03x16 - Dough Re Mi

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03x16 - Dough Re Mi

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♪ Here's the story ♪

♪ Of a lovely lady ♪

♪ Who was bringing up ♪

♪ Three very lovely girls ♪

♪ All of them had hair of gold ♪

♪ Like their mother ♪

♪ The youngest one in curls ♪

♪ It's the story of a
man named Brady ♪

♪ Who was busy with
three boys of his own ♪

♪ They were four
men living all together ♪

♪ Yet they were all alone ♪

♪ Till the one day when
the lady met this fellow ♪

♪ And they knew that it was
much more than a hunch ♪

♪ That this group must
somehow form a family ♪

♪ That's the way we all
became the Brady Bunch ♪

♪ The Brady Bunch ♪

♪ The Brady Bunch ♪

♪ That's the way we
became the Brady Bunch. ♪

Come on, Greg, open up.

Yeah, Greg, open up.

Not now...

I'm working on
something important.

Let's go around the other way...

Through the girls' room.

It's our room, too!

You're supposed to
knock before you come in.

Sorry, but if you
want to get even,

you can come into our
room without knocking.

Hey, what's all
the yelling about?

What's going on?

Greg won't let us in.

He says he's working

on something important.

On what?

How should we know?

That's why we want to get in.

Come on.

Shh!

Get lost.

Is he kidding?

No!

Open up!

Yeah, open up! Come on, Greg!

And he won't let
anybody else in the room?

No.

What do you suppose
he's doing up there?

Maybe he's sleeping.

No, he's yelling
too much for that.

I got it, I got it.

I got it. I got...
I got it, I got it!

Alice, what's he got?

Well, I don't know,
but whatever it is,

he sure is in a
hurry to get rid of it.

Here come the hamburgers, Alice.

Ah, good. The coals are red-hot,

ready and waiting.

Well, I think we might
as well start barbecuing.

Greg ought to be
back any minute.

Well, if he's within
smelling distance,

he'll be back in a flash.

Did he say where he was going?

No, just "I got it, I got it!"

And then... like a tornado.

I'll get it.

Hello.

Oh, hello, Sam.

Marcia?!

I'm not Marcia.

No, I'm not Jan either.

I'm Peter.

She's barbecuing right now.

Okay, I'll tell her.

Bye.

Alice, that was Sam.

He said he'd call back later.

Oh, thanks, Peter.

He thought I was a girl.

Hey, Peter, did Greg
say where he was going?

No, he just said,
"I got it, I got it..."

Yeah, I know,
and then he went...

Alice, how do you do that?

You mean...?

There's nothing to
worry about though.

If he got hit by a tractor, fell
in a manhole or something,

the police would notify us

as soon as they
got him to a hospital.

Oh, thanks... you really know

how to put a person at ease.

Hi, Greg.

Greg, where have you been?

We were getting worried.

Mom, I'm 16.

When are you gonna
stop worrying about me?

When you're 60.

What's the matter?

You look upset.

I just lost a million
bucks, that's all.

A million bucks!

Ah! Easy come, easy go.

Greg, would you please tell me

what you're talking about?

I've been up in my
room all afternoon

working on this
surefire hit song...

Is that why you
locked yourself in?

Sure... creative artists
don't like to be disturbed.

Look at the title:

"We Can Make the World
a Whole Lot Brighter."

That sounds great.

It's a guaranteed gold
record, and I can't record it.

Why not?

Mr. Dimsdale... he's
the guy who owns

the best recording
studio in town...

Wants 150 bucks in advance.

That's a lot of bread.

Bread!

That's practically cake!

How much do you have?

$43.12.

Well, if you believe

this is such a
surefire hit song,

then you can save up the rest.

Are you kidding?

By that time, I'll be
on Social Security.

Mr. Dimsdale.

I wonder if that's
Johnny Dimsdale's dad.

Okay, let's do a take.

Okay, kids, let's try one.

Mr. Dimsdale?

Cut.

Not now, son.

Will you hold it

till after the Five Monroes
record their song?

But it's very important.

Relax a minute, kids.

Now, what's so important?

Are you Johnny
Dimsdale's father?

That's right.

Well, I'm in his class.

We're pretty good friends.

I'm Peter Brady.

Brady... do you have

a brother named Greg,
who was just down here?

Yeah.

Peter, I'm afraid
the answer is no.

I gave him the
best price in town.

But it's a guaranteed
gold record.

If you want to see a
guaranteed gold record,

just watch the Five Monroes.

Hey, I got an idea.

I'll mow everybody's
lawn around here

and I'm gonna raise
that $107 I'm short.

