The Gossip • Discussion Problems In Group Living (1955)

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Discussion Problems In Group Living • The Gossip

[@thefirebreathingduck7386]

‘When you start talking about people, that’s when the trouble starts’. How true that is.

[@michaella4347]

Wish the president would heed that advice

[@belvinsweat7742]

Marcus The Fire Breathing Duck gossip is alive and well even as we approach 2020. Today it also is known as bullying. Kids today should watch early films like this. Perhaps they would learn something.

[@tiamarie6719]

@@belvinsweat7742 I agree. Usually, these types of films are cheesy and outdated even though they're fun to watch sometimes. And, there's also some that are awful when viewed through modern lenses. But, some of them actually have good lessons in them that stand the test of time like this one.

[@jefferyorton1723]

People really aren't that interesting.

[@zoeneuschwander2670]

Gossiper is also "The snob" and Susan Jane. Jeez I watched it all. Lol

[@friendofdorothy9376]

Yes, she was in “The Outsider”.

[@horrorpopz10]

Lmao so did I

[@hondotoo]

she shoulda won an Oscar!

[@Keshia.means.GreatJoy]

They always choose her to play those roles lol

[@kweenbrook]

Lol exactly.

[@peachesbunny]

ALWAYS remember that the key to a long lasting relationship (whether with your friends or lovers) is communication. Communication is important.

[@ZehnWaters]

Mmhmm. Even when it’s inconvenient and uncomfortable.

[@altobonifacio8936]

Everbody bonds trough gossip it's literally how we know who people do and don't like

[@origamiandcats6873]

@Leo Pias, gossip makes every environment a toxic one.

[@TP-om8of]

Communication is for losers

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

Timeless message! Times sure don't change!

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

This movie reminds me how glad I am I got out of high school. Life got better after graduation!!!!

[@steelmag9]

Hallelujah!

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

@@steelmag9 Thank you for your response steelmag9. It made me laugh in the middle of the night. Keep smiling and keep sane!! Sirphil0267

[@Willybean08]

Yeah right

[@Lisa59]

Indeed

[@Sirphil-dj9dh]

@@Lisa59 Thank you for your response as well. Like I said I am still really glad that I got out of high school and away from West Texas. Sirphil0267

[@vanessadotson8067]

If you go on a roof an tear a pillow open an let all the feathers fly away, then you try an gather an catch the feathers an put them back in the pillow you CAN'T an that's how gossiping is once it starts you can never grab all the lies and rumors an put them away!

[@vanessadotson8067]

@V J This guy gets it...👍

[@riggs20]

I want to see part 2 where Jean and Laura reconcile and come up with a plan to humiliate Frieda! 🤗

[@Queenrojas92]

Where is it

[@riggs20]

@@Queenrojas92 It doesn't exist; I was just joking. But I wish it did as Frieda was a menace!

[@riggs20]

@Kirk Wolfe LOL!

[@jamesmullikin3045]

@Kirk Wolfe yep

[@Lisa59]

haha yeah!

[@tracymcgrath1192]

Imagine, kids go to school in pajamas these days. Wow, how much there is lost now. Sad. Loving these posts. My parents age group❤

[@jb6712]

"Freida" is the same female who has played as "The Snob," and as the one who thought so much of herself that she thought they were always putting her down (Sarah Jane). Keeping her in character, looks like.

[@oksills]

That ridiculous school teacher’s plan for choosing officers is just perfect training for teaching girls to BE gossips. Assigning people to interview others and snoop for dirt on the candidates. No telling how many lives that little game ruined.

[@kck9742]

Exactly -- what a stupid idea.

[@snowangel92100]

They were to interview faculty and teachers, people who could objectively speak on their grades and integrity. Not students. Dispite her interviewers saying her friend was a great candidate and everyone in the meeting knew she was qualified, Laura had her removed from the list because of gossip from another student. Freida accused her friend of messing with her boyfriend, and that she helped him (and probably through him, others) cheat on the test.

[@ShushaSofia]

Funny thing is, this goes on at work.

[@dinklehimerschlitz9111]

not even funny.. true.

[@SandraNevermind]

Absolutely. So many workplaces are nothing more than glorified high school cafeterias, but at least you get paid for it at work (and you can leave!).

[@marksavage8348]

That gossip stuff is the reason I'm a loner.

[@eydie57]

Well Frieda is a nosy troublemaker and Laura is no great loss as fast as she folded.

[@mariak9397]

What should she do? She should own her mistake and call out her behaviour. Gossip is part of live. It is how you deal with it. She should tell publicly that she lied and that her friend was behaving correctly. Putting things right, if you mess up, is so important. Owning your mistakes is as important.

[@comfyoldchair3771]

Frieda, the original Mean Girl.

