Over 50 in the Barry Williams/Chris Kreski '92 original. Over 30 in the revised '99 edition.

Are they going to release a new version with all of the mistakes corrected? Thanks for letting us know!

Jack

No idea Jack, honest! But a logical guess would be three more years.

Growing up Brady was an excellent book, but Barry does make a lot of mistakes in it. Here are just a few which I can remember of the top of my head.

1. In the pilot episode "The Honeymoon", Barry says that Mike's middle name is Albert, but it is really Paul.

2. There were rumors out there that Barry at a gambling and drinking problem, but Barry doesn't discuss this it his book.

3. In the chapter "Dating Your Mom", Barry said that he used his brother Craig's car to pick up Florence Henderson to take her on their date at the Coconut Grove. But the orginal reports were that Craig drove Barry to Florence's apartment, and Florence drove the rest of the way.

4. In the chapter "Frantic on the Atlantic", when Barry wanted to have sex with Maureen, they were on the Queen Elizabeth 2, and they were supposed to go to London. But in the "Growing Up Brady" TV movie, they only went to New York. Also in the movie Florence was on the ship, but in the book there was no mention of Florence. I guess she was the one who took the picture that's in the book.

5. In the episode "Quaterback Sneak", Barry says that Jerry Rogers is from Clinton High School, but Jerry is actually from Fairview.

6. When Barry descibes the episode "A Fistfull of Reasons", Barry said that after Peter puched out Buddy Hinton and knocked out his tooth, Peter then proceded to say "Baby talk Baby Talk, It's a Wonder That You Can Walk". But it was Cindy who said that while her and the other kids who teased Buddy. Instead Peter was the voice or reason and yells at the other kids telling them to go home. When Cindy asks why should they tease Buddy, Peter tells Cindy for the same reason you didn't like him teasing her


7. Well this really isint'a mistake but in the book Greg tells about the time he got stoned in the episode the chapter "One toke over the Line". But they never do this in the Growing up Brady movie. Instead the show a scene where Barry, Chris and Mike were fooling around the Star Trek set, which isin't mentioned in the book

8. One major change from the original version of Growing up Brady and the updated version is the death of Robert Reed. In the updated version Barry admitts that Robert was a homosexual, which isn't discussed in the first version.

Also, the tragic Eric/Chris Shea mistake. When describing ep 67, Barry claims Eric Shea provided the voice of Linus in Peanuts cartoons. Wrong!!!!! Chris Shea did! NO BOOK CAN HAVE SO MANY ERRORS AND STILL BE EXCELLENT! Adam will you get real!?!

Originally posted by ficlopri
Also, the tragic Eric/Chris Shea mistake. When describing ep 67, Barry claims Eric Shea provided the voice of Linus in Peanuts cartoons. Wrong!!!!! Chris Shea did! NO BOOK CAN HAVE SO MANY ERRORS AND STILL BE EXCELLENT! Adam will you get real!?!

Yes it can be. The other parts of the book can make up for the mistakes in it. I'm just wondering, but are you ever going to stop obsessing over GUB and other book mistakes? I think you've clearly proven the point that there are some mistakes in Barry Williams' book.

You call 50 mistakes---SOME! Sean are you for real either? I have not proven Barry Williams and Chris Kreski's GUB has SOME mistakes! I've proven their crappy book has TONS (!!!!!!!) of mistakes!!!!! And Sean, you are ignoring the tragedy done to Chris Shea by this piece of crap of a book! You should know better!

Originally posted by ficlopri
You call 50 mistakes---SOME! Sean are you for real either? I have not proven Barry Williams and Chris Kreski's GUB has SOME mistakes! I've proven their crappy book has TONS (!!!!!!!) of mistakes!!!!! And Sean, you are ignoring the tragedy done to Chris Shea by this piece of crap of a book! You should know better!

You are really over reacting about this. A few posts is enough to carry your point across of the fact that GUB has mistakes, more then the usual book has. But I mean what you're doing with GUB seems to be bordering on obsession with errors. It seems just about all your posts are about this book and it's errors. And to your knowing better comment, :rolleyes:.

When the first version of the book, Growing Up Brady, was published, Robert Reed was still alive, and he'd even written the book's forward, so that's why there couldn't have been any mention of his death then.
BTW, the tv series The Bradys made a mistake w/ Mike's middle name, since Pete refers to him over and over again as Michael Thomas Brady. I wish Robert Reed had put his foot down over that mistake, since he apparently bugged Sherwood Schwartz about whether or not strawberries had any odor when they were cooking.

I enjoyed the book (even with the errors!). :)

Originally posted by twinkle44301
I enjoyed the book (even with the errors!). :)
Ditto. It aint like he lied about anything major.

Williams gave credit where none was due to Eric Shea. That was very wrong of Williams!

<<<<Ditto. It aint like he lied about anything major.>>>>


Exactly. It was a fun book. Considering the world we live in, this is nothing. There are so many other issues in life that are worth worrying about, and this isn't one of them. And truly, since most of the stuff he wrote about was from memory, I can understand why there would be mistakes. Heck, I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday, let alone what I did 20 years ago or so!! :)

:D :) :cool: :talk: :wave: I love these little things!!

I do agree that the episode guide should have been checked more carefully. Barry could have at least watched the episodes more carefully for clarification of any details he was not sure about. Something is wrong when the star of his own show doesn't take the time to check out basic information that any devoted "Brady" fan knows is wrong. Furthermore, to release subsequent additions of the text with many of the same errors is not a good way to publish the material that you have based your identity on growing up. Look at how accurate Elizabeth Moran's text is compared to Barry's. It's not the end of the world, but devoted fans of the series should be aware that there are more accurate books about The Brady Bunch avaliable to them. Barry's book, despite revisions, still has way too many errors.

