The Brady Bunch : Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

God created the domestic cat so that humans could know what it's like to caress the tiger

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

Not sure except in a Very Brady Christmas. Carol and Mike were both planning surprise trips for each other. They found out about it, and decided instead, to use their vacation money to buy the kids and their families airline tickets to come home for Christmas.

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

O. Henry stories are famous for their surprise endings.
TBB is famous for ending every story exactly as predicted.

O. Henry was licensed as a pharmacist.
Mike Brady was licensed as an architect.

O. Henry was sentenced to prison in Ohio.
TBB took a vacation in Ohio, unusual for a southern California family.

O. Henry wrote for magazines.
Carol Brady was published in Tomorrow's Woman.

O. Henry died with an enlarged heart.
TBB creator Sherwood Schwartz suffered from Bradycardia

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

Yeah, what I had in mind was A Very Brady Christmas and the reference to "The Gift Of The Magi"

God created the domestic cat so that humans could know what it's like to caress the tiger

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

TBB was written by people.
O. Henry was a person.

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

The Brady Bunch had a dog named Tiger.

O. Henry had a tiger named Dog.

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

Carol would say 'Oh Mike' or 'Oh Alice', basically prefixing everyone's names with 'Oh'.
Everyone prefixed Henry's name with an O., which is pronounced 'Oh'.

Re: Trivia: What is the connection between TBB and writer O Henry?

O Henry is a candy bar. Robert Reed's character was named Mike, and there is a candy named Mike & Ike's.
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