Adios Johnny Bravo

[@muzikdude1188]

Love how Greg just plays the same two chords over and over on the guitar and Buddy reacts to it as if he were Jimi Hendrix. LOL

[@Holly1960-]

lol

[@charleswillsonpeale5739]

I can like dig his groovy leads he gets out of that G chord. Like that's outta sight, man. I wish I could play a lead strumming a chord. That would be far out. But the rest of us are a drag, we can only play like reality, Daddio.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Jimmy Hendrix couldn't sing, though.

[@WesHuntermusicman]

Hey baby, that's how it rolls in the music biz man....he fit the $uit! lol

[@elijah00123]

Hey STUPID muzik dude. First of all it's not cool or anything that your name is spelled wrong. Second of all nobody say's "LOL" anymore

[@cartercartercartercar]

every once in a while a movie or tv show will hit on reality...this is one of those times

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

When I first saw this as a kid, I thought the bit they played with Greg/Bravo on the tape was the greatest thing I heard in my life.

[@tuttt99]

@nolagospeltracts8264 Same here!

[@ronson232]

Arguably the best episode of all.

[@jessyleppert2]

That and Getting Davy Jones.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

+Seederman from Chat Great episode definitely but IMO the best episodes usually revolve around Peter.

[@tjohnson3880]

I can’t think of a better one.

[@tuttt99]

Don't forget Phil Packer, swinging cat from another high school! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5DNl32Ma65qerM

[@oneadvocate9517]

@@WinslowLeach1974 I like the one when Peter had 2 dates, and he was trying to entertain both. He was changing into the costume for one and back into regular clothes for the other

[@riansettles2506]

Greg has some sick licks. I haven't heard guitar playing like that since my cousins step children.

[@AKAFT]

Paul Cavonis played Buddy Berkman. The late Claudia Jennings played Tami Cutler. Great characters.

[@harperstacey9604]

Claudia Jennings and Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady, played sisters in the movie, moonshine county express. It was a low budget movie in the 70's. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@billhosko7723]

no one cares fmhs@@harperstacey9604

[@robertragolia744]

Buddy Berkman is the coolest cat to ever be on TV

[@trevor8419]

He’s cool, but check out Paul Winchell in the episode “now a word from our sponsor”. He was brilliant in that!

[@ninademci1500]

The mentor I had as a kid has a BIL who, imo, reminds me of her one BIL.

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

Mentor

[@blazonbyrd5996]

From the look to the scripted fan girls, I loved the Brady Bunch - teaching young people how the music industry really is way back in the 1970's.

[@richardwhite2344]

What a great Episode!!!!! They all were!!!! Classic Brady Bunch!!!!

[@riproar11]

I haven't scene this since I was a kid. Every bit of the dialogue is brilliant baby! This is where SNL was inspired for the More Cowbell skit.

[@maynardsmoreland]

Greg killed his career to sing "Good Time Music" with his siblings. Way to go, Johnny Bravo!

[@natalie8212]

That office is awesome! " Just a place to hang my beads" lol

[@albertojuniorchavez6690]

Natalie 82 I'm just a piece of meat

[@mikeandhall]

i played johhny bravo in a paly at my shool the girls loved my threads

[@mikeandhall]

love when the girl ripped his shirt

[@markyncole]

...and thus the world would never get a much that much needed and wanted Johnny Bravo record.

[@stop....hammertime]

I watched this when I was a kid... Now I be like this👴

[@tpryce1525]

I remember as a kid thinking the song they recorded sounded pretty good.

[@RedNightDragon1]

I always thought it sounded a bit like Billy Joel's "Big Shot."

[@bobdavis4848]

I know, I wanted to hear the whole version of what they recorded, that they liked and Greg hated.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

As corny as it may sound, this episode is not really far from the truth in terms of the recording industry and how it works. This was just as true back then as it is now. Its about image, not so much talent. Not so much quality. The masses will buy anything that people tell them to buy.

[@geminisixx4]

Prime example, rap artists

[@chadk890]

@@geminisixx4 You mean Nicki Minaj and mumble rap

[@zapkvr]

no, they won't not when we have this thing called the internet. They can find ANYTHING. When I was younger in the 70s there was tons of music you could not buy in Australia because of the way the record companies restricted the release of certain titles. They no longer have that option.

