The Brady Bunch: Quarterback Sneak
ABC
November 9, 1973
Sitcom
DVD
B
Chris Beaumont plays his last
Brady character and arguably the sleaziest, while Denny Miller, who had played two jocks on
Gilligan's Island (Duke Williams and Tongo the Ape Man) is Carol's jock high school boyfriend, Tank Gates. Ben Gershman and Bill Freedman put a new spin on the boys vs. girls theme, focused on Greg vs. Marcia but with their younger siblings taking sides, as Marcia dates Jerry Rogers from the ironically named Fairview High football team. No matter how many times I've seen this, I'm still not clear if Marcia knows that the stolen playbook is a phony one, but what matters to her is that Jerry has faked an interest in her. All ends happily of course, with Alice having "winning" and "losing" cakes just in case. There's a big Mike & Carol smooch at the very end. And note that Carol has clearly gotten over her fear of Greg playing football, maybe because he's older and bigger now.
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