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Subject: THE CANONICAL BRADY BUNCH EPISODE GUIDE
Date: 16 Mar 1994 21:36:14 GMT


             THE CANONICAL BRADY BUNCH EPISODE GUIDE
               Copyright (C) 1994 by Tony L. Hill
                    (tony.hill@msbbs.mn.org)
                   Revision 1.01, 20 Feb 1994
     May be distributed freely for non-commercial purposes.
     Revisions will be posted to alt-tv-brady-bunch as needed.


                        "THE BRADY BUNCH"
                    26 Sep 1969 - 30 Aug 1974

(number  at  left  is  airdate  order;  number  in  brackets   is
production code number; dates given are original air dates in the
United States)


     PILOT

1.   "The Honeymoon," 26 Sep 1969 [0]
          Mike  and Carol tie the knot.  As  the  world
    now  knows, it's how they became the  Brady  bunch.
    Barry Williams reports that shooting began for  the
    pilot  on  his 14th birthday, which  works  out  to
    September 30, 1968.   This episode may have led  to
    Dabbs Greer being typecast; in addition to  playing
    the officiant here (and marrying Bobby and Tracy in
    "The  Bradys"),  he played the Rev.  Alden  on  the
    long-running "Little House on the Prairie" and  now
    plays a minister on "Picket Fences."

     FIRST SEASON

NOTE:   The following six episodes were filmed as a group  rather
than serially due to Florence Henderson's nightclub schedule.

2.   "Dear Libby," 3 Oct 1969 [1]
          Suspicions abound when a letter appears in an
    advice   column  which  suits  America's   favorite
    blended family to a tee.

3.   "Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy," 10 Oct 1969 [5]
          Cindy  is  torn  by having  to  choose  which
    parent  to  see her play the fairy  princess  in  a
    school play.

4.   "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," 17 Oct 1969 [6]
          Now that Mike has a wife, Alice decides she's
    no   longer  needed.   The  family  convinces   her
    otherwise.

5.   "Katchoo," 24 Oct 1969 [4]
          Jan  appears  to be allergic  to  Tiger,  the
    family dog.  (The original Tiger was killed  during
    the filming of this episode.)

6.   "A Clubhouse Is Not a Home," 31 Oct 1969 [2]
          The   boys  are  reluctant  to  share   their
    clubhouse with their new sisters.

7.   "Kitty Karry-All Is Missing," 7 Nov 1969 [3]
          Bobby is accused of stealing Cindy's favorite
    doll.

8.   "A-Camping We Will Go," 14 Nov 1969 [12]
          The boys bristle at the prospect of Carol and
    the  girls  coming on  their  traditional  all-male
    camping trip.

9.   "Sorry, Right Number," 21 Nov 1969 [9]
          Fed  up with rising phone bills, Mike  has  a
    pay  phone  installed in the  family  room.   Allan
    Melvin makes his first appearance as Sam Franklin.

10.  "Every Boy Does It Once," 5 Dec 1969 [14]
          Bobby   decides   that  Carol  is   an   evil
    stepmother and runs away.

11.  "Vote for Brady," 12 Dec 1969 [13]
          Greg and Marcia compete for class president.

12.  "The Voice of Christmas," 19 Dec 1969 [15]
          Santa  Claus, played by Hal "Otis the  Drunk"
    Smith, promises Cindy that Carol's laryngitis  will
    be cured in time for Christmas.

13.  "Is There a Doctor in the House," 26 Dec 1969 [10]
          Trouble  ensues when the Brady  children each
    want  a  doctor of the same gender  as  themselves.
    Marian  "Happy Days" Ross and Herbert  "Dennis  the
    Menace" Anderson appear as the pediatricians.

14.  "Father of the Year," 2 Jan 1970 [7]
          Marcia  enters Mike in a  newspaper  contest,
    only to incur his wrath in the process.

15.  "54-40 and Fight," 9 Jan 1970 [11]
          The  kids can't agree as to how to use  their
    accumulated books of trading stamps.

16.  "Mike's Horror-Scope," 16 Jan 1970 [16]
          Mike  deals with a perfidy-inspiring  client.
    Guest appearance by Abbe Lane.

