Original 1949 Vitamix Infomercial - Papa Barnard

[@GOG1900]

Man... Papa Barnard was super ahead of his time! As a faithful customer of VITAMIX, myself, it is the BEST Tool in my kitchen, I use it 3-5 times a day. I wish Vitamix still gave this vegetable wheel. I love VITAMIX! GO, Papa Barnard and family!

[@gabrielposkier530]

Ja też 3-5 razy dziennie go używam, gdy go włączamy zawsze tańczymy

[@E.B.J.S.]

All the clichés, gimmicks, and tropes of the American infomercial have been around since 1949. Amazing!

[@suewells7766]

I want the cookbook that came with the 1950 Vitamix.

[@ROCK_STAARR]

This man is amazing and has awesome humor!! Best video I've seen in awhile 😂 wasn't expecting this

[@helpfulnatural]

Our house was built in 1956 and this is almost exactly how the kitchen looked when we moved in, including all the chrome bumpers along the countertops. Grew up on potato pancakes and love them! Thank goodness for the Vitamix to make all the grating so much easier!! :)

[@ronnipassmore3570]

My kitchen is exact except above the sink the scrolling is a little different! 🙄😂🙌

[@helpfulnatural]

@@ronnipassmore3570 Lol! That's called a 'skirt' and ours was exactly like the one in the video. When we renovated, that was the first thing to go, I took a hammer to it! :D

[@deanpeterson9461]

Love these machines. No kitchen should be without it. Makes WONDERFUL SOUPS!

[@clivebuckwheat]

Intense sales pitch. You'll fail at life without a Vitamix how times have changed, also he said you're a bad parent without a Vitamix. lol. This guy was hardcore.

[@wturner777]

Because very few people now and way back then actually eat whole fruits and vegetables on a daily basis.

[@lindamorgan2678]

This guy was HONEST. Look at the Lardo American's today the majority of young men can't even pass the health test for the military so they had to lower the standards .. and even lower for the women soldiers.

[@horsewithnoname12345]

@@lindamorgan2678papa Barnard wasn’t exactly skinny either 😂

[@ronnipassmore3570]

Love my VITAMIX I purchased a few years ago!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@janerosen5048]

Just LOVE my Vitamix! This was just so fun to wzrch. Would really love a copy oh that recipe book!

[@VitamixCorporation]

The first ever infomercial!

[@mattmaverick703]

Great company, Great People and Great Products ❤👍

[@jeanettewest]

I have a 3600 and it works great!

[@Impurusable]

The man, the myth, the legend!

[@marcschoenfeld3207]

He's lucky Big Mash Potato didn't put out a hit on him.

[@seleneinparadise869]

OMG I just found my spirit animal!! Too bad my mother didn’t listen to him when I was little!!

[@lindamorgan2678]

My mother did

[@compactc9]

Having fun with a 3600, but a Mark 20 like this would be fun too. Seems they made a few fun old chrome and stainless ones… watching this makes me want to collect one of each…

[@donnastewart1294]

I have my parents exact ones!! We never had carrot smoothies from it...just milk shakes !! My mother was one of those "terrible" mothers who "boiled everything and poured it down the sewer!!" Lol

[@VitamixCorporation]

Well, they do make great milkshakes too, have you tried any carrot smoothies now that you are older?

[@donnastewart1294]

@@VitamixCorporation no, unfortunately, my parents Vitamix doesn't work well anymore. I was afraid to try it for too long as the cord was a bit worn. I wonder what they are worth now?

[@VitamixCorporation]

We recommend giving our customer support team a call at 1-800-848-2649 to go over some repair options!

[@veganwally]

I love my Vitamix, Super 3600.

[@debbeleigh1930]

Love my Vitamix! Makes the best almond milk, vegan cheese sauce and smoothies just to name a few! This guy is a trip! A little too much bagging on “Mother”!

[@chrissheehan4774]

I don't think he envisioned vegan foods

[@richardgray8593]

He's just calling out all these women throwing vitamins and minerals down the sewer.

[@ModestVejar]

Sold!

[@martymacmoore]

Epic 🙏 great American company with a great history…

[@Anamnesis]

These machines wouldn't have become what they are today if Papa wasn't so based. They just don't make 'em like William "O.G." Barnard anymore. 🥰

[@tiffanydonoho]

I just found out that my great grandmother was his sister... Hello Uncle Grover! 🤗

[@harveyh3696]

Wondering where was this first presented. Half hour commercial on TV in 1950 ???

[@VitamixCorporation]

This was the first time on television, however the company has been around since 1921. You can read more about the history here: spr.ly/6051KLUhH

[@horsewithnoname12345]

I want the original cookbook

[@eatingwithselina8482]

I love my Vitamix Ascent

[@VitamixCorporation]

♥️ 🎉

[@wildstar1063]

Has anyone noticed that the new Vitamix one looks a lot like the Vitamix Mark 20 shown in this demo? Maybe Vitamix should offer a version of the Vitamix one in chrome with a small chrome container as homage to the older Vitamix machine

[@timberline1487]

there's pretty much a cult following for the older chrome machines produced 1950's-80's. 40 year old machines still sell for a couple hundred dollars because they are still running so well. there is so much demand for vintage replacement parts, a few after market parts businesses have been doing very well on ebay. This man would probably be horrified if he saw his machines being made with plastics now.

