" DINNER AT 6 " 1946 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE OVENS & RANGE PROMOTIONAL FILM 68484

[@jayviescas7703]

The nurse played by Margaret Hamilton, who also played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, was well worth the 30 minutes of this ancient Westinghouse commercial.

[@lisaangelo3220]

"I'll get you my pretties"....OMG she's creeping me out, I'm clicking off just cuz of her!!!

[@whatsupdoc84]

Jay Viescas yes! I jumped on the comments to see if I was the only one who noticed.

[@candacerain1]

I was just about to say!! Neat!!

[@amandastewart9358]

I noticed this too. SO cool!!!

[@mcc6002]

“That pelican of a woman” referencing her nose.

[@kck9742]

A lot of people in the comments are asking why Mrs. Smith didn't close her oven door all the way -- because when you broil in older-model ovens, you left the door open a bit to prevent overheating and fire. I guess a lot of younger people don't know this because broiling isn't really something many people do anymore. Not sure why, it's a great way to do meat and fish.

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

Every time I use my broiler the oven and the food ends up smelling like burnt plastic. Is it because of not leaving the door open do you think??

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

And no, I'm not leaving it in there for too long, in fact I usually end up taking the food out before properly browned because of the smell

[@buckeyedav1]

Glad you answered that I have never "broiled" anything in my ovens ever. I had to laugh at that gigantic steak haven't seen one that big in over 20 years. Anna In Ohio

[@marylousherman5471]

People would rather use their grill these days....

[@terrylynn9984]

Even today when you broil you need to leave the oven door open. Gen Xer here....that part has never changed

[@stanf7862]

I am diggin the lighted knobs.

[@jeanleonard6566]

This was so fun to watch. They don't make stoves like they used to. Today's stoves and appliances don't seem to last very long anymore. I have 1947 Magic Chef that is still going strong after 75 years! I'd like to see a modern stove do that!

[@namelessone3339]

I have a 1963 Westinghouse Terrace Top Stove in YELLOW!

[@terrylynn9984]

My stove is from 1995 made in Canada a General Electric too, Electric stove to boot. Now 27 years old , pry it from My dead and dying hands lol

[@PCHGWHS]

Proper English and no cursing! Love this ....

[@MrSloika]

Refrigerators and washing machines were much better in those days as well.

[@debbieflaherty1975]

Nor does anything else.

[@ridgecrestvarietyshow7324]

On the lighter side, I can't believe we're all watching this to the end! Interesting stuff on so many levels.

[@jacoleneiu3856]

🤣🤣🤣

[@luisreyes1963]

Just a reminder on how difficult housework was for their generation. 👵

[@strawberrybananapeel2538]

Not only that, I have viewed this several times, did I say that? 😉

[@roachtoasties]

That porterhouse steak even Fred Flintstone would be proud of. That's bigger than his brontoburgers.

[@annier6]

I absolustely couldn't believe she was making cupcakes out of a box and not from scratch! But my favorite line was, “They say don’t ever peek or lift the lid until your vegetables are cooked so the vitamins don’t escape into the air.”

[@mikezylstra7514]

They were still talking like that 10 years later.

[@jacoleneiu3856]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 wasn't that hilarious? Vitamins escape...

[@terrylynn9984]

When those boxed desserts came out the women were ecstatic, and made their lives so much easier too. Even my grandma, a farmers wife who could bake from scratch loved how it made her life easier to use a boxed mix once and awhile.

[@annier6]

@@terrylynn9984 I was a little kid in the 50's and my grandmother never used anything boxed but I remember my mom giving in to using a boxed mix for Angel Food Cake!

[@sky.the.infinite]

I even heard that growing up and believed it for the longest time!

[@alistermycroft7898]

If there's anything from the 40's that needs to make a comeback,it's definitely this oven.

[@sky.the.infinite]

Definitely, agreed!

[@vandelayofficial492]

and Westinghouse! lol

[@straightpipediesel]

@@vandelayofficial492 The appliances became White-Westinghouse, which was then was taken over by Electrolux. You can buy them today in the US mostly under the Frigidaire brand.

[@debbieflaherty1975]

I am obsessed with vintage stoves!!

[@quagmiredavis4117]

​​​@@debbieflaherty1975 I inherited a family home she installed Hotpoint stove Water heater refrigerator 1950 i have her original invoice $ 362 .54 for all 3 kitchen Items .. plus one Fedders window air conditioner used as back up if central ac dies Everything spotless works perfect im not changing anything just rewire when I rewired the house im with you on vintage appliances on refrigerators 99% of time Give good cleaning on coils in back 70 years of dust and my hotpoint will freeze All 6 original hotpoint ice trays 45 min .. thankfully I have plenty of spare parts just incase .. plus our family cabin has a wood stove and 1938 Magic Chef gas stove .😊 ** Biden idiots hate gas stoves ** typical communist bullshit 😅😊

[@moniquem783]

A porterhouse steak from what? A woolly mammoth? It’s enormous!

