Meet Mrs. Swenson - 1956

[@spencerwilton5831]

The irony is the old house is probably now the most expensive on the street, while the modern one has been torn down and replaced with something equally flimsy

[@ArtsyMark]

it is so pretty. i love the old house.

[@stugrant01]

Redwood doesn't rot like modern pine wood houses.

[@taraverte7877]

Exactly my thoughts! The father def knew where to put his money! 😉

[@tompatriot12]

Very true. Modern houses are "disposable" by nature. Real estate in a classic sense ALWAYS has more merit where style is concerned. I believe the family made the better choice in moving into the classic home and simply updating to modern conveniences.

[@genli5603]

Survivor bias. Average quality of old houses was actually worse. The terrible ones mostly didn't survive.

[@musictib2735]

Ive been a housewife for the past 22 years of my marriage to a wonderful man. We have 4 beautiful children. Our home was built in 1925, we didn’t change any rooms just updated the kitchen and bathrooms and minor paint and stuff. I love the older homes. Even my decor is similar to theirs. So much character and charm these older homes have. We basically are almost like this family. Love this video.

[@shaline2792]

That is so sweet

[@95blahblahhaha]

Ohh how sickening sweet 🤗🤗🤗🙄🤮🤮

[@Ladymaryruth]

Ive been a housewife for 33 years of my marriage to amazing man. We got beautiful son .i wouldn't change anything about my amazing and beautiful lifestyle in amazing Wales UK ❤

[@sunniertimer598]

If your home and family is like this one, you are truly blessed, and most would surely be envious of such a wonderful life.

[@MrCoconutcat]

Everybody used to say that I'd make a great housewife someday because I'm great in the kitchen and the bedroom, but sadly I'm still all alone 😢 hay 😮 isn't that george segal playing the dad in this film 😀

[@ivegotthis8301]

My MIL built her house in 1936. She had beautiful built in bookshelves and built in China cabinets. The floors were of course real wood and she had them covered with rugs! We love these older homes because to build with the same quality today would be very expensive. Love the old arts and crafts!

[@johanbruijnooge]

@ivegotthis I've never seen a human body with built in bookshelves and china cabinets but when I read your comment the way you wrote it, your mother in law had it all.

[@mnfrench7603]

Today on House Hunters. He’s a middle manager at the new Widget plant. Shes a stay at home mom. The and their two children are moving to a new location. He wants the stability and nostalgia similar to his grandparents house, with the same appliances. And troubles. She likes the new modern electrical time savers. Can they agree on a home before she dies of overwork, or he dies of a toaster in the bath?

[@h.calvert3165]

LOL! 😂

[@Windsweptzariel]

Good one! Lol

[@gatamadriz]

I was thinking that I would have been smacked him.

[@alysaidarivera6338]

😂😂 niiiice!! That was too funny!!!

[@cynthiat6505]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[@Thehouseoffail]

Honestly, the outside of the home they bought is stunning. The one across the street resembles a mobile home a bit.

[@653j521]

Midcentury modern in houses or decor has clean lines, inside and out. The idea was to make living there bright and easy so a woman wasn't a housewife, married to the place, but a homemaker, using her creativity and energy on things like design, landscaping, and activities outside the property, such as volunteer work or a job. It is unfair to compare two such different styles of exteriors, or interiors. Both houses were beautiful in their own way.

[@robobee1707]

@@653j521 That's so true. My Mom use to markout "housewife" on school forms and replace it with "homemaker" ... stating she wasn't married to a house. I love and miss you Mom.

[@lisalu910]

The mother says at the beginning that she is going to have a baby, but months go by (as they show on the calendar) and she never gains a single ounce! And never mentions it again.

[@SewardWriter]

She miscarried due to the stress of cleaning the new house.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Hysterical pregnancy! She’s been going to a psychoanalyst every week for the last 15 years.

[@raje22]

With proper diet and certain genes, I’ve heard many women don’t show until the 4th or 5th month. Plus, I wouldn’t be surprised if women of the time wore stays or a corset of some kind until they couldn’t.

[@YTistooannoying]

@@mariekatherine5238 well she is going through menopause and doesn't know it. It is normal to start skipping periods and thus think one is pregnant.

[@pcno2832]

@@raje22 That sounds painful. Wouldn't the baby come out looking as if it had been run over by a steam roller?

[@saud29]

The mortgage went up from $83.33 to $89.16...but they'll manage!

[@atom_gray]

so did my UI... _I'M RICH!_

[@NavyLady82]

Lord...

[@spanglelime]

That is outrageous! Prices these days! 😱

[@trudygreer2491]

That's less than one thousand dollars monthly today (2022).. in my area (Puget Sound) that house would list at at least 1 mil. today..

