# First inter-racial kiss on US Network TV

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**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-inter-racial-kiss-on-us-network-tv/671534 "2013-10-18T00:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-inter-racial-kiss-on-us-network-tv/671534/21 "2013-10-18T16:39:40Z")

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CBS Network: Lassie gives Timmy an open mouth kiss, _with tongue_, on the September 17th episode of _Lassie_ back in 1954.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-inter-racial-kiss-on-us-network-tv/671534/22 "2013-10-18T17:24:31Z")

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Did Ertha Kitt ever kiss Adam West on Batman?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-inter-racial-kiss-on-us-network-tv/671534/23 "2013-10-18T17:49:11Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> Did Ertha Kitt ever kiss Adam West on Batman?

No, but he kissed her ass!

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-inter-racial-kiss-on-us-network-tv/671534/24 "2013-10-22T10:51:54Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> I’ve never heard Shatner deny it. And, my memory may be faulty, but I thought I had heard Shatner tell the story about crossing his eyes so they couldn’t use the non-kiss shot.

I’ve definitely heard Shatner tell that story on talk shows. I think one time they even showed footage of the crosseyed take (though it’s possible I might have seen that somewhere else, like on a bloopers show or a retrospective or something).

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