I recently came across this RV video that originally appeared on the children's TV show Sesame Street, my guess, in the 1970's.

  

It is kind of a fun look at some "early" full time RVers. Notice though that the little girl rides a lot at the dinette, gets up and walks around the coach, uses the restroom, etc. I don't think that this is legal and/or safe in any State now, but I would imagine that it was widely accepted back when this video was made. Most of you can probably remember when cars did not come with seat belts and kids were not required to use car or booster seats. In addition, playgrounds did not have soft cushioned "floors" and we rode bikes with no helmets. It's amazing that we all survived.

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RV’s have recently been in the spotlight in more mainstream ways.  Sure, RV’s have been in movies before, like 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with Cousin Eddie coming to visit.  But, in 2006, Robin Williams brought RV’s to the big screen with the movie entitled “RV” with a RV more prominently featured.   “RV” is about the dysfunctional McNeive family who set out on a Rocky Mountain adventure and all of their mishaps along the way.  Then premiering in July 2009, NBC’s “The Great American Road Trip” is a series where seven families from divergent backgrounds are selected to take the RV journey of a lifetime.

So, are these kinds of RV shows and RV movies good for RV sales and RV vacations as a whole?  Will it get more people, who have never tried RVing, to buy or rent a RV from RV Dealers and try it for themselves?  Will these shows serve to change the uneducated perception of what RVing is all about and who RVs?  Or, do these shows do little to forward the RV industry as a whole?  

After reading many forum posts on this subject, I have found that there are mixed reviews on if the current mediums featuring RV’s are hurting or helping public perception and RV usage.  The general consensus from most of the forums is that these shows are not doing the RVing world real justice.  I guess time will tell if these sources increase the sale of new and used RVs.  Until then, it’s up to the user whether to watch or not to watch the current offers put out there by Hollywood.