A few “late to the party” thoughts. I met Barry Williams when he came into the bank I was working at in Mn. He was really nice and when he came in the second time he autographed his book and a picture for me. He didn’t charge me. I always thought that Jan was way prettier than Marcia. For all the crap that’s written about Robert Reed he actually was very kind and generous to the kids. Yeah he was a pain on the set but I think he was a kind man dealing with his own demons.
Have to say I was about 10 or11 and had to suffer through because the Partidge Family was on right after the Brady Bunch lol but I do enjoy watching them now. David Cassidy was my teen idol back then.
@C B S PLEASE SHUT UP. Maureen and Eve were BOTH very successful in their parts. THE AUDIENCE LOVED THEM BOTH. The audience loved Susan, too. And Florence and Ann. Misogynist Attitudes-- like yours-- can hurt women and sometimes even breaks our friendships. :-(
@@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld It's just facts man. Jan blossomed beautifully into a beautiful and stunning woman in the last season. Marcia was cute too tho, but Jan really took the spot as "the prettiest sister"
14:45 Jim Morrison did not drop out of college; he wanted to after getting a 'D' on his final film project but was talked out of it. Instead he skipped graduation to spend the day at Venice Beach 'smoking dope' and his diploma was mailed to his mother. He treated his high school graduation with the same regard, not being present when his name was called.
It's nice to know Robert Reed was more than just an actor on the show. His interest in the kids welfare and such makes him look more of a decent man. His character is one of the great TV. Dads.
Back in (2000-2001)I met Barry Williams ( Greg Brady)at a Retro festival in a 2-3 day wkend. In L.A. ,CA. At Santa monica ,CA.&took a photo with him&still have the photo.Also photos with leif Garrett&Pop singer Taylor Dayne on the same wknd. My memories of my t.v.&singing stars.😄😁😎🤠😷🤑🪘🎵🎼📻🎧🎤🎛🎙🎶🥁🎹🎸📽🎬🎞🎥📸📼📺🕯💡📝🗃🚬🧢🇨🇱🇺🇸
I noticed something through the years watching this show, that it seems the producers wanted to keep these kids as juvenile as possible. I mean the two youngest kids were in early adolescence and they still had young child toys scattered around the backyard, like wagons and swingsets.
Not unusual for sitcoms. Cute little kids are more appealing than older kids. The "cute little kid" was what Cousin Oliver was meant to be, in order to pull in more viewers to pull up ratings. Sometimes it's taken a bit far; let kids be their age!!
Anyone notice at around 20:57 or 20:58 that Peter messes up on the dance. I have always noticed this. So funny how pop up says they rehearsed a week on this and he messes up there.
Although if you think about it, it could be that they rehearsed having Peter mess it up slightly. After all, these aren't supposed to be professional singers and dancers within the context of the Bradys.
I watched the choreography. In that exact moment, Greg and Marcia face each other. Bobby and Cindy face each other. It would stand to reason that Peter should have faced Jan, but didn't. LOL. I'm thinking it would take too long to start the song over again to get a good take, so they just let it go. Nice catch, though.
I liked the pop-up video on this. I liked it best when they did "Goodtime Music". Their outfits were really nice. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Kudos to Robert Reed for actually caring about the children as people. He also took them to Europe one time during the hiatus period. As for Florence, kind of sad that she would be jealous of the child actors because they got to sing. Kind of petty, imo.
I try to watch season five, but i always end up hating it. They were trying to be the Partridge Family; they wanted to be music stars, but that wasn't gonna happen. You can tell they are bored. Eve is acting like a diva. Florence was frustrated with her character. Robert Reed, of course, refused to work on the hair tonic episode, and got himself fired. What a mess. Sherwood Schwartz lost control of the show.
Most tee-vee shows, even if they are of high quality, have a lifespan of about five seasons, give or take one. After that, the writers/producers/actors have run out of anything original to do and say. Stories get repetitive, people get bored, and writers will often rely on introducing musical numbers by the cast as a substitute for actual plots.
He did have a good voice. Imo, he needed to work on his style and presentation. It was like he was trying too hard. Should've just relaxed and been more natural. I actually liked Maureen more as a singer. Kind of a soft voice, but she sounded good.
