Simpsons Sears 1956 Christmas Catalog

[@genyfear]

I find it incredibly endearing your mom watches your videos. Also, Phelan making fun of old catalogs should be a regular thing.

[@demh7823]

Phelous' first movie review was "Mac and Me", in which the mother character worked at Sears. Now, Phelous is reviewing vintage Sears catalogs. He has come full circle.

[@kimifw58]

And his mother is requesting them.

[@SausageOwnage]

It's like poetry

[@gracekim1998]

WHOA

[@BugsyFoga]

Your mom should give you more great catalogs.

[@dancepiglover]

Why does she even HAVE all of these old catalogs?

[@owllymannstein7113]

@@dancepiglover She's still hoping to get that oven, duh

[@GloryHulle]

Your mom sounds like an absolute sweetheart. And I love that she enjoyed your video on the 1987 Sears catalog so much that she gave you another catalog that’s 31 years older to review! These catalog videos are so enjoyable and wholesome that they’ve become staples in my comfort-watching playlist. Thank you for these magical videos, Phelous! They’re just pure awesomeness!!! 🖤

[@morningblue84]

Thank you, Phelous' mom.

[@boskostoybox]

People on ebay call items from early 2000 "vintage"

[@nieznajomy4398]

and 1990 was 30 years ago.

[@konnorfoxworth9632]

Well, it’s almost 2021, so therefore it’s been 20 since the 2000’s. Meaning the 2000’s has pretty much become as vintage as the 90’s now.

[@ThePageofRage]

And now your evolution to be the Canadian Ashens is now complete.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Well he does look like him...

[@MmMm-sf7pe]

"Gifts from Santa's pack, vacuums and mops. Go to hell, Santa." XD This reminds me, when the lady who invented My Little Pony initially pitched the idea, the higher-ups at Hasbro said, "Girls don't want to play with toy horses, girls want to play with toy irons and brooms." She had to argue and argue with them.

[@tommydeonauthstheouterids9641]

Arguing is magic!

[@kaniq6120]

They clearly never met horse girls then

[@dcflake5645]

Loving this new series. Phelous and the catalogues.

[@PikaTheProsperous]

Wow. This catalog looks in pretty good condition for something made in the 50's.

[@kaerfnatas2042]

I feel like Phelous could/would talk about whatever random thing seems interesting to him, and I would still watch it. Not complaining, just kinda surprised by that fact.

[@TheDarkThunder]

Christmas catalogs are like family photo albums we all can share.

[@OzzieAstaroth]

Adjusting for inflation, that pedal car at 7:14 would be like spending $300 today. So that means those TVs...yeah. Guess that 50s family in Back to the Future was right when they said no one has more than one TV in their house.

[@theinternalkiller]

My aunt has a decent collection of those plastic faced bears from the 50's/60's (some are from her childhood and was shared between 4 siblings. They've had surgery at least once cuz her brothers disembodied them.) They are creepy af in person and definitely possesed. They have such "personality". In fact she has that demonic panda. :^)

[@rubynall80]

Well it's no wonder kids back then played with guns. They needed the experience in case one of their nightmare fueled toys ever came to life.

[@masterfarr8265]

we should use this book to get something for Splinter

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

No! We need to find a new good way to get gifts for splinter!

[@masterfarr8265]

🎵Tommy Deonauth's Archives how about a set of golf clubs🎵

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@masterfarr8265 WE'RE A FAMILY! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO DESTROY THAT!?

[@U014B]

🎵 You guys are pathetic! 🎵

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@U014B Thank you for that.

[@TheSonOfTheDragon]

My mother probably had this one at some point as well. She never played with dolls though, instead she would rip the heads off them.

[@FluffRainbowDash]

I liked Tonka trunks back when I was a kid.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

TheSonOfTheDragon So your mother was Wednesday Addams lol ?

[@iseeundeadpeople9]

@Adam Zinger It doesn't work that way.

[@iseeundeadpeople9]

@Adam Zinger No. That's just your transphobia talking. Your feelings. Not facts.

