i was born in 1962, we ate tv dinners as a "treat" maybe once or twice a month, i remember getting excited when a new flavor came out.
@MementoDespair2 жыл бұрын
TV Dinners were much bigger back then
@paulgodbey304Ай бұрын
I was born in 1964 and my dad and I used to eat tv dinners because he had the day shift at his job and mom had the swing shift at hers.
@PorkChopJones4 жыл бұрын
I miss the old style TV dinners that came in a foil container,back the old days we planned ahead. So 25 minutes in the oven was never an issue. For me I think food back in the 50's 60's tasted much better and smelled good too! Plus don't forget the TV tray, every one had them back then that way you could watch your favorite shows on your black and white floor model TV console.
@pamelacorona36656 жыл бұрын
That's when TV Dinners were filling. TV dinners were a treat and it was exciting " yea we're having TV dinners tonight " we would even eat off of a TV Tray sitting in front of the TV :D
@awkwardfreakinperson79362 жыл бұрын
The hungry man ones are pretty filling
@pureluck87672 жыл бұрын
Thr good old days
@StrangeScaryNewEngland Жыл бұрын
@@awkwardfreakinperson7936 Just had the Salisbury steak, very filling.
@tommyjoestallings855Ай бұрын
I remember. I eat hungry man dinners now but not the same
@cindypattana60718 жыл бұрын
25 minutes? That's forever!
@tyrese37458 жыл бұрын
+cindy pattana Thank God for Microwaves
@byronchandler50007 жыл бұрын
schmoo I totally agree, schmoo.
@BasementBerean7 жыл бұрын
But it was 25 minutes of watching TV! Back then a huge advance.
@The_SilverMane5 жыл бұрын
Fish Filet Borderlaise takes 50 minutes :P
@iamtheblackwizard885 жыл бұрын
@@tyrese3745 No. Losers use those. And you are one.
@clydebarrow709 жыл бұрын
"The freezing compartment",,,,,-)
@wffofficialchannel-97738 жыл бұрын
+Clyde Barrow xD
@wffofficialchannel-97738 жыл бұрын
+Clyde Barrow Swell.
@wffofficialchannel-97738 жыл бұрын
+Clyde Barrow For christ's sake they talked so differently
@sitizenkanemusic8 жыл бұрын
I love watching these old school commercials from the 50s- and compare the both subtle and noticeable differences in the lingo used then.
@clydebarrow708 жыл бұрын
lol me too.
@jadaparks80477 жыл бұрын
9/12/17: We did not eat TV dinners often in our home because my mom would do all the cooking ( from scratch ) each night. But, whenever she did serve these meals ( TV dinners ), she would serve it with a salad, hot rolls w/butter and a homemade dessert. We would be so excited whenever my dad would pick up a pizza for dinner, or we'd go to McDonalds( at that time you sat in your car to eat your hamburger & fries ), had TV dinners and/or had pancakes w/sausage and etc for dinner. It was NOT the NORM for us to go to fast food restaurants, it was the exception! After all w/ 5 children in a private school, uniforms, book bills and etc, who has time for wasting money on fast food? It may seem like my family life was very strict but, it wasn't, my dad & mom spent a lot of time with us. Thank you, Dad & Mom, for the memories. Mom's in heaven now but my dad is still here, he's 80 yrs old and still getting about. Aloha, everybody. Thank you, GOD , for great parents. JESUS is LORD!
@pamelacorona36656 жыл бұрын
Jada Parks , same here except for I didn't go to private school. My mom worked and still came home and cooked. She did all the yard work on the weekend and slow cooked homemade spaghetti sauce on Sundays, and it was the best. Unfortunately she can't remember the recipe. We knew what was for dinner each night of the week. We had salad every night and the dressing wasn't bottled, it was olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper talk about healthy. Only once in a while did we get to have a treat called a TV Dinner and another one called fast food :D Breakfast was milk, juice, toast, a vitamin, and my choice between oatmeal, rice cereal, or cream of wheat. Only on Saturday and Sunday did I get sweet boxed cereal. Mom didn't send me to school wired on sugar to drive the teacher crazy. I was 15 when I had my first slice of Pizza it had Anchovies on it and they were good :D I didn't eat pizza again until I was in my 20s. What a wonderful life it was. Peace Love and Jesus Christ is The Lord : )
@mitsukivrse6 жыл бұрын
@@pamelacorona3665 i want more stories
@IveNeverStoodUp3 жыл бұрын
AMEN
@dwightpowell66733 жыл бұрын
What town/state did you live..I guess the minorities had ruined the Public Schools in your area?