This episode really predicted the future. They wanted Greg for his looks and he "fit the suit". Now days thank to Autotune talent is not necessary. Just so long as you look good on camera in music videos. Right Britney? 😂
I get making the outfits G rated as possible but that doesn't mean they had o make the girls look like extras from Little House On The Prairie that fell into a tub full of Orange Juice! LOL
Interesting that he dropped out of Pepperdine to do musical theater... I would have thought Pepperdine would be a good place to go if that's what you wanted to do. ETA: with all respect in the world to SAHM, you gotta love that Carol is talking about how college will last you a lifetime when she's got nothing to do with her days but plant marigolds, arrange flowers, and drink coffee.
Carol probably went to college in the early or mid 50s, when the "M.R.S. degree" was popularized. We don't know where Mr. Martin (Carol's first husband and the girls' biological father) went to college, nor what happened to him, nor how Carol & Mike met. Very few backstories to this show.
It was VH1, and I'm sure they got a bonus! Pop up videos was a weekly show. First they just did music videos but later started doing full shows like this
Well, this is interesting. Between 2:55 and 3:01 They're referring to "Molly Ann Leiken" My Songwriting Instructor from 2000 -2003. I mention her in the "About" section on my YT Channel. I also still have the "Book" or one of them that Molly Authored, "How To Make A Good Song A Hit Song" The Lady knows her stuff about Song Writing, Cool beans, man !
Where did that chiming clock come from. It was never there before? Also, get a load of that butterfly on the seat of Buddy’s jeans there at the end (and the fringe belt). So very “groovy”?
@@MareShoop late to the party here but they got a lot of the info from insiders on set :) I was actually once a "pop up" on a Paula Cole video (I was super chuffed, lol) having to do with aging makeup on the cast that I did.
Wow another great song for this particular episode hope it doesn’t get in my head I might be singing at Stop & Shop or I might be seeing it to Cindy B or Cindy G or maybe singing it to John Lane You may never know
Car accidents are terrible, my first husband died in one 😥
Před 3 lety+1
This was a situational comedy. Jan wanted more serious plot lines. Not happening girl. Cindy wanted a horse. Not happening. Bobby wants a gf, that was doable. Greg wanted to get into a fist fight that could have worked. Having final say in the scripts was a little much, especially coming from the children. I hope they were grateful for the work they did. They beat out 1,000s of other children.
The show had run it's course and became outdated even for it's time. The episodes are still too clean cut, cookie cutter, type episodes. Everything tied up in a neat bow, compared to other tv sitcoms at the time like All In The Family, The Lucy Show, Good Times, One Day At a Time. Sherwood Swartz wanted the Brady Bunch to stay it's goody too shoes format because that's how he felt the show should be.
4:58. Henderson suffered from temporary hearing loss? That was quite a mixed blessing -- for a little while, unlike the rest of us, she did not have to hear herself sing.
So he has to dye his hair blond, bulk up, wear shades and a black T-shirt, move next door to a nerd and bratty kid, and act like an idiot?😅😂 15:15-I love where that bit was going.😅 I have a nightgown that looks exactly like Marcia's dress.
The caption about music critics at 2:06 was dumb. As if music critics gave any attention to the music of the Brady Kids. That would be like an art critic evaluating a child's crayon drawing.
I get a kick out of the little witch on a broom when it mentions Florence Henderson not going to more than one rehearsal for the kids! Haha! Maureen McCormick's hair was very noticeably bleached for the final season and already had dark roots! Her natural color was nicer. Then around the time after the variety show she got a similar bowl cut as Florence! Yikes!
I remember being so excited when Nick at Nite aired these back in 2001. Something about learning all the background facts about the show was so cool.
I loved VH1's Pop-Up-Video,.
Kik9@@scottgross9337
Me too!
Fun fact Barry still does Johnny Bravo in Branson, MO. He lives there as well.
13:21 I always think of this Johnny Bravo! Hey, Mama!
A few “late to the party” thoughts.
I met Barry Williams when he came into the bank I was working at in Mn. He was really nice and when he came in the second time he autographed his book and a picture for me. He didn’t charge me.
I always thought that Jan was way prettier than Marcia.