[@jacoleneiu3856]

🤣🤣🤣 exactly.. I was like wow..

[@wolfshanze5980]

Yaba Daba Doo!

[@moniquem783]

@@wolfshanze5980 😂😂😂

[@bonniegaither3994]

Right!?!

[@MrSloika]

Quality meat was cheap in those days. Hell, when I was a boy in the 70s, I used to get steak sandwiches for lunch made with dry aged beef. Today dry aged beef costs $30+ a pound.

[@jorgieg1]

I just love these mid century films! There’s something comforting about the way we used to live. This was a really good film, thank you!!!

[@joshuacrazone]

i want to go back to this

[@charlietu]

Agreed!! @@joshuacrazone These days, sadly, women do not know how to keep a good home or make a quality homemade meal.

[@samthunders3611]

@@charlietu Nice ..tell your family that andit Won't kill you to help out. Buy a Westinghouse for your family too Gee Wiz!

[@brandielambright460]

@@joshuacrazone Me, too!

[@User-cb4jm]

Everyone of all ages finds comfort in the era they grew up in. We view it with rose tinted glasses, obviously what was shown on TV in the 50s was heavily censored that makes it appear that life was cheerfully rosy all the time.

[@OofusTwillip]

08:14 - "Well, you know how WATER is." Said to the Wicked Witch of the West.

[@crystalyj30]

I didn't put that together!🤣😂🤣

[@jillsmith633]

Yes, was surprised no one else got it in the comments!

[@sancraft1]

😂😂😂

[@amierichan1428]

My grandmother's career was as a cooking instructor, teaching people how to use their new electric ranges, and writing booklets of "oven meals" recipes. Eventually she even had her own local cooking show on TV. Born in 1898, she had grown up with the old coal stoves. I grew up on the wonders of cooking electrically, no one in my family ever had a gas range in those days.

[@Lifeislikeabox1]

are her shows on youtube

[@amierichan1428]

@@Lifeislikeabox1 Not as far as we can tell. I finally found the current owner of the station (in Maine) who had no idea if there were any cinotapes, where they might be. But he did have some photos of her on the show, which was nice to see.

[@jacoleneiu3856]

@@amierichan1428 very interesting story. My family is from Maine too. Last month ,I discovered that a monument dedicated to the Civil War soldiers has my great,great great grandfather name at the top in South Paris.

[@amierichan1428]

@@jacoleneiu3856 Wow! Very cool, but have been really exciting for your family to discover that! You never know what will turn up. What part of Maine do they come from?

[@amierichan1428]

Funny enough, she was born in Berlin, N.H., which is considered to be the home of the contemporary casserole. Very fitting, as for Home Economists of her time, that was a pretty standard dish. (I mean the meal dish, not the crockery dish.)

[@sarahsiskin6780]

I love these old advertisements

[@donnaregan9189]

Good Lord what a fantastic film I'm 26 and have never seen a cooker as cool.Wow that built in deep fryer just awesome,I was obviously born during the wrong era.Loved this thank you very much.

[@luisreyes1963]

Deep fryers are passè. Air fryers are all the rage these days. 🍗

[@billziemniak578]

My grandmother had one of these and I inherited it and cooked on it until 1974 when it finally gave up the ghost. I haven't had a decent meal since LOL

[@aaf1568]

Lucky you

[@anniekirts6621]

Sir, you have lived. I salute you.

[@bobbykiriakidis9753]

Probably all for the best. Those old appliances burned down many homes back in the day.

[@washkoskat]

Love ❤️ it

[@dennisdesmarais7944]

My family had that Westinghouse stove. It lasted forever. We brought it to our cottage in the 1980s where we already had a Westinghouse refrigerator from the 1940s. Sold the cottage in the early 2000s and they were still going strong. Great quality!!

[@blueeyedbehr]

i particularly like the color coding of the temperature settings. that should be a requirement on all new stove tops.

[@luisreyes1963]

Why dumb down temperature controls for cooking? 🌡️

[@blueeyedbehr]

@@luisreyes1963 as one ages, it helps to know if you're accidentally setting the burner too high so you dont burn your dinner. a quick glance at the dial and you'll know if it's too hot.

[@KischteBier]

Why? Because most people are idiots?

[@blueeyedbehr]

@@KischteBier no - read my reply above. also, it's easier to see colors than try to see the difference between 200 and 300 when you have vision issues.

[@darid2616]

@@KischteBierbruh it’s just cool as hell, nothing to do with smarts

[@timothybrown7779]

So cool.. too bad companies don’t take this much pride in manufacturing these days.

