Remember that one day when you could wake up without an alarm? When you would get your favorite bowl of cereal and sit between the hours of 8 and 12? This is a blog dedicated to the greatest time of our childhood: Saturday mornings. The television programs you watched, the memories attached to them, and maybe introducing you to something you didn't realize existed. Updated every weekend.
Harry Fujiwara, better known by his professional wrestling name Mr. Fuji, died today. You can read the full story here.
Although he didn't actively participate in its production, Fujiwara's likeness and persona were used as one of the villain characters in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.
Hey, gang, there won't be any new posts next weekend. If you're behind on our stuff, now's a good chance to catch up. 'Til then, see you on September 10th!
Actor, writer and producer Marvin Kaplan died on Thursday, You can read the full story here.
Kaplan had starring roles as Choo-Choo in Top Cat, which he later reprised for the weekday series Wake, Rattle & Roll, and as Shellstock "Shelly" Turtle in the Frogger portions of Saturday Supercade. He also guest-starred in episodes of ABC Weekend Specials as Sutcliffe and Mouser, Garfield and Friends as Angel Puss, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Skeech and Sculptor. He also provided additional voices in an episode of The Smurfs.
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In 1994, a new sci-fi franchise was
born with the release of Stargate. An
alien portal was discovered in 1928 Giza. Jumping ahead to the present day,
discredited Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) figured out how to
activate the portal and a military team led by Jack O’Neill (Kurt Russel) was sent through to
identify potential threats. There, they found a planet much like Earth’s
ancient Egypt where an alien posing as the god Ra (Jaye Davidson) had enslaved the
populace. O’Neil and his team instigated a slave rebellion and overthrew Ra,
freeing the planet.
The film wasdirected and co-written by Roland Emmerich andreleasedthrough Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Opening on October 28th, it
achieved the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend for an October
film. Although critics were mixed about it, the film ended up earning over $196
million. Three years later, MGM planned to spin-off of the movie into a
television series and hired Brad
Wright and Jonathan Glassner
to develop it.
Stargate: SG-1picked up a year after the film and followed the military team on
missions through the Stargate to find technology and allies against the Goa’uld alien race, and later
in the show’s run against The Ori.
The O’Neill role was filled by Richard
Dean Anderson for the first eight seasons until he was replaced by Ben Browder as Cameron Mitchell
for the final two. SG-1 aired half
its run on Showtime before moving to the Sci-Fi Channel after the premium network dropped
it.
The show proved popular, spawning a
wave of merchandising and its own convention, Gatecon.
The show also spawned several spin-off series. The most well-known and received
were the live-action spin-offs Stargate: Atlantisand
Stargate: Universe.Stargate: Atlantis followed another
military team who operated out of the Lost City of Atlantis on the planet
Lantea and helped the Atlanteans find a way to combat a race called the Wraith.
Stargate: Universe followed an
exploration team flying on a spaceship trying to find a way back to Earth.
However, the first spin-off was the lesser-successful animated attempt Stargate: Infinity.
The Infinity team: Stacey, Seattle, Gus, R.J. and Ec'co.
Created
by Eric Lewald and Michael Maliani and developed by
Kaaren Lee Brown, the series was
set 30 years in the future from SG-1. Gus
Bonner (Dale Wilson) was framed for insubordination and sending his men into an
ambush by an alien. When the alien race Tlak’kahn, led by Da’Kyll
(Mark Acheson), attacked Stargate Command for a recently-unearthed chrysalis,
Bonner used the distraction to escape with a team through the Stargate in order
to find the alien that framed him and clear his name.
Draga, the newborn recruit.
Gus’ team was comprised of his
by-the-book niece Stacey Bonner (Tifanie Christun), who believed that Gus was
actually a traitor; Seattle Montoya (Bettina Bush), a Native American with
precognitive abilities; R.J. Harrison (Mark Hildreth), a recent academy
graduate who served as the series’ comic relief; and Ec’co (Cusse Mankuma), a
half-alien cadet who could fix anything. They travel though the Stargate to
various worlds, trying to stay one step ahead of the Tlak’kahn while getting
involved in the perils and troubles of the alien species they encountered.
