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Elizabeth B. · 11-04-2003, 09:05 PM

I was watching one of my BB tapes last night, and I noticed how HUGE Carol's gold shoes are in the "Great Earring Caper" episode! You can see them pretty well in the scene where they all rush off to the laundry room to check the washing machine. Man, those are huge platforms she's wearing! I don't know how she can walk in those things.

Some other clothes/accessories that make me laugh:

1. Mike's black (blue?) vinyl jacket he's wearing at the end of the "Fright Night" episode, when he walks into the family room while Alice is posing.

2. The guys' white shoes/belts.

3. Those long "nightgown-looking" dresses the girls are wearing in the "Goodtime Music" song clip.

4. Carol's ahead-of-its-time mullet hairdo (what was with THAT?)

5. Cindy's dresses (mostly the first season) that were so short they showed her panties.

6. Mike's HUGE houndstooth-plaid patterned shirt.

7. Carol's huge black shoes. She's wearing them in several episodes, but the two that come to mind are when she walked out onto the back patio while Cindy and Bobby were on the teeter-totter trying to break a world-record, and when she walked into the living room while Joe Nameth was standing there. Gross!!!

Can y'all think of any others?

Vegas Girl · 11-05-2003, 02:37 PM

Those long dresses were called granny dresses and were popular in the mid 70's.

On the other side of the coin, you're right. In the first season, Cindy's dresses were ridiculously short!

Did you notice in the first season, when Marcia had ponytails, she didn't really have "hair of gold". It was brown there. They lightened it each season.

SKay · 11-05-2003, 03:50 PM

Peter's plaid pants that he wore to the party at the end of "The Elopement"

Peter's red and yellow sweater worn over the patterened shirt

Peter's gray Hushpuppy shoes

Everyone's high-water pants

(Believe it or not Peter is one of my favorite characters)

By the way, it was extremely full pants rather than dresses that the girls were wearing while singing Good Time Music.

Elizabeth B. · 11-05-2003, 05:25 PM

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By the way, it was extremely full pants rather than dresses that the girls were wearing while singing Good Time Music.

No way, really? Man those WERE full, I thought they were dresses!

OMG, I know what you mean about Peter's plaid pants, because I just watched "The Elopement" last night on my tape! Incidentally, that line Sam says about "4 extra lamb chops and pink panties" was on that episode, so I listened carefully again, and sure enough that's what he's saying.

In addition to Peter's gray Hush Puppy shoes, I also hate Bobby's ugly brown suede Hush Puppies as well.

(Peter's always been my favorite character, too.

)

hawaii five-o · 11-05-2003, 08:29 PM

Plaid bell bottoms.

Platform shoes.

The pants that looked like the back pockets were in the front, so it looked like the person wearing them was wearing his pants backwards (Greg and Peter wore these a lot)

Cindy's pants with the heart on the butt (she wore these in "The Hair Brained Scheme")

Jan's yellow pants and shirt (she looked like a banana)

Greg's shades in the Johnny Bravo episode

James · 11-06-2003, 02:18 AM

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Originally posted by Elizabeth B.
Incidentally, that line Sam says about "4 extra lamb chops and pink panties" was on that episode, so I listened carefully again, and sure enough that's what he's saying.

I personally wonder if the folks at TVLand doctored this and put the last couple of words in Sam's quote. I cannot see how this would fly in the early 1970s, or even today for that matter!

Elizabeth B. · 11-06-2003, 09:08 AM

Yeah, that thing about "pink panties" has bothered me for a while. I think I'm gonna scout around the net and ask about that line on some other Brady Bunch sites, just to get their opinions, then I'll let y'all know what I found out.

Dilly · 11-07-2003, 12:38 AM

It doesn't sound like something Sam would say. He wasn't too romantic and preferred bowling as entertainment.

If true, it would have been a truly shocking brady bunch statement.

Vegas Girl · 11-07-2003, 02:47 PM

Yeah, Sam was more interested in his bowling balls!

Mijada · 11-07-2003, 09:18 PM

What cracked me up was that the boys, especially Bobby and Peter, would wear clothes that totally clashed. Someone mentioned Peters red/yellow sweater over a patterned shirt. The shirt by itself would have looked ok but with that vest it was awful. Half the time Bobby looked as if he just grabbed anything out of the closet and put it on without even paying attention if it matched.

LiLGhost76 · 11-12-2003, 05:36 PM

I don't think you guys realize that this show took place in the 70's.......

Elizabeth B. · 11-12-2003, 08:17 PM

Well, of course we realize the show was in the 70s, but it's still funny to look back at some of the clothes that they wore. Especially, as Mijada pointed out, when some of the patterns or colors just totally clash.

I'm sure my grandkids will one day look back at what we wear now and laugh.

hawaii five-o · 11-12-2003, 08:23 PM

Growing up during the 70's, it's funny how i can remember wearing some of these clothes, such as the plaid bell bottoms, in first and second grade. It's scary to think that people actually wore these things and thought they were cool. Thirty years from now, people will be watching shows where the characters wear baggy jeans and nose rings and they will laugh and laugh.

