Episode
The Brady Bunch: 54-40 and Fight
Overview
The Brady family learns that a trading stamp company is going out of business. A fight breaks out over who should get all of the saved stamps, the boys or the girls. If the girls get them, they'll buy a sewing machine and if the boys get them, they'll by a rowboat.
Details
- Series
- The Brady Bunch
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1970-01-09
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
54-40 and Fight is Episode 15 in Season 1 of The Brady Bunch. It aired on 1970-01-09. The runtime is 25 min.
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