Beany's Drive-In Restaurant, Long Beach, California, ca. 1952-53

Activities at the newly opened Beany's drive-through fast food restaurant, Long Beach, California, 1952 or 1953.
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[@sauluribe7082]

I"m so glad someone thought to capture this on film. Here today, gone tomorrow.

[@gvalley07]

Southern California culture - cars, girls and hamburgers. Great video resolution on this. Long Beach native here. Thanks for posting!

[@Ecomike1961]

A simple time when families we're together to eat, have fun and just plain live life. Thank you for the peek into yesteryear !!

[@peace__777]

@@fender.munoz7 yeah so lets just discount the entire decade. Smart

[@silentmajority8365]

@@peace__777 Could you write in English? We had our problems then but we enforced laws No bums in the street We enforced immigration Let Cops do their job No foreign terror no TSA searches no mass shootings Everybody spoke English and drove America cars

[@robw3027]

I will take a one way ticket back there any time.

[@covidisascam4556]

Only if your white

[@autobug2]

Beautiful 'technicolor' footage of an era we'll never see a again. I wasn't born until 1960, and always felt I was born about 10-15 years too late. Would've loved to have enjoyed the simpler life of this period in the early fifties. Tugs at my heart alright!

[@TheHorsebox2]

Thing is, some of those people were probably nostalgic for the '30s.

[@fatfender48]

Look how clean everything was. People were happy. People had extra cash in their pockets. No one staring at their phones. And those cars.....

[@horaceball5418]

But no diversity....that's a huge negative!

[@34Packardphaeton]

Baloney!

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

Multiculturalism has been a huge disaster creating division and ghettos. Europe is crumbling from forced diversity. Always better when a country simply seeks out the most qualified and culturally compatible people to add to the melting pot. No assimilation, no harmony, more division, less tolerance and a faltering society.

[@TheBikemaster94]

Poolman 405 try the "carniceria" stores, you will see a completely different environment compared to yer Kroger/Publix stores, they welcome all races and are happy that you are interested in trying their products. If you are religious try the Jehovah's witnesses, they treat people like family.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

You obviously don't see the smog and oil derricks in the background do you? LOL

[@monicacopeman1975]

I'm a hugh fan of the 50's era though I know it wasn't perfect. I love the tri-5 Chevy Bel Aires! I also love seeing the ladies in dresses and skirts. Women and girls NEED to wear them all the time. I do!!! Not a short skirt but just like the ones you see on here. Not only does it remind you to be a virtuous woman but even men definitely look at you differently. There is more respect and it brings out the gentleman in them. Nothing wrong in being a woman who believes in putting God first, being a good wife, mother and taking care of the family. Just like in the 50's. If we want to have change ...we must be the change. Pray everyday ...return to our Father and eventually life will return externally too. Like the "good ol' days". Peace be with you and in you. 🌹

[@robertvillarreal4525]

The light of your Integrity & Faith shows. A God-fearing Generation before The 10 Commandments were killed out of the Courtroom & Division Of Church & State. What a Big Mistake, even until now. Keep Shining & Peace unto you & yours.

[@EricLehner]

Hello from Canada. I understand and agree completely. Many people do. You are in good company. Cheers!

[@tobiesoftstudio823]

wow what a time to be alive..how I wish I saw those years.

[@Zardoz4441]

Wow, populux style, neon and chrome horizons, faith and optimism, elegant families, space fantasies, drive inns, cinerama, theme parks, outdoor pick nicks, glamour and innocence, what an age! How much have we lost, what happened to the West?

[@lookeywho1287]

Zardoz4441 what happened? DemoRats came along and have been doing their best to ruin this country since.

[@dondressel452]

Globalization That’s just part of it The democrats finished it off Now California is a shit hole Especially the big cities

[@Zardoz4441]

@@dondressel452 Yes, it is so sad!

