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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 3:24 pm
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."
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 4:17 pm
I'll flush that and say FACT!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 6:03 pm
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).

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:09 pm
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.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:21 pm
hey, if that's so, then my creature in the toilet wasn't so far-fetched, after all! wouldn't june say, "commode", though? 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 7:32 pm
The boys had a baby alligator in the basement but that is the nearest they came to a water pet.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 8:02 pm
True
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 10:36 pm
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.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 2:42 am
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: "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."
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! 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:33 am
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.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:01 am
I'll say FACT on this Saturday morning!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:04 am
Da! Tis Factski.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:21 am
OAKT! Which, for those of you not in the know, means FACT!
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | 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!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 1:36 pm
I would have said crap until Dogdoc mentioned eggs. Now I say FACT!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 1:54 pm
it's a pretty big place, so i'll say fact.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 2:01 pm
It's years & years & years of art history. I'll say Fact!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 3:49 pm
It's huge. I guess it's a FACT.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:05 pm
It's a huge place, but I'll say 3 million is just a couple too many. Crap.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:23 pm
i'm with juju! crap!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:27 pm
Crapski, it is home to 3 mil something but not specifically art
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:56 pm
Fact, for loose definitions of the word art.
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 6:26 pm
Fact
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 6:39 pm
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.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 7:41 pm
I think it is 3,000,003 hand-painted grains of rice 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 7:54 pm
Crap, I know it's one of the biggest museums around, but I think 3 million is a bit too many.
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