History Recap / TheBradyBunchS1E9SorryRightNumber

* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood His Name Is Not Durwood]]: At one point, when Greg is chatting endlessly on the phone and Marcia, Peter and Jan are (im)patiently waiting their turn, Mike and Carol place an egg timer next to the phone. Carol explains that once the sand in the egg timer has emptied, "it's good-bye Charlie!" Greg explains, "It's Harvey." An irritated Mike replies, "Well, then it's good-bye, Harvey!"

* [[PhoneaholicTeenager Phoneaholic Teenagers and Kids]]: The kids' constant use of the telephone (to do little more than jabber about nothing) and running up the bills, eventually driving Mike to install a payphone. The trope is slightly renamed because 14-year-old Greg is the only teen-ager in the house.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that Mike said he was going to call Mr. Crawford at 6.30 PM - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be late night, 2.30 AM to be exact, in London. The best time for such call would be morning - between 8 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 4 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that Mike said he was going to call Mr. Crawford at 6.30 PM - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be late night, 2.30 AM to be exact, in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that Mike said he was going to call Mr. Crawford at 6.30 PM - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be nighttime - 2.30 in the morning in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that Mike said he'll call Mr. Crawford at 6.30 PM - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be nighttime - 2.30 in the morning in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that it's late afternoon or evening - as Mike has just came home from work; and Sam had just shown up to take Alice on a date - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be nighttime in London. If Mike arrived home at 5 PM, it would be 1 AM in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that it's nighttime - as Mike has just came home from work; and Sam had just shown up to take Alice on a date - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be nighttime in London. If Mike arrived home at 5 PM, it would be 1 AM in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

* CriticalResearchFailure: When Mike calls Mr. Crawford from the payphone, he is told by his secretary that Mr. Crawford is taking a call from London. Assuming we're talking about London, England, and that it's nighttime - as Mike has just came home from work; and Sam had just shown up to take Alice on a date - for London is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles, it would be either nighttime or early morning in London. If Mike arrived home at 5 PM, it would be 1 AM in London. The best time for such call would have been early morning - between 9 AM to 12 PM, when in London it would be between 5 to 8 PM.

In an episode that was a show of the times (nobody even uses payphones, much less has them in their home as their primary phone), the road that eventually leads to Mike installing a payphone in the house begins when he gets a phone bill that is unusually high ... and that's because the kids are always using the phone to make what turn out to be toll calls to friends to talk about nothing in particular. Mike eventually exhausts all his options, and it is Alice who brings home the wild idea of installing a payphone after crying on new boyfriend Sam's shoulder about the whole situation. (Sam had also had problems with customers wanting to make calls on his business phone, leading him to install a payphone.)

Mike has been trying to complete drawings for a mutli-million dollar project for a national company and needs to honor a telephone appointment to set up a meeting time with Mr. Crawford, its CEO, to discuss the details and confirm the contract. With all the other phones in the house in use (by Carol, trying to talk to her gabby friend, and Alice), Mike has no choice but to use the payphone in the family room to call Mr. Crawford. Just as Mike is about to confirm the appointment, the operator cuts in, asking for more money. Mike scrambles to find a dime in his pocket but is eventually cut off. Sam comes to the rescue with another dime and Mike is able to make a new call ... but then it could be too late, anyway, because the irritated Mr. Crawford now is not sure about Mike's abilities or the stability of his firm, and is even more annoyed when he thinks Mike is so cheap he can't afford a regular landline. Mr. Crawford is about to hang up when Mike finally blurts out the reason the phone was in his house. Mr. Crawford is suddenly intrigued and agrees to meet with Mike.

Mike has been trying to complete drawings for a mutli-million dollar project for a national company and needs to honor a telephone appointment to set up a meeting time with Mr. Crawford, its CEO, to discuss the details and confirm the contract. With all the other phones in the house in use (by Carol, trying to talk to her gabby friend, and Alice), Mike has no choice but to use the payphone in the family room to call Mr. Crawford. Just as Mike is about to confirm the appointment, the operator cuts in, asking for more money. Mike scrambles to find a dime in his pocket but is eventually cut off. Sam comes to the rescue with another dime and Mike is able to make a new call ... but then it could be too late, anyway, because the irritated Mr. Crawford now is not sure about Mike's abilities or the stability of his firm, and is even more annoyed when he thinks Mike is so cheap he can't afford a regular landline. The client is about to hang up when Mike finally blurts out the reason the phone was in his house. The client is suddenly intrigued and agrees to meet with Mike.

