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Notorious · 05-11-2002, 01:48 AM

What's your favorite?

Mine would have to be I Love Lucy. My 2nd favorite is Leave It To Beaver.

TJL · 05-11-2002, 11:29 AM

I never got "Leave It To Beaver."

What mother wears pearls while doing housework?

Sean Snow · 05-11-2002, 11:32 AM

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Originally posted by TJL
I never got "Leave It To Beaver."

What mother wears pearls while doing housework?

LOL. I've heard that on "The Donna Reed Show", Donna Stone does her housework with pearls on too.

TJL · 05-11-2002, 11:36 AM

Crap. That was probably the show I was referring to.
Hell, all the parents on those 50's shows were way overdressed.

Ward Cleaver probably wore a tie in the shower.

JT · 05-11-2002, 05:15 PM

Barbara Billingsley wore pearls all the time because the producers thought her neck was too long.LOL. This is the straight truth!

To Brandon:
Were you there in the 50s? How would you know if they were unrealistis then? If you want a realistis show watch Survivor! All sitcoms are unrealistic!

My top fave 50s shows (I didn't say unrealistic!)

1)Donna Reed Show (Two years in the 50s)
2)Father Knows Best (Six years in the 50s)*tie*Dennis (1 year)
3)Make Room For Daddy (Two years)
4)Ozzie & Hariet (8 years)
5)Beaver (3 years)
6)Lucy (6 years)
7)Honeymooners (One year)
8)Real McCoys (3 years)
That's all I can think of!

And on the discussion of overdressed characters:
I think Mary Stone would wear a cardigan if she was in an adult video!

Sean Snow · 05-11-2002, 05:38 PM

LOL JT on the Mary Stone comment! BTW, "Make Room for Daddy (1953-1957)/The Danny Thomas Show (1957-1964)" ran for seven years in 50s and TDTS years were eventually renamed MRFD in syndication.

Most shows were unrealistic in the 50s, but so are todays imo. Here are my favoritesf rom the decade, in no special order:

"Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show" (1953-1964, ABC/CBS)
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966, ABC)
"Father Knows Best" (1954-1960, NBC/CBS)
"Dennis the Menace" (1959-1963, CBS)
"I Love Lucy" (1951-1957, CBS)
"Leave it to Beaver" (1957-1963, ABC/CBS)
"The Honeymooners" (1955-1956, CBS)

Notorious · 05-11-2002, 08:05 PM

okay, JT (you want to argue): not all sitcoms are unrealistic! shows from the 90s-00 are being more realistic. Examples: Cheers (very realistic, from 80s though), Roseanne (accept the last season, that was just a Roseanne mistake), The Ellen Show (realistic enough), Everybody Loves Raymond (good realistic family show)...there are many more!

See, all '50s sitcoms were the same. There was the working husband, and the stay-at-home mom. Let me remind you on Leave It To Beaver, Jude went to college, but she's a homemaker. Unrealistic! You don't see that on television anymore. In I love Lucy, everything was unrealistic, sneaking into famous people's houses, hiding under skinned bear fur, dressing up as Superman and climb out of your apartment window...

I'm not dogging '50s shows, stupid JT. I'm just asking which unrealistic '50s show was your favorite! And don't reply if you just want to diss me!

JT · 05-11-2002, 10:55 PM

Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up!

Were you in the 50s? That's what I hate about current sitcoms! They are all about the same thing! A group of 20-30 somethings living in the same area or working at the same place!!!! Thank god I have Reba and the rest of WBs Friday lineup!!! And her name is June. Don't say it was a typo. The 'd' button is far from where the 'n' button is!!!

boechsner · 05-11-2002, 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by JT
Barbara Billingsley wore pearls all the time because the producers thought her neck was too long.LOL. This is the straight truth!

No. Barbara Billingsley was self conscious of a scar she had on her neck from a tracheotomy.

Actually, I think for the most part Leave It to Beaver is quite realistic. With the exception of a mother wearing a dress to do household cleaning.

Oh, and I know of women who have gone to college and despite that have become homemakers. It's not as uncommon as you may think.

