Though the book Growing Up Brady is so much more about the behind the scenes and personal lives of the cast members, it has come to our attention that one chapter, the Episode Guide, had and continues to have some mistakes related to the descriptions of the shows. Many of the "errors" were really in line with the sense of humor with which the book was written. However for those of you who are sticklers for the facts just the facts we have printed this page to address the issue.
Errors in 1992 Edition Corrected in 1999 Edition
Errors unfortunately missed in 1999 Edition - Corrected
Errors in 1992 Edition Corrected in 1999 Edition
- Pilot: The Honeymoon
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Mike's middle name is listed as "Albert"
Correction: middle name is "Paul"
- Episode #1 Dear Libby
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.."somewhere in Oklahoma"...
Correction: the Dear Libby letter originated in Kingsford, Illinois.
- Episode #11 54-40 & Fight
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"...the girls have fifty-four books of stamps, the boys have forty..."
Correction: the boys have fifty-four and the girls have forty.
- Paragraph "Brady Mistake"
...changing of Peter's shirt color
Correction: Jan's hair changes style from being down to being up in a ponytail.
- Episode #22 The Hero
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"...for winning the paper's weekly 'Outstanding Citizen' award..."
Correction: it was a monthly award
- Episode #24 The Possible Dream
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"..diary to the (gulp) Salvation Army Book Drive!..."
Correction: it was the 'Friends In Need' book drive
- Episode #30 The Slumber Party
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"...Mr. Stoner."
Correction: E.G. Marshall played a character by the name of Mr. Randolph.
- Episode #31 Confessions, Confessions
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"Peter is tossing a basketball around the Brady living room..."
Correction: the boys are playing basketball in their bedroom and the ball gets away from them and goes down the hall and over the banister into the living room.
- Episode #33 Call Me Irresponsible
Paragraphs 6 & 8
"Greg gets fired again"
Correction: Greg was never fired a second time.
- Episode #35 A Fistful of Reasons
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"...episode closes, Peter engages in some truly mean-spirited and un-Brady-like behavior,..."
Correction: It was Cindy who did the taunting, not Peter
- Episode #36 What Goes Up...
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"...Bobby scrambles up the tree like an orangutan..."
Correction: Bobby climbed up the family's swingset, not a tree.
- Episode #37 Coming Out Party
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"...on the other end says 'Hi, Carol, it's Mr. Phillips. How are you feeling?' she replies 'Not well enough to go on that broken-down barnacle barge of yours, you old goat."
Correction: "...on the other end says 'Ahoy Mrs. Brady, it's Mr. Phillips. How are you feeling?' she replies 'Not well enough to go on that broken-down barnacle barge of yours."
- Episode #38 Not So Ugly Duckling
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"Finally, Marcia finds out that the only reason Clark..."
Correction: It's Carol who discovers Clark's reasons.
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"...band named the Eve Plumbs."
Correction" The band is Eve's Plumb.
- Episode #41 Where There's Smoke
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"...jacket actually belonged to Tommy, the Banana Connection's drummer,..."
Correction: Banana Convention
- Episode #47 Double Parked
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"...Mike designs a small park right on the Courthouse grounds."
Correction: Mike discovers a better solution is to build the new Courthouse on a old garbage dump site.
- Episode #61 Not So Rose Colored Glasses
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"..in the new shot-she had refused in the original."
Correction: Jan did not have her glasses yet when the first photo was taken.
- Episode #63 Getting Davy Jones
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"...whines about her predicament to the recording studio's sound engineer, Davy..."
Correction: she whines to Davy's manager
- Episode #66 Jan's Aunt Jenny
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"...something they have always needed - an authentic Eskimo totem pole."
Correction: Aunt Jenny sent a cast from her broken leg signed by many famous people.
- Episode #70 Fender Bender
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"Harry storms the Brady house, clad in a huge neck brace and carrying a cane."
Correction: Harry doesn't appear in his neck brace until the Courtroom scene.
- Episode #91 How to Succeed in Business
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"He's a struggling, unhappy Army corporal when..."
Correction: Peter is an Air Force Airman.
- Episode #92 Amateur Night
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"...to Pauline's Prancing Poodles."
Correction: It's Patty's Prancing Poodles.
- Episode #103 Quarterback Sneak
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Paragraph 8, Line 1
"...Clinton High's football team.."
Correction: the school was Fairview High.
- Episode #108 Driver's Seat
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"She passes, but when Greg realizes that he passed that same test a year ago, with a much higher grade, he teases his sister big-time."
Correction: She passes, beating Greg's score. However, Greg begins to tease her about women drivers and boasts she will choke on the driving test.
- Episode #114 The Hustler
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"...off on his gambling debt (276 packs of gum)..."
Correction: it's 256 packs of gum.
Errors unfortunately missed in 1999 Edition - Corrected
- Pilot: The Honeymoon
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"...four tuxedos to press, four bow ties..."
Correction: the Brady men did not wear "tuxedos" or "bow ties"
- Episode #27 The Babysitters
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"...over at the theatre, Mike and Carol..."
Correction: it was over dinner that Mike and Carol worried.
- Episode #30 The Slumber Party
Paragraph Nepotism Alert 3 Line 3
"...but she'd later spend three episodes appearing..."
Correction: Though Hope made 4 appearances on the show, she only played the role of Rachel twice.
- Episode #31 Confessions, Confessions
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"...Peter tries gluing the vase back together, but when Carol fills it with water..."
Correction: All the boys, along with Marcia try and glue it back together, and when Carol asks the boys to fill it with water for her lovely flowers, the cracks are discovered.
- Episode #44 The Liberation of Marcia Brady
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"Revenge comes when Peter, in a green dress and matching knee socks, joins..."
Correction: Peter only wore the flower hat and shirt from the Sunflower Girls, not a dress.
- Episode #57 My Sister, Benedict Arnold
Paragraph 2
The Bears cheer comes from "Greg's Triangle", in this episode the FILMORE (FF FIL...) cheer is done.
- Episode #62 Big, Little Man
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"...and starts hanging from his closet rod in the hope..."
Correction: He actually hangs from the swingset in the backyard.
- Episode #65 The Big Bet
Paragraph Nepotism Alert 3 Line 2
"...her three appearances as Rachel..."
Correction: Though Hope made 4 appearances on the show, she only played the role of Rachel twice.
- Episode #67 Cindy Brady Lady
Last Paragraph Line 4
"...times in 'Peanuts' cartoons as Linus."
Correction: Eric Shea did not play Linus, Christopher Shea did.
- Episode #89 Greg Gets Grounded
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"Greg is rubber necking sidewalk babes while driving..."
Correction: Greg is reading while driving.
- Episode #97 The Elopement
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"Alice's cousin Clara was eloping..."
Correction: It's Sam's cousin Clara who gets married.
- Episode #103 Quarterback Sneak
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"...at Carol's college sweetheart 'Tank' Gates..."
Correction: Tank was Carol's highschool sweetheart.
- Episode #105 My Brother's Keeper
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"Greg hangs onto the windowsill, the ladder takes a header, and Bobby yanks the slow-reflexed Peter out from under an enormous falling planter, and gets drenched with that green paint in the process."
Correction: Greg was not hanging from the windowsill when the ladder fell, he had gone to take a phone call, thus only Bobby was in jeopardy, covered in green paint.
- Episode #110 Out of this World
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"...he unwittingly causes the Air Force's Captain McCarthy..."
Correction: Captain McCarthy was a police officer, not in the Air Force.
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"(By the way, just try being seventeen years old,..."
Correction: Barry was nineteen in 1973.
- Front Cover:
Foreward is spelled incorrectly.
Correction: Foreword