54-40 and Fight

Season 1, Episode 15, Aired
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The Brady family learns that a trading stamp company is going out of business. A fight breaks out over who should get all of the saved stamps, the boys or the girls. If the girls get them, they plan to buy a sewing machine. If the boys get them, they plan to buy a rowboat. But who will get them? The winners are decided in a match to build a house of cards.moreless
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  • Pretty bad TV, I don't really wonder why this series struggled in the ratings.

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    By Mac-Ale, May 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    The Brady boys and girls must decide what to get with their combined books of trading stamps. Hilarity does not ensue.

    A fairly standard episode for season 1, and an example of a rare exception where the first season is the weakest on a series. The "problem" in this episode is a small one, what should the kids get with their trading stamps, with the boys and girls disagreeing. What's unpleasant is that while Mike and Carol fawn over the children and their feelings, they have no real desire to step in and make any kind of decision, therefore forcing a "contest" of building a house of cards to settle the trouble (even this low grade solution is Alice's idea). The first season trivia is lessened a little later in the series as the kids grow up - at least at this point, the children have more complex situations - friends, dating difficulties etc. that make the episodes more interesting. This episode ranks with those that deal with the "crushing" problems of missing dolls, what pediatrician to use, or if Jan is really allergic to the family dog. I sometimes wonder what Sherwood Schwartz wanted this series to be, other than trading on the movie "Yours, Mine, and Ours". The bland adults and kids are actually a step backward from earlier shows like" Leave it to Beaver" or "My Three Sons".moreless

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  • A sewing machine!?! You gotta be kidding me; This means war!

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    By Dirk4MVP, Jul 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    I mean it! Why in the heck would you want to buy a sewing machine? I mean, of course, its a girls thing, and I'm a guy, so what? But a row boat can be used for the entire family. It can be used to have fun and for everybody to ride. You don't find five boys using sewing machines. Sewing machines are boring anyway. Right? Aren't I right? Of course I am. (: The storyline was average, I wish there were food stamps this day, its better than using real money, but nope, no more food stamps. Oh well. The quest to see who would pick what to do with the food stamps was dumb. If Marhsa's bracelet made the cards fall down, it should count because she was crazy enough to wear it. Greg's incident was different. It was an accident/ He had no idea that Tiger was gonna come inside and ram into his behind and force him to knock the house of cards down. The girls cheated!moreless

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    • When it's Jan's turn for the house of cards, when they show the card that she's about to put down in a close-up shot, it's the ace of spades. But then when they have the camera showing Jan about to put the card down, it changes to the 5 of clubs. But when they show the close-up of the card, it goes back to the ace of spades. Edit
    • The scene of Alice giving Tiger a bath is the exact same footage of her used in the previous allergy episode "Katchoo." Edit
    • Could Greg really have known that it was a color TV just by looking at it? There was no marked box, and no tags or stickers to indicate that it was any different than the more common black and white sets. Edit

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    • This episode is parodied in A Very Brady Sequel. Edit
    • The "house of cards" scene was filmed over two days, and the people in charge weren't very careful about everyone dressing the exactly the same way both filming days. Watch and you'll notice Peter's shirt change colors--twice--and Jan's hair go from ponytail to bobby-pinned. It's very obvious and amazingly, the editors let it slip by. Edit
    • Nitpick: Marcia stresses over the possibility that her charm bracelet could knock down the house of cards. Why didn't she just remove it? Edit

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    • Cindy: Me first! Bobby: Why you? Cindy: 'Cause I'm a lady! Bobby: Aaaawwhhhh Cindy: I am a lady, if you say I'm not, I'll bop you! Edit

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    • Alice: That's like asking Garcia if he's got any messages. This comes from "A Message to Garcia", an 1899 literary work by Elbert Hubbard which, with over 40 million copies published, had a larger circulation than any other literary venture has ever attained during the lifetime of an author. Edit

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