Marcia had a right to be upset. i mean, when Greg told his parents that the cigarettes that fell out of his jacket weren't his, Mike and Carol believed him IMMEDIATELY.
@@ihaveinsomnia1 He was, but when confronted he didn't lie about it. And when he STOPPED smoking his parents believed him even though a pack of cigarettes fell out of his jacket. They didn't give Marcia the benefit of the doubt until AFTER she told them off. Heh, can't believe I can almost get worked up over an episode of the freaking Brady Bunch! Worse when I was a little kid and wanted to confront Mike and Carol... "Hey, where's Tiger? You've been keeping his empty house in the backyard for half a decade, but where's the dog??"
Poor Jenny. She did nothing wrong and she got uninvited to Marcia’s slumber party. ( I know she was Re-invited at the end) but the look on her face when Marcia told her “ consider yourself uninvited!” Poor kid
The best part is when Mike goes to talk to principal and he asks "Does Mrs Denton really look like this?" "Yes.....Yes she does" Robert Reed and EJ Marshall worked together on The Defenders
“And if you don’t believe me either, I don’t want a party! Or anything from you!” “Consider yourself UNINVITED!” Maureen McCormick was going for the Emmy on this episode.
I think the actress who played poor Jenny Wilkes was Sherwood Schwart's daughter. She also played Greg's girlfriend who had the frog land on her head at the Drive-In.
The one thing that I noticed was how much older she appeared to look than Marcia. Almost like Marcia was still in grammar school and Jenny was in high school.
Marcia didn't even ask Jenny about the writing under the drawing. The evidence she has is all circumstantial and Mike already explained to the kids about circumstantial evidence and how innocent people get punished for something they didn't do. The principal did have solid evidence linking the misdeed to Marcia but Marcia didn't have anything linking it to Jenny. And Mr. Randolph did allow Marcia to tell her side of the story even though he didn't believe her.
That's right. Marcia didn't even tell Jenny why she was uninviting her to the party. She was upset over how she was treated but she treated Jenny far worse.
@@jaengen Weren't the morals lessons in those episodes awesome? The principal made an assumption about Marcia which was wrong and Marcia turned around and did the exact same thing with her friend Jenny!
I remember this episode I felt so bad and sorry for Marcia that she was accused of something that she didn’t do i believed her and I knew she was telling the truth I’m glad the slumber party was still on
A similar situation happened in the Season 3 Full House episode “Just Say No Way” where Jesse jumps to conclusions saying that DJ was drinking at her school dance but it turned out that she really wasn’t
@@hunhun23 True. One difference: At least she realized her error concerning Jenny when she found out that Paula did it, unlike Mike and Carol who jumped to conclusions on Marcia.
@@tylerwilliamson7128 Me three to the POWER OF INFINITY!!! Jesse TICKED ME OFF TO ACCUSE DJ!!! UNLESS STOMACHS HAVE TEETH THERE IS NO WAY DJ WAS DRINKING!!!
Marcia’s friend, Paula did the printing underneath the drawing but it was only for Marcia to see for a laugh. She didn’t mean to get Marcia in trouble.
Still a good story after all these years. And it was great to have Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall reunited for this episode after their work together on "The Defenders". Thanks so much for sharing it. When I was a kid watching it, Maureen McCormick's realistic scene at 2:28 got to me and made me feel sad for Marcia.
When TV Guide would give a summary of each upcoming episode of the Brady Bunch, for this episode, they didn't say anything about Marcia or the slumber party- they just said, "This episode reunites Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall..."
@@TnseWlms That was probably around the time when "The Defenders" was better known than the two and remained popular in syndication. And "The Brady Bunch" was still a relatively new show at the time.
Robert Reed's daughter, Karen and Florence Henderson's daughter, Barbara also appeared in this episode. They played Marcia's classmates who attended her slumber party.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Maybe "The Brady Bunch" was much more of a family affair (no pun intended) for the producer and actors than a TV show for the fans. From what I've read, Florence Henderson's and Sherwood Schwartz' daughters also appeared in a couple of episodes for the show's last season. And as a side note, Michael Lookinland's brother played an adopted child for the proposed spinoff "Kelly's Kids" around that time. Just as I said, a family affair on "The Brady Bunch":)
@@TheAverycross You forgot about Christopher Knight's father, Edward , played a game show host on one episode where Bobby Brady was trying to win a contest on a TV game show.
I did a side by side comparison of the drawing with a picture of George Washington. Some of it resembles him but some of it doesn’t. Looks more like him if he was overweight. Mike: Mr. Randolph, does Mrs. Denton really look like that? Randolph: Unfortunately, yes. Unfortunate for who? Marcia or Mrs.Denton.
