seat-full of splinters!". Then syndication picks up where Connie asks Hank if judges ever don't wear pants under their robes.

The whole scene is omitted from syndication where Connie and Hank drink a toast to each other, then the boys and girls make their excuses about why they have to leave for the evening.

During the breakfast scene after the disastrous supper, syndication cuts out the part after Alice says the dinner was "disasterful". Alice describes what happened, Marcia says that she can't let them stay angry at each other, and Greg says, "I told you not to meddle.". Syndication picks up again where Connie comes in from her morning jog just after that.

I hope I did justice to Jack1000's standards. I'll compare the ep to the TV Land version when TV Land reruns this ep in the next few weeks. (TV Land is at the end of season 3 right now.)

I saw the ep as rerun on TV Land Tuesday. TV Land leaves in the whole scene where Connie and Hank toast each other and the kids leave, but it leaves out the same joke about "40 years on the bench" that syndication leaves out. It leaves the scene intact where Alice describes the "disasterful" dinner. TV Land does cut out part of the scene where the girls try to talk Hank into apologizing to Connie. It cuts from where Hank says "nomen est nomen" about Connie's "old goat" comment to where he slams down his gavel, saying "Case thrown out of court!".

They cut this scene from the "Try, Try Again" episode:

SETUP: Peter and Bobby were playing darts in the backyard and they threw the game when Jan played so she would win. Jan walks away.

Peter (to Bobby): "You're a better actor than Richard Burton." Bobby: "You're a better actor than Elizabeth Taylor."

Cincinnatti Kids has more footage of the kids at the park; Marcia, Jan, Carol, and Alice going down the giant slide.

Two Peters In a Pod has footage of Peter outside bribing Bobby,Cindy, and Oliver to go out to the movies.

The Snoopster has footage of Marcia and Jan leaving the bathroom through Peter and Bobby's room with them asking what they think this is, a freeway.

:confused: Ok, I remember either a Brady Bunch episode or scene that is no longer aired, maybe it has been cut or banned. Cindy & Bobby were on their way out and were walking through the kitchen in bathrobes when Alice asked where they were going; they replied that they were going to a friend's house whos father was a Dr. and told them it was healthy for them to sunbathe in the nude. Alice ordered them to open their robes and then she made them go upstairs to put on clothes. I am not a sicko, I am a true Brady fan and have seen every episode ten times over and this one has not been on in years. Does anyone remember this so that I know I am not going crazy?!

why did they cut it out?
was it inappropriate? it makes alice look like a sketchfest of a maid...
*grins*

why did they cut it out?
was it inappropriate? it makes alice look like a sketchfest of a maid...
*grins*

GoodBye Alice Hello is the episode with the scene in question! It is restored on the Season 4 DVD! If you scroll up a few pages, I have tried to recreate the scene and dialogue that was said......ENJOY!

Jack

SEASON 5 (FINAL SEASON) DVD RESTORATIONS:

Just started watching the final season so I will finally be able to add to this thread!

ADIOS JOHNNY BRAVO: A couple of added scenes of Greg talking to the family about signing with the agent which are omitted in all other prints. It has been asked elsewhere on this forum, "Is there a small edit on this episode cut from all prints including the DVD, with regards to the original airing showing Greg signing the contract papers?" There are two quick fade/outs and fade in's but I can't be sure. As the episode runs 25 minutes, I will give Paramount the benifit of the doubt and say that it is uncut.

MAIL ORDER HERO: Small restorations of added conversation with Mike and Bobby when Bobby doesn't want to go to school afraid to tell his friends he doesn't know Joe Namith. Didn't notice any other major restorations.

SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 BRADY'S: An added scene of the family building the sets in the backyard. TV Land restores almost all of the scenes with the kids bugging Cindy insisting that they play Dopey, and Alice's classic "Mirror, Mirror in my soup!" line that syndicate took out long ago. One DVD restoration is Greg talking to Cindy about playing Dopey, which you can't see anywhere else.

This episode by comparision looks horrible to the others! We all know that they took cut scenes from 16mm prints with a mixture of cut scenes and restored scenes in the same sequence. But in this episode, it is very obvious that some scenes that TV Land has good prints in, it's as if they went to 16mm film for the WHOLE SCENE instead of just the line or two that was cut. Almost all of "play preparation" scenes look like this, and with my new TV, I can see a "neon glare" to many of the scenes in this episode. The question is, why couldn't Paramount have used some of the prints that they gave to TV Land back in June 1998 when Paramount gave TV Land exclusive rights at that time? I can't believe ALL of those original negatives are gone.

More to come! Feel free to add to the list!

Jack

YOUR NEVER TOO YOUNG: A small restored scene of Bobby coming into the kitchen when he kisses Millicent for the first time. A scene of Bobby gargling after she tells him he may have the mumps.

PETER AND THE WOLF: The girls consoling Greg, when he is having trouble arranging his double-date. The scene of Alice making Mexican breakfast food for the kids has been restored. (Cut by TV Land, but shown in syndication prints.)

Jack

Last night, I watched the "Marcia Gets Creamed" episode on season 5 dvd. There are 2 scenes I don't remember seeing before in syndication--both with Marcia's boyfriend, Jeff, played by Shazam! star Michael Gray. Scene one takes place on Brady's front porch where Jeff asks Marcia if she wants to go out. Then, the second scene, Jeff shows up at ice cream parlor and asks her out again, which she declines. I only remember seeing Jeff's third and final scene in syndication where Marcia blasts him with whip cream.

Getting Greg's Goat: A scene of Jan and Cindy making some funny comments about Peter and Bobby when they are listening through the vent that leads to Greg's room in the linen closet. (Cut on all versions) Some added dialogue when Greg goes downstairs to get breakfast for Raquel, and Mike when he wants to see Greg, and Greg saying he needs a couple of minutes, "Just give me a couple of minutes Dad." Mike, "You're couple of minutes were up a couple of minutes ago!" (Still in syndication, cut by TV Land.) Bobby looking for towels and going to the linen closet, and calling Peter when he hears Racquel walking around when Greg is out. (Restored by TV Land, cut in syndication.)

Marcia Gets Creamed: Didn't notice anything cut, but a poster above did, so check out his comments for that episode. TV Land has restored footage of Mike and Alice talking about their diets in the kitchen that syndication leaves out.

My Brother's Keeper: Peter talking about how great life is at the dinner table. Pretty extended dialogue (cut in all versions) while Bobby is taking a bath upstaris getting the paint off of him. (cut by syndication) Than Bobby comes down and Peter promises to be Bobby's slave for life. (This is where versions pick up.) A few lines cut with Peter/Bobby arguing about Bobby's apology on TV Land are restored. Extended dialogue of Peter talking to his friends downstaris on the phone with Bobby stuck in the closet. cut by TV Land, left in syndication.

In the episode, that aired today with Don Drysdale, I can't remember the title..

I noticed when the boys were together and Don was being introduced by Mike, after Greg and Peter say something, then it looks as if there was an edit with Bobby..

I don't know if it happened in all syndnication or if TVLand just took it out but.. I remember Bobby saying something like 'Whose Don Drysdale'?

Some reason I remember that, is it in the second season DVD?

In the episode, that aired today with Don Drysdale, I can't remember the title..

Waterston_Fan, that episode was "The Dropout." You can read more about it here on http://imdb.com/title/tt0531131/. For including Don Drysdale it is one of my favorite episodes because he was one of my most sought after players when I collected baseball cards.

Unfortunately Don died in 1993. :(

No... I meant the scene was cut from what Bobby said...

I do know who Don Drysdale is or was... I was just talking about not aired scenes...

QUARTERBACK SNEAK: A slightly extended scene, when Peter takes away the posters that Marcia is helping put around the high school when he learns that she is going out with Jerry Rogers from Fairview. A large scene of Mike helping Greg by rehersing the plays for the game he says, "You know every play in this book, and yet you can't remember to take the trash out on Tuesday night."

Longer scenes with Carol talking to Mike and Alice about Tank Gates (UGGGHHHHH.....I HATE THAT IDIOT! THEY COULD HAVE LEFT THAT CUT! HAHAHA)

TRY TRY AGAIN: A few small lines of dialogue when Jan comes home from ballet class cut in all versions. One restoration is the boys playing a ping-pong game. In syndication/TV land prints, you don't see the ping-pong table until the kids all let Jan win at games/activities to make her believe she is good at something.

THE CINCINNATI KIDS: Tons of restored footage edited out from both syndicated and TV Land prints of the family going on rides, walking around the park, and Bobby and Cindy eating more junk food. This may be the most edited/time compressed episode that is out there. If you don't have the DVD, there is a good chance you haven't seen this episode uncut since it's original run.

