The Brady Bunch Season #1

 💎💎Episode #5: Katchoo💎💎 – 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 fears that they might have to lose their pet dog, until they discover that she’s only allergic to his new flea powder. Jan has been sneezing quite a bit lately and the family begins to wonder about the source. After initially coming to the silly conclusion she is allergic to Mike, suspicions fall on Tiger. After confirming what they hoped wasn’t true (Jan sneezes like crazy when the dog is in the room with her), the other family members give Tiger a whole much of baths in order to salvage his place in the household. Alas, it doesn’t seem to work, but when Mike leaves to take Tiger to the grandparents to live, he forgets the mutt’s new flea powder. Carol decides to keep Jan home from school because of her excessive sneezing, which she believes could be the sign of something like the Flu. But once Jan gets into bed, she stops sneezing. Carol, Alice and the doctor surmise that Jan has probably developed an allergy to something. After checking many of the regular causes of allergies such as pollen, they end up believing that Jan is allergic to a person, namely Mike, as Jan starts sneezing as soon as he comes home. Their concern about this revelation is bittersweet when Jan continues to sneeze even when Mike isn’t around, but does so when Tiger is, leading the thought that he is the cause of her allergic reaction. They know that they have to get rid of Tiger for Jan’s sake, news which will probably hit the boys the hardest as they raised Tiger from a pup. Individually, each of the family members, without telling anyone else, believes they have the answer to the problem without needing to get rid of Tiger, but which makes for an extremely agitated dog.

Jan comes down with a mysterious allergy and Carol and Alice try to determine just what is causing it. At first, they think it’s Mike because the allergies act up when he enters her bedroom, but they don’t see that Tiger is in the room. After Mike leaves and Tiger is still in the room, they deduce that it’s Tiger that Jan’s allergic to. Or is it? The kids are heading off to school and Mike to work when Jan comes downstairs sneezing. Carol thinks Jan has the Flu and keeps her at home. The sneezing soon subsides and Jan seems perfectly well. Carol and Alice deduce it must have been an allergy and try to figure out what set it off. They first suspect the baking flour and garden flowers, but these are soon ruled out. Alice suggests that it may be an allergy to a person – perhaps the new half of Jan’s family. Mike comes home for lunch and goes up to see Jan. The moment he enters the room, she starts sneezing again and stops when he leaves. Carol and Alice begin to think that Jan is allergic to Mike. Then Jan has a very bad fit of sneezing when Tiger enters and has no further reaction to Mike. They now deduce that Jan is allergic to Tiger. This means getting rid of Tiger. Mike knows the boys will be very upset. And they are. Saying goodbye is very difficult, especially when Tiger gets too distracted by the bone they give him. The girls, Alice and Carol and Mike in turn get the idea of bathing Tiger, not knowing everyone else has had the same idea. As a result, Tiger starts resisting when he gets a bath, much to the puzzlement of the person administering the bath. But the next morning, Jan again reacts when Tiger approaches. So, Mike takes Tiger to the grandparents. The family then realizes Tiger’s new flea powder got left behind and Jan takes it. As she does, she starts sneezing again. They now realize it is the flea powder and not Tiger and recall Mike and Tiger. That night, the parents are relieved to see Tiger sleeping peacefully on Jan’s bed.

💎💎Episode #6: A Clubhouse Is Not a Home💎💎 – The boys don’t want to share their backyard clubhouse with the girls, so the girls try to build one on their own. After a few months of marriage, Mike and Carol are reveling in the harmony of their now blended family – although Alice tells them it won’t always be smooth sailing. Indeed, the harmony amongst the kids starts to break down when the boys don’t want to allow the girls into their clubhouse. The boys want a private clubhouse of their own, but their siblings want to join in on the guys’ fun. Mike tries to get the girls and Carol to see things the boys’ way, in that they need a place of their own. Eventually, Carol decides that two can play the boys’ game and commissions her daughters to build a clubhouse of their own. But what they build is nothing short of a train wreck and then a beam nearly hits Cindy on the head. The boys decide to compromise and build a clubhouse they all can share.