It'll come back one day. Everything has been done and so styles, patterns and tastes are cyclical. Every kind of designer looks into history to see what would be new and interesting to market to a generation that's never seen it before.
It is still available....special order. When they redid the original Brady house to look like the sets for the show, they came across that same problem. But they got it!
What is so illogical about another person adding the comment at the bottom of the drawing? Really, it takes that much deep thinking to realize how that might have happened? And the parents too? I can just see teachers now accusing kids of this sort of thing and how far they'd get.
I love that phone that Jenny was using!! An olive green Trimline phone with the dial in the receiver. How could Marcia not be friends with someone who had a phone like that?
The girl who Marcia uninvited to the party went on a date with Greg in a later episode. And on that date, she ended up with a frog on her head! Stay away from those Bradys....
On another note, this episode enabled a reunion between the two former stars of "The Defenders": E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed, who had played father and son attorneys.
As attorneys, it seems they were too willing to jump to conclusions. They have known better. No wonder they later found employment as a teacher and an architect.
4:03 GEE WHIZ, that was low, even for Marcia! It's not like Jenny framed her for something she didn't do! I mean, did Marcia even have any proof that it was Jenny?
In "The Bradys in the White House", the resigning U.S. president was named Randolph, probably after this principal, who was played by E.G. Marshall who was typecast into playing U.S. presidents.
He only played THREE presidents. Cleveland, Truman and Eisenhower and those parts were spread out over a 35 year period! He was hardly typecast. He had a long and illustrious acting career where he played many different roles. From one of the jurors in 12 Angry Men to one of the grandfathers in Christmas Vacation to Attorney General John Mitchell in Nixon!
Mr. Randolph, I can understand discipline as much as anyone else. Punishing innocent people is how people in cities and states for crimes they never committed is how the government gets sued. How about going to the class and asking the class about the situation and see if the person is will come forward and admit what they did. Save many situations.
Marcia did exactly what the Principal did. Jump to conclusions without all the facts. All set up for a very moral ending, as only the Brady Bunch can do.
You mean like what these undisciplined and deeply disturbed kids are doing nowadays? Imagine a time in this country when very few kids were bullied and the ones who were weren't so traumatized from it that they resorted to sue*a*side and the worst thing that kids did back then if they decided to act up was talk in class, pass notes, throw spitballs or maybe put a "kick me" sign on some poor unsuspecting doofus if he was really bad. Those days are long gone now unfortunately and now we have only have a future generation filled with sociopaths and degenerates to look forward to. So much has changed in only 50 years, it's crazy.
@@martymcfly5764 This comment could have been written nearly half a century ago and it would have reflected how adults felt about the "latest" generation of kids.
Mike went to talk to Mr. Randolph. Mr. Randolph showed Mike the paper. Mike said that he can't confirm if the drawing and the print underneath it was done by Marcia but the name and the class at the top of the paper is definitely Marcia's handwriting.
She did say it was her handwriting and her drawing but she had said, she never wrote down her teacher's name nor the word hippopotamus. No offense to the character Marcia, but it is kind of hard to believe a student when they admit to almost 100% of what they did but then say that it isn't what they did.
I don't think "jerks" is the word I'd used. Maybe they were being a bit biased toward the principle based on him being a "responsible man", as in not being one to just put off onto the kids without having a strong reason.
@@retroguy9494 Yes Mr Brady. Gets itching powder dumped all over his when the boys intend it to happen to the girls coming to the party........ Let's just spoil the hell out of this episode.
0:06 Hey!! It’s E.G. Marshall, the former 12 Angry Men actor, portraying principal J.P. Randolph!! He has always been a terrific actor especially when he starred in The Defenders with Robert Reed.
Maureen is a wonderful actress. To be able to cry and show that kind of emotion as a young girl on a TV set and stay in character had to be difficult....
Maureen McCormick wrote in the book she wrote it was very easy for her to cry on camera. She was not happy in her real home life and when thinking about that she could cry for real
I had a student who almost got expelled for a situation she never did in the first place. I solved the mystery on the day before she almost got expelled. One: the signature was false and two(thanks to me): THE DATE WAS FALSE. When the counselor and the principal found out, the expulsion was PURRMANENTLY ADJOURNED and the girl got a MAJOR APOLOGY TO THE POWER OF INFINITY!!! I know that girl felt she got VICTORY!!! ALSO SHE GOT READMITTED.
you used to detective skills just like batman and i am a huge fan of batman myself i still have some comic's stored away i would sell them cause they can be worth something
@wonderwoman5732 yeah how about you were you a comic book reader and collector to cause I got some batman comic's and i got one were he even meets spawn to
Well this episode seems incomplete considering how MR. RANDOLPH apparently skated through unpunished, when he's responsible for all the suffering in this episode - Marcia's lost party, Paula's lost invite, Mrs. Denton's (apparently) lost self-esteem - they're all his fault!