[@michaeltayon9184]

Well, being born in early 63, Life wasn't too much different than this video conveys, things didn't really change a lot until the 70's, So.... I can appreciate this video more than younger folks! :)

[@brucestewart7371]

Always get a kick out of how new everything looked in these old films, the roads were new, the houses were new, the curbs and sidewalks, the street signs, etc. Also reminded me of the haze we used to have up until the late seventies or so, that’s what a sunny day with air pollution used to look like, things would disappear in the distance. The people who aren’t old enough to remember it wouldn’t think of it. Leaded gas, baybee - used to smell the exhaust at every stoplight. Part of life back then. At least the cars were hot! And you could take a girl out for a dollar and she wouldn’t think you were cheap! 😁 And you didn’t have to talk about your latest tattoo, either! Could do fun stuff, things that didn’t hurt you or get you in trouble or warp your perspective. People were confident in who they were naturally.

[@robertvillarreal4525]

That last statement, “People were confident in who they were naturally.” Undoubtedly, Said it All. Surely a time of unparalleled and unquestionable balance in how one ought to live. Somehow hyper-technology changed everything, by taking away the most simple and reliable sense of true values. Morals may not have been perfect, but respect seemed to be more easily found and fostered in that long ago society. Those dress codes were quite amazing. Today’s are blatant and twisted, Prices of a meal, by today’s standard, spoke to me of a more simple way of life, with greed not getting in the way. Seems when that shiny and pristine atmosphere disappeared overnight, its mentality also went with it. Today’s pluralistic world would be greatly challenged by that period in time. Signing off.

[@Swiffland25]

I know what You want to say.I'm from Germany,but same here,too. 60's we had same like You these days.Missing it.

[@Luis-ov8eq]

Surely you are kidding, right? People were repressed. Don't be fooled by the happy imagery here, there was a lot of bad shit going on then too.

[@ldiaznew42]

Wow... what a difference from today. Girls actually wore clothes during the 50's and looked like nice young women. Men wore suits and nice clothes and no one had their pants to their knees with underwear showing each having respect for one another . If there was a time machine I would gladly go back to this time . Being born much later in life I would have loved to have lived in a simple safer America. The city was actually clean nice car and no congestion.

[@mothersmucker1]

One thing that stands out in this video, no one is walking around like a mindless zombie in their pajama pants and sandals and there aren't any extremely fat people , they probably didn't waste as much time binge watching Netflix or playing video games.

[@eddielung31]

the emerge of fast food was the dawn of junk food, which brought on the fat people as you see now

[@douglasthompson9482]

A by far better time....respect, courteous, family roles were defined. I don't think that we can go back to these innocent times.

[@mygirlpiper]

Douglas Thompson I agree - the counter culture that started in the "60's waged war on that traditional America AND has been attacking everything good and just in America ever since " they shattered America's innocence" and your right Doug that America we can not replicate OR bring back BECAUSE Liberalism is a mental disorder with evil intent - I like how liberals nowadays call themselves " progressives" YEAH RIGHT progress in dragging America to Hell."

[@maksimilijan5029]

the US was built on slavery and blood of the natives. how is that innocent? america came out as the economic superpower after the second world war, because they barely fought in it....

[@maksimilijan5029]

You forgot to add "and the blacks were segregated", though I'm sure you meant that too. PS, there was plenty of welfare going on back then, but since it was only given to white women at the time, it did not carry with it the stigma that it does today.

[@michaeltayon9184]

@@maksimilijan5029 You're an angry Elf, aren't you? ;)

[@tinamckenna7514]

@@maksimilijan5029 I recall that the food stamp program was started for farming families after the 2nd world war. I believe it was part of Roosevelt's Big or Great Deal (don't quote me, I'm no historian and studied enough to pass). And most of those families were NOT African Americans, yet the stigma has been attached to them/us for some reason. 🤔🤨

[@davidmichaeldavidson4588]

What a wonderful video. Thank you very much. Oh for a time machine.

[@horaceball5418]

Its betta now...tons of cambodians, latinos and blacks make log beach vibrant and exciting instead of dull and safe.....it was borrrrrrrring when it was lilly white.....

