The Outsider (1951)

The tale of "Susan Jane," the perennial outcast.

[@drewconway7135]

“What’s wrong with Susan Jane? All we do is ignore her, gossip about her behind her back, and treat her like crap. I wonder why she doesn’t like us?”

[@aznsolja84]

I didn't find anything wrong with Susan Jane actually. She just have different values and beliefs unlike everyone elses. I do align myself with her and is like her/thought like her. Because like everyone else I am different. But what happened was, she got too consumed by her difference and did not understand that in reality.. there isn't a one size fits all society. She wants connection yes. And she couldn't find that with everything she sees around her that is why it has been so difficult. Considering what she values which is also different from the rest, she felt like an outcast. If Susan had good parental support as well as wise and knowledeable mother and father. She would realize that it is ok 🙂. It's just that some people like sushi when you like chicken lol. Find people who like chicken/sushi/whatever you like as an individual. If there is none, it isn't the end of the world. There's always a chance out there. You would be surprised that there are actually people who like what you like. You just have to find them 🙂

[@alliwishis2652]

@@aznsolja84 I'm glad you spoke up knock and keep on going and keep on looking thanks for the Post

[@katiefedele1813]

My old coworkers be like

[@dannydougin3925]

@@katiefedele1813 Be like what?? Your sentence is not complete.

[@BeckBeckGo]

Eh modern weirdos are running the earth and she lacks the eggs required to change that.

[@lil-al]

"I thought you were talking about me!" "Oh no Susan Jane, we were bitching about someone else!"

[@debramccafferty2918]

😂😂😂😂

[@cici2562]

Yes. Out of an entire school full of kids, why did Susan Jane want to be friends with this group of clowns?

[@TP-om8of]

@@cici2562 Cuz everyone else was even worse.

[@madamepaulettes5337]

They should still show stuff like this to students. Nobody ever talks about these normal issues.

[@rebeccachambers419]

I agree. Many of these old time shows were very educational.

[@achuuuooooosuu]

Agreed. I appreciate old films like these. Unfortunately, our short attention spans won't be able to handle these.

[@feliznavidad6958]

Everything is wrapped up in identity these days. Stories are no longer about personality and experience

[@molliwilson5639]

I totally agree with you

[@Paul-ou1rx]

"and this time I'm gonna try and make them like me." This never ends well. I've seen both Carrie movies.

[@baylorsailor]

😂😂😂

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Lol

[@joannanoel4757]

Susan-Susan Jane Smith.....a rebel with her root beer....

[@CadeD679]

If I was hanging out with somebody, and she got a root beer while I got an ice cream cone, I wouldn't have thought her out of place. I just would have figured she was thirsty, rather than hungry. If she changed her order to copy mine, THEN I might have thought it odd.

[@wendyfiolek5914]

I was a Susan Jane growing up. I was so shy and had terrible anxiety so it was hard for me to fit in.

[@TJ-kk5zf]

Susan Jane had weird though strangely soothing authoritative voices in her head

[@butcholsen3237]

thats called anxiety

[@debbieoconnor5467]

this actress plays the same type of character in these films

[@criminallyautistic8372]

@@butcholsen3237 Anxiety seems soothing to you?

[@nyx4081]

How nice of the girl to go to Susan Jane's house to check up on her... This would never happen in real life 😕

[@africanibabe]

Not now a days anyways

[@ingloriousbetch4302]

Happens all the time.

[@bunnylove8989]

I recently had this happen actually. I became friends with my neighbors during quarantine and they were yelling and knocking for me to come outside since I hadn’t been out for a while due to my anxiety and depression. It was sweet.

[@bunnylove8989]

I recently had this happen actually. I became friends with my neighbors during quarantine and they were yelling and knocking for me to come outside since I hadn’t been out for a while due to my anxiety and depression. It was sweet.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

What's cool about this... They want to show mature ways to handle a situation and just get over it.

[@psychedelicpython]

I was an outgoing girl in school and I would be most likely go up to a kid who was shy or quiet. I actually met one of my childhood best friend’s that way and we’re still friends today.

