Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz - 'Westinghouse' Commercial' (CBS, 1959)

A rare 'Westinghouse' Commercial, featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Originally broadcasted during the run of 'The Lucy - Desi Comedy Hour' in 1959.

[@JacksonCherry]

That refrigerator was way ahead of its time. I kind of want one now! XD

[@MrNeptunebob]

Actually, you can buy a Frigidaire french door refrigerator that has the drawer like this refrigerator does. Frigidaire today are the decedents of Westinghouse appliances. Unfortunately, it is expensive and unreliable, just as the this one back then probably was.

[@tturner12341]

Me too

[@carolyncook3611]

This is very much like my 2018 LG fridge with the middle flex drawer that can be used as either freezer space or fridge space. I actually prefer the Westinghouse drawer because it stands open by itself. Wish they still made this model. I have a feeling if I had bought it in 1960 it would still be running….unlike todays junkie appliances.

[@bloqk16]

Say! That's radical of Lucy wearing a pants suit back in that era, as such attire was acceptable around the house, or casual outdoors like at a picnic; but to wear that as regular wear as in this setting? Radical, indeed! For that era where dresses and skirts were the everyday wear for women in the US.

[@howtubeable]

Good observation. Lucy wore a pants suit on TV in an era where most working women were required to wear dresses and heels to the workplace.

[@jeffreyhepner2467]

SOLD I WOULD BUY THAT TODAY!!!

[@farahnaqvi4367]

That's nice refrigerator! I wish, they make with drawer in 2019

[@imagineaesthetic4122]

Farah Naqvi they definitely do.

[@Lizzypoohxo]

Oh they do! Expensive but I'm sure these were too.

[@MrNeptunebob]

@@Lizzypoohxo Frigidaire does, and they are French door and expensive. French Door refrigerators are also very unreliable and don't last long.

[@redwingfan9393]

I have one.

[@gcfifthgear]

Funny that center-drawer refrigerators are now top-of-the-line more than 60 years after this commercial was filmed

[@nathanjustus6659]

There has been NO advance in appliances since then, they are crappier now.

[@tturner12341]

I would like this in 2022.

[@fromthesidelines]

At the time, their hour-long specials were presented as "THE WESTINGHOUSE LUCILLE BALL-DESI ARNAZ SHOW" (alternating with "WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE"); they weren't retitled "THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR" until repeats began in the summer of 1962. Betty Furness continued to represent Westinghouse in their commercials, through 1960.

[@japanfanatic1415]

That refrigerator is still amazing

[@mrssmurf55]

Frost free in 1960's wow didn't think they had that kind of technology back then!

[@gcfifthgear]

Westinghouse had the first frost-free refrigerators as far back in the 1950s. In the later I Love Lucy episodes, you can see the words "Frost-Free" on the door in the kitchen scenes

[@virgilpine9712]

Betty was a great saleswoman. She could sell sand to an Arab! Love listening to her.

[@bigw8549]

Appliances and cars were so much more interesting back then. Television too!

[@markblackmore521]

Who knew at the time their marriage was on the rocks :(. But they loved each other till the end!

[@nickmullen4941]

this was from the final comedy hour. so this is the last time they're seen together on tv.

[@3912James]

nick mullen ...and the last time Lucy talked in her normal voice before the cigarettes (?) affected her vocals.

[@lilyemmalindsay9025]

So sad. At least they worked together for a long time for 20 yrs in movies & TV. And that they saw each other a lot til Desi died. They are together in heaven now.

[@0424mjm]

What really killed her voice was doing " Wildcat" on stage in 1961,without any vocal training for the stage. She literally screamed every night.

[@moccalou]

@@0424mjm Agreed. I always wondered why her voice was so drastically different in the 60s than the 50s and then I learned of Wildcat. Every once in awhile though she'd have a really good day with her voice. Watch the episode of The Lucy Show called Lucy the Disc Jockey. It's from 1965. On that one you can close your eyes and hear Lucy Ricardo instead of Lucy Carmichael.

[@0424mjm]

My friend's mom- Mrs Vrame had one of these. It was awesome. I used to like to click the foot pedal, & watch the freezer door open. I wonder how much it cost in 1960?

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

Haha...I remember clicking those freezer pedals as a kid too and thinking how cool it was to see the freezer just pop open! : )

[@rk5941]

The way the price of food is now I could not afford to fill the middle draw up 😪

[@BriRog68]

This was in 1960 and she filed for divorce in March of that year.. so sad...there was a brief clip of her leaving court and she just looked devastated 😔

[@lilyemmalindsay9025]

Mjgirl55 so sad. But there are pics of Lucy & Desi kissing & smiling at each other after their divorce & holding hands.

[@nysavvy9241]

I'd buy that refrigerator today.

[@Dougc3157]

I would buy that in a second, and its American made to boot!

[@josebarbasa3192]

So sad that Desi missed the chance to say "You can be sure if it's Westinghouse" with his own voice. :(

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

And in English.

[@insightvideo6136]

I heading out to buy one tomorrow!

[@Freptboy]

My sister have one like that.

[@davidcorbin2092]

They had better features than they have now

[@moccalou]

I like the middle drawer thing, but having the refrigerator on top and the freezer on bottom would drive me nuts.

[@diegofel99]

Haha well a lot of new fridges brought that style back. I don’t like it either

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

I like that. Bend down less since I use the fridge more.

[@Springbok314]

The end was nigh at this point for Desi and Lucy.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Furness made an oopsy too.

[@mitzir3873]

Why didn't they keep making them like that, instead of recently?

[@virgilpine9712]

It probably didn't work.

[@MrNeptunebob]

@@virgilpine9712 Unreliable and maybe did not sell well because they were more expensive than top freezer and side by side refrigerators.

[@HenPapirman]

Where do I buy one? :)

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Before the automatic ice maker.

[@chrisjones7594]

Just for you folks.

[@asteverino8569]

Like the fridge. Betty, try and relax.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Englush please Desi?

[@fob1xxl]

Looks like "SAMSUNG" AND "LG" ARE GOOD AT COPYING THE ORIGINALS !

[@HunterShows]

They just put raw meat in that drawer without any wrapping?

[@fujifrontier]

Okkkkkkk 3 pounds of meat a day wth 😂

[@redwingfan9393]

Does anyone really think the drawer keeps meat fresh for 7 days?

[@patrickparrott2453]

It's definitely not kosher.

[@Davids-fb9ub]

Funny not a single.."visit wwww"

[@alanstrong55]

Westinghouse is down to little or nothing. Sorry that it fell.

[@ilovebeinagirl]

I really HATE those hairstyles of he 1950s. They weren't flattering to women in any shape or form. Do you know how long it was before I realized that Lucille Ball was pretty, and she is a beautiful absolutely gorgeous woman, but that hairstyle did nothing for her.

[@moccalou]

It was actually on purpose. She knew she was beautiful but she didn't want to be one of those glamorous Hollywood types anymore. She wanted to be funny and liked for just her humor. That's also why she dyed her hair red in the '40s because all the beauties at the time were blondes. She was a blonde for a little while in the '30s while doing movies even though her roots were brown. Of course you couldn't really tell in the black and white days, but just like Hollywood now, they had a huge image outside of their work too.