[@andybuildz]

This guy was way ahead of his time..

[@MarcusRonaldi]

I love that if you do not have a Vitamix you are a miserable failure, you will lose your wealth, you will lose your job, you will lose your income and you will lose your life. Should be on the side of the box.

[@helpfulnatural]

LOLOL!!! So true!! :D

[@fabianasensio1168]

He has the personality of a drill instructor. I'm glad most reps don't follow his example!

[@thetechgenie7374]

For sure times as change and people are way to sensitive nowadays plus don’t want to much scare tactics. Vitamix is literally one of the best investment you can make as way I got into eating way more healthy as nice and smooth unlike other fail attempts on other blenders that leaves chunks, or way to gritty and sucks to drink. You still don’t want most companies using scare tactics, but a Vitamix is one of those very rare and few companies that still make quality and lives up to it it advertisements.

[@lunsj]

I am in very poor health. This guy: "If you don't have your health you are a miserable failure." Well gee. Glad I bought a Vitamix I guess. Time to go make an eggshell smoothie :D

[@lindamorgan2678]

You are watching it happen right before your eyes. OBESE PASTY people diabetics stents and soon to be Alzheimers

[@carolynhouston8845]

"Papa has to sit at the head of the table and thank God for the food that mama threw down the sewer!" 😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry, this man is so on point, but this is a good laugh as well! I love it. So true, yet so funny! 😂😂😂

[@CoughFee]

The address and phone number never flashed on my screen. Guess I'll never get this product for $34.95 plus local tax and money order fee. ☹️

[@richardrybicki749]

I know how you feel nowadays you have to move the decimal point over one

[@lunsj]

@@richardrybicki749 This is 100% correct. Just received ours in the mail today and that was the exact price. Hope it's good.

[@HotVoodooWitch]

I seem to remember seeing a “Papa” infomercial that included clips of a demented looking housewife wreaking havoc on potatoes (or apples?) with a vegetable peeler--what happened to it?

[@PopcornSimulationGaming]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣Bloody loved this🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@drakewauters2109]

He was right about our diet of pablum.

[@PurpleDragonProsperity]

Vitamix was one of the best purchases ever. Congrats for 100 yr birthday! He does not look healthy and a product of his invention. And he is running it too long. So many fruits and veggies going in that are not compatible with each other. But it was a genius invention. So grateful! You would never add eggs and shells into a juice today. I would not. #GoVegantoday.

[@VitamixCorporation]

We are so glad to hear how much you enjoy your Vitamix.

[@gjford1951]

I remember seeing a demonstrater at a state fair put an egg plus its shell into the blender.

[@timberline1487]

Pretty much every body builder I know guzzles raw eggs. And every scratch cook, homesteader and health nut I know grinds up eggs shells and puts them in all types of food for the calcium content. This man was way ahead of his time. 1949 and he had already been on this train of thought for many years. This pre-dates even Jack LaLanne. His nutritional contemporaries of the day would have been the likes of Norman Walker, Royal Lee, Paul Bragg, Dr. MaxGerson, Dr. John Christopher, Jethro Kloss, etc.

[@PurpleDragonProsperity]

@@timberline1487 Go ahead and continue what you are doing.

[@timberline1487]

@@PurpleDragonProsperity You as well. You're complaining a man pushing 70 "does not look healthy" despite never seeing his medical records. Sure he's a tad thick & weathered if you stand him next to a 25 yr old professional athlete, but he's actually slimmer than 99% of our epidemic obese population of today. He looks 5000x healthier than all the anemic, skeletal, muscle-atrophied, lethargic, septuagenarian vegans I've seen. This man is limber, has excellent posture and muscle tone, exploding with energy and mentally sharp as a knife, but you think he "doesn't look healthy" because almost 7 decades of harsh rural living, loss of a wife, loss of a fortune, 2 World Wars and the Great Depression left him with few extra pounds & a few wrinkles in his golden years 🙄Surely 1 egg in a smoothie is more dangerous than all that. Your veg compatibility quackery is pretty hilarious too. #EggsArePerfectFood

[@user-mvyWHEiBOOvh6zSv2sdKCAE7U]

我的眼睛真的有問題 需要vitamix來幫助 我看不見地址和電話號碼 我非常願意用34.95USD購買這為大的產品

[@MarkTiner-u2j]

we had glass back then why can’t we have it now?

[@VitamixCorporation]

Hi there! We will absolutely pass this feedback along to the appropriate department as a suggestion. We are constantly adding new products, so please check back in the future for new developments! Additionally, as an alternative, we have also released a Stainless Steel container that is compatible for use with all full-size Vitamix blenders! This can be further viewed on our website here: spr.ly/6056P92tG.

