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I just thought I'd mention this but Pat Conway was played by Rita Wilson which is Tom Hanks wife. This episode was her very first TV show role back in the early 70s.
Oh, yeah that's asking for trouble lol. So who are the ones that choose the ones that make Varsity at your daughters school? I think it was the Captains who decided at mine.
Yeah, there's no way it was ever done that way. They had coaches and assistants. They chose the teams, not the students. Ever. That scene had me in stitches, it was so off! And Greg and the boys were right. Pat was the best cheerleader.
@@mishaa7263My friends used Herbal Essence or Long & Silky shampoos (although I have vague memories of something that smelled like honey) and washed their hair every day. Less product and not much hair spray hair and little blow drying or chemicals. Clean was the main thing. This was obviously before the big hair 80's and all the products needed to maintain it. I don't remember any other shampoos except for Prell.
Well actually it wasn't to pick the whole squad. All the girls were already cheerleaders. This was to pick the head cheerleader. It's a little confusing why they didn't all wear the same uniform but then they wouldn't have had the previous situation earlier in the episode when Jennifer wanted an opinion on the outfit she was going to wear at the tryouts. Apparently it was a part of who gets picked to try to impress with wardrobe along with the other qualifications. Honestly though Jennifer didn't put a lot into the tryout because she figured she had Greg's vote.
Well, even though the plot was merely so Greg would have a moral dilemma, it's arguably metaphorical of real-life choosing a "head cheerleader". Is it someone who performs the best, is the most popular, or offers "favors" to the ones voting?
It's merely doofy script-writing by middle aged men. A male student judging a cheering competition? Never happened except in "Brady World". Although Phil Dunphy would be fine doing that.
It was the 70s. A lot of high schools were "open concept". This included empowering students by allowing one or two of them to vote on administration-faculty committees (in some cases, even school boards). Many schools did not have weighted grading, meaning that a student who achieved a 4.0 average by taking easy classes would be valedictorian over a student with a 3.99 average who took difficult classes. Some schools did not even have grading, just "teacher evaluations". It was all kind of a joke.
Pat really was the best out of the three. I have to say, though, none of them were "head cheerleader" good lol. Even Rita/Pat, perfectly energetic, became out of breath during her presentation. Then again, though I'm sure an experienced, even real-life cheer captain could have been cast, maybe not having an obvious winner served the plot better😂
Pat definitely had the best moves and, overall, cheering technique. (She lost points as a result of running out of breath and not having the best ending. All she yelled was "Yaaaaaaayy"). Jennifer had better moves than Marcia (Marcia simply skipped up and down), but Marcia had the better cheering technique (Jennifer sounded flat and unenthusiastic). Jennifer had the better ending. ("Who's gonna win, tell me, who's gonna win, yaaaaaaayy, BEARS!") In fact, Jennifer's ending was the best of all. But the winner was definitely Pat, followed by Marcia and then Jennifer.
Both Pat and Marcia would make great cheerleaders. I love Marcias voice better to be understood but i really felt Pat had just a little bit more enusiasm. It was a competition and pat was just a little stronger.
I think Pat actually was a cheerleader in her own life. She was not just acting. It was her specialty. The others were great but Pat was simply better.
All three cheer routines were....very old fashioned!! Imagine these girls and judges reactions to the cheers of BRING IT ON!!!! They would all be shocked!!!🤤🤤🤤
Yeah it's become an industry. 3 of my nieces were in that "industry" I thank my lucky stars my 2 daughters had no interest. Talk about an annoying all day YAWN-fest. No offense intended!
I was a jr high and high school cheerleader in the 70's. We were nothing compared to cheerleaders now, but I know we had way more fun. We had a ball. I'm 61, and I still think about all the fun times I had . I wouldn't trade that to be as competitive as cheerleading is now.
In my honest opinion, Pat Conway was the BEST. Her movements were more controlled and precise. The other girls kind of seemed like they were just jumping around.