[@slim-oneslim8014]

Because it's all made in some slave labor country.

[@LiLi-or2gm]

Hasn't seen uncle Eflow in 10 years but she remembers every one of his favorite dishes. And only wants him to visit just to get at his money. Conniving bunch of relatives!

[@ericlasley4503]

Parasite Boil the porterhouse ? Really? Mmm.......

[@NFlight]

@@ericlasley4503 Broil*

[@ericlasley4503]

@@NFlight ahh... shit, ya... thought that sounded nasty !

[@jessicah3450]

How else will they afford that state college tuition for the daughter? 😕

[@anniekirts6621]

@@jessicah3450 What do they need tuition for? She's got a serious boyfriend....

[@Jusyasm]

This movie never gets old...A true delight for a vintage lover like me :)

[@albear972]

That is such a friggin' cool stove with the built-in pot and pop-up burner! I'm not a fan of electric stoves by any means, but this one is so dangged cool!

[@maxmichaelhatling]

Plus the Non LED colored lights😁

[@javaking1000]

My 1980's gas stove doesn't do anything except heat. Hell, I'm grateful it has electronic ignition. That 1950's stove was way ahead!

[@jacquelynking2184]

I KNOW! Makes me wish they still made these like this!!

[@Kat-fw9se]

We had one up until the late 1970s and it also was a Westinghouse. They really worked great!

[@karenkrasz7078]

Same. I typically don't like electric stoves...but this thing is AWESOME. I want that drop-down, fryer-steamer thingie. What a great feature!

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

I love these films! ❤ Margaret Hamilton wasn’t an attractive woman. But she was a wonderful actress and was also a teacher. I remember when she was on Mr Rogers one day. They were wonderful together

[@melanieharvey8445]

"Jumping Jehoshaphat" I am bringing that back.

[@Earcandy73]

My 1956 Hotpoint is very similar! Two ovens, a deep well cooker and an automatic griddle. It looks and works as good as new!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Keep it clean and in good condition, it’ll last forever!

[@paulalarsen7697]

What a delightful infomercial. I wish they were this good now.

[@Rick1959]

Wow!! They must have dropped a bundle making this movie!! The actors...IN COLOR!!! :-) And I'll bet that food tastes better than the stuff we eat today!

[@irocksixx]

It had actually been in color since 1902, but it was not common. Andy Griffith wasn't even in color till the late 60's, probably when technology became cheaper.

[@mikezylstra7514]

That beef was marbled. You can't get marbled beef or pork anymore (everything has to be low fat, even if it cooks like wood and serves like goat meat) But I've never seen soo many morbidly obese people and fat dumpy 20-somethings in my 72 years - EVER.

[@MrSloika]

@@irocksixx Up until 1970 most TV sets sold in the US were black and white models. People didn't buy color TVs (which were expensive) because most programming was in black and white, and TV networks didn't produce shows in color because of the low number of color TVs in people's homes. When watching old TV shows you may notice the announcer saying some like 'In living color!" That was to remind the people who had black and white TVs that were missing out on the party and encourage them to scrap their black and white sets and replace them with new color sets.

[@dw3403]

@@MrSloika technacolor. Lets not forget to mention there was no cable and we used rabbit ears or roof antennas. We were darned lucky to see the whole show.

[@MrSloika]

@@dw3403 Depends where you lived. I grew up in North Jersey, just across the River from NYC. We had a roof antenna and could easily pick up all the NYC TV channels without a problem.

[@c3cubed]

Westinghouse must have had a blockbuster budget for this cast of seasoned character professionals... The young man's "mother" (with the fancy kitchen), is the actress Dorothy Adams; she played 'Mrs Cameron' in the great Goldwyn film classic "The Best Years of Our Lives". It took home all the major Oscars including best picture, released the same year of vintage, 1946.

[@HYPNOTOAD291]

i love that movie

[@c3cubed]

@@HYPNOTOAD291 One of the all-time greatest ever made. Absolutely flawless. A true masterpiece.

[@collinsje5]

Adams also played Bessie, Laura's maid, in the noir film "Laura" released 1944.

[@franlooving4203]

I agree. I recognized all but the children (grown children). Well I think the woman is Zasu Pitts??

[@c3cubed]

@@franlooving4203 No, ZaSu wasn't in this. There's no mention in her Wiki-bio page of this production. However, one could see a similar facial likeness between the two ladies.

[@annodomini7887]

Margaret Hamilton’s nose was recognizable anywhere!

[@tarstarkusz]

Isn't that the wicked witch?

[@annodomini7887]

Yes it is.

[@josephgaviota]

@@tarstarkusz Yes, it's her!