[@timklein3962]

Why did summers seem much longer back then; glory days of America for sure; so cool;

[@jonburrows2684]

Because the bible says in the end times the days will be shortened

[@abevigoda3149]

My uncle bought that mascot from an old man many years ago, he has had it in his play room ever since, it looks small perched atop the "Beany's" sign but it is well over seven feet tall.

[@joekurtz8303]

PCH at Ximino st . Old Circle drive in theater across street, heard about this drive in restaurant from my uncle who used to go there. What a big change from what it looks like today. I miss those simple days

[@joeguzman3558]

The best time in America ever if i had a time machine i would go back to that time over and over and over

[@stevejoshua9536]

I was born that year, so I could witness myself being born. Oh, that's right. They didn't allow men into the delivery rooms. So I would have to wait with the other men, in a cigar smoke-filled waiting room.

[@user-yn9os7uc1v]

Joe Guzman back to Jim Crow, segregation, racism, less women’s rights, no equal pay, less health care, pollution, you have it much better now trust me

[@dloren6183]

J better if you were white!

[@trainsupporter9088]

I was born too late to have experienced such...glad to see this...the interesting cars, fashion etc. Thank you.

[@johnb332]

Beany's lasted till around 1962. It's name sake was a popular LA produced puppet TV show. When TV show faded so did the restaurant. Its now a Burger King. The Circle Drive-in Theater was replaced by office buildings in 1980. And the Clock restaurant across the street is now a Carl's Jr.

[@egmjag]

😭

[@charleswhitley8999]

What was the Clock restaurant like?...A Diner?...Video was awesome...would love to see what it looks like now..

[@davidgill3356]

Do you know what this address or cross street is? I work around Long Beach all the time.

[@Martin-gz4qn]

If you are talking about Burger King and Carl's Jr., then this must be on the corner of present day Ximeno and PCH or Bellflower and Spring.

[@samiam619]

At 4:40, it shows the menu. It has a “Cecil” Sundae! Are you sure it was a puppet TV show? I remember an animated series called Beanie and Cecil.

[@littlehenham]

What an awesome video. Greetings from UK. Wow !! Look at those cars. Every one a classic . Wish I could of been there. Thanx for posting. Bet the USA was so cool then. Like a film set. Amazing. When this was taken, The Mustang was still 11 years away !!!!!!

[@tonygoulart3693]

The Cars are fantastic!!!

[@autobug2]

Back then, you could tell a Ford from a Chevy! Nowadays? nearly impossible.

[@tthom2459]

Looks like 2021 in Havana

[@wmunny6799]

Great video! The people, the cars! People working, it seems everyone was happy. 👏👏👏

[@jimmyjames6267]

Good someone had sense enough to film this back then

[@joeguzman3558]

If i had a time machine this is where i want to go ,people dressup and cars look beutiful.

[@FirstHillSeattle]

Those cars were unsafe and drove like ox carts. But I agree they look nice!

[@joeguzman3558]

CaliforniaHuman yes your right they only looked nice ,and they needed lits of maintenance

[@dalepeto9620]

The cars looked terrible!! If you like them buy a PT Cruiser,

[@samiam619]

And no tattoos on the women!

[@geffreybolster3780]

Amazing how , , dressed and , other than slobs! , the people are. Actually caring about how they look.

[@horaceball5418]

But think of the hate in the hearts of the non diverse....

[@34Packardphaeton]

You presume much.... and you are wrong!

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

@Horace...you don't have a clue what you're talking about. You're hopelessly brainwashed. A person's upbringing and caring about others has a lot to do with that. Diversity has no intrinsic value in itself. You could well be harboring plenty of hate in your supposed more diverse and wacky world.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

When people are discussing "diversity," they *DO NOT* mean diversity of conflicting viewpoints. If you disagree with them, you are _persona non grata._

[@nateforrester435]

Horace - how the fucking hell do YOU know that? If you want someone who spreads hate among this society - it's people like YOU. To make a biased statement like that is typical of liberals. Look at today's crap - "male bashing", "white male hatred", the Democrat Party and the harm they've done to this country with their "liberal, apology to the world" stance of obama and the absolute stupidity of the Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry. If you like diversity so much YOU live with it because I DON'T.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

20 cent burgers and milkshakes, plus 10 cent cokes, and look ma, NO SMARTPHONES. Coool

[@keithwilson6060]

Yes, but your paycheck was maybe $45 for a week.