Along the way they were joined by a newborn alien named Draga (Kathleen Barr),
a very powerful being believed to be one of The Ancients who originally
built the Stargates.
The series was poorly received and suffered from low ratings during its
run, resulting in its cancellation after only one season and several plotlines
left unresolved. The creators and producers of the other Stargate programs, who had no role in the development of the
cartoon at all, have gone on record
stating that Infinity was not a part
of the official Stargate canon and
existed in its own alternate universe. Shortly after the show ended, DiC
released a 4-episode
DVD. MGM
Home Entertainment released a complete
box set in region 2 in 2007, with Shout!
Factory and Vivendi
Entertainment releasing the region
1 version the following year.
EPISODE GUIDE:
“Decision” (9/14/02) – Court-Martialed Major Gus Bonner takes a team
through the Stargate in order to find the Tlak’kahn race that framed him.
“Double Duty” (9/21/02) – A planet inhabited by the Thorn may have
been infected by a disease during an earlier mission of Bonner’s and his team
must protect an ancient chrysalis.
“The Best World” (9/28/02) – The chrysalis becomes Draga and wants to
join the team, while Stacey still regards Gus as a traitor.
“Coming Home” (10/5/02) – The Hrathi people assist Gus’ mission and
help him realize a shapeshifter may have been involved in framing him.
“Mentor” (10/12/02) – Gus’ former mentor seems to be benevolently
helping the Mustari people, but his team helps Gus see otherwise.
“Hot Water” (10/19/02) – R.J. accepts a potentially deadly swimming
challenge on an ocean planet while a team of mercenaries join the Tlak’kahn to
help find Draga.
“Phobia” (10/26/02) – Stacey’s arachnophobia leads her to attack a
peaceful spider-like creature for which she must now stand trial.
“Can I Keep It?” (11/2/02) – Seattle adopts a new pet that keeps on
growing while a probe alerts the Tlak’kahn to the team’s location.
“Who Are You?” (11/9/02) – The team encounters a race of shapeshifters
which leaves them unable to determine who’s friend or foe.
“Greed” (11/16/02) – A cave full of diamonds distracts the teams from
the mercenaries on their trail.
“Stones” (11/23/02) – When Stacey earns the respect of the Elteri
people, she’s given a stone medallion that alters her in unexpected ways.
“Initiation” (11/30/02) – Harisson helps a volcano island native while
Ec’co discovers that the volcano is in danger of erupting—or exploding.
“The Mother of Invention” (12/7/02) – Kreeda is an inventor who would
do anything to save what’s left of her ruined world, even if it means betraying
the team.
“Reality” (12/30/02) – The team has to save the Tranquan from a VR
game that keeps them trapped in a hostile environment.
“Museum” (1/6/03) – The team becomes trapped in a museum of Earth’s
historical wonders as two robot armies fight to conquer the world.
“Us and Them” (1/13/03) – Draga finally meets her own people who show
disdain for the rest of the team, while the Tlak’Kahn follow them through the
Stargate.
“The Face of Evil” (1/20/03) – On an ice planet the team intends to
stay out of the ongoing conflict until they learn one of the opposing forces is
the Tlak’Kahn.
“The Key” (1/27/03) – Because the Commonality banned all writing as an
outdated method, they have no way to verify or choose to believe Ec’co’s
warning of a comet about to strike.
“Chariot of the Sun” (2/3/03) – Gus finds a spaceship near the
Stargate and after its communications fail to reach Stargate Command he decides
to take it back to Earth.
“The Answer” (2/10/03) – The team decides to investigate a
controversial new mind-reading device whose inventor claims it’s to help
eliminate war-causing misunderstandings.
“The Look” (2/17/03) – On a planet where respect is earned by a hair
style, Harrison, Seattle and Stacey decide to help the less-fortunate claim the
leaves they need for their hairdos.