[@janisyoung9682]

Sounds great, but we all have to keep in mind that it was as hard, if not harder, to make the money needed to pay those bills.

[@3506Dodge]

my mother was a housewife but she also handled all the finances. If my dad had bought a house without her, it would have meant divorce!

[@jamesslick4790]

Add to the fact that in some states, what he did isn't even legal!

[@3506Dodge]

It was legal then.

[@jeffmorse645]

When I was seven years old in 1967 my dad took a job in a new town about 200 miles away. He bought a house while my mother packed. He did the same thing - called her and told her she'd love it. We got there there two days later and he was right - it was awesome and she was thrilled.

[@Dev-tw1og]

@3506Dodge Well this video when woman were basically property and any woman who had a job had to have her husbands approval and the job was always cooking.

[@grootgroove9529]

My husband did the same to me five years ago. Unfortunately the whole experience has been.....similar to this movie. Right down to staring longingly out at the house of my actual dreams from the shitty shack windows of this dilapidated 1970's hell hole we have to call our home. Love my husband so much. He really did mean well, but there are many ways to lose trust in your partner and pulling a Mr.Forrest is one of them.

[@jojohns1949]

When one wage could support an entire family

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

When America was great.

[@norton2]

It still can if you live in a small town.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 You mean before Ronald Reagan and the Republicans wrecked the American dream? That's who destroyed that old system whereby wages supported a family.

[@007mia7]

And a house cleaner 😂

[@gypsyhypsyasmr7015]

I find these videos relaxing

[@scrambledmegdresqlol569]

She doesn’t like the nine room house??? It’s beautiful... wow if all I had to do was clean.. sigh 😔 They threw away the good life with both hands. Stupid stupid boomers.

[@NoliMeTangere1163]

@@scrambledmegdresqlol569 and then prevented us from having it. The average price for one of these large homes in 1960 was 32,000. That's $274,000 today. Most of these homes sell for upward of $500,000 while Boomers use younger generations to be their retirement cash cows through massive rises in real estate prices. Boomers literally priced future generations out of a home, the average home costed twice the annual salary in 1970, and is over four times today, for the same home now 50 years older. They increased the need for college degrees from 27% to 69% even for jobs which do not actually require one in reality-meaning a massive increase in student loan debt, tuition rose from requiring 950 hours at the minimum wage to pay for a year of college in 1970 to 2150 in 2015. The workweek rose as well, the average Boomer worked 1,950 hours in 1975 while the average Millennial today works 2,250 or 300 hours (that is over 7 40 hour work weeks) more. They stagnanted salaries, and then refused to retire-leaving whole job markets totally flooded and unavailable to highly qualified younger people. Millennials are the most educated generation in history, yet significantly underemployed or still in entry level positions, unable to advance while higher positions are held by Boomers refusing to leave. I wonder how many Boomers know what it feels like to compete with 300 other applicants for an entry-level job requiring years of experience, multiple degrees and half the salary needed to raise a family. No generation could have done more to screw over everyone but themselves. Might sound like a lot of whining but when you put it together, you realize that it cost millions of Americans the ability to be homeowners, save for retirement or even have successful careers.

[@MisterRiffley]

I feel like even in the fifties everyone was already smokin' weed.

[@theresaangle9611]

I do to

[@krystarobles3919]

O

[@AdeleCeleste]

Charming old-time movie. It's kind of cute how the electric company made these films to pitch their products. It probably helped sell appliances. Thanks for posting. :-)

[@luisreyes1963]

Might as well be the sequel to the 1942 comedy movie, George Washington Slept Here. 😆

[@ttintagel]

They remind me of Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

[@jrgnc1]

If my father had bought a house without my mother, I wouldn't have had a father for very long.

[@ErrorError189]

It looks like it has a deep basement…

[@cinerama62]

The mom is in the kitchen without her pearls. June Cleaver wouldn't be caught dead like that.

[@zelphx]

OH... she has them, you just can't see them.

[@bradleysmall2230]

@@zelphx I gave both a pearl necklace in the bedroom where they first got some and store them..

[@poochillipickles8525]

Yesss

[@woodpeckery]

@@zelphx... She washes off that necklace every morning!

[@emmafrancis4727]

“strong fingers like your father” 👀😂

[@FableWolfe]

I was going to say. "Well maybe I can help in that department..."

[@crazysingingchick]

I almost did a spit take when she said that, and I wasn’t even drinking anything. 😂

[@lindahandley5267]

@guru, people didn't have dirty minds back then. Hands would have sounded better than fingers though. LOL.

[@CradleEpiscopalian56]

Yeah, Im a lesbian too.

