A Word to the Wives - Riffs

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  • @lastswordfighter
    @lastswordfighter 11 років тому +121

    I have found the pinnacle of rare artifacts. A vintage film that not only is sexist towards women but men as well. I'd never thought I'd see the day.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 5 років тому +4

      Remember, Kitchens are for WOMEN ONLY, and women are to stay in the kitchen! @Foxy356

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 5 років тому

      Tareltonlives
      Wow... what were these filmmakers thinking!?

    • @scitechian
      @scitechian 5 років тому +7

      "Remember, young single men of the 1950s: unless you get married, you're going to starve to death."

    • @blixer8384
      @blixer8384 Рік тому +1

      It’s hardly a new observation but many of the expectations of men under patriarchy are degrading if not harmful towards men… toxic if you may…

  • @Chocobo0Scribe
    @Chocobo0Scribe 9 років тому +57

    "Something fancy like chicken curry over rice"
    *laughs*
    That's what I make when I'm too lazy to cook!

    • @alexiaNBC
      @alexiaNBC 5 років тому +6

      What other fancy foods can they think of? Scrambled Eggs? Grilled Cheese Sandwiches? Ramen noodles?

    • @Stormkrow280
      @Stormkrow280 3 роки тому +2

      Pasta with Alfredo sauce

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 9 років тому +55

    "That word is MARTINI!"
    “Let’s see…..baking soda…cocaine…and some salt! This will make a great pizza!”
    “You win this round, ice cube tray, but the war is not over!”
    “The moral of the story is: Women are always plotting conspiracies behind your back, so never let them leave the kitchen”
    I love these MST shorts

    • @DemonDemonicGames
      @DemonDemonicGames 9 років тому +6

      Tareltonlives Who doesn't, I wonder if people will riff about our PSAs nowadays when society changed again.
      And yes, it does make for a great Pizza, trust me, my Pizzeria runs wild!
      And you forgot: "You gotta let the Rats know you comin' in, so they can unlock it!"

    • @caseyj5637
      @caseyj5637 9 років тому +2

      +Tareltonlives it's not the MST3K guys, but Linkara is really funny.

    • @Bismuth83X
      @Bismuth83X 7 років тому +4

      MOVE your ARM, DUMBASS!

    • @Gasoline85
      @Gasoline85 7 років тому +1

      Try it eight more times, maybe it'll work!

    • @monkeybash3000
      @monkeybash3000 6 років тому +2

      Baking soda..Cocaine!?! Aren't those the ingredients for Crack?

  • @HobGungan
    @HobGungan 6 років тому +8

    I was waiting for the Christmas Story reference the second I saw Darren McGavin's name. I commend you for holding out as long as you did.

  • @All2Meme
    @All2Meme 7 років тому +17

    6:45 Hey, doofus, you COULD try boiling water on the stove to get hot water for the dishes! I've done that many times before when the hot water heater was on the fritz, but then I guess I'm not a 50's era middle-age man with a room-temperature IQ either...

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 4 роки тому

      Thanks for the advice All2Meme.

    • @alexjewett7455
      @alexjewett7455 4 роки тому +1

      He can't even open a cabinet door on his own! Do you think could be trusted to boil water?

    • @All2Meme
      @All2Meme 4 роки тому +1

      @@alexjewett7455 You're probably right. This guy could probably kill himself accidentally while trying to flush a toilet.

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 7 років тому +7

    I love watching this one back to back with the Fun With Shorts version AND the Rifftrax version

  • @devnconnors6634
    @devnconnors6634 9 років тому +34

    Fat Grandma Riffs would be a cool idea

  • @TDIwarrior1
    @TDIwarrior1 9 років тому +31

    I actually looked up grape jelly and mustard to see if I could find what the hell they were trying to make in this PSA.
    It turns out equal parts grape jelly and mustard make an excellent sauce for cocktail wienies. Didn't know that the had cocktail wienies in the 50's though.
    The more you know.

