A Word to the Wives (1955)
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How two women trick a husband into buying a new kitchen. Svelte, perfect-looking Jane Peters and her equally svelte, perfect-looking friend are sipping coffee in their Paris original housedresses in the unnamed friend's modern kitchen. "I'm so proud of it it's almost indecent!" Jane's friend proclaims, wiggling one of her perfectly-shaped nails. She suggests that Jane go shopping with her on a spur-of-the-moment "small spree" (to buy more stunning housedresses, no doubt), but Jane sadly refuses. "I haven't got a dream kitchen to make things easier," she sighs. "Mine's strictly the nightmare-type."
Jane's friend is shocked, arching her perfectly-shaped eyebrows, shaking her perfectly-coiffed hair, and turning the corners of her perfectly-shaped lips down into a pout. Why doesn't Jane's husband move her out of that "older house" of theirs and into a freshly-built new one?, she asks, one with a modern kitchen that offers "freedom from uneccesary drudgery to go shopping when the urge takes you"? He certainly should, they agree, and the two women concoct a "plot" to make it happen. Jane has to visit her sick mother in Cleveland; she'll be gone for a couple of days. "Don't get TOO far ahead in your housework," Jane's friend winks. "Oh, no!" Jane replies. "I COULDN'T...."
Now we cut to George Peters as he struggles in Jane's kitchen. George -- brilliantly played by Darren McGavin -- is a slack-jawed mouth-breather who prefers to communicate either through grunts and ughs or by yelling at the top of his voice. His Neanderthal nature is understandable; after all, George doesn't have the priviledge of working in a kitchen "designed for efficiency and convenience." After two days of battling an outdated stove and water heater, sticky cabinets and ice cube trays, and a garbage disposal system that isn't automatic, George not only buys Jane her new kitchen, but a whole new "dream house" to go with it! The film ends happily for all, and Darren encourages viewers to visit a representative of their local homebuilder's association. "Believe me," he chuckles, "a few minutes now can lead to a whole lifetime of happiness. Happy homebuilding!"
Features appliances and equipment from Republic Steel Kitchens, Caloric, Whirlpool, Ruud Manufacturing Company, and The Formica Company.
Promotes an all-gas kitchen and laundry. American Gas Association offered prints of this film for sale to gas utilities to help them coax builders to incorporate kitchens into their new homes.
Producer: Telamerica, Inc.
Sponsor: American Gas Association, National Association of Home Builders, and The Woman's Home Companion - Фільми й анімація
Am I the only one that absolutely loves binge watching old films from 40's and 50's I Love TransAtlantic accent and the acting it relaxing and so pleasant, I love the 50's :)
OMG I love them too. Old films are like a gateway to the 1950's and 1940's. I'd love to live in the 1940's or 20's. The films are amazing!
me too! lol thought I was the only one.. I've had 5 days off and this is what I'm doing..it really takes you back to a wonderful period in time. And yes those accents..
Me too
Love 'em !!
The greatest cultural shift in history occurred between 1960 and 1970.
“My mother is sick”
“Cool, check out my dryer!”
@poopicorn Congratulations! You just won the Interwebz
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LOL
Maybe it was a way of trying to get her mind off of it to lift her spirit. I heard that at one point any unhappy topics were considered something that was unmentionable in polite conversation.
@@melisaames6551 Cool, check out my washer! It's automatic!
Sixty-eight years later, and Jane and Georges old kitchen is still way better than mine. 😂
Meanwhile, George probably managed to burn the new one down.
Yes my apt has no dishwasher but me
Same.👍
@@nancymcmonarch lol!
Because their generation made future generations poor
You know, George, that cabinet might just open if you GET YOUR ELBOW OFF THE DOOR!
greenpeach20 I had to rewind it when I saw this comment lmao and boy am I glad I did
The birth of infomercials :')
greenpeach20 😹😹😹👻
Ikr XD
At a point: you see the whole wall moving...its a flimsy prop and, he had to do that to keep it from opening as he pretended to struggle. The obviousness of that adds to a narrative that, he may just have a mental issue and he looks for things to be upset about. Poor Ralphie, he is constantly getting screamed at with no cause. That kid has to be nervous AF.
The teen hygiene reel from earlier WANTED him to take showers. Now: showers are bad?; confusing.
"my mom's not well" "let me show you my new washer" ... nice friend! jeeez!
Thought the same thing
Miss sensitivity. Not. 🤣
Yeah, what a rich biotch 😂😂
George seems like a reasonable, level-headed guy. Not a raging alcoholic at all.
🤣🤣🤣 I only watched it because of this comment. Spot on 🤣🤣🤣
Just your typical man.
The actor playing George was a gay heroin addict.
Isn't the dark haired Stepford Wife in the beginning Marsha Hunt who was black listed during the Red Scare?
This comment had me in tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣
She wants a new kitchen, she gets a new house. Simple.
That gave me a good laugh lol
That's amazing!