[@CrazyCoon100]

How do you know!?

[@adityadp6702]

So this is the 28min electrical commercial back in 50s...

[@barryboos]

The days when an assistant HR manager earned enough for a family of 5 and a part time housekeeper in a giant period home...

[@yosemite735]

Yep, before the 1965 immigration act allowed a flood of people to come in and compete for jobs, and before the union jobs were outsourced to cheap labor.

[@tolfan4438]

It was Never As Good As these films try and depict. It's an ideal to hope for and shoot for it was never a reality. Just socio-economic propaganda

[@monkeynumbernine]

Hehehe... I just watched a video about a family grocery shopping in 1962...two bags of groceries- including a 5.5 pound roast- for $5.63!

[@musicom67]

@@yosemite735 Oh, stop. Population explosion and automation.

[@musicom67]

@@tolfan4438 Correct-a-mundo.

[@zelphx]

How long before she finds out her daughter is "not like" the other girls.

[@jankirschke7425]

I looked her up on wiki, and yes, she is openly gay.

[@wadebarnett2542]

Sheila James was "Zelda Gilroy" on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the '60s. That was a TV series. In the show, her character was in hot pursuit of Dobie Gillis. He only had eyes for Thalia Menninger, and other flashy girls. In the '70s, there was a reunion show. Dobie had finally settled for, and settled down with Zelda.

[@dal8716]

😂

[@robertgary3561]

Ha! I came here to say that too

@@jankirschke7425 You really had to look that up? Stevie Wonder could've seen that coming up 7th avenue.

[@johnnyvalter940]

When she looks at the first house the contractor told her that the washing machine is also the dryer. I didn't know that combo existed back then. And I like the blue appliances in the new kitchen; I wish I had that instead of the hideous stainless steel I have.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Yes, they did exist. My cousins had one back in the 50s.

[@lightmarker3146]

Bendex the people who made airplanes for the war then appliances. Everything old is new again .

[@kensigman7079]

The little boy is Michael Winkleman..He played Little Luke on The Real Mccoys..The contractor is Peter Hansen..He played Lee Baldwin on General Hospital for many years..

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Ken Sigman Oh! I couldn’t place them, especially Little Luke! He sounded the same, but he was even cuter in this one. I used to love The Real McCoys and have watched it in reruns over the years.

[@gabriellawless2202]

Great eye! I watch GH with my mom my entire life, how neat!

[@ImaCynomingirl]

I am so happy you mentioned The Real McCoy's for the longest time! I just couldn't bring it up! Happens a lot these days! Lol! But truly, I just couldn't think of it! It really is great to hear of the other actors as well! Thank you so much!

[@mariannedilley8411]

I thought that was him!

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@QueenBee-gx4rp "Pepino, Pepino, you love to take siesta alla time...Pepino, Pepino, you're happy but you haven't got a dime."

[@community1949]

I love that 1950's music at the beginning of this video - it was a very good time to be a child and I love how the adult (W W 2 generation) ran everything and they did a wonderful job too. We were lucky to have them as parents. Things were calm and wonderful. My parents bought a house with a wooded acre in 1948 - it was built in 1912 the year the Titanic went down. I think it cost $8,000. Can you imagine that? Daddy hand built himself a garage when I was a one year old baby and he hand sawed all of the wood in that garage.

[@653j521]

Things were calm and wonderful? Only to kids who didn't know what the adults were suffering.

[@SpaceCadet45s]

Yeah it was calm and wonderful because mental health was stigmatized.

[@cowlover1975]

@@SpaceCadet45s and people knew when to keep private things private

[@dotsyjmaher]

@@653j521 The adults?! My "mother" was a monster...not just to my father...she beat the f*ck out of me..locked me in my closet...I almost died when she forgot me one day... But MOST people WERE lovely... so the abused kids could sometimes escape to good homes for awhile.

[@kdescossa]

Not in my house. My mother was a creative emotional woman married to a locked down man who worked nights on the RR huge hours to pay of medical bills after my older brother survived polio in 1952. She didn’t drive my dad would have never permitted here to touch his pride and joy so she was.isolated once we left the city where she could walk everywhere . OTOH we had grass and fields to play instead a concrete jungle. Pretty sure she was bipolar but functional GP put her on Valium and sleeping pills. My dad basically ignored us.. not the good old days.

[@mrs.schmenkman]

“I don’t wanna become a sour beaten worn out kitchen drudge! ...because you won’t love a drudge and the children won’t.” This is such a perfect example of a hard core sales presentation. I can’t stop thinking about the writer and how he must have been laughing so loud when he wrote that! Talk about the hook!