@dwightpowell66733 жыл бұрын
@@pamelacorona3665 interesting story...did you do the same with your family?
@tableturtle29784 жыл бұрын
This commercial decades ago is much more interesting than watching today's mcdonald's commercial.
@jenniferhansen36224 жыл бұрын
I agree
@MrChristian3313 жыл бұрын
Looks good! That was when the food in the tv dinners were actually real food. And the way they marked that, makes me want to really eat it and gets me hungry for it. 👍
@dank12804 жыл бұрын
Imagine trying to getting away with having guests over for TV dinners today!
@ferociousgumby6 жыл бұрын
1:01 Click on this six times in a row
@danireviewsstuff5 жыл бұрын
I love this
@ProvenHueMan3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@ferociousgumby3 жыл бұрын
@@ProvenHueMan Watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/aabPkIhnhKqaqrs
@theneurochemist52674 жыл бұрын
Jack actually does not just look incredibly good, he has also an amazing voice
@Deadra_ Жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, if I was living in the 50s I’d be convinced to buy it.
@captnrobvious474 жыл бұрын
TV dinners are midnight snacks for me. Or at least a convenient side dish when it comes to the small ones.
@LockedPig4 жыл бұрын
"Small dusty box of some sort " "You're not sure, but it's definitely not edible. You're not quite sure if it ever was"
@Zer0Skateboard3 жыл бұрын
"Outside of trading, this item has no use."
@anthonynathaniel35605 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, that guy going MMMM MMMM! This was awesome 👍
@ucimyy4u10 жыл бұрын
Mother Murhpy that looks good!
@user-rf1th2xr7h7 жыл бұрын
I would've bought 20 of them if they were still about 30 cents
@newfromold2keep11 жыл бұрын
I love a hungry man from swanson I love the fried chicken classic the most.
@Soxruleyanksdrool4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but when they put Swanson TV dinners on sale, they NEVER put the fried chucken one on sale. It always says except fried chicken. Unfair.
@1984isnotamanual27 күн бұрын
@@SoxruleyanksdroolI wonder why that is. Maybe because they know that’s the most popular one
@MovieEggman7 жыл бұрын
Back when people said "swell"
@Libertyjack16 жыл бұрын
Well, you could've gotten arrested for saying 'f'n'A!' in public...in that very abbreviated form...in a parking lot, not just on TV.
@ferociousgumby3 жыл бұрын
When was that dropped? Some time in the '50s? Another one was "saaaaaaaaay" before anyone SAID anything.
@tomservo5695411 жыл бұрын
Five years later, Narz walked away from the hosting job of the game show VIDEO VILLAGE in a unsuccessful attempt to save his marriage to "Mary Lou".
@lindaeasley5606 Жыл бұрын
I guarantee the food in tv dinner tray's back then were better quality than today
@happyrn6177Ай бұрын
I always wondered what these tasted like. The only thing my mom cooked that was frozen were Mrs. Paul's Yams on Thanksgiving. She never fed us Hamburger Helper or Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
@ryanperontochamp5 жыл бұрын
Im eating a TV dinner as I watch this
@vnlilman3 жыл бұрын
Which one? I haven't had one in 10 years!
@fob1xxl Жыл бұрын
I was 10 in 1955 and I remember talking my Mom into buying one for me. Probably Turkey, or Fried Chicken. My mom didn't want to but it for me. We were Italian and THIS wasn't food ! 😂
@CoolAce110 жыл бұрын
These looked so good and with sweet potatoes. Everything was better in the 50's.
@Prozacslushy978 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes.. The good ol days in the 1950's.. Women didn't have rights and segregation was a must.
@sitizenkanemusic8 жыл бұрын
Lol, good ol' fashion american racism!