Well, we don't really know that, do we? Maybe Jennifer gave out for him, and he still backstabbed her by voting for Pat! Now, THAT would command respect! 😄
If you watched how Greg collected the votes from the others, you would see that the black guy voted for Jennifer, the guy in blue voted for Marcia, and the guy in glasses voted for Pat.
My guess is at sküle, probably under the same tree where Jan and Cindy caught Greg smoking and where Peter punched Buddy Hinton. That seems to be a perennial hot spot for Brady activity. Of course, the shared bathroom sans toilet need not be completely ruled out; it still contained a bathroom sink, right? 😉
I went to HS in the 70s, and the cheerleaders tried out in front of the entire school, not just a few boys. As for cheer captain, the cheer squad decided that among themselves and their coach.
It looks like it wasn't so much how well they jumped or danced or used the pom poms, it was not running out of breath! As an asthmatic I could feel their pain at running out of breath before getting all the words out. Marcia took losing with a lot of maturity. But if he'd picked Jennifer over her I don't think she would've lost so graciously. They cut it off before we saw Jennifer's reaction. But I think we all know what that was going to be.
Me too!!! lol! Crappy quotes like Alices, "my get up and go has got up and went", "pork chops and apple sauce" and "broken down barnacle barge" randomly pop into my head. Why couldn't it be something useful. I am a moron. lol!
This episode of the Brady Bunch is the first time I saw Rita Wilson as Pat Conway. Later, a couple of episodes of Happy Days and 1 episode of Bosom Buddies. Finally, Volunteers with her husband Tom Hanks.
She also played Agnes Platt on an episode of Threes Company. There were hijinks in Jack’s Bistro, i think. She was Larry’s blind date and before she showed up looking very hot, he was afraid she would be a dog because her name was Agnes…she also kicks Jack and thought his name was Zack. Lol!!
Jennifer's routine was real flat. And Marcia messed up the routine twice, saying '...three, four, tell me who's got the score', but the correct verse was, '...three, four, tell me who's gonna score..', and then saying '...say it again, the bears. Say it again, the bears', when the correct verse is '...say it again, the bears. Who's gonna win? The bears.' Pat had the most enthusiasm and energy in her routine. She definitely deserved the win!
....this isn't even a contest....It's *PAT!* (0:55) ...spirited, engaged, enunciates well, cheerful... Marcia's low voice & '...who's really 'Gate...', lost some points (1:43) ...and, Jennifer is LETHARGIC! (2:21) ...Greg, you chose WELL, m'Boy...... (4:13) ....
With six kids I don't know how they kept that house so clean now wasn't doing much planning when she was doing more talking, but she Great at helping the kids with Solving their problems
What I think happened here is that Rita Wilson (Pat) was asked by the producers to do a simulated cheerleading performance. Based on what SHE did, Maureen McCormack and the actress portraying Jennifer were told to purposely tone down their performances to make it believable that Pat was the best? (Notice that Pat went first among the three girls).
Pat Conway was great. Her kicks were high she had precision her voice projected enthusiasm. The other gals voice was too soft, and Marcia' s kicks were low with no Hercky.
I just thought I'd mention this but Pat Conway was played by Rita Wilson which is Tom Hanks wife. This episode was her very first TV show role back in the early 70s.
Wow! Interesting trivia!
Wow, thanks for sharing. I’ll have rewatch.
I knew I recognized her. She's also in MASH at least once.
I knew she looked familiar wowww
Just looked it up , I can definitely see it.
Jan’s secretly thrilled 😂
Her curlers!!🤣🤣
"Marsha Marsha Marsha"
Jan...is hoping..George Glass is one of the Judges.
My daughters high school has 5,000 kids. 300 tried out for Varsity cheer.TEEN BOYS JUDGING is HILARIOUS,SO 70'S.
Oh, yeah that's asking for trouble lol.
So who are the ones that choose the ones that make Varsity at your daughters school? I think it was the Captains who decided at mine.
