THE BRADY BUNCH (1969 - 1974)

 

Created by: Sherwood Schwartz

Starring: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick, Barry Williams, Eve Plumb, Christopher Knight, Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland, Robbie Rist, Patrick Adiarte, Elithe Aguiar, Carl Albert, Herbert Anderson, Melissa Sue Anderson, Tina Andrews, Tom Anfinsen, Ruth Anson, Selma Archerd, David Armstrong, Desi Arnaz Jr, Martin Ashe, Billy "Pop" Atmore, Jim Backus, Melanie Baker, Michael Barbera, Christopher Beaumont, Kimberly Beck, Alma Beltran, William "Billy" Benedict, Barbara Bernstein, Ken Berry, Bonnie Boland, Nick Borgani, George Boyce, Jimmy Bracken, Leonard Bremen, Calvin Brown, Bella Bruck, George Bryson, Robert Buckingham, Brooke Bundy, Ceil Cabot, Cris Callow, Michele Campo, Richard Carlyle, Harlen Carraher, Brandy Carson, Don Carter, Randy Case, Paul Cavonis, Chris Charney, Dennis Chun, Julie Cobb, Imogene Coca, Jack Collins, Joe Conley, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, William Corcoran, Henry Corden, Margarita Cordova, Lee Corrigan, Vicki Cos, Sheri Cowart, Harry Crigger, Cindy Crosby, Howard Culver, John Daniels, Tony Dante, Jeff Davis, Frank De Vol, Gordon De Vol, Jo de Winter, Margie DeMeyer, Frank Delfino, Sadie Delfino, Marie Denn, Molly Dodd, Peggy Doyle, Don Drysdale, Jason Dunn, Stephen Dunne, Lisa Eilbacher, Daniel Elam, Robert Emhardt, Lippy Espinda, Len Felber, Don Fenwick, Pamelyn Ferdin, Jere Fields, Paul Fierro, James Flavin, Kelly Flynn, June Foray, Brian Forster, Karen Foulkes, Linda Gibboney, Nancy Gillette, Chris Gilmore, Stuart Goetz, Bob Golden, Sandra Gould, Michael Gray, Dabbs Greer, Jack Griffin, Gary Grimes, Mark Gruner, Nicholas Hammond, Elven Havard, Jon Hayes, Cindy Henderson, Pitt Herbert, Tim Herbert, George Hickman, Don Ho, Bern Hoffman, Bob Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, George Holmes, Shep Houghton, John Howard, Hoke Howell, Craig Huxley, Cheryl Beth Jacobs, Kathryn Janssen, Claudia Jennings, Davy Jones, Deacon Jones, Jerry Jones, Ken Jones, Allen Joseph, Jackie Joseph, Susan Joyce, Hope Juber, Gordon Jump, Kim Kahana, Sam Kapu Jr, Kym Karath, Sean Kelly, Lola Kendrick, Victor Kilian, Edward Knight, Jay Kocen, Robert Jayson Kramer, Bart La Rue, Judy Landon, Abbe Lane, Randy Lane, Judd Laurance, John Lawrence, Britt Leach, Gracia Lee, Tracey M. Lee, Michael Lerner, Jerry Levreau, Art Lewis, Stephen Liss, Leon Lontoc, Todd Lookinland, Bonnie Ludeka, Kerry MacLane, Mario Machado, Maggie Malooly, Gary Marsh, E.G. Marshall, Claudio Martinez, Leslie H. Martinson, Larry McCormick, Jim McDivitt, Dennis McDougall, Oliver McGowan, Joseph Mell, Allan Melvin, Larry Michaels, Bill Miller, Denny Miller, James Millhollin, Ralph Montgomery, Tannis G. Montgomery, Joseph Paul Moore, Casey Morgan, Dave Morick, Barbara Morrison, Bill Mullikin, Burt Mustin, Robert Nadder, Joe Namath, Brian Nash, Lois Newman, Denise Nickerson, Danni Sue Nolan, John Nolan, Jay Novello, Kathy O'Dare, Monty O'Grady, J. Pat O'Malley, Lew Palter, Wes Parker, Milton Parsons, Pat Patterson, Harold Peary, Bob Peoples, Gigi Perreau, Karen Peters, Joe Pine, Fred Pinkard, Vincent Price, Susan Quick, Monika Ramirez, Iler Rasmussen, Tracy Reed, Julie Reese, Don Reid, Jennifer Reilly, Karen Rietz, Bobby Riha, Gary Rist, Scott Paul Robertson, Joe Ross, Marion Ross, Suzanne Roth, Elvera Roussel, Fran Ryan, Whitney Rydbeck, Ken Sansom, Angela Satterwhite, Natalie Schafer, Shawn Schepps, Vicki Schreck, Russell Schulman, Lloyd J. Schwartz, Vito Scotti, Darryl Seamen, Sara Seegar, Dorothy Shay, Eric Shea, Jay Silverheels, Dick Simmons, Jack Slate, Charles Martin Smith, Hal Smith, Paul Sorensen, Grayce Spence, Marjorie Stapp, Rory Stevens, Charles Stewart, Debi Storm, Gilchrist Stuart, Elaine Swann, Joseph Tatner, Hilarie Thompson, Brian Tochi, Joan Tompkins, Mary Treen, Gwen Van Dam, Herb Vigran, George D. Wallace, Marcia Wallace, Teresa Warder, Byron Webster, William Wellman Jr, Snag Werris, John Wheeler, Francis Whitfield, Claire Wilcox, Miyoshi Williams, Pierre A. Williams, Rita Wilson, Paul Winchell, Dick Winslow, Carey Wong, Eric Woods, C. Lindsay Workman

