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Tankeryanker · 08-30-2022, 07:54 PM

Betty seems like such a different person having a totally different life than say the Cleavers or the Douglases.

I get that boys would have somewhat of a different experience but it seems like the 60s shows are way more advanced than the 50s shows.

stevea · 08-30-2022, 09:02 PM

It would be interesting seeing FKB as a 60s show. In the 60s we started seeing married couples in a double or larger bed, like Samantha and Darrin and even Ozzie and Harriet (in the 60s, but not the 50s episodes). So we might see Jim and Margaret sharing a bed. We would probably hear some updated dialogue; maybe Jim wouldn't refer to someone as feeling "logy." I can imagine what it means but I'm too lazy to check. Maybe we'd see Betty take a civil engineering internship, and not have Margaret and Jim acting SO amazed. Maybe the guy assigning the tasks wouldn't urge the girls to take a secretarial "job." Perhaps Margaret has a part time job. Gee, just seeing it in color would be a major update.

As far as the Cleavers go, there is a much more modern feel to a 1963 episode than a 1957 one. But they only went so far--no double bed for Ward and June. Maybe a few more seasons would have made that happen.

08-30-2022, 07:54 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,051	50's tv versus 60's tv Betty seems like such a different person having a totally different life than say the Cleavers or the Douglases. I get that boys would have somewhat of a different experience but it seems like the 60s shows are way more advanced than the 50s shows.

08-30-2022, 09:02 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,061	It would be interesting seeing FKB as a 60s show. In the 60s we started seeing married couples in a double or larger bed, like Samantha and Darrin and even Ozzie and Harriet (in the 60s, but not the 50s episodes). So we might see Jim and Margaret sharing a bed. We would probably hear some updated dialogue; maybe Jim wouldn't refer to someone as feeling "logy." I can imagine what it means but I'm too lazy to check. Maybe we'd see Betty take a civil engineering internship, and not have Margaret and Jim acting SO amazed. Maybe the guy assigning the tasks wouldn't urge the girls to take a secretarial "job." Perhaps Margaret has a part time job. Gee, just seeing it in color would be a major update. As far as the Cleavers go, there is a much more modern feel to a 1963 episode than a 1957 one. But they only went so far--no double bed for Ward and June. Maybe a few more seasons would have made that happen.