[@wildcatkelly1966]

@@keithwilson6060 That $45/week went farther in 1952 than it does today.

[@stevejoshua9536]

@@wildcatkelly1966 Exactly ! A reasonably decent job would pay enough, and rents were cheap enough, that only 25% of your income per month was needed to rent a one-bedroom apartment.

[@lookeywho1287]

Aragorn Stellar Dumbest post I've seen here.

[@catlady7773]

Now, these are fast food employees that deserve $15 an hour. They took pride in their work back in those days!!

[@falchiherve2024]

every single car is like a piece of art to me back then

[@sharksport01]

About 5 years later they got really nice....just like your comment.

[@phillipbradford6976]

This is a fantastic video! What a time to be alive!

[@chetpomeroy1399]

@Jim Rockford--Remember, we were in the early stages of the Cold War. Khrushchev was telling us _"we will bury you,"_ not to mention Sputnik! A gallon of gas, adjusted for inflation, costs about the same today as it did back then.

[@francoisroussel4107]

P

[@wizardbob1087]

@@chetpomeroy1399 no Cold War happened

[@davidsalomon8426]

The fifties, those happy and funny years...

[@jimmyjames6267]

Loved the Circle Drive in in LB

[@Frank-ki4nx]

Everything is great through the lens of the past. I used to go to Wilson High School just down the road from the Circle Drive-in back in the late 80's. In eight grade, I sat in a eucalyptus tree looking over the wall and watched Thief of Hearts at that drive in. I had a couple of girlfriends in that area off of PCH. I had a friend who lived a couple doors up from Tommy's Burger on Ximeno and Anaheim, and he would take take us out on his boat at the Marina Stadium where I learned to water ski. The 50's looked nice, but the 80's was pretty nice as well. I'm sure 30 years from now someone will say how great it was in 2023.

[@choward5430]

This America is dead and will never return. Sad for us.

[@mr.kojack1295]

C Howard times change dude.

[@jonburrows2684]

@@mr.kojack1295 yeah for the worse

[@punker4Real]

yes it will one state all ready banned new construction of new "drive thu" fast food places.. and it was not California California will soon to follow cough via a new CARB emissions law.. on average every single car uses abou 1/4 gallon (4 banger) 1/2 gallon for v6 engines 3/4 gallon in a V8 . of gas waiting in line for food

[@georgwoeber]

this america was also the mc carthey aera. never forget!

[@Lengsel7]

@@georgwoeber Yeah well, seems like Joe was right, in the end, after all.

[@Crystalgayle1999]

I wish American life was like this now.. 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@hankaustin7091]

Trust me.. we ALL Do Crystal.. we all do.

[@jonburrows2684]

Stop voting Democrat and rinos in

[@derbydrifter]

The world needs to stand still for a while and question the disease of progress.

[@derbydrifter]

@Burr Anderson Nah, just speaking philosophically, we're too far gone.

[@robertvillarreal4525]

I don’t get tired of seeing this. Feel for all who thought it was going to last forever & remain that way.

[@dustykatz2744]

Simple things like a weekend drive, stopping for a burger and coke brought us joy. I'm so thankful I got to enjoy a few of those years before the 60's came along and people went crazy.

[@Heartbeat214]

Land was plentiful and cheap, the food was real, most people were in good shape.

[@joeguzman3558]

If I could go back in time that's where I would be for ever and ever

[@amyntut]

This is great to see , a true treasure! I wasn't born until 68 so I didn't get to see this stuff !

[@johnb332]

I remember Beany's. It was on the corner of Ximeno Avenue and PCH in Long Beach, CA, right across the street from the Circle Drive-in Theater. Saw Old Yeller there in 1957. This restaurant mirrors the "IN-N'OUT restaurant that started in 1947.