[@iseeundeadpeople9]

@jbiehlable It's based on something Dick Coughlan said. In a live-stream. He said that Hitler had a complex about his ass. He perceived it to be too big. "Hitler had a ghetto booty", Dick said. Hitler was not ashamed of all the millions of people that were hurt and killed because of him. He was ashamed... of his ass. I don't think my username conveys the significance of all that. I might change it.

[@SFox63]

I enjoyed this way too much. Please do more of these!

[@erwinprivatt1997]

DANG! I didn't know "The Simpsons" have been around since 1956.

[@ThePageofRage]

Well, if I recall, the creator wanted to make a show off of his comic strip "A Life In Hell", obviously based on Homer's adventures in the Korean War.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@ThePageofRage Man, I didn't know Homer was THAT old!

[@theheavymetalbrony2257]

To quote another famous cartoon; *Simpsons did it!*

[@dancepiglover]

Mitch Fletcher Not Homer. Abe

[@cartoonkelly7924]

Reel to reel tape recorders, that’s the kind of retro stuff I love.

[@markiangooley]

Dad had one. It broke. He bought a new one. My sister and I recorded nonsense one them through the 1960s into the 1970s. I don’t know what happened to the newer one: they had it in1985, but...

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

"I'll take two of your very finest satan dolls please." (Cashier) "will that be the model with the soul sucking eyes mam?"

[@Tardisntimbits]

If I may correct you politely so someone in the future isn't mean about it, it's spelled "ma'am". It's actually a contraction of the word "madam" (how they spelled it in the 17th century!). I hope this didn't come off as rude... I hope you're having a wonderful day, or as good of a day as can be had in these times...

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

If you read that second line in Squeaky Voice Teen's voice... you know true Simpsons Sears!

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

@@Tardisntimbits how can I get mad when you corrected/educated me in such a nice manner. I definitely don't think it was rude and I do appreciate the help. Hope you have as great of a day as well. Sorry it took so long to notice the reply.

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

The joke a about these gifts being devices for population control was where I cracked. Good job my dude.

[@treatsntrinkets]

"Oh, the Alamo. I almost forgot." I snorted

[@TheFunklin]

This pandemic has been weird to all of us. Take me for example, I never thought I would be commenting on a KZbin video of a Canadian dude reviewing his mom's 3/4 century old Sears catalog. Yet here we are

[@rubynall80]

Same. I never used to comment on KZbin videos. Yet here we are indeed.

[@SiRenfield]

“How come everyone of these women looks like a supervillain?” I think I just found my new aesthetic 😂

[@PaigeHankins28]

For some reason, the '50s and '60s really loved stuffed toys with rubber faces and other hard plastic bits. Seems like it would make them a lot less cuddly, doesn't it?

[@accursedsidor8987]

Linkara: I'm going to have a running gag about being a lamp critic but never really review lamps. Phelous: I'm going to have a running segment reviewing old catalogues. Clearly we see who the superior creator is.

[@loneshewolf74]

Stuffed animals from the 50's were so ugly, lol. Seriously, I've seen cheap carnival prize toys in the early 80's that looked better than that. Were there still shortages from the war or something?

[@daphnerogers4277]

Its possible.

[@S1nwar]

i assume they didnt care much about user feedback

[@Silverstar_]

I'm guessing folks just weren't sticklers for craftsmanship back then; as long as they kind of looked like what they were supposed to represent, good enough. It's like the first set of costumed mascots who walked around Disneyland in the park's early years. Ugly with a capital Ugh! No wonder kids were scared of those things.

[@mightyfilm]

The technology wasn't there, quite obviously. You don't even have to go that far back. Look at the 80's Super Mario plush toys vs the ones you can buy today.

[@kimifw58]

Maybe back then, people had more value for realism than cuteness.

[@ser6Ijvolk]

A Canadian making fun of flannel? Now I've seen everything!

[@GleeChan]

Phelan's Mom watches his videos? Oh man, which recurring meme she likes best? "I hate Splinter", Old Man, Wabuu, or Siro memes. Or maybe she's just waiting for Phelan to drive back into the Galaxy Hole already.

[@BloodrealmX]

Can't forget "Stupid Surprised X", "Thank you for that", and swearing Dingo characters.

[@toxics.]

I hope the Sears catalogues turn into a full mini series!

[@rockman7503]

The monkey you hate was in the spare room at my grandmothers house I slept in whenever we would visit.