Notice they bought the whole house just for the kitchen? And the "old " house looks beautiful to me! He COULD HAVE just bought her new appliances?
@@sameoldthing4037 I thought the same thing. Did people not remodel kitchens back in the day?
Very modern day concept!
Legend has it George moved to the basement and had an abusive relationship with the furnace. His only worldly possession was a leg lamp.
😁😁😁😁
And an Oldsmobile.
😂😂😂👍
She used up all ghe glue on purpose.
Noddafinggah!!!!
George should have won a "major award" for his kitchen skills .
That is what I was thinking!
😂😂😂
NOTAFINGA!
Where were the Bumpis hounds?
Careful George, that cabinet is fra-gee-lay.
I wanted to see how that automatic flour dispenser worked..
Sorry, that information is above your pay grade...🗄️
ME TOO!
Me, too! Some of the stuff in the video looked more advanced than my kitchen!!
Ryann Hart
Me too!
Ethel Addams I think kitchen tech has gone backwards since the 60s cause so few people cook anymore,
Yes...the diabolical plot...where a man has to use his own kitchen...what a sneaky trick...
lol Rosie Rosenberg
I am chuckling so hard reading this right now!
Rosenberg
those sneaky, plotting housewives
Oddly, it still works.
omgf "I doubt George knows how to bring things to a simmer." The 1950's foreplay shade is glorious
"My mom is ill, I'm going to go visit her."
"Hey, come look at my fancy new washer and dryer!"
Edit: 1.6K likes, wow, thanks, never had a comment with so many likes 😀
raerae1281 Old people Facebook
Dennis Rodman * r/oldpeoplefacebook
Lol
"Oh dear, George can't get it up anymore and I don't know what to do!"
"Hey, come look at my new fancy vibrator. It's fully automatic and it has 3 different settings. Here, try it."
@@Smiles2U4Ever
"It's a 'wand massager,' it says so on the box!"
-Hank Hill (King of the Hill).
Screw the new kitchen, Jane needs a new husband, :-) This one is outsmarted by a kitchen cabinet.
YES!
haha 😏
lol
🤣
@Y. vazquez I have issues with single mothers.
I scrolled Instagram awhile. Doom and gloom and the country’s going down the tube. So I gave that up and came over here to watch vintage films where everyone is happy and the music is positive and hopeful and life is awesome. I think I’ll put on an apron and go bake something now. 😊
Jane’s Friend: “Isn’t my house beautiful? I almost feel indecent.”
Jane: “I wish I could have a new home. George keeps dragging his feet on buying one and now I’m going to Cleveland to take care of my sick mother.”
Janes friend:”.... I got this fantastic washer and gas dryer too😊😊😊.”
Jane: “🙂”
True friendship...
She should have slapped Jane silly.
Totally weird totally not trying to push you to buy something total brainwashing since the 1950s just wow wow.
And continuous ice circles!
And this is a picture of me in space. Do you wanna see my Grammy?
Help, I’ve been watching these videos for 3 hrs
Tony Stark 😂😂😂
I do that too!
Did you ever stop watching or are you still stuck in the olden days
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Watch on ww2 life!
Mom's gone for two days, the house dissolves into a scene from Lord of the Flies. They've eaten the cat and started wiping with their hands. Great advice Jane.
Lmao!
No! They actually eaten a rat thinking it was the cat. The cat is actually feasting on George's baby who he absolutely forget about
@@TheAllMightyGodofCod To be fair, cats and rats are hard to tell apart, with the rhyming and all
I guess if you haven’t eaten the cat yet, you could wipe on it instead.
I don’t know which is funnier - this video or your comment about it. 😂😆
That guy reminds me of my dad. My mom broke her arm in a car wreck last year, and he got a crash course in housekeeping for a couple months. She actually had to talk him through changing the sheets on the bed. And after 45 years of marriage, he had no clue where the clean towels and sheets were kept. That blew my mind.
My dad used to boast about having never done the laundry. Probably considered it women's work if I know him. Sometimes I feel sorry for my mom. After my mom taught me how to make a quilt he insinuated that I might be gay because I could operate a sewing machine. I actually taught myself to sew doing upholstery, which is a field dominated by men. So not everything from the 50's was so great.
But nothing had really changed. Yes, more men 40 & under do household chores. But people are still as rigid and sheep like as ever. In the 50's society was rigidly organized around separate men & women's worlds. In the 2020s, women now HAVE to work, which means we've lost the parent who would normally keep careful with over what the kids are learning and doing. This has lead to massive fractures in passed down values, including anti-western culture sentiments.
We're also living through the insanity of men being legally allowed to change their birth certificates and drivers licenses to say that they're female.
So not everything is great these days, either.
@Patrick. What blows my mind too are young women getting married who have as much idea of basic housekeeping as your Dad!
@@debtoralive4693 Everything about any decade anywhere in the world was not perfect, remember.
@@llIlIlllII We had in general a much kinder safer society then. I was a kid then.
lol Her husband is like an infomercial- "Tired of cupboard handles that break off the second you touch them with the gentlest force?" Get it together. Bob, it's just a cupboard.