THE ELOPEMENT: More scenes of the kids in the butcher shop trying to convince Sam to take Alice "bowling." More scenes of Bobby practice his little chord organ in the garage. The DVD restoration here is very poor in many scenes with 16mm back ups used in several places. Many scenes look THAT BAD. (Like the "Snow White" Episode.)

MISS POPULARITY: More scenes of Jan asking the kids to help her with her campaign. A scene of Peter and Bobby struggling with a manual crank operated printing press that all current prints leave out.

KELLY'S KIDS: Slightly extended scenes with Matt moving into the house. A scene of Matt and Mr. Kelly playing checkers. Mr. Kelly showing the kids his nightclub act ".....one, two and the hat." cut by TV Land, restored in syndication.

THE DRIVER'S SEAT: Restored scene of Greg and Marcia debating their woman vs. men drivers' debate in the kitchen when Alice looks on. TV Land does a decent restoration job on this episode of many scenes. Not too much cut here. Syndication edits quite a bit of this episode.

OUT OF THIS WORLD: A longer sequence with the astronont Jim McDivitt taking to the show host and to Peter and Bobby cut on all versions. A sequence of the family at breakfast and Peter and Bobby trying to get the family to believe they saw a UFO. (cut on all versions.)

A longer dream sequence with Bobby and the Kaplutions. (cut by TV Land, restored in syndication.)

WELCOME ABOARD: Oliver destroying Jan's painitng and squirting Greg with the ketchup bottle when he is building that big sandwich. (Cut by TV Land) Not sure if it is still in syndication or not

OUT OF THIS WORLD: A longer sequence with the astronont Jim McDivitt taking to the show host and to Peter and Bobby cut on all versions. A sequence of the family at breakfast and Peter and Bobby trying to get the family to believe they saw a UFO. (cut on all versions.)

A longer dream sequence with Bobby and the Kaplutions. (cut by TV Land, restored in syndication.)

Jack, in Barry Williams' book Growing Up Brady he detailed that Alice had a quote about her pot roast, "It's out of this world, too!" or equivalent. I do not remember seeing this in the episode when it aired on cable. Was it restored on the DVD?

Jack, in Barry Williams' book Growing Up Brady he detailed that Alice had a quote about her pot roast, "It's out of this world, too!" or equivalent. I do not remember seeing this in the episode when it aired on cable. Was it restored on the DVD?

No, that line never existed,

While Growing Up Brady is a fun informative guide to many behind the scenes elements of The Brady Bunch, the episode guides are horribly inacurate. First editions of the book were once cited to contain between 30-50 errors. These errors concerned not only write-ups about the episodes that were blatently false, but Barry would discuss one episode in a summary when he would factualy be talking about another episode altogether. Many of his comments do not relate in any way to the episodes at all. Subsequent rereleases fixed some, (but not all) errors.

The rest of the book has been documented by other sources and is fairly accurate.

Jack

Two Petes in a Pod: Some longer scenes of "Arther" in the house tricking the family for the first time, (cut on all versions) A scene with Peter's lookalike Arther mistenly calling Marcia, "Jan." when Greg asks "Peter" if he would like to go swimming (Cut on all versions.) Scenes of Peter and his lookalike tricking the kids into promising to do things for them and the other says no. A scene cut (on syndication versions) trimmed on TV Land of Mike practicing his celebrity Roast speech for Mr. Phillips. Restorations used several 16mm back up prints, so quality is not that great in some scenes.

Top Secret: Bobby and Oliver doing more detective work to find out if Mike is involved in espiongue. Mike assuring Bobby and Oliver that they have nothing to worry about. (Cut on all versions)

The Super Snooper: More scenes of Oliver and Cindy doing detective work to find out about the "special surprise" written in Marcia's diary.

The Hustler: An extended scene of Greg and Peter playing pool. Greg telling Mike and Carol that Bobby's playing pool late at night. (Cut by TV Land, restord in syndication) Carol telling Mike the pool table stays in the car port or she goes to her Mother's. Mike says, "That's tempting." (Cut in Syndication, restored by TV Land) Slightly longer pool game sequences. Line of Mike saying that Mr. Mathews could beat him using an umbrella as a pool cue....open." (Cut by TV Land, restored in syndication.) Bobby telling how good he is to Greg and Peter "I used to play at Steve's house all the time." (Cut by Syndication, Restored by TV Land.)

The Hair Brained Sceme: Some scenes of Bobby going around the house trying to get the rest of the kids to buy some of his hair tonic. (Cut in all versions) A scene with Bobby and Greg in the attic where Bobby is still trying to pursade him and Greg says, "Goodbye!" In most other prints, Greg only resists the sale when he is talking to Bobby with Peter in his bedroom.

Jack

FINAL REVIEW/EVALUATION OF THE BRADY BUNCH DVD's

The transfers were good. But not great. This is primiarly because of the source material not being cared for as well as it should have been. With Paramount doing their syndicated edits from the master tapes very early on, much material had to be brought out from the vaults, taken from 16mm/35mm back up prints. The result is painfully obvious on all Season DVD's with some parts of prints looking near digital quality, and others looking like they were shot from an old Super 8 movie camera.

While Paramount should be credited with the speed of these DVD releases, there were instances that perhaps they were released too quickly. I had two defective Season 1 disks from Best Buy that I had to replace with a shipment from Amazon. (Got them almost immediately after the March 1st, 2005 release date. I now wait 30 days before purchase of new releases to get the bugs out.) The missing dialogue from Pass The Tabu, edited fill in squares from Love and the Older Man, and mysteriously a blended in tag sequence on Greg Gets Grounded instead of the fill in squares, I attribute to very sloppy oversite on Paramount's part. Why should ANYTHING be cut or modified, or even given the perception of a half-hazzard fix? We should be seeing these shows EXACTLY as they originally appeared in the ORGINAL primetime 1969-1974 ABC broadcast. With this DVD set, it's as if we got 95% there. But potential purchasers should know about these things. We also may have unconfirmed edits on:

"The Subject Was Noses": Possible no longer seen line of Peter or Bobby telling Marcia, "Use your hands to catch the ball, not your head", right after she gets hit with the football.

"Adios Johnny Bravo": Possible extended scene of Greg looking over the contract papers before signing them

"Call Me Irresponsible": Possible extended scene with Randy and her drama teacher before Greg gets to the school to ask about Mike's missing designs.


I and several others snail mailed Paramount for explanations about the small but nagging issues that would be upsetting to a collector of this classic series. Others called, e-mailed, tried to contact Paramount through the website information. To my knowledge, we (they) received no explanation for the instances described above.

Except for Season 1, there are no extras in the set, which is also disappointing. While I prefer having the series uncut, with the exceptions of what is described above, some bonus footage would have been a nice feature.

Here is my review:

Grade: B-

Overall Quality 7/10

Jack

I remember one scene when Jan and Marcia were playing tic-tac-toe on the wall instead of painting. Alice walks in encourages them to actually paint the wall. Alice begins to step backwards while Jan and Marcia were telling her to stop. Then Jan and Marcia start giggling while Alice looks down at her feet. One of her prestine while canvas Keds sneakers was in a paint tray. Alice lifted her foot, and yellow paint dripped from her sneaker while the girls continued to giggle.

I remember one scene when Jan and Marcia were playing tic-tac-toe on the wall instead of painting. Alice walks in encourages them to actually paint the wall. Alice begins to step backwards while Jan and Marcia were telling her to stop. Then Jan and Marcia start giggling while Alice looks down at her feet. One of her prestine while canvas Keds sneakers was in a paint tray. Alice lifted her foot, and yellow paint dripped from her sneaker while the girls continued to giggle.

Actually,

This is from "The Subject was Noses" and referes to the bedroom painting scenes. It is actually Cindy and Bobby who are playing a tic-tac-toe game and Mike yells at them when he sees what they are doing:

"Didn't I tell you kids no games!? Besides, that's paint for the window trim!"

Bobby says, "Can't we just finish this game?" Mike answers, "You ARE finished!" and wipes off the pant and mutters, "kids!"

In a later scene, Greg is painting between the door and the trim, Alice opens the door and Greg gets paint on her face, he yells out, "turpentine!"

Mike also asks Alice about her opinion of the paint job while the family is doing it, she says, "Very nice Mr. Brady, very very ni..... Mike yells out, "Alice!" and she looks down and her shoe is in the bucket of paint as Jan and Cindy, followed by the rest of the family laugh.

Jack

MORE DVD RESTORATIONS:

My Fair Opponent: More scenes of Marcia preparing Molly to be Senior Banquet Hostess. Cindy being "overly nice" to Molly when meeting her for the first time. More dialoge with Mike, Carol, and Marcia playing Chinese Checkers, after Marcia loses to Molly.