@inkey28 жыл бұрын
yeah, women didn't have rights. They didn't have the right to be drafted and die in Vietnam
@MovieEggman7 жыл бұрын
inkey2 I FUCKING HATE THE 2010s, why can't we at least go back to The 90s.
@inkey27 жыл бұрын
tolerantcoot....TOTALLY.....better yet lets go pre-home computer
@CinematicTechnologies11 жыл бұрын
"Mother Murphy!" Haha. I'd eat that right now if it weren't for the fact that that food's probably pretty moldy by now some 60 years later...
@redheads6044 жыл бұрын
drinking game: drink every time they say "Swanson tv turkey dinner"
@toddhuber898911 жыл бұрын
Jack Narz--oh my
@michellatour150 Жыл бұрын
My parents divorced when I was about 7-8 years old, I ended up living with my dad most of the time, what ate these TV Dinners every second day, ordering or dining out the other days!
@fromthesidelines7 жыл бұрын
As "pitched" by Jack Narz on "THE BOB CROSBY SHOW".
@dtnetlurker Жыл бұрын
Normally everything new was not quite as devoloped and not as good back then, but TV dinners seem to have went the opposite direction. They look ten times better than todays TV dinners, and bigger with a lot more food. Also it was good food and real mashed potatoes. Not instant junk they use now in a lot of the frozen dinners of today.
@Jeff981776 жыл бұрын
1:09 "And make your husband lucky, too." Yeah, a TV dinner should do it. Guess how many times I was teased growing up :-D
@TheRosemontag8 жыл бұрын
Hydrate level 4 please.
@shaunigothictv10034 жыл бұрын
Marty mcfly and his family sure knew how to make a great pizza around the kitchen table.
@josephstalin69134 жыл бұрын
"FRUIT...FRUIT PLEASE"
@shaunigothictv10034 жыл бұрын
@@josephstalin6913 RETRACT!
@sinfoniahill8 жыл бұрын
looks good
@Sheri4517 жыл бұрын
I would love to go back to the old days and eat the food they used to have, I guarantee it tasted 100%better then. They didn't have all those preservatives and growth hormones in them like they have now. I have seen twelve year old children six feet tall with a changed voice and needing to shave. And girls on their periods at nine years old.
@helptheworld3197 жыл бұрын
Sheri451 Yea go back to chemicals in your food
@Sheri4517 жыл бұрын
Like DDT and MSG you mean. I get it.
@Sheri4517 жыл бұрын
They already have chemicals in them. If organic foods didn't cost so much we could all eat healthier.
@helptheworld3197 жыл бұрын
Sheri451 True
@slammed.yotas19747 жыл бұрын
You are wrong actually I have a basic beard at 13 but given the fact in the south most food is actually homemade and the menstrual cycle has nothing to do with diet
@knife_in_your232 жыл бұрын
nose como ala gente no le deba asco ese tipo de comida , pero amo el comercial
@videox222ify7 жыл бұрын
no modern housewife should be without Sawson's TV turkey dinners
@steven.events4 жыл бұрын
Back then, it was tabboo for the husband to put the food in, and take the food out of the oven by himself.
@hiroll86185 ай бұрын
Swanson is awesome
@zatchg12128 ай бұрын
That tv dinner actually looked substantial! Not like the lame ones we have now
@KarlShota10 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder what TV Dinners of the 1950s were like in terms of quality compared to today's equivalents. Anyone from the time who remembers them able to fill in a boy born in the late '80s and raised in the '90s~? o.o
@inkey29 жыл бұрын
Karl......my memory of TV dinners from the 1950s, 60s etc is that they weren't bad at all. Some were pretty fancy and had sections with some kind of soup and apple crumb dessert . I always loved TV dinner mashed potatoes. Back then every house had a few "TV dinner trays" (tables) so you could literally eat your TV dinner in front of the TV. They were made of cheap, stamped out sheet metal with a design painted on them. In fact on Ebay they are considered a mid 20th century collectors item now.