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 Well Paula SAID she wrote the remark. She was never seen or caught doing it. And after Marcia chews her out, Paula volunteers to go to Mr. Randolph herself to confess, without being asked. Sounds like Paula and Randolph were in cahoots...!! Randolph put her up to the deed and Paula volunteered to confess knowing she'd get no punishment. Very crafty...
You very obviously were not in school back in the 1970's. Assumptions were made all the time and innocent kids got punished for it. I know because I was a victim of that many times.
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 It WAS simpler in a lot of respects. You're no spring rooster and neither am I. You have to remember back way back in the day. It's just that certain things were NOT simpler. Like the ways schools handled problems. Like back then, if a kid got bullied in school by multiple kids, they thought something must be wrong with the kid BEING bullied and he was looked at as the disruptive one. Today, we know better.
@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89 The thing about detention, is that people can do their homework and studying while school is still on their mind. Now making them do some janitorial work or helping a teacher might be more effective.
as a parent myself, I would side with my son first before taking someone else’s word over my child. His teachers always raved about what he good student he was and always well behaved. He’s grown now, will be 20 this year. Even his bosses at his work love him.
I would absolutely believe her you can tell by our mannerisms her answers come on principal and this is a famous actor. By the way I don’t know why he ended up on our Brady Bunch episode. This guy is like a classical Shakespearean actor lol but obviously didn’t look like George Washington, but her answers were absolutely succinct and she’s obviously straight student. I would’ve taken that picture ripped it up and said just be careful little lady have a good day. I mean it’s an episode you better watch but in real life I would’ve ripped it up. There’s no way I would punish this girl. You can tell. She’s telling the truth . 😀
Pretty harsh even for back then. I'd only have her stay an hour for one day & write "I will be respectful to my teacher". Especially since Marcia was already a good student. I know I had to write "I will not talk in class" like 100 xs, lol
The teacher was the troublemaker! She had no business snooping in Marcia's desk. Even if she was cleaning you DO NOT read other people's things! Carol had no business telling Marcia her party was off. When something like that is planned you do not cancel it! Marcia did nothing wrong and her parents still believed a stranger over their own daughter!
My Junior year English teacher _would_ read our journals. It was part of the grade.... I think the teacher _would_ have a right to inspect the desks of her class room to make sure nothing "illegal" were being kept in them.
What planet are you from? Students don't own school property. And those desks would have been shared by several students during the day. Teacher has every right to inspect things in a classroom.
Ah, back when parents believed the school over their kid and actually expected their kids to have respect for authority, and there were consequences when you didn't. Mike and Carol didn't even sue the school or march down to the principal to insist that their precious little angel would never have done something like this.
Yep. Now wonder some adults hated their childhoods! I wouldn't blame them one bit if they grew up to get laws passed calling some of this shit "child abuse". Naturally, they go overboard in the other direction.
What a student says about a teacher on her own time shouldn't really be any of the school's business. Obviously, in the real world students gossip with each other all the time about that sort of thing and exchange drawings like that and usually no one is the wiser. The fact that the school and the teacher found out about this particular communication shouldn't change that really. Mrs Denton or the principal should have just tossed the drawing and forgotten the whole thing. Or maybe quietly discussed the issue with Marcia without punishing her. This isn't the same thing as being openly disruptive in class.
Marcia had a right to be upset. i mean, when Greg told his parents that the cigarettes that fell out of his jacket weren't his, Mike and Carol believed him IMMEDIATELY.
Would Mike and Carol have reacted differently if Mr. Randolph told them the cigarettes were Greg's? We'll never know.
@@joshtroy344EXACTLY !! They were looking up to Authority back in those days. It was generally trustworthy.
Greg was smoking
@@ihaveinsomnia1 He was, but when confronted he didn't lie about it. And when he STOPPED smoking his parents believed him even though a pack of cigarettes fell out of his jacket. They didn't give Marcia the benefit of the doubt until AFTER she told them off. Heh, can't believe I can almost get worked up over an episode of the freaking Brady Bunch! Worse when I was a little kid and wanted to confront Mike and Carol... "Hey, where's Tiger? You've been keeping his empty house in the backyard for half a decade, but where's the dog??"
i think jenny piccolo did it
Jennifer didn’t say Marcia quite enough times. It’s Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.
