'All in the Family' and the First Flushing Toilet

Update: 2021-01-25

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Norman Lear's All in the Family came out of the gate breaking television taboos, one of which (believe it or not) was the fact it represented the first time the TV audience heard the sound of a flushing toilet. TV historian Jim Colucci reflects on this ... uh ... historic moment.

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'All in the Family' and the First Flushing Toilet