A Very Brady Episode

The episode titled A Very Brady Episode aired on February 5, 1989, and reunited six cast members from The Brady Bunch – Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, and Robert Reed.

In this episode, irresponsible teen-aged son Ross (Barnes) is lectured by his parents, Brian (Sheehan) and Kate (Kelsey) about his poor study habits. Ross' explanation that he was watching a Brady Bunch marathon only angers his parents more, and he is warned to shape up. Ross bemoans his predicament, noting Mike Brady would never yell at him because he had flagging grades.

Ross falls asleep, and finds himself in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch. Ross learns that he is the Brady's long-lost son, Chuck. After he gets his hair permed on Mike's suggestion, he visits with the various family members, who reprise some of the scenes in the Bradys' most famous episodes ("Oooh, my nose!", the Buddy Hinton episode, etc.).

After "Chuck" gets some advice about his poor grades from Mike, the family begins to repeat their dialogue. "Chuck" wonders what's amiss, and Mike explains what he's seeing is a rerun. Everything becomes chaotic, and Ross wakes up, vowing to improve his study habits.

Incidentally, Barnes went on to portray Greg Brady in two Brady Bunch feature films -- The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996).

Attribution

• The original version of this article incorporated text from the Wikipedia article Day by Day (TV series).