5,000? That's insane!
Yeah, there's no way it was ever done that way. They had coaches and assistants. They chose the teams, not the students. Ever. That scene had me in stitches, it was so off!
And Greg and the boys were right. Pat was the best cheerleader.
Uh I think it's condescending and sexist for meh or boys to judge girls. Girls have enough on their plate growing up not to be forcefed that too.
@@bongodave13 When I made varsity, the entire student body voted. JV and Pom were judged by a panel.
I miss the 70's.❤
Pat is the legend, the icon, the moment...
Pat is the way we are feelin'!
I’ll bet Tom Hanks didn’t know his wife could cheer like that!😅
Why do think he married her😊
@@hugoweaving6275Because Pat Conway is played by Rita Wilson, his wife.
@jenniferwellman5311 yeah that's right. This episode was actually Rita Wilson's very first TV show role.
Rita was hot for sure.
@@jenniferwellman5311 Hugo was being rhetorical
jan had the best hair!
She really did
why did everyone in the 70's have such beautiful hair what's the secret
@@mishaa7263My friends used Herbal Essence or Long & Silky shampoos (although I have vague memories of something that smelled like honey) and washed their hair every day. Less product and not much hair spray hair and little blow drying or chemicals. Clean was the main thing. This was obviously before the big hair 80's and all the products needed to maintain it. I don't remember any other shampoos except for Prell.
Much more nutrient-rich diets and fewer heavy metals in the water.
@@mishaa7263 Less soy.
Jennifer even cheers in a conceited sounding voice! Haha!
I noticed that!
I wish she would've sounded Ratchet!
If I was in charge of this committee I would’ve stipulated that the tryouts had to be done without clothing.
in the unlikely event of a 3 way tie which did happen. greg should have had a sleep off with the 3 contestants to decide the winner
I am here early to watch this. Rita Wilson played Pat Conway
Oh, wow, good eye!
Now I have to go back and rewatch it😁
Pat was the best. He did the right thing.
I find it odd that the high school allowed the boys to determine which girls made the cheerleading squad.
Well actually it wasn't to pick the whole squad. All the girls were already cheerleaders. This was to pick the head cheerleader. It's a little confusing why they didn't all wear the same uniform but then they wouldn't have had the previous situation earlier in the episode when Jennifer wanted an opinion on the outfit she was going to wear at the tryouts. Apparently it was a part of who gets picked to try to impress with wardrobe along with the other qualifications. Honestly though Jennifer didn't put a lot into the tryout because she figured she had Greg's vote.
Well, even though the plot was merely so Greg would have a moral dilemma, it's arguably metaphorical of real-life choosing a "head cheerleader". Is it someone who performs the best, is the most popular, or offers "favors" to the ones voting?
It's merely doofy script-writing by middle aged men. A male student judging a cheering competition? Never happened except in "Brady World". Although Phil Dunphy would be fine doing that.
It was the 70s. A lot of high schools were "open concept". This included empowering students by allowing one or two of them to vote on administration-faculty committees (in some cases, even school boards). Many schools did not have weighted grading, meaning that a student who achieved a 4.0 average by taking easy classes would be valedictorian over a student with a 3.99 average who took difficult classes. Some schools did not even have grading, just "teacher evaluations". It was all kind of a joke.
Marcia and Jennifer were both terrible! 😂 Pat was great!
1:42 Well, nice to see Marcia know what a Bear is! Go on, 70's Ally!
70's Ally?
I was impressed by Pat, too.
Pat really was the best out of the three. I have to say, though, none of them were "head cheerleader" good lol. Even Rita/Pat, perfectly energetic, became out of breath during her presentation.
Then again, though I'm sure an experienced, even real-life cheer captain could have been cast, maybe not having an obvious winner served the plot better😂
Yeah, the fourth girl must have been REALLY bad!
@@nassauguy48 I never even thought of that hahaha!
