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Apple's Way (1974)
Fair.
It was great in the first season. Their story lines were warm, touching and showed the closeness of the family. They made the mistake in the second season of making the stories hard edged and the fun went out of the series. The cast replacement of the youngest daughter added to my disappointment. Kristy was good but no match in acting ability for the original cast member.
Song of Norway (1970)
Fair
The songs are awful. Florence Henderson and the two men she shares the screen with are actually good in their roles although the two males were not heard from again after the film. The story is actually touching between Nina and Grieg. It is too long and tries too hard to be another "Sound of music". It doesn't even come close but has it's own charms. To sum it all up would have been better if it were not so long and some of the songs had been cut. It wastes the talents of the three leads. The scenery as mentioned is beautiful but does not hide the weakness of the film. It would have played better if the script was better.
The Brady Bunch: Getting Greg's Goat (1973)
Excellent.
This was one of the more hard edged story of the Brady Bunch episode. None of the other children had ever been shown to be in major trouble. Greg not only violated the school rule but the law. The Brady bunch episodes were thought to be saccharine but this one is not. I won't give away the ending for those who have not seen it but there are consequences for Greg's behavior. All the cast is priceless in this scene with their reactions to finding out about the goat stealing. Peter and Bobby think it is a person that Greg is hiding and Alice hears Greg talking through the closet and wonders if she is hearing things. All ends well. Robert Reed did an excellent job of directing this.