The Brady Bunch - Brady vs. Duggan

The Brady family and Mr. Duggan meet in court.

[@sniffles8655]

I remember this episode from back around 25 years ago when I was a little kiddo, that briefcase drop has stuck in my head since I was 6 years old lol

[@dlarremore]

Same!!!

[@carolleslie517]

Me too!

[@Vpmatt]

@@carolleslie517 Me three.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Yep

[@iceplant1]

haha same, that's how I ended up here

[@Native722]

I remembered this episode the most due to Mike Brady's briefcase tossing.

[@Tuning_Spork]

Second-most memorable part was Bobby calling himself "Robert" and Cindy calling herself "Cynthia".

[@chewie2055]

Native2458 He was quite the tosser...

[@killjoycola]

Same

[@primallove]

Same.

[@manuelkyle6591]

I dont mean to be offtopic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!

[@Mozes316]

Mike Brady... The Myth, The Man, The Legend! lol

[@ifutureman]

I've been a lawyer for 20 years and I'm waiting for my chance to try the briefcase defense

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Have you tried the Chewbacca defense?

[@316woodworks9]

You need to be briefed 1st ;)

[@jeffk3929]

lol 🤣

[@bryanvandergriff194]

That’s good but technically wouldn’t he have gone to jail for fraud?

[@tommccarthy7227]

Case is closed

[@kurtroberts2310]

When I became an insurance adjuster 27 years ago I actually recalled this episode as I came across many Duggar’s out there.

[@tommyparkerparker]

I had an accident a few years ago which the other driver was clearly at fault. She was just like Mr Duggans. Lie and deny.

[@kellymcfalls1458]

Kurt Roberts His name was Duggan Not Duggar

[@gregorymoore2877]

@@kellymcfalls1458 To be fair there are probably more Duggars out there than Duggans. 😉

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Gotta hand it to Mike Brady! He sure sticks up for his wife! Way to go, Mike!

[@slapshot68]

We should be allowed to do that, this does happen in real life, Carol probably wouldn’t hav won without Mike’s help

[@ninthhorizon]

This was one of the best episodes. I love the way the judge gives the fraud Duggan at the end as he starts to rip up the paper.

[@sinbad799]

If anyone is aware, Harry Duggan on that episode played Uncle Fester of The Addams Family.

[@carolleslie517]

sinbad799 Yes, the voice is the same!

[@louisegough8644]

Thanks Sinbad 😊

[@SamWesting]

Jackie Coogan. Post Addams Family, he appeared in a lot of shows, usually as a hard luck, loser character.

[@mialevi1341]

I recognized the voice but couldnt place it ... Thank you

[@rocknroller77]

@@SamWesting and the kid in the movie "The Kid," with Charlie Chaplin.

[@alexisdiva9]

Judge Judy woulda torn a scammer like Duggan apart. Scammers such as he are what breeds sky high car insurance rates, coupled with claims adjusters who are leery when processing honest motorists' claims. WTG Mike with the quick move with the attache case!

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Watching BB was a weekly routine when I was a kid. Decades later, I remember only very few scenes. This is one of them. The briefcase toss, the fraudster's head turn. This comes to mind a few times a year, anytime the topic of parking lot fender benders, insurance fraud, courtroom antics, or briefcases comes up.

[@socksumi]

Uncle Fester learned a lesson here... never mess with a Brady.

[@4862cjc]

But in another episode he tries to mess with Alice! ❤

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

​@@4862cjc Well, the poor woman was bedridden, after all. What's a man to do? /s "My wife usually does the shopping, but the poor woman is bedridden." Wouldn't that indicate that she _used_ to do the shopping, and not _usually does_ the shopping, Mr. Duggan? Hmmm? His story has holes that are bigger than the bald spot on his head. 😂 I watched The Brady Bunch every day after school, 45 years ago, and The Addams Family not long before that, but I never realized until now that Mr. Duggan was played by Jackie Coogan! Didn't even recognize his voice all those years ago, and I _loved_ The Addams Family!

[@gregorymoore2877]

Image if he had messed with Chuck Norris? 😉

[@furryfriend43]

he couldn't do a "Thing" about it! :D

[@nickjvideos]

That is uncle fester?

[@lindseycassella3015]

I remember this so vividly when I got in my first accident I thought my court hearing would be like this with the magnetic toy cars.

