From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:25:09 -0500, A Friend  wrote:   
   > PlutedPup  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.   
   >...   
      
      
   Here is a photo of that TV scene: https://tinyurl.com/ypsenbaw   
      
   Les   
      
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