Day by Day (TV Series)

A Very Brady Episode (1989)

Christopher Daniel Barnes: Ross Harper

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• Eileen Swift : When I was growing up, this was my favorite show.

  Ross Harper : Oh, it's more than a show, Eileen, it's a way of life. Whenever I have a problem that seems insurmountable, I turn to The Brady Bunch for guidance. Like now, but even they can't help me with this.

  Eileen Swift : What is it?

  Ross Harper : It's the worst history paper ever written. In a cruel twist of fate, I'm it's author!

• Ross Harper : Do you remember my history teacher, Mr. Crutchfield?

  Brian Harper : Remember him? He used to teach me in high school! Old Easy A Crutchfield!

  Ross Harper : The passage of time has turned him into a harsh, embittered man.

  Kate Harper : Ross, what's this all about?

  Ross Harper : He wants you to sign this paper I wrote.

  Brian Harper : I love to read his comments, he always able to say something nice about anything. "Mr. Harper, in my 52 years of teaching, I have experienced many diverse feelings - pride, admiration, satisfaction. After reading your paper, however, I can add a new feeling to the list: nausea. Your liberal use of quotations from the songs of Jon Bon Jovi..." I can't read anymore.

  Kate Harper : "Furthermore, Mr. Harper, I urge you to check your facts. Benedict Arnold most certainly was not, as you assert, the pig on Green Acres." Ross! What have you got to say for yourself?

  Ross Harper : Could you please sign it?

  Brian Harper : How could you turn in such a shoddy piece of work?

  Ross Harper : Well let's keep this in perspective, Dad. You know, for a paper written on the school bus, it's not that shoddy!

• Ross Harper : Channel 22 has been having a Brady Bunch marathon.

  Kate Harper : And you've been watching all of them?

  Ross Harper : Yes! You know, if you miss one of them, you lose the flow!

• Ross Harper : Mrs. Brady! Carol Brady!

  Carol Brady : What in heaven's name are you talking about, Chuck?

  Ross Harper : Ross! Ross Harper!

  Carol Brady : I think playing all that noisy rock and roll music has gone to your head, Chuck.

  Ross Harper : Why do you keep calling me Chuck?

  Carol Brady : Because that's your name. Chuck Brady.

  Ross Harper : You mean I'm your son? I'm a Brady!

• Ross Harper : Where is everybody?

  Carol Brady : Well, Peter and Bobby are working on their science project, Greg is out back fixing his bicycle, Marcia's at cheerleader tryouts, Cindy's at her bake sale, and Jan just ran up to her room and slammed the door.

• Carol Brady : Why don't you take off your robe and get started on the day?

  Ross Harper : Uh no, you see, I wear this robe around the house all day.

  Carol Brady : Now that's not very Brady of you, honey.

  [Ross tears open his robe and gasps as he finds himself in Brady Bunch attire] 

  Carol Brady : There! There now, isn't that better?

  Ross Harper : Does it concern you that I'm wearing high heels?

• Mike Brady : Young man, didn't I ask you to do something about that shaggy mop-top of yours?

  Ross Harper : Uh whoa, Dad, that's sacred ground. I'm not cutting my hair.

  Mike Brady : Who said anything about cutting it? I asked you to get a perm.

  Ross Harper : A perm?

  Mike Brady : All the Brady men have perms! That way our hair doesn't get in our eyes when we're fixing our bikes.

• Peter Brady : Remember Chuck, you're running for president of student council.

  Ross Harper : Oh no, not me! Not Chuck Brady! No, no. No, I don't engage in extracurricular activities.

  Mike Brady : Chuck, I think we have to talk.

  [Ross hears dramatic Brady Bunch music playing but he can't discern the source] 

  Mike Brady : Chuck, I know that sometimes we're afraid of new challenges, but that's what growing up is all about.

  [the music stops] 

  Mike Brady : I'm glad we had this talk.

• Ross Harper : I'm feelin' a little cooped up. Why don't we go to the mall?

  Peter Brady : Mall? What's a mall?

  Ross Harper : You know, it's a place with all these stores, great lookin' girls.

  Bobby Brady : Girls! I'd rather kiss a basketball or a catcher's mitt than any dumb old girl!

• Ross Harper : What do ya say we get on our bikes and we go somewhere?

  Peter Brady : Don't be a turnip-brain, Chuck! We never ride our bikes!

  Bobby Brady : We just fix 'em!

• Ross Harper : You've gotta help me! I'm trapped in the Brady dimension!

• Mike Brady : You got an F?

  Ross Harper : Are you mad?

  Carol Brady : Of course not!

  Marcia Brady : We've all gotten bad grades before.

  Ross Harper : You have?

  Bobby Brady : Why do you think we're all still living at home?

• Mike Brady : Oh honey, look what I dug up out of the attic. My old ukulele. I'm gonna be the cat's meow at that roaring '20s party.

  Carol Brady : Roaring '20s?

  Mike Brady : That's where we all get roaring and act like we're 20!

  Ross Harper : Wait a minute. You said that before.

  Mike Brady : Of course we did!

  Ross Harper : Well then, why did you just say it again?

  Carol Brady : This is a rerun, Chuck!