117 episodes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

When two widowed people get married, both of their families and their housekeeper become one.

season 1 - 

After reading a letter in the "Dear Libby" newspaper column, the kids are worried that one of their parents is unhappy with the new kids and is considering leaving the marriage. Cindy lands the lead role in her school play, but her joy turns to sadness when she discovers that because of a seating shortage she can only invite one parent to the play. Alice doesn't think the boys need her as much anymore now that Carol is in the house--so she announces that she is leaving. Jan appears to be allergic to Tiger not her dad, which means that the family dog may have to go away. The boys don't want to share their backyard clubhouse with the girls, so the girls try to build one on their own. The kids are torn over whom to believe when Cindy's favorite doll, Kitty Carry-All, disappears, and she says that Bobby took it. Mike and the boys go on their annual camping and fishing trip, but for the first time with Carol and the girls. However, the trip turns out to be less than peaceful. When the family phone bill goes through the roof, Mike temporarily installs a pay phone in the house to teach the children a lesson. After watching "Cinderella," Bobby is convinced that his new mom is an "evil stepmother" and that nobody in his family loves him, so he decides that he will run away from home. Greg and Marcia run against each other for student body president, and their campaigns become very competitive and ugly. Carol has laryngitis and will not be able to sing at church on Christmas Day, but a department store Santa Claus promises Cindy that she will get her voice back in time. All six Brady kids have the Measles at the same time, and problems arise when Carol calls in the girls' female pediatrician while Mike brings in the boys' male pediatrician. Marcia wants to nominate Mike for "Father of the Year." But she wants to keep it a secret, which means she'll have to break family rules to get it done. If she's caught, Mike will punish her--which is exactly what happens. Since the boys and girls cannot decide on a mutually satisfactory prize, they hold a contest to determine who gets all of the family's combined trading stamps. Mike worries over a newspaper horoscope, which predicts that a strange woman will enter his life. That woman is a fussy perfume heiress, his firm's latest client who wants her perfume factory impossibly designed to her specifications. Greg makes an "F" on a math test, and Mike and Carol discover it's because he has a crush on somebody named "Linda." They set out to find out who she is, completely unaware that "Linda" is actually his math teacher. The Bradys comb the neighborhood in search of runaway dog Tiger. The kids must handle all the chores when Alice sprains her ankle while Carol is away, but Alice's sprained ankle also means that she will miss the Meat Cutters' Ball with Sam the butcher. Marcia thinks she is ugly after she gets braces, and it only gets worse when her date to the school dance backs out because his family is going out of town. Peter's ego grows wild after he saves a little girl from being crushed by a tumbling wall at the local toy store and is honored by the newspaper. Cindy accidentally mixes in Marcia's diary with other books for a book drive. Marcia immediately freaks out, because she's worried that someone else will read it and learn about her secret crush on TV star Desi Arnaz Jr. The kids think the house is too small for their needs, so Mike decides it's time to sell it. But then the kids have second thoughts and launch a plan to make him change his mind. Mike believes that teaching the boys how to play baseball is more rigorous than helping Marcia earn her cooking merit badge. Carol believes the opposite is true. Therefore, the two decide to switch roles for the day to prove their point. Jan gets a locket from a secret admirer. As the family try to determine who anonymously sent the locket, they're momentarily distracted when Jan loses the locket (after the clasp becomes loose and it falls off her). 

