The Brady Bunch - As Popular as the Measles

[@Dueville7777]

Damn Alice always goes all out on dinners..looks like thanksgiving....im jealous!

[@mikeg8276]

Are we gonna talk about how Mrs. Brady is wearing a Versace barocco button up with a Royston Jacla necklace? Iconic.

[@cheribee968]

Alice provides such care for this family Dinner on time at the dinner table Kids respectful of listening to each other

[@milesdyson5211]

2:31 Thats is such a fake Hug if I ever saw one LOL ! I like the fact that Mr Brady genuinely loved and cared for those kids and his TV Family Thought that was cool

[@nibora4895]

Jan was so good looking in this season!!

[@robertkellogg1199]

I remember she looked like this when she did Dawn. The portrait of a teenage runaway. She was attractive and she met Alex the great.

[@mygod5500]

Her older sister still looked better but i would say Jan at this point rivaled her in looks.

[@aaronjess1608]

@@mygod5500 I love how everyone at the dinner table is giving Jan daggers 🤣🤣🤣

[@Automated14]

Jan’s cans

[@thomassartwelle2836]

At 1:42 Jan does a nice "y'all". Back in the 70's I was not sure I should even use that contraction on account that it might be considered bad English (even though I am born and raised in Texas.) Nowadays I love it !

[@codyyoung4952]

What a great show.

[@anniewall2822]

Me too I really miss sitting down to dinner together and having a discussion every night about how our day was

[@marcuswilliams6840]

@Annie Wall So true. We used to eat together at dinner, just laughing and talking. Such a wonderful time it was growing up.🙂

[@mls617983]

We always ate together. When we were younger, my father would move the TV around so he could watch the news. Talking would be limited depending on what was on the news. 😂😂😂

[@MoonlightNothing]

Always loved Peter! 💞

[@danielnovosad3392]

Neato!

[@markchoma9822]

lol

[@EmeraldView]

Wow!!

[@Dan-hx9og]

Jan looks gorgeous.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Yep. She really came up Brady, by season 5

[@Sarasdad91]

I sure miss these days.

[@sammartinezduarte2639]

Straight Outta Da Brady Bunch Movie 20 years plus after the fact. Amazing. 😅🙌🏽😊

[@nickhill8612]

Haha yeah. Are you Sam the butcher?

[@cyn555cc]

Jan's yellow pants suit sprained my EYES! Lol!!

[@ginagagliastre9837]

And Cindy's top! What's with all the yellow?!

[@hadihatab3126]

Gina Gagliastre earth tones and pastels were really popular in the 70s especially harvest gold, avocado green, and brown.

[@oooh19]

I personally think yellow is cool

[@DCFelix67]

Yeah, for kitchen cabinets as well as clothing.

[@TnseWlms]

According to Barry Williams, the kids were allowed to pick out their own clothes for this episode.

[@BreannaMae]

During the beginning of the scene at the dinner table, starting at 0:54 ...listen to the clanking of the dishes. There's a repeated clanking sound that you hear for several seconds. Anyone else ever notice that??

[@FerrariCarr]

Simply Divine I did, now that you pointed it out lol

[@urgurljulesl9986]

I did and they do it with laughs and other noises too..

[@BMeister22]

Also notice the fact that nobody is actually eating the food. There is no food on their forks when it goes to their mouths. LOL

[@mslataprada1]

BMeister22 A Tyler Perry moment in “A Fall From Grace” lol

[@Vintagee858]

Yup!

[@davidcbates]

I really miss the days when families sat down together for dinners,and discussed their day.

[@actuary1233]

We never did that when we were kids but I always wanted it...phones missed everythg up

[@annagalati34]

We do that in our house. Its our number #1 rule.

[@nickhill8612]

@@annagalati34 The t.v. was off and no one answered the phone.

[@timotundy]

Yes bc they had an Alice to prepare the meals

[@swartchalk6745]

We still sit together but everyone nowadays are on their phones

[@Posark]

What were the dessert options? I like to think apple pie with ice cream for hi-cal,… Sugar-free jello for lo-cal. Actually I’d like a rundown of every single dish that Alice ever prepared on the show!

[@ravenel2]

There was no sugar free Jello. Low cal was a piece of fruit.