[@friendofdorothy9376]

Her voice too.

[@maxpenn6374]

And she is playing a character every bit as endearing as Agnes Gulch or WWW.

[@muffassa6739]

This was my first stove, and it was a joy to work with. I used it for over 30yrs, had to go to a self cleaning oven because of a deadly reaction to the cleaner. I loved that stove.

[@missmerrily4830]

Such a sophisticated range for its time and yet people apparently believed that vitamins 'escaped into the air' if you didn't cover pots during cooking! So funny! 🤣

[@mariekatherine5238]

Open the lid and inhale!

[@KischteBier]

They told this to keep people from constantly checking. As today the best way is to tell people BS.

[@shannondore]

I just laughed every time she said that. Losing the vitamins in the air? What?!😆🤣

[@gardendormouse6479]

VERY sophisticated range for it's time.

[@ArmpitStudios]

It’s to prevent water loss. Water loss equals overcooked vegetables, which equals less nutrition.

[@toddmiller1753]

The Flintstones are going to miss their steak!

[@veronicavatter6436]

That thing is enormous!

[@jillym320]

This is funny in today’s context given our modern appliances, but it is a reminder that not long ago it took our mom’s hours just to cook a dinner, clean the house and sew / wash our clothes. I’m grateful for all that she did and that technology has made our lives easier so that we have time for other things.

[@mikezylstra7514]

yeah...like having affairs, getting involved in politics and running everybody's life well beyond the household...

[@joltjolt5060]

It still takes a while, hours, idk where you live.

[@jillym320]

@@joltjolt5060 it still takes time, as I cook so we can eat healthy, but with technology and expanded services like free grocery cart shopping, air fryers, modern appliances like dishwashers and PCs, certain tasks take a lot less time & energy.

[@chrismorrison3375]

It still takes hours

[@chrismorrison3375]

Wait, back in the day you had services of delivery your groceries, milk, dry cleaning, etc up to your door. Instacart isn't a new idea

[@elana81RDH]

Pretty sure the husband was the mayor in A Wonderful Life. Wow. The mayor and the wicked witch in the same room. All for a stove commercial! Epic!

[@GavinsMarineMom]

He was the Mayor of Mayberry on Andy Griffith.

[@davidsimpson8192]

He was the guy on the porch in its a Wonderful Life ..

[@Chahlie]

The controls on the stove! Oh my, I would surely pay extra for that :)

[@jacoleneiu3856]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kesmarn]

They got me with the range of colors from blue to red hot.

[@OofusTwillip]

Many people had old, inefficient appliances in 1946. During WWII (1939-45), almost all metal was used for planes, ammunition, guns, ships, jeeps, etc. There were long waiting lists for cars and appliances, for a few years after the War.

[@TheBobbybbc]

And the decade immediately preceding the war was tahr of the Great Depression...so I am sure there was no shortage of households that had not updated their appliances since prior to the onset of the depression in 1929...basically twenty or more years!

[@653j521]

@@TheBobbybbc So, who did the neighbor know to get that stove? (Not to mention the up to the minute kitchen decor.) There must be a reason super fancy stoves like this didn't take off in popularity. My guess is for the high price it was too much of a bother to learn how to use everything, and as we know with cars, the more complicated it gets, the more there is to break down.

[@653j521]

If you wanted new appliances just buy a suburban tract house. Developers bought wholesale from the factory. Another way, even into the 1950s was game shows, radio then tv. Women were genuinely thrilled to win them, with cost high and availability low.

[@redwingfan9393]

@@653j521 it was hard to get into those new homes in the late 40's and very early 50's. There was a huge housing shortage post-war.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Unless you had an excellent quality one from the 1920’s or 1930’s! (Or earlier, like a wood/coal stove and an icebox!) The best baking and roasting is still from an old fashioned wood stove!

[@MrRafboy]

Those features on that range are amazing! Should be brought back

[@anniekirts6621]

YES! Imagine! being able to cook 10 loaves of bread at once!

[@anniekirts6621]

Correction: 8 Loaves at once (I checked my facts).

[@charlottekey8856]

Yeah, it was a lot better than my parents' stove in the 60s.

[@daninraleigh]

@@anniekirts6621 Yeah, but what do you need 8 loaves for. We've cut back to only one per week. Have to make our own to keep the dangerous additives out.

[@nathanjustus6659]

@@anniekirts6621 My 1954 GE can. Well, 8 anyway.

[@johnathanstevens8436]

The deep fryer + burner in the stove top is amazing. I'm not sure how easy it would be to clean, but still.

[@momof2momof2]

What a surprise to see Margret Hamilton ! And I recognize the Dad too. Such a funny little film

[@lynnmckenna9934]

I actually loved watching this!!!!

