origin of "Oh Henry" candy bar?
Bruce Wyman
It was asserted to me that the "Oh Henry" candybar was named after the
famous ball player, Hank Aaron. However, I can't find any net resources
that provide an explanation one way or another.
Does anyone know? Or can point me to a good source?
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Bruce Wyman wrote:
>
> It was asserted to me that the "Oh Henry" candybar was named after the
> famous ball player, Hank Aaron. However, I can't find any net resources
> that provide an explanation one way or another.
>
> Does anyone know? Or can point me to a good source?
>
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Chris Borg
well I remember the comercials for Oh Henry and yes it was named for Hank
Aaron
Bruce Wyman (b...@tiac.net) wrote:
> It was asserted to me that the "Oh Henry" candybar was named after the
> famous ball player, Hank Aaron. However, I can't find any net resources
> that provide an explanation one way or another.
> Does anyone know? Or can point me to a good source?
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Paul Tomblin
In a previous article, bo...@dons.usfca.edu (Chris Borg) said:
>well I remember the comercials for Oh Henry and yes it was named for Hank
>Aaron
The commercials using Hank Aaron were not the original roll-out of the candy
bar. Somebody just noticed a similarity between the name of a candy bar that
had been around for years and years and a ball player who was started to get
famous because he was sneaking up on Babe Ruth's record, and decided to make a
commercial featuring the two.
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Harold Gaines
You've got to be kidding. Oh! Henry candy bars have been around since
the early 1900's. They were developed at the Henry Candy Co. in Dexter,
Kansas and the rights later sold to a Chicago company.
They may have used Hank Aaron as a marketing ploy, but they most
assuredly did not name the candy bar for him.
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Chris Borg wrote in message <650gkn$kvk$1...@megatron.usfca.edu>...
>well I remember the comercials for Oh Henry and yes it was named for Hank
>Aaron
>
Jerry Bauer
In article <EJy70...@xcski.com>, Paul Tomblin <ptom...@xcski.com> wrote:
>In a previous article, bo...@dons.usfca.edu (Chris Borg) said:
>>Aaron
>
>bar. Somebody just noticed a similarity between the name of a candy bar that
>had been around for years and years and a ball player who was started to get
>famous because he was sneaking up on Babe Ruth's record, and decided to make a
>commercial featuring the two.
>
Hank Aaron was named after Babe Ruth, who was the daughter of Grover
Cleveland.
The "Oh, Henry" candy bar was named in honor of "Henry", the
down-and-out baseball hero-has-been in "The Gift of the Magi" by
Willian Howard Taft (who invented the bathtub).
(Didn't you think that was unfair? I mean, her hair would grow back.)
And, of course, O Henry was the nom-de-plume-de-ma-tante of Benjamin
Harrison. He took it from the name of a popular candy of the time,
M&Ms.
Don't the schools teach anything these days?
Jerry Randal Bauer
jose bermudez
On 20 Nov 1997, Jerry Bauer wrote:
> In article <EJy70...@xcski.com>, Paul Tomblin <ptom...@xcski.com> wrote:
> >In a previous article, bo...@dons.usfca.edu (Chris Borg) said:
> >>well I remember the comercials for Oh Henry and yes it was named for Hank
> >>Aaron
> >
> >The commercials using Hank Aaron were not the original roll-out of the candy
> >bar. Somebody just noticed a similarity between the name of a candy bar that
> >had been around for years and years and a ball player who was started to get
> >famous because he was sneaking up on Babe Ruth's record, and decided to make a
> >commercial featuring the two.
> >
>
>
> Hank Aaron was named after Babe Ruth, who was the daughter of Grover
> Cleveland.
>
> The "Oh, Henry" candy bar was named in honor of "Henry", the
> down-and-out baseball hero-has-been in "The Gift of the Magi" by
> Willian Howard Taft (who invented the bathtub).
I thought the bathtub was named after Patrick Gin who also invented
bootlegging
>
> (Didn't you think that was unfair? I mean, her hair would grow back.)
>
> And, of course, O Henry was the nom-de-plume-de-ma-tante of Benjamin
> Harrison. He took it from the name of a popular candy of the time,
> M&Ms.
>
> Don't the schools teach anything these days?
>
> Jerry Randal Bauer
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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DonChep
Bhiksha Raj
>
>Hank Aaron was named after Babe Ruth, who was the daughter of Grover
>Cleveland.
>
>The "Oh, Henry" candy bar was named in honor of "Henry", the
>down-and-out baseball hero-has-been in "The Gift of the Magi" by
>Willian Howard Taft (who invented the bathtub).
>
>
>And, of course, O Henry was the nom-de-plume-de-ma-tante of Benjamin
>Harrison. He took it from the name of a popular candy of the time,
>M&Ms.
>
>Don't the schools teach anything these days?
>
>Jerry Randal Bauer
That stuff you've been smoking is *good*.
Where did you get it?
-B
Dick Yuknavech
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:07:14 GMT, bizbee wrote in alt.fan.cecil-adams:
>On 20 Nov 1997 05:08:39 GMT, bo...@dons.usfca.edu (Chris Borg) wrote:
>Who the hell is Cecil Adams??
Nobody knows. Some believe he exists and knows EVERYTHING, others claim
he's just another Urban Legend.
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Greg Goss
r...@mindspring.com (Dick Yuknavech) wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:07:14 GMT, bizbee wrote in alt.fan.cecil-adams:
>
>>On 20 Nov 1997 05:08:39 GMT, bo...@dons.usfca.edu (Chris Borg) wrote:
>
>>Who the hell is Cecil Adams??
>
>Nobody knows. Some believe he exists and knows EVERYTHING, others claim
>he's just another Urban Legend.
So *THAT'S WHY* we keep getting intertwined cross-posts over here.