Young Man's Fancy (1952)

Young Man's Fancy (1952)
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[@nicolebrooks9622]

I have been watching 50's short films for 3 hours please help me.

[@GEhotpants101]

Nicole Brooks There's no hope. You'll be questioning your table manners and wondering whether you've washed under your nails correctly forever now. :(

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

GEhotpants101 I think this is more of a weird electric kitchen appliance fetish film than one on 50's etiquette. XD

[@GEhotpants101]

***** It means to become angry. It's a play off "seeing red" which means you're getting too angry to see reason.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

GEhotpants101 Or a product of the Communist witch hunting that was going on at the time. Because nothing says we respect human rights like becoming a police state and locking up, deporting, and executing people on trumped up charges. GOD BLESS 'MURICA! :)

[@GEhotpants101]

John Smith Well, that too.

[@LilLilacc]

I can't tell if this is a short movie about a girl's crush, or an advertisement on electric domestic products.

[@1justice2012]

+Just a Little Lilac Both.

[@MrCzechers]

+Just a Little Lilac Modern electric appliances were the cat's pajamas in the 50s! (Wait. I think cats pajamas is 40s) Anyway, new houses back then were advertised as "all electric". My parent's house, built in 1959, is an "all electric home" What does that mean? Electric outlets on every wall in every room.

[@cacatr4495]

Total marketing ploy by Edison Electric.

[@ohsnapitspat6270]

I believe it is about a girls crush.

[@cacatr4495]

Autumn In Motion​​ Discernment is needed. The storyline is simply the drama-vehicle for the moneymaking advert. 

[@jodianjohnson3394]

Who's watching in 2024?? I can't stop😢

[@user-ho4yj3df5d]

its like i am alien watching another long dead civilization.

[@JennRoc5]

I can't help myself

[@user-ho4yj3df5d]

@@JennRoc5 like the production value too makes it feel like a mini movie.

[@novabrilliant4510]

I'm with you

[@Billcarsonstobaccobox]

Dear God, this is better than nearly all episodes of any modern sitcom.

[@gretamurphy3704]

The drama! The tension! The dialogue!

[@thesame4076]

OMG I was dissing on this so much I didn't realize you are right.

[@jasonjones2176]

I’ll take those over todays 2023 television anyway.

[@craigfazekas3923]

Not better than Garry Steinfield, tho. Seen every episode of his !! 🚬😎👍

[@frances4797]

@@gretamurphy3704 The mother / daughter plotting and man - trapping of poor Alex ! 😆

[@mwright9466]

New drinking game: Take a shot every time they mention an electric appliance

[@LoveusSlothus]

Tragic Triggers I’m doing the same but instead of shots, I smoke a bowl lol... Omg 5 min I’m lit AF 😂😎🌲🌬🌫

[@xxcallmeniaxx3272]

I dont want to die but I'd also like to try this

[@BraveEmpress]

LOL We'd all be hammered 10 minutes in. I'm way behind on my sketch practice quota, so I'm super tempted to use it as a sketch challenge xD My fingers're gonna hate me for two days

[@smileitsjustagame2937]

They are gonna need to pump my stomach

[@katyxo6216]

0g Trans Fat alcohol poisoning has entered the chat

[@niknarkotique2996]

the electric bill in this house must be astronomical.

[@653j521]

Nick Mottola And the water use was ridiculous. However, in that era there was an ad: "Electricity costs less today you know, than it did many long years ago." That was probably the time of the lowest prices adjusted for inflation. There weren't enough consumers yet to utilize all that could be produced. Hence, the ad campaigns. After all, many parts of the US already had access to low cost gas and an infrastructure to support it. Electricity was sold as cleaner than gas, and it was considered safer because it never blew up a house and you couldn't mess up using an oven or burner, with no matches needed. Gas, though, had been considered a big advance over wood or coal in the home, as in the saying, "Now you're cooking with gas!" It beats electricity for precise cooking because the heat stops when you turn it off, unlike the electric burner that has to cool off. Chefs prefer gas. People who just want to feed the family can make do with electricity. :) And the harried housewife could stick her head in the oven and survive. (Bye, Bye, Birdie illustrated that point with Albert's mother.)

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@653j521 I just did some inflation adjusting on electricity prices from 1958. It it came out to 3 cents per kilowatt hour. Modern prices are between 7 to 9 all the way up to 25 cents per kilowatt hour. You are right. The 1950s probably was the era of the lowest electricity prices ever.

[@susansauls8902]

Gregory Malchuk Everything was less then and life was simpler, not as many expectations from keeping up with technology as it has done to us today, not as much stress. Advancing technology costs us more in money and time requirements as well. Too much to keep up with today. That's why people love these old videos. Soothing to watch a world of less stress where their problems are minor compared to ours today. We have now adjusted to the 2+ income families to keep up with these lifestyle demands of living.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@susansauls8902 The economic condition of the United States is mostly driven by outsourcing and immigration driving wages down and dissolving social cohesion.

