# Sleeping Together on Old TV Shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548 "2003-04-14T03:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/1 "2003-04-14T03:27:14Z")
I thought the Brady Bunch was credited as being the first sit-com where a couple was shown in the same bed together. But, I just caught an “I Love Lucy” where Ricky thinks he’s losing his hair. In this episode, Lucy and Ricky are no longer in separate beds, but together. I admit, they appear to be at opposite sides of a king-size bed! What’s the real deal here, SDopers? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/2 "2003-04-14T04:30:38Z")
I think you must be mistaken. Maybe you just thought it was a king-size bed, and didn’t notice the gap between their two twin beds? Considering that Lucy’s real-life pregnancy and delivery (of Desi Arnaz Jr.) was written into the show for a whole year as the “Little Ricky” storyline, but the show still was too discreet to use the word “pregnant,” I think you must be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/3 "2003-04-14T04:49:45Z")
When they moved to the house in the country, they switched to a king sized bed, or had twin beds pushed together. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/4 "2003-04-14T07:13:32Z")
Would you believe that the first TV sitcom to feature a bed-sharing married couple debuted in [1947](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/5 "2003-04-14T12:27:56Z")
That’s true **Sternvogel** , but TV soon stopped showing married couples sharing a bed for about 15 years. The first post-1950 show with two in a bed was probably “Green Acres.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/6 "2003-04-14T15:41:41Z")
Biography Magzine claimed that “The Bob Newhart Show” was the first show to have a couple sleep in the same bed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/7 "2003-04-14T16:14:28Z")
I saw that I Love Lucy episode over the weekend, too. On a second, closer inspection, it was twin beds that were pushed together. When Ricky pulled back the sheets to get into bed you could briefly but clearly see there were two separate beds. And Harriet Nelson always claimed that she and Ozzie were the first couple (okay, except for Mary Kay and Johnny) to be shown in the same bed. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-together-on-old-tv-shows/168548/8 "2003-04-14T21:18:58Z")
**Mary Kay & Johnny** (1947-1950) can not be verified, because no tapes remain of the show. **The Flintstones** (1960-1966) is a cartoon, with cartoon characters, and thus can not be eligable for the sit-com question. Therefore, the correct answer is **The Munsters** (1964-1966). So there you have it. 🙂