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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. ♪

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Come on, Greg, open up.

Yeah, Greg, open up.

GREG: 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!

PETER: 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.

GREG: 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.

Greg,

Greg, where

Greg, where have

Greg, where have you

Greg, where have you been?

GWe 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.

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.

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.

GREG: Now you, Jan.

♪ No... ♪

Come on-- ♪ No... ♪

♪ No... ♪

GREG: 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.

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.

( sighs )

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.

( strumming )

♪ 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. ♪

( Alice cheering )

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... ♪

( voice cracks ): ♪ 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... ♪

( voice cracks ): ♪ 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.

( voice cracks ): Thanks...

a lot.

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

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

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

( squeaky ): 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

( squeaky ): 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

( squeaky ): pretty good.

Stand by for more honey.

You sure honey's good for the voice?

Sure. You never heard a bee's voice crack, did you?

( howling )

( howling grows louder )

Mike. Mike.

( sleepily ): Hmm? What?

I heard something.

What did you hear?

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

( howling ) Like that.

Anybody in the neighborhood own a pet coyote?

( howling continues )

( clattering )

That was in the house.

( whispers ): Yeah, I know.

( howling )

( screaming )

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.

( howling ) It sounds like a prowler in pain.

Oh...

You two stay here.

Oh, no.

I'm going with you.

With my luck, if I'm inside,

whatever's outside will be inside.

( howling )

( howling )

( howling )

( howling )

( howling )

( howling )

( howling )

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

( squeaky ): 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.

( squeaky ): 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 crack.

Maybe your voice won't crack 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.

( all talking at once )

CAROL: Hi, gang. What's going on?

( all quiet down )

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

I was just coming in to get my needlepoint.

MARCIA: 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.

( all talking at once )

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 ♪

ALL: ♪ 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 ♪

( voice cracks ): ♪ 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 ♪

( voice cracks ): ♪ 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 ♪

( voice cracking ): ♪ Sha-na, na-na-na ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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...♪

( music fades )

Okay, kids, that's a take.

( cheering, laughing )

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 cookiestoo?

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 crack anymore, right?

No, so it will.

Look, every group has its own sound,

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

( squeaking ): Right, Greg.

Hear that? He's playing our song.

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