Whereas Jerry Mathers says “Captain Jack” was the primary episode of the sequence that they shot, it was truly the second to air. The precise “Depart It to Beaver” pilot is “Beaver Will get Spelled.” The alligator episode’s delay was possible as a result of needing to get the episode previous the censors, and it is considerably debatable as as to if “Depart It to Beaver” can actually declare to have proven the primary bathroom on tv. Technically, it exhibits the primary bathroom tank, which is not fairly the identical. Nonetheless, it is a part of a bathroom and the remainder of a rest room, which was nonetheless an enormous step ahead in breaking freed from a few of the conservative values of the Nineteen Fifties.
The subsequent step towards bathroom acceptance on tv would happen in 1971’s “All within the Household” episode, “Success Story.” That is the primary time the sound of a bathroom flushing was heard on a TV sequence, arguably a far larger transfer towards broadcasting racier content material. Displaying a tank is one factor, however flushing a bathroom (and all of the implications that motion comes with) is definitely extra scandalous, a minimum of by the requirements of the Seventies. However with that flush, direct bathroom humor grew to become way more commonplace, with the lavatory fixture turning into frequently featured in lots of sitcoms to observe, from “Married with Youngsters” to “The Simpsons” and past.
Within the trendy TV period, a sequence like “Rick and Morty” can dedicate a complete episode to utilizing a bathroom, and no one bats a watch. All these exhibits owe a debt of gratitude to “Depart It to Beaver” and its dedication to exhibiting a bathroom on digital camera, a method or one other.