[@davidjames666]

Gregory Malchuk the sooner one realizes that keeping up with consumer technology and all that comes with it is just not worth it the happier they will be.

[@stayscintillating5035]

Alex helps with the dishes, is passionate about engineering, has excellent taste in music...what a guy!

[@user-je1cu2lt5d]

And a women hater, too!

[@soxpeewee]

Yeah but he's gay

[@SuperNevile]

I thought Beethoven's 'Eroica' was on the wrong speed..... 33 rather than 78. And I didn't know the word "groovy" was used 10 years before The Beatles. That was a shock.

[@ITILII]

Alex has little time for girls.....and is quite a woman hater in his own way😉So don't get any ideas there Judy, while the first thing Alexander Phipps and brother Bob do is head right to the showers🤨 Judy is quite cute though...but looks like she when she gets "squishy" she'll have to use another source of electrical "appliance" in lieu of Alex

[@PrincessMermista]

@@ITILII😅😅😅😂😂

[@FrederickAmadi]

Man, life was so different culturally just a few decades ago. The emphasis on mannerism, being clean, proper, respectful, valuing education, etc. It's so different from today.

[@HomestarCrawler]

It's still like that in good families.

[@frostyx1531]

I just LOVE watching this video with my ELECTRIC cellphone?

[@ladymaiden2308]

Gee willikers, that's awfully modern of you. Indubitably.

[@madammadhattersinnerella9197]

I think its a sneak peek into the future. Judy is spoiled, lazy, & whiny when Arthur doesn't do what she wants. My God... Millennials. (Duh..duh...duhhh)

[@ladymaiden2308]

@@madammadhattersinnerella9197 LOL God save us all from the Judy's of the world in all eras. Oh my God wait... Imagine that little punk on Facebook, or at a school reunions, or demanding to see the manager at every restaurant she goes to.

[@madammadhattersinnerella9197]

@@ladymaiden2308 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ohevshalomel]

LOL.

[@Kilkenny1923]

A son coming home from college with a male friend who is a “real woman hater” who “doesn’t have time for girls” who jumps into the shower with sonny the minute they arrive would take a very different turn in 2019.

[@mrsg9268]

I THOUGHT THE SAME LOL

[@peytonweb]

I should've paid WAY more attention to the title of this "film", lol! But my mind was up outta the gutter because ya know...its the FIFTIES...😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@brycenemehia4340]

Omg MEE TOO!!! 😂 - pretty sure those boys are blowing each other !

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

😂

[@cxa340]

Yeah I think I’ve seen videos online that began like this but had very different endings...just saying

[@oryparker103]

It is lovely to visit an era when these appliances were considered a marvel and a major change for housewives with loads of kids. Imagine life without them. Cooking and laundry would consume your days. We take so much for granted.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Feels like he stared directly into my soul and made it _hygenically clean_ 😱

[@thatjpwing]

I’m not sharing my razor with anyone, not even Alexander Phipps and his Trans-Atlantic accent.

[@Malepical]

I'm sad people don't talk like that anymore..

[@ziutasow2244]

Mal Mack its a fake accent invented just for movies back then

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@ziutasow2244 still kinda sad no one uses it anymore, it's cool

[@tyz8874]

Ziuta Sow no it’s not my dad said they actually talk like that back then And actually had manners.

[@robbinmeissner435]

Yuck!😝

[@MsJennabird]

I dont think people realize this was produced by Edison Electric Company. Yes, its an advertisement for electric appliances but made interesting for people to watch

[@alpacawithouthat987]

hmmm, ok Oh that explains a lot lol

[@hankkingsley2976]

you should see the one for the edsel where they take a trip to the Okefenokee in Georgia. That was a really nice time capsule

[@SophieJackson1993]

So that’s why they’re randomly like, jeepers this electric water heater sure is swell Mavis.

[@brooker4149]

I've watched so many advertisements like this.

[@Amanda-rp8fn]

The third time they mentioned 'electronic 'x" I started doubting. But a funny ad tho

[@rexconsulting19]

My cordless battery powered cellular phone, connected to my electric wifi sure makes watching internet videos easy. Boy this is just swell.

[@SnarkyRC]

Damn I only have steam powered wifi 😞

[@samcarter2371]

People from this generation are obsessed with cleaning! My mom and Aunt sometimes drive me crazy wanting everything so clean. Their homes don't even look lived in. I still love them of course. 😊

[@mikezylstra7514]

And ironing. Sheets/pillowcases were starched/ironed and you'd never walk around in wrinkled clothes or a shirt hanging out of your pants.

[@Fort976]

"Something about growing mushrooms under artificial conditions... I might find out how to grow them in the basement!" And that's how Judy's dad became a drug lord

[@americancitizen748]

+Fort976 - Squishy!

