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Charles asks Mabel and Oliver if they are "familiar with the Chinese brain twister puzzles in the Mysto Magic set from the 1953 Deluxe edition." This is, in fact, a thing. As a mid-century toy collectable, these sets can easily fetch several hundred dollars at auction.

Although there were no "Chinese brain twister puzzles" to speak of, the printed booklet of magic in the set did include a description of how to perform "Chinese Ring on a String." A reasonable suspension of disbelief could relate this trick to why Charles asks Mabel and Oliver if they knew of the set, but the trick doesn't directly apply to anything that Charles does.

When Howard texts Mabel, Charles and Oliver, he sends the message to a group chat he titled, "Jack, Janet & Chrissy." Jack, Janet and Chrissy were the three main characters of Three's Company (1976), a half-hour sitcom from 1976-1984 featuring a straight male who pretends to be gay so the landlord won't kick him out for cohabitating with two females.

The show was a hit among gay men at the time and has endured as a meme within the LGBT community for at least the next two decades.

Although Howard's age is unspecified at the time in this posting, actor Michael Cyril Creighton was born in 1979. If Howard is portrayed as approximately the same age, this would make it unlikely (but not impossible) that he would have watched "Three's Company" when it aired live on network television. He might have watched reruns in syndication, but the show wasn't released on VHS until after 2000. Howard most likely caught wind of the show later in life.