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Elizabeth B. · 10-10-2003, 10:38 AM

In the amusement park episode, when they are all carrying the recovered plans "relay-race style" across the park, why do the boys pass it off to Carol at the end?

I mean, Peter and Greg were REALLY hauling butt there, and they didn't have much farther to run anyway. So why would they pass the plans off to Carol, for her to run in those big, clompy shoes, when the boys obviously could have gotten them to Mike much quicker, thus possibly saving his career?

Oh yeah---ANOTHER thing about that episode that always bugs me: Bobby and Cindy were plenty old enough to know the seriousness of the situation with the lost plans, Mike's job on the line. So WHY did they waste time eating instead of looking? If those were my kids, I'd tear their butts up for being so irresponsible!

hawaii five-o · 10-11-2003, 05:46 PM

I think they wanted Carol to be the hero. Anyway, everyone looks so out of shape when they're running. I don't think Bobby and Cindy were the only ones who were chowing down.

richheart · 11-07-2003, 12:37 PM

I think they wanted Carol to be the hero also. Maybe the parents had been fighting recently and they thought it would be a good idea to help their relationship.

Have you noticed that the Brady's were the only ones in the park not wearing shorts?

Vegas Girl · 11-07-2003, 02:38 PM

And that was a real ugly outfit that Jan had on.

Why didn't they wear shorts...even at home? Geez, they lived in California.

I just remembered something dumb in that episode. In the tag, Peter says he's going to wear an animal costume all day for $5.00!! They'll probably never go to Kings Island again. Why would he want to waste his time wearing a HOT outfit instead of going on rides for a measly five bucks?? No kid would really do that!

Brady Fan · 11-07-2003, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by Vegas Girl
And that was a real ugly outfit that Jan had on.

Why didn't they wear shorts...even at home? Geez, they lived in California.

Yes I agree that was hidious outfit that Jan had on, and I've always wondered why they never wore shorts too I think in the early eps the girls did some but never in the later ones

Vegas Girl · 11-07-2003, 02:45 PM

The girls wore shorts in the first season, but not after that.

SKay · 11-07-2003, 06:37 PM

I was thinking that Peter was going to wear the costume just for lunch like the girl did for her brother before. Maybe I'm wrong, though. What gets me about that part is that . . . let's see if I can explain this. When Greg was trying to find Marge, he borrowed that costume to get into the employees' area. So that was not the costume Marge (or her brother) wore, which means it's not the costume Peter should have been wearing. Does that make sense?

richheart · 11-07-2003, 07:09 PM

$5.00 back then would be like $20 today.

Vegas Girl · 11-07-2003, 07:13 PM

You're right, but if you took your family out of state to Kings Island and asked your kid, "Would you rather go on the rides or wear a hot, bulky costume for $20.00?", I'm sure the kid would pick the rides.

hawaii five-o · 03-28-2004, 05:09 PM

After going to the Grand Canyon and Hawaii, I wonder if this vacation was kind of a let down for the Bradys.

It's kind of a strange coincidence that Marcia and Jan just happen to go into the same boat that they were in before and find the plans.

Jan always says "a bear poster", and they show the poster of Yogi Bear, but Yogi is never mentioned by name.

Mike, as usual, is a wet blanket in this episode. He is the only one who doesn't run through the amusement park and is the only one not to ride the roller coaster.

In the other episodes, Alice always gets sea sick when she has to ride in a boat. Yet in this episode, she rides all of the rides and never complains about being nauseated. Did she buy some Dramamine???

TV Guy · 03-28-2004, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by hawaii five-o
After going to the Grand Canyon and Hawaii, I wonder if this vacation was kind of a let down for the Bradys.

Seriously. "Hey gang, remember the trip to the Grand Canyon? And last year's trip to Hawaii? Well, for this year's season premiere, we're going to...Ohio! Woo-hoo!"

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Mike, as usual, is a wet blanket in this episode. He is the only one who doesn't run through the amusement park and is the only one not to ride the roller coaster.

I never noticed that before, but you're right. I did read that Robert Reed saved everyone's lives, because after the camera was mounted on the front of the coaster, he didn't think it would hold and insisted that the producers run the coaster through without anyone in it. The coaster came back without the camera, and had anyone been in the car during that first run-through, they would have gotten clocked by the camera (and those 70s cameras were heavy). So I guess I can't blame Bob too much for passing on the ride, even after they got a better mounting.

James · 03-28-2004, 10:52 PM

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Originally posted by Vegas Girl
The girls wore shorts in the first season, but not after that.

I believe that during the last season Jan wore a pair of shorts while dancing in the tap shoes in Episode #106, "Try, Try Again", a beige pair of shorts if memory serves. Remember the scene with her tap dancing in the bathroom, while the boys were next door in their bedroom helping Greg with a song? (Up until recently I thought the bathroom was directly above the boys' bedroom when I considered Jan's tap dancing--the boys acted as if it were coming from above!)