Interpersonal 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. They do a shoddy construction job and Cindy is nearly injured. Mike and the boys rebuild the clubhouse but the boys’ clubhouse suddenly collapses: Bobby had pulled out the nails from the boys’ clubhouse to finish the girls’ clubhouse. Guest Stars: June Foray as Sandra (Voice only; uncredited), Hans Conried as Lance (Voice only; uncredited). Note: This was the second episode filmed. When interpersonal relations among the kids reach a low as they try to share everything, Alice thinks she’s come up with the perfect solution. After just a few months of marriage, Mike and Carol are reveling in the harmony that exists within their family, in their words, “paradise”. Alice tries to warn them that it will not always be smooth sailing. Indeed, the harmony amongst the kids starts to break down as the differences between the boys and girls start to emerge. Even Mike and Carol are having a difficult time negotiating their own problem of equitable closet space. Mike issues a household directive: Share and share alike. But that directive has an unintended consequence in use of what was the boys’ private sanctuary: The clubhouse in the backyard. Beyond the kids, Mike and Carol are also having differing opinions on what is equitable in this situation. Mike tries to reason with Carol that men sometimes need a place of their own. Everyone looks to Alice for advice, but she vows to stay neutral, until she devises a possible solution. In the name of gender equality, Carol and the girls attempt to build their own clubhouse. They do a shoddy construction job and Cindy is nearly injured. Mike and the boys rebuild the clubhouse and the boys’ clubhouse suddenly collapses because Bobby has pulled out the nails from the boys’ clubhouse to finish the girls’ clubhouse.

With more and more of the girls belongings being moved over from storage, the boys become fed up and take to their “No Girls Allowed” clubhouse in the backyard which sparks the first of many battles between the sexes. This leads the girls to try to build their own clubhouse. The kids are outside playing happily, which prompts the parents and Alice to toast to their success on getting the family together. The toast proves premature. As the family starts unpacking boxes from their move, quarreling erupts again. Carol keeps shifting the marker in the closet that divides her wardrobe and Mike’s in order to get more space than he does. The boys bring up boxes for the girls, but think they are too bossy. After more arguments, they walk off the job and retire to their clubhouse. Mike has a word with them and they agree to try to relate more to the girls. But the girls and boys are soon squabbling again and this results in a chase the ends up in chaos in the parents’ room. After this, Mike lays down the law that the kids have to share. But when the girls start sharing the clubhouse, the boys do not like the changes they have made and fighting erupts again. Mike believes that a line must be drawn here and the boys should have their own men’s space with the clubhouse. Carol says they must share. The boys put a “No Girls Allowed” sign on the clubhouse while the girls stage a demo for a right to share the clubhouse. The parents try to persuade the kids to see the others’ point of view more. Alice refuses to take sides – until she sees a television program about equality in the home. This gives her an idea. At Alice’s suggestion, Carol and the girls start making a girls’ clubhouse, which they make a deliberate mess of. Mike and the boys are watching and reach the point where they decide to step in. Carol admits the ruse to Mike, but he says he guessed anyway because Carol is such a rotten actress. When it is finished, Mike reflects on the lessons they have learned from the experience before dedicating the new clubhouse. Just then the boy’s clubhouse falls down because Bobby used nails from it to build the girls’ clubhouse. The boys demand to share the girls’ clubhouse, which leads to another fight. Afterwards, the kids are watching television, everything is quiet. Mike now thinks it is all smooth sailing – until the kids start fighting over which program to watch.