For all the crap that’s written about Robert Reed he actually was very kind and generous to the kids. Yeah he was a pain on the set but I think he was a kind man dealing with his own demons.
Reed seemed like such a great surrogate father!
Pop up video was a great concept.
Put up interesting facts about a show.
Music videos too
The idea of "getting a good job just because you fit the suit" is a metaphor that I have made use of for decades after seeing the original episode.
I love getting the Pop Up facts during the episodes. Barry Williams (Greg) really does sing and does Musical Theater
Thanks, I remember these from the 90’s and I really enjoy seeing them again.
Have to say I was about 10 or11 and had to suffer through because the Partidge Family was on right after the Brady Bunch lol but I do enjoy watching them now. David Cassidy was my teen idol back then.
Marcia kept looking better and better in later seasons.
Jan too
@C B S PLEASE SHUT UP.
Maureen and Eve were BOTH very successful in their parts. THE AUDIENCE LOVED THEM BOTH.
The audience loved Susan, too. And Florence and Ann.
Misogynist Attitudes-- like yours-- can hurt women and sometimes even breaks our friendships. :-(
@Great Scott! You are so right.
@Clean Up: "Jan overtook Marcia" Oh really? When did it become a contest-- and when were YOU appointed the judge?
@@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld It's just facts man. Jan blossomed beautifully into a beautiful and stunning woman in the last season. Marcia was cute too tho, but Jan really took the spot as "the prettiest sister"
There was no mention that the beautiful Claudia Jennings died tragically in a car accident just 6 years later at the age of 29. Sad.
Oh that's terrible 😔
I noticed that as well...probably because this show was more of an upbeat program? That was really awful :(
Oh no! That is too sad! Gosh 😔😪
It's supposed to be "fun" facts, not depressing ones
I saw her story on mystery and scandals
It always cracks me up when the pop up says "greg" enjoyed playboy. Like duh 😂
You can really tell that was the 70s with the dance moves. I seen similar dance moves with the Jackson 5 and others from back then.
Jacksons " dancing mschine " ?
14:45 Jim Morrison did not drop out of college; he wanted to after getting a 'D' on his final film project but was talked out of it. Instead he skipped graduation to spend the day at Venice Beach 'smoking dope' and his diploma was mailed to his mother.
He treated his high school graduation with the same regard, not being present when his name was called.
It's nice to know Robert Reed was more than just an actor on the show. His interest in the kids welfare and such makes him look more of a decent man. His character is one of the great TV. Dads.
People ask Barry Williams if he ever sent Robert Reed a card on Father's Day. He didn't.
Nobody is talking about how good a singer Maureen was.
I agree! Maureen can sing!!
Yes...I always said that
Maureen couldn't sing
As a matter of fact all
Of them can sing...
What guys...think? Huh.let me no.. please 🙏🥺❤️🥺🥺🥺🥺
this was a great episode, maureen is amazing
Paul Cavonis was robbed of an Emmy Award for this episode.
Yeah, he was perfect. Don't know for sure, but my guess is that the television industry didn't take The Brady Bunch seriously.
They missed a good pop-up at 1:42. Writer Joanna Lee played alien woman "Tanna" in the Ed Wood classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space."
Back in (2000-2001)I met Barry Williams ( Greg Brady)at a Retro festival in a 2-3 day wkend. In L.A. ,CA. At Santa monica ,CA.&took a photo with him&still have the photo.Also photos with leif Garrett&Pop singer Taylor Dayne on the same wknd. My memories of my t.v.&singing stars.😄😁😎🤠😷🤑🪘🎵🎼📻🎧🎤🎛🎙🎶🥁🎹🎸📽🎬🎞🎥📸📼📺🕯💡📝🗃🚬🧢🇨🇱🇺🇸
Robert Reed's "stand-in" had been seen on a number of Brady episodes, including "Goodbye Alice, Hello..." I think he was even on the pilot as well.
Really
The shirt "Greg" is wearing near the end looks like Bay City Rollers attire.
jan has the most gorgeous hair, totally flaxen
Barry was super cute in this episode
I noticed something through the years watching this show, that it seems the producers wanted to keep these kids as juvenile as possible. I mean the two youngest kids were in early adolescence and they still had young child toys scattered around the backyard, like wagons and swingsets.