[@Mhel2023]

Thanks for trying to include the shy ones. Sometimes we need that little nudge to join in ☺️

[@therealmeemawmallen9493]

I always got along with the different crews and clicks in my hometown. There was the normal tough Street fights to endure with some but that was just the crazy era we had in the 70's I believe life is as loving as we chose to make it. If young people knew how much God loves them they would never be too concerned about what the insiders thought about them!😉

[@aznsolja84]

Nice!

[@sarahlane8214]

This literally made me cry... it's crazy how almost 60 years later kids go through the same problem.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Kids are kids and akways have been. There have akways been ones that were different and never seen to be included and never fit in. I was one of them

[@piccalillipit9211]

I was saying to my sister - they should show these in schools now, they are interesting and quirky bing so old. But it also shows kids to day they are not uniquely picked don by life, many of the problems are the same as they were 70 years ago.

[@ladypenelope572]

They really knew how to dramatically yet daintily cry diagonally over well made bed back then.

[@tyturner7110]

Isn’t it funny how the girls in these old films have queen sized, beautifully made up beds and the boys have a twin size

[@eckankar7756]

Today kids just collapse on the floor like they had another over dose.

[@JMazzaTaz]

Lmao…. you said “daintily” 😂

[@keithwilson6060]

That’s what they were taught at charm school.

[@tj921able]

That's so her mother could sit on her bed with her. 😂😂😂

[@pdav3213]

The girl who plays Susan Jane always got stuck as the outcast character in these films. xD

[@kothwyllt2821]

There has been a shortage of women like Marcy since the late 60's, and we are ALL suffering for it.

[@paissmh]

Koth Wyllt facts

[@SweblGustav]

That's true

[@sherrillperez9796]

Agree! Think I will try to follow Marcy's example from now on. Wish these vids had been shown on tv or in school when I was young.

[@zonmonster]

The boys could learn from Marcy too

[@aznsolja84]

Be your own Marcy 😁🙂. We can't really and always rely on others to be there for us. It would be nice yes. But like ourselves, they also have a life to live.

[@Michaelstahler]

I’m a 33 y/o straight white male, and Susan Jane is the most relatable character I’ve seen in years.

[@thesimplifestyle2022]

Why this narrators always sound like my anxiety?

[@therealmeemawmallen9493]

This comment is classic wit at it's finest well 👌 done!

[@jimadams8272]

You put this on EVERY old video. Time to come up with something different. It's getting OLD !!! Or .... seek some damn help. 🤪

[@thesimplifestyle2022]

@@jimadams8272 What?

[@XdDubs]

"Will uma ask for more ketchup packets, write the answe down in ur books.

[@thesimplifestyle2022]

@@XdDubs Typed Spoonfield, unaware of the FBI guy reading their messages

[@elfinmajictime]

The best compliment I ever got was from a kid in my class that told me I was the only person who ever talked to him. I seek out the people sitting by themselves because they usually are the funniest or have great observations. You should never let someone be by themselves.

[@virginiagrundman4012]

Yup, that's me. I've always been a friendly woman.

[@Random_Wierdo.]

I got the same compliment from talking to the quiet new girl class. Except that it was from her father when we accidentally met him because he wanted to fix our computer.

[@piccalillipit9211]

You are a good person.

[@ericwestrick462]

If I was the girl hosting the party, I'd be more concerned with Junior eating my family and I out of house and home....

[@jessekaplan143]

My heart breaks for Susan Jane.

[@Lamia7609]

It is hokey, but it does has good advice. I spent a of miserable moments in school because i assumed people didn't want to talk to me or that i wasn't good enough. We waste so much time hating ourselves.

[@prepostmodern1032]

You want to give Susan Jane a hug. She needs love like we all do, she's just scared and overthinks a bit. Her friend was right in telling her she felt like that before. In time, Susan may meet someone who is charmed by her introversion.

[@suzammy]

I've spent decades trying to figure out what's wrong with me. I would have never guessed it was my choice of root beer as a beverage. Crap!

[@NMD714]

Dang! 🤣😂🤣

[@CadeD679]

There must be something wrong with me, too. It you ordered root beer when I ordered a chocolate ice cream cone, I would have missed your outsider behavior. I would have just thought that you were thirsty, rather than hungry.

