The Undergraduate

Episode aired Jan 23, 1970
Not Rated
25m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

207

YOUR RATING

Gigi Perreau and Barry Williams in The Brady Bunch (1969)

Comedy Family

Greg makes an "F" on a math test, and Mike and Carol discover it's because he has a crush on somebody named "Linda." They set out to find out who she is, completely unaware that "Linda" is a... Read allGreg makes an "F" on a math test, and Mike and Carol discover it's because he has a crush on somebody named "Linda." They set out to find out who she is, completely unaware that "Linda" is actually his math teacher.Greg makes an "F" on a math test, and Mike and Carol discover it's because he has a crush on somebody named "Linda." They set out to find out who she is, completely unaware that "Linda" is actually his math teacher.

Director
- Oscar Rudolph
Writers
- Sherwood Schwartz
- David P. Harmon
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

207

YOUR RATING

Director
- Oscar Rudolph
Writers
- Sherwood Schwartz
- David P. Harmon
Stars

5User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Dustin Hoffman starred in The Graduate, and in this episode, called The Undergraduate, Marcia mentions him as someone to emulate to hit it off with girls.

Goofs
Miss O'Hara mentions that her "boyfriend" is parking the car, but Mr. Brady consistently refers to him as her fiancé. There's no obvious way Mr. Brady would know this detail about their relationship.

Connections
References The Graduate (1967)

Soundtracks
Theme from 'The Brady Bunch'
Written by Frank De Vol & Sherwood Schwartz
Sung by The Peppermint Trolley Company

User reviews5

Review

Featured review

10/10

GREG VERSUS MCQUEEN, HOFFMAN AND DINO?

No question, the title of this funny episode is a take-off on the GRADUATE, starring Dustin Hoffman. That said, the story was probably inspired by LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.

It's one of those teacher crush sagas, centering around Greg who is not doing well in math class because he's stuck on his pretty teacher, Miss O'Hara, played by popular actress Gigi Perreau.

He doesn't seem to be getting through to her, so he asks Marcia for some urgent advice, who says (with a straight face) you have to be a little like Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman and Dean Martin???

Absolutely amazing.

What straightens Greg out is the appearance of Dodger first base superstar Wes Parker, who plays Miss O"Hara's boyfriend. It's a good bit, and obviously a plug for the Dodgers. Parker was a star player on the team for many years, including the 1965 and 66 World Series, later a baseball announcer for NBC.

Without giving too much away, Greg does survive and next its Marcia's turn... Stay tuned!

Barry Williams again shows what a great actor he is, and thanks to him, makes this one of the classic episodes of the first season.

A Valentines Day fave, written by David P. Harmon, who wrote many episodes for GILLIGANS ISLAND.