05x01 - Adios, Johnny Bravo

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05x01 - Adios, Johnny Bravo

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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 ♪

♪ The music played, I
never stayed to listen ♪

♪ It seemed my life was
always out of tune ♪

♪ Then I found
somethin' beautiful ♪

♪ Was missing ♪

♪ And now there's music ♪

♪ Coming out of every room ♪

(All) ♪ you've got
to be in love ♪

♪ To love a love song ♪

(All) ♪ you've got
to be in love ♪

♪ Like I love you ♪

♪ And I do ♪

♪ You're the love in my song ♪

♪ And I just got to sing along ♪

♪ With you ♪

♪ With you ♪

(Greg) ♪ now I've found
that every sound is music ♪

♪ The trees that softly
whistle in the wind ♪

♪ Summer raindrops ♪

♪ Tappin' on the sidewalk ♪

♪ You made all those
pretty melodies ♪

♪ Begin ♪

(All) ♪ you've got
to be in love ♪

♪ To love a love song ♪

(Greg) ♪ yeah ♪

♪ You've got to be in love ♪

♪ Like I love you ♪

♪ And I do ♪

♪ You're the love in my song ♪

♪ And I just got to sing along ♪

♪ With you ♪

♪ With you ♪

Terrific audition,
kids. (All) thank you.

You've just got yourself a
spot on next saturday's show.

[All exclaiming
enthusiastically]

Now, be here at noon.

(Greg) we'll be here
before noon. Thanks a lot.

(Peter) bye-bye. Ok, bye.

[All chattering]

(Greg) nice guy, too.

Hi, there. Hi.

I'm tami cutler.

Greg brady.

Did anyone ever tell you

That your profile would
look great on an album cover?

No. Come on, I'm serious.

Really? Yeah.

Hey, do you have an agent?

Uh, no.

(Tami) well, I think
it's about time.

Do me a favor. Call me
at 10:00 in the morning.

Sure.

Bye.

Bye.

Who was that girl, greg?

That wasn't just a
girl. That was an agent.

"Tami cutler, artist manager.

Big hit management
company." What'd she say?

She wants us to call
her at 10:00 in the morning.

[All exclaiming] we've
been discovered!

Wow! I can't believe it.
We're going to have an agent!

(Cindy) we're gonna
have an agent!

Mom! We've got
fantastic news! What?

It happened! What happened?

The fantastic news!

Well, that clears that up.

I'll bet you're gonna be
on hal barton's t.v. Show.

(All) yes! No!

This is even more
fantastic than that!

Oh, no, wait. Now,
that's not fantastic yet.

Sure, it is. What is?

Oh, I've gotta call carrie.

She'll faint when she hears.

Hears what?

The fantastic news!

This is where I came in.

Hey, wait for me. I've got
seconds on the phone.

You're second after me.

Oh, come on, will somebody
please tell me what's going on?

We're just the hottest new
singing group in town, that's all.

Wait. Now, don't
get carried away.

But after our
audition for hal barton,

This really attractive
girl came up to me, see?

And she turned
out to be an agent.

(Greg) and she wants us to
phone her in the morning.

The morning. And I don't
have a thing to wear!

Now, there's a switch,
dressing up for a phone call.

Well, congratulations, greg.

It sounds like you kids have
really had an exciting day.

Oh, it has been. Thanks, mom.

Congratulations, mrs.
Brady. Thanks, alice.

You know, I couldn't
be more proud

If I were the mother of the
mormon tabernacle choir.

Hi, how's dinner
coming? Hi, honey.

Dinner will be
ready in a minute.

And where's the mail?

Oh, i... I left it over
there on the counter. Oh.

What, only one letter?
Hey, this is for greg.

Oh, golly, in all the
excitement about show business,

I forgot to give it to him.

I see it's from
state university.

And what's wrong with greg
going to my old alma mater?

Nothing, nothing at all.

Well, you're always talking about
him going to dear old norton college.

Well, wherever he goes, the important
thing is he gets a good education.

Right. That's why I think it would
be a great idea if he went to state.

Hmm. Now, why you would
want your son to go to a college

That lost 35 straight football
games is a mystery to me.

[Clock ticking]

[Clock tolling]

[All clamoring]

Will you guys just relax?

Look, if we call right on the dot,
it's gonna make us look anxious.

Oh, come on. Well,
we are anxious.

Yeah! Let me handle it.

Get a load of mr. Cool.

Really. Come on, greg, don't
be chicken. Come on, call.

Ok, ok.

[Sighing]

Tami cutler, please.

Yes, I'll hold.

What's going on? Is she
there? She's comin', she's comin'.

