Anachronism in The Wild, Wild West, "Night of the Whirring Death," set in 1874. One of the little children has a teddy bear, which wasn't created until after 1902, when Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot the little bear that inspired the toy. (There were stuffed bear toys back then, but they didn't look like teddies as we know them; they were realistic depictions of bears, very frequently on a wheeled cart so children could drag them around.)

Of course, someone in this episode had an electric train, too, in a gauge James believes wasn't made until post-WWII.

Artie always did look swell in a cape, though!

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. . . . . noted and logged by Linda at 9:12:00 PM

Comments:

Uh, you mean it's set in 1874?

Caran

# posted by  Anonymous : 9:08:00 AM

 

Grrrrr! And I was being careful to type the date properly, too.

# posted by  Linda : 9:06:00 PM

 

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