Sounds great, Greg.

Would you quit watching
that dumb cartoon?

You haven't heard
a word I've said.

Sounds great, Greg.

Greg, I just had a swell talk

with Mr. Dimsdale.

At the recording studio?

Yeah, I went over there
to ask him to cut his price.

I know his son Johnny.

Thanks, Pete.

Boy, will you be happy I went.

He cut the price!

No.

Then what the heck

are you so excited about?

I saw a great new group.

They're recording in
Mr. Dimsdale's studio.

Congratulations.

Mr. Dimsdale gave
me some good advice.

He said that family groups
sell millions of records.

Are you trying to make me
feel worse than I already do?

Greg, if that group I saw is
gonna make all that money,

then we ought to make more.

There are only five of them,

and there's six
of us Brady kids.

Hey... Hey, Pete...

You might have something.

Sure, and we'd make three
times as much as the Carpenters.

There are only two of them.

So we could... we could
call ourselves the Brady Six.

It just might work.

And with us recording
my new great song...

Pete, that's...

That's a terrible idea.

Huh?

Why are you getting me

all charged up like this?

I'm still short $107.

I'll chip in all I have.

So will the others.

You think so?

Sure. Bobby, wouldn't you?

Sounds great, Greg.

Thanks, Pete.

I think we better get his money

before the cartoon ends.

But don't you want
to be rich and famous?

Definitely.

Likewise.

Then put up your
share, like I'm doing.

I'm not blowing
all my lunch money

on some dumb dream.

Besides, I'm saving up

to buy something special.

Like what?

I won't know till I buy it.

I'm a girl.

Look, you're passing up

a deal of a lifetime... No. No!

Say that again. Huh?

Say "no." No.

Amazing. Now let
me hear you sing it.

Sing "no"?

♪ No... ♪

Come on, come on, sing it.

♪ No... ♪

♪ No... ♪

Fabulous! Isn't she great?

Huh? Oh, yeah, great.

Now you, Jan.

♪ No... ♪

Come on... ♪ No... ♪

♪ No... ♪

Terrific!

Now, the two of you together.

Ready?

♪ No... ♪

♪ No... ♪
♪ No... ♪

More, more.

♪ No! ♪
♪ No! ♪

Sensational! It's too bad

you girls aren't
part of the group.

But you have my
personal promise.

What personal promise?

That when we become
rich and famous singing stars

we won't forget
you, will we, Pete?

Sure we will.

If they're not in,
then they're out.

I guess you're right.

Hey, wait a minute!

Count me in.

Count me in, too.

What you doing?

Oh, Cindy, go get
your secret money

and give it to Greg.

Here you go, Greg.

Here you go, Greg.

Thank you.

Two dollars.

20, 30... Thank you.
Yeah, that's right.

Hey, why am I giving
Greg all my money?

Well, don't worry
about it, Cindy.

Just do it.

No!

I like my money.

Cindy, let me hear
you sing something.

I don't feel like it.

Okay, then you can't
join our new singing group

and become famous... And rich...

And get your picture
in the newspaper.

♪ Home, home on the range... ♪

♪ Where the deer
and the antelope play ♪

♪ Where seldom is heard... ♪

You're short $53.12.

No, Dad, we have $53.12.

It's the $96.88 we're short.

That comes out at $150.

Yeah, that's the
way I would figure it.

We'll pay you back,
and give you ten percent

of all the money the Brady
Six makes off the record.

No deal.

20 percent.

Greg, I'm an architect.

I don't want to branch out

into the record-producing
business.

But I might advance you

the rest of the money you need,

provided it's an advance
on your allowances.

Let's say, um...

50 cents a week out of
each of your allowances

till it's paid off.

Bring down the eight.

Dad, instead of 50 cents
out of our allowances

how about 30%
of the first million?

No. If you want that money,

it comes out of your allowances.

You drive a tough
bargain, Dad, but I'll take it.

♪ Birds flying high, in
search of a clear blue sky ♪

♪ While they're chopping
down the trees below them ♪

♪ Come take a stand
and help us save the land ♪

♪ Let's go out and
try to make it better ♪

♪ And maybe we can make
the world a whole lot brighter ♪

♪ We can make the
load a little lighter ♪

♪ Everybody has
to try together ♪

♪ Don't you know
it's now or never ♪

♪ Meadows once green
are few and far between ♪

♪ And the rivers might
run brown tomorrow ♪

♪ God made the land
for each and every man ♪

♪ So we must do
all we can to save it ♪

♪ And maybe we can make
the world a whole lot brighter ♪

♪ We can make the
load a little lighter ♪

♪ Everybody has
to try together ♪

♪ Don't you know
it's now or never. ♪

Hey, kids, that's wonderful.

