tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post3607255354282207846..comments2024-03-08T03:21:10.018-06:00Comments on SECRET FUN BLOG: ANALYSIS OF A BRADY BUNCH EPISODEKirk D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-51756304644791767702015-04-10T13:27:15.731-05:002015-04-10T13:27:15.731-05:00Do you know why the question Does Mrs. Denton look...Do you know why the question Does Mrs. Denton look like that? Why is it edited out on some channels Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601147541562421636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-12967839302075767522015-01-19T23:56:06.908-06:002015-01-19T23:56:06.908-06:00Haven't seen this one, but yes indeed; the wri...Haven't seen this one, but yes indeed; the writeup reads like a script... so, I guess I have seen it. Buuut, I was "watching it" to the tune of "Carnage Visors" by The Cure. My mistake, as suddenly everything has become much creepier.<br /><br />Good stuff, thanks.Immodiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554408274517952750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-87732068593689092502014-11-30T21:15:26.766-06:002014-11-30T21:15:26.766-06:00Tom- The scaring episode is at the top of my list ...Tom- The scaring episode is at the top of my list too. The plastic ghost rising from the chest saying "I need air!" freaked me out when I was a kid.<br /><br />That's an interesting and dangerous question you ask. I don't know, but I may need to look into that now.Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-62497802372060285772014-11-28T18:23:25.084-06:002014-11-28T18:23:25.084-06:00Great post and analysis of one of my favorite epis...Great post and analysis of one of my favorite episodes as well. Ranks up with the episode where the boys and girls try to scare each other and end up scaring Alice who busts the bust of Mike. I've never paid attention, but I wonder if the use of the laugh track changed any in the later years.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-59514239295483323902014-11-24T16:23:32.788-06:002014-11-24T16:23:32.788-06:00DanS- Thank you much!
Brian- Yes, that "on p...DanS- Thank you much!<br /><br />Brian- Yes, that "on paper" factor occurs to me often, in this and many other shows/movies. Suddenly I see the printed words in my minds eye.<br />Great observations too. There are other episodes when they have to 'air out the sleeping bags.' Such a Brady ritual.<br />And your point about the delayed itching powder gets the 'plot hole of the episode' award.<br /><br />Todd- This is my very favorite episode, the reasons are probably obvious. It was fun to study it so closely. Wow, BMG while reading a Brady critique sounds wild. A truly Postmodern experience!Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-36499461739785057942014-11-24T11:19:48.277-06:002014-11-24T11:19:48.277-06:00We just watched this episode last week. One of my ...We just watched this episode last week. One of my favs. (Btw, listening to Blue Man Group's album, Audio, is apparently the perfect background music for this brilliant post.)<br />Todd Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400377734350011046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-55545734745366917182014-11-24T09:08:06.089-06:002014-11-24T09:08:06.089-06:00And here is exactly why the internet exists.
The ...And here is exactly why the internet exists.<br /><br />The Brady Bunch was, to me, excruciatingly unfunny. And as this is almost presented as a script, you can imagine the gag writers dealing with this on paper and not realizing how poorly it was going to translate. Or maybe they just didn't care.<br /><br />Also: Why the "B" plot? Look, it's an insufferably dumb 70s sitcom; stick with the slumber party gags, the moral lesson, which is less funny that the actual gags, is a drag on the pacing. It's as if the writer of this episode took a class or two and somebody demanded that every story has to have a resolving B-plot!<br /><br />Other unanswered questions:<br /><br />Who has that many sleeping bags?<br /><br />Can you make a more fake outdoors set?<br /><br />Was the writer(s) failed historians who couldn't get a job?<br /><br />Why does the actor playing Mike have two modes: ham or stale toast?<br /><br />Why does itching power have a convenient time limit to start working?Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-27918960996772393292014-11-23T13:01:28.333-06:002014-11-23T13:01:28.333-06:00I agree that the Brady Bunch was mildly amusing at...I agree that the Brady Bunch was mildly amusing at best but your commentary on this episode made it very funny. Thanks for posting this.DanShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266516623160550482noreply@blogger.com