I didn't know they couldn't show real books in the bookcase? I was watching Wally's Test and behind Wally in Ward's den I noticed some of the books and they distort the titles. Just got a new HD TV and you can read everything. Some of the titles were The Other Side of the Corn (no such book), Last of the W______, not Mohicans, The Sensualists, An American Vacancy not Tragedy. A Treasury of Biograpy?? Several other books I can't read. Weird huh? Just looked up one of the authors, Edgar Johnson, he was indeed an author of A Treasury of Biography so I guess he's a legitimate author, they snuck one in.

That's really funny! I guess the set designers were having a little fun with those fake titles. “The Sensualists” sounds kind of questionable reading material for the Cleaver home; what would June say? A while back somebody on one of the LITB boards posted that they freeze framed on a letter in one of the episodes and read the text of the letter, and it was a sort of joke text.

There seems to be a difference in what you can show on tv and what you can show in the movies. I have never seen a brand name product on tv as set dressing, where brand names are everywhere in the movies.

Hmm, just notice we say IN the movies and ON tv. I wonder why?


Okay, found this and it might shed some light on the subject. Maybe it is about advertising rates. http://www.reddit.com/r/answers/comments/16qkuy/do_tv_shows_obscure_product_logos_because_of/

"While it's true that a production company would want to have a company pay them for showing their logo in the end it's really about the fact that by showing it without permission it would allow them to sue the pants of production and whatever network airs it. So when Legal watches the edit of a show and see's an unapproved logo they will burn down heaven and earth to make it disappear.
This means there are NO accidental logos seen on TV or film. No matter how subtle if you see it then it got cleared."

It's like in the old commercials they couldn't say the name of the competing product so they said Brand X. Like Bounty Paper Towels always said the leading brand now I see they can actually say another product name.:lol:

I imagine if they showed actual titles of books and the real author's names then they would have had to pay royalties to those authors just like they they do to musicians when their songs are used on TV shows.

That's really funny! I guess the set designers were having a little fun with those fake titles. “The Sensualists” sounds kind of questionable reading material for the Cleaver home; what would June say? A while back somebody on one of the LITB boards posted that they freeze framed on a letter in one of the episodes and read the text of the letter, and it was a sort of joke text.

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/smerdly/litb_zpsb11cc677.jpg (http://s1141.photobucket.com/user/smerdly/media/litb_zpsb11cc677.jpg.html)

Here's what the note says:

Mr. Ward Cleaver
485 Mapleton Drive
Mayfield, State

My Dear Mr. Cleaver:

This paragraph has absolutely nothing to do with anything.
It is here merely to fill up space. Still, it is words,
rather than repeated letters, since the latter might not
give the proper appearance, namely, that of an actual note.

For that matter, all of this is nonsense, and the only
part of this that is to be read is the last paragraph,
which part is the inspired creation of the producers of
this very fine series.

Another paragraph of stuff. Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of their party. The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog. My typing is lousy, but the
typewriter isn't so hot either. After all, why should I
take the blame for these mechanical imperfections, with
which all of us must contend. Lew Burdette just hit a
home run and Milwaukee leads seven to one in the series.
This is the last line of the filler material of the note.
No, my mistake, that was only the next to last. This is last.

I hope you can find a suitable explanation for Theodore's
unusual conduct.

Yours truly,
Cornelia Rayburn

Who would have thought that when that guy typed all that filler that we would be scrutinizing the letter in the future. It really is very funny and reminds you it was just a TV series and not real life or anything like real life.