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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 1, 2017 6:41:16 GMT
I just watched the episode The Suit of the 1969 British comedy anthology series Galton and Simpson Comedy, and was surprised to see a toilet appear for about 10 seconds. A toilet also plays an important role in the 1960 film Psycho. This 1961 commercial sorta shows a toilet: archive.org/details/1961CommercialForSani-flushOut of curiosity, can you people name some other early examples of a toilet appearing in classic films/TV? |
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Post by OldAussie on Dec 1, 2017 7:55:04 GMT
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) - Jane Fonda is shown sitting on a toilet - perhaps the first time an American movie showed one being used. The scene was copied with Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut.
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 1, 2017 8:12:32 GMT
The first American mainstream film to show someone actually using a toilet was CATCH-22 in 1970 -- when Col. Martin Balsam is shown holding court while upon the throne.
Here he is -- though not on that.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 1, 2017 10:46:39 GMT
Thought of another one:
Your Children and You (1946, UK, 28 minutes) - Instructional film for mothers, advising them on raising young children. A rather ugly toilet is seen on several occasions. Unless I'm mistaken a young child's potty is also shown.
Yes, I'm the kind of person who watches instructional films from the 1940s. They are often very interesting.....
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Dec 1, 2017 11:12:24 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 1, 2017 15:09:58 GMT
One from 1972  |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 1, 2017 15:13:23 GMT
Latrine inspection from No Time for Sergeants (1958)  |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Dec 1, 2017 16:21:44 GMT
coming soon to the classic film board - "films where characters take a good shit". i mean, we are running out of topics.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 1, 2017 17:07:51 GMT
coming soon to the classic film board - "films where characters take a good shit". i mean, we are running out of topics. ...and to think this was the best idea for a thread I could come up with after many weeks of thinking. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2017 17:26:28 GMT
Kinda funny latrine story. Back on the old IMDB Classics board a couple of innovative posters would post theme topics... "let's talk about movies with "x" type themes." They proved to be quite popular and active and clever. A troll decided to post a "parody/satire" with LATRINES as the topic. It ran for several pages and was actually quite interesting. The best laid plans of mice and trolls ....  So this isn't really an end of the line topic when you come to think about it, eh ? |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Dec 1, 2017 17:31:54 GMT
coming soon to the classic film board - "films where characters take a good shit". i mean, we are running out of topics. ...and to think this was the best idea for a thread I could come up with after many weeks of thinking. it was very original. i commend you on your guts to post a thread like this. some people would think about it, but decide against it. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Dec 1, 2017 17:32:54 GMT
Kinda funny latrine story. Back on the old IMDB Classics board a couple of innovative posters would post theme topics... "let's talk about movies with "x" type themes." They proved to be quite popular and active and clever. A troll decided to post a "parody/satire" with LATRINES as the topic. It ran for several pages and was actually quite interesting. The best laid plans of mice and trolls .... So this isn't really an end of the line topic when you come to think about it, eh ? well, i'm drunk. so i posted whatever came to my mind. sorry if it offended you. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 1, 2017 17:38:31 GMT
...and to think this was the best idea for a thread I could come up with after many weeks of thinking. it was very original. i commend you on your guts to post a thread like this. some people would think about it, but decide against it. It was either this, or a "name early examples of a car being destroyed in a film" thread. If anyone wants to post that thread idea, they are welcome to. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2017 17:38:31 GMT
Not an early tv example, BUT Archie Bunker was frequently heard to flush the toilet in All In the Family before coming downstairs to verbally abuse everyone. More recent : T-Rex excounters the gent in the porta-potty in Juraissic Park. Matthew the Swordsman |
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 1, 2017 17:45:24 GMT
How it all begins in THE BIG LEBOWSKI.   |
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Post by Stammerhead on Dec 1, 2017 18:53:46 GMT
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Post by divtal on Dec 1, 2017 21:43:30 GMT
I love Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective, his spoof melding of "The Maltese Falcon," and "Casablanca," with Peter Falk in the Bogart character(s). Of course, the plot is ridiculous, as Simon intertwines the stories.
Marsha Mason plays Georgia Merkle, the comic counterpart to the widow, Iva Archer, played in TMF by Gladys George. In one scene, she's hiding in Falk's bathroom, and is holding the urn containing her late husband's ashes. The top of the urn loosens, and she spills the ashes into the toilet. "Sam" (Falk), flushes the toilet: "No use in crying over spilled husbands."
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 1, 2017 23:18:25 GMT
...the mug shot in the Lethal Weapon film w/Danny Glover and Mell Gibson...hilarious...
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Dec 1, 2017 23:37:48 GMT
Two great fight scenes that just happen to both take place in toilets (apparently the men’s bathroom is where all the action is).
Casino Royale (2006).
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015).
Sorry they're not 'early'/'classic' films.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 2, 2017 0:17:28 GMT
 Lukas Haas :  |
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