[@barbaranelson8617]

“just a campaign promise. The election’s over and I won, that’s the important thing!” Boy, is that ever true to life!

[@robertshearer137]

I like this groovy look of people back then. Everyone looks healthy and vibrant.

[@josephfrank1472]

Because of no GMO's and corn syrup in everything!

[@lonebikeroftheapocalypse9527]

No microwaves to irradiate the food and kill it.

[@doylethelovely2555]

Or they are actors at the time who are covered and 15 pounds of make up. What are you on crack or something

[@zapkvr]

They were all smoking dope.

[@40Kens]

When I was in Elementary School (1970s), all the friends I knew were healthy - because they were young Parents included and active physically. And the positive energy I remember help too. Sometimes, fiction and non-fiction overlap for the times. Of course!

[@ravenel2]

Cindy and Jan were so beautiful here. They could have kept the show going a few more years if they had had decent, age-appropriate scripts for all the kids, and left out Cousin Oliver.

[@nibora4895]

Agreed! The storylines in this season were absolutely ridiculous even for the 70s.

[@anniewall2822]

Yes Jan And Cindy were both beautiful they could’ve kept the show you’re right

[@kandacehead9544]

Had they done that, up to what year could the BB have continued (it ended in 1974)?

[@millenniumman75]

@@kandacehead9544 At least until Marcia graduated....1976. Then, Jan could have been that teenage runaway and no variety hour! lol

[@kandacehead9544]

@@millenniumman75 You mean Jan would have run away on the show and the variety hour would have still happened without her? Jan’s character actually did run away in the Brady Bunch Movie (1995). She was brought back home by the woman who played the original Alice (Ann B. Davis).

[@DiamanteDea]

Jan is so pretty!

[@Thomas-fk3cw]

@EJSFilms2K Hah. Was laughing reading it and then laughed harder at your reply. Jim and Marshall. Lucky he didn't talk about Carl (Carol) or Alan (Alice), too. 🤣

[@zapkvr]

She's hideous.

[@Fongolitus]

Beautiful wholesome girl, she would've done well on the Waltons

[@carinrestuc6242]

Yes looks like it is JAN JAN JAN now!!! Lol

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Did you vote for her, as the most popular girl?

[@small5th]

Jan definitely had the best glow up throughout the series. Though Marcia was always the prettiest girl and Peter was the most good looking guy

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Agree 100%

[@Ælfgifu-1]

I always thought Jan was prettier than Marcia.

[@AMEER-114-]

@@Ælfgifu-1 thats only because you're insane and weren't a boy when you first watched the show.

[@lmdmn1645]

Bobby was cute too.

[@mikep5335]

They were so good at glowering at eachother across the dinner table on this show

[@EmeraldView]

Peter's such a sweetheart. I love seeing him smile. 😊

[@GretchenNelson-f9y]

He had a great smile

[@dannygillingham7904]

"Eve Plumb" ... it doesn't get any better than that 🙂

[@user-cs9of2xd2d]

When I was a kid watching this episode, I thought Alice was saying "High cow, low cow, or no cow 🐄".

[@MVR326]

LOL

[@electraglide9357]

I thought the same thing! Moooo! 🐄

[@mtlicq]

no bull : )

[@cautionTosser]

don't even get me started on what i THOUGHT were the words to tv theme songs. Drove my brother mental. :D

[@hyacinthlynch843]

LOL! I love how Alice spooks Carol Brady at 1:11.

[@Littleflower53]

Man, that was an awkward hug. That deserved a redo.

[@ravenel2]

There’s no good way to hug in a script where an attractive brother asks an attractive sister to be his date for a dance (???) and the actors are teenagers who are dying to rip each others’ clothes off. Awkward, but admirable under the circumstances!

[@TheloniousJackson]

You’re right that was a very awkward hug

[@jimhandler1129]

What brother asks their sister to the school dance?

[@toddgrogg8005]

Want's again the boys and girls are not brothers and sisters. They are only step brothers/sisters. And yes that was a odd hug.

[@laurenralph5968]

I miss the days when families truly stuck together and didn’t take them for granted and treated each other with respect

[@Jgeneraledger23]

Jan was HOT during the last season, give Marcia a run for her money ;)

[@quangdieuquangphat335]

The Brady

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

That’s for sure!

