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THERE IS NO EPISODE OF THE BRADY BUNCH WHERE ALICE DRINKS WI

I have all 5 seasons on dvd (as does JasonL) and I can tell you right now that there is no such episode... PAT COFFEY
 
hmmmm

very interesting.. seems that robert comes out of the closet when it is convient for him to... ha lol a message from the very cheeky Canadian boy!! he he he eeeee.
 
Yeah Gary, no wonder she has to stoop and grasp the lower wand. I stopped 'vacuuming' like that decades ago; let the suction and tool do the work. Almost looks like it was coming apart on camera so she had to hold it that way to get the shot.
 
Brady's vacuums

The Brady's only had two vacuums for the run of the show, a Hoover Convertible model 1020, and the above pictured Lux.
I have the whole series on DVD too.
 
Love the Photo Clips

Thanks Robert,

Given your resource, you are often the key to the nostalgia part of my brain.
I absolutely love seeing old photos and clips of "vacs in action."
I remember so vividly watching series like Bewitched and the Brady Bunch just yearning to see a "vacuum clip." When I was successful, I was on a vacuum high for hours and sometimes days. Was I bitten or what.
Thanks Again!!
Like Fred said, You Rock!!

Pat

ps: If I don't talk with you before hand, have a great Thanksgiving!!
 
I'd love to see more screen shots, or video excerpts, of this Electrolux that Alice is using. It's a Model E, and while the hose is obviously replacement and the nozzle is wrong, it appears that the hose has the correct - and unique to this model - hammertone blue machine-end coupler.
 
Since this thread is mainly about The Brady Bunch, it is fitting to honor the recently-departed Ann Bradford Davis (aka Alice Nelson, the Brady's housekeeper from 1969-1974--almost during the whole run of the teal Electrolux Model 1205).

Davis died today from a subdural hematoma after a fall in her bathroom. Sources close to her say she was in excellent health for an 88-year old woman and her death was a complete shock.


More biographical information at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_B._Davis
 
Farewell Alice... We'll miss you...

I remember the Hoover upright and the blue Lux tank. Wasn't she using another canister in the living room in another episode? I also thought that the other kids used another Lux vacuum to clean Greg's car... Perhaps I'm wrong as it's easy to confuse different shows.
 
I remember an episode

Where Carol had to go out of town, and didn't want to leave.  The family and Alice assured her everything would be fine until she got back.  Alice ended up tripping on the kids Chinese Checkers set left on the floor and sprained her ankle.  The doctor ordered her to stay in bed while Mike and the kids tried to run the house., and keep Alice's accident away from Carol. At the end of the episode, when Carol was coming home, they are scrambling to make sure everything is in order and Alice turns around and trips over the Hoover and resprains her ankle.  Mike angrily askes the kids which one left the vacuum in the middle of the floor.  Alice sheepishly raises her hand and waves at him.  Any one else remember this episode?
 
I remember it very well

I also remember they hardly ever had it turned on. One episode it sounded like an electrolux power nozzel motor, the other one is when she was vacuuming, had it on shag pile, bag was not inflated. That was one of the earlier ones. Also towards the end the kids were vacuuming out the car which looked like they had an eureka upright hose .... Anyway she was part of my childhood growing up and she will be very missed, I try to catch them on MEtv. Take care all! Cheers!!!! Mark D.
 

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