@KarlShota9 жыл бұрын
No kidding on the Ebay front. I just came across a Libbyland aluminum TV Dinner tray that's up for $35. I could imagine what trays even older than that would sell for. o.o Thanks for sharing your memories on TV dinners. They make me wonder if they'd have a better reputation if they had remained geared for heating in an oven and not the microwave. OuO
@Oppaismasher9 жыл бұрын
KarlShota I want a vintage Swanson TV turkey dinner now. ;3;
@matthewframarin60219 жыл бұрын
Marbles092593 What would they taste like :/
@inkey29 жыл бұрын
Matthew Framarin Just the fact that there were no microwave ovens and they were cooked an hour in a real oven is a big taste plus
@RetroFiles7 жыл бұрын
People in 1950s: Thank you for this TV Dinner, I have so much Verities of Food to eat from and the Quality is Amazing People Now: What the hell are you doing, feeding me cheap ass food like this?
@MovieEggman7 жыл бұрын
People Now: I WANT MY FUCKIN STARBUCKS!!!
@jadaparks80477 жыл бұрын
No, people today, LOVE McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut and just look how OBESE we are. Diabetic, Hypertension, Renal Failure, Heart conditions and Cancer are RAMPANT today.
@shriazhennessey62974 жыл бұрын
Back when your wife had to cook lol how times have changed 😂
@sparda87711 ай бұрын
Yeah women can be men now society has changed for the worst
@jarvisjackson483310 ай бұрын
wegmans has similar metal trays of prepared meals that you put in the oven, they're 9 dollars each though.
@jukkapanula13710 жыл бұрын
Tässä teille herkkusuut :)
@CheeseMaster13375 ай бұрын
Imagine serving your dinner guests a frozen TV dinner in 2024. What an insult it would be.
@dave_dynasty4 жыл бұрын
"From the freezing compartment of our refrigerator". Just say freezer.
@sinistan10022 жыл бұрын
the original foil ones back in the oven up through 70's maybe early 80's you used to get a lot more and it was better now you get half the amount if that
@georgelouis65157 жыл бұрын
Wow they did not have much to work with back in those days. lol
@talkaboutwacky3 ай бұрын
MORE BUTTER!
@larryhicks42038 ай бұрын
Man this commercial would get you canceled today!
@yeshualionofjudah71075 жыл бұрын
Those were good.
@Bojangles5-25 жыл бұрын
Great CGI turntable!
@GUNUFofficial Жыл бұрын
Huh, that actually looks good.
@birddog31303 жыл бұрын
In retrospect ,this food is healthier than the crap at fast food places
@salvatory20122 күн бұрын
I lost my appetite 😢
@ponyboycurtis5366 жыл бұрын
before u fucking had to stick the holes in the wraps lol
@daniellack35597 жыл бұрын
1955...The Golden Age of Television, and The Golden Age Of America...(unless of course you happened to be black)...
@mercb.86376 жыл бұрын
daniel lack ha ha yes... there's that. 😩
@boingokky5 жыл бұрын
or a woman....
@user-tt5li8hf2f5 жыл бұрын
How about a non racist comment?
@Ken-lp9qt5 жыл бұрын
daniel lack Oh lookee ..… Found the one person that’s here to start some shit!
@dave_dynasty4 жыл бұрын
@@user-tt5li8hf2f how was that racist? It was true. If you were black at the time, you had to use a different water fountain.
@sweeshaman5 жыл бұрын
I can bring my friends over and eveeybody gets frozen dinners good times
@samualgugliemo26016 жыл бұрын
Making me Hungry
@DengrayKai2116 жыл бұрын
glad bought a hungryman just put it in the oven :P
@bludika7 жыл бұрын
why did they look so much better?
@jadaparks80477 жыл бұрын
Because there was a slogan for a car commercial that went.."The QUALITY goes in BEFORE the name goes on" and that is the way ppl did everything. QUALITY of an item, whatever you sold MUST be the motto of the day. They did not have FEW ppl working and trying to do EVERYTHING ( they call it MULTI-TASKING today ). They hired you on a job where you can FOCUS YOUR SKILL. Nowadays, companies hire FEW PEOPLE and over work them in order to SAVE MONEY. In the meantime, you do NOT get QUALITY and you see this in industry, home building ( cheap material ) and etc. The motto today...The building goes up, the name goes on. Never mind the QUALITY. Dear, JESUS, when will it ever end? I am sick of it. Sad, Sad, Sad.
