joe bloggs says on 18/Aug/11
In an episode of the Honeymooners, I believe the Gleason character Ralph will be made redundant if his weight-for-height was too far above normal; the numbers, if I recall properly, were 5ft11 and 268lb. Since the measurement was going to be taken in 12 hours, Ralph had no chance of getting under 268, but with a little stretching, he and Ed thought, he'd make 6ft, for which Ralph's weight of 270 would have been just barely permissible. Somehow I figure it was easier for the writers and actors just to use the real numbers(5ft11/270)