[@voidvixen399]

Those stuffed toys look like they were made by someone who has never actually seen a panda but had it described to them

[@dragondude9637]

I think the panda had a motorized eyes and mouth so it could look around and "chew"

[@callumsparrow4379]

According to the website Festival Of Antiques, the term “vintage” refers to an item that’s at least 50 years old but less than 100, since anything above that would be widely considered as an antique. For some historical context, the Magnavox Odyssey, the original arcade release of Pong, Doctor Who’s Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) years, The Partridge Family, A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge (Batman #251), Must There Be A Superman? (Superman #247), The Punisher, Wolverine and Giant-Sized X-Men #1 will all turn at least 50 years old by 2025.

[@MissAshley42]

This was awesome. Thanks, Phelmom! (Momlous?)

[@tommydeonauthstheouterids9641]

Mother Porteous.

[@mountainhun]

This explains my dad so much. :O He was born in 1948, he thought it was "really cool and hip" to wear his belt buckle slightly to the side. He carried that over when it came to dressing me; khaki pants with suspenders, collared polos, and buzzcut haircut. I was the Leave-It-To-Beaverest dork on the playground; he read me the riot act when my teachers took a picture of me wearing my hat backwards on a camping trip. I was lucky to have any friends at all. XD Now I'm a trans woman so I got to throw all that crap out the window. :3

[@DeadMeat991]

What does the riot act have to do with wearing a hat backwards?

[@mountainhun]

@@DeadMeat991 "reading the riot act" is an expression for chewing out, berating, or scolding. He thought I was doing it in order to disrespect my teachers, that it was the equivalent of putting up my middle finger and telling them to eat shit. :P

[@LaNoLaCola]

Christmas has come early for Phelan

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Good ol' mom! It is wonderful to see parents support their childrens' hobbies like this. Hope you treated her well, Phalous! 😘

[@crawlingkhaos8970]

I was just legit watching oldskool commercials based on The Simpsons (Butterfinger, KFC, Burger King and associated Video Games)...only to refresh my subs page after the fact and see this.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

**mimics* *Homer** Ooooohhhh, Vintage Sears catalog!

[@spaghetnoodle6441]

Steffi: bat hero why did you buy me this creepy doll. Bat hero: I didn't it followed me home. Evil Doll: *demon voice* feed me your soul *steals bat man soul* Steffie: I think I like this doll

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

*Midge:* Homerer, Liza's doll is missing! *Homerer:* Midge, I do not miss that doll at all. Buh-oh!

[@AnalizaTheSnark]

Giant beads for little kids is still a thing. I worked in an educational toys and games store for like a year and we sold them for helping little kids develop their motor skills. I also swear I’ve seen those terrifying skunk with human face dolls. A creepy worn down one. It was especially haunting...

[@Tareltonlives]

Riffing on catalogues was a great idea

[@byronchandler5000]

You are so cool, Phelous, especially with Old Man.

[@LuckyLeverVIEJO]

ehm, yes this is my cousin: *_old mayor_*

[@marcespinoza6068]

Times the price of every item by 10x as that's about the conversion rate to today's dollar. Some of these items we're crazy expensive. At 12:04, that fur coat would be about $2300.

[@TheaterPup]

My mom does have photos of herself and her little sister in the ‘50s with matching dresses. I’m sure it mostly just saved time, lol.

[@Uncle-Jay]

I admit it, I wear an adult onesie. It's an old halloween costume, a skeleton. It's made out of cotton and pretty warm.

[@Aragorn7884]

Do Toys 'R Us from the 1980s bruh 😄

[@wstine79]

That would make me laugh and cry at the same time.

[@Lukethefox]

I like to see him look through an old UK Argos Catalogue as they're gonna be retired this year.

[@Silverstar_]

Um, you could make a video like that yourself. All you need is a camera and said catalogue.

[@amelialouiseJ]

The cat toy labelled J is a pyjama bag! And I want it!

[@devonrichardson44]

Yes more catalog videos what am I doing with my life but seriously I injoyed the video

[@peggyfillmore1971]

Though this one is a bit before my time..please keep doing the catalogs..they bring up memories. ❤❤

[@juliagoodwin9510]

What a coincidence! I was watching the last video the other day and was hoping there would be another one of these...

