Posted on 09/18/2017 6:19:49 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
“We were the first married TV couple to have a single bed,” the 88-year-old told Closer Weekly. “I didn’t think it was risky — I just thought it was about time.”
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Brady bunch. I believe he was reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Because Bob Newhart.
Well certainly not because Suzanne Pleshette.
Anyway, didn’t Samantha and Darren have one? I have seen the first few seasons of Bewitched and I’m pretty sure there was one bed.
What about Petticoat Junction?
Brady Bunch.
According to Snopes it was first seen on the Dumont network...years and years ago. Now, we ask, would Snopes fail to tell US the truth?
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.asp
Right, the first mainstream program to show a married couple together in bed was the Flintstones. I read somewhere that the first non-animated show was Green Acres but I’m not sure about that. I remember growing up thinking my parents were weird because they didn’t sleep on twin beds separated by a dresser.
Yup! The Brady Bunch was in 1969 .... so that show was first with the double bed.
Sounds like "progress" to me!
Oops ... it was Samantha and Darren first in a double bed in 1964
That was it, Green Acres, not Petticoat Junction. My mistake.
“Snopes” and “truth” don’t belong in the same sentence.
Easy mistake. Practically the same cast, same town....................
Bob & Emily’s bed was about 200 square feet.
It was huge.
I thought it was The Munsters.
Oh my, so not in “I Love Lucy” nor the immortal “I Married Joan”, eh?
Who was first? There has long been much confusion about which married couple first shared the same bed on TV. Some have said Lucy and Ricky of I Love Lucy, others have gone for Carol and Mike of The Brady Bunch, Wilma and Fred of The Flintstones, Lily and Herman of The Munsters, and, of course, Samantha and Darrin of Bewitched. Strangely enough, it was none of these. The winner is Mary Kay and Johnny, which first aired on November 18, 1947. This was a 15-minute series that ran for three years. The Flintstones [1960-1966] were next, but are often discounted because they were cartoon characters, not real people. Next would be Bewitched and The Munsters both of which first aired in 1964.
Bewitched first showed Darrin and Samantha sharing a bed on October 22, 1964. The Munsters first showed Herman and Lily sharing the same bed in the episode "Autumn Croakus," which aired on November 26, 1964. The Brady Bunch didn’t come along until 1969. The Ricardos and the Nelsons, for example, always used twin beds.
It's from a blog, so you have been warned. http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/bedtime.htm
To Mr. Newhart: "Hi, Bob. You're mistaken."
Regards,
Never understood why married couples had separate beds in movies and tv.
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