[@jbro8934]

Love how the bailiff just stands there and does nothing when Mike throws the briefcase.

[@lauragoldenberg7305]

😂

[@Keleneki]

lol

[@4862cjc]

He ain’t no Byrd from Judge Judy.

[@alankeeler8653]

Worse, he does nothing when Dugan just marches up to the judge

[@muzikdude1188]

For all anyone knew that briefcase could've had a bomb in it. In real life Mike would have been forcibly removed from the courtroom had he tried that stunt.

[@johnnyzeee5215]

Who knew Uncle Fester would have the Bradys in court about 10 years later.

[@jayalhadeff3663]

Rest In Peace mrs. brady

[@cassiASMR]

Jay alhadeff and Mr. Brady

[@tommycollins7846]

and Mr. Duggan/Uncle Fester!

[@philiphoward1731]

Mrs. Brady was a very pretty lady I love watching the show so much I’m glad it’s on KZbin❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@claytonbrown7120]

And RIP to Rutherford B Hayes who played Alice

[@margot6229]

And Mr. Brady and Alice.

[@whitepuppysub]

The RED CAR ( Mrs Brady's) keeps moving everytime the Chalk board is in the Scene.

[@jbro8934]

I swear I was just making my bed and this episode just popped into my head for no reason. So of course I had to grab my phone....

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Who did you call?

[@paulyont3092]

People in the courtroom were laughing at Bobby and Cindy’s argument. 😆 👦 👧 😉

[@Kaboomboo]

Ahh the 70's. Dig their clothes.

[@yollie2210]

This is awesome, Mike was so smart it's good that the court didn't put him in contempt

[@slapshot68]

Mr Dugan would hav won without Mike's stunt

[@davidjames1684]

Guilty of what?

[@jodymusel6008]

Yollie G it's a show

[@Getrealpeeps]

@@davidjames1684 THANK YOU!!!

[@Getrealpeeps]

Why would the court have put Mr Brady in contempt of court, I DON'T understand how do you figure??

[@TomMarvan]

So, we never got to hear the verdict. Did Bobby spill ice cream on Cindy or not?

[@brettcohen3401]

Of course he did. That lying b*stard! Cindy would never lie!!!

[@TomMarvan]

@Draper Scott Controversial!

[@Lonstermash]

I'm a physical therapist, and I used this idea to try to expose a worker's comp patient of mine I'm pretty sure was faking his hip pain in order to get out of work. I had done an ultra sound treatment on him, and as I walked away, I purposely missed the laundry bin when I threw the towel I used on him. Just like I thought he would do, he easily squatted down to pick it up for me and put it in the bin (which, given his supposed hip pain, should not have been so easy to do). I told his worker's comp adjuster the story, and they STILL authorized him for more physical therapy! Only in America

[@thearchbishopofcanterbury7951]

The classic in this field is when insurance investigators leave a case of beer on the front porch of a guy who supposedly has a serious back injury (for which he's claiming compensation). Usually the guy bends right over, picks up the heavy case and takes it inside - all of which is captured on video by the investigator, of course!

[@allamericanwiseass]

The Archbishop of Canterbury Free beer is free beer

[@fozzybear8878]

That's what you get for being a snitch.

[@davidjames1684]

That is easily defeated. Just have someone else grab the case of beer.

[@Tuning_Spork]

A case of beer can ease a lot of pain.

[@virgiandrade3014]

I love the bradybunch

[@ChanelCoco-pk7mp]

I’m surprised they didn’t say that Mrs Brady was possibly distracted by the children squabbling

[@mvideokid]

The asian impersonation sounded like a Peter Sellers bit. Lol

[@PatBrooks-u6w]

"The court will now hear the case of Carol Brady vs Uncle Fester."

[@johnre5342]

Wow, what a classic episode. They dont make TV shows like this anymore.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Who needs a lawyer when you've got Mike Brady!

[@artytoons]

Robert Reed previously played an attorney in The Defenders tv series. Experience in courtroom theatrics.

[@mikegarrens5286]

Mr. Brady calmly to the rescue again

[@TheloniousJackson]

The judge was the original Mac Cory on Another World

[@chellymurphy]

4:02 - 4:05 ICONIC!

[@briansetpente1019]

Jackie coogan uncle fester 😀

[@se11459]

Woke up with a crick in my neck this morning. Couldn’t turn my head to the side when pulling out of kids school. At the first red light I was searching for this clip, last seen by me 38 years ago!

