22. You Can't Win 'Em All

Both Bobby and Cindy have to opportunity to try out to be on a televised children's quiz show if they get a certain score on a written test. However, an overconfident Bobby doesn't study at all and fails while Cindy is chosen and her ego alienates the rest of the Brady kids.

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Bobby and Cindy vie for a spot on a kids' television quiz show Question the Kids with host Monty Marshall ( Edward Knight, Christopher Knight's father). Cindy earns her spot, and gains a huge ego as a result, but blanks when the cameras start rolling. In the subplot, Mike and Carol plan a barbecue dinner party which becomes a Mexican feast and then a smorgasbord, changing dates several times without a resolution.

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