Vegas Girl · 03-29-2004, 07:46 AM

I do remember her wearing the shorts for tap dancing, but for just walking around the house I didn't see them wear shorts any more.

Regarding Alice, she did look kind of dizzy after one of the rides and said something about leaving her stomach on the ride.

magellan333 · 03-29-2004, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by TV Guy
Seriously. "Hey gang, remember the trip to the Grand Canyon? And last year's trip to Hawaii? Well, for this year's season premiere, we're going to...Ohio! Woo-hoo!"

In Growing Up Brady, Barry Williams writes that oddly enough, the cast was excited about going to King's Island.

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Originally posted by TV Guy
Mike, as usual, is a wet blanket in this episode. He is the only one who doesn't run through the amusement park and is the only one not to ride the roller coaster.

Robert Reed did not like Roller Coasters. It is plausible that Mike Brady got squeamish on them too. I also read that he might have saved the Brady's lives by doing the test run.

hawaii five-o · 03-31-2004, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by Vegas Girl
I do remember her wearing the shorts for tap dancing, but for just walking around the house I didn't see them wear shorts any more.

Regarding Alice, she did look kind of dizzy after one of the rides and said something about leaving her stomach on the ride.

Jan looked cute in shorts.

I forgot about Alice and that ride. She and Carol were getting off the ride that looked like a roulette wheel when she made that comment.

10-10-2003, 10:38 AM	#1
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	Another thing I've always wondered... In the amusement park episode, when they are all carrying the recovered plans "relay-race style" across the park, why do the boys pass it off to Carol at the end? I mean, Peter and Greg were REALLY hauling butt there, and they didn't have much farther to run anyway. So why would they pass the plans off to Carol, for her to run in those big, clompy shoes, when the boys obviously could have gotten them to Mike much quicker, thus possibly saving his career? Oh yeah---ANOTHER thing about that episode that always bugs me: Bobby and Cindy were plenty old enough to know the seriousness of the situation with the lost plans, Mike's job on the line. So WHY did they waste time eating instead of looking? If those were my kids, I'd tear their butts up for being so irresponsible!
	__________________ Elizabeth B.

10-11-2003, 05:46 PM	#2
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	I think they wanted Carol to be the hero. Anyway, everyone looks so out of shape when they're running. I don't think Bobby and Cindy were the only ones who were chowing down.

11-07-2003, 12:37 PM	#3
richheart Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 25, 2002 Posts: 205	I think they wanted Carol to be the hero also. Maybe the parents had been fighting recently and they thought it would be a good idea to help their relationship. Have you noticed that the Brady's were the only ones in the park not wearing shorts?

11-07-2003, 02:38 PM	#4
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	And that was a real ugly outfit that Jan had on. Why didn't they wear shorts...even at home? Geez, they lived in California. I just remembered something dumb in that episode. In the tag, Peter says he's going to wear an animal costume all day for $5.00!! They'll probably never go to Kings Island again. Why would he want to waste his time wearing a HOT outfit instead of going on rides for a measly five bucks?? No kid would really do that!

11-07-2003, 02:45 PM	#6
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	The girls wore shorts in the first season, but not after that.

11-07-2003, 06:37 PM	#7
SKay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 321	I was thinking that Peter was going to wear the costume just for lunch like the girl did for her brother before. Maybe I'm wrong, though. What gets me about that part is that . . . let's see if I can explain this. When Greg was trying to find Marge, he borrowed that costume to get into the employees' area. So that was not the costume Marge (or her brother) wore, which means it's not the costume Peter should have been wearing. Does that make sense?

11-07-2003, 07:09 PM	#8
richheart Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 25, 2002 Posts: 205	$5.00 back then would be like $20 today.

11-07-2003, 07:13 PM	#9
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	You're right, but if you took your family out of state to Kings Island and asked your kid, "Would you rather go on the rides or wear a hot, bulky costume for $20.00?", I'm sure the kid would pick the rides.

03-28-2004, 05:09 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	After going to the Grand Canyon and Hawaii, I wonder if this vacation was kind of a let down for the Bradys. It's kind of a strange coincidence that Marcia and Jan just happen to go into the same boat that they were in before and find the plans. Jan always says "a bear poster", and they show the poster of Yogi Bear, but Yogi is never mentioned by name. Mike, as usual, is a wet blanket in this episode. He is the only one who doesn't run through the amusement park and is the only one not to ride the roller coaster. In the other episodes, Alice always gets sea sick when she has to ride in a boat. Yet in this episode, she rides all of the rides and never complains about being nauseated. Did she buy some Dramamine???

03-29-2004, 07:46 AM	#13
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	I do remember her wearing the shorts for tap dancing, but for just walking around the house I didn't see them wear shorts any more. Regarding Alice, she did look kind of dizzy after one of the rides and said something about leaving her stomach on the ride.