Same thought but marcia was the worst lol with her foot work 😂
I am glad they included the fourth girl. She must feel bad, as not even getting one vote, she came in last.
Yeah Pat was good
I thought Pat was best, too. Jennifer's "the bears..." was kind of flat and dull.
I do agree about Jennifer. I feel that she felt that she didn't have to try so hard. She wanted the status symbol.
I wad thinking same no soul😅🤣😂
Pat definitely had the best moves and, overall, cheering technique. (She lost points as a result of running out of breath and not having the best ending. All she yelled was "Yaaaaaaayy"). Jennifer had better moves than Marcia (Marcia simply skipped up and down), but Marcia had the better cheering technique (Jennifer sounded flat and unenthusiastic). Jennifer had the better ending. ("Who's gonna win, tell me, who's gonna win, yaaaaaaayy, BEARS!") In fact, Jennifer's ending was the best of all. But the winner was definitely Pat, followed by Marcia and then Jennifer.
Those Black heels shoes on Marica /Maureen McCormick!
Right!! I want them!!
@@nataliewashington5904 Me too!
I had a pair just like them.
Lol! I think those were called MARY JANES? Someone verify this please? Hugs.
I miss the coool shoes of the 70's. I don't think they were called Mary Janes though. (I could be wrong).
I remember watching this episode when it first came out. I always LOVED their room! 🩷
Pat was the best . She had the big splits and high kicks.
Both Pat and Marcia would make great cheerleaders. I love Marcias voice better to be understood but i really felt Pat had just a little bit more enusiasm. It was a competition and pat was just a little stronger.
Maureen/Marcia had a great voice
I think Pat actually was a cheerleader in her own life. She was not just acting. It was her specialty. The others were great but Pat was simply better.
All three cheer routines were....very old fashioned!! Imagine these girls and judges reactions to the cheers of BRING IT ON!!!! They would all be shocked!!!🤤🤤🤤
Yeah it's become an industry. 3 of my nieces were in that "industry"
I thank my lucky stars my 2 daughters had no interest. Talk about an annoying all day YAWN-fest. No offense intended!
I was a jr high and high school cheerleader in the 70's. We were nothing compared to cheerleaders now, but I know we had way more fun. We had a ball. I'm 61, and I still think about all the fun times I had . I wouldn't trade that to be as competitive as cheerleading is now.
In my honest opinion, Pat Conway was the BEST. Her movements were more controlled and precise. The other girls kind of seemed like they were just jumping around.
Yes! Tom Hanks wife, Rita Wilson, was the best. 😊
Yes, I agree. Her team spirit seemed honest while Marcia and Jen’s was a little contrived imo.
Rita looks amazing today. Damn she’s been around us for a while
I was going to comment on how great Jan's hair looked, till I saw those goofy curlers 😂
Leave Jan alone. 😅😢😂 Everyone always picks on Jan.😅😢😅
@@tammyclay62 Okay. Who do you think I should "pick on" instead? LOL.
@@loveforeignaccents Not Peter. He's sensitive.
@@bongodave13 LOL. Duly noted.
@@loveforeignaccents I feel mean for saying this, but little cousin Oliver never belonged on the show.😪😪🤧
Pat was the best
It's the pantyhose for me! 100%
Oh yes Marcia
Yeah exactly...love Marcia in pantyhose.
@@scallywag325 oh yeah
Greg kept it in his pants.. he was awesome.
Well, we don't really know that, do we? Maybe Jennifer gave out for him, and he still backstabbed her by voting for Pat! Now, THAT would command respect! 😄
Apparently not .. he and Mrs Brady ?
"Not sunglasses,... shades" 😎
If you watched how Greg collected the votes from the others, you would see that the black guy voted for Jennifer, the guy in blue voted for Marcia, and the guy in glasses voted for Pat.
The white guy in the glasses, the white guy in the blue, and the guy in the yellow.
Greg is the only one smiling..the other judges look like they are sitting on a death penalty jury.
