The squad goes under cover at an underground newspaper to find out who bombed it in “The Guru,” Season 1, Episode 12. Guest stars include Dabney Coleman and Jane Eliot, who played Tracy Quartermaine on General Hospital! Lots of hippies, impassioned speeches, hypocritical lefties, money-grubbing landlords and the age-old dilemma of what a man says … Continue reading "S2, Episode 12: The Mod Squad"
It’s Season 1, Episode 11 of the Mod Squad, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starlet,” in which the best option to find a serial killer of young, blond women who aspire to make it in Hollywood seems to be… wait for it… to use Julie as bait! Joan Van Ark steals the show as a character we’re … Continue reading "S2, Episode 11: The Mod Squad"
Love is everywhere… except in the cold, hard hearts of Beverly Hills’ super wealthy parents. It’s a theme The Mod Squad can’t hammer home enough, and in Season 1, Episode 10 — “Love” — Pete’s neglected cousin has had enough on her 18th birthday. When being part of a burglary duo doesn’t get mother and … Continue reading "S2, Episode 10: The Mod Squad"
“A Quiet Weekend in the Country” is anything but for Julie, Linc and Pete as they try to figure out why Greer’s tipster Eddie Sweeney fatally got his motorcycle shot out from under him. It couldn’t have something to do with folksy storekeeper Ed (Dub Taylor), could it? Or angry coercive-controlling too-old husband and campground … Continue reading "S2, Episode 9: The Mod Squad"
In The Price of Terror, someone’s after Captain Greer! His garage door blows up right when he’s opening it, then someone tries to run him over. He’s been getting death threats, too. No doubt, someone he put away who’s not happy with him. He doesn’t want the squad involved but they, and Chief Barney Metcalf, have … Continue reading "S2, Episode 8: The Mod Squad"
The Mod Squad has 48 hours to find Tara Chapman, who not only is infected with a deadly form of meningitis, but also is being stalked by a hit man and any toady he can convince to help him him. The squad gets no sleep as they scour a very hot Los Angeles to find … Continue reading "S2, Episode 7: The Mod Squad"
In “A Time to Love – A Time To Cry,” Dave, Adam’s probation officer buddy, is sure his … client? What do you call someone who’s overseen by a probation officer? Anyway, Robbie, didn’t kill “evil, despicable” Luanne, who was found dead in Robbie’s photo studio after both of them spent an evening tripping on … Continue reading "S2, Episode 6: The Mod Squad"
Something suddenly came up, but now we’re back! In Can’t Tell the Players Without a Programmer, a school friend of Pete’s (beautiful young woman in distress, of course) is being blackmailed over her mother’s fling with a younger man. I know! What a scandal! Of course, they can’t complete the assignment without Julie being used … Continue reading "S2, Episode 5: The Mod Squad"
Like the Little Drummer Boy, we bring to you what we can — a holiday gift that includes a sad RIP to Michael Cole, a JonBenet mea culpa, some very special holiday Am I the Asshole discussions, some recommendations, some gripes, and lots of fun! Happy Holidays and here’s to a great 2025, when we’ll … Continue reading "A very special 2024 holiday episode"
When Smitty Comes Marching Home… from Vietnam, his nemesis ends up dead and old buddy Linc ends up being conflicted between trying to help his childhood best friend and being fuzz, man. Great appearance by the awesome Lou Gossett Jr., we get a rare glimpse of Linc’s classy pad, Pete speaks Spanish and Greer laments, … Continue reading "S2, Episode 4: The Mod Squad"
In Season 1, Episode 3 of The Mod Squad, Julie, Linc and Pete get pulled into a mysterious caper — yes, we said caper — by an affable but dangerous criminal Pete met while going undercover in prison. A couple groovy buses, some really bad trips, some far-out hippies, and a lot of costumes for … Continue reading "S2, Episode 3: The Mod Squad"
In “Bad Man on Campus,” Linc, Julie and Pete go undercover at a high school to find out why a popular teacher ended up dead under a pier. No, they’re not going to fink on kids! Come on! They want to find out who the adults who are using the kids for their own criminal … Continue reading "S2, Episode 2: The Mod Squad"
Welcome to Season 2 of Groovy Tube! In our first episode we take you through, almost line-by-line, the September 1968 pilot of The Mod Squad, “In the Teeth of the Barracuda.” Don’t ask us what it means, we don’t know either. Over this season we’ll take you episode-by-episode through the ground-breaking show, which had a … Continue reading "S2, Episode 1: The Mod Squad"
In our last Season 1 episode, we discuss two of our favorite Brady Bunch episodes and some other stuff as we wrap up the series. It’s not good bye, though, just see you later. Season two begins July 15! And it’ll be solid, man.
