♪ 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. ♪
This is Ken Jones,
your mobile reporter.
A junior high school
may seem a strange place
to find your reporter
this afternoon,
but the young girls of today
are the women of tomorrow,
and we'd like to get
their thoughts on a subject
of increasing interest
to women of all ages:
the women's liberation movement.
Would you mind telling
me your name, young lady?
Judy Winters.
Well, Judy, what do
you think of women's lib?
Do you think girls
are the equal of boys
in every respect?
Well, gee, I never really
thought about it much.
I see.
How about you?
What's your name?
Marcia Brady.
Marcia, do you feel girls
are the equal of boys?
Well, if we're all supposed
to be created equal,
I guess that means
girls as well as boys.
Then I take it you're
for women's liberation.
I guess I am.
Do you have any
brothers, Marcia?
Yes, sir. Three.
Do you think you can do
everything they can do?
Well, I think I should
have the chance to try.
Tell me this: Do they
put you down sometimes?
I mean, just
because you're a girl?
They sure do, and it's not fair.
Do you think
girls should do
something about that?
We certainly should.
( girls cheering)
Well, thank you, girls.
Be sure to watch yourselves
tonight on the Early News.
How about you, girls?
Wow! We're going to
be on television tonight.
Yeah.
What you said about boys...
If my father and brother
heard me talk like that,
they'd clobber me.
You sure are brave.
Oh, no.
What's the matter?
I'm not brave.
I'm stupid.
ANNOUNCER: And now,
stay tuned for the Early News.
What do you want?
We want to watch television.
To get the ball scores.
Well, the TV set's broken.
It was all right this afternoon.
Let me take a look.
Hey, she's right.
It is broken.
For crying out
loud, the plug is out.
There.
And today our mobile
reporter visited...
( hits switch)
What's the matter with you?
I thought I heard
Alice call us to dinner.
I didn't hear anything.
Well, Judy, what do
you think of women's lib?
That's Judy Winters!
Equal of boys in every respect?
( hits switch)
Will you quit fooling around?
( chuckles)
Marcia, do you feel girls
are the equal of boys?
Hey, that's you.
Well, if we're all supposed
to be created equal,
I guess that means
girls as well as boys.
How did you get on TV?!
MARCIA: I guess I am.
Bobby, go tell Mom
and Dad Marcia's on TV.
Do you have any
brothers, Marcia?
Yes, sir, I have three.
Do you think you can do
everything they can do?
Well, I think I should
have the chance to try.
She looks good.
Shh! Shh!
Tell me this: Do they put
you down sometimes...
I mean, just
because you're a girl?
They sure do, and it's not fair.
Do you think girls should
do something about that?
We certainly should.
( girls cheer)
I agree with that.
Well, thank you, girls.
Be sure to watch
yourselves tonight
on the Early News.
How do you like that?
First time my sister gets on TV,
she sounds like a kook.
What do you mean, "kook"?
( clears throat)
Tell me, Miss, can you
do anything boys can do?
( falsetto): Yes, sir. Anything.
And how about you, Miss?
( falsetto): Oh,
yes, sir. Me, too.
Hey, hey, hey. Cool it, cool it.
Greg, that's enough.
I just meant that girls should
have the same chance as boys.
I'd like to see you prove you
can do anything boys can do.
Okay, then, I'll prove it.
Oh, yeah? How?
I'll think of something.
Okay, boys, time to
wash up for dinner.
Come on.
You heard your mother.
BOBBY ( falsetto): Oh, I
can do anything boys can do.
Are you angry with
me for what I said?
Well, of course not, dear.
What about you, Dad?
No, honey. I think you
have a right to your opinion.
Good, 'cause I meant
everything I said.
( chuckles)
Kids.
They get wound up
about the craziest things.
Well, I don't think
women's lib is crazy.
Oh, I didn't mean it
was crazy. I just meant...
well... mmm... What?
Well, some of the things
they want are pretty far out.
Don't you think so?
Well, I've never
gone out marching,
but I do believe in
some of their causes.
Mrs. Brady, should
I put these rolls in?
Alice, what do you
think about women's lib?
Don't you think
women are entitled
to the same
opportunities as men?
Uh... well, uh... Go
on. Speak right up.
I don't think it's a bad idea.
Alice, uh...
On the other hand, I didn't say
it was a good idea either.
I'll put these rolls in.
I didn't realize
it was this late.
We'd better hurry
up and have dinner.
I don't want to be late
for Greg's Council
meeting tonight.
Mike, we didn't finish
our conversation.
Yeah, well, honey, I
don't want to be late
for the Frontier Scouts meeting.
After all, I'm Council
Master this year.
Chicken.
( clucking)
Life around here is
going to be impossible
till I can find a way to put
those boys in their places.
But how?
I wish I knew. Especially Greg.
Tell him what you think of him.
I'll go with you.
Me, too.
He's not home.
He went to one of his
dumb old meetings.
Boys are always going
to dumb old meetings.
Why are the meetings so dumb?
Because they're all boys.
No girls.
Hey! That's it.
What? I don't get it.
Me neither.
You might not get it
but, believe me, they will.