[@donhatter159]

Yes

[@nibora4895]

Most definitely prettier than Marcia.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

@@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen Echoed!!

[@maymovieexpert756]

So Peter is going to the dance with his own sister!.......

[@larry930legend]

MayMovieExpert I believe Robert Redford was out of town.

[@alanmartinez2688]

MayMovieExpert lol,🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Vydio]

Personally if I were Jan I'd just stay home. The snobby town would have had a hissy fit.

[@dannygillingham7904]

Don't forget, neither Jan nor Peter were blood related, get it 🙂🙂🙂

[@kristen8925]

George Glass couldn't make it.

[@BeamieUpScot]

Awkward hug, Jan

[@arroyobaby38]

Lolol I thought I was the only one who noticed that 😂

[@MikeP-sq6be]

This is like the tenth episode where they all sit at the dinner table silently brooding

[@larrygrajeda617]

"A brady never goes back on his promise"

[@TheSingingMystic87]

That was such a Gary Cole moment 😭

[@thesilentdiva]

I'm sorry but Mike Brady was a whole snack

[@markbrown4039]

0:58. Someone tell a joke. And loved it when Carol jumped at Alice's entrance. And what was up with that whistle Mike did at the dinner table?

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

Carol was pensive, deep in thought, and Alice startled Carol out of her thoughts. Mike's whistle was to get everyone's attention (beyond tapping on his glass and saying that he has an announcement to make, I guess), and get Jan & Peter back to the table.

[@gretchennelson7056]

He was whistling to get Jan and Peter back to the table

[@littleangel4780]

1:10 Alice scares the crap out of Carol 😂😂😂

[@40Kens]

@doso don Looks genuine. Florence Henderson may have been "out of character" for a moment and thinking of something else..

[@40Kens]

@doso don Seen other BB clips with the same scenarios - unplanned acting and went with it.

[@keving161]

never realized how old the Brady Girls got in the final season Marcia was 18, Jan 16 and Cindy 13 in season one they were 13, 11 and 8 same with the Brady Boys. final season Greg was 20, Peter 17 and Bobby 14 season one they were 15, 12 and 9

[@tony_______]

Kevin G actually 1 year younger, but you were close

[@millenniumman75]

@@tony_______ Kevin's right. They were all older than their characters - they still do that today.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

The other day, after watching a few of these Brady Bunch scenes, out of curiosity, I looked up the birthdays of each of the people who played the six kids, and the dates on which the first and last episodes aired; I would think those episodes were filmed not _very_ long before the air dates, considering how quickly children grow. So..... Dates of Birth: Barry Williams (Greg): 30 Sept 1954 Maureen McCormick (Marcia): 5 Aug 1956 Christopher Knight (Peter): 7 Nov 1957 Eve Plumb (Jan): 29 April 1958 Mike Lookinland (Bobby): 19 Dec 1960 Susan Olsen (Cindy): 14 Aug 1961 Air date of first episode: 26 Sept 1969 Barry was 14⅞, Maureen was 13, Christopher was 11¾, Eve was 11, Mike was 8½, and Susan was 8. Air date of final episode: 8 March 1974 Barry was 19½, Maureen was 17½, Christopher was 16¼, Eve was 15⅞, Mike was 13¼, and Susan was 12½. Also, the last episode was when Bobby sold hair "tonic" to Greg, which turned his hair orange. Carol took Greg to the beauty parlor to try to get his hair professionally restored. They ran into two of Greg's classmates, who had just gotten their hair done for Commencement- aka Graduation! (In March? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe the original plan was for it to air in May? I don't know) So Greg was likely 17 or 18 in the final episode, a bit younger than Barry Williams.

[@READINGSCARESIDIOTS]

At least they let Cyndi take out the pig tails

[@Jimmersaunt]

Cindy had such beautiful hair!

[@katymvt]

If Jan's a senior, why are Greg and Marsha still in school?

[@keithmauldin885]

I'm still trying to figure that out. Greg and Marcia got held back

[@johnvargo7338]

Because her name is MARCIA.

[@billybassman21]

It was a flaw in the writing, she was only 16 here and would have been a junior.

[@anglobostonian]

Senior in middle school. She would be starting high school next year.

