When was the first toilet shown on television??
It appeared on a show in the 60's.
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07-19-02, 06:55 AM
blueeagle65
And Archie Bunker was the first flush heard on tv

07-19-02, 08:35 AM
Georgia85

quote:Originally posted by MrSensitive:
To the best of my knowledge, it was "Leave it to Beaver"



Not quite..."Leave It to Beaver" didn't actually show a toilet in any episode...but they did show the toilet tank. The episode that was to include a toilet was entitled "Captain Jack". Wally and Beaver order an alligator but are disapointed when they receive a baby alligator instead of a full grown one. Determined to keep the pet anyway they decide to place it in the toilet tank. Therein lay the problem. In 1957 the networks were squeamish enough about showing bathrooms on television -- no way was CBS going to allow a bathroom and a toilet to appear in one of their series, but the "Captain Jack" episode as filmed required showing both. CBS refused to approve the episode, but there was no way it could be redone without the bathroom scenes, since there was nowhere else in the house the boys could reasonably hide an alligator. After several rounds of wrangling between the network and the production company, a compromise was reached: The show episode could include shots of the toilet tank, but not the toilet itself. So, in one very brief scene, we see the boys feeding their baby alligator in the middle of the bathroom floor, then Wally walks over to the toilet tank, puts Captain Jack back inside it, and places the lid back on the tank. The toilet itself is never seen, only the top portion of the tank.

Sorry for the long post...can't add links for some reason today but the entire story can be found at www.snopes.com

[This message was edited by Georgia85 on 07-19-02 at 08:53 AM.]

07-19-02, 10:27 AM
DorianGreyed
Georgia is correct; I've seen the episode, and I've also seen stills from the episode. It was a tank only shot. I've been looking for information on which show was the first to show the entire toilet, but haven't found anything yet.

07-20-02, 02:14 AM
Pace~Ace
The site that I got this toilet on TV question from said it was "Leave it to Beaver" confused

07-20-02, 04:09 AM
DorianGreyed
According to www.imdb (the Internet Movie Database), the Leave It to Beaver episode "Cap'n Jack" was shown of 10/11/57, and was the first TV viewing of a toilet. As I stated above, it only showed the tank, but apparently that's good enough. I suppose it depends on your definition of "toilet".

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