Jack


I haven't watched the show in syndication for years because of everything that's been edited out of the episodes (although for a little while I would compare and contrast episodes on different stations and see what was cut out in one airing but appeared in another and vice-versa). Anyway one I remembered from this episode was when Marcia was telling Carol about the cruel joke the class played on Molly by nominating her for banquet hostess. Before we see Molly for the first time, she tells Carol how she wishes she could help Molly. Peter then walks in and says "I know how you can help... put a bag over her head, that would be a big help!"

Every station/network airing this episode seemed to have cut this line out entirely, but like I said it's been ages since I've even watched a syndicated airing.

Actually,

This is from "The Subject was Noses" and referes to the bedroom painting scenes. It is actually Cindy and Bobby who are playing a tic-tac-toe game and Mike yells at them when he sees what they are doing:

"Didn't I tell you kids no games!? Besides, that's paint for the window trim!"

Bobby says, "Can't we just finish this game?" Mike answers, "You ARE finished!" and wipes off the pant and mutters, "kids!"

In a later scene, Greg is painting between the door and the trim, Alice opens the door and Greg gets paint on her face, he yells out, "turpentine!"

Mike also asks Alice about her opinion of the paint job while the family is doing it, she says, "Very nice Mr. Brady, very very ni..... Mike yells out, "Alice!" and she looks down and her shoe is in the bucket of paint as Jan and Cindy, followed by the rest of the family laugh.

Jack

I could be wrong, but didn't Alice actually put her foot in the bucket of wallpaper paste in the episode where they were wallpapering the girls' bedroom? Mike actually just finished smoothing a section in place, and I'm pretty sure this was where Alice said "Very nice, Mr. Brady, very very ni..." , then SPLOSH!!!!!

I could be wrong, but didn't Alice actually put her foot in the bucket of wallpaper paste in the episode where they were wallpapering the girls' bedroom? Mike actually just finished smoothing a section in place, and I'm pretty sure this was where Alice said "Very nice, Mr. Brady, very very ni..." , then SPLOSH!!!!!

Yes indeed!

This is what I described in the above quoted post. "The Subject Was Noses" has the subplot about painting the bedroom. Not the girls' bedroom, but the Master bedroom. Recall that Alice gets pillows and blankets for Mike and Carol to sleep in the family room on the couches.

Jack

I'm not sure if this is a deleted scene, or just some lines deleted form a scene..

In "The Personality Kid" Pete makes a comment to Mike and Carol, accusing them of "not liking his new personality"... Either Carol or Mike says something to the effect of "the trouble is, Pete, it's not YOUR NEW personality, it's Humphrey Bogart's OLD one".

I never hear that line any more when that episode is shown.

THE DRIVER'S SEAT: Restored scene of Greg and Marcia debating their woman vs. men drivers' debate in the kitchen when Alice looks on. TV Land does a decent restoration job on this episode of many scenes. Not too much cut here. Syndication edits quite a bit of this episode.
How about the scene when Alice suggests moving the dining room table into the girls' bedroom (since Marcia and Jan may both be too depressed to come downstairs)? I don't think this airs on TV Land.

Thank God that all seasons of The Brady Bunch are now out on DVD,

My local syndicate continues to edit the episodes to this day. I watched "The Private Ear" and ALL of the dialogue with Greg and Marcia preparing the recording for Peter's bogus surprise party was edited out. In the past, this scene had only been shortened.

Jack

Thank God that all seasons of The Brady Bunch are now out on DVD,

My local syndicate continues to edit the episodes to this day. I watched "The Private Ear" and ALL of the dialogue with Greg and Marcia preparing the recording for Peter's bogus surprise party was edited out. In the past, this scene had only been shortened.

Jack

Man, you are so right! It's unbeleivable what is being cut out when shows are seen in syndication these days... not only do they cut stuff out, but they're starting to cut out more and more key dialogue. It's pathetic. As you said, thank goodness for DVDs!

Hey guys.. still here even if I haven't posted the last few weeks..

Did anyone get to watch the episode, Mike's Horoscope? Is there anything that is added on the DVD but taken out in sydnication?

(Damn!! Sorry wrong thread... I have reposted my question on the DVD thread...)

The "nude" scene was definitely in the first "Brady" syndication cycle in the 1970s -- too bad they removed it during the 80s. The skiing scene was also in the 70s syndicated episodes, but removed for the next cycle. I'd be curious to see how many minutes were cut for the first cycle (one is standard) and how many minutes were cut for the second.
Yes! I watched the Season 4 DVDs recently, and that scene startled me. Of course, I laughed my @ss off watching it, but the subject matter stood out as unusual in the world of the Brady Bunch. Still, I don't know why they tolerated it in the 1970s and cut it out in the '80s...were they paranoid that it would give people ideas or something? (Not that many people crazy enough to get "ideas" like that would be watching shows like the Brady Bunch anyway.)

Before we see Molly for the first time, she tells Carol how she wishes she could help Molly. Peter then walks in and says "I know how you can help... put a bag over her head, that would be a big help!"

Every station/network airing this episode seemed to have cut this line out entirely, but like I said it's been ages since I've even watched a syndicated airing.
OUCH. :( That's a mean thing to say even by today's standards. Not that a standard sitcom would think twice about it now...


(BTW, has anyone else noticed that, quite unlike the BB, most of today's sitcoms consist mainly of lewd jokes and vicious insults?)

OUCH. :( That's a mean thing to say even by today's standards. Not that a standard sitcom would think twice about it now...


(BTW, has anyone else noticed that, quite unlike the BB, most of today's sitcoms consist mainly of lewd jokes and vicious insults?)

Yes,

I have seen the above line mentioned in TV Land's version of the show. Syndication always took that part out.

Jack

hey jack whats up hey i wanted to asked you about the deleted scenes from the bb dvd that are not shown on tv land the episodes are confession confession, tattle tale where cindy is telling on everybody and te episodes call me irresponsible thanks again

:confused: Ok, I remember either a Brady Bunch episode or scene that is no longer aired, maybe it has been cut or banned. Cindy & Bobby were on their way out and were walking through the kitchen in bathrobes when Alice asked where they were going; they replied that they were going to a friend's house whos father was a Dr. and told them it was healthy for them to sunbathe in the nude. Alice ordered them to open their robes and then she made them go upstairs to put on clothes. I am not a sicko, I am a true Brady fan and have seen every episode ten times over and this one has not been on in years. Does anyone remember this so that I know I am not going crazy?!

THE CINCINNATI KIDS: Tons of restored footage edited out from both syndicated and TV Land prints of the family going on rides, walking around the park, and Bobby and Cindy eating more junk food. This may be the most edited/time compressed episode that is out there. If you don't have the DVD, there is a good chance you haven't seen this episode uncut since it's original run.

I watched this on DVD today, having just gotten the 5th season set recently, and I do not before remember seeing the scene where Mike and Carol visit the Lost and Found looking for the sketches. The man there (I assume he is the person credited as "Attendant", played by Bob Hoffman, in the closing credits.) tells them that he has several types of sketches and posters and pulls out a black cylinder which has some other type of sketch in it. Mike and Carol figure out that he doesn't have their sketches and the following scene, which I have seen each time I've seen this ep, has Jan and Marcia looking for the sketches in several of the cars along with a few female park employees. Does the missing scene exist in the syndicated version but not in TV Land's version? I can't remember it from either.

It's all on DVD.

:bump

Since I got The Brady Bunch Season 1 on DVD for Christmas I thought I'd bump this back up to the top since it will guide me to see what has been restored.

I watched this on DVD today, having just gotten the 5th season set recently, and I do not before remember seeing the scene where Mike and Carol visit the Lost and Found looking for the sketches. The man there (I assume he is the person credited as "Attendant", played by Bob Hoffman, in the closing credits.) tells them that he has several types of sketches and posters and pulls out a black cylinder which has some other type of sketch in it. Mike and Carol figure out that he doesn't have their sketches and the following scene, which I have seen each time I've seen this ep, has Jan and Marcia looking for the sketches in several of the cars along with a few female park employees. Does the missing scene exist in the syndicated version but not in TV Land's version? I can't remember it from either.
I always remember seeing that scene where Carol and Mike go to the lost and found. I don't watch BB on TVland, so I don't know how badly they edit the show. I have seen BB in syndication since the 70's when it began airing on ABC at 10 a.m. I have seen it a zillion times since then and when I have seen the reruns, I have always seen that particular scene you referred to. I guess the syndication episodes have suffered major edits from reading these posts. I want to complete my DVD collection of BB. I only have season one so far.

