Sam the Butcher, (Allan Melvin), perhaps best known for this particular role, but also appeared on many shows of that era. I've seen him on Andy Griffith, on Gomer Pyle, USMC, on All in the Family, and several others.
Sam is really pathetic, first bothering Oliver and Bobby, then Mr. Brady- "I need some, Mr. Brady!" No wonder Mr. Brady once said, "He's a straaange woman!"
Those Bradys were a bunch of bourgeois snobbish A-holes. Why did Sam have to refer to Mike and Carol as "Mr. Brady & Mrs. Brady" yet they could just refer to him as "Sam". And why the hell would a two young boys want to hang around a butcher shop anyway. This is the episode where they thought Mike and Sam were secret agent spies. One of the dumbest episodes in the series which is really saying a lot.
JohnQ1127 Well, Sam was their family butcher who was also banging their housekeeper....so I'm sure the encounters between him and the Brady parents were always a little awkward. LOL
BMeister22 , Yeah, I guess those formalities were still somewhat in place back then but they seem a bit dated for the 1970's. Notice how even the kids informally refer to him as "Sam" as if he's in their employ. All The Bradys referred to the Bike Store owner as Mr. Martinelli. I think "Sam" and "Alice" are the only adults that the kids call by their first names. There were still some awkward middle class formalities back then where working class people were addressed by their first names, "Sam" or "Alice" yet middle class or upper class people had to be addressed as "Mr. or Mrs." like Mr. Brady or Mrs. Brady. There's an air of middle class pretentiousness on this show. Yeah Sam and Alice's relationship was a bit odd. It seemed rather platonic or a-sexual. I think they just went bowling or to the movies or to the Meat-cutter's ball. I don't think they every showed Sam even giving Alice a peck on the cheek. Maybe Sam was gay. He was a 50 year old bachelor who owned a butcher shop. Come to think of it Sam must have had a ton of money considering he never was married or had kids and lived a very modest life. It's interesting in retrospect that Sam Franklin was the only recurring minor character in that series and he only appeared in 8 episodes. But I think Alice referred to him off camera quite a bit that's why it seems like he was a bigger part of the show.
love Marcia's reaction 0:33
NUTS NUTS NUTS!
Marcia is beautiful
Bobby gave Oliver his sausage in his rump roast.😮
I new all a long that Sam the butcher was playing hide the salami with Mr. Brady!!
I don't want to make a decision till I see some BIG MEAT ! Hahahahaha
The Wonderful World of Sects 😂
Secret sauce 😋
Sam the butcher knows how to pack meat, and sausage too.
Sam the Butcher, (Allan Melvin), perhaps best known for this particular role, but also appeared on many shows of that era. I've seen him on Andy Griffith, on Gomer Pyle, USMC, on All in the Family, and several others.
The secret is Nuts.
Bringin Alice the M E A T
Sam's hot dog grew six inches.
Sam is really pathetic, first bothering Oliver and Bobby, then Mr. Brady- "I need some, Mr. Brady!" No wonder Mr. Brady once said, "He's a straaange woman!"
hey isn't that guy Archie Bunker's neighbor Barney? :D
Yup
lol Bobby *deep voiced*
I told you to play it cool!
*hot dogs*
Childhood ruined. Lmao
It is.
Those Bradys were a bunch of bourgeois snobbish A-holes. Why did Sam have to refer to Mike and Carol as "Mr. Brady & Mrs. Brady" yet they could just refer to him as "Sam".
And why the hell would a two young boys want to hang around a butcher shop anyway.
This is the episode where they thought Mike and Sam were secret agent spies. One of the dumbest episodes in the series which is really saying a lot.
JohnQ1127 Well, Sam was their family butcher who was also banging their housekeeper....so I'm sure the encounters between him and the Brady parents were always a little awkward. LOL
BMeister22 ,
Yeah, I guess those formalities were still somewhat in place back then but they seem a bit dated for the 1970's. Notice how even the kids informally refer to him as "Sam" as if he's in their employ. All The Bradys referred to the Bike Store owner as Mr. Martinelli. I think "Sam" and "Alice" are the only adults that the kids call by their first names.
There were still some awkward middle class formalities back then where working class people were addressed by their first names, "Sam" or "Alice" yet middle class or upper class people had to be addressed as "Mr. or Mrs." like Mr. Brady or Mrs. Brady. There's an air of middle class pretentiousness on this show.
Yeah Sam and Alice's relationship was a bit odd. It seemed rather platonic or a-sexual. I think they just went bowling or to the movies or to the Meat-cutter's ball. I don't think they every showed Sam even giving Alice a peck on the cheek. Maybe Sam was gay. He was a 50 year old bachelor who owned a butcher shop. Come to think of it Sam must have had a ton of money considering he never was married or had kids and lived a very modest life.
It's interesting in retrospect that Sam Franklin was the only recurring minor character in that series and he only appeared in 8 episodes. But I think Alice referred to him off camera quite a bit that's why it seems like he was a bigger part of the show.
+JohnQ1127 I don't think it was due to formality, but because he owned Sam's Butcher Shop and nobody even knew his last name.
+Mike Ident, Oh agreed, it's so bad it's actually good in an unintended way.
+Mike Ident yes. But I'm sure there were meat puns a plenty. Sam always delivering big meat the the Brady house.
hahahahaha holy shit!
Was Sam tapping Mike?
8-O
Hacker
who ever made this with a whole lot of skips in it make everybody look dirty minded has really got the dirty mind his self