The Brady kids never really go anywhere

[Tankeryanker]

Wally and Beaver, are gone most of the day, sometimes to the point nobody has heard from them since morning.

I wonder why the Brady kids stay home so much?

[BestTVever]

Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

Wally and Beaver, are gone most of the day, sometimes to the point nobody has heard from them since morning.

I wonder why the Brady kids stay home so much?

Because that is where the camera and studio was to film and record them

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

Wally and Beaver, are gone most of the day, sometimes to the point nobody has heard from them since morning.

I wonder why the Brady kids stay home so much?

Probably one big difference is that much of Beaver's life is at school, and the show follows that by concentrating on his friends, his teachers, and the goings-on in the classroom.

On BB there is virtually none of that, probably because there are so many kids involved. So it's mostly about their home life, with a few vacation trips thrown in.

[opus]

I don’t think the Brady kids never went anywhere. Maybe it felt that way because there were six of them and only two Cleavers. So while whichever Brady’s were around the house doing whatever the plot was, the others could have been “out”.

And did the Cleavers ever all leave the house to lose to Patty’s Prancing Poodles? I think not.

[Bonniegirl]

Maybe they were afraid of that mean old Mr. Dittmeyer!!

[stevea]

There's a lot going on, on that astroturf. Chin-up battles, teeter-totter record attempts, Alice being dunked in the dunking tank, Marcia's snobby friends being sprayed by Peter's volcano lava, Marcia getting a bruised nose from a tossed football, Tiger hiding Kitty Karry-all, Greg's rigged UFO............

You'd think the phone battles would've lasted longer than one episode.

[biffbronson]

There were examples of getting out to retail stores and the like, getting the kids out of the house:

Greg & Bobby at Sam's butcher shop
Jan & Marcia working at the ice cream shop
Peter working at the bike shop
Cindy buying a Shirley Temple record album
Peter & Greg taking dates to a movie
Greg recording his "Johnny Bravo" tape, later all the kids sing
The kids choosing items at a trading stamp redemption store
The kids going to a photographer for a group photo
Jan having to go and obtain prescription glasses
Attempted purchase of the engraved silver platter, leading to the amateur show
Doing the car driving course, Greg vs. Marcia
Marcia & Greg going to the hotel where Davy Jones is staying
Lucy Winters' birthday party, where Jan reveals her new wig
Greg getting a mascot goat from a rival high school
Bobby & Oliver going door-to-door to try to sell hair tonic - and Greg goes
to have his now-orange hair dyed
The kids going to the diner where Alice works briefly

Extracurricular activities included football for Greg and cheerleading for Marcia. The family gets out for bike riding in an episode also.

Of course there were the trips to Hawaii, King's Island, camping, and out west. They do go to church early on, where Carol is to sing. Looking at their wardrobes, the kids must have gotten out for clothes shopping at times too...!

[stevea]

Other goings-on:

Peter saves a kid from a falling shelf at a toy store

Bobby saves a girl's cat in an empty house (in the Sitcom world, empty houses are always open and accessible)

Jan rides her bike into the garage and crashes into the anniversary picture because she wasn't wearing her glasses

Greg delivers architectural drawings for Mike's company, but bungles the job

Marcia goes to the dentist and falls for him

Greg and his date go to a drive-in movie and Bobby tags along

At school Peter finally gets in a good punch and downs bully Buddy Hinton

New high-schooler Marcia puts on airs when Greg introduces her to his friends

Bobby manages to lock himself and Greg into Sam's meat locker

Greg feeds lines to Peter as he tries to impress his girlfriend, outside her house

Peter dons a fake mustache as Greg tries to pass him off as older, so he can date the cousin of Greg's girlfriend. They are noticed by their parents and Mike's clients at a pizza parlor and the jig is up.

Greg gets Peter to sell girl group cookies, and join the group, in retaliation for a similar move by Marcia on the boys' group, after her women's rights TV interview.

In Hawaii Greg and Peter are held captive in a cave by a nutty professor.

Bobby and Cindy wander off and are lost in the Grand Canyon until they're directed back to their camp by Jimmy Pocaya.

[opus]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

There were examples of getting out to retail stores and the like, getting the kids out of the house:

Greg & Bobby at Sam's butcher shop
Jan & Marcia working at the ice cream shop
Peter working at the bike shop
Cindy buying a Shirley Temple record album
Peter & Greg taking dates to a movie
Greg recording his "Johnny Bravo" tape, later all the kids sing
The kids choosing items at a trading stamp redemption store
The kids going to a photographer for a group photo
Jan having to go and obtain prescription glasses
Attempted purchase of the engraved silver platter, leading to the amateur show
Doing the car driving course, Greg vs. Marcia
Marcia & Greg going to the hotel where Davy Jones is staying
Lucy Winters' birthday party, where Jan reveals her new wig
Greg getting a mascot goat from a rival high school
Bobby & Oliver going door-to-door to try to sell hair tonic - and Greg goes
to have his now-orange hair dyed
The kids going to the diner where Alice works briefly

Extracurricular activities included football for Greg and cheerleading for Marcia. The family gets out for bike riding in an episode also.

Of course there were the trips to Hawaii, King's Island, camping, and out west. They do go to church early on, where Carol is to sing. Looking at their wardrobes, the kids must have gotten out for clothes shopping at times too...!

Originally Posted by stevea

Other goings-on:

Peter saves a kid from a falling shelf at a toy store

Bobby saves a girl's cat in an empty house (in the Sitcom world, empty houses are always open and accessible)

Jan rides her bike into the garage and crashes into the anniversary picture because she wasn't wearing her glasses

Greg delivers architectural drawings for Mike's company, but bungles the job

Marcia goes to the dentist and falls for him

Greg and his date go to a drive-in movie and Bobby tags along

At school Peter finally gets in a good punch and downs bully Buddy Hinton

New high-schooler Marcia puts on airs when Greg introduces her to his friends

Bobby manages to lock himself and Greg into Sam's meat locker

Greg feeds lines to Peter as he tries to impress his girlfriend, outside her house

Peter dons a fake mustache as Greg tries to pass him off as older, so he can date the cousin of Greg's girlfriend. They are noticed by their parents and Mike's clients at a pizza parlor and the jig is up.

Greg gets Peter to sell girl group cookies, and join the group, in retaliation for a similar move by Marcia on the boys' group, after her women's rights TV interview.

In Hawaii Greg and Peter are held captive in a cave by a nutty professor.

Bobby and Cindy wander off and are lost in the Grand Canyon until they're directed back to their camp by Jimmy Pocaya.

I vote we change the topic title to Why are the Brady kids never home?

[tvfan25]

They also had the school play with Peter, Jan & Marcia
Cheerleader tryouts with Marcia and Greg as a judge
Carol getting sued in court with Bobby, Cindy and Marcia
Bobby and Cindy on the television show where Cindy froze