Hey,

Thanks for bumping this! Haven't seen this in ages. One thing for the posters is that when I did so many of those syndicated comparison TV Land scenes, many were off the top of my head and the DVD's weren't even released yet. Therefore, you will probably find SOME ERRORS because it is very, very difficult to keep track of 117 episodes verbatim! I goofed on the "Jan's Aunt Jenny" episode which is somewhere in the 100's of replies on this thread. It turns out that what I had said was cut in the tag sequence is included in all prints. The DVD's turned out great! (With the exception of some back-up prints that were necessary to get uncut episodes, because Paramount destroyed or couldn't find the original negatives since the first syndication cycle.) The STRANGEST episode DVD transfer is "Greg Gets Grounded" with the blend-in from the drive-in to the scene in the master bedroom without the fill in squares. (Even though the fill in squares exist on both TV Land/syndicated prints.

However, with the exception of about 20 seconds of missing dialog from "Pass The Taboo," conversations in all episodes are complete and uncut.

Jack

But in the episode "The Voice of Christmas", was there a scene in the boys room, where Greg is listening to a transiter radio, and there is an annoucement saying that "Santa Clause has just flown over Montreal". I am not sure of te exact quote.

I just saw the episode on DVD, and the announcement continued with "and is headed for New York!".

Hey,

Thanks for bumping this! Haven't seen this in ages. One thing for the posters is that when I did so many of those syndicated comparison TV Land scenes, many were off the top of my head and the DVD's weren't even released yet. Therefore, you will probably find SOME ERRORS because it is very, very difficult to keep track of 117 episodes verbatim! I goofed on the "Jan's Aunt Jenny" episode which is somewhere in the 100's of replies on this thread. It turns out that what I had said was cut in the tag sequence is included in all prints. The DVD's turned out great! (With the exception of some back-up prints that were necessary to get uncut episodes, because Paramount destroyed or couldn't find the original negatives since the first syndication cycle.) The STRANGEST episode DVD transfer is "Greg Gets Grounded" with the blend-in from the drive-in to the scene in the master bedroom without the fill in squares. (Even though the fill in squares exist on both TV Land/syndicated prints.

However, with the exception of about 20 seconds of missing dialog from "Pass The Taboo," conversations in all episodes are complete and uncut.

Jack

Yea, with GREG GETS GROUNDED I really think how it is on the DVD is the way it's supposed to be. The blend-in scene from the drive in to the master bedroom is correct. Then we have the fill in squares as Mike and Carol kiss goodnight. End of episode. The one question that remains is should there be a tag scene after the squares and was it deleted from the DVD? I seem to remember a tag with the boys out in the yard messing with those frogs, but I'm not certain. It's like how I think there's a tag scene for THE HONEYMOON episode too but it was cut from the DVD. The DVD omits the fill in squares in LOVE AND THE OLDER MAN, there was definitely a screw up there. I suspect the fill in squares appearing between the drive in and master bedroom scene in TV airings of GREG GETS GROUNDED was a tampering job after the episodes went into syndication. If that is the case, then perhaps there's just no tag for this episode and it simply ends with "the kiss".

Pretty nicely written, though the last sentence related to the story (To repeat...) looks like something that would be in a radio or tv story. What written story says "To repeat..."?

I just saw the "54-40 and Fight" episode about the trading stamps on DVD, and I do not recall seeing "To repeat..." in the paper ad. (Did I miss it? :confused: ) I heard it on the kids' transistor radios when they marched into the kitchen. Was that what you were thinking of, Jehobden?

I just saw the "54-40 and Fight" episode about the trading stamps on DVD, and I do not recall seeing "To repeat..." in the paper ad. (Did I miss it? :confused: ) I heard it on the kids' transistor radios when they marched into the kitchen. Was that what you were thinking of, Jehobden?

To show you how much time I had on my hands that night, I actually paused my DVD on the frame where the story was shown briefly and transcribed what I read off the screen there into my post. You have to freeze the frame for a bit to read all of it, same as you would have to do if you intend to read any of producer Chuck Lorre's vanity cards at the end of "2 1/2 Men" or "Dharma & Greg".

[quote=TV Guy]The "nude" scene was definitely in the first "Brady" syndication cycle in the 1970s -- too bad they removed it during the 80s. The skiing scene was also in the 70s syndicated episodes, but removed for the next cycle. I'd be curious to see how many minutes were cut for the first cycle (one is standard) and how many minutes were cut for the second.

What nude scene

[quote=TV Guy]The "nude" scene was definitely in the first "Brady" syndication cycle in the 1970s -- too bad they removed it during the 80s. The skiing scene was also in the 70s syndicated episodes, but removed for the next cycle. I'd be curious to see how many minutes were cut for the first cycle (one is standard) and how many minutes were cut for the second.

What nude scene

This refers to a long ago cut scene from all syndicated/TV Land's prints of The Brady Bunch, "Goodbye Alice Hello" from Season 4. (Where Alice takes the waitress job after getting upset that the kids have been squealing on her.) Bobby and Cindy want to swim naked in the new neighbor's pool. (They come downstairs wearing bathrobes with nothing underneath them, and she makes them go back upstairs to put their clothes on.) It is only on DVD in the USA, I have heard that prints in Australia still have it intact on TV.

This cut scene (about a minute long) occurs right after Alice in the girl's room where Marcia complains that she can't use the stereo for a whole week after leaving the record player on all night, Alice says, "no matter what I say nowadays, turns out to be something I shouldn't have said." All USA TV prints omit this scene and pick up with the kids meeting the temporary housekeeper Kay as they come home from school.

Jack

OK, I just saw "The Grass is Always Greener" from Season 1 in which Mike and Carol switch jobs, with disastrous results. I do not recall the tag scene when Mike and Carol take forever to go up the stairs, and Alice says good night not once, not twice, but three times! Was that cut in syndication? I don't see the episode mentioned in this thread.

OK, I just saw "The Grass is Always Greener" from Season 1 in which Mike and Carol switch jobs, with disastrous results. I do not recall the tag scene when Mike and Carol take forever to go up the stairs, and Alice says good night not once, not twice, but three times! Was that cut in syndication? I don't see the episode mentioned in this thread.

I remember this scene both from TV Land and syndication. After Alice says "Good night, Mr. & Mrs. Brady" for the third or fourth time, Carol says "Alice! What's good about it?".

I thought I'd bump this back up to the top after nearly 5 years since the last update (coincidentally mine), as I've been wondering how well the Me-TV reruns are following the DVD prints. I did notice that yesterday's rerun of "My Sister Benedict Arnold" left in the entire scene of Cindy & Bobby in the dunking booth, where TV Land cuts the scene right after Carol tells Peter to do his homework "not in a minute - now!". I'd forgotten how Bobby got to dunk himself w/o Peter's help. Peter gets the last line in the scene, "You sure make a dumb-looking mermaid!", as Bobby splashes at him through the glass.

Wow, I had no idea they had cut so many scenes and I certainly don't remember the scene of Bobby and Cindy in their robes. Interesting! It would be worth it to rent the DVD's to see if there's anything else I missed along the way!

[QUOTE=STEPH_McMAHON_FAN]

All USA TV prints omit this scene and pick up with the kids meeting the temporary housekeeper Kay as they come home from school.

Jack

Me and my friend used to be obsessed with Kay, especially the way she said "I'm the housekeeper."

From "Pass the Tabu": the scene where Greg meets the blonde girl in a bikini, and Peter and Bobby see what's going on and stick around.

From "Pass the Tabu": the scene where Greg meets the blonde girl in a bikini, and Peter and Bobby see what's going on and stick around.

From "Pass the Tabu": the scene where Greg meets the blonde girl in a bikini, and Peter and Bobby see what's going on and stick around.

Thanks for posting these images. Are they left out of any syndicated or classic network reruns of TBB? I don't recall ever missing this scene either on TV Land or in syndication.

I have that scene on tape,from wheres the tabu.. (I think I still have most of that episode)

:confused: Ok, I remember either a Brady Bunch episode or scene that is no longer aired, maybe it has been cut or banned. Cindy & Bobby were on their way out and were walking through the kitchen in bathrobes when Alice asked where they were going; they replied that they were going to a friend's house whos father was a Dr. and told them it was healthy for them to sunbathe in the nude. Alice ordered them to open their robes and then she made them go upstairs to put on clothes. I am not a sicko, I am a true Brady fan and have seen every episode ten times over and this one has not been on in years. Does anyone remember this so that I know I am not going crazy?!Its stupid censorship...... Nothing was shown so what gives? (Why take it out??)

The mid 80s is when the P.C. crap started ruining things....... Makes me sick!!

Thanks for posting these images. Are they left out of any syndicated or classic network reruns of TBB? I don't recall ever missing this scene either on TV Land or in syndication.

This scene was cut from TVLand's rerun. MeTV left it in. I watched their airing of "Pass the Tabu" this morning.