And Lloyd, he didn't know
that I was tracking him, see,
'cause I stepped on a stick
and he must have
thought it was a bear
'cause he took off
like it was a drag race.
Marcia, what are you doing here?
You'll see.
Hey, honey.
Oh, something wrong at home?
Nothing, Dad.
Oh, Stan, I'm sorry.
This is my daughter Marcia.
Marcia, Mr. Jacobsen.
What, you need to talk
to me about something?
Yes.
I want to join the
Frontier Scouts.
You want to do what?
Oh, well, I, uh...
I don't think I understand.
I think I do.
Would you excuse
us for a minute?
Marcia, not that women's
lib business again?
Dad, unless there's a very
good reason why I can't,
I want to join Greg's
Frontier Scouts.
Well?
Well, I can't find a thing.
How about you, Stan?
There's nothing here, Mike.
Um... fellas, I, uh...
I'm afraid there's
nothing in the regulations
that says that a Frontier
Scout has to be a boy.
( boys groaning)
I'm afraid, uh, we've just
always assumed it was for boys.
Well... that being the case...
Marcia, here's your handbook.
But, before you can
become a Frontier Scout,
you have to pass
a field initiation test.
You'll find all the
requirements in there.
Well, thanks, everybody.
I'll see you all at
the next meeting.
Bye.
She's really flipped her lid.
That's the craziest
thing I've ever heard of.
I'm afraid Marcia
doesn't feel that way.
I'll show her.
I'll show her just
how dumb it is.
How come girls do dumb things,
and they don't even
know it's dumb?
'Cause they're dumb.
There's got to be some way
to show Marcia
how silly she looks
trying to be a Frontier Scout.
Why did she have
to start all this for?
What's the matter
with her own girls' club?
Well, the Sunflower
Girls are girls.
She wants to be a boy.
She has to... The
Sunflower Girls!
What?
Her club.
I wonder how she'd like
some of her own medicine.
What do you mean?
What if I joined
the Sunflower Girls?
That would show her.
Hey, that's wild.
Can boys get in?
There's one way to find out.
Hey, he's got it.
Nobody was in the
room, so I sneaked it out.
Well, what does it say?
Boy, this is really
going to get her.
Marcia's going to flip.
Yeah, there, there.
Here it is.
Nope. There's nothing
in the guidebook
that says a Sunflower
Girl has to be a girl.
Then you can join!
Yeah.
Oh, no.
What's the matter?
Well, it doesn't say
anything about being a girl,
but listen to this.
"A Sunflower must
be of good character
and between the
ages of ten and ."
I'm too old.
And it was such a great idea.
I'd do it, but I'm not ten yet.
Oh, no. Not me.
I'm not going to be
any Sunflower Girl.
But you got to, Pete.
No chance. No way!
How come it was okay for Greg?
That was different.
This isn't just for me.
This is a chance to
fight back for all men.
And for all boys.
For all mankind.
Me? A Sunflower Girl?
Peter a Sunflower Girl?
It'll really show Marcia
how silly she looks
for joining my club.
That's a pretty wild idea.
How do you feel about that?
Sillier than Marcia will.
But you got to, Pete.
Well, what do you think, Dad?
No, that's your affair.
You guys keep me out of this.
Come on, Pete. Please.
Well, okay.
Neato.
Now, listen, I don't want
this thing to get out of hand.
It won't, Dad.
He probably won't have to join
the Sunflower Girls.
When we tell Marcia,
she'll back out of
her whole dumb idea.
Good luck.
MARCIA: Out, two, three, four...
( Alice sputtering)
In, two, three, four...
out, two, three, four...
in, two, three, four...
I thought that mouth-
to-mouth resuscitation
was the going thing these days.
We have to learn both
ways for our initiation test.
Oh...( gasping)
Out, two, three, four...
in, two, three, four...
How about a little break?
I'd like to get some dinner
while I still have
some breath left.
We can practice
the fireman's carry
and the leg splints later.
Do we have to?
Alice, I'm not doing
this just for me.
It's for all women.
Don't you want to be liberated?
Liberated, yes.
Lacerated, no.
Hey, have I got a
news flash for you.
Yeah, a news flash.
If you're joining
the Frontier Scouts,
Peter's going to join
your Sunflower Girls.
What?
That's right, isn't it, Pete?
Yep, that's right.
What do you think of that?
I think it's great.
Great?!
Peter, at least
you see my point.
There isn't any reason
why we all can't join
whatever group we want to.
There's a big meeting tonight,
and I'll introduce
you to all the girls.
And you're just in time
for the big cookie sale.
I'll even lend you my uniform.
Mike, is Peter really
joining the Sunflower Girls?
Well, it looks that way, honey.
But that's ridiculous.
Sure, it is.
It's not any more ridiculous
than Marcia joining
the Frontier Scouts.
Oh, yes, but
Marcia's really serious
about this women's lib business.
What about men's lib?
Don't you think
men ought to be free
to do what men do best?
Sure, and I think
women ought to do
what women do best,
but there are some things
that men and women
do equally well.
I agree with that,
especially one thing.
What's that?
You pucker up, and
I'm going to show you.
