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Rich3 · 05-05-2007, 12:44 PM

The fourth season is the one where Greg moves into the attic. Earlier in the episode he's talking with his dad about moving out to have more privacy. His dad tells him to think of it as the end of a prison sentence, that "in just a few short months" he'll be let off on good behavior, when he moves away to college. That implied that he was in the spring of his high school senior year. But then there was a whole fifth season where Greg lived in the attic and was a senior in high school! The first episode of season 5 was where Greg told his parents he wanted to ditch college for a singing career as Johnny Bravo. What happened? Did Greg fail his senior year of high school and have to retake it?

AliceNelson · 05-05-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich3

The fourth season is the one where Greg moves into the attic. Earlier in the episode he's talking with his dad about moving out to have more privacy. His dad tells him to think of it as the end of a prison sentence, that "in just a few short months" he'll be let off on good behavior, when he moves away to college. That implied that he was in the spring of his high school senior year. But then there was a whole fifth season where Greg lived in the attic and was a senior in high school! The first episode of season 5 was where Greg told his parents he wanted to ditch college for a singing career as Johnny Bravo. What happened? Did Greg fail his senior year of high school and have to retake it?

Do people not realize that the next season could take place the next week or day.

julian bozo · 05-05-2007, 04:06 PM

Greg probably only had 1 Senior year. Time life in Sitcoms do not always make sense. Hey you could have found another Brady Bunch Blooper.

Rich3 · 05-05-2007, 08:31 PM

So the last season was really a month or two stretched out over a year. No, Greg didn't graduate until the dead last episode about the hair-brained scheme.

James · 05-06-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich3

The fourth season is the one where Greg moves into the attic. Earlier in the episode he's talking with his dad about moving out to have more privacy. His dad tells him to think of it as the end of a prison sentence, that "in just a few short months" he'll be let off on good behavior, when he moves away to college. That implied that he was in the spring of his high school senior year. But then there was a whole fifth season where Greg lived in the attic and was a senior in high school! The first episode of season 5 was where Greg told his parents he wanted to ditch college for a singing career as Johnny Bravo. What happened? Did Greg fail his senior year of high school and have to retake it?

"A few short months" is too broad a term for me to conclude Greg was a senior at the time. I thought he got the attic because of his seniority among the Brady six, not because he was a senior in high school.

Rich3 · 05-06-2007, 09:09 PM

No, "a few short months" refers to when he asked about moving out of the house entirely. It was before the attic idea was mentioned, later in the same episode.

mlingerfelt · 05-13-2007, 08:47 PM

remember Carol mentioned the attic in Our Son the Man. instead he got the den.

brgmgb · 05-14-2007, 09:31 PM

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remember Carol mentioned the attic in Our Son the Man. instead he got the den.

I think Greg was a freshman in high school in that episode. Isn't that the one where grabs the girl's book, and offers his to her? She says something about his being a first year book.

And in that episode, doesn't Mike saying something to the effect that the attic is only three feet high?

Tweety · 05-14-2007, 10:00 PM

We actually had a bit of a discussion about the school grades & ages of the Brady kids at various times during the series run.... those comments are posted at:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=185083

There have been other discussions on this subject, but that one was the most recent.

One thing's for sure... the writers apparently never read their own notes as to how old any kid was supposed to be in any one season... there's absolutely no way that the series fits together with any consistency with regards to the ages and grades of the kids (I know that there were a lot of different writers, but still....)

jehobden · 07-19-2007, 09:22 PM

Leave It to Beaver also had some inconsistencies in its 6 yrs. on the air. Wally Cleaver was in 8th grade in year one but didn't graduate until the end of year six, so he must have repeated a year somewhere after season 3, when he was in a sophomore history class. Lumpy Rutherford did even worse, starting the show in 11th grade in year one, but not graduating, and barely, 6 yrs. later. Somewhere along the way he fell back to be in that same sophomore history class w/ Wally.

Sam The Butcher · 07-25-2007, 12:42 PM

Look lots of chronological sequences in The Brady Bunch simply don't make any sense at all. Just accept it people.

kooky12 · 07-25-2007, 02:34 PM

Greg was sent back a year for hiding the goat in the attic and hiding cigarettes in his coat.

Ireneparalegal · 07-25-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam The Butcher

Look lots of chronological sequences in The Brady Bunch simply don't make any sense at all. Just accept it people.