[@lizlee6290]

Well geez! I wanted to see Freda get her comeuppance!

[@kamsavart]

I hope they're still friends now that she has the actual facts.

[@soft_serve_666]

I hope so too, Andre. 😆 🤣

[@thomaslucas6403]

I hear they are the best of friends they are in their 80's and share their denture grep and arthritis cream.

[@kck9742]

I don't know, Laura folded like a cheap suit, and AFTER Jean specifically asked her to promise to come to her and not jump to conclusions... she wasn't much of a best friend to Jean, IMO. And the teacher's stupid instructions to basically spy and report on the candidates was just BOUND to cause trouble.

[@vanessadotson8067]

HEY LETS ALL GOSSIP ABOUT WHAT WE JUST SAW IN THE COMMENT SECTION...

[@josephcronin4209]

lol

[@Willybean08]

i'm gonna meow at my friend

[@josephtopete1492]

Still oddly relevant today.

[@silencedogood9747]

The more things change the more they stay the same.

[@user-hliudpn]

There was that tv show called Gossip Girl.

[@sunshine-mh3ii]

Frieda is about to catch these hands

[@cybersee9966]

Watching this reminded me of a girl I knew in high school. I heard one girl say that the girl dropped out because she was having her third child. The girl had dropped out when she was a junior.

[@elizabethjones2084]

It's 2021 and we still remember she didn't make it on the ballot.

[@Renserin]

A friend recomended this too me as an example of the accent she wanted, but I can't finish watching. What a harpy!

[@Jojo-nk7wx]

Living for this dialect

[@videox222ify]

that Frieda girl is a shameless gossip

[@jamesfox2579]

She's a lousy f**king actress, TOO!😂

[@JetteSwan]

I love her.

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

Gossip is a quintessential trademark and social communication tool.

[@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714]

I think 'Mrs. Anderson' should give 'Laura' an F for plagiarizing Dragnet in the first line of her writing assignment.

[@jb6712]

Except the show "Dragnet" didn't exist yet when this film was made, so she wasn't plagiarizing anything....

[@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714]

@@jb6712 - you are incorrect. Dragnet tv series ran 1951-1959 this film dated 1955,

[@lizettewanzer8650]

@@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714 So, Dragnet plagiarized Laura! 😁

[@kristenchandler9030]

Probably due to clothes and hairstyles, but teens looked so old back then. I swear Freida was on another one of these school films as a shy girl who was always feeling left out.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

The teen girls back then expected to marry and start raising children in a few more years. There wasn't this happy teenage years thing going on- kids had jobs and lots of household responsibilities...but whatever the reason, they simply DID look older. Even 18 year olds in the late 1960s looked like 28 year olds today. I think looking younger and having more fun is an improvement!

[@pagethreemodel]

These are actors. You're basing your assumption off of actors.

[@talosheeg]

She was, and back then a lot of them were expected to get married fast

[@ryanhorwitz417]

Yes, the girl who plays Freida is the main character in “the outsider” and “the snob”

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Ultra conservative societies across the globe are famous for this. It's the culture. The era is irrelevant.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

God, those bangs!!

[@ZehnWaters]

They all need hairdressers.

[@pagalmasala]

The drug store being the favorite hangout….well the drug scene still exists lol

[@Queenrojas92]

Frida and i would have been fighting hahaha

[@Sukxdelux]

Who else is addicted to them Cause they have to much time on there hands

[@Willybean08]

I have so much time on my hands that I have been watching these 20 hours straight and I haven't gone to sleep yet.

[@Michelle77Va]

Their**

[@bbtube20bigbug54]

Priceless!

[@jamesfox2579]

Freida's a SNATCH!😂

[@cocokai9661]

I think Jean deserves a better best friend.

[@leichowdhury1040]

Pls upload more

[@1982kinger]

Larry comes in... "What can I do for you cutie?" .. southern as fuck in 1955

[@cocokai9661]

Love it!

[@Lisa59]

The girl who plays the gossipy Frieda is also Sarah the snob in The Snob and Susan Jane the outsider in The Outsider video. She always gets the obnoxious kid roles. I wonder what she is doing now?

[@goose7215]

How is the snob a snob? She didn't want to go to her classmate's party and by the way they talked to her, I don't think I would have wanted to go. How is it that people who have different interests are obnoxious to you?

[@Lisa59]

@@goose7215 She may have different interests, however, she is acting all snotty at the party. LIsten to how she talks to her classmates and her facial expressions of disgust and distain - like she's up on her high horse. I find that rude.