[@McHenryCruiser]

Damn u must be ols as fuck bruh 😅🤣😂

[@bigglefty75]

thanks for the video- long beach is a great city with a bite future ahead!

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

What a beautiful time and place, I wish I had been part of that! 🇺🇸

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

I like how clean the streets are with no dirty homeless junkies fouling the scenery up

[@keithwilson6060]

And all without laws dictating such. There was a cultural fabric which took care of itself.

[@hueroski]

Before the government was trafficking drugs to our cities

[@gba273]

I've been looking for verification of the existence of this restaurant, which I remember from my childhood. (I"ll be turning 66 y/o next month.) We lived in Orange County, (Garden Grove), and I remember the building from our occasional drives to visit a friend of my mom's. In those pre-freeway days, it was quite a drive. THANKS!

[@GSMSfromFV]

gba273 I believe this was at the corner of PCH and Ximeno Ave., near the Traffic Circle.

[@jamesevans9007]

It was indeed on the corner of PCH and Ximeno Ave. I remember when this Beany's was being built in what was up to then a horse pasture. Our family lived in Belmont Shore and we saw many a movie at the Circle Drive-In across the street from Beany's. Even though I was a child of 7 or 8 years old, and faithfully watched the Beany and Cecil Show, I remember being sad when the horse pasture disappeared under all that asphalt.

[@horaceball5418]

When did the latinos move in?

[@jamesevans9007]

People of various ethnic backgrounds became more visible in the eastern area of Long Beach beginning in the mid-'60s, after landlords, banks, and real estate companies began being prosecuted under the newly enacted fair housing and civil rights laws. It became illegal to discriminate against homeseekers based on their race, color, creed, national origin, or gender. These laws were effective in addressing the restrictive covenants, red-lining, and other discriminatory housing and lending practices, thereby making the area's housing stock available to a more diverse population.

[@jamesevans9007]

If by “them” you are referring to the laws that made it illegal to discriminate in the sale and rental of housing, I'm afraid that you've been misinformed. While it is true that segregation in housing remains, these days it is due primarily to economic status and not because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, or gender. In the Belmont Shore section of Long Beach, for example, up until the mid-1960s residents there were exclusively white. After the passage of fair housing laws, that began to change. These days people of color, those who can afford an expensive segment of the housing market, are a common sight among those living in Belmont Shore. Does discrimination in violation of the law continue to take place? Yes, but on a much, much smaller scale and when encountered, the home seeker now has access to powerful tools to attain legal redress.

[@Glendetta]

What a WONDERFUL VIDEO and PHOTOGRAPHY!!!! Thanks!

[@uttaradit2]

Looks like a better place to be.

[@GiggleFishy]

I found a huge ad for the Grand Opening of Beany's in Long Beach in the October 23, 1952 Long Beach Press Telegram. I've typed the main parts of the ad below. The ad also shows a drawing of the Beany's sign, with a note saying "Copyright - Bob Clampett," who was the creator of Beany and Cecil. Included in this drawing is an inset that says "Tune in on Bob Clampett's "TIME for BEANY" Mon. thru Fri. 6:30 P. M. KTLA --Channel 5". The ad also includes the same menu that is shown in the video with the same prices, including "Cecil Sundaes". Also on this page is an ad for the program for the Circle Drive-In Theater which shows the same movies playing that weekend as is shown on the sign in the video, so I know that this is when this video was taken. I've looked at photos of Bob Clampett (who also created Porky Pig) and he doesn't appear to be one of the men in the video. "GRAND OPENING! - Saturday - Oct. 25 - 5 P.M. Something NEW. On Friday, October 24th, the second of what will soon be a nationwide chain of self-service Beany Drive-In's opens its doors to the public at Coast Highway and Ximeno (near the traffic circle) in Long Beach. After over two years of testing food items, planning containers and developing beauty, functional design, modern color and architectural style, the Beany Drive-In's offer the ultimate in good food with emphasis on economy, quality and convenience! Here's how it works! The customer may choose the service he prefers. He may remain in his car, enter the drive-way marked "Car Service Entrance," give his order over a microphone station located at the menu board, then proceed through the car-port where his order will be handed him packed in special Beany containers ready to take home. If he chooses, he may park in our spacious lot and enjoy his meal here. Or, he may park first and use the Walk-up window where he will be given the same fast, courteous service. There is no magic in our low prices and high quality food. We have merely streamlined every phase of preparation, minimized the number of employees necessary to serve you, designed our units for a tremendous volume of business with a tiny profit on each transaction and passed on the savings to you, our customer. We invite you to attend our grand opening and see this wonderful new restaurant idea in operation. We know you will return again and again! Beany's Drive-In COAST HIGHWAY at XIMENO Near the Traffic Circle in Long Beach FREE SOUVENIRS for the KIDDIES VISIT BEANY'S NUMBER ONE - FIRESTONE AT OTIS - SOUTH GATE"