Ahahaha!!!
I love Darren McGavin! He's absolutely perfect as the frustrated dad. 😆
I love Darren end of story. The Night Starker. My favorite movie to watch at 3AM.
I just recognized him! I loved him in a couple of Disney movies!
@thirabx6954, well, one of my favorite TV shows, binge watch it.
Played that same part 27yrs later in a little-known Christmas flick... 🎄
Poor george poor stupid George. Im surprised he finds his way home from work
Ha!
Right?!
lmao
LMAO !! 😂🤣😂
Ouch man!
Back in those days when you could afford a house with only half the couple working.
+Tipsylou
That was mostly due to the segregation. Since everyone, including Puerto Ricans and Black people and so on paid into the system with taxes, but only white people got housing and business loans subsidised by the US Government, wealth concentration amongst white people went through the roof. To the point where, even today, on average, white people are 12x richer than people of colour if you look at household wealth. Then, of course, once the segregation ended. Suddenly social amenities like subsidisations for anyone aside from a few select corporations is a "handout".
So, you could just start subsidise housing again, and let people of colour have houses too. Just an idea. I don't live in the US, we already subsidise houses where I live and they're ridiculously cheap. Nearest town I live by have about 40.000 people in it. Only 11 of them were recorded as homeless last year. So it doesn't affect me. I'm just saying. That's how houses work. Good luck with your future democratic assertions.
Vincentius Smith I really don't think that's the only reason at all. The UK had a completely different setup for minorities, as did a large amount of Europe that never had much ethnic diversity at all- but women weren't expected to work then, either, and it was affordable.
Tipsylou
No, the UK has subsidised council housing.
Just about every first world metropolitan society have housing subsidies. Some also impose rent caps. It's the easiest way to lower housing prices.
And, while I agree that racism is nothing to base an economy upon, my point was, the people who were segregated kind of deserve a thanks for buying everyone houses in the US. That was just credit where credit was due.
Vincentius Smith Yes, but what I'm SAYING is that back in the 50's within Europe, council housing would've been almost entirely for white caucasians or European descendants.
Your point applies solely to the USA, and was not the key contributor to the situation.
That's not to say that I'm condoning the issues with tax in the US back then, but it really wasn't the only or even the biggest reason.
Tipsylou
Oh yeah, I agree with that. I only mentioned it because, well, if you look at how formerly segregated places are compared to the privileged ones, you'll see an obvious distinction. Which shows that subsidised housing clearly makes a difference to people.
"George, can I have a new kitchen?"
"You'll shoot your eye out, dear."
Christmas Story reference. XDDD
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Lmbo
😂😂😂😂😂
That’s where George is from!!! I was going crazy trying to figure it out!
The way that boy sarcastically bows as he hands him the hammer made my day
😅
"But frankly I don't think George knows how to bring anything to a simmer" wow! Double insult😂
BURN!!!
Can you say...FRIGID?
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I was hospitalized for a month leaving my husband to feed himself & 2 kids. I came home to all new kitchen appliances! 😂
💃 💃
😂 ain't it funny how life goes?
I'm glad you're better and that's GREAT!☺🙏🏾
George was played by the late veteran actor Darrell McGavan.He had starred in the 1983 Christmas film"A Christmas Story" together with Peter Billingsley.God bless his dear memory.
You mistyped. The actors' name is Darren McGavin, not Darrell. I noticed that too! I thought it was neat to see him much younger.
I was about to ask as he looked so familiar. Thank you.
Hahha that’s right ! I love that movie
He was also lead in "The Night Stalker", a sort of paranormal murder mystery show. He played an investigative reporter.
Don't forget the night stalker
That is the quietest dryer I have ever heard.
Yes, good for when you want to melt your favorite bathroom rug.
Caerwen right! Completely silent. Almost like it was never turned on
Or not heard 😁😋
Those gas dryers were really quiet.
Right up until they went "BOOM!!!!"
My family always had one that sounded as though it were about to take off
Are we gonna talk about how his son literally showed him up with that cabinet 😂
He was so good at opening it he almost...... Nailed it!
Unfortunately that’s how it is sometimes, where the kids are more proficient than dad. When my mother had late nights at work, I (her 15 year old daughter) was in charge of figuring out dinner for myself and dad. Why? Because I knew where the pots and pans were, and how she liked the washing done. Dad pulled his weight by chopping the veggies or paying for dinner when we decided to just order out.
y'know, since he was leaning on it while trying to open it lol
@@suzienada7253there it is! The comment I was scouring for! I was like hey dude if you wanna move and get your arm off of it
"Oh man, isn't it crazy how the things we take for granted nowadays were once technological innova-- holy frijoles, an *automatic flour dispenser*? *Constant hot water*?"
I remember my moms friend was from Scotland. She told me when she woke up every morning, she had to light the stove to warm up the house
Gracie Anne I grew up in a ranch house and we had to do the same. Although I love the hum of indoor heating, theres something way better about heat from a fire. Makes everyone huddle together and have family time while it’s still warming up.