[@iososop9169]

If Breaking Bad took place in the 1950s

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

This made me laugh out loud 😂

[@southsydesasha3125]

LMAO😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@susansauls8902]

Wondered same!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@MaybeAnthony]

Good lord, WE GET IT, YOU HAVE APPLIANCES!

[@bmc9504]

Yeah but they don't vape, so fuck 'em.

[@gabrielaareche7387]

Yeah! Electrical!

[@michellewolfe193]

Your profile matches your comment.

[@DDios-ih9de]

VIBRATORS!

[@beesnees3070]

Lmmfao

[@mycatisjudgingyou800]

I also love how Judy’s boy trouble is that he’s passionate about learning and likes classical music, I feel like boy trouble today consists of him sleeping with your friend or calling the cops on his psychotic baby-mama outside your apartment slashing your tyres demanding 3 years of overdue child support.

[@gretamurphy3704]

That's the damn truth

[@kgarcia761]

Well thats very specfic

[@salmonella7993]

Damn I love this

[@gabesolomon4887]

Nah there were psycho boyfriends back then, just nobody talked about it, the girl just went missing and life went on like nothing happened.

[@Tribeloko]

Damn are you ok? Blink twice if you need help

[@rev.niketad.wilson1692]

If the actress who played Judy just died in 2020, than from 1952 til 2020, she lived a full life. Amen....

[@ucindamimafeni3567]

I started this video hoping to watch an interesting story about an era that intrigues me. I finished this video convinced that I need to purchase some appliances... electric appliances... EDIT: so this is the comment that makes me famous? Thanks everyone!

[@hearttoheart4me]

Good point.

[@kokolanza7543]

Uncindami Mafeni: Yes. "Your eyes are getting heavy. You are getting very sleepy.... And when you awake you will feel an irresistible urge to purchase some electrical appliances."

[@Beckala67]

😂🤣🤣😂

[@TheAshley9697]

OC- 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-pv9my4gl9w]

Mission accomplished...Here it is 2020, and I still don't have a dishwasher. ☹

[@SbjsksmNx]

"Our kitchen does everything but talk." That's because you don't have a Google Home in there.

[@almareyes2192]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian because of a talking fridge??? Lol

[@almareyes2192]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian oh I thought that was a thing already🤔🤔 it's crazy how everyone was so interested in the future and advancing things now I feel like everyone just got fat and confused lmao

[@almareyes2192]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian but aye that guys wish came true doing things faster with less work😂🤣

[@owlthepirate5997]

"He's a woman hater" .... "I'm sure he's a very nice young man, though". Every min. They have the women either cleaning or cooking, lol. Her mother made her put on a dress? The women basically slave away for the boys/men. I think this whole episode, is to promote the electric company/companies!! 😂🤣

[@amydecker6207]

It would never get a word in around Judy's big mouth. 😂😂😂

[@TheTrueMelissa]

I think my favorite thing is how this video opens by assuring us that even a *man* can use a stove this easy.

[@linnea3314]

Back when household appliances were well made, sturdy, and attractive. 😊

[@alexandrahanson-harding4666]

I was wondering if there was going to be any chemistry between the young lovers, but no, it was all electricity.

[@itsnotsupposebly6792]

🤣🤣🤣👏

[@legroom4575]

💀

[@samanthaperez358]

That’s a great one!

[@emilyflotilla931]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@susanritter2520]

👏👏👏🥇🏆🥇👏👏👏

[@hoseokismyhope3351]

The very fine line between awkwardly-paced short movie and weirdly long advertisement is astoundingly thin. loved it

[@jnathanj883]

Yep. I get that this was sponsored by Edison Company, but, who had to suffer watching this, and where? Appliance salesmen, at Sears and Roebuck? What was the intended audience, and how captive were they?

[@ReginaTrans_]

Wait. This wasn’t a novel ?

[@hoseokismyhope3351]

@@ReginaTrans_ 🤔 no

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

SUFFER watching this?! With a babe like Judy in this, I have trouble turning this OFF!

[@waitwhat6882]

😆

[@frances4797]

In my first home I had a sink exactly like that in my laundry room! The house was built in 1929 , and to this day was the sturdiest, strongest most well-built house we ever lived in 😔👍

[@magicmaker15]

It's the 1950s, but their 1910s fuse box is crying for mercy with all of these added appliances !

[@h0td0gwater]

I sure love when my dishes are hygienically clean

[@zoezoe727]

I read this comment right after he said that... 😂

[@vanekirk]

And how!

[@SuperNevile]

and ....."Jeepers my towels are soft and fluffy. You can say that again. Jeepers my towels are soft and fluffy."

[@davidparker9676]

@@SuperNevile You can say that again.

[@SuperNevile]

@@davidparker9676 That

[@pcspraker6337]

You know you’ve been watching too many of these when you recognize one of the actors from another one..

[@neffyg35]

I'm already there, help me!