This board is for discussion. We know that the tv world is never in chronological order, there is sometimes inconcsistencies, but if we accepted that, then what is the point of being a member of a board where sitcoms are discussed?

Ok, so be it the writers errored and goofed. But it does make for good discussion to ask, inquire, chop and slice up a show that we all love. How boring it would be around here if we didn't make conversation abt the show. How boring it would be if we always gave the answer, "it was just a tv show" or "it's in the script". Open up your minds and let it flow.

Sam The Butcher · 07-26-2007, 11:46 AM

Yes but there are several threads here discussing this sort of thing. I have nothing against non-repetitive threads. I can't really think of a Brady topic that hasn't been beaten to death here. If I do, I'll post it. Hmm that's a personal challenge, I'll think of something nobody has posted.

Ireneparalegal · 07-26-2007, 02:48 PM

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Yes but there are several threads here discussing this sort of thing. I have nothing against non-repetitive threads. I can't really think of a Brady topic that hasn't been beaten to death here. If I do, I'll post it. Hmm that's a personal challenge, I'll think of something nobody has posted.

True. But there are always newbies to the board and you can be sure things will be repeated. I know having been a newbie before, making threads that were already done, I never got stung by the members for making a "repeat" thread.

I think you have a great idea in trying to make threads of things that haven't been discussed before. I am sure there is always something that no one has thought of before. I know I look forward to seeing some new ideas on this board.

05-05-2007, 12:44 PM	#1
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 690	How was Greg a senior in the next-to-last season? The fourth season is the one where Greg moves into the attic. Earlier in the episode he's talking with his dad about moving out to have more privacy. His dad tells him to think of it as the end of a prison sentence, that "in just a few short months" he'll be let off on good behavior, when he moves away to college. That implied that he was in the spring of his high school senior year. But then there was a whole fifth season where Greg lived in the attic and was a senior in high school! The first episode of season 5 was where Greg told his parents he wanted to ditch college for a singing career as Johnny Bravo. What happened? Did Greg fail his senior year of high school and have to retake it?

05-05-2007, 04:06 PM	#3
julian bozo Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Cullman,Al,United States Posts: 1,534	Greg probably only had 1 Senior year. Time life in Sitcoms do not always make sense. Hey you could have found another Brady Bunch Blooper.

05-05-2007, 08:31 PM	#4
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 690	So the last season was really a month or two stretched out over a year. No, Greg didn't graduate until the dead last episode about the hair-brained scheme.

05-06-2007, 09:09 PM	#6
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 690	No, "a few short months" refers to when he asked about moving out of the house entirely. It was before the attic idea was mentioned, later in the same episode.

05-13-2007, 08:47 PM	#7
mlingerfelt Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 16, 2005 Posts: 549	remember Carol mentioned the attic in Our Son the Man. instead he got the den.

05-14-2007, 10:00 PM	#9
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	We actually had a bit of a discussion about the school grades & ages of the Brady kids at various times during the series run.... those comments are posted at: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=185083 There have been other discussions on this subject, but that one was the most recent. One thing's for sure... the writers apparently never read their own notes as to how old any kid was supposed to be in any one season... there's absolutely no way that the series fits together with any consistency with regards to the ages and grades of the kids (I know that there were a lot of different writers, but still....)

07-19-2007, 09:22 PM	#10
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,004	Leave It to Beaver also had some inconsistencies in its 6 yrs. on the air. Wally Cleaver was in 8th grade in year one but didn't graduate until the end of year six, so he must have repeated a year somewhere after season 3, when he was in a sophomore history class. Lumpy Rutherford did even worse, starting the show in 11th grade in year one, but not graduating, and barely, 6 yrs. later. Somewhere along the way he fell back to be in that same sophomore history class w/ Wally.

07-25-2007, 12:42 PM	#11
Sam The Butcher Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Location: Ewing NJ USA Posts: 8	Look lots of chronological sequences in The Brady Bunch simply don't make any sense at all. Just accept it people.

07-25-2007, 02:34 PM	#12
kooky12 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 2,022	Greg was sent back a year for hiding the goat in the attic and hiding cigarettes in his coat.

07-26-2007, 11:46 AM	#14
Sam The Butcher Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Location: Ewing NJ USA Posts: 8	Yes but there are several threads here discussing this sort of thing. I have nothing against non-repetitive threads. I can't really think of a Brady topic that hasn't been beaten to death here. If I do, I'll post it. Hmm that's a personal challenge, I'll think of something nobody has posted.