Hello, tami? This is greg.

Greg brady.

We met yesterday at the
t.v. Station, remember?

The profile for
the record album?

Yeah!

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Sure. Sure we could.

Oh. Ok.

Well, see you then.

Right. Goodbye.

When is it? When's
the appointment?

Right away.

Let's go! You're kidding!

Oh! Wait a minute. She
said I should come alone.

Why? (Cindy) why
can't we all go?

I don't know, I
guess she figures

'Cause I'm the oldest,
I must be the leader.

(Jan) we have to stay together.

Well, look, I can go down and I
can make the deal for all of us.

Ok?

Ok, that's fine. Ok.

Ok. Ok.

Dad? Mmm-hmm.

Can I borrow the car?

Yeah, I guess so. What for?

Well, the agent I met yesterday

Wants to discuss a
little business with me.

Ok. Keys are in the kitchen.
Thanks, dad. I won't be long.

Uh, greg? Yeah.

You know, I know you're all very
flattered and excited about this,

But try to keep
your cool, will you?

Don't worry, dad. I've got
everything under control.

Ok. Whoa! Watch it, greg.

Ah. Well, it's off to see
our agent. Oh, good luck.

Well, that's show biz.

And coffee. When
you're hot, you're hot.

And when you're not, you're not.

I don't want those kids to
get their hopes up too high.

Oh, I don't think they will. It's...
It's just an adventure for them.

Besides, greg is too
level-headed to get carried away.

This is wild.

What an office. It's a
place to hang my beads.

[Chuckling] yeah. It's great.

Right. 4:00 For the dub down.

Oh, greg, I'd like you to meet
my partner, buddy berkman.

Well!

How do you do, mr. Berkman?

Ok. Beautiful. Beautiful.

Out of sight.

[Laughing] dynamite!

Dynamite-o!

Oh, far out. Listen, I brought
along a tape of our group.

Oh, that won't be
necessary, babe.

I thought you'd like to hear how
we sound. Oh, sure. Terrific, terrific.

Hey, would you like
to play the guitar?

There you go. Wail on that.

Come on. Oh, do it, man, do it.

Ok. Let's get it on.

Oh, I can dig this, yeah.

(Buddy) yeah, I can dig it.

♪ [Guitar playing]

Hey, ok!

Oh, that's righteous.

[Laughing]

Hey, perfect, perfect.

Oh, this guy's
terrific. What a find.

I hope he fits the suit.

He will. I never miss.

Oh, hey, I like
that. Ok. All right.

(Buddy) very good. Very nice.

[Exclaiming]

Yeah. Oh, solid. Hey.

Well, look at...

Want to slip into this, love?

Oh, wow.

(Buddy) mmm-hmm.

Like, perfect. Righteous.

Did I tell you I never
miss? Beautiful.

Hey, this is really somethin'.

All 6 of us get
an outfit like this?

Just you, babe.

Oh, but my brothers
and sisters...

Hey. As of now, you're solo.

Oh, you're gonna be a monster.

You won't be in the top
20, you'll be the top 20.

Oh, but you don't
understand. I'm part of a group.

No, you don't understand.

You're not you anymore.

I don't follow. You
are a superstar.

You are the new johnny bravo!

(Tami) johnny bravo.

Johnny bravo?

(Both) johnny bravo!

Johnny bravo.

(Tami) wow.

(Buddy) dynamite.

(Marcia) hey, greg.
What took you so long?

Jan, cindy, greg's here.

What happened? When
do we start to work?

Did you tell her
I play the organ?

No, I didn't have
a chance, bobby.

Tell us what happened.

Yeah, when do we get famous?

Well, we don't, cindy.

You mean you blew the deal?

No, no, I don't
mean that, either,

Exactly.

What do you mean, exactly?

Well, they just
wanted to sign...

Me.

Alone?

All by yourself?

Without us?

Solo, as in "star."

You mean solo, as in "sellout."

That's dirty.

You're breaking up the act.

Greg, how could you?

Honest, they just
wanted to sign me.

The new johnny bravo.

They said I'm
gonna be a big star.

But a very small person.

You're gonna be
called "johnny bravo"?

You know, they've got the platter
jockeys waitin' to freak out over my album,

And I haven't even
recorded it yet.

Well, listen, what happens
when you record it?

Oh, I go on the road
and plug it. Where?

Like, all over, man.
The whole country.

Let me ask you a question. Now,
how do you plan to do all of this

And go to college
at the same time?

Good question.

Well, I thought so.

I'll give it some
serious thought, dad.

I think you better give it
a lot of serious thought.

Right.

Did he call me "man"?

