The Real Brady Bros

The Bradys receive a pool table as a thank-you gift from Mike's boss, and Bobby quickly becomes a billiards expert. Bobby shows off his skills during Mike and Carol's cocktail party, soundly beating Mike's boss, who fancies himself the best at pool.    This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S5 E21  "The Hustler" originally aired March 1, 1974   Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertisecast.com/

Jan is tired of her teachers constantly comparing her to the popular and successful Marcia. She dumps Marcia's awards in the closet and complains that all she hears is "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia". Eventually, she is thrilled to establish her own successful identity by winning an Honor award for an essay she wrote. When she realizes there is a scoring error and she actually came second, Jan grapples w...

Marcia decides to make a point about Women's Liberation by declaring that she is joining the Frontier Scouts, an all-male Scouting organization to prove she is more than capable of completing the initiation tasks. Too old to be able to retaliate by joining Marcia's Sunflower Girls, Greg enlists Peter to join in his place.    This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S2 E19  "The Liberation of Marcia Br...

Jan's allergies are acting up, so Carol keeps her home from school. Alice and Carol are worried, and Alice fears it might be Mike or one of the boys. When it seems that Jan is allergic to Tiger, the family fear they might have to lose their pet dog, until they discover that she's only allergic to his new flea powder.   This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E05  "Katchoo" originally aired October...

The girls and boys fight over books of Trading Stamps. The boys want to redeem them for a rowboat while the girls want a sewing machine. The stamps must be used quickly as the  company is going out of business, and attempts to reach a compromise fail. Carol and Mike allow a deciding competition to be held: the building of a house of cards, with the winner to decide.    This week's episode: The Bra...

This week: Over the top outfits. Mike Lookinland's 8x10 headshot. What scenarios made the actors uncomfortable? Did Martin Scorsese steal his movie title from The Brady Bunch? How was the set laid out on the soundstage? And more!  It's Q&A #45.  Barry, Chris, and Ed are here to talk questions. Get yours submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiries...

Marcia is anxious about her freshman year of high school. She decides to join every club at school, including the Boosters, a club of conceited girls who administer strict social rules. When Marcia invites the Boosters over, Peter's previously malfunctioning model volcano, erupts, spewing "lava" over everyone. Marcia realizes the humorless Boosters are not the types of girls she wants to socialize...

Just as Mike's boss invites the Brady family for an outing on his boat, Cindy comes down with Tonsillitis. Dr. Howard thinks Cindy's tonsillectomy could be performed after the trip, but then discovers that Carol also has tonsillitis.    This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S2 E17 "Coming-Out Party" originally aired January 29, 1971.   Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertisecast.com/

Marcia gets a job at a local ice cream shop. When her boss Mr. Haskell wants to start taking afternoons off, he puts Marcia in charge and hires Peter, but Peter's chronic slacking and incompetence prompts Marcia to fire him and she in turn hires Jan as a replacement. Eventually, Mr. Haskell realizes he is happier running the shop than he is taking time off, and lets Marcia go, keeping Jan.   This...

Mike  believes Greg wants to follow in his footsteps to become an architect. Greg does not want to offend Mike by admitting he does not want to, he simply wrote that he did for a school assignment. In the subplot, Cindy wants to be a model, Bobby an astronaut, while Peter and Jan want go into the medical profession and borrow large medical encyclopedias from the library.    This week's episode: Th...

This week: Weird fan requests. Do people ever call you Greg and Peter? How did this podcast start? The Brady House is for sale, and more!  It's Q&A #44.  Barry, Chris, and Ed are here to talk questions. Get yours submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertisecast.com/

The boys are going to Carol with their problems instead of Alice. Thinking that the family no longer needs her, she invents a story about a "sick aunt in Seattle". When Marcia and Jan overhear Alice on the phone to a friend and discover the ruse, they tell their parents. The family devises a plan to get Alice to stay.   This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E04 "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"...

Greg's ego runs amok after a baseball compliment from Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale. Greg decides to dedicate his whole life to the sport and forgoes any thoughts of college. Mike invites Drysdale over to talk about the drawbacks of life on the road, but this backfires. When his team loses, Greg gets blamed and is sobered back to reality.   This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S2 E01 "The Dropout"...