[@TSevensMedia]

“Marcy’s invited Susan Jane Smith” “SuSaN jAnE sMiTh?!”

[@ButcherSevenActual]

Marcy was great, we could use a few thousand of her right now. Ask yourself: How can I be like Marcy?

[@oliveb6318]

I was always the one reaching out to the outsiders in school. I always tried to include them no matter what regardless of their background. A lot of them are broken at home, I would chat them up and make them feel good. It makes me feel good.

[@millicentbystander5206]

Good for you, Bee B, you just might have prevented 5 school shootings.

[@fayekramer8314]

Good for you! We need more people like you.

[@jager896]

So good you did this In the words of a famous man Jesus who said that you must love your neighbor as yourself and in the words of a famous song what a wonderful world it would be you have done what Jesus said Peace to you Eileen

[@stalstonestacy4316]

Same here. Now that my friends and I are all older we refer to our group as the island of misfit toys 😆 but we are family to each other now

[@danityvanityinsanity]

That was sweet of you! You’re one of the good ones!😃👍✨💖✨

[@JackxFuego]

Take a shot every time somebody says Susan Jane

[@andrekotz7803]

Susan Susan Jane...

[@MiserysFence]

Double names are quite common in the South.

[@sameoldthing4037]

@@MiserysFence Not anymore.

[@MiserysFence]

@@sameoldthing4037 True, not as much anymore (except maybe in the deep South), but my granddaughters (all of whom are 3 and under) all have double names.

[@mackinacisland3825]

Good one

[@roflmows]

these are the same guys who threw rocks at little Forrest Gump

[@hallehconger823]

Lol

[@GTA5Player1]

Yes, Susan Jane, it's all about being accepted by "the gang" and you can't be happy otherwise.

[@GTA5Player1]

@@victoriaphelan3390 Or you could make friends with people who aren't a bunch of Bs.

[@pepetheiii6866]

I'd rather be alone and happy then be with mob mentality mo'fers

[@ooohhitskaren63]

I was and still am that same girl. The outsider looking in. Never being accepted no matter what i tried. I just learned to accept it and learned to be my own friend and follow my own drummer. Now at 60 years old, i am happier being alone.

[@KC2DZB]

The narrator at 10:50 sounds like the robo guy that calls me to tell me that the Internal Revenue Services has a warrant for my arrest and that I should call to discuss the case.

[@CarissaConti]

:D :D :D

[@kachoo2135]

Hang up the phone

[@NMD714]

🤣😂🤣

[@jasminejustice8129]

“ice crEAm cones” lmao how they say it makes me twitch.

[@zvezdoblyat]

Our home ROOm

[@peppermintvalo]

This is how it was in hs for me. Except the people she wanted to hang around would be the equivalent of preps/jocks. I was a poor kid. I hung around the goths and kids who lived in the ghetto. We got along quite "swell" lol. I know I'm turning this story inside out, but maybe this just wasn't the group for her to hang around because she WAS different! It's ok to be different!!

[@TP-om8of]

Did you hang out with Visigoths or Ostrogoths?

[@Tubes12AX7k]

When I was in middle school (one of the worst times in anyone's life) I remember one bully-ish school kid in the popular crowd who always thought he was so cool, and always made fun of others and laughed at them. One time he was making fun of a not-very-talkative kid, Andy, who grew up on a sheep farm. Instead of verbally defending himself, Andy just simply swung at the bully hard pretty right into the gut, and that bully doubled over and took a while to recover. To this day, it was one of the best things I ever saw.

[@stephent5963]

I don't think the docu is about beating up a bully, it is about acceptance and helping other fit in. Bitter much? Let it go....

[@TorkG8]

I agree with Mother, chocolate ice cream cones just don't make sense. 😆

[@chazchillings3019]

TorkGirl8 you made me laugh so much

[@TorkG8]

😊

[@exchequerguy4037]

Neither rocky road nor moose tracks had been invented yet

[@NMD714]

🤪 🍦

[@adristrydom5154]

Exactly.

