The Fun of Being Thoughtful (1950)

[@nanlisa]

I was born in the 50's. I watched these films when I was in school back in the 60's and 70's. The 60's and the 70's may have been a time of rebellion, but these films still teach the same things today as they did back then. What's wrong with having good manners and being thoughtful?

[@rennyminou]

Yes, TY so much for posting these films. I know, manners and basic thoughtfulness have gone down the tubes these days. It doesn't take a lot of effort to make someone's day with a kind word or gesture.

[@nanlisa]

They need to show movies like this in the schools today. They were valuable then and they're valuable now.

[@nowhereinslowmotion]

This one's probably my favourite of all these 50s educational videos I've been addicted to watching for days now. Thanks for uploading this:).

[@jakebluethunder]

The film may be dated but the message still rings true. It's good to be thoughtful.

[@lonewulf44]

I should have been around then, born 60 years too late ... sigh. Not even there then and I feel so nostalgic!

[@laurenmitchell26]

These were from my parent’s generation. It sure was nice being able to go to a party in high school when I was growing up without feeling like I had to have a date.

[@SassyTableCloth]

So wholesome.

[@jessicaarredondo5161]

asking someone out on a date is just hanging out one on one to get to know each other better. Asking to be your gf or bf is entering a relationship. Eddie wasn't "going steady" with Amy. They were just going together as friends. Relax people.

[@MrPhil0267]

I learned how to be thoughtful from my Mother....and my dad too but mainly my Mother. At my house in Texas it was easier to be a courteous little boy than to deal with Mother when we got home. Children learn good habits (and bad ones too) from their families at home.

[@Wutwut1n1]

Being thoughtful is important, but especially to yourself, so that you understand what you require in order to bring that same respect to other people. You can't be selfless until you know what a self is

[@sgabig]

That sounds very Ayn Rand like

[@RockyBalboa211]

I like being thoughtful and I like helping people too! :D

[@Idoljunky32]

It was a whole different world back then, it's ashamed that some of these videos aren't shown in school today. This world has become so hateful, especially here in the U.S. Yes I sound old-fashion, but I'm in my mid 30's and even thou I don't have any children, I believe children today needs to be taught some of these things and it needs to start when they're young. It seems some kids today don't have manners or morals and that some parents today just don't care. Anyway, I love these videos.

[@somersetdc]

"Let's follow Jane Proctor into her home." Sounds like stalking to me. Jane and Eddie both have really strong Chicago accents...like most Coronet Film actors. I'm sure these films were all made there.

[@mk202]

4:30 "Measht Potaytuhs, Grownd Beef Peahttees, Sehladd..." Sounds SWELL!

[@doodoobutter101]

Because this is reality.

[@CherylAhmed]

I wasn't born yet either but these videos make me feel like I was !

[@ArchmageLord]

The description is right, this thing DOES go all over the place...

[@VerdantNight]

Wow, Dad helps Mom with the dishes. That's very nice, actually.

[@marvy1118]

It would also be 'fun' to take some acting classes.

[@Cherrysweetdeal]

"Look at my little sister... Jimmy's a lucky fella".....kind of creepy especially if my brother did the wolf whistle.

[@marshhen]

What amazing accents they have.

[@barbaraedgley2634]

I was born in the 1940s, their accents aound normal to me. Do you g people speakdifferently? Come to think of it, they do sound like they're mimicking 'california valley girls' accents.

[@silverose1209]

I have a feeling that Amy wouldn't think its so thoughtful to ask another girl out because her grandma got sick!

[@Excalion88]

"Dear Jane, be thoughtful and put the raw meat out on the counter. Love, Mom."

[@mikepeterson764]

I feel kind of bad for Amy, her grandmother gets sick and she loses her guy too, rough week.

[@magdalenak9498]

oh I'm sure he'll ask her again next week, Marlene will know the rest of the gang by then. it will all work out. In those days you would go on dates with whomever you liked until you were going steady with someone, no hard feelings so long as you were curteous about it.

[@BillWaltersIndYoda]

Golly gee, swell! I wonder if they sleep in the same room still!

[@Women_Rock]

I can’t tell if they use the same actors over and over again in these videos or if everyone in the 50s just looked the same.

[@TheAmazingamerica]

I'm ready! I am wearing my red high heels!

[@slobomotion]

My Nana used to say about me, "She's the thoughtful one." Of course it did me no good, but desire not the fruits of thy labors! I had to turn tricks to help my family and get through university, but actually, it was very healthy work! NY was so exciting then. Good video, uprated.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Stupid me. I gave it away.

[@DoggieMommie13]

💛

[@Moionfire]

I like the old-style vending machine!!!

[@myjeevie]

Yes, things are so much better now and more enlightened. No one even tries to "act" nice or thoughtful! It's just swell! (sarcasm \

[@lawnking168]

i love these vids!!!! where do you get them???? your right, it goes all over!!!