[@markfitzpatrick6692]

James Trout they did that in the Davy Jones episode when they called it a senior prom and Marcia was in Fillmore junior high 7 8 and 9

[@queenofmusic5]

is it bad that I'm jealous of Jan because Peter asked her to be his date to the dance...

[@DiamanteDea]

i love peter

[@VibrateGirl101]

Same, girl, same.

[@FerrariCarr]

Peter was the cutest, after all :P

[@barbaranelson8617]

queenofmusic5 No. Peter was the cutest one of the boys.

[@marciesdupree4643]

Awwww

[@xjcrossx]

1:50. Joey stole his speech for Monica and Chandler's wedding about giving and receiving from Jan Brady lol

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

Not surprising. If they don't remember The Brady Bunch as a weekly series, it was probably on after school in syndication, and they all likely saw the show many times. I know I saw all the episodes at least 3 times when I was a kid in the 70s.

[@MikeP-sq6be]

I love Jan's polyester leisure suit

[@tmofog]

I love the episodes where they hate on Jan. She's like the Meg of the Brady Bunch.

[@AshleeMcCann]

So Peter asked his sister out mmm 😇I ship them

[@colleen4ever]

Step-sister

[@pinkfreud62]

I almost expected Bobby just to stay seated and say , "Um, I'll take the high cal!"

[@curtpiazza1688]

This is what family life should be like! Notice.....no phones at the table!! 😮 😊

[@TnseWlms]

That's because the pay phone Mike installed was too far from the table.

[@StephaieMILLS]

Jan is soo pretty

[@anniewall2822]

Oh another great song i I hope it doesn’t get stuck in my head I might be singing it’s my morning drivers or the night drivers so Be very careful

[@darrylfitzys8632]

Alice is always cooking some cow.

[@jamesr1703]

I read that during the series Jan and Peter were in and out of the sack.

[@jaengen]

Jan’s outfit matches the wall color nicely.

[@justcogitating]

2:31 Awkward elbow hug?

[@neneshubby]

I don’t think Jan has any support in this episode.

[@primallove]

"Intentions are not good enough." Actually they are. Intentions and motives are what drive us to accomplish good things. Jan actually did not have good intentions; she just wanted to be elected.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Mike Brady was reiterating an old Jewish expression, "Talk is cheap, people are judged by deeds."

[@rhondathompson6942]

jan brady for president 2024

[@NormanClark-y2k]

I think Jan was the best actor of all the kids and definitely bloomed in the last season, prettier than Marcia.

[@formerlyduped2429]

The hug between Jan and Peter was awkward!

[@tombovitale2597]

It's Jans senior year in junior high. Marcia n Greg are in senior high school

[@BrooklynAvenue]

2:27 Jan has really developed as an actress here

[@anniewall2822]

If you promise something you should give back in return it’s the right thing to do

[@mph1ish]

Haa poor Jan...She's "positively goofy!"

[@AnnaAmoroso-p7h]

❤I love it

[@edwardnardone7485]

at least she decided to keep her promises unlike some polititions

[@Joeelectronicschematicsforauto]

It's amazing all the problems can be solved in in a half hour don't understand how Carol Brady doesn't have a job but yet they need a living housekeeper even though it's just a show

[@jennifersteffan2229]

Jan is so beautiful

[@Lava1964]

I liked Cindy's hairstyle in the final season.

[@elcid71garcia30]

Carol looks Good

[@345mrse]

Greg rock'in those cream Levis.

[@catwoman6559]

Now if politicians would take a clue from Jan's speech.

[@chriscanale9535]

oh Jan

[@billbright1755]

Happy Happy Happy!

[@markc-ru4qz]

Jan was pretty the first season and absolutely gorgeous the last seasob

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Jan in that beautiful yellow pantsuit

[@stumarston6812]

Mike really wants to go to the dude ranch.

[@ckobo84]

If Mike started taking steroids and working out he'd look just like professional wrestler Psycho Sid Vicious.

[@toastee3]

While everyone was watching for a Marcia and Greg romance... Jan and Peter were getting together.

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

Cindy'S HAIR IS DOWN!

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Would've been nice if it was like that in the opening credits. The executives likely knew this was going to be the final season

[@evamastrianni4744]

The kids can't help clean up after that huge dinner

[@snake9911]

I don't understand why if Jan is in the Eight grade. Why does she call herself a senior? A senior in Junior High School. That's unusual to say. A senior in Junior High School.