[@helenawarsinnak]

OMGOODNESS!!! The uncle's nurse is Margaret Hamilton!!! (*For those who may not know: The Wicked Witch of the West!!) That's awesome!!!💜

[@gulmerton2394]

Forget about the stove, I want that nice helpful neighbor.

[@anniekirts6621]

Yes! Me, too!

[@jacoleneiu3856]

🤣🤣🤣that's just in the movies..that never changed.

[@653j521]

@@jacoleneiu3856 She was excited to show off her amazing stove. Anyone would do the same for the mother of her son's girlfriend, both helping out and showing off.

[@maryellenquinn5267]

I’m an admitted Appliance Snob, Sub Zero refrigerator, Wolf stove and Cove dishwasher…I would have had this if I were living in those days! Love that Fryer/ Steamer! And there’s the wicked witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton and Mayor Pike from Mayberry!

[@maryellenquinn5267]

For Mother’s Day this year my kids gave me the Wolf Coffee maker…OMG AMAZING! Looks fabulous…where can I post a pic?

[@lcfanyc]

I must've watched it a dozen times already!

[@washkoskat]

Me too. Love it

[@brianmiller2365]

Great film! Oh, why can’t the world still be like this??? I have a 1947 Gibson Kook-All range that belonged to my grandmother.

[@653j521]

Pull yourself back into reality. It never was like this. This is a fictional family promoting an oven.

[@washkoskat]

I know. It was all so simple. And the mother crying at the end

[@patrickmcmillan2431]

The Westinghouse range gets all the credit and Mrs. Smith is left out in the cold!! Mrs. Bundy owes her neighbor a home cooked meal

[@missyandjoey]

I do believe the husband was in my fav movie It’s a Wonderful Life. He sat on the porch reading the paper with his pipe and yelled at George Bailey “ try kissing her instead of talking to her death!!” “Ahhhh youth is wasted on the wrong people!!!”

[@MrDch1975]

He also played the in on The Andy Griffith show. He was the mayor

[@tomservo56954]

"I'll give her a kiss that will put hair back on your head!"

[@jeffnlisa]

I THOUGHT that was him!!

[@cathyfromcanada637]

Thank you, knew he was familiar.

[@MsTimelady71]

He also played the judge in Christmas in Connecticut. This film had A list actors.

[@keepitforreally4501]

I was born in 1960 and my grandmother’s kitchen had the same layout, but her stove was a little bit more modern the kitchen was yellow and I sure miss that kitchen🌹😎

[@shirley1413]

Love this,,,,and I bet that some of these ranges are still being used,,,maybe old fashion for 2022,,,,,but they made things to last back in the day!!!!!!

[@ianng5098]

This is life, people communicating, co-existing and carring for each other. Of course there were bad things as well but there were so much more good things.

[@653j521]

I guess you didn't get closer to your family and friends during the pandemic.

[@mikezylstra7514]

bad things? well, polio was still going around

[@Ali-cn1du]

My gran had a transatlantic accent. This makes me think of her. That 'range' is amazing.

[@MrSloika]

Also know as a 'Mid-Atlantic' accent...half way between an American and British accents. When I was in grade school in the 70s I had some old biddy teachers who had that kind of accent.

[@ArmpitStudios]

Who in this film had it? I’m not hearing it in any of the actors.

[@bluefaery1865]

She could have put that oven door right back in the groove. Those 1930s ovens were built like tanks.

[@PopRockRevival]

that bothered me too. she didn't even try. just left it laying on the floor for someone else to pick up.

[@marcse7en]

Uncle Eflow's nurse is played by the wonderful MARGARET HAMILTON (1902 - 1985), who famously played ALMIRA GULCH and the WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST in "THE WIZARD OF OZ" (1939). In stark contrast to her most famous role, in real life, Hamilton loved children! This is one of the BEST things I've seen on KZbin for ages! It's like a cross between a SOAP, a COMEDY and a COMMERCIAL! Surprisingly entertaining! It's funny how cantankerous old Uncle Eflow is not only ALLERGIC to the flowers, but to the FLOWER PAINTING TOO! 😂😂😂 Margaret Hamilton is fearsomely wonderful as Uncle Eflow's nurse! Great stuff! 👍 SCORE: 9/10

[@nancy4366]

Oooh I thought so! I thought so!!!

[@annabelgrace1267]

She did not have children, but loved them..

[@RuhNay]

I was looking for this comment! Surprised no one else noticed her!

