# TV debate... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 14, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-debate/54459 "2001-02-14T14:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-debate/54459/1 "2001-02-14T14:53:24Z")
…So my sister-in-law calls me (the trivia/useless info champion of the southern Indiana area), and tells me of a debate she and my mother are having. My mother claims that Lucy and Desi were the first couple ever shown in bed together on TV. My sister-in-law claims it was The Munsters (of all shows). I told them both that Ozzie and Harriet were the first couple to share a bed on television. My mother deferred to my judgement. My sister-in-law, who normally does, won’t. She’s convinced that The Munsters were pictured in bed together first. My question is this: Was there ever an episode of “The Munsters” that showed Lily and Herman in bed that might have aired before Ozzie and Harriet broke that barrier, or am I wrong on this one? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-debate/54459/2 "2001-02-14T15:33:43Z")
According to [this page](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.htm) at Snopes, the first couple was Johnny and Mary Kay Stearns.