The average person watching this on TV in 1953 and thinking "oh that's interesting (but if my own son does this I'll disown him)" couldn't possibly understand their buddy Joe at work now wearing dresses and going by "Joan" (while still looking and acting very much like their buddy Joe did), and if you call him "Joe" one too many times you're fired.
TBH I think I would have found that too ridiculous a premise to be good sketch comedy even in 2010, but now it's HR policy at big companies.
The average person watching this on TV in 1953 and thinking "oh that's interesting (but if my own son does this I'll disown him)" couldn't possibly understand their buddy Joe at work now wearing dresses and going by "Joan" (while still looking and acting very much like their buddy Joe did), and if you call him "Joe" one too many times you're fired.
TBH I think I would have found that too ridiculous a premise to be good sketch comedy even in 2010, but now it's HR policy at big companies.