Notorious · 05-11-2002, 11:15 PM

i wasn't gonna say it was a typo. i made a little mistake in her name! and there are barely any current shows about 20-30 people always hanging out and work at the same place! If you are referring to "Friends", they all have different jobs.

JT · 05-11-2002, 11:26 PM

But where do they live?
In the same building!!!

And to boechsner:
I read that her neck was too long.I never knew about the scar.Thanks for correcting me!

°Bubbly Blonde° · 05-11-2002, 11:26 PM

Okay, the fact is that 1950's sitcoms were very unrealisticic! Look...
( BTW: Fav is I

Lucy

)
But shows of the 1950's had no black people, yes there were black people in the 1950's, looking at the Ozzie and Harriet, you wouldn't know. There was homosexuality. Looking at the a show like Leave it to Beaver ya wouldn't know that. Almost all women worked as housewives! It doesn't necessarily make them bad shows, but sitcoms atleast today, show a better potrait of what's going on today, then they did back then. Back then, t.v. wasn't aloud to do alot. Like sleeping in the same beds and couldn't even say the word 'pregnant'! I saw a special over entertainment back then, and almost everything was censorship. Im not trying to start a fight with you JT

..Im just saying...That's my opinion.

Notorious · 05-11-2002, 11:27 PM

actually, they don't!

Ross, Rachel, and Phoebe live in other apartment buildings!

baronzzz · 05-19-2002, 07:00 PM

People in the 50s dressed up more for any occasion that involved leaving the house. Men wore ties and jackets to many occasions that you wouldnt even dream of wearing them to now. Women dressed in dresses and skirts almost always when they went to any social function. I remember when I was a little kid in the late50s/early 60s, I had to wear a tie and jacket when I flew in an airplane.
Also compare the audiences in game shows from yesterday and today. The audience in today's Price Is Right would be thrown out of the studio of any Password or Ive Got A Secret taping for improper attire.
However, I do remember back then my mom and I laughing when I told her she should vacuum in a dress and high heels like Mrs. Cleaver.

Jimbo · 05-20-2002, 07:02 PM

Yes, there were aspects of "Leave it to Beaver" that were unrealistic - such as June doing her housework in a dress and wearing pearls. There were, however, other characteritics that made the show unique for its time:

It was the first sitcom about family life presented from the point of view of the kids, rather than the parents.

Eddie Haskell was the first "bad boy" on a sitcom, and was the forerunner to characters like Fonzie on "Happy Days", and Hyde on "That 70's Show".

05-11-2002, 01:48 AM	#1
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05-11-2002, 11:29 AM	#2
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05-11-2002, 05:15 PM	#5
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,219	Barbara Billingsley wore pearls all the time because the producers thought her neck was too long.LOL. This is the straight truth! To Brandon: Were you there in the 50s? How would you know if they were unrealistis then? If you want a realistis show watch Survivor! All sitcoms are unrealistic! My top fave 50s shows (I didn't say unrealistic!) 1)Donna Reed Show (Two years in the 50s) 2)Father Knows Best (Six years in the 50s)tieDennis (1 year) 3)Make Room For Daddy (Two years) 4)Ozzie & Hariet (8 years) 5)Beaver (3 years) 6)Lucy (6 years) 7)Honeymooners (One year) 8)Real McCoys (3 years) That's all I can think of! And on the discussion of overdressed characters: I think Mary Stone would wear a cardigan if she was in an adult video!
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05-11-2002, 05:38 PM	#6
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,407	LOL JT on the Mary Stone comment! BTW, "Make Room for Daddy (1953-1957)/The Danny Thomas Show (1957-1964)" ran for seven years in 50s and TDTS years were eventually renamed MRFD in syndication. Most shows were unrealistic in the 50s, but so are todays imo. Here are my favoritesf rom the decade, in no special order: "Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show" (1953-1964, ABC/CBS) "The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966, ABC) "Father Knows Best" (1954-1960, NBC/CBS) "Dennis the Menace" (1959-1963, CBS) "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957, CBS) "Leave it to Beaver" (1957-1963, ABC/CBS) "The Honeymooners" (1955-1956, CBS)
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05-11-2002, 11:26 PM	#12
°Bubbly Blonde° <3 Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 25, 2001 Location: Playboy Mansion Posts: 5,877	Okay, the fact is that 1950's sitcoms were very unrealisticic! Look... ( BTW: Fav is I Lucy ) But shows of the 1950's had no black people, yes there were black people in the 1950's, looking at the Ozzie and Harriet, you wouldn't know. There was homosexuality. Looking at the a show like Leave it to Beaver ya wouldn't know that. Almost all women worked as housewives! It doesn't necessarily make them bad shows, but sitcoms atleast today, show a better potrait of what's going on today, then they did back then. Back then, t.v. wasn't aloud to do alot. Like sleeping in the same beds and couldn't even say the word 'pregnant'! I saw a special over entertainment back then, and almost everything was censorship. Im not trying to start a fight with you JT ..Im just saying...That's my opinion.
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05-11-2002, 11:36 AM	#4
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	Crap. That was probably the show I was referring to. Hell, all the parents on those 50's shows were way overdressed. Ward Cleaver probably wore a tie in the shower.