[Chuckling] I think so.

Hi.

[Sighing]

What's all the excitement about?

Of all the phony, plastic
names. "Johnny bravo."

Yeah, they should have
called him benedict arnold.

You know, I bet our group will
sound a lot better without him.

Lots better.

We can get a new name.
How about the brady 5?

How about the sour grapes?

What's that supposed
to mean, alice?

Well, it sounds to me like
you're putting greg down

Because something great
happened to him, and not to you.

But we were a group.

And greg deserted us.

But greg didn't, the agent did.

Now look, try to put
yourself in his spot.

What would you have done?

Maybe what he did.
But he could have said...

No, he couldn't. I mean, after all,
they didn't want us, they wanted...

But he shouldn't have...
But he didn't have any choice.

Well, I wouldn't have...
No, you would, too.

I like this conversation.
Goes right to the point.

Come on, you two. Where?

To tell peter and bobby that we
should stop acting like jealous brats.

(Cindy) can't I still be
jealous without being a brat?

(Marcia) greg?

Yeah.

Hi. Hi.

Greg? Mmm-hmm?

We just wanted to apologize.

We hope you're gonna
make it really big as a star.

Hey, we're gonna start a
scrapbook, put in all your clippings.

Yeah, with your name on it.

And we're also gonna start the
very first johnny bravo fan club.

[Laughs]

Thanks for understanding.

Uh, how do pete and
bobby feel about it now?

And we're really sorry
about how we acted, too, greg.

He's not greg anymore.
He's johnny bravo.

I meant johnny.

Thanks, guys.

We really think
it's super, greg.

Johnny. [Laughing] johnny.

I'm gonna be in charge of
product distribution at school.

For what?

Johnny bravo t-shirts, locks of
hair, broken guitar strings, you know.

And don't forget autographs.

We'll make up about
a million copies

And sell them for
25 cents apiece.

We'll just take the
usual: 10% of the profits.

A-apiece. Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. Mmm.

Well, in my mind, there was just never
any question about greg going to college.

Mine, either, but that was before
all this johnny bravo business.

I... I want him to have
the best education

And as much education
as he is capable of.

Oh, yes, and greg
has so much potential.


Oh, hi, folks.

Uh, I thought I heard
somethin' out here.

Oh, sorry we woke you, alice.

Why don't you grab a cup and
have some hot chocolate with us?

Well, thanks.
Don't mind if I do.

If I thought that greg, uh,

Didn't have a better future
than just a short music career,

It... It wouldn't
bother me so much.

I feel the same way.

Johnny bravo could become
a has-been before he ever was.

Right, alice?

Right, mrs. Brady.

On the other hand,

Greg could become
a big hit, couldn't he?

Wouldn't that be somethin'?

No, the chances of greg rising
to the top are a million to one.

And I want him to go to college.

Me, too.

Me, 3.

Of course, if we
force him to go,

He's apt to rebel
just to prove a point.

In which case, we'd probably be
pushing him right into the music business.

You know, while we're
sitting here stewing,

We have forgotten
one important factor.

What?

Greg hasn't made
up his mind yet.

[Chuckling]

Has, uh, greg said anything
more to you about college?

Not a word,

Yet.

Mom? Dad?

I'd like to talk to
you for a minute.

Well, pull up a
marigold and sit down.

(Carol) what's on
your mind, greg?

Well, you both said
I'm an independent guy

And should make my
own decisions, right?

To a degree, yeah.

Well, I made a
decision about college.

And?

And I'm not going.

In fact, i... I have an appointment
to see my agent this afternoon.

Don't expect us to congratulate
you on your decision.

No, I figured you'd
be disappointed.

Greg, honey, listen,

Fame is a fleeting thing, but...

Well, a college education
will last you a lifetime.

I know all that, mom.

But I feel like right now I have
to give a singing career a chance.

And then in a couple of
years, college'll fit in.

Maybe.

Anyway, I've... I've
made up my mind.

I'm sorry.

I agree with what
you're thinking.

Well,

I think after he gets back, I'm
gonna check out that music agent.

Everything's
squared away at home.

I'm ready. Well, too much.

Out of sight.

Dynamite. Beautiful. Yeah.

Welcome aboard, johnny
bravo. Thanks, tami.

Well, what's next?

You just sit back,
relax, and enjoy the ride.

[Chuckling]

This is your p.r. Man.

He'll handle all your
interviews, column plants,

Photo sessions,
radio and t.v. Spots,

Album liners, billboards...

Oh, and one other thing.

What's that? Girls!

(Tami) here he is, your
very own johnny bravo.

Do your thing, girls.

