Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-413929-20150114222625/@comment-1894786-20150330160113

Hmcooper4 wrote: One slight correction to a misstatement I made earlier.

I said 101 dalmations in the book was probably 20's. after thinking through the events (I still can't find my copy that I bought many years ago), it has to be later that the '20s. H & J, while they are in Hell Hall with the Pups, have a habit of watching the Telly. (In fact, Rolly Polly gets somewhat addicted to the telly as well). I got the impression that TV was not that popular yet, as Television seems to not be that common in homes, so I will amend my observation from '20 to more like late '40s or early 50's.

Now, having said that, we've gotten way off topic here, and probably need to steer back towards the topic of "Best Laid Plans". If I remember correctly, the television became commercially available in the 1940's and became widespread in the 1950's, the same time period the book was written.