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   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:25:09 -0500   
   A Friend  wrote:   
      
   > In article <0001HW.292EBECA01043C8230738A38F@news.giganews.com>, Pluted   
   > Pup  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Mon, 02 May 2022 16:43:16 -0700, Bob wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > On Quora I've already busted the claim that a certain "Leave It to   
   Beaver"   
   > > > episode had the first appearance (in 1957) on American TV of any part of   
   a   
   > > > toilet. The claim seems never to have been made before the time DVD sales   
   > > > of the series were beginning, and I think they just made up a story of   
   its   
   > > > being held up, so as to boost publicity. The episode air dates and   
   > > > production numbers SEEM to back up the story, until you note the others   
   and   
   > > > see that MANY of them first aired out of production order. Anyway, TV   
   > > > commercials for at least a decade had been showing toilets quite   
   > > > conspicuously, so the claim that network standards and practices had an   
   > > > objection doesn't seem apt. However, someone on Quora suggested standards   
   > > > may have been lower for commercials, which I strongly doubt.   
   > > >   
   > > > So what I'm looking for is any examples of toilets from American TV   
   > > > PROGRAMS in 1957 or earlier.   
   > >   
   > > I don't know if it's true, but I heard about Leave   
   > > It To Beaver having the first TV toilet long before   
   > > DVDs were even invented. So it's not a new story.   
   >   
   >   
   > Leave It to Beaver had Beaver hiding his pet alligator in the toilet   
   > tank in the boys' bathroom; I'm not sure if they ever showed the bowl.   
   > I don't know why this was controversial, but there you are.   
   >   
   > We were two adults and five kids in a cramped four-room apartment, so   
   > AFAIWC the Cleavers lived in frickin' paradise.  If memory serves, All   
   > in the Family was the first to depict a toilet just having been used   
   > (i.e., there's the sound of a flush, and then Archie comes downstairs,   
   > with hilarity ensuing).   
   >   
   > One of the reasons we bought this house is that we are two people, and   
   > there are two and a half baths.   
      
   You can't have much of a bath in half a bath.   
      
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