17.  "The Undergraduate," 23 Jan 1970 [17]
          Greg is in love with his math teacher.  Guest
    appearances by Gigi Perreau as the teacher and  Wes
    Parker as himself.

18.  "Tiger! Tiger!," 30 Jan 1970 [19]
          Tiger goes on paternity leave.

19.  "The Big Sprain," 6 Feb 1970 [21]
          Alice sprains her ankle while Carol is out of
    town, leaving Mike to manage the household.

20.  "Brace Yourself," 13 Feb 1970 [20]
          Marcia is chagrined at having to wear braces,
    especially  after  she suspects a  beau  dumps  her
    therefor.

21.  "The Hero," 20 Feb 1970 [22]
          Peter  is egoistic after saving a small  girl
    in a toy store.

22.  "The Possible Dream," 27 Feb 1970 [24]
          Marcia's diary inadvertently winds up in  the
    hands of Desi Arnaz Jr., one of its subjects.

23.  "To Move or Not To Move," 6 Mar 1970 [18]
          The kids conspire to prevent their house from
    being  sold.   (Your  editor  once  pulled  similar
    machinations.)

24.  "The Grass Is Always Greener," 13 Feb 1970 [8]
          Mike  and  Carol switch roles for  a  day  to
    settle whose jobs are hardest.  Robert Reed  really
    slipped on an egg as Mike did while this was  being
    rehearsed.

25.  "Lost Locket, Found Locket," 20 Mar 1970 [23]
          Jan  receives a mystery locket in  the  mail,
    which disappears mysteriously as well.


     SECOND SEASON

26.  "The Dropout," 25 Sep 1970 [26]
          Greg decides to drop out of school to  devote
    himself  to  baseball.   Guest  appearance  by  Don
    Drysdale as himself.

27.  "The Babysitters," 2 Oct 1970 [27]
          Mike and Carol work themselves into a  frenzy
    the first time they leave the kids alone.

28.  "The Slumber Caper," 9 Oct 1970 [30]
          Marcia  is accused of maligning her  teacher,
    causing  her slumber party to be  cancelled.   When
    the  party is held anyway, the boys  make  trouble.
    Guest  appearance  by E.G. Marshall as  the  school
    principal  and  Florence  Henderson's  and   Robert
    Reed's daughters as Marcia's friends.

29.  "The Un-Underground Movie," 16 Oct 1970 [29]
          Greg casts the family as denizens of colonial
    Plymouth, Mass. for a school-project movie.

30.  "Going, Going ... Steady," 23 Oct 1970 [25]
          Marcia gets her first boyfriend.

31.  "Call Me Irresponsible," 30 Oct 1970 [33]
          Greg  gets  a  job  as  a  flunky  at  Mike's
    architectural firm and screws up big-time.

32.  "The Treasure of Sierra Avenue," 6 Nov 1970 [28]
          The  boys  find  $1100 in a  wallet  and  are
    confounded by the notion of having to share it with
    the girls.

33.  "A Fistful of Reasons," 13 Nov 1970 [35]
          Peter  takes on a bully who taunts Cindy.   A
    Brady  classic.   "Baby  talk, baby  talk,  it's  a
    wonder you can walk."

34.  "The Not-So-Ugly Duckling," 20 Nov 1970 [38]
          Jan finds herself unattractive.

35.  "The Tattletale," 4 Dec 1970 [32]
          Cindy  confounds nearly all the rest  of  the
    cast with her snitching.  Susan Olsen's  most-hated
    episode.

36.  "What Goes Up ..." 11 Dec 1970 [36]
          Bobby develops and conquers a fear of heights
    in 22 minutes.

37.  "Confessions, Confessions," 18 Dec 1970 [31]
          The rest of the kids try to take the rap  for
    Peter breaking Carol's favorite vase.  "Mom  always
    says, 'don't play ball in the house.'"

38.  "The Impractical Joker," 1 Jan 1971 [34]
          Jan  pranks  out  the  whole  cast,  but   it
    backfires  when  Greg's borrowed  mouse  becomes  a
    casualty.

39.  "Where There's Smoke," 8 Jan 1971 [41]
          Carol  joins a crusade against smoking  after
    Greg is caught smoking.  This is the first  musical
    episode.  Barry Williams claims he started  smoking
    as a result of this episode.