💎💎Episode #7: Kitty Karry-All Is Missing💎💎 – After Cindy and Bobby get mad at each other, Cindy loses her doll. She accuses Bobby of “doll-napping” and won’t believe him when he promises he didn’t take it. This causes a rift between the boys (who believe Bobby is innocent) and the girls (who believe Bobby is guilty). A mock trial is held for Bobby, during which Jan suddenly votes Bobby as innocent (against Marcia’s expectations) and Peter votes Bobby as guilty (against Greg’s expectations), which then causes a rift between Marcia and Jan and between Greg and Peter. Next, Bobby’s kazoo goes missing and he retaliates by blaming Cindy for stealing it. Bobby realizes that Cindy is very, sad he spends all of his money on a new doll for her, but she will not accept it. After it goes missing too, the clues then lead them to the real culprit: Tiger. The kids are torn over whom to believe when Cindy’s favorite doll, Kitty-Karry-All disappears and she says that Bobby took it. Cindy’s favorite toy is her doll, Kitty Karry-All, who she treats like a real baby. Bobby has often stated that he doesn’t like Kitty as her presence affects his ability to play with his favorite toy, a kazoo. So, when Kitty goes missing, an emotionally tearful Cindy naturally assumes Bobby took her as he was the only person seeming around, even though she didn’t actually see him do so and he had motive. Bobby pleads innocence in the matter, stating that his affection for Cindy as a sister trumps whatever he may have said about Kitty, which Cindy does not buy. As everyone in the house turns it upside down looking for Kitty, Mike and Carol try to mediate the dispute between Cindy and Bobby, while the other kids side with one sibling or another, which affects the relationship between all six kids. The mystery deepens when Bobby’s kazoo goes missing, the show now on the other foot as he automatically blames Cindy as again she was the only other person seemingly around at the time the kazoo went missing despite him not seeing he take it and she had motive. And like Bobby before her, Cindy pleads innocence. Regardless, Bobby tries to extend an olive branch to Cindy in the only way he can not being the person who took Kitty. But the mystery of the missing toys may only be solved by the real culprit trying to steal again.

When Cindy’s doll, Kitty Karry-All turns up missing, she accuses Bobby. This leads to a mock trial with Alice as the judge to determine Bobby’s guilt or innocence. Then later Bobby’s kazoo turns up missing and he blames Cindy. At long last the real culprit is revealed in the end. Cindy is playing with Kitty Karry-All in the living room when Bobby comes in playing his kazoo. Tiger comes in too. Cindy is annoyed with Bobby because the noise of the kazoo will wake up Kitty. Bobby thinks this is a dumb attitude because Kitty is just a doll and not even alive and expresses his dislike for Kitty as well. He then leaves. Cindy goes into the kitchen to get another bottle for Kitty. When she returns, Kitty is gone. Bobby comes back and in view of what he said about Kitty, Cindy accuses him of taking her. Bobby denies taking Kitty. He convinces his brothers of his innocence while the older sisters’ side with Cindy. Predictably, this leads to more arguing between the boys and girls. The family searches the house for Kitty. The kids find lost things in their rooms (which they make a mess of much to Alice’s annoyance), but not Kitty. When Bobby expresses how much he hates Kitty, his brothers again begin to doubt him he finds himself ostracized by the other kids. Mike has a word with the kids about fair trials.

The kids take this too literally and organize a trial for Bobby, with Marcia as Prosecutor, Greg as Defense Attorney, Jan and Peter as Jury and Alice as Judge. Bobby makes an impassioned plea of innocence. This moves Jan and she votes not guilty. But Peter votes the other way. Alice declares a hung jury and then the case dismissed because the pot roast is burning. This makes for a very burnt dinner. Afterwards, Marcia turns against Jan and Greg against Peter, but things are easier between Bobby and Jan. Bobby again comes into the living room playing his kazoo. He finds Cindy playing with a toy her parents bough for her. Tiger is there too. Cindy renews her accusations against Bobby and goes off in a huff. Bobby finds his kazoo is missing and accuses Cindy of taking it. The arguing brings Mike in. He says he does not believe Bobby took Kitty or that Cindy took the kazoo. He then talks to them about circumstantial evidence and how it can make a person look guilty when they are not. Bobby and Cindy are a bit young to properly understand about circumstantial evidence but agree to believe the other’s claims of innocence. Mike comments on how Bobby is taking the loss of his toy better than Cindy is taking hers. He does not understand why Cindy is taking the loss of her doll so hard. Carol talks to him about the attachment girls can form with their dolls. She gives an example of how she cried for a week when she lost a doll as a child. They decide on another search, but neither toy is found.