@@Great_Lake_Surfer my Gran had to light the coal stove to hear the house in rural Appalachia until 1989...had a well and outhouse too. I was burned on the stove as a toddler and used to be so scared for my little cousins running around in the house.
Actually that water heater is very advanced it dispenses extra hot water for the washing machine, now we wash in cold water and clothes are never clean.
@@TH-hy9kr mine too! Technically, she was my great. She actually passed in 89. I couldn't get over how she still used the outhouse and did her own cooking til the end
I’m literally watching this while knitting. IM ONLY 16 PLEASE HELP ME
Mia Calixte mood
Watch the movie Stepford Wives then get a college degree and a job.
Nehemia Calixte do what makes you happy!
A kid who takes her face out of her phone long enough to get creative and knit something, you're perfect. Don't change a thing
Charlotte Dashwood I couldn’t agree more. 👍🏼
I love these mid century ladies all dressed up and businessmen with all the latest newly invented appliances 😊❤️
And in heels too ! Lol
YES! THEY LOOK LIKE DOLLS! but I could never understand how they could wear heels all day and not seem bothered 😢with my flat feet and wide monkey toes I could never
Stunning Marsha Hunt as "Alice" was an emerging star in the 1940's, but in the early 50's she and her 2nd husband were blacklisted which derailed her film career. So, here she is doing the 1950's equivalent of an infomercial to earn a paycheck. (She's 37 or 38 here and still gorgeous! She's about to turn 104 next week!)
She's 104 and still kicking.
It was the new kitchen , kept her young .
Excuse my ignorance, but why were they blacklisted?
@@Paladin1873 Died September 7, 2022
@@calmblueocean7243she was accused of being a communist
HEY! That's the dad from a Christmas Story. Every time I see him I think, "YOU USE UP ALL THE GLUE ON PURPOSE!!!"
Dei H NOT A FINGAH!
You're jealous of my lamp!🤣
Dei H - the Bumpus dogs!
Butterfinger
YES! I was scrolling through to see if anybody was going to notice it!!! 😂💕
Legend has it that it was George’s work in this that won him the role of the dad in “A Christmas Story”.
Dang no need to flex on her so much of your Gucci appliances
Fast forward 20 years. Their new kitchen looks extremely dated so they borrow against their almost paid off house for a new kitchen...never really getting out of debt.
I'd love a sink like that "old" one..
Probably not because even the 1970s they had mortgage burning parties where when she paid off your house people would actually have big celebrations and burn the mortgage paperwork. But by the 1990s, absolutely !
I laughed out LOUD. My dog was startled. I’m 66, single & live in a house with less than 500 sq ft.
Actually, as their home value increased in the 60's & 70's, they probably doubled their investment and moved to another house. A median priced home in 1950 sold for
$7,400. In 1970 that house sold for $17,000.
@@sangredelic I thought the same thing when I saw it.
When I was a kid, my mom had to go to the hospital for an extended stay. To get the laundry done, he drew a picture of the control panels on the washer and dryer and took it when he went to the hospital to visit her. Luckily, he drew very well and mom was able to explain the whole process to her. This was in the 60s, so it wasn’t that far from this film.
That's delightful!
I love their clothes. I wish they still made them like that.
yeah, and look at those slim bodies they put them on!! to my knowledge and recollection women’s dress sizes didn’t go beyond the 12
I remember as a child, watching my grandmother doing laundry. She had a washer where you had to use what's called a wringer to wring the excess water out of the clothes. Then hung the laundry outside on a clothes line to dry. Sheets and towels were stiff and scratchy. Lol..I was born in 1955 so watching these videos brings back childhood memories of tougher yet simpler way of living..our 1st dish washer had to be rolled up to the kitchen sink where a hose was attached to the faucet. Two hours later dishes were done..lol..
Rebbie Swift what else do you remember?
Rebeccca I was born 55 Maytag ringer washers were made to last, once through to wash once through to rinse then out to clothes line, clothes pins, I know exactly how to hang everything so little wrinkles, and on to folding ironing table called a mangle. In 62 my mom got her dream kitchen, the dishawasher would get so hot we sat around it for warmth. Double side fridge, freezer small but built in ice maker. Microwave one of the first, my mom wouldn't use it,it scared her. Took years before she trusted one. All the technology and still no free time
My mother used a top-loading twin tub until her death in 2002. I continued using her machine until it broke down in 2013. I could have replaced it with the exact same model…the manufacturer was still making them, but I bought a front loading fully automatic instead. The washing was always, and still is, dried outside pegged on the line. I live in the UK, you time your washing to coincide with good drying weather…although that’s not always possible. It rains a lot.
Laughable... Repairing the cupboards costs less than buying a big new house .... Living beneath ones' means makes more sense than keeping up with Joneses.... Oh Brother !
“I’m so proud of it it’s almost indecent” back when humility was respectable.
The father is the father in the movie A Christmas Story.
