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stevea · 03-05-2020, 10:41 AM

As well-made a show as LITB is, I wonder why they never decided to put some peas cooking into one of those pans. Or if they had no real source of heat, just dump a can of peas in the pan and start that fake sizzling sound effect.

Every time they have a cooking scene it's obviously faked.

I thought of this while watching Father Knows Best, which had a real, working kitchen. And you frequently see them making real food.

Tankeryanker · 03-06-2020, 12:45 PM

Doesn't June serve some eggs and maybe pancakes out of a super clean electric frying pan?

I thought that looked pretty real. I think we still have the same frying pan.

I have heard that meals are a hard thing to shoot and can take hours and the food gets to the point it is not safe to even pretend to take a bite.

stevea · 03-06-2020, 07:28 PM

Yep come to think of it I remember pancakes a few times. And there is definitely food in the dining room, at dinner.

Bu the actual "cooking" scenes always seem to be fake. Wait, when Beaver let that bath run over, maybe Wally was actually grilling hamburgers.

Haskell · 03-06-2020, 08:41 PM

Wow I never noticed this. I was always very impressed with Barbara’s knife skills as she was cutting various veggies here and there for scenes.

Tankeryanker · 03-06-2020, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Haskell

Wow I never noticed this. I was always very impressed with Barbara’s knife skills as she was cutting various veggies here and there for scenes.

Barbra had mad knife skills.

stevea · 03-07-2020, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Haskell

Wow I never noticed this. I was always very impressed with Barbara’s knife skills as she was cutting various veggies here and there for scenes.

I remember one episode where she was grinding hamburger.

Scrabjan1 · 03-09-2020, 08:18 AM

I like how she’s at the stove especially in the old house stirring water in a sauce pan like in Beaver’s Newspaper when Larry doesn’t want broccoli. Often you see her pressure cooker with steam coming out but can’t see any food. There’s always a pan on the stove boiling over like when Ward is cooking peas. Don’t see any peas. Plenty of food on the plates, though.

stevea · 03-09-2020, 09:23 AM

I like the one where June is at a meeting and Ward is trying to make dinner. There's that fake boiling noise when Wally's checking what's cooking.

Ward is brushing something on some meat and Wally tells him he's using the brush June uses to clean the sink (or something like that).

Tankeryanker · 03-09-2020, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I like the one where June is at a meeting and Ward is trying to make dinner. There's that fake boiling noise when Wally's checking what's cooking.

Ward is brushing something on some meat and Wally tells him he's using the brush June uses to clean the sink (or something like that).

Is this the one where Beaver is cutting the butter and June says across and not lengthwise?

Scrabjan1 · 03-09-2020, 03:10 PM

Ward is brushing barbecue sauce on the steaks with the bottle cleaning brush. The steaks burn up anyway. I like when Aunt Martha serves eggplant and June says “oh eggplant?” Then later in The Shave June has fried eggplant and Wally hates it.

stevea · 03-09-2020, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

Is this the one where Beaver is cutting the butter and June says across and not lengthwise?

I don't remember that one, but in Beaver Won't Eat, Beaver goes to butter his bread at the restaurant, and Ward tells him to break his bread before buttering it. I'm a littler younger than Mathers, but I don't remember that being a rule of etiquette. If it was and if I violated it, my grandfather would have said, "That is considered detrop." I never knew what that exactly meant, but I figured it wasn't good.

stevea · 03-09-2020, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

Ward is brushing barbecue sauce on the steaks with the bottle cleaning brush. The steaks burn up anyway. I like when Aunt Martha serves eggplant and June says “oh eggplant?” Then later in The Shave June has fried eggplant and Wally hates it.

I can imagine Aunt Martha serving all the things I hated--eggplant, kale, turnips...

Scrabjan1 · 03-10-2020, 09:06 AM

Milk toast!!!!

stevea · 03-10-2020, 09:12 AM

sardines.

My dad loved those...ugh!

Also when he was sick, and got over it, he wanted milk toast. Double ugh!

Scrabjan1 · 03-10-2020, 08:59 PM

I used to eat sardines when I was a kid. How I don’t know!! I bought some a few years ago to see if I could stomach them. Disgusting.

03-05-2020, 10:41 AM	#1
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,404	The Fake Cooking As well-made a show as LITB is, I wonder why they never decided to put some peas cooking into one of those pans. Or if they had no real source of heat, just dump a can of peas in the pan and start that fake sizzling sound effect. Every time they have a cooking scene it's obviously faked. I thought of this while watching Father Knows Best, which had a real, working kitchen. And you frequently see them making real food.

03-06-2020, 12:45 PM	#2
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,058	Doesn't June serve some eggs and maybe pancakes out of a super clean electric frying pan? I thought that looked pretty real. I think we still have the same frying pan. I have heard that meals are a hard thing to shoot and can take hours and the food gets to the point it is not safe to even pretend to take a bite.

03-06-2020, 07:28 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,404	Yep come to think of it I remember pancakes a few times. And there is definitely food in the dining room, at dinner. Bu the actual "cooking" scenes always seem to be fake. Wait, when Beaver let that bath run over, maybe Wally was actually grilling hamburgers.

03-06-2020, 08:41 PM	#4
Haskell Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2020 Posts: 24	Wow I never noticed this. I was always very impressed with Barbara’s knife skills as she was cutting various veggies here and there for scenes.

03-09-2020, 08:18 AM	#7
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I like how she’s at the stove especially in the old house stirring water in a sauce pan like in Beaver’s Newspaper when Larry doesn’t want broccoli. Often you see her pressure cooker with steam coming out but can’t see any food. There’s always a pan on the stove boiling over like when Ward is cooking peas. Don’t see any peas. Plenty of food on the plates, though.

03-09-2020, 09:23 AM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,404	I like the one where June is at a meeting and Ward is trying to make dinner. There's that fake boiling noise when Wally's checking what's cooking. Ward is brushing something on some meat and Wally tells him he's using the brush June uses to clean the sink (or something like that).

03-09-2020, 03:10 PM	#10
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Ward is brushing barbecue sauce on the steaks with the bottle cleaning brush. The steaks burn up anyway. I like when Aunt Martha serves eggplant and June says “oh eggplant?” Then later in The Shave June has fried eggplant and Wally hates it.

03-10-2020, 09:06 AM	#13
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Milk toast!!!!

03-10-2020, 09:12 AM	#14
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,404	sardines. My dad loved those...ugh! Also when he was sick, and got over it, he wanted milk toast. Double ugh!

03-10-2020, 08:59 PM	#15
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I used to eat sardines when I was a kid. How I don’t know!! I bought some a few years ago to see if I could stomach them. Disgusting.