    • @caseyj5637
      @caseyj5637 9 років тому +5

      +TDIwarrior1 my mom told me that they used to make meatballs in a crockpot with this kind of sauce, and you'd combine grape jelly and chili sauce.

    • @ThatTransMuffinOfficial
      @ThatTransMuffinOfficial 7 років тому +2

      Casey J I always heard grape jelly and ketchup.

    • @mitchfletcher2386
      @mitchfletcher2386 6 років тому +2

      That sounds SO gross.

    • @reenisciannella713
      @reenisciannella713 5 років тому

      I think in the short she was making a glaze for the ham

    • @rogue7723
      @rogue7723 4 роки тому

      @@caseyj5637 My family and I once made Swedish meatballs in a crockpot using Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and grape jelly for a SuperBowl. It tasted _lousy_ and the smell while it was cooking gave us _headaches._

  • @snowbeast4463
    @snowbeast4463 8 років тому +35

    So the idea back then was that wives took care of the home while husbands worked. But if husbands were as stupid as this, how could they have held down jobs?

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 8 років тому +4

      Men were only clueless about their homes because they had their wives do everything. I imagine George after all their years of marriage had too much manly pride to ask his wife to refresh him on how the kitchen appliances worked. I think the joke is that since men are so good at bringing money home, they think they can do everything.

  • @alexiaNBC
    @alexiaNBC 10 років тому +56

    So men in the 1950s have zero experience in cooking, doing household chores or any other meaningful tasks?

    • @Stormkrow280
      @Stormkrow280 6 років тому +12

      Single men were doomed to starve apparently

    • @raijyn2452
      @raijyn2452 4 роки тому +1

      insulting

    • @Drums_of_Liberation
      @Drums_of_Liberation 4 роки тому +1

      @@raijyn2452 Hey!!! You and your "progressive" thinking ain't welcome here! Back to re-conditioning!!! Repeat after me men belong on the couch with a beer in their hand while the wife does all the wife work. Belch and fart as needed.

    • @raijyn2452
      @raijyn2452 4 роки тому

      @@Drums_of_Liberation forget that noise

    • @fifinostalgia
      @fifinostalgia 3 роки тому

      Well yeah, boys wern't really taught how to do any of that kind of stuff, as It was viewed as 'womens work', instead of basic life skills, hell, even now a days, you'll still find guys out their that still can't take care of themselves because they were never taught how to, because if they don't have a wife, they'll still have their mother to take care of them.

  • @RecoveringWeeb
    @RecoveringWeeb 7 років тому +3

    I forgot how funny your riffs are, i'm glad that I stumbled upon these again!

    • @nathanthompson4613
      @nathanthompson4613 7 років тому +1

      Hyrulian Pichu Damn you, you profile pic is too cute to take your actual comment seriously

  • @moonleafteaofthemonth
    @moonleafteaofthemonth 4 роки тому +5

    Is that the Old Man from a Christmas Story playing the husband? They even have him cursing out without any discernable curse words. And Linkara's reference to the leg lamp confirms it, lol.

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 5 років тому +6

    It says something when a riffing holds up alongside Josh Way and Rifftrax.

  • @cpcoultertweedles7216
    @cpcoultertweedles7216 8 років тому +16

    This was actually my strategy for when I needed a new laptop. Just let Mum use my old one (with it's slow speed, sticky keyboard and non-functioning mouse), and Mum was making plans for me to get a new one right away

  • @harmonicajay91
    @harmonicajay91 9 років тому +11

    Dad: JIMMY! I AM GOING TO (BLEEP) YOU UP! YOU LITTLE (BLEEP!)

    • @tomwaterwitch
      @tomwaterwitch 9 років тому +4

      +eastwing329 Jimmy, "Sure you can use it!"

  • @VincentMariethe4th
    @VincentMariethe4th 3 роки тому +2

    I watched this with my mom last weekend & she pointed out to me that the dad was also the dad in CHRISTMAS STORY...
    Mind. Blown.🤯

  • @SpeedyEric1
    @SpeedyEric1 7 років тому +3

    Thus started the "grape jelly and mustard" running gag.