[@novabrilliant4510]

Kindness makes all the difference.

[@dariowiter3078]

Nova Brilliant Yes, indeed. 😃

[@chazchillings3019]

Throwing pig blood on a high school girl never turned out well for anyone

[@ericastier1646]

@Kelly Tyler actually she was like the other should be.

[@elanorapowell6811]

I was bullied so bad. Not excluded, straight up bullied by everyone in my school. I was in therapy at age 8 because I was suicidal. By middle school I was quiet and always sitting alone reading and they’d still go out of their way to bully me. I was so grateful for homeschool when I was in highschool. I feel for Susan but being left out can be so much better than being tormented and tortured everyday

[@pennypay1]

I was in therapy too, though later on in high school. My 1 or 2 friends always seemed to live in other districts and we attended different schools. My junior year was the most lonely and miserable time of my life; no friends or Sweet 16 party (though my mom would have given me one, and didn't know how to help an overly sensitive introvert like me). Lots of bullying and stomachaches before school due to nerves. I met other outsiders in time, but you couldn't pay me anything to relive high school.

[@elanorapowell6811]

@@pennypay1 Worse part is once I hit 19, I got very fit and suddenly all the guys who bullied me wanted to date me like I’d forgotten what they’d done

[@kendallmiller85]

I am so sorry that happened to you! I hope you are happy now!

[@elanorapowell6811]

@@kendallmiller85 I’m very happy and married to a man I would have only dreamed of in middle school. He looks like Same Heugn and we have two beautiful little boys, but I still have to work through the trauma. Sometimes we have nights where I just lay on my husband and he tells me all the reasons he loves me because I’ve been so conditioned to believe no one could even like me. But, it is rare to have nights like that and I am very happy and very lucky. I know some children aren’t and end up killing themselves

[@AuroraBoarder1]

I was horribly bullied from 5th through 7th grade. I was saved by attending a Christian school. I find it highly significant that my home town of Oakland CA is now a shantytown, with one of the highest murder rates in the country.

[@KutiePieKiera]

petition to bring back the term “swell” but mix it with modern terminology like “big swell” or “phat swell”

[@TheJenniferKK]

I'm in!

[@janinedear-barlow]

Rather get everyone to dress like that again.

[@AKayfabe]

Hella swell doesn’t sound right though

[@anthonyevich3836]

I use "swell" practically on the daily! it's not a dead word

[@echoedinnocence]

I like big swell...phat swell sounds like something you'd say while surfing... "Oh man! I'ma catch that phat swell!" But I'd still use it 🤣

[@ponticat7283]

Lol she brought the cake and Juniors like "IS THAT A EXTRA DELUXE SPECIAL"

[@eckankar7756]

Now Susan Susan Jane Smith has to ride in the back seat with the bad boys to get money for ingredients to bake that damn cake.

[@yeldarbarrow3172]

@@eckankar7756 her popularity with the boys rose bigly and soon she was known as "handy jane."

[@JMazzaTaz]

“Let’s all go over to Louis’ and look at television” 😂😂

[@02chevyguy]

Uh, wouldn't it be a good idea to turn it on first?

[@dariscar5218]

For those wondering what happened at the party, she brought a cake. It was chocolate. As soon as she walked through the door everyone cheered for her and she was so happy till a bucket on the door above her overturned, soaking her in root beer. Then everyone pointed and laughed at her chanting "Susan Susan Jane, there's root beer in your brain" and Susan Susan Jane ran from the party to find something to throw herself on and cry. Junior ate the cake.

[@lindseybsmith]

I f*cking KNEW it!

[@carolyngrayber74]

and today's version she would return back with a gun, shooting down everyone...

[@kcwhiff8244]

LMBO!!!!

[@Soulful_Chaos]

Now see, you know what?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@02chevyguy]

And everything else in sight. Oh, that Junior!

[@user-xw1yh2py4j]

Plot twist: She forgot to bring the cake.

[@kenbritton6782]

And that cake was the reason she was invited..hummmm.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Or pi.