Lol!😄
I just laughed out loud at this comment 😂
Poor Jenny. She did nothing wrong and she got uninvited to Marcia’s slumber party. ( I know she was Re-invited at the end) but the look on her face when Marcia told her “ consider yourself uninvited!” Poor kid
yeah, LOL, that was harsh!
And who did it? Marsha? :D
That scene made me cry
I felt bad for Jenny. Marcia just jumped to conclusions about who wrote that remark about her teacher.
@tristenmoore1275 yeah all this could have been avoided if they used Detective skills like batman cause this what happens when people get framed
Great episode! Marcia judged her friend the same way she was judged. It really shows we need to get the facts before saying anything.
Who did it?
@@LauRa-re9un Paula admitted to Marcia. Marcia did apologize to Jenny a lot better than Carol and Mike did to Marcia. Marcia reinvited Jenny.
Bingo!
Gee, thank you for explaining the lesson to us. We never would’ve figured it out without you.
Geez, that was COLD. Poor Jenny
maybe Forrest Gump could invite Jenny to his party , he always loved Jenny
The best part is when Mike goes to talk to principal and he asks "Does Mrs Denton really look like this?"
"Yes.....Yes she does"
Robert Reed and EJ Marshall worked together on The Defenders
“And if you don’t believe me either, I don’t want a party! Or anything from you!”
“Consider yourself UNINVITED!”
Maureen McCormick was going for the Emmy on this episode.
That's funny lol 😂
She was a good actress
This was a well written episode. I particularly liked the confrontation scene between Carol, Mike and Marcia.
I think the actress who played poor Jenny Wilkes was Sherwood Schwart's daughter. She also played Greg's girlfriend who had the frog land on her head at the Drive-In.
Yes she is. Hope "Sherwood" Juber.
Hope Juber was a terrible actress.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hcWhy do you hope she was a terrible actress? 😃
@@Stephen10528 She said her lines like she was reading a newspaper. Nepotism.
The one thing that I noticed was how much older she appeared to look than Marcia. Almost like Marcia was still in grammar school and Jenny was in high school.
4:07 Marcia Brady You're In Big Trouble Mister
To be fair, Marcia may have gotten in trouble for something she didn't even do, but she didn't have to roast Jenny like that!
But Jenny wasn’t the one who set her up.
It was a good roast tho. she set her up, then knocked her down😂❤
@@JamesJones-zq7pcJames is right. It was Paula, not Jenny.
@@jenniferhansen3622 Paula was the one that did it? another friend?
@@LauRa-re9un Yes. Marcia assumed it was Jenny, but it was Paula.
Marcia didn't even ask Jenny about the writing under the drawing. The evidence she has is all circumstantial and Mike already explained to the kids about circumstantial evidence and how innocent people get punished for something they didn't do. The principal did have solid evidence linking the misdeed to Marcia but Marcia didn't have anything linking it to Jenny. And Mr. Randolph did allow Marcia to tell her side of the story even though he didn't believe her.
That's right. Marcia didn't even tell Jenny why she was uninviting her to the party. She was upset over how she was treated but she treated Jenny far worse.
@@alondralabute2310 true Jenny probably thinks Marcia’s off her meds again
Well said.
This is why people should always use Detective skills just like batman cause I was a comic collector and reader myself
Mike knows a thing or two about circumstantial evidence.
#TheDefenders
I was always so happy for Marcia, when her mom told her the slumber party was back on!!!
I wasn’t, after how she treated poor Jenny.
@@jaengen Weren't the morals lessons in those episodes awesome? The principal made an assumption about Marcia which was wrong and Marcia turned around and did the exact same thing with her friend Jenny!
i was happier for the boy's..... now they can have THEIR fun ! 😆👍👻💀🕷️
I remember this episode I felt so bad and sorry for Marcia that she was accused of something that she didn’t do i believed her and I knew she was telling the truth I’m glad the slumber party was still on
A similar situation happened in the Season 3 Full House episode “Just Say No Way” where Jesse jumps to conclusions saying that DJ was drinking at her school dance but it turned out that she really wasn’t
@@chrispleasantableyep I remember that episode to
I REMEMBER THIS TOO AND I FELT BAD FOR MARCIA BUT SHE DID THE SAME THING TO HER BEST FRIEND JENNY AND THAT WAS NOT NICE
@@hunhun23 True. One difference: At least she realized her error concerning Jenny when she found out that Paula did it, unlike Mike and Carol who jumped to conclusions on Marcia.