@SongFalcon4675 ай бұрын
TV Dinners
@greenbroccolistudios12752 жыл бұрын
The food is good tho :D
@sagetea28514 жыл бұрын
That sure looks swell
@Yeoj4445 жыл бұрын
But I want it now
@willowlambdreamsАй бұрын
That actually looks like death
@Gurashi3 жыл бұрын
"A dinner ready in 25 minutes..." _Boy I've missed your kisses all the time_ _But this is twentyfive minutes too late_
@psi_mae7 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmmm
@robertgsell22077 жыл бұрын
All combined that tray had 10000 calories and more fat than a lard factory. I miss the days when there was no guilt in eating something tasty 😊
@theboss-vr1jj8 жыл бұрын
ant that sweeeeell lol
@HighAsHeckPriestess5 жыл бұрын
25 minutes?!!!!
@eyeliveina90scartoonworld465 жыл бұрын
This is creepy good.
@danireviewsstuff5 жыл бұрын
"My wife uses Swanson Frozen TV Dinners because I'm not smart enough to use an oven. That's women's work!"
@thebestSixZero5 жыл бұрын
Touche Miss.
@tyrese37455 жыл бұрын
Guys, ignore @zznonagonzz. He's a childish troller who should keep his insults to himself.
@kwclove762310 ай бұрын
Giblet gravy… 💀
@Phil-RS Жыл бұрын
I like the medical bit at 51 seconds, where he demonstrates using the fork to lift what looks like flacid dead human skin to show us it is actually dead, unable to move and somehow, shows the viewer that you too can lift the skin with a fork to check what might be underneath and of course, the wholesome goodness of flacid dead human skin. And finally, let's not mention what happens when you consume food that is heated in aluminium trays. No wonder the cancer rate is through the roof these days. Sigh
@JerikRiza3 жыл бұрын
Just ate 3 of these oof
@lavarburtom Жыл бұрын
Those boomers really liked butter
@thebestSixZero5 жыл бұрын
25 minutes???
@gametimewithjamie4 жыл бұрын
1:00 me on the toilet
@silveryote15 жыл бұрын
*S W E L L*
@KatriceMetaluna3 жыл бұрын
In 25 minutes I can get a much tastier meal through Door Dash. Progress!
@sparda87711 ай бұрын
Yeah and pay twice the amount for your order
@KatriceMetaluna11 ай бұрын
@@sparda877 And get twice the amount of food.
@4eva6811 жыл бұрын
25 minutes... LOL ;0)
@annsmyth38408 жыл бұрын
lol
@cristoferchanimak Жыл бұрын
“Women are lucky they don’t have to panic with Swanson… but men are LUCKIER because if they invite people their wife doesn’t panic” omg lol
@Soxruleyanksdrool4 жыл бұрын
Whose mother murphy?
@memberberries36154 жыл бұрын
They had no idea how to advertise back then 😂
@gametimewithjamie3 жыл бұрын
It's better than watching someone trying to be funny in an advert but just coming across as cringe
@Arkantozero9 жыл бұрын
Swanson´s TV Scam ever, MMMMMM. No , Thanks.
@medicisoldier27908 жыл бұрын
What?
@umbertlambert21133 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they have a woman do the introduction?
@creepmike774 жыл бұрын
Swell.
@mgm579016 жыл бұрын
really surprised that not one social justice Warrior has piped-in about how sexist this is
@carriebizz5 жыл бұрын
HAHA only 25 mins 😂🤣😂 and oh the non politically correct era!
@helptheworld3197 жыл бұрын
Y'all dirty ass eat TV dinners.......... but this one look good
@judgeparker42365 жыл бұрын
These were responsible for the decline of American Values. Women stepped out of the kitchen and bedroom and the country went to Hell. :-)
@awkwardfreakinperson79362 жыл бұрын
Lol I forgot how sexist times were back then
@sparda87711 ай бұрын
It's not sexist
@bobgomez94815 ай бұрын
This crap corporate food came along with the need for people to "sit in front of a television" - think about it. Wake up.
@bobgomez94815 ай бұрын
Any wife back then most likely got a black eye over a Swanson frozen shit dinner, no?