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BuddyHinton · 07-31-2006, 02:43 PM

I have to go with "old" Eve.

I just watched the episode in which Marcia and Greg bet on the license results and the sub plot with Jan's "debate team" was a fairly terrible performance. Eve as she got older was so utterly unconvincing and hollow it's tough to watch. Her attempts at being "sad" or depressed are depressing... which is strange because in the shows first few years she was one of the better performers, I wonder what happened??

Rich3 · 07-31-2006, 07:14 PM

Bobby.

tdr · 07-31-2006, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BuddyHinton

...Eve....Her attempts at being "sad" or depressed are depressing... which is strange because in the shows first few years she was one of the better performers, I wonder what happened??

She seems to have been the one, then and later, who was most sensitive and often resentful about her perceived identity being her BB character. So she may have been inclined to not put so much into the character, and maybe even make Jan less appealing and convincing.

ACKintheBOX · 07-31-2006, 11:34 PM

The one person that sticks out in my mind as someone who could not act was not a Brady kid....it was the girl that played "Linda" on the episode where Greg was in love with his teacher...not the teacher Linda, but that girl with the dark hair that was from "Seatttttle" haha, and she said; "well.....there's one boy i Liiiike" .....

julian bozo · 08-01-2006, 03:21 AM

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The one person that sticks out in my mind as someone who could not act was not a Brady kid....it was the girl that played "Linda" on the episode where Greg was in love with his teacher...not the teacher Linda, but that girl with the dark hair that was from "Seatttttle" haha, and she said; "well.....there's one boy i Liiiike" .....

Please take no offense anybody but I thought Linda looked like a mini transvestite.

BuddyHinton · 08-01-2006, 04:35 AM

Hahaha! I LOVED how she said ""Seatttttle"!! FUNNY AS HELL!!

Jack1000 · 08-03-2006, 02:34 PM

LOL!

If we are doing character guest stars, two that are so obvious, they get "Idiot acting awards!!!" (Drumroll Please.................)

Skip Farnum and Tank Gates!!! The only thing is, for worst actor, I don't know which one to put first! LOL!

Jack

BuddyHinton · 08-03-2006, 03:02 PM

I actually like Skip. Not sure why so many hate this guy!

He totally works for me in that "insane" 70's TV sort of way. Plus the Adios Johnny Bravo "record producers" are much in the same vein as being over the top and people don't seem to mind, I love all of them.

Tweety · 08-03-2006, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tdr

She seems to have been the one, then and later, who was most sensitive and often resentful about her perceived identity being her BB character. So she may have been inclined to not put so much into the character, and maybe even make Jan less appealing and convincing.

Yeah... I thought for the most part, the kids were all pretty good and natural. But the 'older' Jan really did seem to slip quite a bit from her earlier performances.

I've heard and read that Sherwood deliberately gave Jan some of the more complicated episodes early on, because he thought she was the best actor of any of the kids (he also thought Bobby was the best actor among the boys).

But yeah, her performance, particularly in THAT episode (the Debate one) was not good at all...not that the script for her part was that good either.. but she didn't do much with it.

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...So she may have been inclined to not put so much into the character, and maybe even make Jan less appealing and convincing.

She sure was appealing to ME in that last season

(Not so much for her acting ability as...um...other reasons).

But I know what you mean!

I didn't think she did that well, acting wise, in the Miss Popularity episode either... although she was, of course, quite hot!

71dude · 08-03-2006, 11:25 PM

The girl with the missing cat

comedyfreak · 08-04-2006, 10:15 AM

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The girl with the missing cat

I agree!! That episode was painful for me to watch.

falc04 · 08-04-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BuddyHinton

I actually like Skip. Not sure why so many hate this guy!

He totally works for me in that "insane" 70's TV sort of way. Plus the Adios Johnny Bravo "record producers" are much in the same vein as being over the top and people don't seem to mind, I love all of them.

I also think Skip Farnum was fun. Maybe the reason Jack really hates that episode ("And Now A Word From Our Sponsor"), is because Barry Williams singled this show out in his book, as being the one Robert Reed really despised. The line that really stuck out for Reed was the one where Mike has to look over the contract, and say he "just doesn't understand all this legal mumbo-jumbo". Coming off of the highly acclaimed series "The Defenders", where his character worked on legal problems every week, you could probably understand Robert Reed's frustration with having to say a line like that.

Besides this reason, I can't figure out why Jack constantly puts this fun little episode at the bottom of his list, when there are clearly many others that should go underneath it.

Jack...am I missing your reasoning here?

James · 08-17-2006, 06:01 PM

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Hahaha! I LOVED how she said ""Seatttttle"!! FUNNY AS HELL!!

To me it sounded like "SYAT-l." I even say it like that sometimes!

Madame X · 09-17-2006, 12:06 PM

Another horrible actor is Steve on the "Kelley Kids." He is really stiff and you can see him mouthing the lines when Duane talks.

Jan stumbles on her lines and it really bothers me when she says "Norris Coombs" the first time instead of "Nora Coombs" in "Her Sister's Shadow."

All the Brady kids are terrible actors when they have to act excited and jump around as a group.

James · 09-17-2006, 01:26 PM

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Another horrible actor is Steve on the "Kelley Kids." He is really stiff and you can see him mouthing the lines when Duane talks.

Madame X, I am confused. How is Steve "mouthing the lines when Duane talks"?

Does that mean Steve is echoing Duane's lines?

Welcome to the boards, by the way!

07-31-2006, 02:43 PM	#1
BuddyHinton Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2006 Location: CA Posts: 441	Worst actor/actress on the show I have to go with "old" Eve. I just watched the episode in which Marcia and Greg bet on the license results and the sub plot with Jan's "debate team" was a fairly terrible performance. Eve as she got older was so utterly unconvincing and hollow it's tough to watch. Her attempts at being "sad" or depressed are depressing... which is strange because in the shows first few years she was one of the better performers, I wonder what happened??

07-31-2006, 07:14 PM	#2
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 690	Bobby.

07-31-2006, 11:34 PM	#4
ACKintheBOX Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 24, 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 11	The one person that sticks out in my mind as someone who could not act was not a Brady kid....it was the girl that played "Linda" on the episode where Greg was in love with his teacher...not the teacher Linda, but that girl with the dark hair that was from "Seatttttle" haha, and she said; "well.....there's one boy i Liiiike" .....

08-01-2006, 04:35 AM	#6
BuddyHinton Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2006 Location: CA Posts: 441	Hahaha! I LOVED how she said ""Seatttttle"!! FUNNY AS HELL!!

08-03-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	LOL! If we are doing character guest stars, two that are so obvious, they get "Idiot acting awards!!!" (Drumroll Please.................) Skip Farnum and Tank Gates!!! The only thing is, for worst actor, I don't know which one to put first! LOL! Jack

08-03-2006, 03:02 PM	#8
BuddyHinton Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 31, 2006 Location: CA Posts: 441	I actually like Skip. Not sure why so many hate this guy! He totally works for me in that "insane" 70's TV sort of way. Plus the Adios Johnny Bravo "record producers" are much in the same vein as being over the top and people don't seem to mind, I love all of them.

08-03-2006, 11:25 PM	#10
71dude Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 116	The girl with the missing cat

09-17-2006, 12:06 PM	#14
Madame X Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,831	Another horrible actor is Steve on the "Kelley Kids." He is really stiff and you can see him mouthing the lines when Duane talks. Jan stumbles on her lines and it really bothers me when she says "Norris Coombs" the first time instead of "Nora Coombs" in "Her Sister's Shadow." All the Brady kids are terrible actors when they have to act excited and jump around as a group.