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cootiebug · 09-29-2005, 02:03 AM

Saw this episode on TV Land tonight, but i've always wondered, was there ever any explanation as to why Robert Reed was missing from this episode? Seems like it had a script which he wouldnt object to.

Vegas Girl · 09-29-2005, 06:45 AM

I don't know...

It's odd that "Dad" would be missing from the two of the biggest things that happened in the Brady family - Alice moving out and his son's graduation.

Angelique 2 · 10-01-2005, 12:17 AM

Robert Reed was barred from the set,he didn't like the plotline of Bobby selling the hair tonic-he thought it was outdated and complained a little too much so Sherwood Shawartz wrote him out of the script and then had him barred when he wouldn't leave-he wouldn't let the gaurds remove him forcibly in front of the kid though.I don't think there was anything about Alice moving out though.

Jack1000 · 10-02-2005, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Angelique 2

Robert Reed was barred from the set,he didn't like the plotline of Bobby selling the hair tonic-he thought it was outdated and complained a little too much so Sherwood Shawartz wrote him out of the script and then had him barred when he wouldn't leave-he wouldn't let the gaurds remove him forcibly in front of the kid though.I don't think there was anything about Alice moving out though.

No, they didn't remove him from the set, just the script. Bob had showed up on the first shoot day and Sherwood said, "Bob, you're not going to be in this episode I spoke to your agent. I think you might be a disturbance especially to the kids. I think you should go." Bob said, "I am not going anywhere. Whether or not I am in this episode, I am interested to see how it turns out."

Bob was on the set but out of camera range at all times for "The Hair Brained Scheme." (He stood offside in a corner and sulked for 4 days while the episode was being shot.) Paramount called Sherwood and said, should we remove him from the set? Sherwood said no, because he felt it would be too hard for the kids to take that. So that is how they shot that episode.

Jack

Bachu · 10-02-2005, 04:03 PM

I think the episode where Bobby fell out of the tree house didn't feature Marcia but she was mentioned. Perhaps Reed was on holiday during the shooting of Goodbye, Alice, Hello? Was there anything in the dialogue, like Carol saying 'Mike is away on a business trip?'...

Vegas Girl · 10-02-2005, 07:23 PM

No, I don't think Mike was mentioned at all when Alice left.

Angelique 2 · 10-15-2005, 09:49 PM

There were two episodes that I know Robert Reed did not appear the final episode when Bobby was selling the hair tonic and it turned Greg's hair orange and the other one was when the kids were giving the Alice the cold shoulder and she did leave and her friend Kay took over but Alice returned at the end of the episode the kids went to the diner she worked at and made up with her and brought her home.

michaellinn · 10-15-2005, 10:53 PM

Robert Reed also did not appear in the pie fight scene in the episode in which Cousin Oliver first came to live with the Bradys. He was in the earlier scenes of that episode, but not the pie fight scene at the end. I'm wondering if Robert thought it was too silly and refused to appear in that scene?

michaellinn · 10-15-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack1000

No, they didn't remove him from the set, just the script. Bob had showed up on the first shoot day and Sherwood said, "Bob, you're not going to be in this episode I spoke to your agent. I think you might be a disturbance especially to the kids. I think you should go." Bob said, "I am not going anywhere. Whether or not I am in this episode, I am interested to see how it turns out."

Bob was on the set but out of camera range at all times for "The Hair Brained Scheme." (He stood offside in a corner and sulked for 4 days while the episode was being shot.) Paramount called Sherwood and said, should we remove him from the set? Sherwood said no, because he felt it would be too hard for the kids to take that. So that is how they shot that episode.

Jack

I always thought the script could have been better in regards to Mike not being there at the graduation. It's not like Mr. Brady to miss a big event like this! Instead of Carol saying that it was a shame that Mike had to be out of town and miss the graduation, the script could have had Mr. Brady waiting in the car (off-camera) while Carol and the family come in to the house at the end. Carol could have said something like, "Well, go ahead and get changed now, Greg. Your father is waiting in the car, and he's going to take us all out to celebrate!" Something like that maybe. Of course, it would have been even better if Robert Reed would have agreed to appear in at least the final scene. If he didn't like the script, fine. But at least make an appearance in the show's final scene - in which Greg graduates! The next time we would see Mr. Brady, he was singing and dancing on "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour"!