[@653j521]

You don't think women felt that way?

[@alicesais770]

9 room house for her to clean, my mother raised 8 kids and cleaned a 10 room house by herself. You know they were a well to do family.

[@BeeCharma]

I'm rebuilding my home now and the funny thing is, I'd just about kill for some of those original light fixtures these days 😂😂😂😂. What's old is in again.

[@ArtsyMark]

thinking the same thing..

[@TedBeyr]

Yep! Our house was built in 1926 and most of the original light fixtures have been replaced. The modern fixtures look out-of-place to me.

[@gatamadriz]

They are wonderful, but without inset ceiling lighting they are soooo dark in rooms.

[@nursegrace7492]

Beautiful old house.

[@653j521]

Once it was fixed up....

[@yodservant]

It's very beautiful... Needs some TLC that's all...

[@Star-wh9lc]

It was fixed up

[@Star-wh9lc]

​@@yodservant Before Is So Horrible 😝😝😝

[@over50andfantabulous59]

I wish this was a TV series. I love this!!

[@MrCoconutcat]

I think that's George Segal from the TV show just shoot me

[@lightmarker3146]

I loved when the hubby picked her up and carried his wife up to bed . He really wants her to be happy , and does a great job with the children redoing the house . Now that's a family !

[@francisdec1615]

My father did that to my mother too in the 1960s.

[@QuePasaUSA]

Caroline was "Zelda" on" The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis". She was also on "Trouble With Father".

[@cly2fan]

Zelda is my daughters name

[@Jamie_McElroy]

Sequin Jackson I knew I recognized her!

[@Jamie_McElroy]

I recognized the dad.....can’t remember where

[@discod]

I felt like such an old fart recognizing Zelda.

[@katiemartell6520]

Sequin Jackson I thought for sure that was her. Only one “Zelda”!

[@janisyoung9682]

I love that table and chairs in the kitchen. We had one when I was growing up, but it was pink and gray. In fact, my parents had a bed like theirs, only in black. I wish I had the furniture now that we had back then.

[@CarePinglo]

The second house is 10X better !!! It’s stunning, I would love to live there !

[@653j521]

She's absolutely right. In 1920 there would have been an extended family, or perhaps a "hired girl," to help with cooking, cleaning, washing, mowing, fixing, etc. For a family with two children and one on the way, it is ridiculously huge. She wanted mod cons, especially ac, an efficient layout and reliable wiring. In 1920, the woman wouldn't have been left alone all day trying to keep this great beast alive.

[@karabadasski2521]

I agree!! Except for the laundry room appliances...

[@luisreyes1963]

Just be sure it's not called "Green Acres". 🐄

[@CrazyCoon100]

Omg the day my man tried to get fresh after I did slave labor housework all day, by myself, pregnant, in some old house he bought without asking me...would be the day he wish he don’t wake up.

[@Star-wh9lc]

So True he is so crayzy 😱

[@carlyoung8657]

I feel into the KZbin black hole.

[@PeachChantilly]

Same. All the time. I love it lol

[@neffyg35]

Welcome, we have snacks

[@atom_gray]

same with Dad's strong fingers...

[@kenbob1071]

Husband: "Oh Mrs. Svenson. Well didn't I tell you? I hired her on the phone... what kind of a heel do you think I am?" Uh, the same kind of heel that doesn't bother consulting the wife before you buy a home.

[@chieftp]

gee whiz. you ain't sore are ya?

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Ken Bob Right!

[@katiechisholm]

Ken Bob right?! It’s obvious divorce was still taboo back then. She’s literally the most unhappy woman in the world.

[@jenniferkelly6931]

@Jake Tappert - You mean most people back then looked older than their real age...I guess that was because they worked harder physically, and the medical attention and the pharmaceutical products weren''t as good and effective as they are these days...it all determined a shorter life expectancy.

[@holyexperience1976]

@Jake Tappert I was born preemie in '76, and my elder sis in '69, but she ended up stillborn. I dunno how preemie she was, but I was 2 months early and 4.5 pounds. Interesting us girls preemie, our bro, 3 days late in '67.

[@gullwingstorm857]

At least they won't need a big bed for that miniature baby she's apparently having.

[@redeemedandreadytofly1423]

GullWing Storm hahaha!! I know!! After 5 months and she’s not showing?? Lol

[@socalgal714]

Back when this was produced, things such as a women's pregnancy weren't discussed in polite society. Which is why we aren't seeing a baby bump. Dont forget, it wasn't all that long ago women weren't allowed to vote! Bare shoulders, midriffs & knees are a fairly recent thing in acceptable women's fashion. It was us boomer chicks & our Mom's who started the ball rolling. Its up to you kiddos to bust through that glass ceiling!