* [[PhoneaholicTeenager Phoneaholic Teenagers and Kids]]: The kids' constant use of the telephone (to do little more than jabber about nothing) and running up the bills, eventually driving Mike to install a payphone. The trope is slightly renamed because 14-year-old Greg is the only teen-ager in the house.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Say it with us now ... payphones! (Today, such a script would likely be rewritten to revolve around the kids using too many minutes on their iPhones.)

!!Tropes present in this episode ([[YMMV/TheBradyBunchS1E9SorryRightNumber YMMV goes here]])::

!!Tropes present in this episode:

* FirstAppearance: Of Sam Franklin, the owner of Sam's Butcher Shop where the Bradys get all their meat and Alice finds her boyfriend and future husband. Veteran character actor Allan Melvin took on what became one of his two signature roles (the other being Barney Hefner in ''AllInTheFamily'').

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fans of ''{{Gunsmoke}}'' might recognize Howard Culver, who played the recurring role of the Dodge City Hotel clerk Howie Uzzell. He's Mr. Crawford in this installment.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Say it with us now ... payphones! (Today, such a script would likely be rewritten to revolve around the kids using too many minutes on their iPhones.)

* [[PhoneaholicTeenager Phoneaholic Teenagers and Kids]]: The kids' constant use of the telephone (to do little more than jabber about nothing) and running up the bills, eventually driving Mike to install a payphone. The trope is slightly renamed because 14-year-old Greg is the only teen-ager in the house.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fans of ''{{Gunsmoke}}'' might recognize Howard Culver, who played the recurring role of the Dodge City Hotel clerk Howie Uzzell. He's Mr. Crawford in this installment.

Mike installs the phone, and after some initial difficulties the kids finally get the hint about household finances and bring their phone usage under control.

Mike has been trying to complete drawings for a mutli-million dollar project for a national company and needs to honor a telephone appointment to set up a meeting time with Mr. Crawford, its CEO, to discuss the details and confirm the contract. With all the other phones in the house in use (by Carol, trying to talk to her gabby friend, and Alice), Mike has no choice but to use the payphone in the family room to call Mr. Crawford. Just as Mike is about to confirm the appointment, the operator cuts in, asking for more money. Mike scrambles to find a dime in his pocket but is eventually cut off. Sam comes to the rescue with another dime and Mike is able to make a new call ... but then it could be too late, anyway, because the irritated client now is not sure about Mike's abilities or the stability of his firm, and is even more annoyed when he thinks Mike is so cheap he can't afford a regular landline. The client is about to hang up when Mike finally blurts out the reason the phone was in his house. The client is suddenly intrigued and agrees to meet with Mike.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fans of ''{{Gunsmoke}}'' might recognize Howard Culver, who played the recurring role of the Dodge City Hotel clerk Howie Uzzell.

* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: The first of several times where Mike is battling to save either his job or a lucrative contract for his firm.

Mike has been trying to complete drawings for a mutli-million dollar project, which he plans to submit to a fussy, no-nonsense client, and needs to honor a telephone appointment to set up a meeting time to discuss the details and confirm the contract. With all the other phones in the house in use (by Carol, trying to talk to her gabby friend, and Alice), Mike has no choice but to use the payphone in the family room to honor a telephone appointment with a no-nonsense client and finalize details of a multi-million dollar project. Just as Mike is about to close his pitch and the client says yes, the operator cuts in, asking for more money. Mike scrambles to find a dime in his pocket but is eventually cut off. Sam comes to the rescue with another dime and Mike calls the client back ... but then it could be too late, anyway, because the irritated client now is not sure about Mike's abilities or the stability of his firm. The client is about to hang up and not let Mike explain ... when Mike finally blurts out the reason the phone was in his house. The client is suddenly intrigued and it is implied