Boy, if I didn't know you were
going to give me a free record,

I'd offer to pay for one.

$50 and one penny,
$50 and two pennies...

Aha! A whole nickel at one time.

I have two more dollars
in change, Mr. Dimsdale.

And then the rest is in a
check from my parents.

Is that a regular check or
is it in a lot of little pieces?

It's a regular check.

Son, you got yourself
a recording studio.

Great, and you won't
book anyone else in it.

It's all yours,
paid for and legal.

Well, see you on Friday,

and wait till you
hear the Brady Six.

We're gonna be the
greatest recording group

you ever heard.

♪ Let's go out and
try to make it better ♪

♪ And maybe we can make
the world a whole lot... ♪

♪ Brighter... ♪

♪ We can make the load... ♪

Uh-oh, someone
sure hit a clinker.

♪ Everybody has to try to... ♪

All right, Pete
quit the clowning.

Who's clowning?

Oh, that was
worse than a clinker.

That was a clunker.

All right, let's try it again.

From the top of
the bridge, ready?

One, two, three...

♪ And maybe we can make
the world a whole lot brighter ♪

♪ We can make
the load a little... ♪

♪ Lighter... ♪

What's the problem?

I'm not doing it on
purpose, honest.

Alice?

How old was Greg

when his voice
started to change?

He was around 13, I think.

Uh-oh.

Maybe you're right.

When Sam called the other day,

he said Pete
sounded like a girl.

I bet Pete's voice
was cracking then.

Maybe some water
will get rid of that frog.

My voice is sure doing
goofy things lately.

Hey, the group was beginning
to sound really good in there.

Thanks... a lot.

Peter, I don't know
how to tell you this,

but... well, I'm afraid
your voice is changing.

My voice? Changing?

Oh, no.

We're supposed to record Friday.

That's only six days away.

How long does it take
a voice to change?

Well, it's... it's hard to say.

We've got to record
my song Friday.

I gave Mr. Dimsdale
150 nonreturnable dollars.

Don't worry, Greg... by Friday,

my voice is gonna be just swell.

How you doing, Pete?

I think I'm starting to melt.

Hey, cover up.

The steam's beginning to help.

Your voice sounds
like it used to.

Yeah, I think it's
back to normal.

Here, take some of this honey.

Here it comes.

Not in my ear!

Sorry.

That tastes pretty good.

Say that again. I think the
honey is working already.

I said that tastes: pretty good.

Stand by for more honey.

You sure honey's
good for the voice?

Sure. You never heard a
bee's voice cr*ck, did you?

Mike. Mike.

Hmm? What?

I heard something.

What did you hear?


I don't know, it
sounded kind of like a...

Like that.

Anybody in the neighborhood
own a pet coyote?

That was in the house.

Yeah, I know.

Shh! Mr. Brady...

Did-did-did you hear that
mountain lion out there?

Mr. Brady thinks it's a coyote.

Well, whichever.

I don't like feeling like
I'm a midnight snack.

It sounds like a
prowler in pain.

Oh... It seems to be
coming from the driveway.

You two stay here.

Oh, no.

I'm going with you.

With my luck, if I'm inside,

whatever's outside
will be inside.

Oh, hi.

What are you doing
in there, Peter?

Do you know it's after midnight?

I'm trying to scream my
voice back to the way it was.

I came out to the car
'cause I didn't want

to wake anybody up.

Well, you woke anybody up.

I'm sorry.

Well, there's no use in
wasting all this good fright.

I think I'll go in and turn
on the late-late horror show.

Could I have my
roommate back, please?

Well, you mind if
we join you, Peter?

Of all the crummy times

for my voice to change.

Oh, honey, it's all
part of growing up.

You should have heard my
brother when his voice changed.

He sounded just like my mother.

Yeah, you should've heard
me when I was your age.

Good morning, Mother.
Good morning, Father.

Why couldn't my voice
start changing after Friday?

By then, we could have
recorded Greg's song

and everybody wouldn't
look at me that way.

Nobody looks at you
in any special way.

Oh, yeah? Cindy stuck her
tongue out at me twice today.

Oh, honey, she's
only a little girl.

Yeah, but she's
got a big tongue.

Pete, there are some things you
just have to leave to Mother Nature.

It will pass.

I hope Mother Nature

has to record a song someday

and her voice starts to cr*ck.

Maybe your voice
won't cr*ck on Friday.

I sure hope it doesn't

'cause I don't want
to let the others down.