  • @xX_Thaddeus_Xx
    @xX_Thaddeus_Xx 11 років тому +50

    Not bad, not bad at all. Clearly you've learned a lot from the school of MST3K. You could still stand to learn one of their most important teachings however; never riff alone. What you really needed were other people to bounce jokes off of and fill some of the dead air inbetween your riffs. Still, entertaining.

  • @samuelbarber4154
    @samuelbarber4154 6 років тому +6

    Is this where he got the grape jelly and mustard thing from?

  • @DrGregoryHouseIT
    @DrGregoryHouseIT 10 років тому +4

    "Mine is strictly the nightmare type."
    Oh, they're on Elm Street!

  • @TheNumnutRandomness
    @TheNumnutRandomness 9 років тому +15

    5:32 Unfortunately the ice tray was caught on the head of George's latest victim, Ted, who had insulted his golf swing last week.

  • @morph1960
    @morph1960 6 років тому +5

    "Took forever to get all of Jimmy's body parts in here!"

  • @alexjewett7455
    @alexjewett7455 5 років тому +6

    9:31 so that's where grape jelly and mustard came from.

  • @mavericklysander
    @mavericklysander 3 роки тому +2

    Oh so this is the origin of "Grape jelly and mustard"!

    • @AT4W
      @AT4W  3 роки тому +2

      Yep!

  • @NoxAtlas
    @NoxAtlas 6 років тому +9

    I should complain about this level of sexism but... This was considered completely normal back in these days. So I'm just glad the I was born in a generation when women weren't treated like mindless housewives and men like stupid idiots anymore.
    Fun fact: my grandfather was born in 1940 but he never completely relied on his wife when it came to chores. He always supported her and was the one who cooked the meals. After my grandmother died, he was perfectly fine on his own and knew how to take care of the house and didn't need a woman. And he raised my father as an independent man and told him "you never know when you end up living alone. So be sure you can survive on your own."
    I'm so proud of my grandfather

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 5 років тому +1

      Blankeye-Sigma
      I definitely agree with that.

    • @rogue7723
      @rogue7723 4 роки тому +2

      Your grandfather is/was a wise man, than.

  • @ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE
    @ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE 9 років тому +2

    Darren McGavin? I remember watching him on a 70's drama. I LOVE these Riffs.

  • @troin3925
    @troin3925 7 років тому +3

    6:45-6:53 That delivery was amazing!

  • @joeywomer
    @joeywomer 6 років тому +3

    My favorite joke was the reference to A Christmas Story with the leg lamp?

  • @Racecarlock
    @Racecarlock 11 років тому +22

    This wasn't a very good spinoff of "Leave it to the Saints".

  • @PhoenixHealing
    @PhoenixHealing 8 років тому +3

    When Bridget Nelson and MJ Pehl ruffed this they had a line I just die every time I hear it. When the Alpha Wife gives George marshmallows Bridget whispers, "Don't let Fatty Jane have one."

  • @MyMagnificentOctopus
    @MyMagnificentOctopus 4 роки тому +3

    Kolchak: The Kitchen Stalker

  • @PhoenixHealing
    @PhoenixHealing 6 років тому +2

    Marshmallow scene:"Don't let Fatty-Jane have one," one of my favorite lines from Bridget and Mj's riff on this :-)

  • @JaelinBezel
    @JaelinBezel 4 роки тому +2

    4:55 Jesus Christ! Just earlier, I cooked a dinner I've never before seen, made, or even heard of, and I still did a decent job! The noodles were a little undercooked and it probably would've been easier to peel the clove of garlic BEFORE I minced it into little pieces with a big knife but it was still filling and tasty!
    ...I made a recipe for Pasta Primavera that I found in this old cookbook I got at a yardsale.

  • @oathblade
    @oathblade 9 років тому +3

    You should upload some of these to Rifftrax. :)

  • @Wanderingsage7
    @Wanderingsage7 6 років тому +3

    Lewis has a dark sense of humor sometimes.

