Actually…this is false. It wasn’t named after Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Everyone knows that Ben McPhee and YoHans are huge…and I mean HUGGGGGGGGGGGGE Golden Girls fans, like it’s ridic. The Dorothy bearing is actually named after their favorite Character on the show. They didn’t name it ‘Bea’ because they didn’t want it to be confused with the letter ‘B’
Dorothy Zbornak is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls, portrayed by Bea Arthur for 7 years and 183 episodes. Dorothy was the strong, smart, sarcastic, sometimes intimidating, and arguably most grounded of the four women in the house. Though tough, she is normally friendly, polite and does genuinely care for the other girls.