“The object for our players is to get three stars in a row, across, up and down, or diagonally. It is up to them to figure out if a star is giving a correct answer or making one up. That’s how they get the square. Each game is worth two hundred dollars, we play a two-out-of-three match, our players play for four hundred dollars, and once a day we play the Secret Square game. We’ll play that game as soon as we complete the one in progress.”
(Typed completely from memory. I wonder what practical use those brain cells could have been put to if they hadn’t been wasted storing that speech all these years.)
I have a question, but I’m not sure anyone can give me the answer. I’ll try anyway… If a two-headed girl is on zoom, does she get one spot or two? Discuss and get back to me.
What’s with the Amish guy in the upper left? Or am I over-interpreting?
I’m playing in an online chess tournament this weekend. In addition to the actual playing interface, they want everyone to have a webcam set up behind them and a little to the side so they can make sure that people aren’t running chess analysis programs on their computers. When the tournament is over, the web cam gets disconnected, and I have no need to use Zoom for anything else.
Peter Marshall: In The Wizard Of Oz, the Tin Man wanted a heart, and the Lion wanted courage. What did the Straw Man want?Paul Lynde: He wanted the Tin Man to notice him
Say, give it up, give it up, television’s taking its tollThat’s enough, that’s enough, gimme the remote controlI been nice, I been good, please don’t do this to meTurn it off, turn it off, I don’t want to have to see……..
There are many familar with The Brady Bunch, but for those like me who experienced it first run once a week at the same age as the characters, it was special. Pig I too was a Jan fan
The constant references from old farts (I mean, respected elders) must have triggered more attention than “Brady Bunch”, “Hollywood Squares”, and later seasons of “Muppet Show” have enjoyed in a long time.
Under 30? How about more than twice that and still had to read the comments to get the reference (not a TV buff). Still don’t get who Marcia is. Or the joke.
Nice….but I’d venture that you’d have to say forty, not thirty…I saw less and less of these kinds of shows in syndication by the early ’80s and the only thing I ever watched by that time was MTV and The Movie Channel…
As you well know, the 9th grade English teacher is over 30, so of course I remember the Brady Bunch. You know you’re old when even your former students are over 30.
It was in syndication well into the 80s and 90s. When my oldest son was about 7 he was describing something to me and then said, “Now here’s the groovy part …”. I said, “Groovy?” He said, “Yeah, that means ‘cool’.” I said, “I know what it means; I just never expected my son to say it!”
WHO WAS RAISING THREE GIRLS OF HER OWN. THEY HAD GOLD HAIR, LIKE THEIR MOTHER, THE YOUNGEST ONE HAD CURLS.By the way I’m 13 so you’re wrong goat. Gen Z still has culture.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Paul Lynde in the center square.
BasilBruce almost 4 years ago
Ann B. Davis has really let herself go.
marilynnbyerly almost 4 years ago
THE BRADY BUNCH made a huge comeback several years back on one of the nostalgia channels, and the kids adored it.
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
Just found out a friend spent eight hours on one zoom call today. He is something of a stolid stick, but geeze!!
Warhaft almost 4 years ago
Love it.
sirbadger almost 4 years ago
Singing about a lovely lady could get you in sexual harassment trouble.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 4 years ago
My sister’s version of that song went, “All of them had hair of green… The youngest one in tangles!”
Templo S.U.D. almost 4 years ago
Even Alfred Yankovic made a song about The Brady Bunch in 1984, but in a way he didn’t want to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUN-D8N_XhE
Bilan almost 4 years ago
At least they didn’t start an argument about Ginger versus Mary Ann.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago
MARCIA MARCIA MARCIA
kaffekup almost 4 years ago
Which ones Toobin?
tudza Premium Member almost 4 years ago
and Paul Lynde!
dadoctah almost 4 years ago
“The object for our players is to get three stars in a row, across, up and down, or diagonally. It is up to them to figure out if a star is giving a correct answer or making one up. That’s how they get the square. Each game is worth two hundred dollars, we play a two-out-of-three match, our players play for four hundred dollars, and once a day we play the Secret Square game. We’ll play that game as soon as we complete the one in progress.”
