Leave It to Beaver

Did you know...
... that October 4th is Leave It to Beaver's Birthday? In 1957, the TV comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on CBS. The first toilet "tank" ever shown on a TV show was on Leave It to Beaver. In 1957 the networks were squeamish enough about displaying a bathroom on television, let alone an actual toilet. After several rounds of wrangling between the network and the production company, a compromise was reached: The episode could include shots of a toilet tank, but not the toilet itself. Problem solved! ;-)