05-11-2002, 08:05 PM	#7
Notorious Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Sunnydale, CA --- and I actually registered at sitcomsonline July 25th, 2001 Posts: 1,494	okay, JT (you want to argue): not all sitcoms are unrealistic! shows from the 90s-00 are being more realistic. Examples: Cheers (very realistic, from 80s though), Roseanne (accept the last season, that was just a Roseanne mistake), The Ellen Show (realistic enough), Everybody Loves Raymond (good realistic family show)...there are many more! See, all '50s sitcoms were the same. There was the working husband, and the stay-at-home mom. Let me remind you on Leave It To Beaver, Jude went to college, but she's a homemaker. Unrealistic! You don't see that on television anymore. In I love Lucy, everything was unrealistic, sneaking into famous people's houses, hiding under skinned bear fur, dressing up as Superman and climb out of your apartment window... I'm not dogging '50s shows, stupid JT. I'm just asking which unrealistic '50s show was your favorite! And don't reply if you just want to diss me!

05-11-2002, 10:55 PM	#8
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,219	Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up! Were you in the 50s? That's what I hate about current sitcoms! They are all about the same thing! A group of 20-30 somethings living in the same area or working at the same place!!!! Thank god I have Reba and the rest of WBs Friday lineup!!! And her name is June. Don't say it was a typo. The 'd' button is far from where the 'n' button is!!!

05-11-2002, 11:15 PM	#10
Notorious Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Sunnydale, CA --- and I actually registered at sitcomsonline July 25th, 2001 Posts: 1,494	i wasn't gonna say it was a typo. i made a little mistake in her name! and there are barely any current shows about 20-30 people always hanging out and work at the same place! If you are referring to "Friends", they all have different jobs.

05-11-2002, 11:27 PM	#13
Notorious Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Sunnydale, CA --- and I actually registered at sitcomsonline July 25th, 2001 Posts: 1,494	actually, they don't! Ross, Rachel, and Phoebe live in other apartment buildings!
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05-19-2002, 07:00 PM	#14
baronzzz Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 11, 2002 Location: Beautiful Downtown Burbank Posts: 192	People in the 50s dressed up more for any occasion that involved leaving the house. Men wore ties and jackets to many occasions that you wouldnt even dream of wearing them to now. Women dressed in dresses and skirts almost always when they went to any social function. I remember when I was a little kid in the late50s/early 60s, I had to wear a tie and jacket when I flew in an airplane. Also compare the audiences in game shows from yesterday and today. The audience in today's Price Is Right would be thrown out of the studio of any Password or Ive Got A Secret taping for improper attire. However, I do remember back then my mom and I laughing when I told her she should vacuum in a dress and high heels like Mrs. Cleaver.

05-20-2002, 07:02 PM	#15
Jimbo Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 29, 2001 Location: United States of America-One Nation UNDER GOD! Posts: 471	Yes, there were aspects of "Leave it to Beaver" that were unrealistic - such as June doing her housework in a dress and wearing pearls. There were, however, other characteritics that made the show unique for its time: It was the first sitcom about family life presented from the point of view of the kids, rather than the parents. Eddie Haskell was the first "bad boy" on a sitcom, and was the forerunner to characters like Fonzie on "Happy Days", and Hyde on "That 70's Show".