Stop it.
Watch the coffee.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
What's in the boxes?
Just... just some stuff.
I said it's just some stuff.
Sunflower Girl cookies.
What's that?
Marcia's uniform.
You're going to wear it?
Are you kidding?
Pete, it's part of our deal.
I won't wear any skirt,
and I won't sell any cookies.
You have to do it.
Marcia only went along with this
because she thought
you'd chicken out.
Yeah. Let her chicken out.
Right. Call her bluff.
Well... You don't
have to wear the skirt.
Okay.
We'll even help
you sell the cookies.
Come on, let's get dressed.
Maybe there's nobody home.
Ring the bell and find out.
And remember
what you have to say.
Do I have to say that?
Peter, if Marcia finds out
you didn't go strictly
by the rules, we're sunk.
I'm making her go by the rules
for the Frontier Scouts.
Okay.
And smile.
Yeah?
I am a little Sunflower,
sunny, brave and true.
From tiny bud to blossom,
I do good deeds for you.
Are you kidding?
No, sir.
Would you like to
buy my cookies?
Cookies?
A dollar a box.
It's for the Sunflower Girls.
You're putting me on.
Are... are we on
one of them, uh...
hidden-camera shows?
No, sir.
Whoever sells the most
cookies wins the contest.
And, uh, what do
you get if you win?
I get to be Blossom
of the Month.
You're really serious?
Yes, sir. Would you
like to buy my cookies?
I'll take a box, kid.
You will?
Yeah.
I hate cookies, but
I admire your nerve.
"Blossom of the Month."
( laughing)
That's it. I quit.
I don't care if Marcia
gets to be president!
What do we do now?
I'll think of something.
Marcia's supposed to take
her initiation test
tomorrow on the camp-out.
Can't you goof up
her test some way?
Nah, that wouldn't be fair.
But I can make her
stick to every single rule.
One slip... just one
mistake... and she's out.
Hey, this looks like
a pretty good spot.
Yeah, yeah, just fine.
Okay, fellas,
let's get unloaded.
What are you doing sitting down?
Don't we get a
chance to rest now?
Not yet. We got to
put up our tents first.
Oh. Okay.
How long you going
to give her to put it up?
Take it easy, Greg.
There's nothing in the guidebook
that says we have
to put a time limit on it.
There. How's that?
Well, I have to
say that's not bad.
What's my next test?
Not much. Just a
few simple little things.
She'll flunk for sure.
Oh, what's the use?
I'm only supposed
to have a concussion.
How am I going to breathe?
Through your mouth.
Are you sure you
don't want a breather?
No, thanks, Dad.
If boys can do it, so can I.
GREG: She'll never
make it in time.
( all chuckling)
MIKE: You did blaze a
proper trail for her to follow?
Oh, sure, Dad.
Of course, some of the marks
I left may be a little small.
( cackling)
Come here.
You've been giving Marcia
a hard time through
this whole thing,
and she's been a
pretty good sport.
I just wanted to show her that
trying to join the Frontier
Scouts is a kooky idea.
Well, kooky or not, she's
given it a pretty good go.
I guess. But, if
she passes this,
I'll personally invite
every girl I know to join.
You better start making
out your invitations.
She made it in time.
With a minute to spare.
Hey, you okay, sweetheart?
Dad, you don't call Frontier
Scouts sweetheart, but I'm okay.
How did she do, Stan?
Well, she found every sign that
Greg left for her to follow.
I don't know how she did it.
I got lost twice myself.
Well, she passed every test.
You ought to be the one
to tell her the good news.
Okay.
Marcia, you made it.
Marcia...
Well, how do you like that?
Most guys would be jumping
around yelling their heads off.
My kooky sister goes to sleep.
I still don't see
why we all can't go.
Honey, the initiation ceremony
is just for the Frontier Scouts.
But this is a big
victory for us girls.
From now on, we'll be
treated the same as boys.
At your age, that's victory.
At mine, it's defeat.
Marcia down here yet?
She'll be down in a minute.
It always takes girls longer.
You see? Girls.
Okay, okay. Marcia!
MARCIA: Yes, Dad?
How come you're
not in your uniform?
Is something wrong, honey?
I called Mr. Jacobsen
to tell him I'm not going.
You what?
But, honey, the initiation
ceremony's tonight.
Not for me.
You don't want to join
the Frontier Scouts after all?
No. Chopping and tracking
is nice, I guess,
if you're a boy.
It really is.
I just wanted to prove to myself
I could do it even
though I'm a girl.
Oh, did the new fashion
magazine come yet?
Sure. It's up in my room.
Come on, I'll show it to you.
Wow.
Well... guess
the initiation is off.
I don't understand women at all.
Well, it's a woman's prerogative
to change her mind.
Who said that?
I don't know, but I bet...
BOTH: It was a woman.
Boy, these sure are
good cookies, Alice...
The best you ever made.
Thanks, Peter, except
I didn't make them.
Then they're the
best Mom ever made.
She didn't make them either.
Boy, they're good.
Where did we get them?
We bought them from you.
They're Sunflower Girl cookies.
On second thought,
they're not too good.