40.  "Will the Real Jan Brady," 15 Jan 1971 [42]
          Jan  tries to change her personality  with  a
    brown wig.

41.  "The Drummer Boy," 22 Jan 1971 [40]
          Bobby's  drums drive the family to  dementia;
    meanwhile,  Peter's  masculinity  is  called   into
    question  by  his  singing.   Guest  appearance  by
    Deacon Jones as himself.

42.  "Coming Out Party," 29 Jan 1971 [37]
          Jan  tells the family she's a  lesbian.   No,
    Cindy  and  Carol develop tonsillitis.   (As  Barry
    Williams  points out, the doc uses the same  tongue
    depressor on both.)

43.  "Our Son, the Man," 5 Feb 1971 [43]
          Greg  puts childhood behind him  by  hustling
    older women, wearing shades, and turning Mike's den
    into a psychedelic parlor.

44.  "The Liberation of Marcia Brady," 12 Feb 1971 [44]
          Marcia joins the heretofore all-male Frontier
    Scouts,   while  Peter  does  likewise   with   the
    Sunflower Girls.

45.  "Lights Out," 19 Feb 1971 [45]
          Cindy   fears   the  dark  after   seeing   a
    magician's  assistant disappear.  Later Peter  does
    the same to her in his act.

46.  "The Winner," 26 Feb 1971 [46]
          Bobby  is dejected when he's the only  family
    member  to  never have won anything.    Hal  "Santa
    Claus"  Smith makes his second Brady appearance  as
    the TV host.

47.  "Double Parked," 5 Mar 1971 [47]
          The  women  and  children  rally  to  save  a
    neighborhood  park while Mike works to destroy  it.
    Jackie Coogan makes a brief appearance.

48.  "Alice's September Song," 12 Mar 1971 [48]
          Alice's old flame shows up and tries to  bilk
    her.

49.  "Tell It Like It Is," 26 Mar 1971 [39]
          Carol  writes  a magazine article  about  the
    family which encounters mixed reviews.



     THIRD SEASON

50.  "Ghost Town USA," 17 Sep 1971 [49]
          The Bradys head for the Grand Canyon and  are
    held prisoner in a ghost town by an old prospector,
    played by Jim Backus.

51.  "Grand Canyon or Bust," 24 Sep 1971 [50]
          The  Bradys  escape from the ghost  town  and
    arrive at the Grand Canyon.  Bobby and Cindy wander
    off.

52.  "The Brady Braves," 1 Oct 1971 [51]
          Bobby and Cindy encounter an Indian boy.  His
    grandfather,  portrayed by Jay Silverheels,  honors
    the family in a tribal ceremony.

53.  "The Wheeler-Dealer," 8 Oct 1971   [53]
          Greg buys a lemon car from a slick friend.

54.  "My Sister, Benedict Arnold," 15 Oct 1971 [57]
          Greg feels Marcia has betrayed him by  dating
    his athletic rival.  Greg responds in kind.

55.  "The Personality Kid," 22 Oct 1971 [54]
          Peter  comes  to  conclude  that  he  has  no
    personality.  He tries on a bunch of others.

56.  "Juliet Is The Sun," 29 Oct 1971 [52]
          Marcia  lands the part of Juliet in a  school
    play and becomes possessed by Shannen Doherty.

57.  "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor," 5 Nov 1971 [59]
          The  Bradys star in a soap commercial.   Paul
    Winchell guests as the quirky director.

58.  "The Private Ear," 12 Nov 1971 [58]
          Peter    upsets   the   bunch   by    bugging
    conversations  with Mike's tape recorder.   (Little
    did we know this was going on for real in the White
    House.  If only Dick were a Brady fan...)

59.  "Her Sister's Shadow," 19 Nov 1971 [55]
          Eve   Plumb's   career   will   forever    be
    encapsulated by those four words:  Marcia,  Marcia,
    Marcia,   MARCIA!   Twenty  years  later,   Melanie
    Hutsell built a career on the same line.

60.  "Click," 26 Nov 1971 [60]
          Greg wins a spot on the football team, but an
    injury threatens his career.