[@ybunnygurl]

Or she had a miscarriage from that big old house... I feel like that's kinda hinted at.

[@GaryRoseCO]

You know it had to be hard enough getting pregnant sleeping in separate twin beds... The daughter says she will be lonesome and not know what to do with herself in the new town, and the mother counters with maybe she can help her out in that department. So I guess she was referring to the girl having to babysit all the time.

[@SupersonicChip]

This is great - it is so funny though how so many folks love the older construction still (like myself)...have a home over 119 yrs old and still rock solid for the most part...the modern stuff is nice, but you can have the best of both worlds in an older place with the character in my personal opinion. The mid-century mods are rockin also...so I can't really slam this either way...

[@countessratzass5408]

My house will be 100 next year so I def agree with you. Every owner has made it better, including us. I’d like to personally shake the hand of the owners who knocked the walls out.

[@avengernemesis7990]

I am slightly late in reply.. My house is Art Deco 1926...I adore her

[@ayfr.]

"In the long-run everybody dies" Well she put it rather Blunt. hahaha

[@michelleevans5531]

That kitchen turned out gorgeous and cheery!

[@brianarbenz7206]

13:07 *Husband:* "What kind of a heel do you think I am?" *Viewers:* "The kind that thinks it's ok to buy a house without his wife having the slightest say!"

[@bryanspindle4455]

The daughter in this film was played by the actress who played on the Dobie Gillis show. I think her character's name was Zelda.

[@lindahandley5267]

When I was 8 y/o, we moved from one of the post WWII cape cod style homes, to a brand new, modern subdivision in 1954. I loved the old house, but the new one sure had more room, but we still only one had one bathroom! The whole area was young families with lots of kids. It was lots of fun and new adventures.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Bad timing. About 1960 was when 3 BR's 1 1/2 baths an attached garage and a family room with fireplace became standard new house. Prices dropped too. Shoulda stayed in the cape cod (or was that a bungalow?) a few more years. Pricewise it was an equal trade.

[@653j521]

@@mikezylstra7514 How do you know? You are assuming a lot.

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@653j521 I was there.

[@DPO263]

I much prefer the large older house to the tacky one. However, I can totally understand the wife wanting the modern conveniences.

[@riggs20]

2:21 "You don't have to give me the commercial; I'm not a baby." LOL - The sass is strong in this one!

[@karabadasski2521]

Whenever I'm thinking about updating my home I always consult my Doctor first.

[@caoimhemouse4933]

"I believe in the American dream, but for housewives too!" Get his ass girl

[@iheartcryptoverse2857]

The house he bought is beautiful and massive compared to that small ranch. I love that oven and her formica table. Needs a dishwasher and a washer/dryer, and air conditioning in every room and rewiring. Where is she hiding the baby? it isn't in her belly!

[@countessratzass5408]

Previous owners of our house put in central heat and air in 1956. The kitchen was remodeled with built in appliances, including a garbage disposal and dishwasher in the 1960s. It all still worked when we bought the house. They must have tried to hire that old bat Mrs. Swenson. I think that baby is going to be delivered by FedEx ground.

[@randomasmr4045]

Aww, the house he bought...so gorgeous!!!

[@jamesslick4790]

I wonder if the old house is the same one GE bragged about being electrically advanced by GE in a 1915 film? (The big push for electric living predates the 50s by decades.) Just the number of light fixtures in the living room was a good bit in the era those fixtures were made. Interesting that the newer house is older now than the old one was then!

[@ConstantCompanion]

The older house is far more beautiful. A little paint? Stunning!

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

ConstantCompanion eww no it's not

[@ConstantCompanion]

@@girlscanbedrummers5449😊 use your imagination.

[@williameddy9919]

That house was pretty old fashioned compared to the modern houses with washers, dryer, and air conditioning they had back then.

[@KDL861]

My husband bought a house without me knowing. And when we were first married, rented one in a town 30 miles away! Still married 37 years later! 🥰

[@hebneh]

Others have commented that three of these performers appeared in various TV series after they were in this advertising film - but I'm more impressed that the credits in the beginning list not only "Edit Angold" as Mrs. Swenson, but also "True Boardman" as the Director.

[@debpabetz9730]

I recognized the daughter as Zelda in the tv series Dobie Gillis. I believe she also was in a Petticoat Junction episode.

[@hebneh]

@@debpabetz9730 Sheila James had already been a regular on at least one TV series when this movie was made, or possibly was still doing so. After her most famous role as Zelda, she starred in another comedy series set on a Pacific island during WWII as a WAVE. After a few more guest roles she left show business to get a college degree and eventually became a politician.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@debpabetz9730 Thank yoj! That was driving me nits! She looked and sojnded so familiar bit I couldn't place her!