“Feet of Clay” (2/24/03) – In the face of an epidemic, the Mardan
decide to turn to the Tlak’kahn instead of accepting Ec’co’s cure.
“The Natural” (3/3/03) – Gus calls on a Heruun to help them navigate a
Sulphur clouded planet, but Harrison falls to the planet’s surface and has to
fend for his survival.
“Big Mistake” (3/10/03) – Helping the Mortai find an underground water
source leads Stacey to finding a crystal that reveals a mistake that her father
refused to own up to.
“The Illustrated Stacey” (3/17/03) – When Stacey is goaded into
unpredictable behavior, she asks the natives for a facial tattoo that is
unknowingly consisted of living microbes.
“The Long Haul” (3/24/03) – Draga takes the team back to Earth where a
philanthropist discovers another Stargate, giving Gus a new lead on his prey.
The family that plays
together stays together—especially if that play involves a recording contract.
Created by Bernard Slade, The Partridge Family followed the
adventures of a talented family that formed a band and embarked on a performing
career. It was loosely based on the real-life band family The Cowsills, who were popular in the late
60s and early 70s. Initially, The Cowsills were considered to play themselves,
but as they were not trained actors and older than what the producers wanted
that idea was abandoned.
The Partridges and their funky bus.
In the pilot episode,
widowed mother Shirley Partridge (Shirley
Jones) was convinced by her children Keith (David Cassidy, Jones’ real-life
step-son), Laurie (Susan Dey), Danny (Danny Bonaduce), Chris (Jeremy Gelbwaks for season 1,
Brian Foster for the remainder) and Tracy (Suzanne Crough) to sing on a
recording they were making in their garage. Danny went out and secured the
family’s agent, Reuben Kincaid (Dave
Madden), and soon they were off and touring in their multicolored school
bus. Wes Farrell served as the
show’s music producer and studio musicians, referred to as The Wrecking
Crew, provided the sound of the family. Cassidy and Jones were the only
members of the cast who actually sang on the recordings.
In concert.
ThePartridge
Family debuted on ABC on September 25,
1970. Screen Gems, who
produced the show, heavily promoted it through a wide array of merchandising
including posters,
comic books, board games
and, naturally, albums
of the songs that appeared in the episodes. Cassidy quickly became a teen idol
and incorporated Partridge songs
along with his original works when he toured. Bonaduce also scored his own
record deal, although Bruce Roberts
provided most of the vocals. The show performed well, earning first place in
its timeslot until ABC moved it to air opposite CBS’
All in the Family. The
ratings plummeted and ABC cancelled the show after its fourth season.
Judy Jetson, ace reporter.
Meanwhile, Hanna-Barbera was
looking to revive The Jetsonswith an updated version similar to what they did for The Flintstoneswith The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. Elroy
would have been going off to high school while Judy was an ace reporter, and
they would have been surrounded by a new assortment of Space Age friends. They
proposed the show to CBS’ Fred
Silverman, but Silverman wanted to acquire The Partridge Family instead in the hopes of bringing their
audience over to CBS. Since the network would see just as much of a return from
a new Jetsons as they already did
from airing reruns, Silverman had Hanna-Barbera retool their proposal to incorporate
the characters. The Partridges had previously appeared on Hanna-Barbera’s Goober
and the Ghost Chasersin several episodes in 1973.
Promo art.
The resulting series
was essentially The Partridge Family set
in The Jetsons world. The family
remained virtually unchanged from their live counterparts in personality and
appearance (with the exception of Reuben, who ended up resembling an aged
George Jetson), but were given Space Age fashions, instruments and their school
bus became a domed spaceship with the same color scheme. Dey, Bonaduce, Crough
and Foster were all retained to voice their respective characters. However, Dey
only recorded two episodes before she left the production to film a movie and
was replaced by Sherry Alberoni. Jones would claim in a 2008 radio interview
that she never knew an animated series existed. Joan Gerber instead played her
character.
Futuristic stage.
