[Dr. Sivana]

Newspapers are among the last places in America that have close to zero tolerance for [expletive deleted].

Not true. When I was a kid, I could read the comics section. I cannot let my children look at today's comics section.

Compare:
1963
Peanuts
Blondie
Nancy
Mutt & Jeff
Beetle Bailey
Dick Tracy
Andy Capp
Li'l Abner


2013:
Dilbert
Blondie (post Chic Young)
Nancy (VERY post Ernie Bushmiller)
Doonesbury
Garfield
Non Sequitur
Monty
Luann
Zits
9 Chickweed Lane
The Boondocks


Okay, L'il Abner had issues, and some of the old-strips are more or less what they were back then (e.g. Beetle Bailey), but there are enough strips that are really aren't suitable for kids, even if they are great strips (e.g. Zits, Dilbert).

Scan the headlines, read the artcles in the news and style sections. Before the Bobbitt case, the "p" word was never printed, now it is, even when it is unnecessary to get the point across.

Regarding Goldberg's comment about the Ricardos sleeping in separate beds. Yes, they were married to each other, but we don't need to see them in the same bed any more than we need to see their toilet. For most other TV couples, it is for the dignity of the players that they should not be in bed together. The real life Mrs. Dick Van Dyke probably wouldn't want to see her husband in bed with Mary Tyler Moore on television. In his later years, Patrick McGoohan famously refused to even kiss a woman for a part, because of this. It didn't kill his career.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I’ve known more than one married couple (even today) who sleep separately. Some people have bad backs, sleep warmer or cooler than their mate, snore, etc. It was more common in the 50s than it is today, but people didn’t have King sized beds in the 50s, either.

[thecodont]

In his later years, Patrick McGoohan famously refused to even kiss a woman for a part, because of this. It didn't kill his career.

I seem to recall reading that Don Ameche, James Caviezel and Roberto Benigni were the same way.

[ottbmare]

I wasn’t aware that comic strips still exist. Interesting.