[@jengarica1441]

Cindy and Bobby are just like me and my brother always fighting lmfao sibling love 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@gregsouls2666]

Mr. Brady throwing a suitcase bomb on the ground, surprised Rusty bailiff didn't take his head off.

[@toastee3]

These days if you dropped a briefcase everyone would dive for cover

[@Kbooty46]

Lol

[@curtpiazza1688]

Love it...Jackie Coogan is priceless!

[@djstonedog]

I literally gasped out loud when Mike started mimicking an Asian accent...makes me realise how times have changed and what won't fly on TV today.

[@JmackDaddyFunk]

You’ll be ok

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

MeTV actually CENSORED that

[@tonylopez-russell2631]

I know, it's so crazy. People are too sensitive these days! Hell I'm LGBT and even I'm saying this! People really need to get over themselves, learn to laugh, and take a joke once in awhile

[@keithshevlin5427]

chowlie was better in Magoo

[@larry930legend]

Jackie Coogan also appeared on Partridge Family - the cop in the background was the same actor,customer in a hurry when Alice had a job at a diner.

[@keithbrown8814]

And the Brady Bunch set reappeared in "Mannix" and "Happy Days"...just look closely as we dont have much else to do in 2021...so sad!

[@johnswisher1483]

I'm 66 years old and KZbin is asking me to sign in so they can confirm my age before showing me a clip of the Brady Bunch. THE BRADY BUNCH! Has the whole friggin world gone totally insane?

[@Skelly5962]

Marsha Brady was the grooviest chick.

[@JarOfRats]

Here in the Current Year, cancel culture would ostracize both Robert Reed and Florence Henderson for the Asian accents, at the end. I wanna go back to the 1970s.

[@patricknedz]

Simpler times in the 70s

[@JarOfRats]

@gothatway09 I'd respond, but I don't know your preferred pronouns...

[@Perririri]

You're right! I thought it was in Latin.

[@starlightsthelighthouse9138]

Intentions. Are you acting like a famous character to make another person laugh, feel better nostalgia moment? or are you a vindictive racist jack ass? I can tell the difference. Willing to bet most people who appreciate a time of more innocent, safer and more loving world, Major fashion Do's better quality fabric made to last sexy and classy. These kind of people can spot the difference. A wish come true would have us in Peace and Love and goodwill for our fellow man. Our country and planet healed from trauma, abuse(of power) and plain ole stupidity and ignorance. What blesses one blesses all. Where people like Duggar all the way down the scale of toxic, corrupt, narcissistic, demonic just decide to sit there a55's down or leave the proverbial sand box. Love how Mike so intuitive and smart sticks up for and saves the day of his" Lady" love. Love the TV show and the 1st movie parody. Has brought me laughter and more. 🏠🎶😘🌎😇

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

What if it happened in medieval times? The Stone Age? What about in 2055? Just enjoy it for what it is.

[@SWalker71]

Back when dads were not portrayed as beta male idiots on TV. (Yeah, I know). Bob Reed was great.

[@LBF522]

I agree. I miss the TV dads of old.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Probably the stupidest post I have ever seen! Interesting you should say "idiot," since idiots are the people who swallowed the false research that claimed there were such things as beta, and alpha males. That's complete nonsense.

[@odalisgonzalez6875]

So true

[@EmeraldView]

Isn't that the same guy who wouldn't sign the Save the Park petition? Until Alice wooed him.

[@macroevolve]

Now someone would toss a Laptop instead of a Breif case....and be admonished for disrupting the Court.

[@msr1116]

But then sue everybody with a deep pocket to recoup the replacement cost of the laptop.

[@Posark]

From the car diagram, I cannot make sense of how the accident happened! Why would she back into him, when she only had to drive forward to get out of the space? ... unless something was blocking her way forward??

[@ComixAndCartoonPro]

Mrs. Brady should've called a lawyer to kick Mr. Duggan's ass. Court proceedings such as this aren't as simple as one would like to believe in real life.

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

Then again, this was the 1970s...

[@needles1987]

Mr. Duggan's not married. He was hitting on Alice in another episode.

[@Scottslaw]

or he lied to Alice, just like she lied to him

[@BMeister22]

+needles1987 Doesn't mean he's not married. Just that he's a sleazeball.