[@honoraryhoney1107]

Baby dolls are so eerie.

[@renamon5658]

That little girl is no simpsons... No yellow skin

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Bo'h!

[@legoking6165]

This catalog has nothing to do with Matt Groenings Simpsons. It's from 1956, The Simpsons TV show didn't exist until 1989.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@legoking6165 Thank you for ruining the joke!

[@legoking6165]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives Sorry. 🙁

[@frauleinfunf]

And not a single spike in her hair

[@richardkennedy8481]

Any of those toys would put your eye out.

[@dgambo1985]

That’s awesome yo mams like the last video on this😄

[@dancepiglover]

Oh course I first read the title as Simpsonsns.

[@tommydeonauthstheouterids9641]

Who wouldn't do that?

[@marcherwitch9811]

i still kinda want the horse toothbrush stand...

[@esmaelj2341]

We have that Donald Duck roadster and Mickey Mouse fire truck at our grandparents! I had no idea they were that old since I believe they originally belonged to my father who was born in the late 60's. Really sturdy toys, they've been through at least 12 children at this point.

[@constanceharvey]

"I guess they didn't call it scrabble yet" scrabble is just on top of it.

[@CaptainSkullDemon]

Ah, the joys of old catalogs. So fun to look through them and poke fun at the ads. 😁

[@Blk_Mage_Ctype]

6:50 ACTUALLY, Burp Gun was GI Slang for an SMGs with high rates of fire because they sounded kind of like a loud belch, supposedly.

[@cameronstone4495]

I bet Bart Simpson would love those dolls, would go great with his Krusty bed!

[@sprinkletragedy]

I love these videos from you! I found a local toy store's catalog from 1996 at a flea market once and that was already amazing to me. It's cool and interesting to see how toys especially (and prices!) changed over the years.

[@chasemaddigan9810]

If this is how creepy the toys were in the Simpsons catalogue, I dread what the toys in the Simpsonsns catalogue looked like.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Duh-oh!

[@Tareltonlives]

11:05 Buy the Sad Panda in your life a Sad Panda!

[@saramations]

I unironically love that lassie toy! 😍

[@iamRAYZILLA]

Hey, I LIKE the trains. I mean...yeah, they're among the least weird, creepy, or outlandish things I can imagine being in a 1956 product catalog...but trains can be fun, too. Harumph. :P But really, I love it when I see old Lionel or American Flyer models like those at antique malls as much as I do finding '80s and '90s action figures and whatnot.

[@mightyfilm]

As a channel devoted to 80's and 90's toys, I bet you took a look at this catalog and said to yourself that you never realized how good you've had it.

[@BloodrealmX]

"As a channel devoted to 80's and 90's toys" What? When did this happen?

[@frauleinfunf]

Man, the things parents needed to get their kids to stop bothering them before Nickelodeon and Nintendo came around (I'm sure the possibility of the BB Gun hitting your kid's vocal chords was an added bonus).

[@frauleinfunf]

@jbiehlable which sure would've helped parents in 1956 North America like 30 years before they had much of a presence in markets outside of Japan

[@frauleinfunf]

@jbiehlable Yeah Hanafuda was all the rage with North American kids in the 50s

[@pon2oon]

I love the 50's

[@GabrielManwaringGADAM1]

This was the most we laughed at one of your videos in ages, so much fun,

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

Don't be so quick to diss Santa for carrying vacuums. As a young child, my brother LOVED vacuums. He even had a stick out in the backyard he called his vacuum. He'd run around making vacuum sounds until he passed out because he spent so much energy he'd drop. And that was on quiet days. My preschool had giant beads. I never really used them. I'd grab every single beanie baby in the building, then hide in the corner cupboard in the school's play kitchen. Good times. My dad has a lot of those mini-pinball style things. My brothers and I got a lot of use out of those things. Seeing this, it makes even less sense that a lot of the ultra-conservatives in America have this weird 50s fetish. No, I'm not exaggerating. Reel-to-reel tape recorders: Now you too can launch annoying rocket-missiles! Destroy the center (but not the suburbs) of any major city with a nuke to take over that city's country! And finally, sweet dunk on Texas.

