Forever Ware

Forever Ware is the first episode of Eerie, Indiana. It first aired on NBC on September 15, 1991.

In it, the Tellers are welcomed to town by their neighbor Betty Wilson, who invites Marilyn to attend a demonstration of Foreve Ware, plastic containers guaranteed to keep anything fresh forever. Marshall and Simon discover that this includes Mrs. Wilson and her sons, who stopped aging thirty years ago.

Cultural references
Tupperware: Forever Ware is based on this brand of plastic containers. Tupperware parties became a fad in the United States in the 1950s and '60s.

Sesame Street: Bertram and Ernie's names are likely an allusion to Jim Henson's puppets Bert and Ernie from the children's program Sesame Street.

Donna Reed: A famous actress in the '50s and '60s. She starred as a perfect housewife in The Donna Reed Show, a sitcom which aired on ABC from 1958 to 1966. Marshall references this when he sees the mess in the kitchen and says "Where's Donna Reed when you need her?"

Themes
Stepford wives and the 1960s.

Characters

 * Marshall Teller
 * Simon Holmes
 * Marilyn Teller
 * Edgar Teller
 * Syndi Teller
 * Betty Wilson
 * Bertram Wilson
 * Ernest Wilson
 * Walt Wilson (mentioned)
 * Winifred Swanson
 * Phyllis Stouffer
 * Imogene Crocker
 * Beatrice Pillsbury
 * Elvis

Places

 * Teller home

Items

 * Forever Ware
 * Evidence locker

Companies and groups

 * Future Homemaker's Club