61.  "Getting Davy Jones," 10 Dec 1971 [63]
          Marcia tries to line up Davy Jones to sing at
    her  school prom.  Her teacher is played by  Marcia
    Wallace, who now plays Bart Simpson's teacher.

62.  "The Not-So-Rose-Colored Glasses," 24 Dec 1971 [61]
          Jan  causes a catastrophe when she  fails  to
    wear her new glasses.

63.  "The Teeter-Totter Caper," 31 Dec 1971 [56]
          Thwarted  from  adult activities,  Bobby  and
    Cindy try to set a new teeter-totter record to show
    that kids can do things too.

64.  "Big Little Man," 7 Jan 1972 [62]
          Bobby is in a twist over his limited stature.

65.  "Dough-Re-Mi," 14 Jan 1972 [64]
          Greg lands a gig to record his "sure-fire hit
    song," but Peter's voice changes unexpectedly.

66.  "Jan's Aunt Jenny," 21 Jan 1972 [66]
          Jan feels her life is over when she  realizes
    she  may grow up to look like Carol's  aunt  Jenny,
    played by Imogene Coca.

67.  "The Big Bet," 28 Jan 1972 [65]
          Greg  loses a bet to Bobby, who  proceeds  to
    milk Greg to the hilt.

68.  "Power of the Press," 4 Feb 1972 [68]
          Peter uses his column in the school paper  to
    butter up his teacher.

69.  "Sergeant Emma," 11 Feb 1972 [69]
          Alice's cousin Emma takes Alice's place for a
    week  and  runs the family ragged.   Emma  is  also
    played by Ann B. Davis.

70.  "Cindy Brady, Lady," 18 Feb 1972 [67]
          Cindy has a secret admirer, who turns out  to
    be a surprise even to himself.

71.  "My Fair Opponent," 3 Mar 1972 [71]
          Marcia  plays Henry Higgins to a  plain  Jane
    who then turns on Marcia.

72.  "The Fender Benders," 10 Mar 1972 [70]
          Jackie  Coogan guests as a crusty  curmudgeon
    who  tries  to take the family for a ride  after  a
    minor accident with Carol.


     FOURTH SEASON

73.  "Hawaii Bound," 22 Sep 1972 [72]
          The family vacations in Hawaii.  Bobby  finds
    a  cursed tiki.  Don Ho cameos with a  serenade  of
    "Sweet Someone" for Bobby and Cindy.

74.  "Pass the Tabu," 29 Sep 1972 [73]
          Greg  is  nearly  obliterated  in  a  surfing
    episode,   supposedly  because  of  the  tiki.    A
    tarantula  crawls on Peter.  Barry Williams was  in
    fact  injured filming this scene, and  Susan  Olsen
    almost drowned filming the boat scene.

75.  "The Tiki Caves," 6 Oct 1972 [74]
          Vincent Price plays a crazy archaeologist who
    takes the boys prisoner when they try to return the
    tiki to a burial ground in a remote area of Oahu.

76.  "Today I Am A Freshman," 13 Oct 1972 [75]
          Marcia  arrives  at high school and  puts  on
    airs.   Peter's volcano disrupts  Marcia's  booster
    club meeting.

77.  "Cyrano de Brady," 20 Oct 1972 [76]
          Peter engages Greg's help in winning the girl
    of his dreams, Kerry, but it backfires.  They stage
    a  second drama for the girl's benefit.   Kerry  is
    played  by  Kym  Karath,  who  played  Gretl,   the
    youngest  Von  Trapp,  in the film  "The  Sound  of
    Music."

78.  "Fright Night," 27 Oct 1972 [77]
          The  kids  work at scaring  each  other,  but
    things turn ugly when they go after Alice.

79.  "The Show Must Go On," 3 Nov 1972 [81]
          The  family  performs at  a  school  benefit.
    Mike  reads  "The Day Is Done" with  farcical  help
    from  the  boys.  Carol and Marcia  sing  "Together
    Wherever  We  Go."  Frank DeVol,  composer  of  the
    show's theme song, makes a brief appearance.

80.  "Jan, the Only Child," 10 Nov 1972 [80]
          Jan wills the other children out of her life.
    She recants by episode's end.