(Typed completely from memory. I wonder what practical use those brain cells could have been put to if they hadn’t been wasted storing that speech all these years.)
Caldonia almost 4 years ago
Okay, that’s actually cute. And I’m betting people under 30 will get the reference. There’s probably lots of ironic Brady Bunch videos on YouTube.
hariseldon59 almost 4 years ago
If he hadn’t made the reference, one of us would have.
GROG Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’d rather forget that reference if you don’t mind.
macky87 almost 4 years ago
I have a question, but I’m not sure anyone can give me the answer. I’ll try anyway… If a two-headed girl is on zoom, does she get one spot or two? Discuss and get back to me.
blunebottle almost 4 years ago
I’m over 30 and I don’t get the reference.
blunebottle almost 4 years ago
If it’s about the Brady Bunch, that explains it. I always changed the channel when I saw that come on.
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Rat and Pig channeling their Jan!
iggyman almost 4 years ago
Anyone remember when Wally Cox was on Hollywood Squares?
Gent almost 4 years ago
Zoom calls or not, meetings are typically useless.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2fXs3bf-p0
cdward almost 4 years ago
Yes they will because Boomers and Xers have been making that joke at Zoom meetings since April.
CrouchingBruin almost 4 years ago
Wow, all this time I thought the character’s name was spelled Marsha.
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
Would love to see all the PBS Gang on a “Zoom” call ! … Croc Power !
dwane.scoty1 almost 4 years ago
The Biden Bunch?
Kaputnik almost 4 years ago
What’s with the Amish guy in the upper left? Or am I over-interpreting?
I’m playing in an online chess tournament this weekend. In addition to the actual playing interface, they want everyone to have a webcam set up behind them and a little to the side so they can make sure that people aren’t running chess analysis programs on their computers. When the tournament is over, the web cam gets disconnected, and I have no need to use Zoom for anything else.
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Brady Bunch sucked. The family was nothing, but perfect, and flawless
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
Oy!
g.p.hardy almost 4 years ago
Nobody under 30, and nobody over 30 in a country other than America.
Ellis97 almost 4 years ago
Marcia? Did I miss something?
Troglodyte almost 4 years ago
Nothing that rings a bell for us here in India. But Zoom calls are the bane of our existence for many of us too!
DiminishedFirst almost 4 years ago
Great, now I’ll be singing that f##king song all day.
Ksandler4570 almost 4 years ago
This is precisely why I don’t do group Zoom chats. It’s overwhelming and I feel like part of the Brady Bunch or Hollywood Squares
well-i-never almost 4 years ago
Oh, this is going to be a 400+ likes day, under thirty or not.
david_42 almost 4 years ago
I guess there’s an upper limit as well. I recognize the layout from memes, but that’s all.
Reader almost 4 years ago
I prefer zoom meetings to in person meetings generally.
Sir Isaac almost 4 years ago
Peter Marshall: In The Wizard Of Oz, the Tin Man wanted a heart, and the Lion wanted courage. What did the Straw Man want?Paul Lynde: He wanted the Tin Man to notice him
Cary Rodda Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I knew I wasn’t the only one who thought Brady Bunch during Zoom meetings.
WimtenBrink2 almost 4 years ago
Oh, no. I got the reference loud and clear… Even those nine panels… Oh, the horrors…
atlantawhit almost 4 years ago
Love it!
frequency270 almost 4 years ago
How did we ever get “Marsha” out of “Marcia”?
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Say, give it up, give it up, television’s taking its tollThat’s enough, that’s enough, gimme the remote controlI been nice, I been good, please don’t do this to meTurn it off, turn it off, I don’t want to have to see……..
Kveldulf almost 4 years ago
No comments from the Peanut Gallery.