[@AMDave1023]

@Ken Lompart You forgot to cough at the beginning.

[@albertojuniorchavez6690]

Meade Music yep

[@darkknight4756]

Ahhhhhh the 70s gotta love em

[@janjones690]

So true sure miss those days !!

[@damnright4]

"Theres an awful lot of bread in those threads baby"...Take the offer Greg.

[@Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus829]

"Oh all right! That's righteous!" That's HILLARIOUS!

[@MontagZoso]

Why?

[@robertdubs9466]

Back in the late 1990's, I would've loved to seen Greg Brady (as Johnny Bravo) face off against Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo.

[@julieporter7805]

They should have had a Dueling Bravos episode.

[@CynderSpirit]

Fun fact Greg from The Brady Bunch Movie was one of the inspirations for the cartoon Johnny Bravo as far as his personality goes and women running away from him.

[@PlumbPitiful]

Actually with the echo his voice sounds exactly like John Denver on the studio recording of Rocky Mountain High (which has the same amount of echo for some reason)

[@gforce5459]

I'd like to hear the whole Johnny Bravo song.

[@DBen1992]

I was thinking the same thing too. 😄

[@riansettles2506]

Greg is a fool. Take the money and run.

[@zapkvr]

To hell with the money, take the groupies and bang the hec out of them.

[@Perririri]

@@zapkvr actually, you'll need the money for when you get the chicks pregnant!

[@Chiaroscuro22]

He couldn’t leave his clueless and untalented siblings behind. Much like Noel Gallagher really.

[@nicholasmuro1742]

​@@Perririri Like Marcia 😮

[@thewilythylacine]

Who would've thought that Greg Brady would have more integrity than the entire Top 40 "artist" pool of the past decade and a half? With assembly line production and by committee songwriting (plus a great deal of unoriginality) and the indispensable autotune, today's pop stars are famous merely because, like Greg, they "fit the suit" (3:36-4:22)

[@SillyGoose2024]

thewilythylacine youre a bore

[@WesHuntermusicman]

exactly....so you've been to LA, Nashville and New York?

[@cartercartercartercar]

its always been like this bud...do you think they just pulled this scenario out of thin air?

[@TheJpep2424]

you're a douche

[@TheJpep2424]

Its become much worse in recent years.

[@mukomerobicheaux6883]

a generation of kids learned from TV that if you tear up a contract it doesn't count anymore.

[@ericpeterson5162]

Greg Brady playing johnny Bravo ... he's cool Man

[@JohnHWelch63]

Man that was groovy! That cat really has it goin' on in a hip way! Outta sight man, dynamite! 🤣 Hahaha they put a little reverb on Greg's voice and he throws a hissy fit! It'a a good thing they didn't quantize and auto-tune vocals like they do today. He probably would have gone postal and shot up the office.

[@michaela.2261]

This is So true especially today anyone can be a star today.

[@michaelmachado2572]

Claudia Jennings, Playboy Playmate of the year 1970. Died so young.

[@austin1fiddler]

They just added a bit a reverb and echo effect and he throws a hissy fit! Imagine if he went into the studio today with all the auto tune and what not!

[@sha11235]

He was at least honest about himself. He wasn't an idiot.

[@deanwinchester3356]

sha11235 Oh he was. Wasted what could have been millions in his bank account.

[@decembergal]

@@deanwinchester3356 why? Why go through years of being something that you're not? The sound wasn't exactly him & he made the right move.

[@ThisWholeWorld100]

A definite John Lennoesuqe vocal - what are the words, every hill's a mountain....

[@michaelschaefer1904]

Johnny Bravo meet Beiber.

[@jeffcousineau2933]

Greg's first taste of the illuminati.

[@lizzabbott]

Truth !

[@nicholasmuro1742]

Her: black & white checkered vest Him: black & white checkered pants.

[@jeffcousineau2933]

@ damn! I didn’t even think about that. Nice catch!!

[@RA-VEN8]

John Paul Jones wore a jacket like that.