[@zalibecquerel3463]

I love this, but 15:32 was a little too creepy, "Oh mother, mother, mother...", gave me a flashback to the Jim Jones tape.

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

This is the most vicious advertisement I've ever seen

[@speedyf40]

This guy is the crunchiest capitalist i've ever witnessed 😂

[@reddrockingeezer]

I expected the early models would have had a longer warranty than one year.

[@ModestVejar]

That wheel o life has beer on it lmao

[@carolhamilton5164]

wish t was that price now.

[@wturner777]

@Carol Hamilton I don't because if that happens, the products would be made in China or who knows where in addition to the company cutting corners. The quality would go down the toilet hard.

[@drVainMD]

Oh, well since the United States government uses it, it *must* be quality! Dammit, man, where's the number to call?? This landline can't read your mind, and the switchboard operator is getting snarky! LOL I love every single thing about this. If only commercials were still like this. "...Tom Collins, Mary Collins, Katie Collins, the whole Collins family!" I literally laughed out loud!

[@VitamixCorporation]

We are so glad you enjoyed this!

[@barbjustus462]

Awesome lol

[@Robert.Marshall]

😅 Go figure, Just bought mine for $699.95 now I see it for $34.95 🤦‍♂

[@VitamixCorporation]

You might have to do some time traveling to get that one. 😆 We hope you are enjoying your current Vitamix machine!

[@rstumbaugh43]

He’s lucky “that woman” didn’t crack him upside his head with a cast iron skillet 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ModestVejar]

Oh man, that’s probably a gros michel banana

[@Carolyn7hoffman]

Why did Vitamix stop making glass containers? That would solve the issue of container damage from normal use (friction heat and abrasion) and from cleaning and sanitizing. Can they make glass containers for the new machines please? Stainless steel is great but I also like to see it but hate the idea of eating chemicals from the plastics. Glass also looks like new forever and resale value is higher as a result. The plastic containers need to be replaced over time but aren’t priced to be disposable. I just don’t understand why plastic is still being used when we know it’s unhealthy, bad for the environment, and less durable.

[@VitamixCorporation]

Hi Carolyn! We appreciate your interest in a glass container option. Vitamix has not made one since the early 50's. The Vitamix Research and Development team continuously researches alternate options for a non-plastic container. At this time, we have not found a suitable glass container design to meet the strict safety and performance requirements we place on our products. The machine is simply too powerful and the possibility of it breaking while blending is too great. Vitamix works to use the best materials available to produce a high quality blender that performs to customer expectations in a safe manner. Currently, we use Eastman Tritan for our containers, which is BPA-free. The Tritan material has been fully tested and deemed food safe by NSF.

[@wildstar1063]

@@VitamixCorporation If they made a glass container it would probably have to be something like gorilla glass or of that new transparent aluminum ceramic, the way the Vitamix moves things around it would probably shatter a standard glass container. I remember back in the days of the 3600 and 4000 the demonstrator here at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds would put a chunk broken off a brick into the machine and turn it into sand. You couldn't do that with a glass container.

[@CShannon1991]

If only I could afford a VitaMix.

[@helpfulnatural]

Found one of mine on ebay. If not already stated on the listing, ask the seller if all the functions work properly before bidding/buying. :)

[@seleneinparadise869]

You can find a cheap used one. Then if it breaks down, you can trade it in for a new one at Vitamix & they’ll give you $100 off. I couldn’t live without mine. It’s 11 years old, all original parts and still going strong!! This and the Kirby vacuum cleaner are the only two appliances I’ve owned that are true superhero’s!! I think it’s better to spend your money on a great appliance rather than going through five knockoffs in the same time period. I tried my sisters Ninja and the smoothies do not come out smooth!

[@helpfulnatural]

@@seleneinparadise869 Agree. Buying 5 knock offs would cover the cost of a Vitamix. My SIL has a Ninja that she swears by but it doesn't do anything smoothly. And, the jar cracked then leaked when someone tried to blend hot soup in it. I wonder how many Ninja appliances are filling our landfills? :-/

[@wturner777]

I bought the older 5200 model with the tamper at a local flea market for $75, and it still worked!!! Unfortunately I had to once again sell my Vitamix due to personal concerns.

[@jasonwong7140]

Inflation lol....and now it doesn't come with a stainless steel container too

[@amiblueful]

You can buy a stainless steel container separately now, but it will set you back almost $200. I believe it was in response to the anti-plastic movement. Apparently they can't use glass because it is prone to cracking given the power of the machine.

[@jesscessford6336]

That thing sure got ugly

[@HotVoodooWitch]

It sure got better, too. Personally, I think there’s beauty in utility.

[@jamestoliver4044]

No

[@A6Legit]

Historic OF

[@collowood]

I wonder how this commercial will go in todays WOKE world 🤣🤣🤣🤭😇

[@lex3729]

He made million$ selling genuine organic Snake Oil(This is the Wizard, after he escaped Oz!) 🎉