Here's A (Sad) Story, Of A Lovely Lady...

Here's a story, of a lovely lady... who passed away yesterday at the age of 82.

Florence Henderson, who played Carol Brady on the Brady Bunch for 5 years and through countless re-runs and specials, was probably America's favorite TV mom. While she had quite the career before and after becoming a "Brady", it is still this role for which she will always be remembered. I tried to think of a favorite Carol Brady quote - which would probably be her saying to Jan, who couldn't stop playing practical jokes - "If you know what you did was wrong, that's more important than any punishment." Which is probably at least one of the reasons why people would come up to Mrs. Henderson and say things like "You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother."

But Carol might be more remembered for saying something she might never have said. I got to be thinking of when Peter throws the basketball which breaks Mom's favorite vase. To which Bobby quips, "Mom always says, don't play ball in the house." Peter later has nightmares with the vase breaking, and Bobby saying over and over - "She always says, don't play ball in the house!" So anyway, a shout out to all true Brady fans -  there are 117 episodes - and I don't recall Mrs. Brady ever saying "Don't play ball in the house." Did she???