[@andrewr62]

Is it just me or does that electronically enhanced vocal sound kind of cool?

[@grega1972]

Its called " Flanging " the voice

[@tuttt99]

@@grega1972 just a little ee-lectronic sleight of hand!

[@RedNightDragon1]

It's very cool. Sick echo effect. Don't understand these singers that want a dry sound. Boring.

[@bobdavis4848]

I dug it and I wanted to hear the whole song!

[@bramlintrent1145]

Girl, you know it's true!!

[@superbuick]

When I was a kid in the 70s I had a dentist who looked and talked just like Buddy Berkman. Well, except for the clothes...picture Buddy in dentist clothes and it’s a match. 😝

[@Jgeneraledger23]

hahaha, that must've been cool. Buddy was a cool cat!

[@keithbrown8814]

Buddy Berkman would have been a better Johnny Bravo than Greg Brady...lol!

[@robotron17]

"Righteous teeth, kid. I mean just outta sight!"

[@superbuick]

@robotron17 🤣

[@aliensoup2420]

That episode made me gag when I watched it in the 70’s.

[@urbansmoothent4]

Ahh. The music business . Always the same ... stay free Greg!!

[@chriscanale9535]

love this episode

[@BBQFanNo1]

FACT: Actor Barry Williams actually plays the guitar in real life.

[@staceyharper7827]

Barry Williams was also a good singer,too.

[@boogiewoogit5597]

Barry Williams owes that guitar and any listers a big apology

[@boogiewoogit5597]

Is that what his agent told you?

[@tsartodd]

@3:26 you know, this song isn't at all bad -- it's actually kind of catchy!

[@trevor8419]

I love this song, can’t find it anywhere.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

That sounds a bit like (early) Lindsey Buckingham singing the Johnny Bravo song. Greg--that sounded good :)

[@christophemurphy3787]

I love how Buddy recovers very quickly from Greg quitting! Ha!

[@ZoneTelevision]

Aways loved the power chords in that faux song.

[@tomkat5626]

Johnny Bravo? I remember a cartoon character by that name.

[@turbotime1964]

Tomkat 56 This was the original Johnny Bravo two decades before the cartoon

[@cannondaleman1]

I LOVED the cartoon! He was cool!!!

[@LolaRoa1491]

Ohhh. Yes! 😍

[@NathanHallComedian]

Claudia Jennings R.I.P.

[@acekelly1000]

She was so beautiful.

[@Emanresuadeen]

Claudia had been Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and Playmate of the Year for 1970.

[@rumarspencer7302]

So track of her car accident and the drugs she was using in her life.

[@ccgrey8731]

@@rumarspencer7302 I don't think she was using any drugs when she had her fatal car wreck. Apparently she looked down to change the radio or a cassette or 8 track and swerved into the opposing lane. Very sad. She was still quite young.

[@rumarspencer7302]

@@ccgrey8731 That was her downfall though, many go through struggles in life.

[@SillyGoose2024]

1:07-1:11 I do the same thing when I'm listening to a guy pluck a g chord......when I'm high on crack.

[@sha11235]

The girls rip his shirt to shreds and the photographer takes a picture. That was a funny part. When he got home, how did he explain to Mike and Carol what happened to his shirt?

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

That scene was a little weird for the Brady Bunch, I thought.

[@geneschweiss4872]

Well you know that suit never did really fit right through the shoulders. Lol 😆 🤣

[@Kbooty46]

Ha Ha Ha

[@gretchennelson7056]

“Well there’s an awful lot of bread in those threads baby”😂😂😂😂

[@cozener845]

Righteous!

[@UnclePaulsBeatlesPopPlayhouse]

Best part is actress and 1969 playmate of the year Claudia Jennings on a mainstream show. She died tragically at age 29 on October 3, 1979.

[@mistercool3859]

Very tragic! She did some great acting here.

[@sha11235]

Yeah, in a car accident.

[@BBQFanNo1]

"Adios, Johnny Bravo" Season 5 Premier Episode. Original Air Date: September 14, 1973.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

Wow, that was really late in the series! Brady Bunch final episode was only a year later

[@tamaraheide4528]

Thanks Tammy!