[@davenone7312]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Use your spell checker please!

[@tinawarner2554]

Beautiful home! And a blue and yellow kitchen to boot!!! Love it! If only I had a Husband and Children like that also. ❤❤❤

[@Me-wk3ix]

Sure, I'd probably want the conveniences of the modern house, but I like the look of the older place.

[@thirabx6954]

Yes older place is better

[@653j521]

@@thirabx6954 Older needs a second mortgage to make it livable.

[@thirabx6954]

The destruction of the original Penn Station introduced Landmark Status. I believe modern architecture is crap: can’t think of another noun.

[@Copeandseethe822]

I like the house the dad picked better than that tacky ranch disaster.

[@countessratzass5408]

Tacky ranch disaster is now known as Mid Century Modern and carries a high price tag to go with the new name.

[@crazysingingchick]

I kept saying, “But I like the house he bought!!”

[@papiluvsiris6318]

That pink kitchen was horrible

[@Copeandseethe822]

@@countessratzass5408 that just proves money can't buy taste.

[@jamesslick4790]

Wow, Dad got rid of the nice light fixtures in the living room and now has hidden florescent tubes! From a home to a cheesy mid century hotel lobby! Thanks Dad!

[@sylviarippey6488]

That new kitchen is so pleasing to the eye. I have an all white very modern kitchen but that 50s style kitchen is endearing.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

Best guilt trip for a kitchen remodel ever!

[@MariaDeLuca82871]

My mother would have yelled in Spanish, and Italian to make sure that my father understood what she meant if he bought a house without approval. Oh those happy days of family when my poor dad did something stupid lol I used to make a lot of cash to help him get out of trouble lol. RIP daddy

[@stephanieshelton986]

The model home reminds me of the one in Bachelor in Paradise staring Bob Hope and Lana Turner. There is this great scene where the neighbor comes over to use the garbage disposal.

[@jinnybergan8978]

Sweet video........i too love older homes..we have one..its small compared to the Swensons but we like it. And it has airconditioning...🏠🏡🏫

[@GaryRoseCO]

What kind of husband gets advice from a medical doctor regarding whether his wife really needs conveniences to do housework, when she has repeatedly told him that, and he can see she works 80 -100 hours a week.

[@jllee9189]

This house is a mansion compared to the newer small home that the wife thought she was moving into.

[@josephschmoe2376]

I think Carolyn became my future gym teacher 25 years later. Miss Mann.

[@lissettesbloom8223]

I love the old house. I would say thank you. I love a vintage home!

[@indiablunt9053]

I LOVE the second house. The first looked cheap

[@patriceyoung7479]

First he picks out the house...then he decides on how to redecorate while she's away. Does this unpregnant, pregnant woman have no say in this marriage?

[@kwelem]

in the 50’s when wife’s misbehave or just have a voice of their own they think she’s not well and put her in a mental hospital to get cure .

[@Barbe]

Failed to notice the sketch the wife made?

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Not till she stops lyin about being pregnant!!!

[@thomasannahail4536]

Without getting into the whole "he bought a house without his wife's knowledge" thing (he shouldn't have, but anyway) - the house he bought is WAY nicer than the other one! That big ole brick "mansion" across the street from the little cruddy stick house is FAR superior! But, this does go to show the attitudes behind thinking vinyl flooring was better than hardwood or tile, plastic better than natural materials, flashy and shiny better than dignified age and quality. I think these corporate-instilled attitudes of "new is always better" and "Grandma's stuff is SOOO out of date and ugly" are part of what started and continues to prop up the consumer, throw-away culture.

[@Telecolor-in3cl]

Hardwood (also probably called a parquet) was a more luxury item. Where I live, some old commie blocks have also hardwood floors. I do live in a commie block, but I do have linoleum (in fact probably vnyl). Never seen vinyl direct attache to floor. Kitchen, bath, corridors had usually simply cement. Prewar buildings had sometimes (probably more luxurios ones) something called mozaic, sometimes in form of small tiles. Thaz mozaic, even if it was simple cement, or tiles is very rezistent...

[@jeffreyg4999]

I'm 56. Really enjoyed this. Husband's don't understand what around the house we enjoy. Especially now with a pandemic

[@jeffreyg4999]

I'm on my husband's phone. LOL

[@pagamenews]

The old house had character. The new look is schlock.

[@tomservo56954]

The old house has good bones...it just needed some better muscle and sinew, arteries and veins.

[@scratchdog2216]

I enjoy the realism of this production. It's not all upbeat and drippy.