Marcia tearfully frets over her new braces. Then her date cancels, claiming that he must go out of town with his parents to visit a relative. Greg, Mike, and Alice attempt to arrange replacement dates, but a lack of coordination ruins the plan.    This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E20 "Brace Yourself" originally aired February 13, 1970.   Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertisecast.com...

When her crush on her classmate Clark is unrequited, Jan makes up a fake boyfriend named George Glass. Her parents' suspicions are confirmed when the family's efforts to locate him for a surprise birthday party for Jan are unsuccessful.  This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S2 E09 "The Not-So-Ugly Duckling" originally aired November 20, 1970.   Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertisecast.com...

This week: Was it a conscious choice for each episode to exist in a vacuum? Memories of Dodger's Stadium Hollywood Stars Night. Do the guys ever get mistaken for the wrong celebrity? Bonus Jimmy Stewart impression from Ed, and more! It's Q&A #43.  Barry, Chris, and Ed are here to talk questions. Get yours submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiri...

Greg tells Bobby that he can do twice as many chin-ups as he can. Bobby demands a contest, with the loser acting as the winner's servant for a week. Bobby wins and soon becomes a tyrant. He invites himself along on Greg's date with Rachel where he is annoying and disruptive. In the subplot, Carol and Mike make a bet of their own. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S3 E18 "The Big Bet" originally...

Greg and Marcia each want to convert the newly cleared attic into their own room. Greg is ultimately given the room as the oldest of the children, but relinquishes it to Marcia after hearing her tearful pleas for privacy from her sisters. An annoyed Bobby and Peter conspire to frustrate Marcia until she gives it up. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S4 E23 "A Room at The Top" originally aired M...

Relations among the kids reach a low after the boys refuse the girls entry to their clubhouse. Mike tries to reason with Carol that men sometimes need a place of their own. In the name of gender equality, Carol and the girls attempt to build their own clubhouse.  This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E06 "A Clubhouse Is Not a Home" originally aired October 31, 1969.   Advertising Inquiries:  htt...

This week: Who is the "10th man" on the Brady Bunch? What is the timeline for when Mike married Carol?  How did different cast members (and their families) deal with the influx of income as kids? And more!  It's Q&A #42.  Barry, Chris, and Ed are here to talk questions. Get yours submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Ask away for the next one! Advertising Inquiries:  https://www.advertise...

Bobby and Oliver jump to all sorts of conclusions when Mike is visited by an FBI agent, and is asked to help Sam with a "top secret" project to expand his store. The boys believe Sam is passing information to the Russians when they see him conferring with his landlord about the project, and lock Sam and Gronsky in the meat locker. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S5 E19 "Top Secret" originally...

Susan joins the Bros again for a new re-watch!  Bobby becomes upset when Tiger runs away, and the family searches for him. The kids all chip in money for Bobby to buy an ad and offer a reward. After the Brady's scour the neighborhood, Tiger is found at a neighbor's house, having fathered a litter of puppies. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E18 "Tiger! Tiger!" originally aired January 30, 1...

Marcia has a crush on the family's new dentist, Dr. Stanley Vogel, and mistakenly concludes that a favor, is actually a date. He wants to ask Marcia to babysit his three-year-old child when he takes his wife out. In a subplot, the boys build a motorized go-cart. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S4 E13 - "Love and the Older Man" originally aired January 5, 1973. Advertising Inquiries:  https://...

Carol and Mike switch roles to see who is better at the other's household chores. Just as Carol tries teaching baseball to her sons, only to give new meaning to the word incompetence, Mike tries to help Marcia with her cooking project in order to earn a cooking badge. This week's episode: The Brady Bunch S1 E24 - "The Grass is Always Greener" originally aired March 13, 1970. Advertising Inquiries:...

This week: What are Barry's memories of being on Three's Company? Did they ever read any of the Brady Bunch paperback novels? Do the Bros still keep in touch with the actors who filled in for Brady characters on various projects? And more!  It's Q&A #41.  Barry, Chris, and Ed are here to talk questions. Get yours submitted to our Facebook page @realbradybros. Ask away for the next one! Advertising...