[Girls all screaming]

[Girls chattering]

(Tami) thank you, girls.
Thank you, thank you.

Terrific.

[Tittering]

(Buddy) now, johnny, this
here's your new attorney.

He's got some papers
for you to eyeball.

You know, it's all gotta
be, like, legal-like, you dig?

All these? Uh-huh.

[Sighing]

What a session. What
a groovy session.

I can't wait to hear the tape.

Oh, you're outta sight,
baby, you're outta sight.

Did I really sound all right?

Hang loose and listen.

Hey, mama, you seen
him, you dug him.

Now, here he is with the b*at
that's sweet and the jive that's alive.

Your very own
muchacho, johnny bravo!

♪ [Rock music playing]

♪ Headin' for the mountains,
and fresh air in the sun ♪

That's me? The new johnny
bravo sound. It's gotta be a hit.

No other way. What
do you think, star?

What happened to my voice?

Well, just a little
electronic sleight of hand.

It's terrible. You can't
even hear the words.

[Chuckling] well, of course not!

[Tape recorder clicks off]

That's not the way I sound.

You?

Now, come on, baby. Don't
get hung up on an ego trip.

I mean, who cares how you sound?

We're after "the" sound. There's
a lot of work in that record.

Then what do you need me for?

Because you fit the suit.

The suit?

That the reason you wanted
me? 'Cause I fit the suit?

Well, there's an awful lot of
bread in those threads, baby.

Come on, it's a heavy promotion.

Yeah? Well, tami, buddy,

I'm about to lay a
new sound on you.

What's that, babe? The
sound of a guy takin' a walk.

What?

Listen close.

[Paper ripping]

Adios, johnny bravo.

Baby! Johnny!
Hey, wait a second!

Johnny!

Well, you know, that suit never did
really fit right through the shoulders.

Can you believe that?

The only reason they wanted
me is 'cause I fit the suit.

[Chuckling] oh, no.

They didn't want me.
They wanted a robot.

Well, honey, you saved your
father a trip to see them.

You sure did. You know, in one
way, we're sorry it happened,

But in another way, I'd like to go on
record as saying we are very pleased.

Mike. Hmm?

Are you sure you want
to use the word "record"?

Well, you think this is the
end of your singing career?

No.

This is the end of johnny bravo.

I think greg brady still
has a singing career.

♪ [Pop music playing]

(All) ♪ let me hear some
of that good-time music ♪

(All) ♪ that I love to hear ♪

♪ I got plenty of blues ♪

(Marcia) ♪ and
sort of bad news ♪

(Both) ♪ and I need to
find me some cheer ♪

♪ Well, there've
been some times ♪

♪ When I've been down ♪

♪ More so recently ♪

♪ I gotta piece it back right ♪

♪ And make a new flight ♪

(Both) ♪ react positively ♪

(All) ♪ there's no sense
in walking around ♪

♪ With your feet
stuck to the ground ♪

♪ It's much better to
put yourself together ♪

♪ Create a lot of
love and good vibes ♪

♪ For humanity ♪

(All) ♪ that's fine with me ♪

(All) ♪ let me hear some
of that good-time music ♪

[Inaudible]

(All) ♪ that I love to hear ♪

(Marcia) ♪ I got
plenty of blues ♪

(Greg) ♪ and sort of bad news ♪

(Both) ♪ and I need to
find me some cheer ♪

♪ Well, there've
been some times ♪

♪ When I've been down ♪

♪ More so recently ♪

♪ I gotta piece it back right ♪

♪ Make a new flight ♪

(Both) ♪ react positively ♪

(All) ♪ there's no sense
in walking around ♪

♪ With your feet
stuck to the ground ♪

(Greg) ♪ it's much better
to put yourself together ♪

(Marcia) ♪ create a lot
of love and good vibes ♪

♪ For humanity ♪

(All) ♪ that's fine with me ♪

(All) ♪ good-time music ♪

♪ Good-time music ♪

♪ Good-time music ♪

[Audience applauding]

♪ Good-time music ♪

[Knocking on door]

Come in.

Dad, mom.

I've been studying these
college pamphlets you gave me.

(Carol) and?

Well,

I'm decided that norton
has a lot going for it.

But state has a
lot to offer, too.

Uh, you think you
might go to state, greg?

No.

Ha-ha! Norton. No.

Ha-ha!

Where you gonna go?

I mean, there's been
lots to consider,

But after reading these
pamphlets, I know exactly what to do.

What?

Take a couple or 3
years off to travel.

And can I have the
keys to the car?

Get out of here.

[Chuckling]

Good night. Good night.

That kid.
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