[@samanthalucas8070]

Barry Williams did the theme song and all the songs on the guitar to

[@DanieVargas]

I remember this episode….

[@billtrepkowski527]

Johnny Bravo made his return in Stuttering John's video, "I'll Talk My Way Out of It." Look for it.

[@jbro8934]

"Wanna slip into this love?"

[@bobdavis4848]

Which would cause many guys to at least think in response to her, "I'd like to slip into yours."

[@Samlol23_drrich]

Parting line is classic……”Well you know the suit really didn’t fit through the shoulders”. This episode applies so well to many things in the 2020s era…..I find myself referring to it quite often.

[@345mrse]

Actually this has been the American experience for many teenage males. A youthful rite of passage. I and many of my friends in high school and guys we knew from other schools can share similar stories.

[@JamesMichael333]

Im trying to figure out who had better hair, David Cassidy or Barry Williams fro?

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Being remembered for a good 10 year run as Johnny Bravo , He would have made Millions , but at least we got to know Him for what and Who he really is Barry William Blenkhorn :)

[@billhosko7723]

idi ot

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

Kevin Gilbert found inspiration? the jacket also was shown and traded in an episode of Collector's Call which included Barry Williams.

[@jessyleppert2]

Something tells me that the other singers they hired also fit the suit

[@Kbooty46]

Lol

[@karlvonboldt]

That’s about how Hollywood is nowadays.

[@williambrassfield4155]

I remember years later when the cartoon Johnny Bravo came out, I was racking my brain trying to figure out where I had heard that name before. Now I know.

[@jules692]

This guy is a classic. He should have his own show. Dynamito

[@jeffyjohn5673]

Gregg was becoming a stud back then. There's an awful lot of bread in those threads baby.

[@bramlintrent1145]

Hey, it worked for Milli Vanilli …. they fit the costumes too!

[@hadihatab3126]

Yeah they were humiliated on stage and one of them committed suicide, doesn’t sound like it worked.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

What was Greg's problem with a little bit of reverb? It still sounded like him to me.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Maybe more than a little bit lol but I agree otherwise! Maybe they replaced his guitar tracks and such?

[@douglasw.7864]

Johnny Bravo’s jacket courtesy of the Sears Liberace clothing line.

[@edwardbennett7813]

I actually like the song buddy played

[@AJAXKID123]

I was just going to say the same thing!

[@tuttt99]

@@AJAXKID123 I would love to find a full length isolated cut of that track!

[@bobdavis4848]

@@tuttt99 So would I, but someone said Barry said they only recorded what you hear. But I'd like hear that without talking over it.

[@MrBCA701]

Thx for the vid...this episode is hilarious with the hairdos, clothes and the manager's lingo..is outta sight you dig? lol

[@rubedogg6969]

When I watched this episode when it first aired I never caught on they were using Greg.

[@barelyprotestant5365]

I came here because my mom told me there was a Johnny Bravo before the Cartoon Network one.

[@CynderSpirit]

This is what inspired the cartoon character.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

​@@CynderSpiritIt's not. The character is named after the creator's middle names

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

"4 o'clock with the dub down." Buddy Berkman is legendary.

[@robertrobin10]

+Todd Ryan he should have said 'mix down' or 'over dub' what in the world is a dubdown???

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

robertrobin10 , I imagine Buddy fumbled that line as it should of been "overdub". The director just left it in and skipped a retake. There are a few bands called Dub Down; but none of them give Buddy credit. :-)

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

Buckethead did a song ‘Buddy Berkman’s Ballad’. Worth checking out. Righteous!

[@energyasylum997]

Greg couldn’t put the guitar strap over his shoulder properly!

[@MoniqueFromPlymouth]

And the real funny part: Greg going home in a shredded shirt.

[@mikeandhall]

I wonder if he kept it

[@sha11235]

I love how the girls shred his shirt. I think those girl extras were just happy to do that and looked at it like they were shredding Barry's shirt.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

@@sha11235 it was a photo op. They were going to use that picture of the girls attacking Johnny Bravo, in Tiger Beat and all those mags, until the deal went sideways

[@mikeandhall]

the girls loved him

[@sroevukasroevuka]

Even gave him groupies

[@Bobsworld76]

Clowns never laughed before ...

