The Brady Bunch: 54-40 and FightABC
January 9, 1970
Sitcom
DVD
B
Burt Styler's Brady script is one of the best of the first season. It does have more of that boys vs. girls theme, with a lot of stereotypes, but the general plot and its resolution are satisfying. In fact, I still find that darn card-house-building sequence nerve-racking, even if it never looks quite believable. (The kids are putting the cards at really bad angles, and yet they get this high-rise, seemingly out of the reach of Bobby and Cindy, that looks pretty substantial, till Tiger comes along.) Delightfully dated, from the trading stamp mania to the excitement over a new color television. Oh, and note how they recycle the scene of Alice washing Tiger from the "allergy" episode.
Herb Vigran makes his first of two Brady appearances, as Harry at the stamp redemption center.
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