[@heatherhodges-kloes3156]

I think they forgot that she was pregnant in the beginning of the skit😂

[@haweater1555]

The Springdale plant has been closed down and production moved overseas years ago.

[@phyllishamilton165]

So he shows her a 60-amp electrical service! I love it!

[@SolidRock-gn9zr]

It was common for people to not have air conditioning in the 1950’s. We lived in Indy & didn’t have it until I got married & moved into my own apartment in 1973. People today are very spoiled & do not understand how blessed they are & especially to live in this Country where we have so much.

[@countessratzass5408]

Jane Elson Oh it was terrible in the south without AC. Listen up kiddies! Schools weren’t air conditioned. Attic fans, ceiling fans, fans in windows and high ceilings were the best you could do at home.

[@rollandjoeseph]

Funny thing, my 150 yr old has still has 60 amp service..lol

[@653j521]

@@SolidRock-gn9zr Not in these new houses. They were all about selling the latest things. In older houses, yes.

[@haweater1555]

Today a house that size would need a 30 position breaker panel minimum.

[@hebneh]

The old house looks like one of the ones in the neighborhood that Marty McFly went back to in the first "Back to the Future".

[@jamesslick4790]

... In the long run, Everybody dies. People live in the short run!...... Brought to you by Visa card 💳!

[@countessratzass5408]

Life without credit cards back then, those were the days. You paid for stuff or put it in layaway. My grandparents got an Esso gas card and that’s the first credit card I can remember.

[@riggs20]

😆😆😆

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@countessratzass5408 It was called a charge PLATE and it was metal.

[@thesavagechef]

16:40-17:25--Forget it Loverboy, you messed up big time. No more bouncy fun time for you.

[@ramona7877]

Oh heck no! I want that midcentury modern ranch

[@julia9557]

The older, second home is beautiful! I hate that cheap 60s look of the first home

[@653j521]

Well built 50s.

[@tequilyps]

He was right to call a doctor. She didn't need aspirin, just a healthy dose of brand name Valium and meth. Problem solved!

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Mother's Little Helper

[@dannydougin3925]

I love the second house. Much nice than the first one! The family is just so unappreciative.

[@rainyfeathers9148]

That's not fair, it's not a lack of appreciation. Come on now

[@Thehouseoffail]

It's a beautiful home for sure. But, I agree with the wife. Nine rooms is a lot to handle if you have only one person running the household.

[@stephaniethompson7156]

I don't know if its just me but I love the look of the house in the background at 5:45

[@frenchfriar]

That's the house the husband bought, too. I'm sure he got excellent return for his investment, too.

[@3506Dodge]

She's having an affair with the contractor.

[@msoda8516]

3506Dodge That was my thought

[@davidbrown8303]

Like on flip or flop.

[@katiechisholm]

🤰🏻

[@Thundralight]

I don" t blame her. Her husband is a chauvinist pig. He won't even call her by her first name ,he calls her Mrs.Forrest

[@SimirJohnson]

I am too!

[@jeffreyg4999]

Big old houses are neat. But definitely. Never ending work

[@HalfKort]

These give me the best laughs ever. Lifts my depression :)

[@luisreyes1963]

Better if it went through the Rifftrax wringer. 😆

[@miriambucholtz9315]

Yeah, right. We moved all the time and my mother didn't give me long-winded explanations. My father would come home from work, start taking the pictures down from the walls, and we knew it was time to start packing our stuff. I loved that big, old house. The modern one was, as the song says, all made out of ticky-tacky and looked like all the others of that type. We lived in quite a few old places. My father, who had been a carpenter when he was young, would tear things apart and rebuild them. Usually, he ended up doing that because the place needed fixing up. And we were renters. He had me helping him by the time I was around 8 years old. Not to mention that that teenage girl looked big, strong, and healthy enough to have taken on a big chunk of the housework and taken some of the burden off her mother. Oh, well, what do you expect from a 50s film, and one that was a commercial for electric power at that?

[@hankaustin7091]

LOL same here!! only we knew when Dad would start to pack his antiques instead of pictures

[@SOULRELIEF22]

My 48 year old son let me know LAST YEAR, that he still has a problem with the moves we made! We moved to survive, and of COURSE he would have disagreed with leaving his friends. NEVER did I as a single Mother ask his opinion. When he vented his resentment on a visit last year, I actually apologized! Then I told him I NEVER want to hear a word about THAT EVER AGAIN! I know who the liar is!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@SOULRELIEF22 I once told my father that I wished I could have lived in the same place and grown up with friends. He just laughed at me and told me that I would have gone mad from boredom if I had. I never resented the moving, but it had stopped being such a big adventure by the time I was on my own and involved with the physical aspect of it. Nevertheless, I've always been a nomad and am looking to move for the 39th time as soon as I can find a place I can afford.