[@marcse7en]

@@RuhNay Margaret Hamilton was a wonderful actress! The Wicked Witch Of The West will live on forever! 🤣

[@cryan4041]

There are quite a few actors in this film that were studio-trained during Hollywood's Golden Era. Margaret Hamilton is easily the best known. Dorothy Adams, probably best known for her role as Bessie in the 1944 film noir classic Laura, is the owner of the new Westinghouse range. Mrs. Bundy is familiar, but I can't place her at the moment. Her husband, Henry, however, is played by Dick Elliot. His voice is unmistakable, and he must have made over 100 films. They are really good actors, which doesn't usually happen in industrial/educational films. Thank you! This was really fun to watch. I wish real life looked like this.

[@randenebates]

I'm pretty sure the mom is Dorothy Vaughan, whom I loved in The Maganificent Ambersons: "You'll know something pretty quick! Please to leave my house!" but I can't find the cast listed on this short.

[@BigBlu_896]

almost 100 years later and im sold

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

HUH?? what's "almost a hundred years later"? This was made right after WWII.. that wasn't 100 years ago....

[@DAN-lo5db]

Electric ranges were brand new then, and that one was very innovative. 1946 was the same year the first fully automatic washer with spin dry came out, but not many could afford it yet, because men had just came home from the war WWII. So it took them a while to establish a good career with good money to afford them all.

[@leosrule5691]

I WANT THAT STOVE.!!!!

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

I'll fight ya for it ! LOL!

[@leosrule5691]

@@Nunofurdambiznez lol

[@kathleenaltherr6836]

It goes to show you that new and improved is not always an improvement. The boy's mom is an actress who played the housekeeper for Gene Tierney's character in the movie Laura.

[@653j521]

They assembled a really good cast for an advertisement.

[@tomservo56954]

That's Ellen Corby? Even in LAURA I recognized her as Grandma Walton...I don't feel that here.

[@CornbreadOracle]

@@tomservo56954 no, its Dorothy Adams. That’s who played the maid in Laura.

[@sistersamich2075]

WHAT I JUST SAW THAT MOVIE LAST MONTH

[@robotrix]

THANK YOU! Now if I can just remember who the main actress is.

[@ridgecrestvarietyshow7324]

Hey y'all, keep in mind that a home economics major from a state university mid century has morphed into present day registered dieticians/nutritionists..both fields requiring mucho math and science. Not to mention a double major with education to become a HE teacher. Most universities today offer degrees in both. And for the record...every box cake, muffin mix, frozen pizza, or frozen dinner you pop into the micro had its humble beginnings in a kitchen lab with a dietician at the helm...just saying😊

[@mikezylstra7514]

oh pahleez! Mucho math? cups & teaspoons are simple fractions - 5th grade stuff in my day.

[@me-xx2gl]

However, while in a rehab (nursing home) they did not understand lactose intolerant. Cream everything. 3 different dieticians. A salad was a lump of iceberg in a suace cup.

[@jamesreynolds5776]

Do any schools still have home ec classes today? Would be a big help 👍

[@chrismorrison3375]

I don't eat anything that goes in a microwave. I don't even own a microwave. Those foods and the microwave gives nothing but cancer

[@halloweenhaunt3121]

The word everyone misspells is dietitian…it’s not spelled like mortician, magician, statistician, etc.

[@rockoyouthman]

Ok I want that stove. Why can’t we make anything good anymore. I swear, if it doesn’t have a computer, we’ve forgotten how to make it

[@Barbe]

You and me both.

[@rockaroundtheclock1561]

Why did they discontinue this oven!

[@amandashare1281]

I totally agree with you!

[@candacerain1]

@@rockaroundtheclock1561 it would be so neat to research why it was discontinued!

[@toddsmith1617]

Hardly anyone eats at home anymore.

[@hashtag415]

How nice of uncle Eflow to bring along the Wicked Witch of the west. I wonder if they came on her bike?

[@kfl611]

they flew in on her broom

[@anniekirts6621]

LOL

[@dawniesimon]

😂

[@sheilareimer4093]

😂

[@atomsmash100]

"You can be sure if it's Westinghouse!". Great slogan.

[@freecycling6687]

Everything frozen or from a box. It's a miracle!

[@anniekirts6621]

YES! You can see the start of it all... It starts with the Ready-Mix-Hot-Fudge-Topping...then onto Boxed Potatoes Au Gratin... then, it's "frozen vegetables"- keep lid on "so you don't loose vitamins"...& it's all GMO from there...

[@JB-vd8bi]

@@anniekirts6621 wheat has been GMO for centuries.

[@spencerwilton5831]

J B There is a massive difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.

[@yash6303]

Hay burner 😂

[@memedavis4228]

Thank you for the time capsule. It was a joy to watch !

[@theblissfullone]

'Controlled heat' ... a big perk for women having used/grown up with wood stove ovens ... like my Mother. ❤🌷

[@mariekatherine5238]

You get very good at guesstimating, so it’s not a problem for we oldsters!