[@sharksport01]

Looked like the employees were still testing food items.

[@catlady7773]

I would give anything to live back in these days, and leave 2019 for good! I always felt like I belong in a different time period.

[@phelps12471]

Me too.

[@oldtimingdude1053]

My mom worked there when I was a kid. I can still remember the burgers and shake!

[@mrsndmn69]

Thanks for posting this video. I only recently came across it while viewing on another site. I'm a long time Long Beach resident and this was all new to me! Beany and Cecil was one of my favorite cartoons as a child. This really brings back memories.

[@gba273]

mrsndmn69 The restaurant pre-dated the cartoon show. It was established when Time for Beany was a puppet show. I think Beany and "Dishonest John", the bad guy, were marionettes and I'm positive Cecil was a sock puppet. One of my earliest childhood memories.

[@34Packardphaeton]

My sister and I were so young, we pronounced it "Cease and Beany".

[@mrsndmn69]

Hahaha!

[@jamesevans9007]

You are correct about the restaurant pre-dating the cartoon show and about the restaurant being built when Time for Beany was a puppet show. There were, however, no marionettes on Time for Beany; all the characters were sock puppets.

[@porkkchop]

Don't remeber Beany's but I remember Circle Drive -In. Was at the swap meet every weekend. My grandma would buy me handmade Barbie clothes every Sunday. Born in 62' Raised on 28th & Baltic.

[@daniellack3559]

About the same time 52-53, 60 miles east in San Bernadino CA the legendary McDonald Brothers Mac and Dick, had perfected their Speedee Service System and had their hamburger stand running on all 8 cylinders, about one year later, Ray Kroc met them, and as they say the rest is history!

[@hebneh]

I had a 1952 Buick woody station wagon very similar to the '51 in the drive-thru at 5:43.

[@ronmifsud6946]

Had a 52...Blck convertible standar shift

[@josephg41]

I never got to live in these times or anywhere near, but I have a piece of these times with me, my '56 Chevy truck. She's as stock and correct as they come, i restored her with my dad. Some people treat classic cars as "Cool hot rods" and through modern components and engines at them, and each to his own, but for me, a classic car is also a time machine, So I like to restore them to how they used to be, and I'm very particular about the correctness. Even just this week I got a 1963 Mercury driving again after almost 15 years of sitting. When you get truly stock car out in the country away from everything, even without any modern cars on the road, you can just about convince yourself you have gone back in time.

[@Dobie_Gillis]

I was born into this world about the time this was filmed not far away. Hamburgers ruled Southern Cal and still do.

[@McHenryCruiser]

Damn u must b old as fuck brujh 😅🤣😂

[@raywhittington1368]

This is awesome 50's footage.

[@crazykuudere]

Wish it was still like this (aside from the obvious issues)

[@baudelioperez3969]

I remember riding through PCH as a kid on the bus when I would go home from school. Ximeno was one of the streets I used to see. Funny, the only difference I see is that there seem to be less houses, and PCH used to have utility poles, which I didn't know.

