The whole family hops in a station wagon and heads for the Grand Canyon. That's 9 people and the camping bags on top so I hope that the wagon has good suspension! After driving all day they decide to camp in a ghost town that's 20 miles off the main road. Very soon they run into a crusty old prospector who seems very friendly at first, but then does them a dirty turn by locking them in jail! After they shared their fried chicken with him and everything! What a jerk. The jerk is played by Jim Backus, the actor who played Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island. It seems odd that Mr. Brady would be so friendly and trusting of a crazy old guy who is dirty as can be and looks like a total bum, but that's what Mr. Brady does. Oops. No good deed goes unpunished as they say. The Brady family uses the key hanging on the wall to let themselves out. Then Mr. Brady decides to walk the 20 miles back to the main road and flag somebody down for help. That's where the episode ends and we now await part two.
I've always liked the Hawaii trilogy much better than the Grand Canyon trilogy so that's why I only gave this episode 6 stars. It's not bad, it's just not as fun and enjoyable as the Hawaii episodes.
I've always liked the Hawaii trilogy much better than the Grand Canyon trilogy so that's why I only gave this episode 6 stars. It's not bad, it's just not as fun and enjoyable as the Hawaii episodes.