season 2 - 

After a visit from Don Drysdale, Greg lets his obsession with becoming a Major League Baseball pitcher get to his head. But he eventually learns the hard way that he's not the star he thinks he is. Greg and Marcia are left in charge of babysitting their younger siblings for the first time, but Cindy's sniffles cast a pall on Mike and Carol's planned night at the theater. The famous tale of Marcia's first house party, which almost doesn't happen after she is accused of scrawling an unflattering picture of her teacher in class. Marcia's brothers conspire to ruin the party, with the predictable result. For an American history class project, Greg enlists his family to create a documentary about the First Thanksgiving. Marcia falls in love with a 13-year-old, nerdy insect collector named Harvey Klinger. Things progress so quickly they decide to start thinking about their future, leading Mike to subtly intervene. Mike gets Greg an after-school job at the architectural firm where he works, but Greg loses his job on the first day after making a very costly error. The boys find a wallet with $1,100 in it and no identification. The boys want the money for themselves, the girls want the boys to split the money with them, but Mike turns to the police to help the owner find the wallet. School bully Buddy Hinton makes fun of Cindy for her lisp and then gives Peter a black eye for trying to defend her. When Mike and Carol can't get Buddy's parents to listen to reason, Mike encourages Peter to defend himself and fight back. Jan's first crush is more interested in Marcia. The family plans a surprise party to cheer her up, but she creates an imaginary boyfriend to cheer herself up. Everyone is mad at Cindy because she is a tattle-tale, but she doesn't learn her lesson until her tattling accidentally gets Alice in trouble with Sam the Butcher. Bobby falls while climbing into a treehouse. He hurts his ankle and develops a fear of heights. However, he doesn't want to tell anyone the truth, so he uses his injury as an excuse. Peter is going to miss a big camping trip after he breaks Carol's favorite vase. Each brother and sister confesses to keep him out of trouble. Mike and Carol figure out the truth and respond with an appeal to Peter's conscience to confess. Jan plays a practical joke on the boys by hiding Greg's science project mouse in her laundry hamper. But after the mouse eats a hole through the hamper and escapes, Jan learns her lesson. Greg gets caught with cigarettes in his school jacket. He's been caught smoking once before (and quit immediately). Therefore, nobody believes him when he truthfully says they're not his. Jan is tired of living in the shadows of her two sisters. So she buys a curly black wig to stand out and plans to debut "the New Jan Brady" at Lucy Winters' party. Peter, Jan and Cindy make the Glee Club but Bobby does not, so Carol buys him a drum set to make him feel better. Peter's football teammates make fun of him for being a singer, until NFL star Deacon Jones sets everyone straight. Mike's boss, Mr. Phillips, invites the Bradys to spend a day on his boat, but they have to postpone the trip when both Cindy and Carol have to get their tonsils removed. Now that Greg's in high school, he decides that he's too old and mature for his brothers and sisters and the family camping trip, so asks for his own room and a new wardrobe. In order to prove that girls can do anything boys can do, Marcia joins Greg's Frontier Scouts group. The boys respond by having Peter join the Sunflower Girls and sell cookies. Cindy is spooked after seeing a disappearing act at a magic show and refuses to sleep in the dark. So Peter puts together a magic act of his own with Cindy as his assistant to help her overcome her fears. Bobby feels like a failure because he is the only Brady child without a trophy. He looks for a way to get one for himself, and a televised ice cream-eating contest could be the answer. The Bradys fight to save Woodland Park from closing to make way for a new building. But Mike's firm gets the project and he is in charge of the plans for the new building, and Mr. Phillips delivers the family an ultimatum. An old flame comes to town and begins courting Alice. Sam the butcher quickly becomes jealous of the new suitor, and Mike and Carol are also suspicious of his motives. Carol decides to write a story about the family to submit to a magazine, but her initial story is rejected by the editor because it is not positive and uplifting enough. 

