Ghost Town, U.S.A.

Season 3, Episode 1, Aired
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Part 1 of 3: The kids and Alice have no clue as to what the surprise that Mike and Carol have for them. When Mike and Carol get home, the surprise is revealed as the Bradys have bought a camper and are planning a trip to Grand Canyon. As the Bradys set out for the vacation, en route, the family stops in an old ghost town where an old prospector locks them in a jail cell and steals their car.moreless
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  • The Brady family go on vacation to the Grand Canyon.

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    By Dirk4MVP, Nov 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    It starts out with all the Brady kids sending others downstairs trying to get Alice to tell them what their secret surprise from Mike is. She denies all of them, but Mike comes home soon. He brings home a pop-up camper. Those were cool in the old days, but now we have R.V.'s. Yeah R.V.'s are cooler, but pop-up campers are still great. Then he announces they are going to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The kids go wild. So of course, they are happy. Before they get there, a man gives them directions to a ghost town down the road. The family decides to stay there for the night. But when a man, a crazy man, in my opinion, thinks they are out there to steal his gold claim. He is wrong, but the Bradys are fooled anyway. at first he seems nice. He offers to show them around. Then he tries to prove Jesse James died in that ghost town. He leads them to an old jail. Suspicious. He leads them into a jail cell. Very suspicious! Then we they least expect it, he closes and locks the cell door on them and they are locked out - until the next episode!moreless

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    • I don't see how Mr. Brown could have driven off with the car and the trailer. because if you look at the scene where Mike turns around from looking out the jail cell window, you can see the car key hanging just outside of his pocket. Unless, there were two keys, and one was still in the ignition, then he should have gotten BOTH keys. Edit
    • The Brady's are able to fill up the gas tank of the station wagon and buy soft drinks for six dollars and fifty cents. Edit
    • Alice comments to Zacharia "..Is that the old saloon where you used to 'whoop it up'...?" How old was the prospector, anyhow? This was 1971 and the town was from the 1800s! Edit

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    • Not known about its original air date, but in the latest syndicated reruns, in DVDs, and in YouTube, the Grand Canyon and Hawaii episodes, unlike the other episodes, the nine-square family grid doesn't fill up the screen to indicate that the episode is about to end as it did back in the 80s syndicated reruns. However, there still are short ending epiloges of each part prior to their closing credits. Edit
    • This is the only time we see Jan wearing braided pigtails. Edit
    • The ghost town set in this episode was the same set used for the NBC show Bonanza. Edit

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