[@aiakumu3579]

I really enjoy MMZ, hope you eventually review movies again maybe even tv-shows (like Lost)

[@phelous]

The video before this was a movie review. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquTgWx7pL9gkKM

[@cameronstone4495]

2:50 "Duhh, stay out of Riverdale!"

[@viktoriak4332]

Thats a pretty blue china doll set.

[@zmbdog]

1:43 I think she'd rather set that house on fire than play with it.

[@renamon5658]

Glad to see phelan is doing new reviews. Also speaking of Jason Voorhees he's getting another movie

[@konnorfoxworth9632]

I would love to see him review Eight Crazy Nights this Xmas. That movie sucks so much BALLS it deserves some “Phelous Treatment.”

[@LikaLaruku]

Shit, these toys looks hella better made than what I grew up with. Too bad they probably all use lead paint.

[@Goleon]

I lost it at Rudolph. Also let’s be real that Superman watch actually looks cool.

[@TDM1138]

Honestly, besides the somewhat unsettling nature of several pictures in here, the thing that throws me off the most is the prices. Kinda crazy those Disney hand puppets at 95 cents were probably considered expensive at the time.

[@dragondude9637]

Everything in that book would be worth a fortune now if they were in mint condition.

[@kaniq6120]

@@dragondude9637 yeah it's weird to think about like imagine what cheap things we buy nowadays are probably going to be worth a lot in the future I can't even begin to imagine it

[@michaelchallis4129]

The worst thing about these dolls is that they last forever.

[@PinupPossum]

More!! I love these videos.

[@Amesang]

Demon Panda? 😏 I didn't realize Waita Uziga was making manga back in the 50's…

[@Campbellzilla]

Your mom watches your channel? My respect for you has skyrocketed sir!

[@jasonulysess3652]

Hello KZbin algorithm. Sears the original big box store.

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

Alot of those toys actually cost a similar amount as they would modernly... just money was worth almost 10x as much back then so...

[@grkpektis]

I am going to save this video to watch around Christmas time but I still want to give you a view and like for support.

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

I want that miserable looking cat or lamb thing. Its so cute

[@PlanetZoidstar]

14:43 - Actually it's a really deceptive name, they're called New Beauty because they're OLD, plus they stink and are ugly! Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

I would much prefer the Simpsonsns Xmas Brochure.

[@choosybeggar3309]

Tee Hee!🤣 Great vid. I had to pause n' laugh multiple times. Even worked in a Birdemic joke.

[@Poever]

(Ahhhhhh) The Simpsons~...Sears Christmas Catalog~!

[@tommydeonauthstheouterids9641]

More like the Simpsonsns Searles Catalog!

[@mastermarkus5307]

The whole video was entertaining, but "Oh, the Alamo. I almost forgot." at the end really got me.

[@therealmanos]

Watching you bust on the 50's? Priceless!

[@eddieboyky]

I got one of those metal barnyard playsets for Christmas when I was about 2 (so 1966). My dad cut a gash in his hand trying to pur the barn together. There were no safety standards back then. I got one of those metal pedal cars when I was around 4 (1968). I had no idea they cost that much back then.

[@emilyalucard]

Go to hell Santa I don't know it just made me laugh

[@emilyalucard]

I was going to say some of those toys are creepy but no they're all creepy

[@manebull6291]

i remember my grandpa had some really old if not ancient radios, recording machines and old 📺's those things really were awesome .

[@famijher]

Looking Good, Phelous! ... Feeling Good, Phelan Ray!

[@SkyAllStars]

"I guess it wasn't Scrabble yet, it's just 'Educational Crossword'." *eyetwitch at Scrabble being mentioned on the same freaking page*

[@a1yssum]

I was so frustrated!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Duh oh!

[@SharpDesign]

A Donald Duck Roadster in 1956. Someone predicted the future. ... Monopoly came out 21 years before that so yeah, definitely an old favorite. Lol

[@SharpDesign]

Holy crap...$30 in 1956 is worth $286.67 today

[@KyleRDent]

The fruit cake would probably be fine. Those things will survive nuclear fallout along with the cockroaches.

[@5roundsrapid263]

My aunt used to make homemade ones, and they were really good. Store bought ones are total garbage, though.