Comments on: When Breaking a Bone is a Good Thing

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:49:00 +0000

@ Mike -- Aha! Yes, he did bruise a rib or something. I believe playing football. Yeah, here it is (tv.com):

Greg wants to be on the football team, but Carol is against it, fearing that he's going to get hurt. Carol's fears come true when Greg fractures a rib which threatens his first string status. Meanwhile, Bobby gets a camera and begins snapping surprise photos of the entire family.

I couldn't find a reference to a cast either, since I got all kinds of cast (staff) hits while searching.

I'm going to have a Brady Bunch nightmare tonight. Too much Greg on my mind.

By: mike macgirvin

mike macgirvin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:43:00 +0000

A quick Google seems to find Greg with a broken rib somewhere around episode 60. I can’t find any direct reference to an arm cast, but it’s difficult to get through the search noise for ‘cast’ along with anything Brady. I’ve tried ‘broken arm’ but didn’t see anything relevant.

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:39:00 +0000

@ Mike — Now don’t make me crack open my copy of “Growing Up Brady,” which I’m ashamed to admit I own. You’ve made me very, very curious.

By: mike macgirvin

mike macgirvin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:36:00 +0000

As I inferred, the grey cells that were active in that era can’t really be trusted – for a variety of reasons. But I’ve got a pretty good picture of it in my brain and my recollection is that he was wearing a cast on the show because of an injury in real life – i.e. it wasn’t part of the story line.

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:19:00 +0000

Hey, Mike. Well, now you went and made me curious. I did some decent research and only uncovered two accidents that resulted in anything close to a broken bone.

From TV.com:

1. The Big Sprain

Carol is out of town visiting her sick Aunt Mary and Alice is all prepared to take care of the Brady home. However, she sprains her ankle, after tripping on Chinese checkers, putting Mike and the kids in charge of the household duties. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Sam finds himself in a dilemma over whether or not to take someone else to the upcoming Meatcutters Ball.

2. What Goes Up . . .

Bobby has been following Peter and his friends around, wanting to join their tree house club. They finally decide to let him in, but Bobby falls from the tree and sprains his ankle. Mike and Carol buy him a parakeet, to cheer him up, but Bobby soon develops a fear of heights. This prompts the Brady family to go to great lengths to try to cure his fear, including borrowing a trampoline and Greg making stilts.

I can't remember a time that the kids were casted. Although Marcia "Oh my nose!" Brady got pretty close. She did at least require a rather large ice pack for a while.

Thanks for dropping by!

By: mike macgirvin

mike macgirvin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:22:00 +0000

I coulda’ sworn I recalled Greg Brady wearing a cast at some point. Was it Greg? Sigh… Those grey cells are failing. It was the older dude with the curly hair that played guitar and my sister had a crush on.

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:32:00 +0000

@ Maureen — the sad part is that I got the kind of cast that you can’t write on. It was made of some kind of lightweight plastic, not plaster. Major bummer!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:18:00 +0000

And a cast on your head makes it more difficult to watch The Brady Bunch.

Great post. Love the story. I have never broken a bone… always wanted a cast and have everyone sign it.

By: regan

regan — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:10:00 +0000

I actually never have broken a bone, but I’ve been hit in the head with a swing… It hurt. A lot