And that's why Kay acted the way she did towards the kids. She was there to do one thing....perform her job as housekeeper, not get involved with what the kids (like playing checkers with Bobby and Cindy or basketball with Peter and Greg, or even dance to music with the girls) or even Mrs. Brady (she invited Kay to watch TV with her) do. Also, Kay felt that it wasn't nice the way the kids treated Alice, which purely explains her demeanor. Kind of like giving the kids the cold shoulder treatment. There is a segment on here with Kay in it.

@@MK-el6fr She did it to teach them a lesson. Just goes to show they were no better off than they were with Alice.

Couple of interesting facts about this episode. 1. This is one of two episodes where Mr Brady did not appear. The other episode was the last one where Bobby sold Greg hair tonic which made his hair turn Orange. The reason Mr Brady did not appear in that episode was he did not like the way the script was written and totally disputed it with the production staff. Therefore, Mr Brady got written out of it. 2. There was a scene cut out from the episode (and I think it can be seen on DVD version of this show) where Bobby and Cindy were going over to swim nude at a neighbor's house. Alice opened up their robes and was shocked seeing the kids naked. She made them go put on a bathing suit. 3. The manager in the diner scene appeared on the show before. First time was during the second season where the boys broke a vase (Remember Bobby saying "Mom says don't play ball in the house?") And they bought glue from a hardware store. The actor played the hardware store clerk who sold the boys the glue. The 2nd time was (also in the 2nd season) where the actor played the clerk at a magic shop who sold a magic kit to Peter (it was the same episode where Cindy was afraid to go to sleep because she saw a kid disappear in a cabinet at a birthday party she attended....remember the disappearing cabinet scene?). My Brady Bunch unknown facts for the day

I love the scene when Carol rips Greg and Marcia a new one when the truth is revealed. '''I'm afraid sorry isn't good enough.. sometimes when you push people too much, you can't bring them back again'''! So true Carol !

The kids didn't write the script. They just did what they were told and acted. 😂

They deserved Kay!

They learned their lesson and apologized to Alice!

Well, the point of the show was to teach lessons. You have to mess up first to do so ...

She just plays her part effortlessly and believably!

Nope. They hired a replacement.

They hired Kay, a more boring replacement. Lol

Yes

One of the more heartwarming and heartbreaking 💔 episodes of season 4 Alice was incredible love the Brady bunch ❤😊

😊❤️ Yeah she loves those kids like they were her own and that family was her family. I wonder what would have happened if Mike would have happened if Mike was in the episode and how he would have reacted if he knew how the kids were treating Alice? I’m thinking he would have been furious, I mean Alice was hired and was there for Mike and his boys not long after Mike lost his first wife and long before Carol and her girls became part of the family.

Oh hell Yeah! He would have pissed!

Punishment was a little harsh. Everybody makes mistakes. Irl, Carol would have asked her kids to remember to shut it off when finished.

​@@MisterMikeTexasplus record players are supposed to shut off on their own at the end of the record.

@@JordansMom769 But the phonograph could have been connected to a main soundsystem, with its own power switch. Still, a reminder to shut it off should have been good enough.

It makes me sad the executives approved this script! Not like the Brady kids at all.

Omg me too. They treated her like family and she was a live in. Don’t get much better!

I agree first of all Alice definitely is a loyal friend to the girls and the guys and when she walked in the room, she should knock I mean geez you don’t know what’s going on number two she explained it and apologized. I said oh she just asked me who was playing it and I said you were playing it listening to your favorite album. I didn’t know you were gonna get in trouble right there let it go.

California has really accelerated into hell since the early 70's as well.

or the sick aunt in Seattle!!

@@kaitiscarlett9022 Was that Downhill Em? I can't remember!

@@carrieheffernan1685 Something like that. This is the second of two episodes in which Alice tries to quit and makes up a fake relative story as an excuse.

I don't think so. To each of them, the other never existed!

LOL!

Is that you Cousin Oliver?

And the kids have the right to freeze her out! But kids often don't think things through very well ... and they were taught a very valuable lesson they'd never need to learn again ...

I remember even Clint Eastwood wore one in a movie around the time of this episode

They all seem to, even Mike. Guess Hang Ten was a sponsor?

Flat out ... Mike wouldn't have let her leave. He would have called a family meeting and gotten to the bottom of it ... But then we wouldn't have gotten that great diner scene! I can't even imagine how stupid Mike would have had to behave to fit the story ...

Robert Reed was possibly being a diva over something. I hear he butted heads constantly with the script writers.

Cuz Carol couldn't do shit.

@@loveforeignaccents lol

"If you turn it on, turn it off." It wastes energy and would drive up the electric bill. Also, if it were on all night like Carol said and the noise were disturbing someone who didn't turn it on, they would have to get up and turn it off.

I'm picturing the music ending, the record still spinning, and the needle going around and around that last groove. Not a big deal (well, I suppose it could wear down the needle a bit) but kind of annoying if you don't like it when appliances are left on for no reason.

it was the 70s

And then not being able to use it for a week.. Holy sh**, Carol wasn't playing !

Yeah, no biggie. Let the kids leave *everything* on, 24/7. It'll be fine.

No, he refused to do it because he didn't like the script. Reed thought the whole premise was dumb and that Alice would never just up and quit.

Didn't he become Archie Bunker's neighbor?

@@MisterMikeTexas yep. Only one episode, i think. The Cannon ballers episode.

@@TadRapidly He was a reoccurring character on Archie Bunker's Place, the spinoff.

Probably more than what went on with Mike and Carol to be honest.

@@ThreeLions82 hahahhahahahahha

As loud as Greg and Marcia?

She wasn’t their “servant.” 🙄

Servant? How did you manage to get five thumbs up with such a ridiculous way of describing Alice? She was a member of their family.

Servant!? Alice was no servant. She was a housekeeper but much more than that. She was a friend and part of the family, like an Aunt to the kids. She was very much loved and respected in all episodes-except this one.

Robert Reed agreed which was why he didn't appear in this episode.