Hey, could be worse. They used to bind the chest of Buffy on _Family Affair_ . 😢
tejaswoman ………………….and she didn't even want to be a tv star in the first place. Sad end to her story.
Not unusual for sitcoms. Cute little kids are more appealing than older kids. The "cute little kid" was what Cousin Oliver was meant to be, in order to pull in more viewers to pull up ratings. Sometimes it's taken a bit far; let kids be their age!!
Anyone notice at around 20:57 or 20:58 that Peter messes up on the dance. I have always noticed this. So funny how pop up says they rehearsed a week on this and he messes up there.
😄
On everything they did
Although if you think about it, it could be that they rehearsed having Peter mess it up slightly. After all, these aren't supposed to be professional singers and dancers within the context of the Bradys.
Well, that’s one of the pop up’s , it said the crew thought they did better in the rehearsals. Maybe Peter didn’t mess up in the rehearsals.
I watched the choreography. In that exact moment, Greg and Marcia face each other. Bobby and Cindy face each other. It would stand to reason that Peter should have faced Jan, but didn't. LOL. I'm thinking it would take too long to start the song over again to get a good take, so they just let it go. Nice catch, though.
11:30 Greg and his mom are wearing the same shirt...
Lmao yeah
I liked the pop-up video on this. I liked it best when they did "Goodtime Music". Their outfits were really nice. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Greg had a crush on the guest star....you mean Greg/Barry had a crush on anything female!
Kudos to Robert Reed for actually caring about the children as people. He also took them to Europe one time during the hiatus period.
As for Florence, kind of sad that she would be jealous of the child actors because they got to sing. Kind of petty, imo.
I try to watch season five, but i always end up hating it.
They were trying to be the Partridge Family; they wanted to be music stars, but that wasn't gonna happen.
You can tell they are bored. Eve is acting like a diva.
Florence was frustrated with her character. Robert Reed, of course, refused to work on the hair tonic episode, and got himself fired.
What a mess.
Sherwood Schwartz lost control of the show.
Most tee-vee shows, even if they are of high quality, have a lifespan of about five seasons, give or take one. After that, the writers/producers/actors have run out of anything original to do and say. Stories get repetitive, people get bored, and writers will often rely on introducing musical numbers by the cast as a substitute for actual plots.
Jan was smokin' hot in the last season. She surpassed Marcia
I agree with you.
Yup she sure did surpass Marcia Brady
First episode of the show I watched was the Kings Island episode and I actually thought Jan was the older sister lol
And she had the best hair
@whosthatgirl6559I don’t think anyone would disagree that Marcia was gorgeous
I loved all the shows where the kids sang. I would have loved to have seen a lot more.
Closing musical number: The girls look like they're wearing pajamas.
Roger Redford Exactly what I was thinking 🤔
You mean they weren’t?
Greg had a pretty good voice.
He did have a good voice. Imo, he needed to work on his style and presentation. It was like he was trying too hard. Should've just relaxed and been more natural. I actually liked Maureen more as a singer. Kind of a soft voice, but she sounded good.
In the 80's, I saw Barry Williams in West Side Story
I remember clear as crystal watching this when it originally aired. I was nine years old. Fifty years ago, I can't believe it.
Loved this and Best Week Ever. Now it's nothing but reality shows.
I loved the suit as well! Love jackets thanks to MJ!
This episode really predicted the future. They wanted Greg for his looks and he "fit the suit". Now days thank to Autotune talent is not necessary. Just so long as you look good on camera in music videos. Right Britney? 😂
Greg ended up stealing Uncle Jesse's band and ended up having a one hit wonder April Girls.
God this episode was painful enough, can you imagine how bad it would have been with a musical number in EVERY EPISODE?
Joe Manzo Too scary to contemplate.
Their musical numbers are my favorite parts of the shows.
@@bobdavis4848 their 3rd album is really enjoyable
@@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025 I have them all; do you mean The Kids From The Brady Bunch?
@@bobdavis4848 yes I do! It seems they put a lot more into that one than any of the others
Paul Cavonis and Claudia Jennings were also on an episode of The Streets Of San Francisco as well but not the same episode
The Pop Up said it too. You must have missed it.
I wish I was born in this era of pop up videos
Me too.