[@bigglefty75]

now you can get hookers and dope on pch= enjoy bud

[@bruce9808]

Beanie and Cecil was on Ximeno and PCH , Southeast corner, across from the Circle Drivein , but not for long !

[@Yzzo1]

@@bigglefty75 I don't see hookers on PCH at all

[@bigglefty75]

your too busy looking for Lady Boys...

[@dementedweasel1]

Drinking fountains outside? Cool. Sure wish I could have seen that.

[@catlady7773]

People wearing suits, dresses and kids in slacks, and no booty shorts, skimpy tanks or pants hanging down around their butts..what a breath of fresh air! It seems that people took more better pride in themselves, than they do today!

[@tomsimpson5317]

Wish we could go back in time

[@laurab.9845]

Awesome vid!! No tedious sound. THANK YOU!!!!

[@petermaxwell2965]

Somebody thought this would interesting to us, and they were right !

[@scottscoville1118]

The cars and the dresses are nice but what I like are the prices and the lack of government indications such as the woman popping a good golden fry into her mouth without wearing gloves, just on a relaxed evening.....

[@user-ib1nl4yh3g]

I lived close to the beany's in South Gate it was on corner of Firestone and Otis . across from the jr high school. later it became lucky boys a hang out in high school and beyond. dbl cheese burger with mayo and pickles frys with guacamole sauce

[@footballlvnlady]

I would telepathically go back immediately!

[@lloydtucker5647]

The cost of everything on the drive through menu at 4:26 adds up to less than $2.00. I imagine a person couldn’t spend $20.00 there even if they bought everyone including the employees lunch. Nice video - thanks for posting.

[@MrCarloszeca]

Lloy Tucker" Just remember, minimum wage at that time was like 0.75 cents an hour. So a regular employee would make $ 6.00 dollars a day, $30.00 a week.

[@dennythomas8887]

When this was filmed the "drive-thru" was a fairly new concept as opposed to car hop service which had been around a while.

[@TheSeanm102]

at 2:35 the workers eating the fries lol they would be fired for that today

[@jeffschiller8899]

TheSeanm102 totally agree, today it doesn't take much of a reason to can someone. ....if they are looking for a reason they will come up with some kind of horse shit . Honest am currently unemployed for stupid crap.

[@pennise]

The prices for burgers and fries, 20 cents adjusted for inflation in today's 2019 dollars is $1.93. The most expensive item on the menu was the shrimp for 50 cents - $4.82 in today's dollars.

[@paulmaudlin7651]

What a time to be alive!!! ...and those classic cars Are too much...Awesome! Supposedly , time machines will be available to The general public in 2028...that remains to be seen. See if it materializes...I'm back to the 40s if it does.

[@sauluribe7082]

I sute hope they saved those neon signs especially Beany.

[@atelectro1]

An era that will never return. Thank you America for all that you did for the rest of us. The loss of White America will be a greater loss to all of us. I am not white.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

The American people *in general* are what make America great. This is just as true today as it was back then. We can only have a great nation by being great *individuals.*

[@TonySummerz]

Yeah and white America torture, mutilated, and killed a 14yr black child by the name of Emitt Till that decade. His killers were acquitted by an all-white jury in less than ONE hour. You and "White America" can go to hell...

[@jackjenns1669]

@@TonySummerz you are the problem.

[@caroltenge5147]

thank the democrats.

[@michaeltayon9184]

@@chetpomeroy1399 ZACTLY! "MAGA" is NOT a political concept, it starts at home!

[@bobmilin]

Wow can you imagine how stale those burgers would be by now?

[@samiam619]

BOBMILIN, no moron. Why would you think that? Besides without preservatives, they would rot as old meat should...

[@captlarry-3525]

Now the question is: Do you remember Beany and Cecile ( the sea-sick sea serpant) ?

[@alperman5]

DJ you dirty guy!!!

[@mybigbluetoad]

So What and the 7 Whatnots!

[@Handiman544]

I wish I had one of those cars now...any one of them would do. It was a much less stressful time to be alive. Life was simple, uncomplicated, everyone content to live by the rules...everything worked and we understood who and what we were. Life was constant and predictable. All boring by today's standards, yet in a way, happier.