81.  "Career Fever," 17 Nov 1972 [78]
          Mike  is thrilled to overhear Greg's plan  to
    become  an architect, but Greg can't tell Mike  the
    truth.

82.  "Goodbye, Alice, Hello," 24 Nov 1972 [83]
          Alice  leaves  for good after  the  kids  are
    discordial  to her.  The kids then plot to win  her
    back.

83.  "Greg's Triangle," 8 Dec 1972 [86]
          A  flirt  tries to sway Greg to pick  her  as
    head cheerleader.  Marcia is also up for the  spot.
    Spoiler:   Greg picks a third candidate, played  by
    the current Mrs. Tom Hanks.

84.  "Everybody Can't Be George Washington," 22 Dec 1972 [85]
          Peter  is put off by being cast  as  Benedict
    Arnold in a school play.

85.  "Love and the Older Man," 5 Jan 1973 [84]
          Marcia develops a crush on her dentist.

86.  "Law and Disorder," 12 Jan 1973 [79]
          Bobby  becomes power-crazy when he  is  named
    hall monitor.

87.  "Greg Gets Grounded," 19 Jan 1973 [89]
          Greg  is banned from driving the  Brady  cars
    after a careless incident, but protests that Mike's
    "exact  words"  did not preclude him  from  driving
    other cars.

88.  "Amateur Nite," 26 Jan 1973 [92]
          The kids enter a variety show contest after a
    cash   flow   problem  forces  them   to   postpone
    delivering  their  parents'  anniversary  gift.   A
    Brady classic... "It's a Sunshine Day."  The banker
    was Hal "The Great Gildersleeve" Peary.

89.  "Bobby's Hero," 2 Feb 1973 [87]
          Bobby idolizes Jesse James.

90.  "The Subject Was Noses," 9 Feb 1973 [90]
          One   of  the  epiodes  which  makes   people
    embarrassed to be Brady fans.  Marcia's nose swells
    up  and her ego deflates when she gets hit  with  a
    football  and Doug Simpson ditches  her.   Nicholas
    Hammond, who played Simpson, went on to become TV's
    Spiderman.

91.  "How to Succeed in Business," 23 Feb 1973 [91]
          Peter  loses  his first job  at  Martinelli's
    bike  shop but fears to tell Mike and Carol.   Mike
    consoles him, "Why, I've been fired lots of times."

92.  "The Great Earring Caper," 2 Mar 1973 [88]
          Peter  and  Cindy  set off  to  find  Carol's
    missing earrings.

93.  "You're Never Too Old," 9 Mar 1973 [93]
          The kids try to match Mike's grandfather  and
    Carol's  grandmother,  played by  Robert  Reed  and
    Florence Henderson.

94.  "You Can't Win 'Em All," 16 Mar 1973 [82]
          Bobby  and Cindy vie to appear on a  TV  game
    show.    Chris  Knight's father guests  as  the  TV
    host.

95.  "A Room at the Top," 23 Mar 1973 [94]
          Mike  and  Carol each promise  the  attic  to
    Greg  and Marcia for a bedroom  without  consulting
    the other.



     FIFTH SEASON

96.  "Adios, Johnny Bravo," 14 Sep 1973 [98]
          Greg  is offered a job as a pop  music  idol.
    The last musical episode.

97.  "Mail Order Hero," 21 Sep 1973 [96]
          Bobby tells his friends he and Joe Namath are
    friends  and  then is called  to  deliver.   Namath
    guests as himself.

98.  "Snow White and the Seven Bradys," 28 Sep 1973 [95]
          The  Bradys  stage a benefit  performance  in
    their backyard for Cindy's teacher.  The teacher is
    played by Frances Whitfield, the cast members'  on-
    set teacher.

99.  "Never Too Young," 5 Oct 1973 [99]
          Bobby gets his first kiss, but may have  been
    exposed to the mumps.  (Ouch! That could  eliminate
    the  possibility of another generation of  Bradys.)
    The girl is played by Melissa Sue Anderson, in  the
    role  which got her the audition for "Little  House
    on the Prairie."