[@23Skeetoo]

The Brady Bunch remind kids not to sell out to corporate interests.

[@ThisWholeWorld100]

4 o'clock for the dub down...classic!!

[@acousvnt]

3:25 - the polyrhythmic finger snapping is straight out of Captain Beefheart... or the Shaggs. 😂

[@funnypicturescomics]

Always had...and always will have a crush on CLAUDIA JENNINGS.

[@alfx5432]

Me to

[@harperstacey9604]

Claudia Jennings died in a car accident 40 years ago.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

@@harperstacey9604 you can still be in love with her memory.

[@harperstacey9604]

@@Jgeneraledger23 I know. Thank you for replying to my comment. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@hawkmaster381]

Hey! Groovy, dynamite! I can dig this! Okay, beautiful, out of sight! Dynamit-O! Let's get it on! I can dig it! That's righteous! I like that, very good, very nice! Solid! Just you, babe! You'll be a monster! Too much! Terrific! He has a beat that's sweet and a jive that's alive, Muchacho! LMAO! God almighty!

[@j2oaks]

Probably the only human on the set that smoked more weed than Greg.

[@bobdavis4848]

@@j2oaks You mean than Barry? Don't you remember how much hassle Greg got for trying a tobacco smoke? If he'd tried weed, people would have been going into conniptions.

[@angryshoebox]

The blinged-out Tele Greg's "wailing" on is cool. The ultra-dry, plain-vanilla tone's not so groovy, though. Buddy needs to maybe hook up a fuzztone, man ;-).

[@billtrepkowski527]

At least give him a friggin' wah pedal...If Greg even knows how to use it. Remember, the Bradys' music was more in league with The Fifth Dimension or John Denver than Cream or Black Sabbath.

[@johnnyd63]

Jimmy Page,Peter Grant and Miss Pamela.

[@Slavatoremondo]

Eddie Van Halen would be impressed.. 🎸

[@keithleeuwen877]

GREAT !

[@quad5186]

I always he sounded like an amped up John Denver .

[@ref6122]

This episode isnt on any of the streaming services for some reason,along with the first Hawaii episode.

[@computarman]

Back then, far out was an expression that meant great and then the next level of greatness was so far out as to be out of sight and the very tip top of greatness was dynamite.

[@rodneysammons5544]

@ 2:13 The 360 deal, come in with nothing, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Leave with nothing in disgrace, or worse at end of ride. @ 2:33 The screamers to follow around and drum up interest in the new product for sales.

[@ibooooo99]

I was one of the candidates to replace Greg as Johnny Bravo, but Buddy Berkman wasn't satisfied with the results of my 4 o'clock dubdown and he went with someone else.

[@hifijohn]

Its either mix down or overdub where he dubdown for I dont know.

[@MinhNguyen-cx2gz]

Here ya go. Why don't you wail on that man!!! Greg plucks on 2 strings. That's the Brady way.

[@billtrepkowski527]

And he was probably thinking, "John Denver never rocked like this."

[@devoncarter8813]

These 2 was just using Greg bcuz he fits the suit that's some crazy nonsense right there for 2 crooked ppl.

[@rsmith7994]

The honey pot and the small hat tribesman shyster.

[@michaelferguson4950]

That is pretty good for being popular. Cool man groovy.

[@themananswer2250]

I JUST SHOOK YOUR HAND O DYNAMITE!!!!!!!! IVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT IN ALL MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!! SHAKING HANDS IS AWESOME WHY DO PEOPLE DO THAT???? Greg Brady: What a weirdo......

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

FYI: NO ONE would rip up that contract with that sweet Momma calling you babe all the time...

[@laurenceschwartz8606]

Greg Brady a Bell Air version of DIY Punk but without the talent and anger.

[@tedcantu1]

I always thought the writers were taking a pot shot at Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground.... seriously. I really did. Its so kitch.

[@GP9167]

The Schwartz’s weren’t hip enough to know who Lou Reed was….you give them too much credit

[@SamuelGriffin-u8d]

Claudia Jennings was oncd posed for Playboy