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Prelinger Archives has a ton of them. You can busy yourself for months watching them there.

[@AengusFallon]

If that's how this family show thoughtfulness, I shudder to think about how they show affection.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

Well...mom & Dad, missionary position, under the covers, lights out, Wednesday at 11:30 PM, quickly and quietly, after a spaghetti and meatball dinner. The way it should be.

[@txvoltaire]

Argggh! These people are too nice!!!

[@EmilyA1984]

Actually, when I saw the commercial on TV, it just said to buy a converter box. So, you don't have to replace your whole TV. Also, I don't want a huge TV in my bedroom--I have a little TV in there because it fits on my dresser.

[@generatrix999]

Midwestern accents, Chicago, Michigan.

[@fromthesidelines]

Believe it or not, that's a candy vending machine at :33, 'andy'. At that time, vending machines often had a mirror on top if you wanted to "touch up" as well.

[@theboombody]

Man, this reminds me of the "A Date With Your Family" short featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, especially near the end. Kinda creepy.

[@cathydanks8908]

Love the scene where the guy used the cigarette machine.

[@kguy152000]

And thoughtful. Don't forget thoughtful.

[@brownlady79]

I can't get the sound on any of these videos to work! :(

[@sgabig]

Is there a sequel? Did Marlene go to the dance 💃 with Eddie ? 🕺

[@SpeedyTase]

I miss mental hygiene films.

[@SpeedyTase]

Mike! Kevin! Bill!! Have you guys at Rifftrax seen this one!?

[@sfbaygirl]

Lol, I wondered that, but I remembered that other PSA's from, the time discourage teenagers from "going steady" and encourage them to go out on dates with different people. One way to prevent premature weddings, I imagine.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

And premature PREGNANCIES. Girls did ovulate in those days

[@marvy1118]

I agree with that!

[@theboombody]

You can always find someone like that in these shorts. Hilarious.

[@fuzzyone99]

This is one of my favorite movies with the young Ronald Reagan ever!!!

[@kashmirpage]

Just like 2013. History does repeat itself!

[@Sunnybunny2006]

their parents look like their grandparents.

[@inkey2]

now that you mention it.....yes, sad but true

[@Mysterycat74]

I love how back in the 50's they used way too many words...."I went downtown to pay the insurance premium." "Take the ground beef out of the freezer compartment." In real life and in 2011, the words "premium" and "Compartment" would NOT be necessary! LOL

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

We added extera syllables in our speech too. Patter-in, Satur-in, irregardless, chemist-ery. I think that was a Detroit thing.

[@kiraraandfamily]

Ya these days people don't know what thoughtful means . something like this need to have a come back and be closer to our neighbors be good too. But sense there is more working women then housewives , people don't care or have time to social with the neighbors.

[@kashmirpage]

Gee, you're right Wally!

[@marvy1118]

You are one smart woman.

[@stevos999]

1. I thought the girl he was originally taking was a date, not necessarily a girlfriend. 2. Eddie called information but never did call the new girl. He went over to her house at the end to ask her.

[@hodoupmer]

00:23 jimmy hopkins from bully!

[@JohnBense]

This isn't right... Where's Tom Servo? Crow?

[@kashmirpage]

5:41 I don't think Amy would see it this way.

[@da959]

Don't sweat that gound beef Eddie...just chuck it in the "nuke-o-wave" and everything will be FINE! It would seem that things in the 50's were so simple and working through all the day in,day out things didn't seem all that hard to deal with. I would welcome simpler times like these....even if it's just not possible in this day and age....Sheeeesh!,I must be gettin' old!

[@somersetdc]

At 1:14, "Let's follow Jane Proctor into her home." Sure sounds like stalking to me.

[@LOAblue]

LOL. Gee, mom handeling a household bill; that sure is weird

[@blockcl]

it would be thoughtful to introduce her to the others...THE OTHERS???

[@babsalaba]

That Jane, she'll make some lucky fellow a good 50's wife some day.

[@nadeen1111]

5:07 hEUAH

[@TromaDogg]

There's something going on there with Jane and Eddie at the end, a bit more than just 'thoughtfulness' methinks....it's creepy, LOL

[@goldbergje]

How long does it *take* Mom to pay the insurance premium, for gosh sakes?!!

[@DoggieMommie13]

If she had to take the bus it could take hours.

[@em23]

"everybody tells me to be more thoughtful, well..i like to be more thoughtful..if i only knew what it meant" i don't know kid, why don't you think about that one?

[@guigal2]

I'd like to be more thoughtful - if I only knew what it meant.

[@DAVETYIOP]

This something that MST3K would rip on!

[@Idoljunky32]

I'm not saying that the world should be like "Leave It To Beaver" and shows from back then, I'm just saying that the world, especially here in the U.S., have lost the 3 main things in life, morals, respect and manners. It's all about common sense.