Will anyone under sixty understand the reference?
diskus Premium Member almost 4 years ago
There are many familar with The Brady Bunch, but for those like me who experienced it first run once a week at the same age as the characters, it was special. Pig I too was a Jan fan
LaurentVaillancourt almost 4 years ago
The constant references from old farts (I mean, respected elders) must have triggered more attention than “Brady Bunch”, “Hollywood Squares”, and later seasons of “Muppet Show” have enjoyed in a long time.
Liam Astle Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Is it me or is Stephen sending out some sort of hidden message about his mental state with all these comics this year? It’s like he’s depressed.
jel354 almost 4 years ago
Should strike a chord with individuals with colleagues names Marcia.
YippiKiAyMofo almost 4 years ago
Everyone knows Jan was hot to trot!
AtariDragon almost 4 years ago
I was always partial towards Jan.
Bruce1253 almost 4 years ago
Even a Dilbert reference with the PHB!
waes-hael almost 4 years ago
Under 30..? More like under 40!
willie_mctell almost 4 years ago
I miss Anne B. Davis. Best actor in the show and several others.
Ukko wilko almost 4 years ago
I’m 75 and I haven’t got a clue.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
Some will. And hate themselves for it.
codedaddy almost 4 years ago
Under 30? How about more than twice that and still had to read the comments to get the reference (not a TV buff). Still don’t get who Marcia is. Or the joke.
txmystic almost 4 years ago
Nice….but I’d venture that you’d have to say forty, not thirty…I saw less and less of these kinds of shows in syndication by the early ’80s and the only thing I ever watched by that time was MTV and The Movie Channel…
Clare Kelm Premium Member almost 4 years ago
As you well know, the 9th grade English teacher is over 30, so of course I remember the Brady Bunch. You know you’re old when even your former students are over 30.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 4 years ago
Trivia challenge (not really): Why was Jan Alice’s “favorite”?
zeexenon almost 4 years ago
My teacher daughter places a bunny in the window of the kid allowed to speak.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It was in syndication well into the 80s and 90s. When my oldest son was about 7 he was describing something to me and then said, “Now here’s the groovy part …”. I said, “Groovy?” He said, “Yeah, that means ‘cool’.” I said, “I know what it means; I just never expected my son to say it!”
He’d been watching episodes of The Brady Bunch.
Natarose almost 4 years ago
Did Pig prefer Jan?
bob-droid12 almost 4 years ago
I turned 30 a couple months ago and got this reference. So yeah, this is one accurate punchline.
bunrabbit99 almost 4 years ago
nailed it!
Ermine Notyours almost 4 years ago
The scary part was the end where the Paramount mountain starts zooming right at you. Ahhhhhhh!
knight1192a almost 4 years ago
I don’t miss Marcia, or the entire show. Grew out of that show as a teenager.
Indianapolis Smith almost 4 years ago
I was always a Jan fan.
Jack Dawson almost 4 years ago
Nipsy Russel for the block.
mrrescueguy51 almost 4 years ago
I had a Huge crush on Jan
Daeder almost 4 years ago
♪ ♪ …who was bringing up some very valid points… ♪ ♪
HayleyLalich almost 4 years ago
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
vjorgensen54 almost 4 years ago
or hollywood squares.
lv2sew almost 4 years ago
Never could stand Brady Bunch. Give me any Bob Newhart show any day of the week!
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
Bobby went bald.
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
Oh, Pig! You are a true Pop Cult porker, an icon of the LCD-crowd….
redback almost 4 years ago
sounded familiar but could not get the hang of it till I saw Marcia in the last panel. I didn’t watch the series but I saw the spoof movie
Bicycle Dude almost 4 years ago
Only if they watch MeTV.
This IJChip Guys almost 4 years ago
WHO WAS RAISING THREE GIRLS OF HER OWN. THEY HAD GOLD HAIR, LIKE THEIR MOTHER, THE YOUNGEST ONE HAD CURLS.By the way I’m 13 so you’re wrong goat. Gen Z still has culture.
Gregdabrat almost 4 years ago
;-;