It seems that the only way you can get Brady Bunch in it's closest to uncut form is on the DVD. However, on the DVD's there is the following:

1.) About 15-20 seconds cut from "Pass The Tabu" (Dialogue about each of the boys talking about if they believe in the Taboo of the Tiki in their hotel room at Hawaii.)
2.) The fill in squares are gone from the vacation episodes.
3.) The fill in squares are missing with a music blend in on "Greg Get's Grounded."
4.) "Love and the Older Man" is missing the fill-in squares.

Everything else on the DVD's is uncut. The closest to uncut for The Brady Bunch on local stations, at least in the USA is ME TV and only ME TV. They speed up the episodes a bit to try to fit everything in. There might be between 20-30 seconds missing in some episodes.

Scroll through this thread for more details and theories regarding 1-3 of the above. It goes back several YEARS. I will try to answer what I remember if anyone can't find the information. It seems that ME-TV is using Brady Bunch DVD prints, which is fantastic!

Jack

Update,

If you check the running times of The Brady Bunch on Season 4's DVD, these episodes are generally a bit longer at between 25:30-26:00 minutes. Don't know why that is, but I would estimate that ME TV, which seems to be using DVD prints, strategically cuts out about 30 seconds to 1 minute's worth of content episodes where a commercial is inserted with regards to Season 4.

On other seasons, there seems to be no more than 20 seconds missing from ME TV's presentation of The Brady Bunch, but the editing is so well done that if you didn't have the DVD's, or remember the show lines really well, you would be hard pressed to find what is missing.

On the other hand, the other syndicated versions are chopped up so badly that between three to five minutes is gone from almost every episode. Years ago, the episode "Our Son The Man" had minimal editing in a Chicago syndicated market, complete with Paramount original logo at the end! (No longer the case, except for ME-TV.) The other episode that is shown rarely edited much is "The Voice of Christmas." Only cut is the boys listening to a radio report on where Santa is located! This scene may or may not be on ME TV's presentation. It is on the DVD. The reason for less editing seems to be that local stations skip this episode a lot, and often only seem to run it during the holiday season.

Jack

that's one reason ME-TV is so great; they only cut out very small things from their shows if anything! (in some cases they don't cut out anything. I don't know if ANTENNA TV is like that too, but they probably are)

that's one reason ME-TV is so great; they only cut out very small things from their shows if anything! (in some cases they don't cut out anything. I don't know if ANTENNA TV is like that too, but they probably are)

I haven't seen Antenna TV much, mostly because it isn't on AT&T U-Verse here, so when I watch it I have to tune in a local digital subchannel. I did notice back when Antenna TV was airing Three's Company reruns that it ran the old syndicated version without the tags, so that was a bit disappointing, at least as far as Three's Company is concerned. I have enjoyed several other shows on Antenna TV though, like Dennis the Menace and The Jack Benny Program, though I don't know how much those shows are cut, if at all, since I never saw them first-run, as I did with Three's Company.

MeTV left the swimsuit scene from "Goodbye, Alice, Hello" in their print. It was on this morning.

MeTV left the swimsuit scene from "Goodbye, Alice, Hello" in their print. It was on this morning.

That shows the care that MeTV has about The Brady Bunch and its other sitcoms! The "Skinny Dipping Scene" was cut from most all USA syndicated prints around the early 80's. I know that by about 1985 when TBS used to show The Brady Bunch in the afternoons, (it started at either 3:05 or 3:35PM) and that was the year we got cable. I remember the scene was gone.

In, I think it was 1998, TV Land first got rights to The Brady Bunch, BUT they used a different set of prints from the syndicated runs. Scenes that had been in syndication were gone from TV Land. Scenes gone from syndication were added to TV Land. These are NOT the prints that TV Land is using now! Today, TV Land still uses the sliced and diced prints that have been in syndication since the mid 80's. When TV Land first got the rights, the "nude swimming inquiry" from Bobby and Cindy did not make it back into the show.

In fact, before The Brady Bunch became available on DVD, this very thread was the basis for different edited scenes between TV Land's prints back than, and the syndicated versions now. As you go back through it, you can only marvel about the wonderful job the MeTV is doing with The Brady Bunch, showing it with almost no editing. Many people know the series inside and out, backwards and forwards. However, if you were born in or after 1985, if you get the DVD's or have MeTV, you are seeing Brady Bunch scenes most likely for the first time that have not been seen over forty years!

Jack

TVLand chopped the beach scene in "Greg's Triangle." The scene where Greg and Jennifer are standing at the beach's food wagon.

I tell ya its not even worth watching these GOOD SHOWS on tv anymore :(

When my dad would record The Brady Bunch and Happy Days Marathons on TV Land back in the late '90s and early '00s, I used to watch those tapes he recorded all the time, and once I got all 5 seasons of The Brady Bunch, I began to notice scenes I'd never seen before on the TV Land airings. Here are a few of the most noticeable deleted scenes:

"Dough Rei Me": the entire scene of Peter in the station wagon late at night trying to yell his voice back to normal, including Alice, Mike, and Carol waking up and assuming there's a burglar

"The Coming-Out Party": Peter and Greg teaching Alice how to cope with her seasickness by having her balance on a beam/chair contraption in the backyard

"The Teeter-Totter Caper": (I think it's this episode) Alice listening to a radio special on a recipe for some Italian or Mexican dish

"The Liberation of Marcia Brady": Mike and Carol's exchange in the kitchen about the new Women's Movement of the '70s

Yup they dont want anything good from the past seen!!! -- They must delete some of those scenes! -- Can let someone have too much entertainment!!

:(

Maybe scenes were deleted to make time for all the commercials? You know how they're so terribly important!

Yup and they are quite greedy these days also!!!!!!!! (More spam ads now than ever)

It seems that the only way you can get Brady Bunch in it's closest to uncut form is on the DVD. However, on the DVD's there is the following:

1.) About 15-20 seconds cut from "Pass The Tabu" (Dialogue about each of the boys talking about if they believe in the Taboo of the Tiki in their hotel room at Hawaii.)
2.) The fill in squares are gone from the vacation episodes.

Jack

I bought the season 4 DVD set recently and knew there was something missing from the Hawaii episodes. I remember Greg saying about the tabu something like "I Kind of believe it too".

Too bad...they're still enjoyable episodes but it doesn't make sense that little bit is left out.

I also notice some scenes on season 4 seem to be of lesser quality. I heard previously that the syndicated prints were edited directly from the masters, and that this footage had to be restored, that's why the quality isn't the same.

Didn't notice it at all on season 5.

I bought the season 4 DVD set recently and knew there was something missing from the Hawaii episodes. I remember Greg saying about the tabu something like "I Kind of believe it too".

Too bad...they're still enjoyable episodes but it doesn't make sense that little bit is left out.

I also notice some scenes on season 4 seem to be of lesser quality. I heard previously that the syndicated prints were edited directly from the masters, and that this footage had to be restored, that's why the quality isn't the same.

Didn't notice it at all on season 5.


That's why I don't trust DVD releases until it's confirm that they are atleast 25 mins long.

That's why I don't trust DVD releases until it's confirm that they are atleast 25 mins long.

Yes,

There is about 20 secons of dialogue missing from the second Hawaii episode-"Pass the Tabu." when the boys talk about whether or not they believe the idole brings bad luck.

In about 1988-1991 Paramount made a "Brady Bunch goes to Hawaii" mini series, which was just a 90 minute set of all three Hawaii episodes and sold it to some syndicated markets. It is believed that those 20 seconds were accidentally cut at that time and making the 90 minute "mini-series." The fill-in squares were removed to make an easier transition from part to part. It is believed that somehow, Paramount thought that if they could get master negatives from those episodes, which contain about three minutes of cut footage, and splice them into the existing work that they did for the "mini movie," they would have the complete episode. They never went back to the cut syndicated prints, where those 20 seconds still exist.

Does ME-TV show those 20 seconds about the boys talking about the Tiki, which is cut on DVD?

Jack

Yes,

There is about 20 secons of dialogue missing from the second Hawaii episode-"Pass the Tabu." when the boys talk about whether or not they believe the idole brings bad luck.

In about 1988-1991 Paramount made a "Brady Bunch goes to Hawaii" mini series, which was just a 90 minute set of all three Hawaii episodes and sold it to some syndicated markets. It is believed that those 20 seconds were accidentally cut at that time and making the 90 minute "mini-series." The fill-in squares were removed to make an easier transition from part to part. It is believed that somehow, Paramount thought that if they could get master negatives from those episodes, which contain about three minutes of cut footage, and splice them into the existing work that they did for the "mini movie," they would have the complete episode. They never went back to the cut syndicated prints, where those 20 seconds still exist.

Does ME-TV show those 20 seconds about the boys talking about the Tiki, which is cut on DVD?