[@marthathorne6219]

At least Jan had good intentions, unlike our politicians.

[@Ælfgifu-1]

They should have let Alice eat with them. They always treated her as part of the family. They shouldn't have left her to eat by herself.

[@TheloniousJackson]

Her job is to serve the food not eat with the family

[@Ælfgifu-1]

@@TheloniousJackson She did everything else with them.

[@keving161]

since when did Cindy take her hair down out of the curls/braids

[@pinkfreud62]

She did in later seasons as she felt too old for braids.

[@oooh19]

@@pinkfreud62 nah you're never too old for braids!

[@TnseWlms]

@@oooh19 She was a Braid-y.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

@@TnseWlms That was a good one. But, she was also 'the youngest one in curls'.

[@joannamcpeak7531]

I remember my parents trying to get us to use cloth napkins, never did take.

[@jaisonjacobz]

woow....joey tribbiani plagiarized the giving and recieving speech from jan

[@evas9735]

Jaison Jacob totally 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaengen]

Another of Jan’s hidden talents. She is a poet.

[@rolfbernserke4735]

I thought Mike was going to announce he was coming out

[@dennismclaurin1487]

😄

[@josebro352]

1:09 Scared the hell out of Carol

[@johnvargo7338]

Robert Reed was a hell of an actor. The man had AIDS but he played this role as if he had kids of his own.

[@SweptAway529]

Reed was HIV Positive but did NOT have AIDS - but what is your point of tying his health with his feelings towards the children on the show?

[@pinkfreud62]

He did have a daughter I know. She appeared on the girl's sleepover episode when the boys were playing pranks. The itching powder scene. Seems gay guys back in the day had kids before coming out.

[@hadihatab3126]

pinkfreud62 this wasn’t even a decade after the Stonewall Riots, coming out was a death sentence so gay men were basically forced by society to be with women back then.

[@aspe7187]

Um, because a key 🔑 opens a lock 🔐 not another key 🔑.

[@zapkvr]

He didn't have the aids in the 70s. That came later. There was no aids in 1971. It was still in the jungle.

[@emilyjimenez8474]

What episode is this

[@nibora4895]

The episode was called Miss Popularity it was in the final season.

[@nickhill8612]

Thank you.

[@anniewall2822]

Miss Popularity that’s what this episode is called if you were wondering

[@anniewall2822]

@@nickhill8612 You’re welcome

[@emilyjimenez8474]

Thxs

[@jeffreybaker100]

Hi cal low cal. What dessert was hi cal? Low cal?

[@millenniumman75]

Pussycat Alice's POT cookies

[@jaelinsmith5207]

Look at all thier clothes from the 70's

[@hannahkidd2605]

hey how are you doing today I hope you are ok

[@victorboucher675]

It is OK ... they are not really brother and sis. I knew about a family where they (the kids) were dating before the parents married and made them sister and brother.

[@faithfulforever6331]

What family, even in the 70's, ate their supper in the dining room without any company?

[@faithfulforever6331]

And using china?

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Big deal; Big meal.

[@dietrichjoanne]

Poor Alice had to wait on those kids hand and foot.

[@dietrichjoanne]

@Draper Scott , they were spoiled kids. They had no chores and Alice was treated like a slave. What did Mrs. Brady do all day?

[@dietrichjoanne]

@Draper Scott , I never saw the kids do chores. Mrs. Brady must have been doing Mr. Dittmyer. She had so much time on her hands.😀

[@dennismclaurin1487]

The pay was good.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

@@dietrichjoanne Lo

[@hyacinthlynch843]

@@dietrichjoanne Nice troll.

[@kumada84]

0:07 sure Jan.

[@delvindelvintumbling8452]

Chris knight had a perm and got taller

[@anniewall2822]

I had to cancel my reservation for Monday no program for me

[@jonnuanez7183]

Jan would have rivaled Marcia had the show lasted another season or 2.

[@natalie8212]

I get there are eight people at the table, but do they really need 35 plates and dishes ?

[@maidahaltrecht6577]

First time I've seen Cindy without braids and her hair down. Don't remember that at all.