You'll put yer eye out!!!
His name is Darren McGavin...just fyi. ;-)
I KNEW IT!!!!
The late Darrin McGavin....kolchak, the night stalker
Omg thats what i thought he looked the same just younger
I watch these types if videos for two reasons.
1: history is neat, and I like to reflect upon a half century of societal progress.
2: 50's fashion is bitchen' as hell.
+Thystaff Thywill so true. I miss the days house wives were glorified.
As my wife puts it, "Why is it that women's liberation denigrated 'women's work'? In the 1970s I wanted respect for being a housewife and mother and now nobody thinks being these things has any value."
bill clinton RIGHT ON.
StealthyMonk Indeed, I did know that. But saying that out loud is definitely something that will get the SJW’s on your back instantly.
bill clinton --- reason # 3 -- 50's women didn't shave their %$#@!* clean. way more bitchin' sexy
I’m impressed he attempted curry chicken as his first time cooking.
I’m more impressed that he’s like 35 and apparently has never cooked a day in his life.
@@jaquen1977 LoL ... a different era for certain.
@@jaquen1977 well he was raised in a different time, back then boys were raised to learn stuff like mowing and plumbing instead of cooking.
@@walqqr1 boys just want to learn how to play Fortnite now🤣
@@brainwithani5693 yea it’s a damn shame
George is me whenever I do housework.
All he needs is an apron and that scene would have been complete
thats sad
XD Father's rant to poor Jimmy. Screaming his head off at him about taking a bath. Talk about flying off the handle over nothing.
+pygmiegoatsheepbeat
He was mad that there was no hot water cuz Jimmy used all of it while taking a bath in the middle of the day. Parents still do that today, but back then they ran out of hot water a lot faster.
Reminds me of 80s/90s kids getting yelled at to get off the internet so their parents could use the phone.
No bath for you! Jimmy you dirty little bastard, how dare you take a bath and use hot water! 🛁
Yeah little jimmy evidently ran right outside after his bath to get filthy again.
Trust me... it happens😒
In summary, make the man think it's his idea 😅 My mother-in-law actually advised me to bring up sometime to your man when he's eating and then wait a week or two and he'll bring it up to you like it was his idea. Have I tried it? Maybe, maybe not. Haha
Some things are timeless
I do that all the time with a certain young man in my life---he and his family (wife and their nine children) mean a lot to me, and I think of him almost as the second son I never had---and it's rather funny to see it in action.
This was standard practice in the 60s.
My parents have been married 48 years and my mom said the exact same thing 🤣
That is soo true!! Any true woman knows how to do this! It’s called the power of suggestion
After living in brand new condos for years... i moved to a vintage 1940's cottage with the original kitchen.... yes it was nice to have the modern condo kitchens, but I learned to enjoy my vintage kitchen... things like looking out the window across the lawn while doing dishes by hand... Luckily my roommate always refills the ice trays!... At least I have a garbage disposal.... funny how little u really need !!!
I'm a housewife! Cooking, baking, cleaning, taking care of my kiddos and getting taken care of my by amazing husband is the only way I'd want my life to be.
@Linh Nguyen Nope. 14 years this year and still going strong.
@@halie813 Good for you..Wishing you endless happiness. 😃
Congratulations! You’ve family’s quality of life is sure higher!
❤🔥
@Linh Nguyen you are such a sad person. I'm sure you have a bunch of friends. You must just be the life of the party
My Dad was the youngest of a large family. When his mother passed away while he was young, he had to take over in the kitchen. Then he was in the Navy and fell into the hands of the chefs. He is a wonder in the kitchen. I learned from him.
9:01 An award, an award! How prophetic that word would become with the leg lamp!
Kolchak, the Night Stalker Darren McGavin. His one Season as Kolchak has brought me many years of TV joy just not when I was a kid but even now. I watch the reruns all the time. This short film was is even in his IMDb
Darren McGavin May you R.I.P. Thank you for the entertainment.
I have been watching alot of utubers talk about the fifties and cooking 40/50s recipes really enjoying it wish these days were just as pleasant !!!🙂
So these guys are smart enough to make all the money BUT cant boil rice or get ice from the freezer?
Welcome to the 50s!
Yeah how did he get dressed and drive a car to work. Majority of men are not quite this stupid. Breaking a knob of a cabinet that you are leaning against the door, seriously?!?!
That's what I thought.🙉 American society helped men look like dumb bafoons even back then. It's a shame how we treat men in this country. Kids and women are shown to know everything and Dad looks like he can't even find his zipper. And women especially of today, wonder why men are the way they are? .... Because we don't encourage their manhood in design by God. Tragic!
Its true..my husband didn't have a clue on the kitchen...it took him years...
@@christirose6813
Oh come on..they make women look silly at times too in movies..one dimensional only live to feed her man attitude.
As far as men..watch some Westerns or stories that include coal mining..the men were not made to look like fools ...