  • @nthomas32
    @nthomas32 9 років тому +6

    Is that the dad from A Christmas Story?

  • @stevenadin4613
    @stevenadin4613 6 років тому +2

    I wish they would put the year of the shorts, tired of guessing it's usually early 50s

  • @RaithSienar
    @RaithSienar 9 років тому +13

    7:20
    WHAT?
    Opening a cabinet with a hammer makes no sense.

    • @caseyj5637
      @caseyj5637 9 років тому +7

      +RaithSienar I think the cabinet gets stuck so they use the hammer to loosen the door or something.

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 8 років тому +16

      +RaithSienar HULK NO NOT HOW TO OPEN DOOR! HULK SMASH IT WITH HOSTESS FRUIT PIE!

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 4 роки тому

      Gratuitous Lurking
      That’s the best thing I’ve ever read

  • @TheFlowerGirl13
    @TheFlowerGirl13 9 років тому +15

    I'm almost more upset about the portrayal of men in this.

  • @lOrdofdOrkness73
    @lOrdofdOrkness73 6 років тому +2

    weird 50s cooking grape jelly and mustard

  • @jakebryant3445
    @jakebryant3445 8 років тому +6

    I need to riff this film, it's a riffing goldmine

  • @GrahamRocks
    @GrahamRocks 3 роки тому

    Huh! So that's where the "grape jelly and mustard" line came from that was used later in ASBAR! Cool.

  • @samuelbarber4154
    @samuelbarber4154 6 років тому +3

    Yes, automatic, doesn't that mean you have to turn dials and push nobs?

  • @SasukeUchiha-ix2yk
    @SasukeUchiha-ix2yk 6 років тому +2

    okay the nine holes thing, I don't get it, but maybe I don't want to. 9:33 oh so that's where it came from!

  • @jamcalx
    @jamcalx 11 років тому +3

    YAY, Passive aggression!

  • @RavynMad121
    @RavynMad121 9 років тому +3

    2:32 Buffy reference!

  • @gabrieldjatienza6971
    @gabrieldjatienza6971 5 років тому +2

    Night Stalker, The Early Years

  • @breawycker
    @breawycker Рік тому

    Alice, Jane's friend, is played by Marsha Hunt and this was released 5 years after she was blacklisted during the whole McCarthyism Red Scares

  • @monkeybash3000
    @monkeybash3000 6 років тому +3

    Is that the dad from Christmas Story!?!

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому

      Yup that's the ol' man from a Christmas Story.

  • @Cheezitnator
    @Cheezitnator 3 роки тому +1

    Dude, I would kill for an automatic flour dispenser.

  • @Kari166
    @Kari166 10 років тому +1

    George needs to take some anger management classes.

  • @hypnojon32
    @hypnojon32 8 років тому +2

    you have to wonder...what was this thing REALLY for? Like a State Fair or something? I mean it's basically a 13 min. commercial of a whole kitchen set. I can't imagine this being on TV.even if it was back then. And what the heck was a gas disposal? Like a mini incinerator/gas oven? (enter Natzi comment here)
    I think my favorite riff was about the golf comment: That could be mis-interpreted in to many awful ways!

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 8 років тому +1

      It showed in theaters before the main film.

    • @hypnojon32
      @hypnojon32 8 років тому +2

      really...wow! that makes sense actually..Thanx!

  • @kylelevesque1702
    @kylelevesque1702 9 років тому

    Jeezus Darren - half-assin' it much? C'mon Kolchak! Put some charisma in there!

  • @mewthebestt1751
    @mewthebestt1751 7 років тому +3

    I love Darren McGavin in any role.

  • @keigoftw
    @keigoftw 4 роки тому +2

    Is that Kolchak?! :)

  • @gabrielatienza4029
    @gabrielatienza4029 6 років тому +1

    Sure love them film scratches.

  • @idongesitusen5764
    @idongesitusen5764 3 роки тому

    "Freedom to go shopping whenever the urge hits you".
    Wilma & Betty: CHARGE

  • @augustwest5356
    @augustwest5356 9 років тому +3

    is that the dad from a Christmas story??!?!