Jack

Jack...Ok, you got me there (and someone else who posted earlier). I suppose he should have checked his facts a little closer. :)

But I still enjoyed the book (errors and all).... :talk: :D :wave:

Originally posted by twinkle44301
Jack...Ok, you got me there (and someone else who posted earlier). I suppose he should have checked his facts a little closer. :)

But I still enjoyed the book (errors and all).... :talk: :D :wave:
Yup yup. Episodes are one thing, but I mean..it IS hard to remember that long ago and get everything 100% correct!!!

What's so hard to do about watching s super popular tv comedy in the age of vcr's and jotting down what you see? Williams claimed in one version of the book to have watched the eps himself to write the reviews. It's all his damn fault the ep guide is so full of errors! Anyone who knows even around how many careless errors are in this book is stupid to call this book excellent!

Give me a break. It is not going to matter when we all die.

Ficlopri

What is "stupid" is for someone to get so worked up over something like this. It's ENTERTAINMENT. What's so difficult to understand about that?

Do you ever watch CNN? When and where the next terrorist attack will take place is something to get worried about, not how many errors are in a book written about a television show!


Again, I enjoyed the book. It's entertainment. Honestly, in the scheme of things in life, this has to be at the very bottom.

Everything in this world is imporant in one way or another. How would you like to be Chris Shea and know your hard work had been attributed to another? I'd be sick!

Originally posted by ficlopri
Everything in this world is imporant in one way or another. How would you like to be Chris Shea and know your hard work had been attributed to another? I'd be sick!
Oh well. And besides...anyone whos a Brady fan wouldnt need an episode guide anyways!!


Oh hey..I just noticed you live in Methuen Mass!! Cool. I go to The Loop all the time.:)

ficlopri...

I agree on that point. I am sure he wasn't happy about that, nor do I blame him.

But as far as general mistakes on certain espiodes, that really isn't a big deal in my book.

Originally posted by twinkle44301
I enjoyed the book (even with the errors!). :)

Me, too. Definitely worth reading!

Well James, Williams employed writer Chris Kreski (who also co-wrote William Shatner's autobiography) to co-write the wildly overated GUB book. The many-a (and including the unforgivable Shea) mistake in the ep guide are Williams's fault. The style of the book, if that's what you like, is honestly to a huge degree Kreski's doing.

I can picture a number of Brady Bunch fans having only seen half or three quarters of the eps and still needing a much more correct ep guide than the one in the overated GUB book.

Originally posted by ficlopri
I can picture a number of Brady Bunch fans having only seen half or three quarters of the eps and still needing a much more correct ep guide than the one in the overated GUB book.

Hey Ficlopri,

Other than Elizabeth Moran's Brady Bunch book (which is excellent IMO) do you know of any new text that you could recommend to us Brady fans that is out or coming out that is accurate? It would be cool to have updated information! However, I don't think it's wise to spend money on any subsequent Barry Williams GUB editions. If the mistakes aren't going to be corrected by now, I don't think they will be corrected at all.

BTW, have you our anyone else been to www.bradyworld.com It is pretty cool! Check it out!

Jack

Mistakes can happen! Even our own Jack1000 incorrectly identified the name of Bobby's toy elephant (it was Jumbo, not Dumbo). I consider Jack to be one of the most knowledgable fans here, and he's probably seen that episode a hundred times yet he made an error.

And for anyone new here, it's already been discussed here many times that there is a list over at http://www.barrywilliams.com (the direct link to the list is at http://www.barrywilliams.net/grow2.htm) with a list of corrections. I think that's the best you are going to do, the book is not going to be printed for a 3rd (or 4th time).

Let it go already! This is almost comical how often this is brought up. Chris Shea is not losing any sleep over this I'm sure! :)

TJ....You are so right! :)

Originally posted by TJ
Chris Shea is not losing any sleep over this I'm sure! :)
You never know......:quest:



:p Hehe. I agree!

TJ, you can't know for sure what Chris Shea's reaction was and still is. And I'm serious!

Jack, I saw a good Brady book a long time ago which was not Moran's brilliant Bradymania book nor Williams's highly messed up GUB book. I'll research it off and on and let you know if I find it again.

Guys,

I only have the first edition Growing up Brady book, which says for the description of "Tiger, Tiger!"

"Bobby has a couple of lines in this episode where he worries that Tiger's been run-over. Kind of creepy given Tiger's original demise."

I have the first season DVD, which are the original uncut episodes and there is no mention of these lines anywhere.

Jack

Look at how accurate Elizabeth Moran's text is compared to Barry's. It's not the end of the world, but devoted fans of the series should be aware that there are more accurate books about The Brady Bunch avaliable to them. Barry's book, despite revisions, still has way too many errors.

Jack


Elizabeth Moran's book isn't exactly error free! There are some rather blatant errors in the episode guide, for example.

I started a thread on this.

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7. Well this really isint'a mistake but in the book Greg tells about the time he got stoned in the episode the chapter "One toke over the Line". But they never do this in the Growing up Brady movie. Instead the show a scene where Barry, Chris and Mike were fooling around the Star Trek set, which isin't mentioned in the book
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It also didn't happen! As Mike Lookinlad pointed out in an interview, and you can easily verify yourself, Star Trek was cancelled months before they started working on the pilot for Brady Bunch

I loved the book, and I think I read the original version back in 1992. I grew up watching reruns of Brady Bunch after school (I remember literally running home so I could catch it and watch it with my little brother!). It makes no difference to me whether or not there are mistakes. It was very interesting reading.

Andrea