@@tylerwilliamson7128 Me three to the POWER OF INFINITY!!! Jesse TICKED ME OFF TO ACCUSE DJ!!! UNLESS STOMACHS HAVE TEETH THERE IS NO WAY DJ WAS DRINKING!!!
Marcia’s friend, Paula did the printing underneath the drawing but it was only for Marcia to see for a laugh. She didn’t mean to get Marcia in trouble.
Marcia proclaiming her innocence reminded me of Murder She Wrote. A murder occurs, and the cop on the case accuses the wrong person.
Still a good story after all these years. And it was great to have Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall reunited for this episode after their work together on "The Defenders". Thanks so much for sharing it. When I was a kid watching it, Maureen McCormick's realistic scene at 2:28 got to me and made me feel sad for Marcia.
When TV Guide would give a summary of each upcoming episode of the Brady Bunch, for this episode, they didn't say anything about Marcia or the slumber party- they just said, "This episode reunites Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall..."
@@TnseWlms That was probably around the time when "The Defenders" was better known than the two and remained popular in syndication. And "The Brady Bunch" was still a relatively new show at the time.
Robert Reed's daughter, Karen and Florence Henderson's daughter, Barbara also appeared in this episode. They played Marcia's classmates who attended her slumber party.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Maybe "The Brady Bunch" was much more of a family affair (no pun intended) for the producer and actors than a TV show for the fans. From what I've read, Florence Henderson's and Sherwood Schwartz' daughters also appeared in a couple of episodes for the show's last season. And as a side note, Michael Lookinland's brother played an adopted child for the proposed spinoff "Kelly's Kids" around that time. Just as I said, a family affair on "The Brady Bunch":)
@@TheAverycross You forgot about Christopher Knight's father, Edward , played a game show host on one episode where Bobby Brady was trying to win a contest on a TV game show.
The actor playing the principal is E.G. Marshall. He was in the first film version of "12 Anger Men."
I also remember a scene in which Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall meet, and the latter acknowledges that the drawing does look like the teacher.
i remember that! Still hillarrious.
Yep......that true dude!
Mike: Mr. Randolph, does Mrs. Denton really look like that?
Randolph: Unfortunately, yes.
That's the best part!! Reed and EG Marshall worked together on The Defenders
networks always seem to cut that part 😡
I did a side by side comparison of the drawing with a picture of George Washington. Some of it resembles him but some of it doesn’t. Looks more like him if he was overweight.
Mike: Mr. Randolph, does Mrs. Denton really look like that?
Randolph: Unfortunately, yes.
Unfortunate for who? Marcia or Mrs.Denton.
Marcia should have taken a piece of paper and drawn a bowling bowl then put the principals name on it and gave it to him and said I’m out d$&k.
That principle was a naval prosecutor in the Caine Mutiny
Also the President in Superman 2!
Wish that one could find the flowered wallpaper and curtains in the girls room today
It'll come back one day. Everything has been done and so styles, patterns and tastes are cyclical. Every kind of designer looks into history to see what would be new and interesting to market to a generation that's never seen it before.
It is still available....special order. When they redid the original Brady house to look like the sets for the show, they came across that same problem. But they got it!
Which one?
What is so illogical about another person adding the comment at the bottom of the drawing? Really, it takes that much deep thinking to realize how that might have happened? And the parents too? I can just see teachers now accusing kids of this sort of thing and how far they'd get.
Reminds me of Murder She Wrote. A murder occurs, and the cop on the case accuses the wrong person.
I know right. Kids share the same desk and there’s no lock to protect its contents.
It was her hand writing .... at least it _looked_ that way..........
I love that phone that Jenny was using!! An olive green Trimline phone with the dial in the receiver. How could Marcia not be friends with someone who had a phone like that?
They were called "Princesses" in my day.
They were made for hanging on the wall, too.
The girl who Marcia uninvited to the party went on a date with Greg in a later episode. And on that date, she ended up with a frog on her head! Stay away from those Bradys....
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
Spoiler alert!!! It wasn't Jenny, it was Paula!! I've seen this episode too many times.😅
It's been spoiled long ago on the board.
I was always taught you don't see them do it don't accuse them it
Huh?
the little lights aren't twinkling clark ! 😂.....he was great in creepshow with the bugs 😳
It’s crazy seeing E.G. Marshall playing a principal on The Brady Bunch. A talented dramatic actor.
It was to reunite him with Robert Reed. They starred together on The Defenders
christmas vacation and creep show...."bastards" 😂
Mr Randolph was in Creepshow. He was the weird rich guy who got inundated with cockroaches.
E.G. Marshall , fantastic actor.
