# Mike and Carol Brady-who were their exes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799 "2004-05-30T15:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kings\_Gambit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kings\_Gambit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kings_Gambit1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/21 "2004-06-04T17:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] What was her maiden name? [QUOTE] Sorry, I forgot to post the answer to this question before I posted mine above. Carol Ann Tyler Martin Brady is her full name. Ann is her middle name, Tyler is her maiden name and **Martin is her previous married name**. _Source: The Honeymoon episode_ ---
**Author:** ![Kings\_Gambit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kings\_Gambit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kings_Gambit1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/22 "2004-06-04T18:01:14Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > The swing set? Nope. There have been many episodes with the kids frolicking on the swing set. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/23 "2004-06-04T18:07:33Z")
**What item in the Brady Bunch’s back yard was never used in any of the episodes throughout the series?** :eek: [/QUOTE] The fotball? Oh wait… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/24 "2004-06-04T18:17:45Z")
I’m guessing the barbecue? ---
**Author:** ![Kings\_Gambit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kings\_Gambit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kings_Gambit1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/25 "2004-06-04T18:20:05Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I’m guessing the barbecue? Yes! The beautifull brick barbecue in the back yard was never used once throughout the entire run of the tv show. 😕 Your turn GargoyleWB 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/26 "2004-06-04T18:50:25Z")
What was Bobby doing to make himself taller? Why did he think he grew so much so fast? How many total inches did Bobby think he grew? Who was responsible for it? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/27 "2004-06-04T19:05:35Z")
I don’t know, **Trunk** , but I feel compelled to mention that I’m making \ _pork chops and applesauce_ for dinner tonight. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/28 "2004-06-04T19:12:21Z")
Didn’t Bobby hang on the swingset or in his closet or something to make himself stretch? He thought it really worked because he had measured his height against the wall and suddenly he was a lot taller than the mark, but really the girls were moving the mark down because they felt sorry for him. I think they each moved it half an inch down, so Bobby thought he grew an inch and a half. Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/29 "2004-06-04T19:41:49Z")
Maybe Carol’s husband got eaten by a giant [plant](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/)? Or maybe he got eaten by [rats](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0067991/)? Hmm… maybe those references to The Professor are [true](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094769/)… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/30 "2004-06-04T20:23:45Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > In _A Very Brady Sequel_ it’s revealed that Carol’s first husband, Roy, died at sea on an expedition. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but IIRC there’s dialog that indicates he was The Professor on _Gilligan’s Island_. Of course The Professor isn’t dead, and it’s an open question as to whether the Brady movies are canon. Ah, but don’t forget [Rescue from Gilligan’s Island](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078155/). What happens to the Professor? He goes back to whatever university he was teaching at and gets flirted with by all the female students. Now if he were actually Carol’s first husband, wouldn’t he have at least tried to get in touch with her? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/31 "2004-06-04T21:46:13Z")
> [@Kings\_Gambit1](#): > > **What item in the Brady Bunch’s back yard was never used in any of the episodes throughout the series?** :eek: Jan? Oh, wait, on preview, I see the question has been answered. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/32 "2004-06-04T22:09:10Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > I like this so much I will accept it as gospel. Greg \*does \* look a bit like the professor… er, you realise Greg wasn’t Carol’s son in the show right? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/33 "2004-06-04T23:57:39Z")
True, but given what we now know about Robert Reed… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/34 "2004-06-05T01:18:48Z")
Well, I don’t know about the Brady Bunch, but I watched tons of Gilligans Island when I was a kid, and I don’t ever remember the Professor mooning about how he missed his wife and three little girls. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/35 "2004-06-05T05:41:09Z")
For that matter, I don’t think the timeline works, either. When did each show start, and how old was the youngest daughter? Besides, this would hinder my living vicarously through the Professor and fantasizing about Mary Ann. [sub]did I just type that out loud?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/36 "2004-06-05T13:34:34Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > True, but given what we now know about Robert Reed… Beat me to the punch. My answer was going to be that Mike Brady’s ex was, oh, I don’t know, maybe Rip Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![maskndolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@maskndolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maskndolls)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/37 "2011-06-27T20:01:35Z")
There was one episode where Carols Ex husband came to the house and Stayed in Mikes little office room and really was nice to all the kids even Mikes and Come to find out he stole an antique item and sold it and they caught him doing this and then told him that he had to leave and never to return. So Carol was Divorced in the TV Series Sitcom. and Mike was Widowed. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/38 "2011-06-27T20:27:49Z")
> [@maskndolls](#): > > There was one episode where Carols Ex husband came to the house and Stayed in Mikes little office room and really was nice to all the kids even Mikes and Come to find out he stole an antique item and sold it and they caught him doing this and then told him that he had to leave and never to return. So Carol was Divorced in the TV Series Sitcom. and Mike was Widowed. I don’t remember that at all. Might you be confusing this with another program? [Given the revelations of this week, I won’t rule out that Carol had simply had three daughters out of wedlock.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/slideshow/florence-henderson-crabs-john-lindsay-8652794) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/39 "2011-06-27T21:13:59Z")
> [@maskndolls](#): > > There was one episode where Carols Ex husband came to the house and Stayed in Mikes little office room and really was nice to all the kids even Mikes and Come to find out he stole an antique item and sold it and they caught him doing this and then told him that he had to leave and never to return. So Carol was Divorced in the TV Series Sitcom. and Mike was Widowed. I’m pretty sure that was from one of the Brady Bunch [movies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118073/plotsummary). ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799/40 "2011-06-27T21:22:50Z")
The scary thing about zombie threads is how one can chart the mental degradation of oneself over the years. I have no knowledge of this piece of trivia I once knew, and lament its loss. What else has my poor aging brain forgotten? Do I have to shamefacedly shuffle off into a corner the next time Brady trivia pops up in a social gathering? "GargoyleWB 06-04-2004 01:17 PM I’m guessing the barbecue?" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-and-carol-brady-who-were-their-exes/247799.md?page=3)