Bobby pulls out his piggy bank to buy Cindy another Kitty Karry-All. The parents appreciate the gesture, but Cindy rejects the doll, saying it is not the same and leaves the living room. Just then, Tiger, who is also in the room, snatches the doll and takes off with it. The parents now realize who the thief really is. Sure enough, a search of Tiger’s kennel yields the missing toys. As Mike and Carol get ready for bed, Mike says that he still does not understand how anyone can get so attached to an inanimate object. Then Carol tells Mike his lucky seven iron is missing and he gets upset. Carol then puts the golf club out and asks Mike if he understands now. Mike says he does – and then makes gestures to sleep with his golf club. But he was kidding and he and Carol start making love.

💎💎Episode #8: A-Camping We Will Go💎💎 – Mike and the boys have gone camping once a year for several years and Carol and Mike insist on a camping trip for all the family. The girls do not want to participate, and the boys do not want them along either. The family trip starts out a failure, but things improve. The girls do not want to participate in the boys’ annual camping trip, and the boys do not want them along either, but their parents insist. Mike and the boys go on their annual camping and fishing trip, but for the first time with Carol and the girls. However, the trip turns out to be less than peaceful. Greg, Peter and Bobby are looking forward to their annual camp out with Mike and Alice. But this time, Carol and the girls are coming along. Uh-uh, says the boys, who are sure the girls will ruin their good time. But even though the siblings take sides (boys vs. girls, match), they eventually begin to bond with each other, and a fun time is had by all. Mike and the boys’ annual camping trip will be different this year in that the whole family is going, including Carol and the girls who have never been camping before. The boys confide to their father that they don’t want the girls to go. The girls confide to their mother that they don’t want to go. All the kids feel camping is more a boys’ activity. However, each parent tells their respective same sex offspring that they will all be going for the sake of family togetherness, no ifs, ands or buts. As the camping trip progresses, the boys and girls get into one misadventure after another as they try to bridge their camping sensibilities, with the occasional attempt to maintain that divide. The primary question still remains if Mike will get his wish of family togetherness by the end of the trip.

Mike and Carol prepare for a family camping trip. However, the boys are not thrilled that the girls will be coming along. Meanwhile, the girls aren’t exactly thrilled about sleeping in the wilderness. Later on, in the trip, things go awry when the girls mess up the boys’ fishing plans and freak out when they hear owl hoots. Mike is making preparations for a weekend camping trip. This is something he is accustomed to doing with the boys, but it is a first for Carol and the girls. The parents hope the trip will bring the family together. Things do not get off to a promising start because the boys are not thrilled at having the girls along and the girls are not thrilled at the idea of camping. They are pressured by their parents to go along with it. At the camping ground, things go even more wrong when Mike insists the girls accompany the boys on a fishing trip. But the girls get repulsed by handling fish and their screaming scares the fish off. Even worse, Cindy takes a fall into the lake. As a result, the boys end up with paltry catches for the fish dinner and are even more annoyed with the girls. Fortunately, Carol packed some emergency provisions. The boys call it sissy food, but hunger makes them cave in to eating it with relish. The next night brings more problems. The girls, Alice and Carol get scared by owl hoots, croaking frogs and a hissing noise which they think is a Rattlesnake but is in fact Alice’s leaking air mattress. Their screams keep bringing Mike over to check on them, which disrupts sleep for him and the boys. The boys are more annoyed than ever and scorn the girls for being so scared. Their taunts provoke Jan and Marcia into taking revenge by tricking the boys into thinking there is a bear outside their tent. This scares the boys into the girls’ tent, and it collapses. Now, the boys and girls are together – under one collapsed tent. Carol tells Mike that they finally have togetherness. Back home, Mike is so exhausted from the trip that he is glad to get into bed. Greg tells his parents that he and his siblings have had a discussion. They have decided that they did have a good time and ask if they can go everyplace with them from then on. Naturally, the parents say yes, and laugh with delight after Greg leaves. They got togetherness after all.