[@Scottslaw]

+BMeister22 He has a wide range of interests. First he's after Alice,then Bobby and Cindy. What a CREEP!!!

[@needles1987]

+BMeister22 In the episode where he was hitting on Alice, he said there's no lady of the house. So he probably lied to Alice.

[@BMeister22]

+needles1987 Well, what do you expect from the guy. He had a troubled childhood as an orphan tramp hanging around Charlie Chaplin.

[@splashenful]

This was a great episode!!!!

[@Di.Bo69]

RIP Mum

[@tommyt1971]

Played the original Uncle Fester too!

[@carolleslie517]

Love this!

[@slipknot789able]

jackie coogan played in an episode of the andy griffith where he and his wife tried to scam barney and the judge played on a couple episodes of the andy griffith show

[@sha11235]

He had many roles over the years, from childhood to adulthood.

[@TnseWlms]

After playing Uncle Fester, he grew a mustache and was typecast into playing dozens of unscrupulous businessmen and swindlers on various TV shows.

[@TnseWlms]

Has anybody ever really seen a board with magnetic plastic cars in a courtroom?

[@jbro8934]

Yes. I've seen it on Judge Judy actually and it was funny because it made me think of this episode.

[@brqlyn29]

In South Korea they use it

[@Kbooty46]

No

[@TnseWlms]

In Benson, one character went to court to fight a traffic ticket, and brought a toy radio control car to demonstrate, but only succeeded in making the judge's hearing aid go haywire.

[@jfq7223]

@@brqlyn29 Until the toy cars got totaled.

[@kerryfrance4013]

Mike Brady knew that he was faking it i am glad that he that he threw his briefcase on the floor

[@michelleobregon2578]

Since when are little kids allowed in a civil court?

[@LBF522]

They were witnesses.

[@Kbooty46]

Lol lol

[@jeffkoehncomedy2370]

It’s interesting hearing Coogan’s real voice…and without a light bulb in his mouth!

[@lornemyers]

“Of course I can barely turn my head, as you have made that abundantly clear. “😆

[@eliocosmos]

CYNTHIA Brady!

[@TnseWlms]

@Ken Lompart Caroline Ann Brady

[@TnseWlms]

@Ken Lompart He also called himself Robert when he wrote a composition glorifying Jesse James.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Good God, I saw this exact same neck brace controversy in court premise in Babar AND Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was a kid. I thought they must have ripped each other off! But THIS is where the original gag must have come from, this is a revelation!

[@3dartistguy]

one of Jackie Coogan's last appearances...

[@keithbrown8814]

He was also in "Save Woodland Park" episode...he tried to get a dinner date with Alice...

[@TonyRomearound]

Honorable father uses honorable noodle lol

[@davids3313]

Love Brady Bunch. I can enter Brady Bunch along with stuff like "court" "something suddenly came up", "good ship lollypop", "Hawaii", and on and on...

[@mtwhatley3253]

Uncle fester…..how could you. Light 💡

[@mikepastor.k6233]

One of the oldest stunts ever to grace a TV.

[@RTD8481]

Its great to watch these shows again. The garbage that these networks and streaming services today are shoving down our throats just disgusts me!

[@billhosko7723]

karien

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

How are they shoving them down your throats when you turned on the TV? I don't own a TV. Back when I did have one, it was to watch VHS tapes or playing video games.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

The judge is Malcom Tucker, whose car broke down in Mayberry on a Sunday and nobody would fix it, and Mayberry's slow pace upset him on Andy Griffith. When Mike drops the brief case, the Bailiff in the background is trying not to laugh. Duggan is on an episode of Andy Griffith, posing as a father of a woman, (whom he's actually married to), to swindle Barney into a breach of promise suit. He's in another episode of the Brady Bunch entitled "Double Parked".

[@artytoons]

Robert Emhardt was the actor's name. Familar tv show bad guy face.

[@EdwardBurgh]

Classic Bunch episode!

[@nycava0520]

They great Jackie Coogan. Worked with Chaplain in the Kid. There is a law called the Coogan Law that protects child actors from being taken financial advantage of. Also he played Uncle Fester in the Addams Family television series.

[@mikey7189]

I do remember this episode. I probably saw it in 1975 when I was a kid, what is funny is all the youngsters saying they saw it 25-30 years ago as a "kid"....lol...and then I was in my late 20's early 30's 🙂

[@slapshot68]

I wonder who would hav won without Mike dropping the suitcase

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Mr. Duggan.