[@SOULRELIEF22]

@@miriambucholtz9315 I love you so MUCH! I think we moved around 10 times in Kelly's youth. But I never even THOUGHT about it! He didn't have to feed us, or clothe us, or pay the rent! GOD gave us favor, and new territory for soul winning. If we weren't SUPPOSED to move we OBVIOUSLY would have stayed put! LIFE is a WONDERFUL ADVENTURE!

[@countessratzass5408]

Moving was not up for discussion it was an announcement. It did upset me the first time, moving away from my hometown and relatives at 7 yrs old. It crapped up my education but I have an all electric kitchen and Xanax now so whooooo cares!

[@cheechalker8430]

The dad was right! She kept her girlish figure! Have to look for the silver lining I guess

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I love the old house. The washer not so much.

[@ArtsyMark]

agreed

[@its_me_jen_jen9204]

“In the long run everybody dies.” Damn, I felt that.

[@mikezylstra7514]

And forget that afterlife baloney.

[@paulwestwell7160]

That was 28 minutes of my life I’ll never have back, thanks for posting!

[@mayamccray6491]

Wow you see the red flags not consulting your partner about major purchases will cause drama down the road no wonder the divorce rate skyrocketed starting in 1970 these wives had been through it.

[@btsarmyforever3816]

That baby def got miscarried from all the heavy housework.

[@yamiarisu49]

Honestly, the old house just needed a few repairs, updated breakers and fuse box for the appliances, and new insulation, and everything else it's more of a judgment call.

[@dimsimlord]

Early to bed, early to rise makes a house spacious, and gracious in size!

[@robertdemitro1520]

This House wife made a lot of sense , she was ahead of her time !.

[@653j521]

How so? She seemed to fit her time.

[@robertdemitro1520]

@@653j521 : She politely assertive with her husband and does not want around for her husband to make sure fuses are next to the fuse box . Although her husband thinks a big house is great she let's hin know that it's a lot of house to clean . She is no shrinking violet ! She gets what she wants and doesn't have to yell to get it .

[@Shawnsatisfiedwife]

Believe it or not my husband bought me a house without me knowing. I found out about it a week before moving in and the day he closed. Lets just say he did good ❤

[@maunster3414]

This is my favourite movie. Drama and comedy with a happy ending.

[@hanra057]

"I'm tired of housework"- why did you apply for the job then? what did the old lady expect? laziness

[@katiechisholm]

Preppy New Zealand exactly

[@newjerseybt]

@@mistiroberts1576 Housewife, librarian, nurse, teacher, secretary or pole dancer.

[@Honeybear0488]

newjerseybt Maybe he was one of those husbands who didn’t want his wife working .. 😢

[@newjerseybt]

@@Honeybear0488 If she even had a part time job and her own spending money, he would have had far less control over her if he was one of those controlling types. I have personally seen that. Sad.

[@genli5603]

@@newjerseybt My great great aunt was an accountant in the 50s.

[@carryclass]

great encouragement to people to spend money they do not have on things that are not necessary. to me the best house is the one that is paid off.

[@curlyyasmin181]

She is 4-5 months pregnant. Where the f is the baby? They forgot she was pregnant. Why did they even make her pregnant?

[@andree824]

Good question.

[@travelbridges3513]

It was written by men, and they forgot that anyone would care about that part.

[@kenbob1071]

Can barely afford the house, so increases mortgage. Yup, that'll work.

[@ConstantCompanion]

What could go wrong?

[@jenniferkelly6931]

@@ConstantCompanion - Losing his job, for instance...!

[@ConstantCompanion]

@@jenniferkelly6931 or illness or.. Its not that I'm against nice things. Its just..going in over your head like that is dangerous.

[@justynjonn]

I love how that kid talks!

[@kirkmorgan-austin1187]

That girl reminds me of Neil Patrick Harris!

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Kirk Morgan-Austin wow your right

[@zelphx]

She ought to... they are both homosexuals. Not trying to be funny either; that's the girl from Dobie Gillis. She is now a "gay-rights" activist.

[@theIzzyfurreal]

Sheila James is more butch than Neil Patrick Harris.

[@bobbylindsey]

@@theIzzyfurreal hahahaha so true

[@gatamadriz]

@stlgtrace - Thank you. I could not remember where I had seen her before.

[@sirfred2004]

"Pack your bags lady, you're moving today." Ah Milt, he's such a swell fellow.

[@strawberryshortcake6839]

I love the older house. I'd be disappointed, yet appreciative, with the new one. The old one is just so beautiful.