Wow I didn't know that
Yes, I remember! The dude with the bad OCD with the communications controller. "Let me call you back...I have this bug problem!' LOL
@@retroguy9494 That's him 😂 😂
Also Christmas Vacation
On another note, this episode enabled a reunion between the two former stars of "The Defenders": E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed, who had played father and son attorneys.
As attorneys, it seems they were too willing to jump to conclusions. They have known better. No wonder they later found employment as a teacher and an architect.
4:03 GEE WHIZ, that was low, even for Marcia! It's not like Jenny framed her for something she didn't do! I mean, did Marcia even have any proof that it was Jenny?
It wasn't Jenny.
@@joshtroy344 Tell that to Marcia!
@@waynemacfarland1546 She knows already...........
In "The Bradys in the White House", the resigning U.S. president was named Randolph, probably after this principal, who was played by E.G. Marshall who was typecast into playing U.S. presidents.
He only played THREE presidents. Cleveland, Truman and Eisenhower and those parts were spread out over a 35 year period! He was hardly typecast. He had a long and illustrious acting career where he played many different roles. From one of the jurors in 12 Angry Men to one of the grandfathers in Christmas Vacation to Attorney General John Mitchell in Nixon!
Pisses me off, Marcia didn't do it and she was blamed for it, Happens to all of us at some time, worst feeling you can get when your not believed
No. Nobody wears their eyeglasses to bed. I'm convinced.
My parents would’ve canceled the party anyway for raising my voice at them.
Mr. Randolph, I can understand discipline as much as anyone else. Punishing innocent people is how people in cities and states for crimes they never committed is how the government gets sued. How about going to the class and asking the class about the situation and see if the person is will come forward and admit what they did. Save many situations.
E.G. Marshall's initials stand for Everybody's Guess, according to him.
I thought it stood for Egotistical Goon.
Well, his real name was Everett Eugene Grunz. So perhaps when he took the stage name, 'Marshall,' the E.G. was for 'Everett Grunz.'
Marcia did exactly what the Principal did. Jump to conclusions without all the facts. All set up for a very moral ending, as only the Brady Bunch can do.
It's not like she threw a chair at the teacher.
LOL, yeah 2023 in da houzzze!!!!
for real
You mean like what these undisciplined and deeply disturbed kids are doing nowadays? Imagine a time in this country when very few kids were bullied and the ones who were weren't so traumatized from it that they resorted to sue*a*side and the worst thing that kids did back then if they decided to act up was talk in class, pass notes, throw spitballs or maybe put a "kick me" sign on some poor unsuspecting doofus if he was really bad. Those days are long gone now unfortunately and now we have only have a future generation filled with sociopaths and degenerates to look forward to. So much has changed in only 50 years, it's crazy.
It looks like there were issues of people getting "easily offended" back then.
@@martymcfly5764 This comment could have been written nearly half a century ago and it would have reflected how adults felt about the "latest" generation of kids.
Why doesn’t Marcia ever say that isn’t her handwriting????? Why doesn’t any adult ask that question????
Exactly. All she has to do is show an example or ten of her usual handwriting. It's not rocket science.
Good point
Mike went to talk to Mr. Randolph. Mr. Randolph showed Mike the paper. Mike said that he can't confirm if the drawing and the print underneath it was done by Marcia but the name and the class at the top of the paper is definitely Marcia's handwriting.
She did say it was her handwriting and her drawing but she had said, she never wrote down her teacher's name nor the word hippopotamus. No offense to the character Marcia, but it is kind of hard to believe a student when they admit to almost 100% of what they did but then say that it isn't what they did.
Marcia could've left her paper unattended and anyone could've written that remark.
Which episode
Mike and Carol acted like jerks and did not believe Marcia at first, but they came around eventually. Does Mr. Randolph ever apologize to her?
Yes, he DOES apologize. And so do Mike and Carol. And Marcia apologizes to Jenny when she finds out it wasn't her either.
@@retroguy9494 thanks, I did not remember Randolph apologizing
I don't think "jerks" is the word I'd used. Maybe they were being a bit biased toward the principle based on him being a "responsible man", as in not being one to just put off onto the kids without having a strong reason.
@@retroguy9494 Yes Mr Brady. Gets itching powder dumped all over his when the boys intend it to happen to the girls coming to the party........ Let's just spoil the hell out of this episode.
NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING AND JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION FIRST
never post in all caps..............
Calm down. It's just a sitcom
marcia is an iconic queen
2:24 Dayum! How could Marica talk her parents like that?😮😮
Jenny must have been left back several times because she's much older than Marcia.