Cassidy and Madden were also absent; their characters
played by Chuck McClendon and John Stephenson, respectively. However, Madden did record dialogue for the cartoon and
was set to star in it, but the producers decided to replace him. New characters
included Laurie’s half-green, half-blue Martian friend, Marion (Julie
McWhirter), Keith’s Venusian blue friend, Veenie, and the family’s pet robot
dog, Orbit (both Frank Welker). The characters were designed by Dick Bickenbach.
Ad for the series.
Partridge Family 2200 A.D. debuted on CBS on September 7, 1974. It
was written by Buddy
Atkinson, Jim
Begg, Barry
E. Blitzer, Larz
Bourne, Dick
Conway, Rance
Howard, Jack
Mendelsohn, John
Fenton Murray, Ray Parker and
William Raynor.
Like the live series, plots tended to revolve around Danny with the rest of his
family being sucked in like a vortex when one of his schemes or inventions
backfired. Hoyt Curtin
handled all the incidental music while a band of studio performers supplied the
weekly song cues. Although some of the same talent that brought life to Josie and the Pussycatswere retained for the show, no
consideration was given for any kind of album release due to the fact that the
live Partridge albums had already
declined in popularity and there would be no Cassidy on vocals to help sell it.
Danny with Orbit at snack time.
2200 A.D. ended up becoming a disappointing failure, both in the
ratings and from a creative standpoint. With the live show being cancelled
months earlier with poor ratings, and most of its audience now too old for
cartoons even if they were still watching the original at the end, CBS’ gambit
on a built-in fanbase didn’t pay off. 2200
A.D. was cancelled mid-season, and it was replaced in March of 1975 by
reruns of Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm. Hanna-Barbera
would finally get their Jetsons revivalin syndication in 1985.
Collecting souvenirs.
Like Jeannie, this show was owned by Screen Gems, now part of Sony Pictures Television, due to
their owning the rights to The Partridge
Family. In 1977, the series was retitled The Partridge Family in Outer Space and was included in the
serialized Fred Flintstone and Friendsseries, which was co-produced by Screen Gems’ successor Columbia
Pictures Television. In 2005, the episodes “My Son, the Spaceball Star” and
“Car Trouble” became the only two episodes released to home media after they
were included as bonus features in The Partridge Family: The Complete First
Season DVD set.
EPISODE GUIDE (“*” denotes
repeated song):
“My Son, the Spaceball Star” (11/30/74) – Danny pretends to be on the
spaceball team in order to keep his mother from being disappointed.
“Danny, the Invisible Man” (9/7/74) – Danny uses a Plutonian
invisibility gadget to impress a girl, but begins to experience side effects
back on Earth as he keeps randomly disappearing.
Song: “Keep Rockin On”
“The Incredible Shrinking Keith” (9/21/74) – Danny’s invention
accidentally causes Keith to shrink.
Song: “You Make It So Easy”
“If This is Texas—It Must be Doomsday” (9/14/74) – The family’s gig in
Texxas ends up being a lifetime one.
Song: “Love My Life Away
With You”
“Cousin Sunspot” (9/28/74) – Cousin Sunspot uses a voice changer in
order to join the band, but it begins to transform him into a giant chicken.
Song: “Later On”
“The Dog Catcher” (10/12/74) – Orbit attempts to avoid the dog catcher
in order to avoid paying for a new license.
Song: “One More Chance”
“The Wax Museum” (10/5/74) – Thieves steal wax figures of the family
in order to create duplicates and make a fortune with their own family.
Song: “Take Good Care of
Her”
“Laurie’s Computer Date” (10/26/74) – Laurie forces Keith and Danny to
take her to the ball after scaring off her date, and they find her a computer
date instead—with a clunky robot.
Song: “Suzy, Don’t Give Me
Your Number”
“Movie Madness” (11/2/74) – When the family’s rocket crashes in
Hollywood, Keith is drafted to star in a movie and success begins to go to his
head.