We can’t leave The Brady Bunch behind without talking about its main character — the house! And what better way to do that than to discuss the HGTV miniseries “A Very Brady Renovation.” Everyone knows, famously, how the exterior shots of the Brady home didn’t match the interior — either of the set or the … Continue reading "S1, Episode 34: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
And it all comes to a close for the Man Named Brady and his bunch. In the final episode of the original series, The Hair-Brained Scheme, Bobby’s get-rich-quick-scheme hair tonic turns Greg’s hair orange the day before his high school graduation. On top of it, Cindy tries to jump on the get rich bandwagon with … Continue reading "S1, Episode 33: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
Mike’s boss Mr. Matthews (Yes! we know it used to be Mr. Phillips! Don’t worry, we cover that) sends him a pool table for doing such a great job on the Whitley project. Bobby becomes a pool shark. What could possibly go wrong? We discuss The Hustler, Season 5, Episode 21, of The Brady Bunch. … Continue reading "S1, Episode 32: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
Good old-fashioned Brady trickery is back with a vengeance in Season 5, Episode 20, “Snooperstar.” Marcia decides to teach Cindy a lesson for snooping, in what’s probably the most humiliating episode of misused and underused Susan Olsen’s career. The only upside? A guess visit from Natalie Schaefer, aka Lovey, Mrs. Thurston Howell III, as yet … Continue reading "S1, Episode 31: Crimes of the Brady Bunch"...
Top Secret! Bobby and Oliver are somehow under the impression Mike is working for the FBI and Sam the butcher is a double agent! Oh no! Season 5, Episode 19 of The Brady Bunch.
Peter discovers a new kid at school looks exactly like him — we mean EXACTLY, down to the bad haircut — and hijinks ensue when they decide to fob Faux Peter off as real Peter to the Bradys. What could possibly go wrong? As we discuss Season 5, Episode 18 of The Brady Bunch, Two … Continue reading "S1, Episode 29: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
Yes, folks, it’s the episode everyone’s been waiting for! The introduction of Cousin Oliver. He gets on a motorcycle and jumps over a shark tank. Actually, the cute little tyke doesn’t, but you get what we’re saying. Season 5, Episode 17 of The Brady Bunch: Welcome Aboard.
Peter and Bobby see a UFO hovering over the back yard. They even take some photos of it. But do they? Really? Season 5, Episode 16, “Out of This World.” Expect some classic Brady trickery.
In The Driver’s Test, Season 5, Episode 15 of The Brady Bunch, Greg and Marcia squabble over who is the better driver. Buckle up for another classic battle of the sexes episode, where no one puts the brakes on gratuitous female-bashing or male-smugness. And there’s also that guy in his underwear.
In the 14th episode of The Brady Bunch fifth season, neighbors Ken and Kathy Kelly decide to not only adopt one kid, but two more and they’re – gasp! – Black and Asian. Neighborhood hysteria ensues. The episode, Kelly’s Kids, stars our childhood crush Ken Berry, and Brooke Bundy, who you may remember from General … Continue reading "S1, Episode 25: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
Wow! Jan’s been nominated to run for Most Popular Girl in her class. What could possibly go wrong? Season five, episode 13 of The Brady Bunch, “Miss Popularity.”
Are Alice and Sam eloping?!!! Or did Marcia and Jan just overhear one end of part of a teleophone conversation and leap to a wild assumption? What do you think? We continue discussing Season 5 of the The Brady Bunch with The Elopement. [Sorry this is late! Massive storm in Groovy Headquarters land resulted in … Continue reading "S1, Episode 23: The Crimes of the Brady Bunch"
The Bradys go on a road trip! To Kings Island amusement park in Cincinnati! What could possibly go wrong?
Try, Try Again, Season 5, Episode 10 of the Brady Bunch. Jan just can’t get it right. As usual. The kids try to help. As usual. What could go wrong?
Hey! We’re back after four years off! In this episode we talk about Quarterback Sneak, Season 5, Episode 9 of The Brady Bunch. The kids learn all about honesty, that football is better than love and that anything is better with two cakes.
NOTE: This is new audio, replacing the original unlistenable episode. Enjoy! We’ll be back Nov. 6 with all new episodes, continuing season 5 of The Brady Bunch. The suit fits, Joe Willie Namath pays a visit, the kids put on a show and Bobby sees skyrockets.