That is George Washington
I guess that Marcia's schoolteacher looked like George Washington.
0:06 Hey!! It’s E.G. Marshall, the former 12 Angry Men actor, portraying principal J.P. Randolph!! He has always been a terrific actor especially when he starred in The Defenders with Robert Reed.
Maureen is a wonderful actress. To be able to cry and show that kind of emotion as a young girl on a TV set and stay in character had to be difficult....
I agree! She was a very skilled actress. All the kids were. Great show!
Jenny got her feelings hurt.
Maureen McCormick wrote in the book she wrote it was very easy for her to cry on camera. She was not happy in her real home life and when thinking about that she could cry for real
That's the dude from Creepshow.
For some reason the thumbnail made me think the principal would be the one to cancel her party lmao
Jenny forgot her pearls that day.
eg marshall and hope sherwood are legends , also always adored this episode
That principal was a real jerk. That’s not enough evidence to convict, unless the additional written remark was exactly in her writing style.
I had a student who almost got expelled for a situation she never did in the first place. I solved the mystery on the day before she almost got expelled. One: the signature was false and two(thanks to me): THE DATE WAS FALSE. When the counselor and the principal found out, the expulsion was PURRMANENTLY ADJOURNED and the girl got a MAJOR APOLOGY TO THE POWER OF INFINITY!!! I know that girl felt she got VICTORY!!! ALSO SHE GOT READMITTED.
you used to detective skills just like batman and i am a huge fan of batman myself i still have some comic's stored away i would sell them cause they can be worth something
@@johnnyboy-ws3we I hear where you are coming from.
@wonderwoman5732 yeah how about you were you a comic book reader and collector to cause I got some batman comic's and i got one were he even meets spawn to
A would be teacher with such poor grammar and spelling, ,none of us can compete with your imagination
@@idrishall6126 Is this statement good use of grammar: "I have got to get home before 5 pm or I will get spanked."
The great E.G. Marshall!!!
I feel bad for Jenny. She looks so sad when talking to Marcia.
In the episode Jenny admits to drawing it and saying how funny it was but didn’t realize the trouble Marcia was in
Jenny Wilton was very forgiving.
Yep. I think she clearly got the rawest deal.
That's what friends do, they forgive each other.
At least she missed the itching powder!
What was that white powder that fell on Mike's head?
@@beachbum777 Flour!
Ha look how far we progress. Such well mannered kids these days and nothing sexual going on in schools.
Poor Jenny the look on her face is so heartbreaking.
Obviously it was Jan who did it
" I don't want a party, or anything ever from you!"
She sure changed her mind about that warped statement, eh?
How was it warped?
Principal asked her if it was her handwriting, and she said "Yes"
Great acting by Florence Henderson. Her look at 2:33 says, "something is not right here and she knows it".
Well this episode seems incomplete considering how MR. RANDOLPH apparently skated through unpunished, when he's responsible for all the suffering in this episode - Marcia's lost party, Paula's lost invite, Mrs. Denton's (apparently) lost self-esteem - they're all his fault!
So, it's Mr Randolph's fault taht Paula wrote that remark on Marca's paper and got her railroaded?
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 Well Paula SAID she wrote the remark. She was never seen or caught doing it. And after Marcia chews her out, Paula volunteers to go to Mr. Randolph herself to confess, without being asked. Sounds like Paula and Randolph were in cahoots...!! Randolph put her up to the deed and Paula volunteered to confess knowing she'd get no punishment. Very crafty...
Is that the President from Superman 2...EG Marshall?
Yall don't know what it's like to slam the phone down on someone and it shows.
😂😂😂 I remember everyone used to do that in the 70s and 80s
Principal would make the news today and be fired!
How is it that no one noticed that the handwriting didn't match?
You very obviously were not in school back in the 1970's. Assumptions were made all the time and innocent kids got punished for it. I know because I was a victim of that many times.
@@retroguy9494 And they called this period "simpler times". Meh.
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 It WAS simpler in a lot of respects. You're no spring rooster and neither am I. You have to remember back way back in the day.
It's just that certain things were NOT simpler. Like the ways schools handled problems. Like back then, if a kid got bullied in school by multiple kids, they thought something must be wrong with the kid BEING bullied and he was looked at as the disruptive one. Today, we know better.
I think 😅
One person is in a big trouble ❤
Yeah. Looks like Marcia has a week of after-school detention for an hour, and no slumber party for her, either.
@@mikesmemoriesfromthepast89 The thing about detention, is that people can do their homework and studying while school is still on their mind. Now making them do some janitorial work or helping a teacher might be more effective.