Song: “Keep Rockin’ On”
“The Pink Letter” (11/9/74) – Danny mails Laurie’s angry letter to her
boyfriend, not knowing he later called with a good excuse.
Song: “Gypsy Girl”*
“Cupcake Caper” (10/19/74) – Connie has to find the ring she lost
while baking before her mother comes to visit.
Song: “You Make It So
Easy”*
“Orbit the Genius” (11/16/74) – Orbit’s quiz show career is cut short
when he’s stolen by a two-headed foreign agent.
Song: “Love My Life Away
With You”*
“The Switch” (11/23/74) – Danny accidentally causes Keith to exchange
bodies with a gorilla.
Song: “Late At Night”
“Car Trouble” (12/7/74) – Danny’s poor flying record lands him in debt
for 20 years.
Song: “One More Chance”*
“The Roobits” (12/14/74) – Danny’s scheme of raising cute alien pets
backfires when they start reproducing at a high rate.
Song: “Suzy, Don’t Give Me
Your Number”*
“Let’s All Stick Together” (12/21/74) – Danny accidentally throws out
of a priceless antique entrusted to Connie, and repairing it causes the family
to become stuck together with super glue.
Larry Storch –
Marlon, Mop Top, Chuck White, Fleetwood
Jane Webb – Ping,
Pong, Babs, Lois Lane, Wonder Woman
Fresh off the success
of his series Gilligan’s Island, Sherwood Schwartz was working on
his next show idea. After reading an article about people with children from
previous marriages, Schwartz created a pilot script for a show he called Mine and Yours. The pilot centered on a widower
marrying a divorcee, and the three children each one brought from their
previous marriages. Schwartz shopped the script around to all three networks
and, while they all liked it, they wanted changes made before committing to the
script. Schwartz eventually shelved the project.
In 1968, United Artists released
the film Yours, Mine and Oursstarring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball,
which centered on their characters, Frank Beardsley and Helen North, falling in
love and getting married with a combined total of 18 children from their
previous marriages (Beardsley had 10, North had 8). The film was a box office
success, earning over ten times its production budget. Based on that success,
and the similar premise, ABC decided to go
forward with Schwartz’s series and made a thirteen-week commitment..
The Bradys: Cindy, Bobby, Jan, Peter, Marcia, Greg, Alice, Carol and Mike.
The Brady Bunch kicked off with widowed architect Mike Brady (Robert Reed) meeting and falling
in love with Carol Martin (Florence
Henderson). The fate of Carol’s previous marriage was left intentionally
ambiguous in a compromise with Schwartz after the network had objections to her
being divorced. The catch-all was that each of them brought three children to
the mix: Mike had his boys Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight)
and Bobby (Mike Lookinland), while Carol had her girls Marcia (Maureen
McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). Adding to the chaos was
Mike’s live-in housekeeper, Alice Nelson (Ann B. Davis). Situations arose
from the new large family getting used to each other as well as dealing with
the everyday problems life threw at them.
The most notable
aspect of the show was its innovative opening sequence. Making use of the new
multi-dynamic image technique created by Canadian filmmaker Christopher
Chapman, each of the series’ main cast appeared in a box on a three-by-three
grid. As the show’s theme song by Peppermint
Trolley Company (for season 1, the kids the remainder of the series) played
and laid out the story of the Bradys to the viewers, the cast members seemed as
if they were looking at each other between their boxes. The attention this effect
gained because of the show led to it becoming known as “The Brady Bunch Effect”.
"What?! I ruined my hair and now you tell me we're cancelled?!"
The Brady Bunch debuted on September 26, 1969 and became the first
television series produced by Paramount
Studios, which had been exclusively a movie studio until then. The show
only achieved modest ratings during its run and the network would only renew it
for 13 episodes at a time. At the conclusion of the fifth season (the only
season or receive a full episode order), the show had reached enough episodes
for a syndication package and was finally cancelled.
The Brady kids: Cindy, Greg, Bobby, Marcia, Peter and Jan.
