"Make Room for Daddy" was produced and aired during TV's infancy. The writers and directors were working with what made people laugh. The words "Child abuse, domestic violence, equality, subservance, submission, independence, dual-incomes, no smoking please, active listening, involved parenting, respect" were not in the vocabulary of the 1950's population. Society has evolved so much since then now that were are in the 21st century. We know what is age-appropriate, acceptable and politically correct now. Back then our grandparents generation didn't.
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Glen_and_Glenda
15 years ago
The words "Child abuse, domestic violence, equality, subservance, submission, independence, dual-incomes, no smoking please, active listening, involved parenting, respect"
Last time I checked, we still don't have most of those things some 50 years later. Now, I'm no expert of 1950's television, but Child Abuse, BTW, was indeed a subject on several non-comedy discussion programs in the 1950's that children weren't allowed to watch. The only surviving episode of "Okay, Mother", an early 1950's program often called "A tribute to motherhood", featured a debate on spanking that got pretty heated.
Oh, my God... don't they have bottoms in Australia?
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