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 Yeah. Good point.
So Mr Randolph thought the picture definitely looked a lot more like Mrs Denton than George Washington?
1:12 “What you’re saying doesn’t sound logical!” Sounds pretty logical to me, sir.
I got fired from a job for doing something like this. Only there was no Jenny Wilton.
as a parent myself, I would side with my son first before taking someone else’s word over my child. His teachers always raved about what he good student he was and always well behaved. He’s grown now, will be 20 this year. Even his bosses at his work love him.
Poor Jenny! She got roasted for shit that she didn't even do! That wasn't nice, Marcia!
I can't even imagine a school actually disciplining a child these days.
They do, but only if you misgender someone.
@@sylviaisgod6947 Yeah they get sued for pushing kids for something so stupid.
Only the poor students.
I would absolutely believe her you can tell by our mannerisms her answers come on principal and this is a famous actor. By the way I don’t know why he ended up on our Brady Bunch episode. This guy is like a classical Shakespearean actor lol but obviously didn’t look like George Washington, but her answers were absolutely succinct and she’s obviously straight student. I would’ve taken that picture ripped it up and said just be careful little lady have a good day. I mean it’s an episode you better watch but in real life I would’ve ripped it up. There’s no way I would punish this girl. You can tell. She’s telling the truth . 😀
They would believe the principal over their own kid. that's mean. My mom would be on that Principal like a fly.
Karen Mom
@@RichV20 There is a fine balance............. Both sides could have used a little more tact.
It did so look like George Washington. It looked exactly like George Washington. (and it always will look exactly like George Washington!)
Or, Benjamin Franklin, sans eye glasses.
Jenny didn't at least ask why she was uninvited?
From Principal to President of the United States, "They're Creeping Up On You."
Got bugs again huh Mr Prat!
@@billybassman21And Creepshow wasn't E.G. Marshall's only foray into Stephen King. He also played Gramps in The Tommyknockers.
Maybe it's just me, but wasn't the actress who played Jenny the same girl who played Rachel, Greg's date at the drive-in theater in another episode?
I've seen this many, many times and never remembered that the legendary E. G. Marshall played the principle.
PARENTS AND ADULTS, OUR CONSTRUCTION SAYS THAT'S A PERSON INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. WE MUST ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION. ALSO FOR CHILDREN AS WELL.
Parents nowadays would e marching to the school complaining that their kid did no wrong.
Well, back then, some telephoned the school to complain. Different technology, same thing.
Why didn't the principal or her parents check her writing against the writing on the paper?
Pretty harsh even for back then. I'd only have her stay an hour for one day & write "I will be respectful to my teacher". Especially since Marcia was already a good student. I know I had to write "I will not talk in class" like 100 xs, lol
Scandalous!!!
So who did it ?
E.G.Marshall as a guess star! I’m impressed
They should have let the school art teacher decide whether Marcia’s drawing resembled George Washington or not.
Paula did it!!!!
The teacher was the troublemaker! She had no business snooping in Marcia's desk. Even if she was cleaning you DO NOT read other people's things! Carol had no business telling Marcia her party was off. When something like that is planned you do not cancel it! Marcia did nothing wrong and her parents still believed a stranger over their own daughter!
My Junior year English teacher _would_ read our journals. It was part of the grade.... I think the teacher _would_ have a right to inspect the desks of her class room to make sure nothing "illegal" were being kept in them.
What planet are you from? Students don't own school property. And those desks would have been shared by several students during the day. Teacher has every right to inspect things in a classroom.
@@judithrussell2812 Students notebooks do NOT belong to the teacher! Nor does their papers!
Ah, back when parents believed the school over their kid and actually expected their kids to have respect for authority, and there were consequences when you didn't. Mike and Carol didn't even sue the school or march down to the principal to insist that their precious little angel would never have done something like this.
Some real life parents of that era likely would have assumed Marcia was guilty, beat her ass and cancelled the party and asked questions later.
Yep. Now wonder some adults hated their childhoods! I wouldn't blame them one bit if they grew up to get laws passed calling some of this shit "child abuse". Naturally, they go overboard in the other direction.
What a student says about a teacher on her own time shouldn't really be any of the school's business. Obviously, in the real world students gossip with each other all the time about that sort of thing and exchange drawings like that and usually no one is the wiser.
The fact that the school and the teacher found out about this particular communication shouldn't change that really.
Mrs Denton or the principal should have just tossed the drawing and forgotten the whole thing. Or maybe quietly discussed the issue with Marcia without punishing her.
This isn't the same thing as being openly disruptive in class.