season 3 - 

The Bradys and Alice begin their trek to Grand Canyon. But a stop at a ghost town turns out to be a detour, after a demented prospector locks everyone in the jail, thinking they plan to steal his (non-existant) gold claim. Mike and Peter track down the old prospector, and the Bradys can finally leave the ghost town for the Grand Canyon. However, once they get there, more trouble awaits for Bobby and Cindy. The Bradys find Bobby and Cindy, who have now befriended a Native American boy who has run away from home to get away from his grandfather who only believes in the old traditional ways. Greg gets his driver's license and wants to buy a car of his own. However, one of his "friends" tricks him to buying a piece of junk for $100. While the Bradys set up a dunking tank for the school carnival, Greg and Marcia feud when Marcia agrees to go on a date with Greg's biggest nemesis, Warren Mullaney. Peter is down in the dumps after he is told at a party that he has no personality, so he works on creating a new one for himself. Meanwhile, Bobby and Cindy encourage the family to do safety drills. Marcia doesn't want to play Juliet in the school play because she lacks confidence and beauty, so the family tries to boost her self-esteem. But soon she lets the praise go to her head and becomes an unbearable diva. The entire Brady family is chosen to star in a commercial for a "new and improved" laundry soap, but do they have what it takes to make it in show business? Peter gets in trouble for eavesdropping on his brothers and sisters with a tape recorder and his parents force him to apologize. But Greg and Marcia decide that they are going to go one step further and teach him a lesson themselves. Jan is tired of being compared to Marcia and constantly being told how great her older sister is, so she tries to do something that Marcia never accomplished--make the pom-pom team. Greg joins the high school football team and becomes a starter, but Carol doesn't want him to play because he might get injured. Meanwhile, Bobby annoys his family when he becomes a photographer and takes surprise pictures of them. Marcia says she can get Davy Jones to sing at her school's junior prom because of a letter Jones sent her as president of the local fan club. The problem is that she can't get to him to ask, and the school has already made the announcement. Jan needs glasses but doesn't want to wear them because of how they make her look--until she has an accident that destroys Mike's surprise anniversary gift to Carol, a framed portrait of the Brady kids. After not being invited to a wedding and helping the older kids, Bobby and Cindy are off to set a new teeter-totter record. Bobby is fed up with being short and constantly being called "pee wee" and "shrimp-o," and Greg gets a job as a delivery boy for Sam the butcher. Greg writes a song for his brothers and sisters and reserves a recording studio for "The Brady Six." However, before they can record, Peter's voice begins to change and starts cracking uncontrollably. Jan finds an old photo of her Aunt Jenny at her age and discovers that they look exactly alike. But when she discovers what she looks like now, her excitement changes to disappointment--until she pays the family a visit. Bobby takes advantage of Greg after he wins a bet that Greg can't do twice as many chin-ups as Bobby. Meanwhile, Carol tries to figure out which woman at Mike's high school reunion is his old sweetheart, "Bobo." Peter "Scoop" Brady gets a job for the school paper and discovers that writing nice things about classmates has fringe benefits. So when he makes a "D" on his final exam, he tries a snow-job article about his teacher to improve his grade. Alice's cousin Emma, a former master sergeant, takes Alice's place while she is away, and she subjects the Bradys to a demanding military-like routine that makes them feel like they've been drafted into the Army. Cindy is jealous of her older sisters and doesn't want to be treated like a kid anymore. Bobby tries to cheer up by pretending to be a "secret admirer." But what will Bobby do when Cindy sets up a date for them to meet? Marcia's class nominates ugly duckling Molly Webber for Senior Banquet Night host as a joke. Marcia decides to give her a makeover so she can win. But what will Marcia do when she discovers at the last minute that she's Molly's competition? Carol's minor parking lot accident turns into a nightmare when the other driver claims it was her fault, exaggerates his damages, and then takes her to court. 

