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   danny burstein to Bob   
   Re: First toilet on a TV SHOW?   
   02 May 22 23:51:58   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Bob    
   robgood@bestweb.net> writes:   
      
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   >So what I'm looking for is any examples of toilets from American TV PROGRAM=   
   >S in 1957 or earlier.   
      
   Can't help you with that, but Mad Magazine (back when there   
   was a Mad Magazine and it was funny..) did a satire of   
   All in the Family, and made a big point of how toilets   
   were taboo on tv, so in the magazine Archie Bunker   
   was flushing away...   
      
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