You bet your ass Pat was the best. That first girl must have been so bad, they didn’t even film her performance
true but also it wouldn’t fit into the plot.
Maria and Jennifer realllllly needed to work on those jumps 😆
Marcia never had what it takes to be a varsity cheerleader
Some guy named "Corrado" said the same thing about his nephew "Tony" as a varsity athlete as well . . .
@@murphyotoole9014 on account of he had small hands
"you should have seen her at sküle this morning!"
Marcia might have secured Greg’s vote if she offered to fellate him…but she probably already did that dozens of times by then. 😂
@@rsmith7994Where did that occur, in bathroom with no toilet or in Mike and Carol’s bedroom when they were away?
My guess is at sküle, probably under the same tree where Jan and Cindy caught Greg smoking and where Peter punched Buddy Hinton. That seems to be a perennial hot spot for Brady activity. Of course, the shared bathroom sans toilet need not be completely ruled out; it still contained a bathroom sink, right? 😉
@@rsmith7994 Yup. Perfect place for Marcia to spit!
When Marcia was on the bed with her legs crossed with those shoes!
...and those nylons.....
Aww, that was sweet.
Great cheer
I went to HS in the 70s, and the cheerleaders tried out in front of the entire school, not just a few boys. As for cheer captain, the cheer squad decided that among themselves and their coach.
❤I love it
Marsha, my first true love! 😍
0:47 I like how Greg is “spread open” displaying his goods for the girls.
You GO, Marcia!!
Geez! Is that Rita Wilson??
It looks like it wasn't so much how well they jumped or danced or used the pom poms, it was not running out of breath! As an asthmatic I could feel their pain at running out of breath before getting all the words out. Marcia took losing with a lot of maturity. But if he'd picked Jennifer over her I don't think she would've lost so graciously. They cut it off before we saw Jennifer's reaction. But I think we all know what that was going to be.
Geez i remember every word of these cheers 40 friggin yrs later
Me too!!! lol! Crappy quotes like Alices, "my get up and go has got up and went", "pork chops and apple sauce" and "broken down barnacle barge" randomly pop into my head. Why couldn't it be something useful. I am a moron. lol!
Pom poms were so much better back then
I agree. In the 60s and 70s, they were huge. Then they got smaller and smaller.
A friend of mine calls the modern ones Qtips.
Pat was Rita Wilson. She was so cute.
Pat was easily the best choice.
Pat was the best choice in my opinion too !! 😊😊🙂🙂
Pat had the best moves but Marcia had the best Cheer voice. The other girl just had looks.
I'm picturing Julia Louis Dryfus and Courtney Thorne Smith doing the Brady Bunch spoof on Day By Day.
PLOT TWIST: Marsha never had anything to worry about - Greg only had eyes for her, Jennifer be damned.
Haha! 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
Pat really was the best out of the 3
Pat>>Marcia>Jennifer
That's how I scored it too
Pat: perfect performance
Marcia: passable performance
Jennifer: pathetic performance
My 1970 8th grade cheerleading audition went wayyy worse than Jennifers. Watching this brings back that cringe worthy moment. 😂📣
pat conway knocked the other two out the park!
Cheerleading has come a long way!!
Well at least they didn’t get into a hair pulling fight like today
Hilarious teen boys judging cheerleaders. A dream for boys everywhere.
Jennifer sucked. I also saw a Partridge Family episode where she cheated and Laurie took the fall for her. NOT GOOD!
I was a little kid during both shows heydays. The actress played a deceitful girl on both shows. I think she quit acting in the 80's.
Pat was MUCH better than Jennifer and Marcia. Wasn’t Pat played by Rita Wilson?
Yes!
This episode of the Brady Bunch is the first time I saw Rita Wilson as Pat Conway. Later, a couple of episodes of Happy Days and 1 episode of Bosom Buddies. Finally, Volunteers with her husband Tom Hanks.