Jack



it's not a such thing as a scene being on digital or cable tv and not on the DVD

it's not a such thing as a scene being on digital or cable tv and not on the DVD

Well,

There SHOULDN'T be, but sometimes you get DVD edits due to music rights, like The Odd Couple on DVD, or poor restoration work. There's no reason why, for The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple, or any DVD property that fans of shows cannot have the original complete uncut episodes on DVD with all original music and dialogue intact.

The Brady Bunch has been a top syndicated property since summer of 1974. There's no reason in the world why those DVD's should not have been checked to have every line intact. The loss of the fill-in squares on "The Brady Bunch's" "Love and the Old Man." is just lazy stupid work on the part of Paramount. Paramount did not do as well a job with The Brady Bunch restoration as they should have. The same with the other slight alterations on the vacation episodes.

I will grant a pass to having to use the back-up negatives for some scenes on the Brady Bunch DVD's. If the original prints were edited from the first syndication cycle, you have to use the master negatives. We are fortunate that those still exist. But those fill-in square issues and the loss of the "Pass The Tabu" 20-second line, should have been caught be Paramount before the DVD's were produced.

Jack

That's why I don't trust DVD releases until it's confirm that they are atleast 25 mins long.

Good point! (For Unedited Shows, I consider the following approximate times.)

At least for 1950's-1970's shows time was about 25-26 minutes.

Most shows in the 80's uncut came in around 24:30. to 24 minutes.

In the 90's+ about 23:30-24:00.

2000+ about 23 minutes to 23:30.

It's as if with each new decade, 30 seconds, is lost to make way for more commercial time.

Jack

Good point! (For Unedited Shows, I consider the following approximate times.)

At least for 1950's-1970's shows time was about 25-26 minutes.

Most shows in the 80's uncut came in around 24:30. to 24 minutes.

In the 90's+ about 23:30-24:00.

2000+ about 23 minutes to 23:30.

It's as if with each new decade, 30 seconds, is lost to make way for more commercial time.

Jack

From what I've noticed, it's even worse than what you say, at least from the run times I see on sitcoms on DVD. As you said, sitcoms up through the 70s, like Three's Company for an example, have 25-26 minute run time. Seinfeld, a 90s sitcom, has episodes that run 22-23 minutes, and Two-and-a-Half Men, a 00s sitcom, only runs 20-21 minutes. These are the uncut network versions on DVD, so I'm sure the syndicated versions remove another 1-2 minutes per episode. :mad:

Some channels are even worse. The other day, Spike TV had a COPS marathon on. According to the TV listings, each episode was 39 minutes long. I used my phone's stopwatch/lap feature on one episode and there were 35 commercials:eek: They ran 2 1/2-4 1/2 minutes of program, followed by 5 1/2-6 minutes of ads. They've now joined my list of no longer watched channels. I have pretty much given up on any syndicated programming. Thank goodness so many classic series have been/are coming out on DVD, and usually at reasonable prices.

Re: the "skinny-dipping" scene... so, Alice let Bobby and Cindy go swimming with the naked adults as long as they left the house with their bathing suits on? :crazy:

Some channels are even worse. The other day, Spike TV had a COPS marathon on. According to the TV listings, each episode was 39 minutes long. I used my phone's stopwatch/lap feature on one episode and there were 35 commercials:eek: They ran 2 1/2-4 1/2 minutes of program, followed by 5 1/2-6 minutes of ads. They've now joined my list of no longer watched channels. I have pretty much given up on any syndicated programming. Thank goodness so many classic series have been/are coming out on DVD, and usually at reasonable prices.

Re: the "skinny-dipping" scene... so, Alice let Bobby and Cindy go swimming with the naked adults as long as they left the house with their bathing suits on? :crazy:
Yes! That's why I have been watching less television channels. And Alice indeed told Bobby and Cindy they were forbidden to use a nude pool unless they had Mike and Carol's permission.

I don't know if this was mentioned before in this thread but I can say there is a scene edited out from the episode "Dough Re Mi" (a.k.a. "Time to Change") where Peter spends the night in the family car, screaming as loud as he could to get his pre-teen voice back. Alice thought Peter sounded like a mountain lion.

~Ben

Yes! That's why I have been watching less television channels. And Alice indeed told Bobby and Cindy they were forbidden to use a nude pool unless they had Mike and Carol's permission.

Yes,

ME-TV has included the long ago "Skinny Dipping" request from Bobby and Cindy in the episode, "Goodbye Alice, Hello." Syndication took it out in the mid 80's in most markets, but it appears that thankfully ME TV is using a different source for its prints. I believe it comes after Alice leaves the girls' room saying, "No matter what I say nowadays, turns out to be something I shouldn't have said."

Jack

I don't know if this was mentioned before in this thread but I can say there is a scene edited out from the episode "Dough Re Mi" (a.k.a. "Time to Change") where Peter spends the night in the family car, screaming as loud as he could to get his pre-teen voice back.I hate censorship,its really killed the beautiful purity this world once had!!

Censorshop,digital crap,political correctness,etc......... ALL CRAP!!!

I hate censorship,its really killed the beautiful purity this world once had!!

Censorshop,digital crap,political correctness,etc......... ALL CRAP!!!
You really hit the nail.

Merci Beaucoup :)

Guys,

Still need to watch "Alice's September Song" (The Mark Millard episode) and "Tell it Like it is" to finish Season 2! But, I haven't seen these episodes in a long, long time. (Especially the Mark Millard one.) So if someone else wants to do a DVD restored scene list for those two that would be groovy! LOL!

Jack

I just looked back over this thread, and no one seems to have reviewed "Alice's September Song". I have not seen the DVD version of this one, but I have seen it on both TV Land and Me-TV, and it appears the Me-TV (and likely the DVD as well) includes a scene, cut out of the TV Land version, where Alice is doing situps in the backyard, with the help of the girls, to make an attempt to fit into a special dress for her date with Mark Millard that night. Does anyone else remember any differences among versions of this one?
Oddly enough, currently TV Land's BB marathons early Sunday mornings (overnight hours) are running close to the same episodes as Me-TV's "Brady Brunch". If you wanted to do it, you could go to sleep with the Bradys and wake up with them in the morning as well. :)

I just looked back over this thread, and no one seems to have reviewed "Alice's September Song". I have not seen the DVD version of this one, but I have seen it on both TV Land and Me-TV, and it appears the Me-TV (and likely the DVD as well) includes a scene, cut out of the TV Land version, where Alice is doing situps in the backyard, with the help of the girls, to make an attempt to fit into a special dress for her date with Mark Millard that night. Does anyone else remember any differences among versions of this one?
Oddly enough, currently TV Land's BB marathons early Sunday mornings (overnight hours) are running close to the same episodes as Me-TV's "Brady Brunch". If you wanted to do it, you could go to sleep with the Bradys and wake up with them in the morning as well. :)
It's amazing! For 46 years, the show never left the air.

Also, when Marcia started the conversation with Greg and recorded, I thought Marcia called him "Gregory", yet the recording only had her saying "Greg"! :eek:

What happens though is that Greg says, "Erase." and hits the button. He tells Marcia before starting the recording a second time, "What's with this Gregory stuff? Just be yourself, OK?"

Jack

I guess we all think highly of the bradys huh?

[QUOTE=Jack1000]Greetings,


Another scene that I am trying to place the episode identity on is either in "A Camping We Will Go" or one of the "Grand Canyon" Epiosdes where the girls are in the sleeping bag and Alice can't get out and Cindy says, "Alice, but that's the sleeping bag that the zipper always sticks on." It might be from the Camping Episode where she thinks there is a snake in the sleeping bag, but you'd never know from the Nick at Night cut up crap that's on now.

It's from "A Camping We Will Go".

[QUOTE=Jack1000]Greetings,


Another scene that I am trying to place the episode identity on is either in "A Camping We Will Go" or one of the "Grand Canyon" Epiosdes where the girls are in the sleeping bag and Alice can't get out and Cindy says, "Alice, but that's the sleeping bag that the zipper always sticks on." It might be from the Camping Episode where she thinks there is a snake in the sleeping bag, but you'd never know from the Nick at Night cut up crap that's on now.

It's from "A Camping We Will Go".

Not really,

Alice DOES get stuck in a sleeping bag, TWICE! In A "Camping We Will Go", the boys are upset that the girls keep waking Mike up at every little sound. As Alice is getting ready for bed with rollers on her head as she shimmys into the sleeping bag, she hears a hissing sound. "I may be wrong.", she says, and I certainly hope I am, but it sounds like a rattlesnake!" Carol yells, "a rattlesnake", and the girls scream and yell. Mike comes in and Alice says, "It's got me!!!! It's got me!! The snake, it's in the sleeping bag with me."

Mike says, "Oh Alice! Nothing's got you! with all that hardware on your head, you punctured your air mattress!."