Mijada · 11-14-2003, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by hawaii five-o
Growing up during the 70's, it's funny how i can remember wearing some of these clothes, such as the plaid bell bottoms, in first and second grade. It's scary to think that people actually wore these things and thought they were cool. Thirty years from now, people will be watching shows where the characters wear baggy jeans and nose rings and they will laugh and laugh.

That's very true. I look back at some stuff that I wore as a teenager in the 80's and laugh. Tight Jordache jeans and parachute pants for example.

hawaii five-o · 03-23-2004, 10:21 PM

During season four, Jan wears some shirts with short frilly sleeves that look maternity shirts. I think she is wearing one in the episode where Peter is making the volcano.

11-04-2003, 09:05 PM	#1
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	B.Bunch clothes/accessories that crack me up. I was watching one of my BB tapes last night, and I noticed how HUGE Carol's gold shoes are in the "Great Earring Caper" episode! You can see them pretty well in the scene where they all rush off to the laundry room to check the washing machine. Man, those are huge platforms she's wearing! I don't know how she can walk in those things. Some other clothes/accessories that make me laugh: 1. Mike's black (blue?) vinyl jacket he's wearing at the end of the "Fright Night" episode, when he walks into the family room while Alice is posing. 2. The guys' white shoes/belts. 3. Those long "nightgown-looking" dresses the girls are wearing in the "Goodtime Music" song clip. 4. Carol's ahead-of-its-time mullet hairdo (what was with THAT?) 5. Cindy's dresses (mostly the first season) that were so short they showed her panties. 6. Mike's HUGE houndstooth-plaid patterned shirt. 7. Carol's huge black shoes. She's wearing them in several episodes, but the two that come to mind are when she walked out onto the back patio while Cindy and Bobby were on the teeter-totter trying to break a world-record, and when she walked into the living room while Joe Nameth was standing there. Gross!!! Can y'all think of any others?
	__________________ Elizabeth B.

11-05-2003, 02:37 PM	#2
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	Those long dresses were called granny dresses and were popular in the mid 70's. On the other side of the coin, you're right. In the first season, Cindy's dresses were ridiculously short! Did you notice in the first season, when Marcia had ponytails, she didn't really have "hair of gold". It was brown there. They lightened it each season.

11-05-2003, 03:50 PM	#3
SKay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 321	Peter's plaid pants that he wore to the party at the end of "The Elopement" Peter's red and yellow sweater worn over the patterened shirt Peter's gray Hushpuppy shoes Everyone's high-water pants (Believe it or not Peter is one of my favorite characters) By the way, it was extremely full pants rather than dresses that the girls were wearing while singing Good Time Music.

11-05-2003, 08:29 PM	#5
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	Plaid bell bottoms. Platform shoes. The pants that looked like the back pockets were in the front, so it looked like the person wearing them was wearing his pants backwards (Greg and Peter wore these a lot) Cindy's pants with the heart on the butt (she wore these in "The Hair Brained Scheme") Jan's yellow pants and shirt (she looked like a banana) Greg's shades in the Johnny Bravo episode

11-06-2003, 09:08 AM	#7
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	Yeah, that thing about "pink panties" has bothered me for a while. I think I'm gonna scout around the net and ask about that line on some other Brady Bunch sites, just to get their opinions, then I'll let y'all know what I found out.

11-07-2003, 12:38 AM	#8
Dilly Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2003 Location: California Posts: 133	It doesn't sound like something Sam would say. He wasn't too romantic and preferred bowling as entertainment. If true, it would have been a truly shocking brady bunch statement.

11-07-2003, 02:47 PM	#9
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	Yeah, Sam was more interested in his bowling balls!

11-07-2003, 09:18 PM	#10
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	What cracked me up was that the boys, especially Bobby and Peter, would wear clothes that totally clashed. Someone mentioned Peters red/yellow sweater over a patterned shirt. The shirt by itself would have looked ok but with that vest it was awful. Half the time Bobby looked as if he just grabbed anything out of the closet and put it on without even paying attention if it matched.

11-12-2003, 05:36 PM	#11
LiLGhost76 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 12, 2003 Posts: 55	I don't think you guys realize that this show took place in the 70's.......

11-12-2003, 08:17 PM	#12
Elizabeth B. #1 JAN FAN!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 165	Well, of course we realize the show was in the 70s, but it's still funny to look back at some of the clothes that they wore. Especially, as Mijada pointed out, when some of the patterns or colors just totally clash. I'm sure my grandkids will one day look back at what we wear now and laugh.

11-12-2003, 08:23 PM	#13
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	Growing up during the 70's, it's funny how i can remember wearing some of these clothes, such as the plaid bell bottoms, in first and second grade. It's scary to think that people actually wore these things and thought they were cool. Thirty years from now, people will be watching shows where the characters wear baggy jeans and nose rings and they will laugh and laugh.

03-23-2004, 10:21 PM	#15
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	During season four, Jan wears some shirts with short frilly sleeves that look maternity shirts. I think she is wearing one in the episode where Peter is making the volcano.