Carol totally should have had a job or a career or something. A housekeeper and a professional husband? C'mon.
6 kids: trust me that's a career lol
The first TV show where the star of the show played a married working woman was "Roseanne".
Well, she became a Real Estate agent in the spinoff shows.
Pop up video should make a comeback.
Her mother brushed it constantly between takes.
Love the song, Greg could really song.i love" Til I met you".
I get making the outfits G rated as possible but that doesn't mean they had o make the girls look like extras from Little House On The Prairie that fell into a tub full of Orange Juice! LOL
Maxi dresses where the style at that time
I remember Pop Up Video! I ❤Ed it, but wish the tidbits would have stayed on long enough to really read without rushing!
Gosh we didn't get touch tone phone til the mid to late 80s
Interesting that he dropped out of Pepperdine to do musical theater... I would have thought Pepperdine would be a good place to go if that's what you wanted to do.
ETA: with all respect in the world to SAHM, you gotta love that Carol is talking about how college will last you a lifetime when she's got nothing to do with her days but plant marigolds, arrange flowers, and drink coffee.
Sahm ......wot does that stand for?
@@cleliafargason6126
"SAHM" stands for Stay At Home Mom.
Carol probably went to college in the early or mid 50s, when the "M.R.S. degree" was popularized. We don't know where Mr. Martin (Carol's first husband and the girls' biological father) went to college, nor what happened to him, nor how Carol & Mike met. Very few backstories to this show.
Holy fuck I remember Pop Up Brady!!
I died with the Spinal Tap reference (at 3:14).
This is such a clever and inexpensive concept! I wonder if the person who came up with the idea over at MTV ever got their due credit.
It was VH1, and I'm sure they got a bonus! Pop up videos was a weekly show. First they just did music videos but later started doing full shows like this
Hm. That Puff Daddy reference has not aged well.
I believe that playboy model was killed in a car wreck a few years later.
If he tears up the contract he's got another kind of suit on his hands---a lawsuit.
Greg may still be a minor. Without signature of parent or guardian the contract is not valid.
@@thomasfulmer9638 Yes, that's true! Judge Judy!
Not if he never signed it.
Well, this is interesting. Between 2:55 and 3:01 They're referring to "Molly Ann Leiken" My Songwriting Instructor from 2000 -2003. I mention her in the "About" section on my YT Channel. I also still have the "Book" or one of them that Molly Authored, "How To Make A Good Song A Hit Song" The Lady knows her stuff about Song Writing, Cool beans, man !
11:30 Barry Williams and Florence Henderson wearing the same shirt.
I've always been humored by the applause track at 21:07
Johnny Bravo's agent (Claudia Jennings) died in a car accident in 1979 at age 29.
How sad for her loved ones
Where did that chiming clock come from. It was never there before? Also, get a load of that butterfly on the seat of Buddy’s jeans there at the end (and the fringe belt). So very “groovy”?
For the longest time I thought Don Brewer played the record company guy.
It looks like Claudia borrowed Gloria Steinem's look at time!😂😂😂😂
I'm the youngest of 6. 3 boys and 3 girls. I feel Cindy Brady's pain
How does one obtain all this interesting info?
Astherushcomes27 Lindsey it’s called Google, try it out
Ace Rothstein, Google wasn’t around in the 90’s when Pop Up video started. Quit with the snark, it was a legitimate question.
@@MareShoop late to the party here but they got a lot of the info from insiders on set :) I was actually once a "pop up" on a Paula Cole video (I was super chuffed, lol) having to do with aging makeup on the cast that I did.
Wow another great song for this particular episode hope it doesn’t get in my head I might be singing at Stop & Shop or I might be seeing it to Cindy B or Cindy G or maybe singing it to John Lane You may never know
Remember those rotary phones.. No Cell Phones Back Then
Can anyone capture what Greg is singing @17:06? That could have been a good song
Claudia Jennings died about 6 years later in a car accident at age 29. :-(
Woah. Crazy how life unfolds isnt it? So unpredictable... crazy!!!!
That’s awful I didn’t know thanks for sharing
Yeah, she fell asleep behind the wheel. Tragic...
@@alwrig "She blew her mind out in a car, she didn't notice that the lights had changed."
