Author: maureen and rebecca

Do you still say, "Hey, there's Easy Reader," when you see Morgan Freeman? Feel ripped off because high school ended up being nothing like "Room 222"? When someone says a person is spunky, do you fight the urge to say, "I HATE SPUNK"? Us too. We're two children of the 1960s and '70s who watched TV. A LOT of TV. It helped make us the people we are today. So why wouldn't we want to talk about it?
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S1, Episode 7: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady who drive their already shaky daughter to the brink of insanity, encourage their oldest son to make it with chicks and who AGAIN tell the kids it’s what inside that counts. Except, of course, when it isn’t.

Join us for shows from Season 2 of the Brady Bunch, a treasure trove of classic episodes, including The Impractical Joker, Where There’s Smoke, Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up?, The Drummer Boy, Coming Out Party and Our Son the Man.

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S1, Episode 6 The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady who don’t like fighting. Until they’re put in their place by a bully’s parents. Who don’t like tattling. Except when they do. Who tell the kids it’s what’s inside that counts. Except when it isn’t.

Join us for episodes from the show’s Season 2, this week: The Treasure of Sierra Avenue, A Fistful of Reasons (Buddy Hinton!), The Not-So-Ugly Duckling (George Glass!), The Tattle-Tale (Susan Olsen’s least favorite episode!), What Goes Up (Mom always says, “Don’t play ball in the house!”, and Confessions, Confessions.

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S1 Episode 5: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady who don’t want to see man-love between Greg and Don Drysdale, set back white-Indian relations a few centuries, are too controlling to leave the kids alone when they go out to dinner, jerk Marcia around over Harvey Klinger and jerk Greg around over working with Dad.

Join us for the first six episodes of Season 2 of the Brady Bunch: The Dropout, The Babysitters, The Slumber Caper, The Un-Underground Movie, Going Going … Steady and Call Me Irresponsible.

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S1, Episode 4: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady who use Bradian Logic (which is nothing like the logic “of the female mind,” Alice evolves, there are two — TWO! — battle of the sexes episodes, Jan loses her locket and one of the girls (hmm, who?) is told “You sure act crazy sometimes, but you’re still the grooviest looking girl in the whole school.”

In Epsidode 4 of Crimes of the Brady Bunch we discuss the final seven episodes of Brady season 1, including The Big Sprain, Brace Yourself, The Hero, The Possible Dream, To Move or Not to Move, The Grass is Always Greener and Lost Locket, Found Locket.

Join us!

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S1, Episode 3: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady… who wonder if it’s OK for a woman to be a doctor, gleefully and sadistically mete out punishments to Marcia, who only wants to honor her dad, have a lot of fun with the word pink, and finally get rid of Tiger (Tiger number 3!).

On Episode 3 we cover Brady Bunch season 1, episodes 13 through 18: Is There a Doctor in the House, Father of the Year, 54-40 and Fight, Mike’s Horror-Scope, The Undergraduate and Tiger! Tiger!

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S1, Episode 2: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady… who like to pit the boys against the girls, play mind games with the kids, put a pay phone in the house and tell off Santa Claus. And WHAT does every boy do once?

On Episode 2 we cover Brady Bunch season 1, episodes 7 through 12: Kitty Karry-All is Missing, A Camping We Will Go, Sorry Right Number, Every Boy Does it Once, Vote for Brady, The Voice of Christmas

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S1, Episode 1: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch

It’s the story of a lovely lady and a man named Brady… who can’t tell the truth, hate Indians, treat Alice the same way they treat the dog and think women should acquiesce to men. And then there’s the sticky problem of Carol’s first husband…

On Episode 1 we cover Brady Bunch season 1, episodes 1 through 6: The Honeymoon, Dear Libby, Eenie Meanie Mommie Daddy, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Katchoo and A Clubhouse is not  a Home.

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Groovy Tube: It’s gonna be solid

You know you want to talk about the The Brady Bunch. There’s so much. Mike’s lectures (“Now, kids, America is a country of laws…”)
The odd fact of Alice.
The easy misogyny, sexual harassment and ethnic stereotyping.
That AstroTurf lawn.
The logistics of the opening sequence.
What happened to Fluffy?
We do, too.
So join us as we discuss the show’s episodes from 1969 through 1974, as well as what went on behind the scenes with the stars, both then and later, and Barry Williams’ (Greg! Keep up!) assessment of each episode in his 1991 autobiography.

We’ll also discuss the lost episodes — those that aren’t available any more though conventional streaming (though you can still find bootlegs on YouTube!).

So look for our first episodes dropping the WEEK OF JUNE 26.

And once we’re done with that, stay tuned for “The Very Solid World of the Mod Squad.” It’ll be far out.

Check out our introductory trailer, and presubscribe!

 

 

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