season 4 - 

The Bradys go on vacation to Hawaii. While there, Peter and Bobby stumble upon an ancient Tiki idol that some locals believe brings bad luck to the person who is touching it. After bad luck continues to befall the family, the Brady boys set out to learn about the ancient tiki. They learn the tiki is tabu and must be discarded at an ancient burial ground. The Brady boys arrive at the cave to return the idol to the burial site, only to be held prisoners by an angry archaeologist who lays claim to the cave and believes that they stole the idol. Marcia is apprehensive about her first day of high school, so Mike asks Greg to help break the ice for her. Meanwhile, Peter tries to make a working volcano for the Science Club. Peter has a crush on Jan's new friend but every plan to impress her backfires. Inspired by "Cyrano de Bergerac", he launches a final plan to win her over with Greg's help but it also backfires when she falls for Greg instead. The boys try to spook the girls in the middle of the night with a ghost, so they try to get revenge by giving them a taste of their own medicine. But after Alice criticizes them for being so scared, the kids collectively have a new target. Greg and Marcia recruit their parents to participate in Family Frolics Night at school. Alice is upset with Sam when he passes a chance to be her date to the event to go to bowling practice, so the girls launch a plan to change his mind. Jan feels disrespected and ignored by her brothers and sisters, so she tells everyone that she wishes she was an only child. Meanwhile, Carol and Alice have a competition over who can cook the best strawberry preserves. Mike thinks Greg wants to be an architect after reading Greg's school essay, but Greg doesn't want to hurt Mike's feelings and tell him the truth. Meanwhile, the other Brady kids also begin thinking about their future careers. The kids give Alice the cold shoulder after they think she has broken their trust, so Alice decides to leave her job as housekeeper. However, the kids soon regret the decision after the new housekeeper teaches them a lesson. Marcia thinks that a girl who is suddenly interested in Greg is actually using him so that Greg will vote for her as head cheerleader--over Marcia. Peter tries out for the role of George Washington in a school play, but gets the role of Benedict Arnold instead. But he then wants to quit the play altogether when his classmates start branding him as a "traitor." Marcia has a crush on her new dentist, which only intensifies when she mistakes an opportunity to babysit for him as a date with him to the ballet. Bobby doesn't want to be safety monitor for his class because his classmates now hate him. However, he soon abuses his power and begins reporting on his family when they break house rules. Meanwhile, the family salvages an old sailboat. After Greg is grounded for a week for careless driving, he gets in a dispute with his parents over their "exact words." Meanwhile, Bobby and Peter enter frogs in a frog-jumping contest. The kids want to buy Mike and Carol an engraved silver tray as their anniversary gift, but Jan goofs up on paying for the tray. To fix the mistake, Jan convinces her siblings to audition for an amateur talent show. Bobby becomes obsessed with Jesse James. Mike and Carol don't approve of his new hero and try to find a way to convince him that James was nothing but a "mean, dirty killer." Marcia breaks a date with Charlie when "big man on campus" Doug Simpson asks her out. However, after she gets hit in the nose with a football, Doug Simpson breaks his date with her. Peter gets a job at the bike shop, but he is fired after three days. He doesn't want to tell his parents the bad news, because he told the family he might be getting a promotion to salesman the day he got fired. Cindy loses her mom's earrings after playing with them, and "detective" Peter Brady tries to solve the mystery. But when Carol wants the earrings for a costume ball and they're still not found, the entire family tries to crack the case. The Brady girls try to play matchmaker between Carol's free-spirited grandmother and stick-in-the-mud Grandpa Brady. Cindy studies hard and passes a test to appear on a TV quiz show, but an overconfident Bobby does not. But after she passes, her ego goes out of control. Meanwhile, Mike and Carol make plans for a dinner party. Greg and Marcia fight over who gets to convert the attic into his or her personal room. 