    • @wolfgangxo_
      @wolfgangxo_ 8 років тому +3

      it is! Good ol' Darren McGavin.

    • @augustwest5356
      @augustwest5356 8 років тому +2

      King Buffalo hes really nailing the "good" and "old" part of that sentence

  • @sarah98917
    @sarah98917 2 роки тому

    Wasn't Darren McGavin in Christmas Story? Nevermind, my question's been answered.

  • @Smellbringer
    @Smellbringer 4 роки тому +1

    George can kill a Nazi but can't make dinner?
    Okay.

  • @jlprizm
    @jlprizm 9 років тому +7

    I don't think I believe that George has a job

    • @nathanthompson4613
      @nathanthompson4613 7 років тому +2

      Jasmine L He’s incompetent here because he has a job. He’s likely done nothing at home for years

  • @johnalogue9832
    @johnalogue9832 8 років тому +2

    To young people, this just looks like the awful pilot episode of "I Love Lucy" before they added all the parts people actually liked.
    Though I do like how often I hear the phrases "fully automatic" and "magazine" in this, the 50's must've been AWESOME!

  • @Viccatrix
    @Viccatrix 8 років тому +5

    To be fair, there arnt any hats as nice as Linkaras. The gods crafted it out of angel orgasms and clown flatchulence..

  • @rainyfeathers9148
    @rainyfeathers9148 5 років тому +2

    When basic survival skills are 'women's work'

  • @Gat720Dua
    @Gat720Dua 9 років тому +2

    So where do they distribute those old PSA's anyway? TV's or movies?

    • @insulttothehumanrace3807
      @insulttothehumanrace3807 9 років тому +3

      +Gat the Man They'd be on TV.

    • @Gat720Dua
      @Gat720Dua 9 років тому +3

      TMonager High They almost have that weird movie quality to it.

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 4 роки тому +1

      Sometimes at theaters, sometimes on TV, sometimes at schools.

  • @heynae2016
    @heynae2016 10 місяців тому

    Isn't George the old man from A Christmas Story?

  • @YokiDokiPanic
    @YokiDokiPanic 7 років тому +2

    I have a question! Why is she putting marshmallows on the sweet potato casserole and no one mentions it?! Is that what people in the 60's ate?

    • @brookedoesacraft982
      @brookedoesacraft982 7 років тому +4

      keniakittykat I've seen it before. Something about the texture of the toasted marshmallows and the sweet potato goes well. I don't like it but I know lots of people who adore it.

    • @tacotoosday42
      @tacotoosday42 7 років тому +1

      Its basically yams

    • @pisces2569
      @pisces2569 6 років тому +2

      That's what people today eat. My aunt makes that every Thanksgiving. It's really good

    • @elizabethsmith7224
      @elizabethsmith7224 5 років тому

      @@brookedoesacraft982 My mom makes it every Thanksgiving

  • @lOrdofdOrkness73
    @lOrdofdOrkness73 6 років тому +1

    hefty hefty wimpy wimpy

  • @FinnishFilmFan
    @FinnishFilmFan 7 років тому +3

    Ah, the wonderful sexism of the 50's... making both men and women look bad!

  • @sarah98917
    @sarah98917 2 роки тому

    The gas disposal looks like a pushcan

  • @wildhias
    @wildhias 10 років тому

    Wow how does Linkara now DJ BOBO? was he known in America?

  • @InhumanFan98
    @InhumanFan98 8 років тому

    darn these house chores i carnt make toast without filling the house with smoke

  • @caseyj5637
    @caseyj5637 8 років тому +1

    "tempature"

  • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
    @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 роки тому +1

    good god George was so inapt at taking care of himself! can he even wipe is own ass?

