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The TVClubHouse: General Discussion ARCHIVES: 2006 Mar. ~ 2006 May: Free Expressions: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through March 04, 2006 users admin

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Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i remember hearing that it was the first show to SHOW a bathroom. the one wally and beav shared. i'll say 'fact' because beav probably accidentally flushed a turtle down the toilet and had to admit it or something. "Jeez, wally, i didn't think a lousy turtle would go down the toilet. i was just trying to give him a watery home. if they can swim, why didn't mr. tittle just keep his head above water when i accidentally flushed? jeepers, wally, don't tell mom and dad. let's go have some cookies and milk and watch mom vacuum while wearing pearls."

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I'll flush that and say FACT!

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
I'll say fact, but Archie Bunker got the longest TV laugh of all time when he was missing and someone asked where he was and then the sound of the flush was heard.....I remember that from some TV trivia show (Lucille Ball dancing with eggs and smashing into Ricky was the longest until All In The Family).



Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Fact.

The Beav found a bunch of tadpoles and wanted to see if they would turn into frogs, and he put them in the toilet. June had to say the dreaded "t" word when she told Ward about it.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
hey, if that's so, then my creature in the toilet wasn't so far-fetched, after all!
wouldn't june say, "commode", though? :-)

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
The boys had a baby alligator in the basement but that is the nearest they came to a water pet.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 8:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
True

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I presume that meant to say the "first TV program in the USA to mention the toilet" . I know, I know, it's an American calendar...

I have no clue, don't know who Beaver is. So my guest is crap, because it sounds right for a toilet question.

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 2:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
A late-night shout-out to all you FoCers. :-) I'm happy to report that I actually got my VW Beetle Convertible running again today. You see, it's spent a very long winter in the garage and ended up with a dead battery as a result. But today, the auto club man came and gave the battery a kick-start and I went for a nice drive to get it all charged again. Now I need to sell that car! First sign you have one too many cars is that the battery is dead on one of them! :-) Anyway, I'm late again, but after dealing cards and returning to do some rush editing, I'm heading to bed right after I finish this FoC item, so there!

The question at hand is:

Was Leave it to Beaver the first TV program to mention a toilet?

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who remembers watching this show! Here's what you said:
Fact 10
Crap 10

"Goshy, Wally, it's tied! Now what are we gonna do?" "Oh, gee, Beav! I guess about the only thing to do is tell the truth. Dad says that's always the smartest thing!"

Well, the Calendar Curmudgeons have this to say about that:

It's FACT! "The 1957 pilot episode, 'Captain Jack,' told the story of Wally and Beaver ordering a pet alligator and hiding it in the tank of a toilet. It was considered bad taste to show a bathroom, much less a toilet, on network TV at that time, so the censors delayed the airing of the episode a few weeks. It wasn't aired until the network and the production company made a compromise and agreed to show a toilet tank, but not the toilet itself."

beavandwally

Now, the sticklers over at Snopes.com aren't quite in agreement. They point out that this was the first airing of a toilet tank, but not really a toilet. Oh, but they do provide us a great clip of the actual scene, which you can view here. (BTW, can anyone tell if that's the same actor playing Wally as the one who played him later in the series? Looks different to me, but hard to say for sure.)

Personally, I find it hilarious that the mere mention of a toilet caused such a stir. "Those were the days!" :-)

Okay, I'm sleepy, so here's the next one for you!

The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is home to 3 million works of art.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


Nighty-nite, you FoCers! :-)

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
That looks like the original Wally to me. Maybe they had two alligators because I remember they kept one in the basement that grew really big and they had to take it to the zoo and say a tearful good bye. I have never been to Russia, but FACT they do have over 3 million works of art in the museum, fancy eggs don't take up much space.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'll say FACT on this Saturday morning!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Da! Tis Factski.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OAKT!

Which, for those of you not in the know, means FACT!

Spoiler
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Yeah, OK, I cheated! I used Babelfish. R he robopio pycckoro.


ETA: Since I can't actually use a Russian keyboard, pretend the text in the spoiler is!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I would have said crap until Dogdoc mentioned eggs. Now I say FACT!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
it's a pretty big place, so i'll say fact.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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It's years & years & years of art history. I'll say Fact!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

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It's huge. I guess it's a FACT.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
It's a huge place, but I'll say 3 million is just a couple too many.

Crap.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i'm with juju! crap!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Crapski, it is home to 3 mil something but not specifically art

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

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Fact, for loose definitions of the word art.

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Fact

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
3,000,000 is a really big number. Way too much to fit in one museum. Even if it is a really big one.
So I say CRAP.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think it is 3,000,003 hand-painted grains of rice

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Crap, I know it's one of the biggest museums around, but I think 3 million is a bit too many.