She also played Agnes Platt on an episode of Threes Company. There were hijinks in Jack’s Bistro, i think. She was Larry’s blind date and before she showed up looking very hot, he was afraid she would be a dog because her name was Agnes…she also kicks Jack and thought his name was Zack. Lol!!
@@Mister_Listener Larry was pretending to be Jack. Agnes slapped both Jack and Larry.
@@RichardGarza-zo9mo lol. Yes!! It is amazing how many lines i remember from that episode. Didnt jack say “….you’ve got real sharp shoes. “? Lol.
Rita Wilson definitely the best cheerleader
Rita Wilson probably cheered in high school. She was the only girl who actually performed like a real cheerleader.
"Whoooooo's got hair on it's ass, the bear"
Jennifer's routine was real flat. And Marcia messed up the routine twice, saying '...three, four, tell me who's got the score', but the correct verse was, '...three, four, tell me who's gonna score..', and then saying '...say it again, the bears. Say it again, the bears', when the correct verse is '...say it again, the bears. Who's gonna win? The bears.' Pat had the most enthusiasm and energy in her routine. She definitely deserved the win!
....this isn't even a contest....It's *PAT!* (0:55) ...spirited, engaged, enunciates well, cheerful... Marcia's low voice & '...who's really 'Gate...', lost some points (1:43) ...and, Jennifer is LETHARGIC! (2:21) ...Greg, you chose WELL, m'Boy...... (4:13) ....
It's TV 1972..lol... it's a life lesson.. fair is fair:)..And what high school has teenage boys judging the cheerleaders😅
Pat WAS the best! I agree!
ah better times.
Pat is _still_ on the squad!
(True story.)
With six kids I don't know how they kept that house so clean now wasn't doing much planning when she was doing more talking, but she Great at helping the kids with Solving their problems
What I think happened here is that Rita Wilson (Pat) was asked by the producers to do a simulated cheerleading performance. Based on what SHE did, Maureen McCormack and the actress portraying Jennifer were told to purposely tone down their performances to make it believable that Pat was the best? (Notice that Pat went first among the three girls).
My skyline high School vote two girls to be head cheerleader and Sheri was the best one for Head cheerleader for 1977-78
But wait
Who was the fourth vote?
There are four judges why was there a three way tie.
Pat was the best, very energetic. I wanted to be a cheerleader.
Pat conway is rita wilson
Pat Conway did her thing!
I couldn't tell any difference between the three cheers and I thought they were all bad.
OMG Rita Wilson!!
Lol
I wonder if Jan feels unappreciated in this episode.🥺
Greg was banging EVERYBODY at the Try Out - including Marcia and his fellow judges. 😊
Greg was not bi.
@@cocoaorange1 You are right - Greg was not Bi. 😊 Greg was actually - Try. 😊 He'd try anything !!!
Pat was the best hands down
Notice how Greg is the only one on the panel smiling or showing any emotion at all? The other guys acting like judging cheerleaders is a chore.😅
Was Marcia TRYING to be bad? If so, she nailed it.
And didn't Jan try out for Pom Pom girl in Junior High cause Marcia didnt make it? She better not judge Greg!
Pat was the best in all honesty, the other 2 auditioned like they didn't care
Pat by far was the best but still S-U-C-K-E-D!
All girls want win for cheers
Im down for pat
pat conway is rita wilson
U call that cheerleading where r the flips cartwheels and summersults
Pat Conway is Rita Wilson (:
Tom Hanks wife 😊
Pat was the best.
Lolol
Pat Conway blew the others away. She had the energy. Jen barely tried and Marcia was overly breath-y.
Jan was wearing shoes sitting cross-bow on the bed. 😔
There were 4 judges, how did 3 contestants get a 3 way tie? Pat was the clear winner.
Rita Wilson!!
So hilarious… go Bears
Say it again!
Pat Conway was great. Her kicks were high she had precision her voice projected enthusiasm. The other gals voice was too soft, and Marcia' s kicks were low with no Hercky.
I like Pat Conway the best.