Friday, March 18, 2016

The Brady Bunch: Adios, Johnny Bravo

The Brady Bunch: Adios, Johnny Bravo
ABC
September 14, 1973
Sitcom
DVD
B

While this contains not one but two songs by the kids ("You've Got to Be in Love to Love a Love Song" and "Good Time Music," neither of which had yet appeared on their cartoon show), this second of two Joanna Lee Brady stories has never quite made it to the upper tier of my list.  It's partly that it's somewhat of a rehash of the "Greg gets a swollen head and illusions about an uncertain career and abandons college" plot, this time with music substituted for baseball.  And it's also that the episode feels dated for its time, yes, even by Brady standards, and not in a good way.  (Although that Greg has his most dramatic scene in a ripped floral shirt did make me snicker.)  It's still enjoyable of course, but it's not of the level of the "Davy Jones" episode.

Paul Cavonis, who plays Buddy Berkman, would be on M*A*S*H a couple times.

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