The Brady Bunch (TV Series) You're Never Too Old (1973) User Reviews

The Great Grandparents

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 18 August 2020]

Carol's grandma is visiting and the kids try to set her up with Mike's grandpa.

A lesser episode with gimmick casting of Robert Reed and Florence Henderson in old age makeup playing the grandparents. Grandma is a "with it" older lady while Grandpa is a stuffy retired judge. Reed and Henderson seem to be enjoying their roles and it does have a few amusing bits.

Totally Lame

[lbowdls · 3/10 · 12 August 2024]

I vaguely remember this episode way back the first time round and I was confused back then, might have been one of those times you either come in late or watch it somewhere else and it seems weird. Well it's weird alright, downright ridiculous. Must have been running out of ideas.

Seems to be the only reason to do this episode was to give Robert Reed and Florence Henderson to do some extra acting. It shows that Robert Reed was indeed a brilliant actor, if I hadn't know he was playing his grandpa I wouldn't have recognized him. He changed his voice and actually sounded old. On the other hand Florence didn't change much, showed a lack of talent and contributed to the lameness. They just meet, don't hit it off, make up, all in a couple of days then decide to get married. Plus we'd never even heard of these characters before and never see them again. So ridiculous even for the Brady Bunch.

MAKE WAY FOR COOL GRAM AND STUFFY GRAMPA!

[tcchelsey · 10/10 · 1 December 2023]

Ben Gershman wrote this "mature" episode, who wrote many stories for JULIA, also MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, the list goes on!

This is Robert Reed and Florence Henderson's show all the way, playing Mike and Carol's grandparents --with lots of fakeup makeup, which ain't that bad.

Carol's gramma' is a hipster, while Mike's grampa' is kind of a stick in the mud.

There's magic in the air, though, as both gradually become attracted to each other, and so the story goes with the usual ups and downs. Robert Reed is especially good at playing an old guy, and has the walk, the mannerisms right down. He must have did his homework!

Bit of trivia is also thrown in; Carol's grandma is from Kentucky (complete with southern accent), which was Florence Henderson's home state.

The big question here.... what happened to Carol and Mike's real mom and dad???? They only turned up, briefly, in the very first episode. That was a missed opportunity.

As usual, Alice has the best lines with the old folks!

From SEASON 4 ABC/Paramount dvd box set.