I just love how he tries to open the cupboard while pressing it with the other hand at 7:00. Those videos are full of humor and people simply playing dumb
Rose Gocheva, true, but some people...
Why don't we have some of these "modern conveniences" today? I would love some of them!
I need to see how that flour dispenser works!!
I have NEVER seen an automatic flour dispenser
I've never seen an indoor garbage incinerator either, but I can live with that. 😯
That flour dispenser looks exactly like the one I have in my hoosier, except mine is larger and works with a small crank at the bottom. I don't use it--I keep my flour in the fridge...lol!
I'd still like that house and kitchen tho!
km My grandmother had a Hoosier. No idea what happened to it.
My grandma had one.
I guess that one didn’t catch on
George on his own - Curry chicken with rice
Me on my own - Peanut butter & jelly with a bowl of soup.
I'll be damned if that isn't the father from "A Christmas Story." This might as well have been his audition for the movie. It's basically the same character. Amazing.
It is the same actor
Darren McGavin is terrific in this as he was in everything he did. Amazing comedic talent often with nothing but a facial expression.
Wow, it only took George 2 meals in until he starts drinking 😂😂😂
Don’t worry George, it’s 5 o’clock in Cleveland.
I kept expecting to see a "Brought to You by Westinghouse Electric" title card pop up everytime she said the word "automatic"
Lol
People comment about sexism or economics in this thread, but no one seems to address the important issue. Why doesn't the wife just remodel her kitchen instead of moving?
needs an excuse to show off the kitchen without seeming like a dick lmao
I addressed that above!
because 50's
Show off Jane maybe
The point is to see modern products.Also she isn't a carpenter and the commercial is putting on the impression that the house is "run down".
This stuff is amazing! My great grandparents were 30, my grandparents were 7, my parents were born 23 years after this show! Keep this stuff coming !
I love this! I forgot how funny Darren McGavin was.
My grandfather acted totally helpless every time my grandmother would be out of town. She would leave frozen dinners for him to warm up, and instant coffee.
He was a firefighter chief for chrissakes -- was gone a week at a time at the station, and would regularly cook full meals for everyone there. He was far from helpless.
But men got away with so much more back then.
LOL, “ gas” that dirty little word. lolol. I wish we could go back in time.
6:49
Him yelling at Jimmy it almost echoes his voice yelling at the Bumpus hounds next door.
(Yea, this is the dad from Christmas Story lol)
We ALL KNOW THAT!!!!!
@@jb6712 okay, KAREN!!!!
@@jb6712 jeez chill. I recognized him but my husband couldn't see it at all so I went to the comments. No need to scream at someone being helpful.
“Frankly, I don’t think George knows how to bring things down to a simmer.” Lol
My mother was born in 1921 and was obsessed with curling her hair and my hair and my sister’s hair. I look at these women’s hairstyles and I’m just like, holy crap! The hours put into screwing around and fussing with their hair. I remember the torture of my mother doing Tony home permanents on me and my hair just turned out like dirt fuzz. SOOO worth it 😆 When the 1970s hit I put a stop to that crap! No one was going to stick permanent wave lotion on my hair ever again! And I certainly wasn’t going to spend another day or night with rollers in my hair! Oh my God I was so glad to be away from that crap!😂😂😂
:DDDD xx
I hated home perms by tony the awful fumes. My mother and trimming my hair, she did such a bad job she let me wear her pearls to school, I looked miserable and pearls didn't help anyone but mom! She wouldn't go to store without lipstick and stockings and heels but would wear pin curlers in her hair. I never curl my hair,I cut my own, I don't wear make up but mascara and the only thing I refuse to leave the house without putting street clothes on,no grubby ts no jogging pants or sweat shirts, and brushing my teeth, I might run into a movie star lol.
In the first scene the woman had on a silk flower pin. My mother had the same one. They were violets. I remember the stems . !!! Now somebody will comment : " No one cares about your mother's damn floral pin ". 😄
elderly poodle
I care about it. Pretty odd you’d find the same exact one on a random youtube.
I still miss playing with my grandmothers jewelry box. Clip on earrings galore!
@@re8618 thank you for caring honey. I understand your grandmother's jewelry box and most of all the clip-on earrings. I remember all the beautiful colors and also how they hurt my ear lobes haha. Yes I thought it was very strange to find my mother's silk pin on a UA-cam channel. It really got to me.
Wow
No one cares about your mother's damn floral pin. Happy now?
elderly poodle🤗I care about your Mothers damn flower 🌺 pin! My Grandmother had one also! And I would love to get into her jewelry case and play dress up! Oh the memories!
So hubby doesn't know how to put a pot on to simmer, but he's the one to consult about the kitchen remodel while the wife quietly watches from a distance.