[@marvy1118]

I don't disagree with that, as people have always been messed up and selfish. My point was that in those times, society understood the goodness and sense of upholding standards of decency and respectability, even though those standards were not examplified in everyone. The main difference these days is that the standards are ignored. You call that "openness."

[@marvy1118]

My, but how can he? He's thoughtless!

[@TommieTyler]

am i wrong for not seeing anything wrong with this?

[@littlehouse15]

woah. Who whistles at their sister and says their hot?! Back up, there Eddie, that's nasty man! lol

[@marvy1118]

Well I think Tiger Woods removed his own veneer of respectability, but the former veneer reflected something real that exists outside of Tiger Woods, an absolute standard of morality that everyone, regardless of culture knows about, but which some callously disregard for their own purposes.

[@prismaticmarcus]

yeah, don't disagree with you there : )

[@louiseb35]

Sweden has a large population of atheists, granted, but Sweden is not an atheist government and is influenced by religion and has the largest Lutheran church in the world I believe. Thanks for helping me make my point.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

the 2nd guy is how everyone thinks today. Look at the trouble we're in !

[@LucasChoate]

@EmilyA1984 1) Apparently, its not serious. Besides, obviously his lying girlfriend wants to dump him. What a load of crap that SHE has to take care of the grandma. What teen girl gets sole responsibility for the health and wellness of the grandma. She might as well have said she was washing her hair. ( : 2) He calls information.

[@5mayalevi]

I don't think it's very thoughtful that the boy is busying himself looking for another girl because his girlfriend has a family emergency.

[@livelifeincolour]

I guess back then you couldn't go to a party alone...

[@somersetdc]

Eddie looks a very young Joe DiMaggio.

[@garywrightny]

These 10 min. films need serious speed-ups to be less than 5 min. instead. Oh how we miss Pee-wee's Playhouse which would do just that for us in a fun way.

[@moodybluesgurl]

what is this stepford high school?

[@ggmorvaj]

@EmilyA1984 Things were different...back then, you "dated" (going out with different girls). If u fell in love, u "went steady". If you were steady, you didn't date other girls. But "dating" was casual. U both dated other people & u didn't get jealous.Just like u don't get jealous if your best friends have other friends. No sex involved, so it wasn't a big emotional issue of "cheating". Dating was just having fun.Parents DIDN'T want their kids going steady (=more likely to have sex)

[@jgizzy]

haha yes i agree! he's a cutie

[@cynthiaesquibel3191]

Why can't we ever just watch a vintage video, enjoy it, and discuss the pros, cons, and how the message relates to modern times without some troublemaker start in with the racial foolishness. Get a clue, people, not everything in the world boils down to how many non-Caucasians are shown in a video and if that's all your life is- monitoring things like that- you lead a sad, lonely life and should really get some hobbies and widen your horizons.

[@DLAN-jb3hb]

Be thoughtful and help someone else out!

[@Parsley96]

Cynthia Esquibel I couldn’t agree with you more!! It ALWAYS boils down to an argument on race!!! Makes me wanna puke!!!!!!!

[@kashmirpage]

My point exactly!

[@prismaticmarcus]

that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. i don't say that to be dismissive. it's your view and i certainly expect everyone to have a strong sense of what's right and wrong in life. but it can be extremely dangerous for any individual to assert that their personal view represents a gold standard of morality. know what i mean?

[@sagcanaqu]

You would think if all families acted like that in those times that we (baby boomers) would have grown up fairly problem free- what happened ?

[@EmilyA1984]

CrustyConrad.......how is a high-definition television a "necessity?" The Internet may be necessary, but the way I see it, a fancy TV is just an indulgence.

[@Mairin]

I've been watching this videos for a while, so far i got: 1- Goofy's Cartoons narrator is in almost every one of them. 2- The 50s weren't as glamorous as they are in retro-movies (fashion and clothes are meh) 3- Pretty , Asian, African-American and fat people started to exist at some point after 1960.

[@kashmirpage]

Nothing after Elvis came along :)

[@EmilyA1984]

1. How is it "thoughtful" for Eddie to cheat on his girlfriend while she's taking care of her sick grandmother? 2. How does Eddie automatically know the new girl's phone number?

[@Telenaus]

man amy is gonna "blow her top"

[@marvy1118]

...except for Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount is pretty much the gold standard of morality. So much so that no one can maintain it. If you lived by that you'd be more perfect than Ghandi.

[@pageturner7947]

They consistently use the wrong word in these films. I think they mean Consideration.

[@fredmond1]

Real thoughtful, your girlfriend has to stay home to care for a sick grandma and you go and pick up another girl! Good role model for kids!

[@natinator4218]

Not girlfriend probably, you have to understand the culture back then. Hr probably just asked her if she wanted to dance at the prom or whatever, its not like today. Dancing was all about having fun, not being completely romantic and stuff.

[@HesterDW]

What on earth are you implying? (I have a feeling this conversation is going to get disturbing.)