Characters Mentioned/Props Used in More Than One Episode! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Jack1000 · 01-18-2003, 04:58 PM

Guys,

I can think of several:

1. In "Fistfull of Reasons" Peter gets in a fight with "Buddy Hinton,
in "Tell it Like it is" Peter says he got in another fight with Buddy Hinton.

2. In "The Big Bet" Greg is forced to take Bobby on his date with Rachel, he reminds her of this when he goes to another drive-in movie with her in "Greg Get's Grounded"

3. Filmore Junior High School's audience in "Her Sister's Shadow" is actually the same footage used in "Vote For Brady" which occurs much earlier.

4. "The Grass is Always Greener" shows Carol reading books on baseball to help the boys learn batting practice. One of the books is called, "Rudaments of Baseball: Tips from Ruth to Mays" If you look very closely you will see Greg reading that same book while lying on his bed for a second in "Juliet is the Sun" (Not positive about this, but I think I am about 70% sure.)

5. You can see boxes from Driscell's Toy Shop in "The Hero" and in at least one other episode there is a Driscoll's box in the garage! (Does anyone know which episode? I can't remember!)

What others can you think of?

Jack

Adam the Great · 01-18-2003, 05:59 PM

In the episode "My Sister Benedict Arnold", to get back at Marcia for dating Warren Mulaney, Greg dates Marcia's rival Kathy Lawrence who is played by Sheri Cowart. I guess Marica proves she's mature and doesn't hold a grudge, because in the next episode The Personality Kid", she invites Kathy Lawrence over, and she and Kathy as Peter to explain about the movie "The Revenge of the Potato People".

James · 01-18-2003, 09:33 PM

There was a pink magazine involved in at least two episodes.

Tweety · 01-19-2003, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adam the Great
In the episode "My Sister Benedict Arnold", to get back at Marcia for dating Warren Mulaney, Greg dates Marcia's rival Kathy Lawrence who is played by Sheri Cowart. I guess Marica proves she's mature and doesn't hold a grudge, because in the next episode The Personality Kid", she invites Kathy Lawrence over, and she and Kathy as Peter to explain about the movie "The Revenge of the Potato People".

That's a great point! And actually, "The Personality Kid", in which Marcia and Katy are friends, was episode # 54, and "My Sister, Benedict Arnold", in which Marcia refers to Kathy being "on the bottom of her list", was episode #57...however, they were originally telecast on consecutive weeks, and in reverse order... ("MS,BA" was originally aired on October 15, 1971, while "The PK" was originally aired on Oct 22, 1971)...

Getting back to the original question of recurring actors/props, I always noticed that several of the kids used the same Algebra book in a lot of episodes...The top half of the book cover was red, while the bottom half had a white, green and black geometric pattern...the reason I always noticed that book was that it appeared to be the same algebra book that my older brother used in school, and I recognized the cover whenever it appeared on the BBunch...I think all 4 of the older kids used that book as a prop at one time or another...I don't know if they were ever seen actually studying from it, but they all carried it around with them at one time or another...

Jack1000 · 01-19-2003, 02:29 AM

Guys,

We'll have to check this, but I think in "The Hustler" if you look in the garage (they sometimes called the garage a "car port", remember?) you see a box from Driscoll's Toy Shop!

Jack

TV Guy · 01-19-2003, 09:53 PM

The family does a commercial for Safe laundry detergent in "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor". Later, Bobby uses Safe to wash his clothes in the episode where he becomes a safety monitor.

hawaii five-o · 07-07-2003, 08:50 PM

Carol talked to her friend Martha on the phone in several of the earlier episodes. Also, the box of Safe was featured on the last episode when Cindy kept her rabbits in the service porch.

SKay · 10-05-2003, 10:27 PM

About the pink magazine: It was called Vanity. I can't remember the first episode it was in, but Carol was looking at it while in bed. The other time it was used was in the very last episode. Greg was looking at it at the beauty parlor.

Elizabeth B. · 10-20-2003, 10:27 AM

You know what's funny about that magazine, "Vanity?" It was used as a prop in a final-season episode of "I Dream of Jeannie!" When Tony and Jeannie are having their house remodeled after they got married, Jeannie looks at a picture in it, and blinks her house to resemble it. That was in 1969, so look how old that magazine is!

Also, do y'all notice that every time Carol goes shopping, she comes back with those pink-and-black gift boxes, tied with gold string? The same ones every time!

Oh, and the funny thing about the last episode (Hair-brained Scheme) is that if you look at the laundry soap on the shelf of the service porch, it's not Safe, but BEST!!!!

I guess they ran out of their lifetime supply, with all the clothes they wash.

hawaii five-o · 10-20-2003, 06:52 PM

Also, when Carol and Alice are unloading groceries in the kitchen, they always have a box of something that looks like cereal. The box looks like it has mountains on it.

Elizabeth B. · 10-20-2003, 07:05 PM

Yeah, I know what box you're talking about! It has those mountains on it, and it's about the size of a box of Quaket Instant Oatmeal. There's a few larger ones too. Maybe it's the box that the "store brands" all come in.

Mijada · 10-21-2003, 08:01 PM

There is a mask that Bobby has, I think it's a donkey, that is shown in at least 3 eps.

Elizabeth B. · 10-21-2003, 08:06 PM

That's right, and also Carol's little round sewing basket.

Also those butt-ugly green-&-brown coffee mugs, the ones with the squareish designs on them. Ugh!