[@shrek_has_swag2344]

mister poopies you cared enough to reply

[@poetcomic1]

And you've seen a teenage Dick York so much he feels like a relative.

[@Yellow_Fox]

So funny and naive, but really addictive to watch! Alex is like some electric agent who charms the girls and make their dads buy more and more electric appliances😂

[@Prairielander]

Isn't that all sales? Usually they have attractive men and women selling.

[@Playsinvain]

Keen o Watt

[@tsmgguy]

My father retired from our local electric utility company after 37 years, starting out as a young engineer fresh from university in 1949 and ending up as director of system planning. I remember his motto, "If it's modern, you can bet your ass it isn't gas!"

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Lol my dear father-in-law is an engineer from that era but he worked for the gas company.

[@tsmgguy]

@@kathleenkirchoff9223 ;-)

[@delvindoodles2182]

I love hearing little stories like this about the lives of others.

[@BlankParty]

I always talk about the electric dryer with my friends too.

[@birgitbogen8219]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chrismartin4654]

BlankParty seventy years later it's the electric car, solar roofs and powerwalls...😉

[@BabsChannel]

At the time it was a real commodity for women that were expected to stay home and be homemakers. It saved a lot of time. Especially if you came from a low income family. Like my mom and her parents. My grandparents grew up in houses with dirt floors. So, imagine just how exciting an electric appliance would be if your parents couldn't even afford real floors.lol

[@godsspeedify]

I have a gas dryer..🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dcantrell5584]

I tell my mom when Alex looks at me I get all squishy.

[@aloragonzales832]

Whoa she really just called him a “stinker” go off sis

[@Mygrayne]

my grandma still talks like this and i just adore it.

[@Bob-Horse]

I hear that he was an ‘absolute bounder’ too.

[@azrailyne]

Simmer down, sis

[@eaglespaghetti4373]

Well hello old chaps. I was considering showing this video to my daughter to teach her about kitchen appliances but now that I know that the main character calls her brother a st****r I'm not so sure. I certainly don't want her to start calling me a st****r or some other inappropriate word like that... What do you fellas think?

[@aloragonzales832]

@@eaglespaghetti4373 don’t show her it’s way to inappropriate

[@rev.niketad.wilson1692]

I love the innocence of these 1950's movies

[@springsogourne]

I’m 63 and ironing an apron is something I watched my grandmother do often. She wore a fresh one every day, made them herself. I still have a few of the ones she made. Nice memories. The black and beige tile in the bathroom was just like ours, also black and pink tiles in bathrooms were popular.

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

"I thought this guy was attractive but I now realise we have nothing in common." Mom:"Cook him a meal and he'll be yours!"

[@jackofunnehgirl]

Only in the 1950s

[@TheAshley9697]

😂😂

[@t.wms.1134]

Gee swell mom !!

[@xsmash5328]

works

[@SeanWinters]

@@jackofunnehgirl Lmao if a woman cooks me a meal she's got a ring

[@andiavocado03]

That's it. I'm making my crush a full dinner while we talk about electric appliances.

[@eckankar7756]

Don't forget to cook it in the electric deep well cooker, you can wash it in the next load. The electric dish washer will get it hygienically clean.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@eckankar7756 why, that water is so hot you couldn't possibly our your hand in it

[@SeanWinters]

You're joking but this will earn you a ring QUICK!

[@whatdidujustsay2094]

@@SeanWinters yeah, haha

[@tia904]

Your crush must be a big wheel and not a hubcap....

[@pepsiccolausa8857]

My grandmother graduated high school in 1952. Still going strong

[@shingtome2179]

I hope she knows Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior before she passes on ❤️✝️ That way she’ll go to heaven

[@auto117666]

​@@shingtome2179I hope she has enjoyed the wonders of electrical appliances

[@lindasaab2088]

“And that makes the dishes hygienically clean.” My favorite line.

[@kokolanza7543]

Linda Saab: Yes, will have to remember that when I do the dishes.

[@lonelyghost1851]

looking directly at the camera too

[@aiyanaperry4016]

Linda Saab so awkwardly casual

[@yunyunpilled]

“Water so hard you couldn’t even touch them”

[@toria01]

* looks at camera*

[@mirsolis4992]

She swung her leg OVER THE CHAIR to sit down.

[@cybersecgeek5326]

Jip, saw that! Then I started looking for a comment to see if someone already mentioned it ... That's how I watch KZbin! LOL

[@warpnin3]

Yes, she does need a boyfriend. And fast!

[@leew5090]

She must be related to William Riker

[@katiechisholm]

Alexander Phipps is sure to be impressed 😂

[@rockthevote420]

That's called a Cmdr. Riker. I know someone already basically said that, but I came here to say it and I won't be silenced.

[@marylivich6058]

I am from an entirely different era but absolutely love and adore watching older movies, clips and videos from a different time and place❣️

[@marylivich6058]

Thank you for sharing!