[@finster1968]

You toss a briefcase with unknown contents in a 2022 courtroom, they’re calling in a SWAT team and you’re getting whisked away in handcuffs.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

The briefcase would have gone through an x-ray machine by then.......

[@midnitedip8850]

mike took it to the hairs.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Classic ! I remember this well !

[@alanmartinez2688]

Mike Brady, could have been a lawyer 😎🤣🍸🍹

[@quad5186]

Alan Martinez He was , on “The Defenders” with EG Marshall a few years earlier. Marshall would appear on BB as Marcia’s principal in The Slumber Party episode .

[@mrautomatic9087]

Before the OJ TRIAL< we head this memorable case that went to the Superme Court. Yes, this is when we had a justice system and not a joke of a system of today. Make American great AGAIN!

[@ChanelCoco-pk7mp]

Are you certain this wasn’t a small claims civil court? OJ Simpson went through criminal court, a car related incident would be regarded as a civil matter

[@billbright1755]

That guy became Chinese all of sudden and wanted his brief case closed.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Uncle Fester became Uncle Fraudster.

[@dennyfrontier]

i tried this in court and got tackled by security guards. I guess it didnt help that I wasnt in the jury. Or on trial

[@Jgeneraledger23]

At first, that looked like Dr. Phil with the neck brace.

[@youtoo2233]

These days a judge would get pissed if Mr. Brady did that and would rule in favor of the man with the neck brace

[@harperstacey9604]

Judge Judy would have ruled with Jackie coogan. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@kellymcfalls1458]

@@harperstacey9604 Judge Judy would have NOT sided with the man in the neck brace She probably would’ve sided against him and threatened to throw him out on his you know what!

[@slapshot68]

Even with the proof that he tried to cheat the system?

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@harperstacey9604 Judge Judy is wack!

[@daniellatimer1876]

Mr. Duggan was Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.

[@JP-uu2rw]

Mr Duggan is Adam Shiff's uncle

[@345mrse]

Channelling Charlie Chan's voice. Too funny!

[@markbruschi6391]

With all the commotion over the spilled ice cream, Carol probably wasn't paying attention. I am on Duggan's side

[@heidivert830]

This was great😊

[@Echo-cy3gn]

There's something about Mike's expression at 3:52-3:55 that reminds me of Mr. Bean.

[@markbruschi6391]

It's so funny they would not have gotten away with that asian dialogue today. That guy was probably still upset that alice available led him on.

[@Digging_Kangaroo]

That invisible ghost moving the cars on the blackboard 😨🤔

[@melissacooper4282]

I remember this episode! One of Greg's friends was making a sexist comment about women being dumb drivers. Well Marcia put him in his place! Even Greg told his friend that his comment caused him to never date Marcia!

[@LudwigPaiste]

Well, Greg’s friend was right.

[@mikeandhall]

yes women drivers marcia won the conest right he won instext of her to bad he lost what did you think about when she picturesd him in his underwear

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@mikeandhall Learn how to spell.

[@larrydeleau8538]

4:40....honorable mother gonna blow the rust of your tailpipe tonight..😄

[@primallove]

You toss a briefcase on the floor in a courtroom like that today, you're getting jumped. Gitmo first, ask questions later.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Nowadays it would not have gotten that far as someone would have probably have recorded the incident on their phone, negating the guy's story that his neck was injured in the fender-bender.

[@TonyRomearound]

Uncle Fester himself

[@stevepd1]

That's not Mr. Duggan. That's Uncle FESTER.

[@Episcleritis]

Holy cow, that's Jackie Coogan! Awesome.

[@vibeaux4552]

Mr. Duggan--that was Uncle Fester?!

[@thefurrybastard1964]

+Vincent Gerard Bordeaux You sir, have a good eye, yes it was AKA Jackie Coogan.

[@jmarx_live]

Vincent Gerard Bordeaux yes. Jackie Coogan guest star in two Brady episodes. Uncle Fester with a mustache and hair.

[@amrose4214]

Then the kids start fighting lol in court.

[@gretchennelson7056]

Isn’t the actor playing Duggan the same one who was on the Addams Family?

[@po9318]

What about the judge charging Mr. Duggan for perjury with his false testimony?

[@joewhitehead3]

P O He mighta done that off-screen

[@zabe428]

4:38 Wtf did he say here?