When the show was about
to enter its fourth season, Schwartz approached Filmation about adapting the
sitcom to animation in order to bring the Bradys to a younger audience that may
be missing it in its prime time timeslot. Filmation chose to make a show
centered solely on the Brady children, omitting Mike, Carol and Alice
altogether. Additional focus was given to the band the children formed on the
live show in an attempt to further perpetuate the success Filmation had earlier
with The
Archie Showand its fictitious band.
The Bradys, Moptop, Ping and Pong staring at Marlon's latest goof up.
The Bradys had several new pet sidekicks for their
adventures: a dog named Mop Top (replacing Tiger from the live series, voiced
by Larry Storch); a talking mynah bird named Marlon (Storch), who flew by
spinning his tail and was actually a wizard that frequently employed his magic
to get the kids out of jams; and two panda cubs named Ping and Pong (Jane Webb)
who only spoke in Chinese-like gibberish. Other new characters include
classmates to the Bradys: primary antagonist Chuck White (Storch) who had no
problems with cheating to win; his easygoing sidekick Fleetwood (also Storch);
and Babs (Webb), who had a crush on Greg.
Superman: super babysitter.
Initially, Schwartz planned to hand over full control
to producers Lou Scheimer and
Norm Prescott. However, he
took an active role in the show’s production; overseeing scripts and giving
creative input. To save on both time and budget (Filmation’s trademark) an
extensive amount of animation was reused from Filmation’s earlier teenaged band
hit The Archie Show, as well bits and
pieces from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The show featured an introduction
mimicking the sitcom’s, showing the real Brady kids transforming into their
animated counterparts. The theme was composed by Frank DeVol and was similar to
the live show’s with a greater touch of 70s style. Ray Ellis handled the rest of
the series’ music.
Wonder Woman in her first television role.
The Brady Kids debuted
on ABC on September 9, 1972 as an installment of The
ABC Saturday Superstar Movie called “The Brady Kids on Mysterious
Island”. The 1-hour pilot movie was later split into the series’ first two
episodes, “Jungle Bungle”, and began airing the following week. Filmation took
some liberties and had characters from other properties interact with the
Bradys, such as the wizard Merlin
from Arthurian legend and Silver
from The Lone Ranger(a character Filmation would produce
adventures for a few years later).Filmation also featured crossovers with DC
Comics’ Superman
(Keith Sutherland) and Lois
Lane, as well as Wonder
Woman (both Webb) in her first appearance outside of the comics (a
television show was attempted in 1967 by Greenway
Productions, but only resulted in a short unaired pilot).
The inclusion of Superman and Wonder Woman was Filmation’s attempt to see if
action programs could be welcomed back on the air after the hoopla
over violence of the late 1960s, as well as if they could sell a “woman’s
show” in order to get a strong, female character out there (they later would
with The
Secrets of Isis and She-Ra). The
entire series was written by Marc Richards.
Ad for ABC's new Saturday programs.
The first season ran for the contracted 17 episodes, but Filmation wanted
to produce five more to bring the episode number up to the required syndication
amount. Harvey Shotz, agent for the kids, persuaded them to reject Filmation’s
request to extend their contracts. Filmation threatened to sue the kids as well
as replace them if need be. Ultimately, the three older kids held firm while
the younger ones agreed to the extension. Replacing the departing actors were
Scheimer’s children Lane and Erika as Greg and Marcia, respectively, and Sutherland
(credited as David E. Smith) as Peter. The abbreviated 5-epsiode season came
and went in 1973, but the show stayed on the air in reruns until August of 1974
when ABC’s new fall schedule was set to begin. A character introduced during
the second season, magically-powered teacher Miss Tickle (a play on “mystical”,
voiced by Lola Fisher), was
spun-off into her own series called Mission:
Magic!that aired the same year. Interestingly enough, the show’s
timeslot ended up being taken over by Super Friends, which was produced by rival studio Hanna-Barbera after they
acquired the DC Comics license.
