- [Mickey slides down the handrail for the stairs]
- Mike Brady: Mickey, do you want to see your next Christmas?
- Mickey Logan: Yes.
- Mike Brady: DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.
- Mickey Logan: Deal!
- Mike Brady: Okay!
- Belinda: [answering the phone] Steve?
- Mike Brady: No, it's not Steve.
- Belinda: Rory?
- Mike Brady: No.
- Belinda: Russ? Tyler? Richard?
- Mike Brady: No, I'm sorry. It's Mike.
- Belinda: [sweetly] Oh hi, Mike. Wow, you sound older.
- Mike Brady: Well, I probably am. I'm Cindy's father.
- Belinda: [hands Cindy the phone] It's for you, it's your dad. He sounds cute.
- Cindy Brady: He's not cute, he's... dad.
- [Jan has put a blanket over Philip after he fell asleep in a chair]
- Phillip Covington III: Thanks.
- Jan Brady Covington: It's okay. I'm used to it.
- Phillip Covington III: What do you mean?
- Jan Brady Covington: You used to fall asleep in the strangest places, while doing research or grading papers.
- Phillip Covington III: [surprised] And you'd cover me?
- Jan Brady Covington: Did you think there was a blanket fairy?
- Phillip Covington III: I don't know, I guess I never really thought about it.
- Jan Brady Covington: [bitterly] I know.