Ha ha! I noticed that too! 😂 As if her input wouldn't be obvious, much less required! But I guess "building and designing things" falls into what THE MEN do in that world. Sooo bizarre.😂😂😂😮😩😩😭😭😭
I also love how necessary that shutter is in the wall between the kitchen and eating area / dining room that "the wives" use to peak in on "the men" and how well the wives' plan is working. You know, to "check in" on what's going on in there. It was literally inches away from the kitchen entry from the dining room.😂
Darren McGavin was the consummate actor. Whether playing awesome reporter Carl Kolchak in the old Night Stalker series, Ralphie's Dad in 'A Christmas Story' or poor old George in this hilarious film he was excellent.
Nice of Jane's friend to be so unconcerned about her "very sick" mother, a new kitchen is far more important.
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First woman: Whenever I'm down in the dumps, I get a new hat.
Second woman: I was wondering where you got them.
That really was a beautiful and perfect kitchen. Everyone should have a kitchen like that.
well I agree. :DD
♥️ Darren McGavin aka "The Nightstalker" and father from "A Christmas Story"
Is their son’s name Billy Madison?
I was wondering if anyone noticed.
I thought his screaming sounded familiar. He shouted a lot in Christmas story😂
YOU USED UP ALLLLLLLL THE GLUE.... ON PURPOSE!! 😂😂
The ladies were really so beautiful, so feminine.
I feel very relaxed watching them 😂😂😂😂😂
uh-oh. I'm officially a 1950s housewife with no husband, and a job. I have a washer and dryer, and I love drying my clothes in all-weather with my electric dryer. I always thought I had a weirdly enthusiastic attitude about my appliances. I get it now. I Now understand my collection of hats and gloves. maybe I should just get a girdle and get it over with.
oh shit. I have a formica table too. does this mean I have to wear heels now?
Men and women STILL wear girdles y'all.
Hehehe..me too
Maybe if you'd grown up on a farm before indoor plumbing or rural electrification (like many of these women did), you'd understand why they got so excited over hot running water or an electric clothes dryer.
My mother had to do laundry the old school way, boiling it over an outdoor fire (they used lye soap!), squeezing it thru a mangle and hanging it outside when the weather was dry and in the kitchen when it stormed. She's a little younger than the women in this video, but was barely 2 generations removed from covered wagons and frontier homesteads.
Right now we're closer to the year 2050 than 1950, so it's easy to forget the enormous changes they witnessed in their lifetimes that we can't really comprehend from our vantage point.
What is wrong with appreciating, and being grateful for, the conveniences you have? I don’t think you’re weird at all, Madam Maiden, I think your attitude is fantastic.
I love how the husband is a literal mouth breather 😂 I’m crying
Not to be critical, but using the term "mouth breather" to imply someone is of lower intelligence is, in of itself, ignorant. There is no connection between mouth breathing and intelligence. For example, when you have plugged sinuses, does your IQ drop significantly? Should we then call you a mouth breather?
@@debtoralive4693You wouldn't happen to be a mouth breather by any chance?
@@debtoralive4693mouth breathers are considered to have low conscientiousness because they dont realize how obnoxious their breathing is. Also they usually chew with their mouths open.
Love love love that old sink!
Hold up! Back the truck up. Stop the movie. GRAPE JELLY AND MUSTARD?! On a baked ham? Good GOD that's revolting! Everyone else is talking about the out dated views on women and men and the horrible friend who just brushed over the fact that her buddy's mother is sick and just said 'Look! I have better stuff than you do! HAHA!' and yet no one talks about the grape jelly mustard sauce on the ham?!
pygmiegoatsheepbeat It's just a version of sweet & sour. Though I agree with you.
Well I was about to... LOL
Sounds good to me, its basically the same flavors as a monte cristo sandwich, (mustard, jelly,ham,turkey,swiss,all melted and delicious on a toasted bun) So good!
I'm gonna try it!
OMG I swear I was looking for a comment on this! When I heard her I was floored 🤮🤮🤮 why would you do that to yourself?!?! And these are not Montecristo s' seasonings I am sorry for you but lmao there's a reason we don't mix grape jelly and mustard lmao and it's because it's foul!
Shit I be happy as hell if I got to stay home and cooked and clean as my only job! I do that already but have a job lol take me back to the 50's
Down side is it's expected of you to the point that's all you're good for
Also Racism. Lots and lots of Racism. Black folks usually don't want to time travel back further than the 80s lmao
Oh boy it isnt as wonderful as you think it is. If your husband abused you, you would have to put up with it; for women it would be impossible to live without a man so they would often miserably do their job as a housewife. Sad reality of the 50's
@Joeyblondewolf2 I be happy too being a housewife!! Men knew what it was to provide, protect and lead.
@@AwsomeKat777 How old are you? 20? 25? You know NOTHING! The 1950s/1960s were the high point of American wealth and culture. There were great jobs (with benefits and pensions) for everyone. The average family could own their own home in a decent neighborhood. Cities were livable. Crime was rare. Gas was cheap. You could travel anywhere. Households could thrive with only one income. "Racism" in most places was incidental. The races got along much better than today. That wonderful world is now history. What's left will soon be ruined by people like you.
@Wren Linnet You didn't live through that era. All that you know about it came from your man-hating feminist professors and books.