While the live Bradys continued to get airplay in
syndication and several revival attempts were made, the animated Bradys all but
disappeared--at least until 1996. In 1995, Paramount Pictures produced a
theatrical movie picking up from the conclusion of the fifth season called The Brady Bunch Movie. The
movie featured a new, younger cast in the same roles and followed the principal
joke that while the rest of the world had gone on to the 1990s the Bradys were
obliviously stuck perpetually in the 70s. A Very Brady Sequel, which
hit theaters the following year, featured the return of the characters from The Brady Kids in a dream sequence
brought on when Alice (Henriette
Mantel) unknowingly gave a man posing as Carol’s (Shelley Long) ex-husband, Roy (Tim Matheson), psychedelic
mushrooms in his spaghetti. The only difference was that the animated Jan
didn’t wear glasses as she did on the cartoon, and had darker hair and braces.
“Jungle Bungle, Part 1” (9/16/72*) – The Bradys and Mop Top enter a
balloon race and end up stranded on a mysterious island.
“Jungle Bungle, Part 2” (9/23/72*) – The Bradys meet Marlon, Ping and
Pong on the island.
*Originally aired together on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie on
9/9/72.
“Double Trouble” (9/30/72) – Peter’s wish to look like movie star
Clint Flint has Marlon magically switch their bodies.
“Long Gone Silver” (10/7/72) – Marlon attempts to turn Bobby’s Lone
Ranger pin into real silver, but ends up conjuring up the actual Silver
instead.
“Cindy’s Super Friend” (10/14/72) – When the Bradys are tricked into
painting a bank with invisible paint to make it easier to rob, it’s up to
Superman to save the day.
“Pop Goes the Mynah” (10/21/72) – The Bradys have to rescue Marlon
after he’s sealed into a soda can.
“Who Was that Dog…?” (10/28/72) – Mop Top falls for a French Poodle at
a pet show, but Marlon accidentally turns her into a barking woman.
“It Ain’t Necessarily Snow” (11/4/72) – Marlon’s magic complicates
things when Greg tries to learn to ski to beat Chuck in a race.
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the End Zone” (11/11/72) – The
Bradys end up in a spaceship and befriending real Venusians.
“That Was No Worthy Opponent, That Was My Sister” (11/18/72) – Chuck
sabotages Greg and Marcia’s campaigns so that he can win class president.
“You Took the Words Right Out of My Tape” (11/25/72) – The Bradys end
up involved in trying to save the Crown Jewels from a pair of thieves.
“Give Me a Home Where the Panda Bears Roam and the Dog and the Mynah
Bird Play” (12/2/72) – Marlon’s magic causes chaos on the cattle drive the
Bradys go on.
“It’s All Greek to Me” (12/9/72) – Marlon’s magic sends the Bradys and
Wonder Woman to ancient Greece.
“The Big Time” (12/16/72) – The kids all come up with their own acts
in order to enter a television talent show.
“Marlon’s Birthday Party” (12/23/72) – The Bradys’ surprise party for
Marlon is put on hold when he and Merlin accidentally change places in time.
“The Richest Man in the World” (12/30/72) – The Bradys try to help a
poor man, not knowing he’s actually the world’s wealthiest.
“Wings” (1/6/73) – The Wrong brothers steal parts of the Bradys’ road
rally racer in order to build an airplane.
Season 2:
“Frankincense” (9/8/73) – The Bradys have to retrieve their
jewel-eating robots from the thieves that took them for their own uses.
“Teacher’s Pet” (9/15/73) – Marlon loans Cindy a wizard’s ceramic cat
that comes to life whenever a spell is recited, and Marlon accidentally turns
it into a hippopotamus.
“Marcia’s Lib” (9/22/73) – A camping rivalry ends up seeing the Brady
kids lost in the woods.
“Ceiling Zero” (9/29/73) – Marlon conjures legendary painter Michael
Angelglow to paint the kids’ treehouse, and he ends up abducted by art thieves.
“Who Believes in Ghosts?” (10/6/73) – The Bradys’ attempts to restore
an old house are foiled by the thieves hiding out there.