Keep Peter.

Keep Peter.

Dump Peter.

Dump Peter.

Dump Peter.

Keep Peter.

Now it's a tie...
three to three.

How can it be three to three

when there are
five of us voting?

Well, I couldn't make up
my mind, so I voted twice.

I'm not dumb enough to do that.

Yes, you are.

Look, it's only two
days until Friday

and we've got to do something.

So let's take another vote.

Hi, g*ng. What's going on?

Oh, sorry, I didn't
mean to intrude.

I was just coming in
to get my needlepoint.

Why don't we ask Mom?

Ask Mom what?

Uh, Mom, we just took
a vote on whether or not

to let Pete record
with us on Friday.

Well, how did it turn out?

It was a tie.

Two and a half
to two and a half?

Cindy voted twice.

Once each way.

Well, I don't blame
you, sweetheart.

That's a tough decision.

Well, I think that we
should record without Peter

but give him a full share
of the profits we make.

But the whole group is
Peter's idea in the first place,

and it's not fair
to leave him out.

Pete always helps
me with my arithmetic,

so I think we should
let him sing with us,

even if he ruins everything.

Well, what good
is cutting a record

if nobody'll buy it.

Mom, what do you think?

Well... I think I appreciate

the Supreme Court more and more.

Greg, couldn't you
put off the recording

until Peter's voice
settles down?

No way... if we don't
use the studio Friday,

we lose the money.

Well, I'm afraid
it's up to you kids.

Look, kids, listen.

I could make the
decision for you

but it wouldn't be right.

I would like to give you

something to
think about, though.

You know, money and
fame are very important things

but, well, sometimes,
there are other things

that are more
important... like people.

Well, does everybody agree

that we should call
off the recording?

Yeah.

I think so.

Yeah.

Okay.

Come on, let's go tell Pete.

Oh, Pete, we were just
coming up to see you.

We have something
we want to tell you.

I have something I
want to tell you, too.

I don't want to spoil
your great song, Greg.

I'm just sorry that it's time

for my dumb voice to change.

So I think you guys
should record it without me.

So, good luck.

What do we do now?

Well?

I don't know.

I still say we should
let Pete sing with us.

And goof it all up.

Bobby, we can't record

with Peter's voice changing
all the way through the song.

Or can we?

I got it, I got it!

I bet he's going to lock
himself in our room again.

One, two...

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na. ♪

♪ Autumn turns to winter ♪

♪ And then winter
turns to spring ♪

♪ It's not just the
seasons, you know ♪

♪ It goes for everything ♪

♪ It's even true for voices ♪

♪ When boys begin to grow ♪

♪ You got to take the lesson ♪

♪ From Mother Nature ♪

♪ And if you do, you'll know ♪

♪ When it's time to change ♪

♪ Then it's time to change ♪

♪ Don't fight the tide,
come along for the ride ♪

♪ Don't you see? ♪

♪ When it's time to change,
you got to rearrange ♪

♪ Who you are into
what you're gonna be ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Day by day, it's hard to see ♪

♪ The changes
you've been through ♪

♪ A little bit of living ♪

♪ A little bit of growing ♪

♪ All adds up to you ♪

♪ Oh, every boy's a man inside ♪

♪ A girl's a woman, too ♪

♪ And if you want to
reach your destiny ♪

♪ Here's what you've got to do ♪

♪ When it's time to change ♪

♪ Then it's time to change ♪

♪ Don't fight the tide,
come along for the ride ♪

♪ Don't you see? ♪

♪ When it's time to change,
you've got to rearrange ♪

♪ Who you are into
what you're gonna be ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ When it's time to change,
you've got to rearrange ♪

♪ Who you are and
what you're gonna be ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ Sha-na, na-na-na... ♪

Okay, kids, that's a take.

The Brady Six is a great group.

That sure makes
me proud, Mrs. Brady.

You're proud?!

And to think I knew those kids

when they were
just starting out.

Hi.

Hi, Alice.

Pete and I thought we'd

come down for some
milk, right, Pete?

Okay; you want
some cookies, too?

Wait a minute. You
want some cookies?

Yeah, we'll have cookies, too.

Oh, no, can't you talk?

Have you got laryngitis?

You've got to record Greg's song

in just a couple of days.

Then you better sit
down, let me fix a gargle...

It's okay, Alice. Pete can talk.

I'm just trying to
conserve his voice.

Oh, so it won't
cr*ck anymore, right?

No, so it will.

Look, every group
has its own sound

and Pete's voice cracking is
our special gimmick, right, Pete?

Right, Greg.

Hear that? He's
playing our song.
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