[@theblissfullone]

@@mariekatherine5238 Well said. 🙂

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

When Mrs Bundy starts hearing voices, and the Wicked Witch of the West, turns up, you know there is trouble in Kansas.

[@waldo1967]

I was looking for this one on Thanksgiving 2023. Found it one day later.🤗

[@julieannemichelle]

I like the light feature!!! So extremely cool!!!!!😊

[@plchilson6283]

We had a stove like that and that set down feature was great. My mother used it almost every day and I had the pleasure of washing the pan all the time. We cooked beans in it alot. And quality has gone down hill since. Thank you for the ride down memory lane!

[@BELCAN57]

I was half expecting Uncle Efflo to say he was broke at the end of the film.

[@kck9742]

That would have been perfect!

[@TheBobbybbc]

And was forced to come to them to seek financial assistance lol

[@kesmarn]

@@TheBobbybbc With plans for him and Margaret Hamilton to move in with the family for their golden years.

[@deborahbaker4770]

This Stove is nicer then the one’s we have now ‼️

[@cindycarr3460]

I remember watching this kind of commercials when I was young. They were great

[@joycebricker3814]

My father went to an action bought a Maytag stove. The lady selling it told him she bought it the same year her son was born 1946. It had that deep well those great places to store pans. It didn’t fit in his house. It did in mine. It weighed a ton. I loved it. You had to light the gas oven no pilot light. One day the part that regulated the temperature broke. I spent a year looking for parts, using a microwave, electric skillet crock pot.. finally I broke down had to buy a new one. “Will you dispose of my old stove.?” They assured me they would. I told them send more than one person. The two they sent nearly died getting it out.

[@chrismorrison3375]

Yeah, my parents loved old stoves. My aunt gave a 1952 maytag white stove to my mom. They had to bring six big guys, all cousins of mine, to lift it on to the truck. We used to lived in an upstairs apartment so, my dad got a man who had the knowledge of taking these type stoves apart and put them back together. After we moved and my dad passed away suddenly we just left the stove there. We ended up buying a new stove.

[@UpDownMichelle]

BRING BACK THE DEEP WELL COOKER!!

[@PopRockRevival]

i'm guessing too many people complained because food would stick and was hard to clean out.

[@mikem919]

Nice to see the wicked witch of the west in this film.....

[@NipkowDisk]

Margaret Hamilton- one of a kind, for sure.

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

Nurse Spindle is priceless

[@richardgray8593]

Worse than Nurse Ratchet

[@thisisnotcharles]

...and Mayor Pike

[@usmale4915]

@@thisisnotcharles as played by Dick Elliott!

[@headrushindi]

Wow Margaret Hamilton the worlds most iconic Wicked Witch from OZ and an all star cast ., what an antique gem this is .They certainly built appliances back then . And the creative commercials were a hoot. An entire short film just to sell you an oven.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

"Miss Spindle" ... perfect name for a mal spinster. And perfect casting of Margaret ("Wicked Witch of the West") Hamilton as an antagonist of any stove not Westinghouse, as when the old stove door blows off and she says (another allusion to the Oz film), "sounds like it hit your house!"

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And then later, when she asks, "can't I get a drink of water?" The dad replies, "well, you know how water is!" Another veiled comic allusion to The Wizard of Oz film, wherein the Witch of the West was "liquidated" by a toss of water.

[@anniekirts6621]

@@JudgeJulieLit yes-yes! Good catch

[@jacoleneiu3856]

@@JudgeJulieLit 🤣🤣🤣

[@crazy808ish]

gosh this is a dream of a stove right there.

[@collinsje5]

Golly gee, YES!

[@augustcanyon3438]

One of my absolute favorite.

[@christhompson3750]

I had one of those stoves. We bought it used. I loved that stove, it had a warming drawer, the drop down burner with the pot and a large storage drawer too. It was a monster but I loved it.

[@kristin280]

Love this!

[@kck9742]

I thoroughly enjoyed this! A few thoughts: 1: The family trying to butter up old uncle Moneybags just to get him to pay for daughter’s home ec degree is pretty obvious and disgraceful. 2. The nurse (yes, that was Margaret Hamilton) was the rudest dinner guest ever. Imagine yelling at your hosts, complete strangers to you, for not having dinner ready fast enough. 3. That stove WAS awesome, better than today’s! 4. The lack of any cooking smells didn’t tip off the uncle and Nurse Rached? 5. Mrs. Smith is an awesome neighbor, and Mrs. B owes her BIG.

[@kck9742]

@@loadishstone That's beside the point. Kissing up to someone simply because you want their money is not something people with self-respect do. And fun fact: most rich people work their asses off -- that's why they're rich. Many poor people are poor because they don't.