100. "Peter and the Wolf," 12 Oct 1973 [100]
          Peter poses as Greg's older friend to impress
    Greg's  girlfriend.   This  backfires  when   their
    charade is uncovered in front of Mike and Carol and
    a Mexican couple.  The actor who played Greg's date
    is the sister of Cathie Lee Gifford and not  nearly
    as annoying.

101. "Getting Greg's Goat," 19 Oct 1973 [101]
          Greg secretes the rival school mascot in  his
    bedroom.  The funniest Brady episode ever.

102. "Marcia Gets Creamed," 26 Oct 1973 [104]
          Marcia, Jan, and Peter all get jobs in an ice
    cream parlor, but major sibling rivalry erupts.

103. "My Brother's Keeper," 2 Nov 1973 [105]
          Bobby  offers  to be Peter's  slave  after  a
    small accident.

104. "Quarterback Sneak," 9 Nov 1973 [103]
          Greg's  football rival dates Marcia in  order
    to steal Greg's play book.

105. "Try, Try Again," 16 Nov 1973 [106]
          Jan  finds she's not proficient  at  anything
    she tries.

106. "The Cincinnati Kids," 23 Nov 1973 [102]
          The  bunch  visits a new  amusement  park  in
    Ohio.    Barry   Williams   treats   this   episode
    extensively  in  his book.  Robert Reed  saved  the
    cast from a roller coaster accident.

107. "The Elopement," 7 Dec 1973 [97]
          The  girls  become convinced  that  Alice  is
    eloping with Sam the butcher.

108. "Miss Popularity," 21 Dec 1973 [109]
          Jan  enters (and wins) a popularity  contest,
    but alienates her supporters thereafter.

109. "Kelly's Kids," 4 Jan 1974 [107]
          A  pilot  for a contrived  spin-off  about  a
    multicultural blended family starring Ken Berry and
    Brooke  Bundy.   Todd Lookinland (Matt)  is  Mike's
    brother  (but you knew that).   (Sherwood  Schwartz
    finally got this on the air in 1985 as "Together We
    Stand.")

110. "The Driver's Seat," 11 Jan 1974 [108]
          Marcia bets Greg she can outscore him on  her
    driving test.

111. "Out of This World," 18 Jan 1974 [110]
          Peter   and  Bobby  discover  UFOs   in   the
    backyard.   Astronaut James McDivitt makes a  cameo
    appearance.  Frank and Sadie Delfino, stand-ins for
    the  four younger children, play the Kaplutians  in
    Bobby's dream.

112. "Welcome Aboard," 25 Jan 1974 [112]
          Robbie Rist joins the cast as Carol's  nephew
    Oliver.  The other kids decide he's a jinx.  (Since
    stations  air  them in production code  order,  the
    following  episode is shown before this one.   This
    is perhaps the only case where this problem  causes
    a continuity error.)

113. "Two Petes in a Pod," 8 Feb 1974 [111]
          Chris Knight doubles as Arthur, a student who
    looks exactly like him.  Hilarity erupts when  Pete
    and  Arthur  both make dates for Pete on  the  same
    night.

114. "Top Secret," 15 Feb 1974 [115]
          Bobby  and Oliver are convinced that Sam  the
    butcher is a spy.

115. "The Snooperstar," 22 Feb 1974 [113]
          Marcia traps Cindy for snooping in her diary.
    Cindy is led to believe that she's the new  Shirley
    Temple. Natalie Schaefer guests as Mike's eccentric
    client.

116. "The Hustler," 1 Mar 1974 [114]
          Trouble with a B as Bobby takes up pool.  Jim
    Backus appears as Mike's boss, Mr. Phillips.

117. "The Hair-Brained Scheme," 8 Mar 1974 [116]
          In  the  final episode,  Bobby's  hair  tonic
    turns Greg's hair orange on graduation day.  Robert
    Reed  refused  to appear in this  episode.   Oliver
    speaks  the last dialogue of the series.   And  the
    word "sex" is used for the only time in the series.