[@DerekDaly92]

The world is in desperate need of wholesomeness

[@chetyoubetya8565]

Oh please the two guys are bum brothers

[@davidparker9676]

The world is in desperate need of Electric Appliances!

[@user-ft4dz1yy2h]

To bad the 50s was only "wholesome", for a certain group, tge rest was treated horrible and unfair a d I sure it wasn't wholesome for most of them

[@davidparker9676]

@@user-ft4dz1yy2h Too bad you have no clue what you are talking about. Are you going to cry for the oppression that is going on right now? Or are you going to perpetuate a lie forever?

[@ringsakhaten7935]

@@user-ft4dz1yy2h What language are you speaking?

[@anthonyvoiers8891]

This whole thing was an electrical appliance commercial

[@karen4you]

Yup. Better living through electric appliances!

[@heatherallingham7120]

"Mother, wouldn't it be slick if we had an electric iron?" Judy says, after unplugging the one she's been using

[@Sashazur]

Heather Allingham yeah this confused me too. Only thing I can think of is that she meant the kind of thing where you can press the clothes all at once.

[@Guitarmansam]

Maybe it was a gas iron. One with an electric light on it. Hence the cable......... 😀

[@MakeupMobster]

Yeah I was a little confused.

[@sherryoconnor99]

Pretty sure she meant a roller iron like this. My mom had one but it was newer from the late 60s or early 70s. Talk about a quick way to press clothes. 😊 images.app.goo.gl/DSph5FM7WANMoa2L6

[@mwilliamshs]

She says ironer, not iron. It's an appliance, not a tool.

[@cindyreeves5048]

I had that stove in one of my broken down old apartments I lived in during college. I just remembered, there was a washer/wringer in the basement. It sure got the clothes clean. It was better than the one I have now as a grown woman in my 50’s!

[@genxx2724]

The new front-loading, low-water-usage washing machines are a joke. Clothes have to be submerged in water to get clean.

[@nateboone5796]

The actress who played Judy Adams was Bonnie Baken, she died on August 24,2020 at the age of 89.

[@polarbear1754]

Ring, ring... "I'll get it! It's so wonderful since we got this electric telephone. It's so much better than the tin cans and string we used to have ! Thanks Dad !"

[@laurabrown3485]

😂😂😂😂

[@dontcallmemom9702]

polarbear oml haha

[@melissaaymond2947]

😂

[@lolabrini3758]

i laughed outloud when i read this!!! my colleagues looking at me weird lol

[@mericcankaya6301]

:))))))

[@free-fh2mo]

unplug my internet, this is the 12th short film ive watched

[@edwardgaines6561]

itsChristiian It's addicting isn't it? Like looking at aliens from another planet.

[@OrangeSodaBunny]

But it’s electric 😂

[@fonso1030]

“And he looks at me like, you know…squishy.” 😂 ah, young love, we were all such silly asses at one point.

[@molliwilson5639]

I love how Alex was bragging on her and is taking her dancing. Good job, Judy!

[@elizabethdyer8937]

I’m still washing my dishes by hand in 2019 😢😢

[@rachel14rod]

You're not alone

[@scollier4450]

Me too! I'll never use a dishwasher. I can't stand the smell of them while they're working, or the eventual 'etching' that ends up on glassware. ACK

[@DarlingNikki2]

@@scollier4450 The technology-laden dishwashers I've seen don't have a smell or leave etching anymore. Of course, they cost quite a pretty penny (as folks used to say back in the day LOL), but probably worth it in the long run.

[@elg1400]

Yes, some of us are still stuck in the Stone Age! Lol

[@johnprovince5304]

I detest gadgets. The only concession is a microwave and a coffee maker.

[@Igaluit]

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach -especially if the meal was cooked on an electric range.

[@dingleydb]

my wife says the quickest way to a mans heart is thru the sternum with a butcher knife

[@littlefroe3316]

Igaluit lol

[@EphemeralProductions]

Cooked ANYWHERE, really. Lol

[@SbjsksmNx]

😂

[@michaellittle226]

LOL

[@siri294]

Did I …. Did I just watch a 30 minute advertisement 😳

[@WhiteChocolate74]

It's essentially what soap operas were

[@angelalong6740]

I love how polite the family is. I know the fifty's were not always great but I miss the values taught in these. ♥️

[@brianarbenz7206]

When meeting a young woman you are interested in, use lines like, "That makes the dishes hygienically clean." I'm taking careful notes.

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

Yes take notes. Here’s one: load the dishwasher correctly and without us having to tell you to do it. Just do it especially if we cooked the food. Also the counters and stovetop, front of microwave and front of dishwasher and fridge gets wiped down as well as the sink when cleaning the kitchen. Men sadly, just do dishes and leave it at that. Nope the whole kitchen is a part of dishes. 😊 do all that without having to be told or nagged about and every wife will be happy. You may have to prepare to being attacked (👀💕) if you keep doing it!!