What a dream house with huge free space around it. And the kitchen - dreamlike too. The kitchen would beat many modern ones still today. And the two women - well dressed, slim, in good shape. The two men also. Nice film.
yes back when you apparently spent your time cooking horrible combinations with tins and didnt eat any of it
I know this is a commercial from the 50s, but lol my parents are the exact opposite of these people XD My dad is the one that spends a great deal of his free-time in the kitchen. He's the cook. My mom can't cook lol. On the other hand, my mom (an engineer) does the technical stuff around the house. She puts things together and fixes things. The power-drill in the garage is hers. I once saw my dad use a power drill to try to put together a bed as a surprise for my mom when she got home from a business trip. And he was so frustrated and it was weird to see lol. As for me (a female), I can't do much outside of academia tbh lol.
That's interesting! Hope it works out well for them
do they run a circus too? What kind of backwards deal is that? Was your dad the one to give birth to you? That's like a snail training to be an Olympic runner while a jaguar enters a flying competition🤡
That "automatic flour dispenser" was a common feature in the even older style "Hoosier Cabinets" from the turn of the century. They were free-standing cabinets that came well before built in kitchen cabinets became needed and popular in the 30's and 40's. And George probably could have got that kitchen cabinet open a lot easier if he stopped leaning on the doors while pulling on the knobs! LOL! And what about the new kitchen in their new house at the end? Would have been nice to show that too!
Darren McGavin's not the only name in this; Marsha Hunt had worked steadily in feature films in the 1940s but had participated in a radio program against the Hollywood Blacklist called "Hollywood Fights Back," in 1950 and protested the House Un-American Activities Committee and was subsequently blacklisted from having a movie career in the 1950s. She turned to television acting and activism after that. Oh yeah, she's also still alive as of June 1, 2021, at age 103, one of the last Golden Age Hollywood stars.
The minute I saw the guy doing actual work in the kitchen, I knew this film had to be a fake. In fact, I'm not sure my husband even knows we HAVE a kitchen. It's just a magical place from whence I magically produce food. For all he knows, dishes are self-cleaning, and the trash evaporates into some new-fanged techno-shoot, eventually being absorbed into space and creating the clouds that dot the sky.
OMG!!! LOL That is hilarious! XD So well thought out too. Thank you.
jorasparents Well, I sure hope you are well-compensated...or your maid is! Shame on his mother.
Hahaha, I love this.
jorasparents LOL he must be related to my Dad! that is funny!
It's not funny....it's SAD & pathetic. Boys should be raised to know wtf a kitchen is, & how to do laundry. AND--women need to know how to work on cars. I do both--don't any of YOU?
He can weave a tapastry of profanities that as far as I know are still floating over lake Michigan.
That is one of those great movies.. no matter how many times you see it as good as the time before.
Darrin M. stole the show.
I think at this point its floated over to California! I thought I saw it yesterday!
NOTAFINGA!!!
@@LadyGreenleaf888 He stole the show 😄
Mr. Akill3s - “frah-gee-lay!” It must be Italian!
It says “fragile” honey.
Well let’s get it open!
My friend and her husband bought their first home about 10yrs ago. It was a house built in the 50s that was originally owned by an old Polish couple. When i went over to check out their new place, they still the original stove, exactly like the one at 9:05 - and it was still in "like new" condition. The whole home had been emaculately kept. Supposedly, they had deep-cleaned the whole thing every week while living their.
I don't remember what they paid for it, i just remember they got an incredible deal.
Love it that the dad from A Christmas Story is playing "George" in this . He STILL seems to be playing "The Old Man" lmao !!! I expected to see have a leg lamp in the house or go down to the basement and start cursing !!!
+Steele Dutchess I never would have noticed that was Darren McGaven until I read your comment. (Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the opening credits). It doesn't look at all like him, but that's definitely his voice.
***** Oh it took me a few minutes before I recognized him LOL !! He was hilarious talking about the Bumpasses and those dogs hahahaha
Ha! I just commented to 2 people about that. As soon as he yelled at his son I recognized him instantly! He did a lot of yelling and cursing in A Christmas Story!
I like things.
These people spent their childhood in The Great Depression and adolescences or early 20’s getting through WWII. Look what they finally have in the 1950’s.
George is the dad from A Christmas Story! I didn't recognize him until he yelled out the door about the hot water! 😂
"But frankly, I doubt if George knew how to bring things to a simmer..." Wink, wink, nudge, nudge... :D
'But frankly, I doubt if George knew HOW to bring things to a simmer...' Is the narrator still talking about chicken curry and rice at this point?? Tee hee hee!
You caught that too, huh? 🤣
I love the short refrigerators with chrome handle.
Hahaha, that shutter door setup between the open plan kitchen dining area was great if you wanted to hit someone in the face of head with it. 🤕😂 🤣
Hahahahaha 😂
Open plan kitchens are the worst idea ever. All you see is the mess, and you get grease all over your home. Oh they are wonderful if you never cook; then you just want to show off your stainless steel and granite.