[@kck9742]

@@loadishstone Oh, honey. When you grow up, deprogram from the leftist propaganda you've been spoon fed, and learn how the world works, let me know.

[@kck9742]

@@loadishstone Well, leftist useful idiots are the ones who think like you do.

[@terrylynn9984]

The nurse is the lady who played the wicked witch of the west, loved her character

[@kck9742]

@@terrylynn9984 Yes. Poor lady went through the rest of her life having kids be terrified of her.

[@watsonpaddy]

Dick Elliott (Henry) appeared in 240 films including Christmas in Connecticut as the judge

[@bryanhikes]

Also, he was Mayor Pike on The Andy Griffith Show.

[@georgiannmaloney6594]

I would love to have that range

[@todd5334-p7w]

My Grandmother had the recessed bean pot on her stove.. It was awesome.

[@neilmansfield8329]

This is a great appliance

[@willg4802]

That's a HUGE steak!

[@goldenboy5500]

OMG it Margaret Hamilton " the wicked witch of the west" I'm melting melting

[@kitgin4504]

Take me back to this day beautiful days

[@Mogeclub]

Nice commercial! Our neighbours had a big Westinghouse fridge in the 50s/60s. Was quite special here in The Netherlands.

[@kimfleury]

Those big ranges were the cat's meow. I haven't seen a modern range as useful as those old ones, no matter how many bells and whistles the new ones have. Sometimes I think maybe the convection oven setting is sort of nice, but it only saves a few minutes of cooking time, and at a much higher energy cost.

[@nathanjustus6659]

I loved convection ovens until I got a vintage range and realized it baked more evenly. Convection is great in today's stuff because nothing seems to be engineered to work well - so they use convection, now. But the hot air can cause surface over browning.

[@jacoleneiu3856]

EXACTLY.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Lots of frozen stuff can be "air fried" in the oven and any confection oven can do that.

[@debbienye6002]

The house we bought in Portland, OR in 1991, had a range like the 1946 one. We used it until 2002, when we remodeled. The oven temp could never be regulated, though, so we had to learn how to set it. We knew it was old, but I am now guessing it was from the mid 40's!

[@blondiebxl]

Impressive that Mrs. B knows that Uncle Eflow likes broccoli, even f she hasn't seen him for over 10 years. That's a fact to remember!

[@653j521]

Not a lot of people are mad for broccoli so it stuck in her mind.

[@SouthsideTile]

Hey, hey! I'm pretty sure that "Henry" is the first version of Mayor Stoner in The Andy Griffith Show!

[@phyllisstein1837]

OMG, it's Almira Gulch

[@dominicmartinelli5762]

I'm pretty certain this film dates from 1951. The featured Westinghouse range was also promoted in print ads from that year and is identical to the one in the movie.

[@bdh70]

This was identical to the range on I Love Lucy, which premiered in 1951, so I would say you are correct. The fridge was the same as one on Lucy as well, though she had a couple of different refrigerators on the show.

[@fromthesidelines]

In 1951, Roland Reed was producing industrial films at the same time he was branching out into TV production. He was producing Stu Erwin's "TROUBLE WITH FATHER" and "THE BEULAH SHOW"....and the following year, "MY LITTLE MARGIE", and "ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER" {which wouldn't be widely seen on TV until 1954}.

[@robertknight4672]

@@bdh70 I think Westinghouse was one of I Love Lucy sponsors.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Although it may be that Westinghouse made a model in 1946 that they did not update through 1952. "Planned obsolescence" was not yet a thing.

[@emilymayer5500]

@@JudgeJulieLit Thank goodness! When I bought my circa 1895 Victorian cottage, it had a late 1940s/early 1950s Magic Chef cookstove in the kitchen. I fought tooth and nail with my husband to keep it; he wanted to throw it away and I wanted to keep it. My mother outvoted him, and after we cleaned it up, what a great idea HE had to keep it. It's still here...he isn't. He's my ex for a reason, LOL!

[@heatherr0420]

I find Old films like this soothing

[@tracy9397]

That stove is nicer than mine!

[@amierichan1428]

To those commenting on Margaret Hamilton's being in this video-- the W of O was not especially popular until it started to be played annually on TV, which was well after this video was made. So she wasn't the iconic household name character that we know of now. People watching this in 1946 may or may not have recognised her as the WW.

[@alphawoolf5981]

A genuinely funny, well-acted film. Well, the beginning anyway. All for a commercial about something we all take for granted nowadays. Fascinating.

[@kristinnuendo]

I just found a 1949 Westinghouse on Marketplace and bought it for $375. It is so similar to this one, except we don't have the soup well, just 4 burners and we don't have the fancy dial coloured lights. We have other neat features though. I absolutely LOVE this range and I'm so glad we bought it ❤.