Vegas Girl · 10-21-2003, 08:26 PM

I remember Bobby putting on a donkey mask once in his room.
I don't remember seeing it three times.

Did you notice that Peter loved airplanes? He was always 'working on' an airplane.

SKay · 10-21-2003, 08:47 PM

I remember seeing the mask lying somewhere on a shelf in the boys' room.

Yes, I noticed that about Peter and airplanes, too! He asks for one in The Hero, he hits BeBe (is that her name?) with one in Mike's Horror-scope, he and the others put one together in Alice's September Song, he is working on one when he can't wash his hands because Jan is in the bathroom, and he's looking at one when Bobby throws a pillow at him a breaks it. There may be more.

01-18-2003, 04:58 PM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Characters Mentioned/Props Used in More Than One Episode! Guys, I can think of several: 1. In "Fistfull of Reasons" Peter gets in a fight with "Buddy Hinton, in "Tell it Like it is" Peter says he got in another fight with Buddy Hinton. 2. In "The Big Bet" Greg is forced to take Bobby on his date with Rachel, he reminds her of this when he goes to another drive-in movie with her in "Greg Get's Grounded" 3. Filmore Junior High School's audience in "Her Sister's Shadow" is actually the same footage used in "Vote For Brady" which occurs much earlier. 4. "The Grass is Always Greener" shows Carol reading books on baseball to help the boys learn batting practice. One of the books is called, "Rudaments of Baseball: Tips from Ruth to Mays" If you look very closely you will see Greg reading that same book while lying on his bed for a second in "Juliet is the Sun" (Not positive about this, but I think I am about 70% sure.) 5. You can see boxes from Driscell's Toy Shop in "The Hero" and in at least one other episode there is a Driscoll's box in the garage! (Does anyone know which episode? I can't remember!) What others can you think of? Jack

10-20-2003, 10:27 AM	#9
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	You know what's funny about that magazine, "Vanity?" It was used as a prop in a final-season episode of "I Dream of Jeannie!" When Tony and Jeannie are having their house remodeled after they got married, Jeannie looks at a picture in it, and blinks her house to resemble it. That was in 1969, so look how old that magazine is! Also, do y'all notice that every time Carol goes shopping, she comes back with those pink-and-black gift boxes, tied with gold string? The same ones every time! Oh, and the funny thing about the last episode (Hair-brained Scheme) is that if you look at the laundry soap on the shelf of the service porch, it's not Safe, but BEST!!!! I guess they ran out of their lifetime supply, with all the clothes they wash.
	__________________ Elizabeth B.

10-21-2003, 08:26 PM	#14
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	Props I remember Bobby putting on a donkey mask once in his room. I don't remember seeing it three times. Did you notice that Peter loved airplanes? He was always 'working on' an airplane.

01-18-2003, 05:59 PM	#2
Adam the Great Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 144	In the episode "My Sister Benedict Arnold", to get back at Marcia for dating Warren Mulaney, Greg dates Marcia's rival Kathy Lawrence who is played by Sheri Cowart. I guess Marica proves she's mature and doesn't hold a grudge, because in the next episode The Personality Kid", she invites Kathy Lawrence over, and she and Kathy as Peter to explain about the movie "The Revenge of the Potato People".

01-18-2003, 09:33 PM	#3
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	There was a pink magazine involved in at least two episodes.

01-19-2003, 02:29 AM	#5
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Guys, We'll have to check this, but I think in "The Hustler" if you look in the garage (they sometimes called the garage a "car port", remember?) you see a box from Driscoll's Toy Shop! Jack

01-19-2003, 09:53 PM	#6
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	The family does a commercial for Safe laundry detergent in "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor". Later, Bobby uses Safe to wash his clothes in the episode where he becomes a safety monitor.

07-07-2003, 08:50 PM	#7
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	Carol talked to her friend Martha on the phone in several of the earlier episodes. Also, the box of Safe was featured on the last episode when Cindy kept her rabbits in the service porch.

10-05-2003, 10:27 PM	#8
SKay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 321	About the pink magazine: It was called Vanity. I can't remember the first episode it was in, but Carol was looking at it while in bed. The other time it was used was in the very last episode. Greg was looking at it at the beauty parlor.

10-20-2003, 06:52 PM	#10
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	Also, when Carol and Alice are unloading groceries in the kitchen, they always have a box of something that looks like cereal. The box looks like it has mountains on it.

10-20-2003, 07:05 PM	#11
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	Yeah, I know what box you're talking about! It has those mountains on it, and it's about the size of a box of Quaket Instant Oatmeal. There's a few larger ones too. Maybe it's the box that the "store brands" all come in.

10-21-2003, 08:01 PM	#12
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	There is a mask that Bobby has, I think it's a donkey, that is shown in at least 3 eps.

10-21-2003, 08:06 PM	#13
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	That's right, and also Carol's little round sewing basket. Also those butt-ugly green-&-brown coffee mugs, the ones with the squareish designs on them. Ugh!

10-21-2003, 08:47 PM	#15
SKay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 321	I remember seeing the mask lying somewhere on a shelf in the boys' room. Yes, I noticed that about Peter and airplanes, too! He asks for one in The Hero, he hits BeBe (is that her name?) with one in Mike's Horror-scope, he and the others put one together in Alice's September Song, he is working on one when he can't wash his hands because Jan is in the bathroom, and he's looking at one when Bobby throws a pillow at him a breaks it. There may be more.