Car accidents are terrible, my first husband died in one 😥
This was a situational comedy. Jan wanted more serious plot lines. Not happening girl. Cindy wanted a horse. Not happening. Bobby wants a gf, that was doable. Greg wanted to get into a fist fight that could have worked. Having final say in the scripts was a little much, especially coming from the children. I hope they were grateful for the work they did. They beat out 1,000s of other children.
The show had run it's course and became outdated even for it's time. The episodes are still too clean cut, cookie cutter, type episodes. Everything tied up in a neat bow, compared to other tv sitcoms at the time like All In The Family, The Lucy Show, Good Times, One Day At a Time. Sherwood Swartz wanted the Brady Bunch to stay it's goody too shoes format because that's how he felt the show should be.
ugh those DRESSES!!
Alice promoting toxic positivity in this episode.... the kids had a right to feel disappointed. Maybe not mope around forever but...
Yeah,I got that. Somebody gets a deal,so root for them. The rest feel dejected,so lecture them...I hate that.
The Flintstones shared a bed 1 time-hypnosis. The Ricardos did on the road trip.
The Brady kids are very Anxious But Greg is going down there alone and he’ll make a deal for all of them
"Well you know that suit never really fit through the shoulders." Lol
i would have never crapped on my brothers and sisters
Funny 😊how that several page contract wound up being only 1 page!! I don't think its that easy to void a contract!!!
God their dancing to songs was so corny.
Long time ago I saw brady bunch movie on the big screen, it was alright, I like the TV series better
4:58. Henderson suffered from temporary hearing loss? That was quite a mixed blessing -- for a little while, unlike the rest of us, she did not have to hear herself sing.
It would have ended better if Graig told her that Bobby played the organ
2:31 Is Peter's striped tshirt gold and white, or is it blue and black? 😉😂
I’m glad that they never changed the show format to feature a song in every episode. The Partridge Family was all about that...and I loathed them.
The Partridge family was a musical show it was supposed to have a song every episode.
Why would you hate the Partridge Family!? Are you nuts?? It was a great show
At least the Bradys never broke out into a spontaneous choreographed song and dance in the middle of an episode.
Less sexy than the Osmonds? The only band that fits that description is Genesis.
So he has to dye his hair blond, bulk up, wear shades and a black T-shirt, move next door to a nerd and bratty kid, and act like an idiot?😅😂
15:15-I love where that bit was going.😅
I have a nightgown that looks exactly like Marcia's dress.
Their 3rd album was basically all their vocals, lead and backups both
The caption about music critics at 2:06 was dumb. As if music critics gave any attention to the music of the Brady Kids. That would be like an art critic evaluating a child's crayon drawing.
20:58, Peter forgets the dance moves for a second
A dream come true! Thanks J D!!
I get a kick out of the little witch on a broom when it mentions Florence Henderson not going to more than one rehearsal for the kids! Haha! Maureen McCormick's hair was very noticeably bleached for the final season and already had dark roots! Her natural color was nicer. Then around the time after the variety show she got a similar bowl cut as Florence! Yikes!
"Bobby" was a Mormon in real life? But he had serious alcohol issues!
13:19, I was wondering when that Johnny Bravo was going to get a reference.
😂😂😂😂 Apparently, that Johnny Bravo was more popular than this one!
Re 06:49 Wonder if the researchers were aware that touch-tone service used to cost extra. Not a lot extra, but extra.
Eve Plumb was it…..and still is.
8:20 Who was Tyne Daly's ex-husband?
Ths final season came 5 years before I was born
Some of these pop-up facts are erroneous. And they misspelled “lip syncing.”
No, they didn't. Lip-sync or lip-synch are both acceptable.
@@123451248ify No, it’s not. Just because something is often misused doesn’t make it acceptable. “Sync” is spelled one way. Period.
@@MondoMiami I googled it, and that's what it said. Period.
Far ooooout!
He charges $20 for autographs now I met him in 2021… now I must say that is cheaper than most
Greg's car was plugged in the credits...lol...
Mike's Caprice rag(future Donk) was plugged.
WOW........I LIKED CINDY BRADY.....THE BRADY BUNCH POP UP VICEO
Jan wore that same outfit in another episode..