[@goose7215]

@@Lisa59 What about her classmates? Talking behind her back, making fun of her, ostracizing her, even her own damn parents. All she wanted to do was to study, finish homework. If she had to deal with those 2 faced people all the time without support from my parents, she basically earned the right to be a bit snobby. 2 faced bitch trumps being vague snobby. Seriously, fuck those girls

[@LemonTree9280]

The 1st rule of pep club...YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT PEP CLUB

[@marystar6021]

This film made way before my time, portrayed the girls so well, I felt a strong urge to want to smack a couple of them, especially Frieda! They'd be eating their meals through straws for months! I think my friendship with Laura would never be the same again. Laura should have known better, especially after Jean first spoke to Laura about verifying any gossip coming out of Frieda's big mouth. 65 yrs later since this film came out, I find that these 'Frieda' types still flap their gossipy yaps, be they a student, co worker, neighbour etc.. It's human nature I suppose to get carried away with gossip, but one should never ever cross the line with the type of gossip that can hurt another.

[@suebotchie4167]

Oh, the beautiful poofy skirts :)

[@TP-om8of]

Frieda is wonderful!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@JunaidWolf3]

If that was in today's world it would be all over Facebook and KZbin

[@sophiadavenport3959]

Be careful of who you choose to make friends with.💡

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Up, up, up, don't wanna be a snob who thinks she's too hoity toity good for anyone. Says the toxin people. XD

[@kachoo2135]

Tell me about it

[@aprilapril2]

Makes me sad that all of these people will be 80 or 90 or more now!

[@yelloworangered]

Or dead.

[@Deedz999]

The story of how a whisperer divided two friends.

[@Carcassbits11]

If someone talks bad about their "friends", is it okay to try to come between them? I try to warn people about gossips and it always blows up in my face 🙃

[@tracymcgrath1192]

I’d be so uncomfortable hanging around the house all dressed up for studying 😂😂😂 It’s all what we’re used to. The 70’s undid a lot of dress standards. Burn the bra 😂 Or was that the 60’s? I had to wear a dress everyday that wasn’t gym class. In the late 70’s early 80’s. By 1991, I still woke two hours early for big hair and makeup.

[@kck9742]

Today we could use a little MORE dressing up. We look like f'ing slobs.

[@proud2bpagan]

as my mom says "If they're talking to you,they're talking about you"

[@daleanderson1727]

Thnx again.

[@scooterspencer9077]

Show this to ur kids...figure out which one of em they are 😆 🤣 😂

[@RocketRocket-ce3ke]

Frieda is also...the Snob?

[@jb6712]

As well as "Sarah Jane," who thought so highly of herself, she constantly thought everyone was talking about her behind her back. Even though she played the part of an "insecure" girl, it takes a lot of narcissism to believe EVERYONE even thinks about oneself, let alone TALKS about them!

[@brbrknndy]

Lighten up on Freida. She is just forming the skills for her probable future profession; lawyer.

[@dannydougin3925]

How (or why) anyone would be friends with the Frieda type is beyond me. I wouldn't waste my time with a motor mouth like that. Good actress though for pulling it off so well.

[@kck9742]

I heard a priest I know talking about gossip, and he made a great point: we tend to think of gossip as being mean-spirited, but it isn't always -- gossip is basically sharing information about someone with others that they don't need to know. Before sharing anything about someone else, ask yourself, "Does the person I'm telling really need to know this?" I hope Frieda ended up getting shunned by the whole school and having to eat by herself because of what a piece of crap she is.

[@oksills]

Freeda, didn’t you learn anything as Sarah Jane in “The Outsider”?

[@ZehnWaters]

Apparently not, she ends up being The Snob.

[@kachoo2135]

They're not the people I would want to hang out with

[@D4rkX5h4d0]

I feel like Laura and Gene went on to live their best cabin life in Vermont together lol

[@SE-kh2tq]

Can somebody explain the concept of drugstores back then?

[@mysecondemailatl]

Apparently they were places to hangout at. In addition to buy OTC phamacueticals you could also go to the soda jerk and buy candies, desserts, snacks and beverages. They were out of style by the 70s and completely gone by the end of 80s

[@char524]

mysecond emailatl they also sold: comic books, school supplies, greeting cards, and small gifts and novelties.

[@sophierobinson2738]

My mother was a book keeper for a drug store. Down one wall was the "soda fountain", with a counter with stools like a diner. You could get burgers, cokes, floats, and ice cream. There were the usual health and beauty supplies, like a CVS or Walgreens. In the back opposite the pharmacy (which was at the end of the soda fountain counter) were the stationary supplies, Cliff Notes, comic books, magazines, and all sorts of paperbacks. The store had its own special smell, which was wonderful. Nothing like it today. It was magical.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

This high school is full of drama queens.........lol..

[@lindaeasley5606]

These were made for Rifftrax

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

And these kids didn’t have social media….

[@heidifedor]

She’s more of a trouble maker than a gossip.