  • @brandijo7632
    @brandijo7632 Рік тому +1

    Scream Queen 👑 Okay 1st off, I love these videos 📸 especially this one, and a quick shout out 2 The Narrator (he's a friend of mine The Nostalgic Critic! Hey 😊 and hey Tamara (works on his show

  • @angelicafigueroa0221
    @angelicafigueroa0221 3 роки тому

    Odd question, what ever happened to that Pokémon run you were doing? Not the nuzlocks but the one on Blip, we got to like maybe episode 18-19, old as hell playthrough but it was pretty funny

    • @AT4W
      @AT4W  3 роки тому

      Pokemon Omicron. I keep saying I need to upload the rest of 'em, which I'll probably do at some point as one huge playthrough as opposed to more parts.

  • @christopherb501
    @christopherb501 2 роки тому

    Wait...was that the father from A Christmas Story?
    EDIT: Nvm; leg lamp joke confirms it.

  • @rolyngeorges7315
    @rolyngeorges7315 5 років тому +5

    This is really sexist towards men and women. This is really really cool and informative. But still it’s really fun to watch.

  • @tfmaster96
    @tfmaster96 3 роки тому

    3:32 "janie" eh? hmm. the solution wouldn't happen to be a gun, would it?

  • @RhythmGrizz
    @RhythmGrizz 8 років тому +1

    wtf are "ice circles"

    • @andrewollmann304
      @andrewollmann304 7 років тому +2

      RhythmGrizz Ice rings you use to chill punch for parties. If they're nos used to chill punch, they're placed in the punch bowl as a decoration.

  • @dionjaywoollaston1349
    @dionjaywoollaston1349 Рік тому

    The husband and son should have just said "screw this let's go to Vegas" instead of screwing around

  • @MrBlueSkyof1607
    @MrBlueSkyof1607 Рік тому

    9:31 In all seriousness, I don't know what's grosser: that it exists at all, the fact that (according to the internet) they make meatballs, or that people actually eat it. No offense to your tastebuds, but I'd be leaving a party early if one happens to serve that. Then again, it's probably better than what the Mother from "Better Off Dead" cooks.

  • @PaxtheDreamer
    @PaxtheDreamer 2 роки тому +1

    9:28
    If you're here from Tumblr, here ya go.

  • @TheAnonyomusGuy
    @TheAnonyomusGuy 10 років тому +1

    -I'm sorry but do you know what kind of process there is to selling a house and buying a new one along with moving your things from one to other. seriously it had to be worse in the 50's
    -4:58 and this is jiffy puff was invented. no seriously it was made so men would have an easy time in the kitchen

  • @latetothegame5557
    @latetothegame5557 7 років тому +1

    Good, but I feel like you were kind of stretching with some of the jokes detailing violence.

  • @brandijo7632
    @brandijo7632 Рік тому +2

    Scream Queen 👑 Next up Actually before I get going, Anybody recognize who George is? Anybody? 🤔It's The Dad from The Xmas 🌲⛄story.

  • @frankcastle1314
    @frankcastle1314 9 років тому +1

    I HAVE A HAT BETTER THAN YOURS LINKARA!
    A COWBOY HAT!!

  • @thegayghost872
    @thegayghost872 7 років тому

    Grape jelly and mustard

  • @jamarehire2011
    @jamarehire2011 2 роки тому

    holy crap, it's Ralphie's dad!!!!!

  • @brandijo7632
    @brandijo7632 Рік тому +1

    Scream Queen 👑 This isn't sexist it's From The 50's where Women wanted to be Donna Reed (My Grandma was like that 😊) And they're just teasing about the husbands (especially when there's the scene where he's trying to take out the garbage 🗑️ It's just a joke 🤣 Don't take Everything so seriously! 😊

  • @kyleshiflet9952
    @kyleshiflet9952 4 роки тому

    7:05

  • @carlduhan702
    @carlduhan702 9 років тому

    jaja

  • @perrilewis180
    @perrilewis180 18 днів тому

    At least it's sexist both ways by saying men don't even understand the basics of cleaning and cooking.

  • @rbraunbeck96
    @rbraunbeck96 2 роки тому

    The Waffle House has found it's new host