In "Our Son The Man." Greg feels he's too old to go along on family activities and wants alone time as the family is getting ready to go on another camping trip. The girls test out getting into their sleeping bags, and Alice tries hers as Cindy tries to warn her, "Alice! Alice! That's the sleeping bag that the zipper always sticks on." Now realizing her mistake she calls out for help. Greg, in the process of temporarily moving his things from the boys' room to Mike's Den, comes out, unsticks the zipper, "Cuz it took a man to do it."

This scene was cut from syndicated prints years ago. Somehow, channel 32 out of Chicago got a hold of this episode uncut, about five years ago, or close to that. Complete with the Paramount Logo at the end! Now, you can only see this scene on DVD, and I think on ME-TV, which does minimal editing.

Jack

I've been reading this forum with some interest, as I've always been fascinated by syndication cuts made to the Brady Bunch over the years. You've managed to do a great job in detailing them!

One thing makes me curious, and a little uneasy. I was looking specifically at the final four or five episodes in the series. I was always under the impression that, except for very minor exceptions (such as episode 2 of the hawaii series), the episodes as presented on the dvds were "uncut". This was one of the big selling points for me. I've never really read anything to contradict that impression.

And yet, when I look at a couple of these episodes - specifically "Top Secret" and "The Hair-Brained Scheme", the details you mention as missing are missing from the dvd as well. For example, in "The Hair-Brained Scheme", you say "Some scenes of Bobby going around the house trying to get the rest of the kids to buy some of his hair tonic." No such scenes are on the dvd. In brackets you say "cut all versions". Am I to assume from that you mean cut from the dvd version as well? If so, this is very disturbing as there are quite a few places where you say "cut all versions".

I didn't care so much that the quality of the "restored" scenes was not that good - I was more interested in seeing the show "uncut". Sad.

Welcome to the site!!!!

Nothing is pure anymore,ITS ALL A VOIDISH DIGITAL WASTE OF WHAT WAS ONCE GOOD!!!!!

Yes its sad........

I am not sure if I already replied. I recall answering to a topic like this before in this forum.
It does validate my own suspicions that a lot of originally-aired episodes that I recall seeing years ago (originally as they aired on TV) often do not have the exact same scenes or "cuts" in the versions that I see on YouTube and the ones that I see on certain TV channels and I guess the ones on DVDs or Videos.
I have tended to think that I was so young when I saw the original episodes that I must have forgotten the details and/or that through the years I must have gotten mixed up about what scenes I actually saw and/or maybe I thought a certain scene was of a certain TV show but the scene actually was from another similar TV show or similar episode of another show ( etc etc).
However there have been times in which I was absolutely sure that I was just NOT watching the exact same scene on YouTube or on the very old reruns as what I saw years back and sometimes the entire episode was of completely different scenes and there was even a difference of how the plot worked out besides camera angles; and sometimes a different character was acting out a scene that I recall one of the other characters acted out.
So it does appear that with all the "old reels" of TV shows there are in various dark hidden archival places there are lots of reels of unaired scenes and "take outs" that somehow someone who has the right "authority" so-to-speak just decided were better "cuts" and in whatever way applicable, just
released certain successions of scenes for various TV shows for DVD versions or the versions shown on Nick at Night, or whatever (I never had cable TV). Maybe it is because certain original footage was lost or misplaced.

Of course that is if I understand the topic of your comment correctly..

I hate censorship,its really killed the beautiful purity this world once had!!

Censorshop,digital crap,political correctness,etc......... ALL CRAP!!!



I don't recall the episode in which Peter tried to get his pre-teen voice back by locking himself in a car and screaming.

It does not sound like an "X-rated" scene or plot to me. It seems illogical to use the term "censored" rather than "edited out." Of course it can still have the same result.
I thought it was really dumb when I heard a few years back that the scenes in the original movie "ET the Extraterrestrial" (where there are police and troopers holding rifles) were somehow changed through computer effects so that the police and troopers were holding things like megaphones and walkie talkies. This was so that viewers don't see "Implements of death and violence" such as rifles and guns and weapons.

I don't recall the episode in which Peter tried to get his pre-teen voice back by locking himself in a car and screaming.

It does not sound like an "X-rated" scene or plot to me. It seems illogical to use the term "censored" rather than "edited out." Of course it can still have the same result.
I thought it was really dumb when I heard a few years back that the scenes in the original movie "ET the Extraterrestrial" (where there are police and troopers holding rifles) were somehow changed through computer effects so that the police and troopers were holding things like megaphones and walkie talkies. This was so that viewers don't see "Implements of death and violence" such as rifles and guns and weapons.

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I've been reading this forum with some interest, as I've always been fascinated by syndication cuts made to the Brady Bunch over the years. You've managed to do a great job in detailing them!

One thing makes me curious, and a little uneasy. I was looking specifically at the final four or five episodes in the series. I was always under the impression that, except for very minor exceptions (such as episode 2 of the hawaii series), the episodes as presented on the dvds were "uncut". This was one of the big selling points for me. I've never really read anything to contradict that impression.

And yet, when I look at a couple of these episodes - specifically "Top Secret" and "The Hair-Brained Scheme", the details you mention as missing are missing from the dvd as well. For example, in "The Hair-Brained Scheme", you say "Some scenes of Bobby going around the house trying to get the rest of the kids to buy some of his hair tonic." No such scenes are on the dvd. In brackets you say "cut all versions". Am I to assume from that you mean cut from the dvd version as well? If so, this is very disturbing as there are quite a few places where you say "cut all versions".

I didn't care so much that the quality of the "restored" scenes was not that good - I was more interested in seeing the show "uncut". Sad.

Greetings,

I started this thread years ago as a recollection composite of the edits/cuts of The Brady Bunch before the DVD's were released. This is from memories and reflections of seeing each episode anywhere from I would say fifty to one hundred times, since my first exposure to the series, around 1972. I was too young to remember seeing the episodes in earlier years. This list is a general composite of different airings over the years. It represents a "Best Effort." However, it is by no means guaranteed. It is not easy to keep this list up to date with all of the changes and restorations. I would encourage all members as fans of The Brady Bunch to correct any information that may not be correct.

I really should check on the episodes the user above mentions that I quoted. If someone else wants to do a DVD check on them, please do that! "Cut from all versions" means that the version is not in any KNOWN USA airings of The Brady Bunch, and if it exists, it is on the DVD only. Unfortunately, none of us have ORIGINAL ABC Master prints from the first run episodes of The Brady Bunch from September 26, 1969 to March 8, 1974. That would be the ONLY way to tell what is really gone forever. Hope this clears up confusing information!

Jack

Greetings,

I started this thread years ago as a recollection composite of the edits/cuts of The Brady Bunch before the DVD's were released. This is from memories and reflections of seeing each episode anywhere from I would say fifty to one hundred times, since my first exposure to the series, around 1972. I was too young to remember seeing the episodes in earlier years. This list is a general composite of different airings over the years. It represents a "Best Effort." However, it is by no means guaranteed. It is not easy to keep this list up to date with all of the changes and restorations. I would encourage all members as fans of The Brady Bunch to correct any information that may not be correct.

I really should check on the episodes the user above mentions that I quoted. If someone else wants to do a DVD check on them, please do that! "Cut from all versions" means that the version is not in any KNOWN USA airings of The Brady Bunch, and if it exists, it is on the DVD only. Unfortunately, none of us have ORIGINAL ABC Master prints from the first run episodes of The Brady Bunch from September 26, 1969 to March 8, 1974. That would be the ONLY way to tell what is really gone forever. Hope this clears up confusing information!

Jack

Yes thanks it does. I think my main source of confusion came from the fact that the specific posts I was referring to appeared to have been made after you had watched the dvd episodes. Having seen the supposed "full version" it made no sense to me that you would refer to edited scenes that weren't even on the dvd.

MORE DVD RESTORATIONS:

The Fender Benders: Large sequence of Greg talking to a friend on the phone about Carol's car accident. His friend makes prejudicial remarks against women drivers. (Probably cut today for discrimination/PC reasons.) Marcia picks up another phone extension, hears Greg's friend's conversation, and blasts him. Another scene of Peter calling Bobby a creep and "Benedict Arnold" when he learns that Bobby may have to testify against Carol.

Jack

Benedict Arnold seems to have gotten more mentions on this series than any other historical figure. Aside from this reference, he had his name in the title of another ("My Sister, Benedict Arnold") and was a major character in a school play played by Peter ("Everyone Can't Be George Washington"). I wonder if kids growing up today even know who he was.

The world is disgusting today for good OLDER shows.....

I HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THIS CRAPPY WORLD!!

Benedict Arnold seems to have gotten more mentions on this series than any other historical figure. Aside from this reference, he had his name in the title of another ("My Sister, Benedict Arnold") and was a major character in a school play played by Peter ("Everyone Can't Be George Washington"). I wonder if kids growing up today even know who he was.