[@mikekaup5252]

The fifties we're just as cool as they make them out to be. I was born in 1949 so I know.

[@malcolmforest9268]

You pay with cash. No Debt cards or ATMs .

[@mickieg1118]

My aunt showed me the first ATM in our city in the early 80s. The consensus in the car was that it was good for emergencies, but probably a bad idea to have access to the bank 24/7 365. Oh, how times have changed, lol.

[@joeguzman3558]

Happy people back then

[@4runnersteve821]

All the girls I dated would definitely want me to buy them the shrimp

[@charleswhitley8999]

4Runner...ya mean ya can't toss Fitty cent fo ya date??...Wonder if they take EBT??

[@caroltenge5147]

Let em buy their own dam shrimp.... who you runnin with anyway?

[@kindmanxxx]

west were angels ..at that time .....no robbery ....no killing ....hospitality .........love you 50s

[@Porsche996driver]

Never heard of Beany’s. I grew up in the LBC late ‘70s ha. Looks like an early In N Out ha!! Drive-thru ordering was just catching on then. 3:37 Circle Drive-In vaguely remember that! Traffic circle is still there PCH / Lakewood Blvd / Los Coyotes Diagonal Road. On the south side of Signal Hill. So very close to Long Beach airport and the huge McDonnell Douglas plant that was part of the Cold War effort against the damn Russians. Huge suburbs built out there during this time. Veterans learned engineering with the GI Bill. Union workers very middle class. So ya this is legit Americana all the way. And I had never heard of Beanys before ha.

[@eddielung31]

And you may add that it was before the time of big chain eating up space for individual restaurant

[@Mitzi73]

For $1.75 I can buy the entire menu.

[@MrCarloszeca]

Mitzi: Minimum wage at that time was like 0.75 cents an hour.

[@douglasslayton5068]

i must say though when i was a boy. 4 years old when this was filmed, life was simpler i was very happy all the bad stuff was hidden well from john q. public. yea check the cars so cool my dad had a 1952 olds......unfortunately he got drunk and wrecked it killing himself....no seatbelt........

[@stevejoshua9536]

I remember a comedian on with Carson in the early or mid-1970's, who said, "you want to know what the 1950's was really like? The 1950's was just a lonely guy, standing on a street corner, waiting for the 1960's. I imagine his statement was a reaction to, either the recently released "American Graffiti", or the "Happy Days" depiction of those times. We always tend to over-romanticize a particular era by about 20 years later.

[@MrNahatej]

everything handled with bare hands and no one would ever care. Business must have been striving... good times

[@mistervacation23]

Larry Harnisch copy editor for the Los Angeles times and said this was a very bad place to eat during that era. He said it would be all right if you don't mind food poisoning

[@adimart2214]

a nicer time when there weren't so many browns everywhere

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Wow. Was it really like this at one time?

[@mikeracca7782]

I JUST WISH EVERYONE GOT ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD WITHOUT BEING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER RIGHT NOW MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[@johnnickle3797]

This place was at the corner of ximeno.and.pacific coast hwy it is a mall now

[@angelicagarcia4820]

You are right, that´s the one

[@stevekovacs4093]

Lets count the number of burger joints that have been on that very corner, White Castle, and now The Habit. I cant recall the others that have come and gone, maybe a Burger King too. It's a black hole for burger points.

[@americanfastfoodstories]

Excellent

[@bluebluelectricblue]

With Beany Boy! And your obedient serpent in....a Bob Clampett cartoooooOOOOON!! 😀

[@hangten1904]

2:32 those two employees eating the fries

[@xanbex8324]

I gotta say, I had a burger at Beany's back in 1953 and after all these years am still suffering from the effects of my diarrhoea!

[@danc1197]

This was the nicer side of long beach. However back then a huge part of inland long beach and the So Cal coastline was covered with grasshopper fields (oil derricks) which ruined the view. Remember signal hill in the 70's? Biggest eyesore ever.