[@ReginaTrans_]

Or a trans woman

[@mikemiller8975]

Judy is swell 🤩😍🤗 70s ago 😄😃

[@Likexner]

@@SweetTea-Stephens Im assuming both of you are working full time in that relationship, because if hes the only one with a job, he shouldnt have to do any of that, except putting the dishes in the washer.

[@casparillo987]

lol.....

[@TacoConsumer]

This is literally a cleverly disguised appliance commercial.

[@ylwf]

*****... not TOO cleverly!! LMAO

[@MissyFaye]

lol more like thinly veiled..

[@emoooooly7350]

Clever is a strong word for it. Lol

[@andreakae4211]

It says Edison Electric right in the intro credits. They weren’t trying to hide it.

[@elgubero]

TacoConsumer GE or Maytag or somebody else probably sponsored the show?!?

[@nkley1]

My parent’s house has the same exact tile in the bathroom. Pretty standard in the 1950’s.

[@idiotsandwich4912]

She’s really mad that he doesn’t want to go swimming with her when she’s only “known” him like a couple hours now!

[@adamv4951]

I always make it a point to discuss our modern kitchen appliances with our guests when they come over, emphasizing how they have made life so convenient and easy with quality results.

[@casparillo987]

lol.....

[@biancapolk8053]

I really do though 😂

[@VeginMatt]

Just like everyone I know with an instapot.

[@dianegoldeneye7207]

😂

[@meaneyedcat1248]

Hahaha!

[@DiaryOfAGenius]

"Wouldn't it be slick?" I'm going to be using that line from now on.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Heather McPherson Groovy!

[@sarahcrews2544]

You still using it?

[@annwithaplan9766]

I still use slick. We had one of those laundry baskets growing up too.

[@AFrogInTheStars]

“D’oh!! BROTHERS!!!!”

[@lindaallen9409]

The " reds" for me lol.

[@VladmirPoopN]

It's amasing how she shut the news off at "just the right time"

[@David-ik8wj]

my folks had a GE fridge just like the on in this film. finally got rid of it 6 years ago when fed up with defrosting. My great grandmother bought it new. it was still working when they parted with it.

[@baltique]

Here's my older brother... he's about 4 years younger than our mom.

[@steveweinstein3222]

Anne Bancroft was four years older than Dustin Hoffman when they made the Graduate; Angela Lansbury 5 years older than Lawrence Harvey when they made the Manchurian Candidate. In Hollywood, 4 woman years = 1 man year..

[@kristinmolina508]

😆

[@ellecee453]

He's 40 if he's a day! And he's got a completely different accent.

[@sarahmaske7335]

Judy: "I was just thinking." Mother gives a horrified expression: "Thinking?!"

[@GalaxyDogenut]

Oh no, don’t think. XD

[@now591]

You didn't listen properly. She said "thinking?about what? "

[@waitwhat6882]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kaelyn99]

My immediate thought was, "oh no, a woman thinking!" Hahaha I know it wasn't like that but seeing a show from the 50s I couldn't help it

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Yo? Based mother?

[@adamkostas6401]

These were the good old days. Now we live in a horror show.

[@yodservant]

It wasn't a perfect time, but in general I think it was a more relaxed and happier era for many folks....

[@TLo521]

@@yodservant Disagree. It was a very desperate time for 1/2 of the US. Things are MUCH better today. But Golly, the towels are fluffier so all's well huh?

[@yourmum69_420]

@@TLo521 the women looked perfectly happy in this video. I think society has worsened significantly since then

[@johnschultz9023]

Yes they have.

[@deniselay5445]

I love older stuff like this and I wouldn't mind having them in my house to watch it relaxes me LoL

[@robochilloutzone]

Synopsis: Judy is thirsty, manipulative, and knows what she wants.

[@ih82r8]

Yeah but she starts to calm down in the end. She'll lose Alex if she doesn't. And Alex's don't grow on every street corner.

[@4146479]

"Calm down?" The part where she turned all docile and sweet and amazed at how smart Alex is was the height of her manipulation. That is classic, textbook, "Feminine Wiles 101," right there. I never use those tricks because 1) I have too much ego, and 2) I'm still in shock that they work, to this day. Men will happily give you everything they have if you let them think they're smart and impressive and have the answers to your problems. I'm not denigrating them - it's just human nature. Men want to help helpless women the way women want to help helpless animals. It's why women can manipulate men in that way and my cat gets everything he wants.

[@deniseherud]

Amanda Albrecht i lol’d so hard at that😂😂😂😂

[@hengineer]

She did say she was "squishy"

[@blanchiep]

Judy is a lesbian

[@wh1pst1ckag0st0p]

Man, he’s positively frantic. A real cool Jonah.