season 5 - 

A talent agent signs Greg to become a rock star named "Johnny Bravo." Greg lets his new fame get to his head, until he discovers that he was only signed because he "fit the suit." Bobby lies to his friends that he knows Joe Namath, but they don't believe him. So with Cindy's help, Bobby fakes a serious illness in order to get Namath to come to the house and visit him. Cindy talks the family into putting on a production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to raise funds for a teacher's retirement gift. Bobby gets his first kiss and sees "fireworks," but he wants to keep it a secret from his older brothers. Meanwhile, the Bradys get ready for a "Roaring 20s" party. Greg gets Peter to pretend to be an older guy and go with him on a double date, and Mike and Carol prepare to entertain one of Mike's clients from Mexico. Greg steals the mascot from his rival school the night before the big game, and Mike tries to help him return it before he gets in big trouble. Marcia, Jan and Peter each get jobs at the local ice cream parlor, each with varying results. Bobby saves Peter from potential serious injury after he pushes him out of the way of a falling ladder. A grateful Peter offers to become Bobby's "slave for life," something that Bobby takes quick advantage of. The rival school's quarterback suddenly takes an interest in Marcia the week of the football game., and Mike is Jealous when Carol's high school sweetheart comes for a visit. Jan thinks she' has no talent after not being chosen for a ballet recital, so the family tries to make her feel better and help her find a skill. Mike takes the entire family on a trip to King's Island amusement park, where he is to submit plans to a client, but a mix-up causes the blueprints to go missing at the park. A series of misunderstandings lead the Bradys to believe that Alice and Sam are up to much more than just bowling on their upcoming Saturday night date. Jan makes a bunch of promises to be elected "Most Popular Girl" in her class but backs out of them after she wins the election. Meanwhile, Mike and Carol try to make plans for their second honeymoon. A couple Mike and Carol know adopt a young boy, but the boy soon misses his two best friends--one African-American, one Asian-American. As a result, the couple decides to adopt all three boys. Marcia battles nerves and Greg's sexist remarks when she tries to get her driver's license. Eventually, the debate over which gender has the better driving abilities leads to a winner-take-all driving test in a vacant parking lot. Peter and Bobby believe they are seeing a UFO, which actually is part of an elaborate hoax being played by Greg. The trick backfires though when Peter and Bobby take pictures, which lead to a government investigation. Cousin Oliver comes to live with the Bradys. He immediately causes a series of accidents, which lead him to believe that he is a jinx. A new student at Peter's school could pass as Peter's identical twin, which Peter takes advantage of when he has two dates on the same day. After Mike gets a visit from an FBI agent and Sam comes to him with some secret plans, Bobby and Oliver believe that Sam is a spy. Marcia is angry at Cindy, who has been reading her diary. For revenge, she starts writing bogus entries, which say that talent scouts are interested in Cindy becoming the "next Shirley Temple." The Bradys get a new pool table (as a thank you gift from Mr. Matthews for Mike's recent performance). Bobby soon becomes an expert in billiards and - during a family party - beats Mike's boss in a game of pool. Bobby needs money, so he starts selling hair tonic. Greg decides to buy a bottle right before graduation to help his little brother, but it turns his hair orange. 

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