[@TP-om8of]

Jim’s got the hots for Jean

[@smalliesxd]

11:55 her face when he says “women” is so sad. She must have heard that a lot.

[@seaofmadness2622]

She told her friend that told her friends and so on and so on...

[@regularmaddie]

Jean looks like Eleven, haha.

[@GreatNorthernJuna]

Mildred taking no shit from anyone.

[@Jackie-dm1ye]

Freida Johnson is the original gossip girl, lol!

[@Jackie-dm1ye]

Oops,Not Johnson, Thomson.

[@rexlex1736]

Jean and Laura were the school gossips until Freida found them in the janitor's closet in a "compromising position." They were not counting the brooms and mops. When Jean and Laura dropped by the drug store after school, they were the major topic of conversation among the football players!

[@freddyfurrah3789]

This is the one I've been waiting for...😅

[@deliarodriquez4989]

Boy in high school if anyone cause any problem it was meet me at 3:pm in the school yard.and we took care of it alright

[@soft_serve_666]

Whoa, Delia!!

[@ohmeowzer1]

Awesome

[@namewithheldnamewithheld2725]

Loose lips sink ships.

[@leichowdhury1040]

I love it thanks for uploading it yay im the first comment

[@checkyourhead9]

The names were changed to protect the innocent is from dragnet lol

[@jb6712]

No, it's not; it's been around far longer than "Dragnet," and the show didn't yet exist when this video was made.

[@sudhirpatel7620]

Gossip is harmless fun until it becomes false 'fact' and ruins lives. 😩

[@jb6712]

It's not possible to have "false fact;" a fact is something that is known and proven to be true. A falsehood, on the other hand, is entirely untrue. Can't have that kind of dichotomy in the same sentence, nor even in the same paragraph.

[@andreasanchez3557]

Gossip isn’t fun.

[@Carcassbits11]

@@jb6712 they put fact in quotation marks 😂 that means they know its wrong lol

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

That is the same girl who didn't want to go to her neighbors party. Wanted to stay home and study.

[@michaelrollo6518]

I think every body lies

[@heatherhutchinson3625]

Alternative facts lol

[@jessicaboyd3539]

“& historians will call them best friends”

[@eckankar7756]

Wasn't Freda also the "snob' in that educational film?

[@ryokomayuka]

yes and another one that she was left put of stuff.

[@frala2398]

Sarah Jane the outcast has become Frieda the holy terror.

[@carriemv2001]

Here is what happened afterwards: Frieda Thompson and her clique The Black Hearts became the reigning group in the community and Frieda became mayor for life. The Black Hearts became the city council and turned the community into a police state. Laura was forced to become a member of The Black Hearts and was forced to be in an enlisted officer in the city police force. Jean ran away from the community and became a hermit in the desert southwest, where she died in 1973. Larry Smith became the town idiot and was killed in a catapult incident in 1984. Jim O’Donnell married Cynthia Smith shortly after Jean ran away and they went to Central City, where they had three children: Violet, Jim Jr, and Aphrodite. They lived happily ever after.

[@georgerodriquez7744]

Thats why when i was in school i didnt take no ones bullshit. At school so girls like them they wouldnt had a chance to say much.am 60 year old. But am glad i didnt put up with it kick ass thats the way i say

[@Willybean08]

I've gone to deep in these films KZbin is recommending films with literally 13,000 views

[@jennylyncorona4053]

Hair fitting looks forever

[@sakura_neko536]

Wasn’t freida the snob in that other video?

[@Naeemah_79]

Freida messy as hell...

[@Dusty42096]

I wonder why they sound so different? I can’t tell if they have an accent or what.

[@elizabethjones2084]

The original means girls.

[@JPBAMA]

this burg is worse than Peyton Place lol

[@zergmare7]

It is the story of a girl...

[@sal4.619]

Uh this one seemed a little incomplete

[@JeddakCarter]

Awww...such problems teens had then. Tsk tsk tsk. My biggest problem in high school was to avoid getting my ass kicked on a daily basis by bully gangs and sons of Black Panthers.

[@goose7215]

I would be pretty mad if 2 best friends were allowed to nominate each other. It's as nepotism: they can't be impartial because they know facts outside of school and their personality on a deeper level l, while everyone else only have the resume or the interviewees word to go off of.

[@elmienliebenberg9145]

What is up with this Freda girl? It's almost like she has a personal vendetta against Jean and her friend. Some history there, perhaps?

[@candyflair7946]

:)

[@jennylyncorona4053]

I’m a lady in my own way . But not keeping friends forever shhhh

[@Phonexwing]

These videos hardly ever have resolutions or happy endings - I guess they were meant to inspire class discussion but watching them like this, they're just downers

[@LookAtWow]

Frieda is a toxic mess and I love her.