[@bobbyray7558]

😂

[@hehateme71]

That may be the line that sums up perceived 50’s lifestyle 😂

[@EphemeralProductions]

50s slang was something else. Lol

[@superpayaseria]

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[@Keshia.means.GreatJoy]

Golly!

[@copperandbrick]

That “ brother” doesn’t look like a teen….😁 For some reason I like this one.

[@mandatory1561]

They never do. I like it.

[@Thomas-ky3rl]

I miss my parents. Passed away more than a Decade ago.

[@pantegohummus8215]

I hear you❤

[@pamelacacace-crepeau4191]

Mine too 😢 miss them very much.

[@LOAblue]

I don't think either of those guys "has time" for girls, judging by the bathroom scene.

[@doubtful100]

And apparently joining Ted later will complete the threesome. Judy doesn't stand a chance with all this guy on guy action.

[@LOAblue]

doubtful100 Ha ha

[@cghhvtjiij483]

doubtful100 I don't did the chick's

[@kelyoph]

+LOAblue ha, ha, ha ,ha!!

[@tomripsin8321]

11:00 Seeing a man "on a matter of hydraulics" sounds like 1950's code for gay stuff to me.

[@heidiocallaghan7063]

Mom: "I don't know what time i'll be back tonight" Adult Son: (incredulous) "Tonight?! But what about dinner?!?!"

[@lisalu910]

LMAO!!

[@shirley1413]

Omg the outfit Judy was wearing while vacuuming,,,too funny. I have watched this a few times.

[@mariekatherine5238]

I like Alex, too. He’s as hygienically clean as the dishes!

[@sabrinaleedance]

I cant stop binging on these. But seriously how come this family in the 50s has a dishwasher and i still have to do mine by hand 😭

[@iamirish7226]

Haha I know right, I am the dishwasher!! 😁

[@genli5603]

It’s an ad.

[@iamirish7226]

@@genli5603 we know 😂

[@danwolfe7665]

Poor life choices?

[@brianmcdonald9502]

Cause your not one of the groovy kids.

[@jaydean5724]

I just watched a 68 year old infomercial and loved every minute of it. Lol

[@aver4ge_tub3r]

Same. ^^

[@annasundlof2282]

Two generations on, limitless hot water, private car and a mile of these gadgets boggles the imagination. The peak of human comfort.

[@TheChampy2012]

I adore these old kitchen equipment vids. ❤ I would so 💯 watch these if they were still made!! 🤩👍🏻

[@Chernochegger]

They are

[@seattlebeard]

MST3K did an amazingly funny version of this film. If you haven't seen it, you're in for a treat.

[@beckyg8955]

I want a sequel....AFTER they have grown mushrooms in artificial conditions.

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

🤣😂😆

[@forestnymphconfessions3596]

I kept thinking they were getting to an adult version. : (

[@ohevshalomel]

LOL.

[@beezneez2056]

I love how her skirt is made from the same material as the curtains and chair upholstery

[@tjlovesrachel]

@Christina bowen either way she’s cute as hell…I’d date her in a heartbeat

[@emeraldwind4897]

@@tjlovesrachel Same, Even if society was really like this back in the 50's, It just seems like fiction today, which is sad.

[@tjlovesrachel]

@@emeraldwind4897 i didn’t live it… but my parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles did… and yes there were problems.. but nothing like today… but they all agreed that it was truly a better time for many more reasons then bad… but they are glad that certain things did change

[@MeowingKittyCat]

The dress, curtains, and upholstery were probably all made by Mom -- which was so much easier with her new, electric sewing machine!

[@warrax111]

still way better than torn pants

[@drabb5133]

I could watch these All day ❤❤❤❤

[@JP-ve7or]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="375">6:15</a> wow, my mom had that exact medicine cabinet straight up until I sold her house in 2020. It was a rusty mess but the lights still worked!

[@deanhun352]

a 30 minute ad for kitchen appliances.

[@adelkareichmann]

I just found out that the actress of Judy - Bonnie Baken died on August 24th 2020. It's crazy how old these movies are! I hope all of the actors lived their best life!

[@zeniktorres4320]

Hope so too. Thanks for the info.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Bonnie BAKEN, lol. She's scarfing that bacon down like someone's gonna take it away from her.

[@1000davetron]

I wonder what Bonnie Baken is doing right no…. Oh dear!

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@1000davetron She's in bacon heaven.

[@Kaelyn99]

She was such a pretty old lady, too! It seemed she lived a happy life :)

[@americancitizen748]

"We're going upstairs to catch a shower. We'll be down in a couple of hours..."

[@bobbyray7558]

Ghey.

[@wayneolsen8965]

As Alex says “imagine having to do it the hard way...by hand”

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

And then at 6:22 Alex asks Bob in the shower: "You're not running out of hot water, are you? I stayed under quite a long time." So I guess that means Bob's the pitcher & Alex is the catcher. (His name should have been Neal.)

[@barrycarrigan5584]

Golden,

[@cupcakemom6306]

1950 friends sound like a 2019 "couple"😁!