                               ###

                 WHO'S WHO IN THE ORIGINAL CAST


Michael Paul Brady .......... Robert Reed
                              b. Robert Rietz, 19 Oct 1932,
                              Highland Park, Ill.
                              d. 12 May 1992, Pasadena, Calif.
Carol Ann Tyler Martin Brady  Florence Henderson
                              b. 14 Feb 1932, Dale, Ind.
Gregory Brady ............... Barry Williams
                              b. Barry Blenkhorn, 30 Sep 1954,
                              Santa Monica, Calif.
Marcia Martin Brady ......... Maureen McCormick
                              b. 5 Aug 1956, Encino (L.A.), Calif.
Peter Brady ................. Christopher Knight
                              b. 7 Nov 1957, New York, N.Y.
Jan Martin Brady ............ Eve Plumb
                              b. 29 Apr 1958, Burbank, Calif.
Robert Brady ................ Michael Lookinland
                              b. 19 Dec 1960. Mt. Pleasant, Utah
Cynthia Martin Brady ........ Susan Olsen
                              b. 14 Aug 1961, Santa Monica, Calif.
Alice Nelson ................ Ann B. Davis
                              b. 5 May 1926, Schenectady, N.Y.


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                 "THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR"

                        28 November 1976

     The  Bradys  reunited for this special which served  as  the
basis for a second Brady Bunch series.  The family had  abandoned
the middle class and now starred in a variety show.  The  special
and series were produced by Sid & Marty Krofft of "H.R. Pufnstuf"
and  "Donny and Marie" fame without involvement of the  producers
of  the  original  series.  The part of Jan was  played  by  Geri
Reischl.

     The special didn't have much of a plot, except a few  scenes
based around how Mike couldn't act.  One horrible scene  involved
Peter lying to a girlfriend in order to dump her.  Songs included
"Baby Face/Love To Love You Baby" (all); "One" (all); "Corner  of
the  Sky"  (Williams);  "What I Did For  Love/The  Way  We  Were"
(Henderson); an art song by Tony Randall; and a finale medley  of
"Cheek  to  Cheek," "Dance with Me,"  "T.S.O.P.,"  "The  Hustle,"
"Attitude Dancing," and "Shake Your Booty."  (no lie!)


                     "THE BRADY BUNCH HOUR"

1.   January 23, 1977

     Farrah  Fawcett and Lee Majors somehow wind up  sleeping  in
the  Brady  living room.  The plot centered on  getting  them  to
appear  on the Brady show.  Songs included "Yankee Doodle  Dandy"
(all);  "Razzle  Dazzle" (the Hudson Brothers.  YES,  THE  HUDSON
BROTHERS!); "Send in the Clowns" (Henderson, of course).


2.   February 27, 1977

     Bobby  hires Milton Berle as the Bradys' resident  comedian.
The  rest of the family is put off by Berle's rather dated  humor
and gags.  "So you're giving me the pink slip," Berle  concludes.
"We're  giving you all the clothes back," deadpans  Bobby.   Tina
Turner  was on hand to sing "Rubber Band Man." ("Private  Dancer"
was  still  seven years away.)  Chris Knight sang "Sing"  with  a
puppet.  Henderson  sang "Evergreen," and the show ended  with  a
medley of heart songs.  (The organ, not the girl group.)


3.   March 4, 1977

     Greg  decides to move out of the house.   Regular  irregular
Rip  Taylor plays his rental agent.  The apartment has  a  three-
legged  couch ("Good for your posture," notes Taylor), which  was
multi-function.   "Where's the bedroom," asked Greg.  "You're  in
it,"  said Taylor.  "And where's the bathroom?"  "You're  in  it.
Oh the BATHROOM -- the bathroom is down the hall.  And that's all
yours  too.  Along with a few other people."  (I'm  not  kidding.
The  writing  was really this bad.)  Greg decides  to  move  back
home.
     Henderson  and Williams sang a tandem, she singing  "Traces"
and he singing Eric Carmen's "All By Myself."  It was easily  the
most  poignant  moment in this series.   Maureen  McCormick  sang
"Time In A Bottle."  The cast sang "Sunny Side Up," and "It's Not
Where You Start."  The show ended with a medley of "Make  Someone
Happy," "I Want To Be Happy," and "Happy Days."

[The next revision of this guide will contain descriptions of the
other  four  variety hours as well as  the  subsequent  revivals.
Please send any comments/corrections to tony.hill@msbbs.mn.org or
by earth mail to the address below.]

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