The Brady Bunch

Hi, Cindy.

Did Bobby come home with you?

Where's Bobby?

Did he stay at the playground?

You know, I think I just got snubbed by Cindy.

Cindy?

Oh, that's not like her, Alice.

No. I guess she's got something else on her mind.

Oh, I'm sure that's it.

Come on, everybody!

Dinner's ready!

Come on.

Maybe we ought to stick a traffic light in there.

Where's Jan and Cindy?

Jan's getting washed, and Cindy won't come down.

Won't come down? Why?

She won't say.

In fact, she won't talk at all.

Cindy...

aren't you coming to dinner?

Don't you feel well, sweetheart?

You didn't hurt yourself, did you?

You angry with one of your sisters?

One of your brothers?

Cindy, honey, won't you tell us what's the matter?

Cindy... you know, whatever the trouble is,

we can't help you if you don't talk to us, hmm?

Oh, honey... what is it?

They said I talk funny.

They what?

They said I talk like a baby.

Who said?

Kids at school.

Especially that mean old Buddy Hinton.

He always teases me because I lisp.

Well... that shows you what they know.

Did you know a lot of children lisp?

They do?

Why, sure.

I think, in your case, it's just a... a lazy "S."

A lazy "S"?

Mm-hmm.

But listen,

I used to lisp when I was a little girl,

: But now I say things really swell.

You know, I bet we could do something

to help you get over that lisp.

What?

You know those tongue-twister books of Bobby's?

We could pick out some with a whole lot of S's in them,

and you could practice them.

: Sure. Let's do it now.

"Silly Sammy Skunk sat on a stump."

That's an awful lot of S's.

That's the point. Now you try.

: Silly Sammy Skunk

sat on a... ( sighs )

Let's try this one, honey.

"Seven silver swans swam silently seaward."

: Seven silver swans swim silently...

It doesn't sound any better.

Well, now, honey,

you... you can't expect a change right away.

That's right. Listen.

You've had enough for tonight.

Why don't you go upstairs

and get ready for bed, okay?

Okay. Night.

Now, listen, Cindy.

Now, don't give up now.

You keep practicing, hmm?

: Okay. And someday I'll speak swell.

Good night, honey.

Good night.

Say...

did you really lisp as a child?

I sure did, only it was worse for me.

How come?

Well, I grew up

in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

All right, let's try this one.

Uh... "She sells seashells by the seashore."

She sells sea...

She sells sle...

That's not quite right. Listen again, honey.

She shells sh...

See sells...

She shells...

Well, you know, Cindy, I'm really kind of busy.

I better go get ready for shupper.

Sss...

Shh...

Sss... Sss...

Sss...

All right, now say the word.

Thailboat!

: "She sells seashells by the seashore."

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

Cindy, would you mind practicing somewhere else?

Arithmetic is kind of hard.

: So are S's.

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

"Seven silver swans swam silently seaward."

"Seven silver swans swam silently..."

Baby talk, baby talk.

It's a wonder you can walk.

: Stop that, Buddy Hinton.

: "Th-op that!"

Aw, witty-bitty baby talk.

Let's hear witty-bitty baby talk say something.

Come on.

Say something.

Cut that out, Buddy!

Baby, baby, what did you say?

Quit teasing my sister!

You want me to quit?

Then you make me!

Come on, make me!

Come on, scaredy-cat, make me!

Well...

just stop teasing, that's all.

Come on, Cindy.

Just don't pay any attention to him.

Baby talk and scaredy-cat.

Hey, chicken!

Hey, Peter-chicken.

Some chickens are nice, Peter.

Come on, Cindy.

Cindy, do you mind?

We have to talk to Peter,

and it's man's business.

Yeah, man's business.

We heard all about what happened in school.

That goon, Buddy Hinton...

he's been shooting his mouth off all around your school.

He says you're chicken.

Well, what happened?

What'd he say happened?

He said you chickened out of a fight.

I didn't chicken out of any fight.

I just didn't feel very much like fighting, that's all.

Hi, honey.

Oh, Mike, would you go right up and talk to Peter?

That's one nice thing about having six kids.

You can always come home to a crisis.

Well, Peter's really feeling low.

What happened?

Well, you know that boy, Buddy Hinton,

who's always teasing Cindy?

Yeah? Well, Peter told him to stop.

The boy wanted to fight, and Peter didn't.

The boy called Peter a chicken,

and...

And I better go up and talk to Peter.

You got to, Peter.

You got to fight him!

Have you guys taken a look

at Buddy Hinton lately?

He's big.

He's not so big.

Maybe not to you, but he's big to me.

He looks kind of big to me, too.

If you don't fight him,

everyone's going to call you a coward.

Dad, does it make me a coward

if I don't fight a guy?

No, of course not.

You kidding?

Well, if he bothers her again,

I know how to handle him.

Oh, now, just a second, Greg.

This is Peter's problem,

and fighting isn't the answer to anything.

If it were, why, the biggest and strongest

would always be right.

That doesn't make any sense, does it?

Did you try reasoning with Buddy Hinton?

Explaining to him why he shouldn't tease Cindy?

He wasn't exactly in a talking mood.

You might have tried, anyway.

Reasoning, hmm?

Calm, cool reasoning.

That's a lot better than violence. See?