That is an interesting observation

[QUOTE=sitcomsfan]

Not really,

Alice DOES get stuck in a sleeping bag, TWICE! In A "Camping We Will Go", the boys are upset that the girls keep waking Mike up at every little sound. As Alice is getting ready for bed with rollers on her head as she shimmys into the sleeping bag, she hears a hissing sound. "I may be wrong.", she says, and I certainly hope I am, but it sounds like a rattlesnake!" Carol yells, "a rattlesnake", and the girls scream and yell. Mike comes in and Alice says, "It's got me!!!! It's got me!! The snake, it's in the sleeping bag with me."

Mike says, "Oh Alice! Nothing's got you! with all that hardware on your head, you punctured your air mattress!."

In "Our Son The Man." Greg feels he's too old to go along on family activities and wants alone time as the family is getting ready to go on another camping trip. The girls test out getting into their sleeping bags, and Alice tries hers as Cindy tries to warn her, "Alice! Alice! That's the sleeping bag that the zipper always sticks on." Now realizing her mistake she calls out for help. Greg, in the process of temporarily moving his things from the boys' room to Mike's Den, comes out, unsticks the zipper, "Cuz it took a man to do it."

This scene was cut from syndicated prints years ago. Somehow, channel 32 out of Chicago got a hold of this episode uncut, about five years ago, or close to that. Complete with the Paramount Logo at the end! Now, you can only see this scene on DVD, and I think on ME-TV, which does minimal editing.

Jack

No wonder I have ALWAYS noticed differentiations of how a TV scene looked when I originally saw it and when I afterward saw it only in reruns. I kept wondering if it was just because I was much younger when I saw the original episode that I just did not recall it exactly as it was, but I am coming to realize more and more that there are many "takes" for any scene in a TV show, and sometimes the film editors can remove and/or use a different take on the ones shown in re-runs, or put into a DVD .

Though it is annoying and sometimes you want to see the original scene, it is amazing to think that there must be dozens or even hundreds of different takes of a certain scene of any TV show and they were not discarded but kept and it is really amazing to realize that many of these are very old TV shows first filmed in the 1970s or before, and even after "most desirable" scenes were already put together to make the final entire episode on film (or video or tape or whatever it may be called) the film editors can still
broadcast an episode that uses different-looking scenes which may shot from a different angle, or the actors may even say very different words from the one originally shown on the completed filming.

OUT OF THIS WORLD: A longer sequence with the astronont Jim McDivitt taking to the show host and to Peter and Bobby cut on all versions. A sequence of the family at breakfast and Peter and Bobby trying to get the family to believe they saw a UFO. (cut on all versions.)

A longer dream sequence with Bobby and the Kaplutians. (cut by TV Land, restored in syndication.)

WELCOME ABOARD: Oliver destroying Jan's painting and squirting Greg with the ketchup bottle when he is building that big sandwich. (Cut by TV Land) Not sure if it is still in syndication or not

I just saw a rerun of "Welcome Aboard" that I recorded off Me-TV a month or so ago and was surprised to notice that a scene was cut. During Oliver's first set of disasters, he tries to help Bobby in the yard and ends up breaking a flower pot. Bobby then says something like "Dad's only gonna kill me". That scene was left out of the Me-TV print, yet I'd never noticed it cut before, and usually Me-TV's good about running this show intact. It made the later scene where the kids discuss the disasters w/ Oliver sitting under the window strange, since Bobby mentions breaking the flower pot, but we didn't see that happen this time. The other scenes with Jan's painting & Greg's sandwich were left in though. I hope Me-TV hasn't started making cuts of scenes that it left intact before. I noted in the past, maybe on this thread, that Me-TV has also cut out the tag from "The Liberation of Marcia Brady", but the cuts from these 2 episodes are the only ones I've noticed on Me-TV, at least so far.

I just saw a rerun of WELCOME ABOARD that I recorded off Me-TV a month or so ago and was surprised to notice that a scene was cut. During Oliver's first set of disasters, he tries to help Bobby in the yard and ends up breaking a flower pot. Bobby then says something like "Dad's only gonna kill me". That scene was left out of the Me-TV print, yet I'd never noticed it cut before, and usually Me-TV's good about running this show intact. It made the later scene where the kids discuss the disasters w/ Oliver sitting under the window strange, since Bobby mentions breaking the flower pot, but we didn't see that happen this time. The other scenes with Jan's painting & Greg's sandwich were left in though. I hope Me-TV hasn't started making cuts of scenes that it left intact before. I noted in the past, maybe on this thread, that Me-TV has also cut out the tag from THE LIBERATION OF MARCIA BRADY, but the cuts from these 2 episodes are the only ones I've noticed on Me-TV, at least so far.

For seasons 1, 2, 3, and 5,

Me TV cuts about 20-30 seconds from the episodes with very subtle editing. They are using DVD prints it seems. Season 4 runs about a minute longer, so on Me TV, you may see about 45 seconds to a minute gone.

Compared to syndication, where almost every Brady Bunch episode not only has time compression, but four to five minutes edited out, there is a huge difference. "The Voice of Christmas" is most intact, because it is only shown around the holidays most of the time in Syndicated cycles. What is often cut is the boys listening to a radio show, "tracking" Santa Clause.

Jack

For seasons 1, 2, 3, and 5,

Me TV cuts about 20-30 seconds from the episodes with very subtle editing. They are using DVD prints it seems. Season 4 runs about a minute longer, so on Me TV, you may see about 45 seconds to a minute gone.

Compared to syndication, where almost every Brady Bunch episode not only has time compression, but four to five minutes edited out, there is a huge difference. "The Voice of Christmas" is most intact, because it is only shown around the holidays most of the time in Syndicated cycles. What is often cut is the boys listening to a radio show, "tracking" Santa Clause.

Jack

I was recently disappointed again by Me-TV regarding Brady reruns. On its recent rerun of "The Hair-Brained Scheme", Me-TV cut out what for me was the funniest part of the episode. Greg & Peter are in Peter & Bobby's bedroom when Peter notices Greg's orange hair and starts laughing about it. Greg lets out the funniest little squeal of anger at Peter. I think it was one of the funniest things Greg ever did on the show, but unfortunately it was cut out here. I didn't realize until you mentioned it, but there are still edits on Me-TV, though they're smaller than the edits ever were on Nick/TV Land or syndication, especially later syndication.

I thought I'd bump this thread back up to the top so that we fans who were part of reading & reviewing the "Brady Bunch Reviewed" blog could enjoy it again. Here's a link to the blog for anyone who hasn't seen it yet & would like to enjoy it:

https://bradybunchreviewed.wordpress.com/

I think several of the people who've posted to this thread over the years have posted comments there as well.

Barry Williams' book lists two quotes I don't recall seeing on Nick at Nite:

Episode #13 "Vote For Brady": Marcia says, "Greg Brady ... this means war!"

Episode #110 "Out Of This World": Alice says, "It's out-of-this-world, too!" in regards to her pot roast.

Also of note, I had this book with me while watching Episode #59 "And Now A Word From Our Sponsor", examining Robert Reed's memo to the powers that be (pages 232-236). I don't recall at all any of the scenes he pointed out. :eek:

About the Now word from our sponsor, do you have the first book that had tons of errors or the second one that should be fixed. I have two now but need to read it and go through the episodes.

I was thinking maybe they changed the scenes after the memo was sent out. I remember RR saying something about the pen in the pocket and there was one.

"And Now a Word From Our Sponsor" omits the bit where Alice asks the camera man, "Which side do you think is my best side?" and he responds, "It doesn't make a bit of difference, lady!" (something like that). It's even missing on the DVD.

"And Now a Word From Our Sponsor" omits the bit where Alice asks the camera man, "Which side do you think is my best side?" and he responds, "It doesn't make a bit of difference, lady!" (something like that). It's even missing on the DVD.

Wrong episode... That is on 'Father of the year'.

That scene is in the DVD for that episode and on a recent airing on MeTV.

Did you happen to watch BB reruns on WLVI-TV, ch. 56, in Boston? I have fond memories of this station from visiting my grandparents who lived in Saugus and Swampscott. I loved watching tv there since it had so many more stations than the four stations I had where I was in upstate NY and the five stations I had in middle TN later. I remember the early '80s jingle, "Here in Boston, the kids' choice is, Channel 56", followed by the Field Communications seven-note jingle. I remember 56 was good for BB reruns, back-to-back at around 5 or 6 PM and then on the weekend at 11:30 AM.

Speaking of Swampscott, I also remember Carol stating that she grew up there in "A Fistful of Reasons" since my dad was born and raised there and my grandparents lived there the rest of their lives.

I grew up in Saugus & my sister lives in Swampscott !