[@craigfazekas3923]

This moving picture gets me boppin' & is real George !! 🚬😎👍

[@kevinmckinney3785]

I was in the military, and it was about the year 2006 and I worked with another military guy that was around 30 years old and he unwittingly used some of these 1950's slang words like "Swell" and at least a couple more that I cannot remember. It was like a time warp and some of the younger troops would hear him talk and laugh afterwards. Those young troops were really some stinkers.

[@Ranstone]

I think if I used the phrase "Swell" on discord tomorrow, people would think it was cool. Eventually, something becomes so long ago, it falls out of time, and just becomes quirky.

[@carlygardner9561]

I highly recommend these while drunk w your sisters or best friends

[@monicapyle]

I second that

[@8176morgan]

I wouldn’t mind getting drunk with you Carly, or with one of your best friends - plus a sister or two. And I'm sure that I would have a good time no matter what I watched. Just a compliment.

[@sweet_sanguine]

If they say "electric" one more time, they're going to give me THE REDS!

[@tinkbyers1541]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SMKification]

Alanna White 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Warpath1337]

I plan to start using some of the lingo from here.

[@rubysparkes]

Warpath1337 Well aren’t you a real Cool Jonah? 😉😎

[@KissMeImABBW]

I laughed so hard at this comment! 😁

[@ALulzyApprentice]

This was amazingly wholesome and truly good. I'm impressed.

[@ForlornMiasma]

"A real Jonah!!".... that one got me...

[@wordsofcheresie936]

The year is 1952. I am guessing that Alexander Phipps is supposed to be about twenty and Judy is 17. Alexander and Judy will get married in 1953 and will have their first baby (a daughter named Francine) in 1954 When Alex is 22 and Judy is 19. In 1969, Francine (the daughter) will be sixteen, Judy will be 37, and Alex will be 40. Francine will love the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, will wear mini skirts and will do drugs behind the school.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

Actually after their dreamy date of "dancing", Alex decided to try the other white meat and10 weeks later Judy and Alex get married and have an 8 pound "preemie" on their 7 month wedding anniversary. Alex doesn't mind because he loves his brother in law. Really, really loves him.

[@countessratzass5408]

Along the way they got a Crockpot, microwave, blender, Cuisinart and toaster oven.

[@Lucailey]

But she hated her name and legally changed it to a more hippie sounding name "Breeze On The Wind Rainbow." She believes in free love and lives in a commune.

[@bbytrinket9732]

@@hannahangelina. Dude what is your problem damn

[@hannahangelina.]

@@bbytrinket9732 Did I ask for your opinion? No. So fuck off triggered feminist bitch. P.S. Perhaps do something at those ugly teeth of yours and your cringy video's on KZbin.

[@zenalijoymartin3469]

I thought product placement in 2019 was bad 1952: hold my coffee

[@tedricmj2034]

*my electrically brewed coffee

[@poochillipickles8525]

Hold my electric cigarette

[@poochillipickles8525]

My electric mom and electric dad gave birth to me in an electric hospital so I could use my electric hand to take my electric coffee and tell some electric person to hold that electric coffee

[@genli5603]

It’s a long form ad

[@chrislive1586]

These are the same 30min ads i see pop up on youtube.

[@sarahshouse1890]

Wonderful 1950's video. The golden years.🤗

[@annanajduch5201]

I was born only 22 years after thid film so i do remember things being a bit different. Realizing this makes me feel old. This is just weird stuff to young people these days.

[@ytc257]

Do you know Jesus is a messenger of God

[@ctbauer9888]

"when he looks at me I get, well you know, squishy." w h a t

[@michellescarfSpacex]

I'll take squishy 😂 over Squirmy

[@baronsorgi1]

CT Bauer Squishy ooooo you know hot and wet ready to..... well you know.... 😂

[@56squadron]

@@baronsorgi1 - We all get it... and you're an uncouth pig.

[@baronsorgi1]

56squadron Hypocrite LOL👃🏼👃🏼👃🏼

[@baronsorgi1]

Mother can’t wait to get the next load in she tells Alex

[@rodittis]

“I remember your father...the trouble I had with him...seems like nothing I did interested him” Dad’s gay too??

[@missmarvelle]

rodittis nothing she did interested him until that one day she got naked and they both got down and dirty. There was no stopping them after that.

[@angelinimartini]

They had nothing to talk about and didn’t understand each other. Quite sad.

[@monickalynn4365]

Ahahahaha!

[@thehapagirl92]

People back then married for security and didn’t divorce if shit got hard, unless they were celebs.

[@lunashynesparkles8913]

Maybe it wasn't electric..

[@dave23024]

They said "cool" in 1952. That actually is very cool. 😎

[@jaycee330]

"cool" as a positive compliment was around since the 1930s.

[@NostalgicNell]

All this slang! Most I’ve heard in one video.