Buttmunker · 04-07-2006, 02:16 PM

nobody knew that Hair-brained Scheme was going to be the final episode. Sherwood Schwartz was building up a premise to have Mr. Brady away on business for the sixth season, so he was building the groundwork for that premise.

Rich3 · 04-08-2006, 10:16 AM

It would have been awkward to have Mr Brady in that episode if you think about it. Alice's leaving was a relational issue.

Mr Brady never dealt with relational issues. He was more concerned with matters of business, money, ethics, right and wrong, etc.

His character would not have fit anywhere in that episode.

Waterston_Fan · 04-08-2006, 11:46 AM

In 'The Dropout' Jan and Cindy didn't appear in the episode at all. Unless they appear in the DVD?

James · 04-09-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Waterston_Fan

In 'The Dropout' Jan and Cindy didn't appear in the episode at all. Unless they appear in the DVD?

I am pretty sure Jan and Cindy were with Marcia when they were in their ballet suits in the kitchen during the scene where Greg made that energy drink, only to take one whiff of it and push it aside.

Jack1000 · 04-09-2006, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by James

I am pretty sure Jan and Cindy were with Marcia when they were in their ballet suits in the kitchen during the scene where Greg made that energy drink, only to take one whiff of it and push it aside.

I am pretty sure that is the case as well.

Jack

Waterston_Fan · 04-09-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack1000

I am pretty sure that is the case as well.

Jack

Oh, that's right.. I forgot about that part...

The next episode then, one where Gregg gets a job then loses it at Mike's firm?

09-29-2005, 02:03 AM	#1
cootiebug Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2005 Posts: 21	Goodbye Alice hello Saw this episode on TV Land tonight, but i've always wondered, was there ever any explanation as to why Robert Reed was missing from this episode? Seems like it had a script which he wouldnt object to.

10-15-2005, 10:53 PM	#8
michaellinn Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 59	Robert Reed also did not appear in the pie fight scene in the episode in which Cousin Oliver first came to live with the Bradys. He was in the earlier scenes of that episode, but not the pie fight scene at the end. I'm wondering if Robert thought it was too silly and refused to appear in that scene?
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09-29-2005, 06:45 AM	#2
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	I don't know... It's odd that "Dad" would be missing from the two of the biggest things that happened in the Brady family - Alice moving out and his son's graduation.

10-01-2005, 12:17 AM	#3
Angelique 2 Angeliique 2 Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 15, 2005 Location: California Posts: 93	Robert Reed was barred from the set,he didn't like the plotline of Bobby selling the hair tonic-he thought it was outdated and complained a little too much so Sherwood Shawartz wrote him out of the script and then had him barred when he wouldn't leave-he wouldn't let the gaurds remove him forcibly in front of the kid though.I don't think there was anything about Alice moving out though.

10-02-2005, 04:03 PM	#5
Bachu Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 809	I think the episode where Bobby fell out of the tree house didn't feature Marcia but she was mentioned. Perhaps Reed was on holiday during the shooting of Goodbye, Alice, Hello? Was there anything in the dialogue, like Carol saying 'Mike is away on a business trip?'...

10-02-2005, 07:23 PM	#6
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	No, I don't think Mike was mentioned at all when Alice left.

10-15-2005, 09:49 PM	#7
Angelique 2 Angeliique 2 Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 15, 2005 Location: California Posts: 93	There were two episodes that I know Robert Reed did not appear the final episode when Bobby was selling the hair tonic and it turned Greg's hair orange and the other one was when the kids were giving the Alice the cold shoulder and she did leave and her friend Kay took over but Alice returned at the end of the episode the kids went to the diner she worked at and made up with her and brought her home.

04-07-2006, 02:16 PM	#10
Buttmunker Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 23, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17	nobody knew that Hair-brained Scheme was going to be the final episode. Sherwood Schwartz was building up a premise to have Mr. Brady away on business for the sixth season, so he was building the groundwork for that premise.

04-08-2006, 10:16 AM	#11
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 690	It would have been awkward to have Mr Brady in that episode if you think about it. Alice's leaving was a relational issue. Mr Brady never dealt with relational issues. He was more concerned with matters of business, money, ethics, right and wrong, etc. His character would not have fit anywhere in that episode.

04-08-2006, 11:46 AM	#12
Waterston_Fan Eternal Member Eternal Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 26, 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,195	In 'The Dropout' Jan and Cindy didn't appear in the episode at all. Unless they appear in the DVD?