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'Brady Bunch' Star Launches Tech Support Hotline for Baby Boomers

by Lee Bains on October 13, 2009 at 06:06 PM


In her role as the gentle matriarch of 'The Brady Bunch,' Florence Henderson served as a model for parents in the Baby Boomer generation, the first in American history to deal extensively with divorce, remarriage, and stepchildren. Bringing old-fashioned values to bear on the changing social landscape of the '70s, Henderson did a lot more as Carol Brady than to simply provide corny jokes and re-run fodder. Now, according to the New York Times, she's aiming to bring that same generation into the 21st century with her FloH Club.

"I didn't grow up with technology," Henderson explained to the Times. "It's like learning a new language." And learned a new language she has; Ms. Brady is now an active user of text messaging, Facebook, and Skype. Knowing firsthand the hurdles standing between the Baby Boom and the Tech Boom, she decided to start the FloH Club -- a tech support service aimed squarely at adults. "It's like roadside assistance for computers," she further explains. Staffed by professionals who are screened for their patience and ability to speak plain English, the FloH Club's telephone hotline is up and running seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Eastern time. For $25 a month, or $250 a year, members can get guidance on anything from HDMI cables to HTML code.

At present, the service only supports PC operating systems, but Henderson is open to offering Mac support, as well, if there's enough demand for it. For our part, we think Henderson is really onto something. She'd just better hope that Bill Cosby doesn't hop on the bandwagon. He'd do the same thing, only funnier. [From: New York Times, via Buzzfeed]

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