[@caffeinatednation8885]

LMAO

[@thomasb.2506]

:-D

[@Adrianlovesmusic]

3.14159265358979323846 26433832795028841 she brought coke instead

[@lizettewanzer8650]

Susan Jane is just an introvert, with atrophied social skills. Understanding and kindness would go a long way with her. Back then, people thought that introverts had to be "fixed" because they were somehow broken. We've made some progress since those times, but not enough.

[@sachabacha101]

… things are still this way

[@kyle6838]

Can be a lonely route indeed

[@Mary-Vintage]

I’m like this now a days I’ve always been shy and introverted

[@spmoran4703]

Perhaps Susan is INFJ

[@BADBIKERBENNY]

"They all choose chocolate ice cream cones." Oh my goodness, the horrors of that.

[@CadeD679]

She was a root BEER girl in a chocolate ice CREAM cone world. How could she expect to keep up?

[@cardinal411]

Still get left out at age 53. It's an invisibility gene. I have never understood why.

[@piccalillipit9211]

Have you checked to see if you are autistic...? Its the "I have never understood why" that hints at it.

[@needles1987]

Susan Jane was the snob in "The Snob"

[@chelseaakhurst3395]

oh yeah, thats right! maybe this is her past or something idk

[@brettdulle3268]

She's the snob in junior high

[@soft_serve_666]

needles1987 She also gossiped quite a bit in another one. I believe it was called "the gossip" lol. Not the most creative titles.

[@candicelynn1691]

Good catch... She's a cute little girl. Wonder why she's always cast in negative roles?

[@missyglittervlogs3543]

needles1987 I thought she looked familiar! It sure was her! :(

[@SariennMusic73]

I'm 46 and I relate :( always the outsider. Never invited. Never sought out.

[@ReyBanYAHUAH]

Always remember to repent of your sins (sin is transgression of YAHUAH’S LAW: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy) And Have Belief On YAHUSHA HAMASHYACH. HE Died and Rose three days later so that you can be forgiven of your sins! HE Loves you! Come to HIM!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@libertyann439]

Junior should be the outsider. He's eating everything in sight.

[@tomripsin730]

Susan Jane never made it back from the party. Junior gobbled her up.

[@theresnothingthere]

"still you can't forget that you're alone" i feel like susan

[@bethrogers5553]

I like the mid-century lamp on her dressing table.

[@heIIopenny]

4:29 i love her outfit

[@michaelpryor78]

This girl played the outsider, the snob, and the gossip. I think the company that made these had it out for her.

[@raybrown5322]

I was like Susan Jane in school and things never got better. I didn't have friends then and i still don't have any friends!

[@raybrown5322]

I always thought it was them who was stuck up not me .Anytime somebody started speaking to me it ended up that they started making fun of me in front of a bunch of people .By the way i"m Rays wife .I use his acount. I hope your not mad!

[@raybrown5322]

im sorry it happen to you because i don't wish that treatment for nobody.

[@raybrown5322]

the only joy is knowing im going to see those bitches who act like their shit dont stink is i see them later asking for well fair.

[@raybrown5322]

stick it out because you are going to find somebody who loves you no what matter and having people like you wont matter.

[@raybrown5322]

Your welcome.

[@isotopefeeney]

4:06 "I don't know anybody that's scared of me" says a young John Wayne Gacy. 6:24 Take heart, Susan Jane: they weren't hating on you, they were hating someone else entirely --- so you see, All's Right With The World!

[@XdDubs]

No way-

[@ericastier1646]

That was quite moving. I was like susan james except never got the help of a parent to coach me in social skills and to build up my self confidence.

[@CadeD679]

Same! My mother would yell at me for being socially awkward and for not being included, but she didn't teach me HOW to acceptable.

[@ericastier1646]

@@CadeD679Yep, i understand, i experienced the same criticism and pressure for not finding my social marks altough to be honest i wasn' yelled at for it but rather looked down and ignored, which isn't better.

[@CadeD679]

@@ericastier1646 I am so sorry.

[@ericastier1646]

@@CadeD679 don't give pit, it's is the wrong answer, it's actually not respectful.

[@CadeD679]

@@ericastier1646 It wasn't pity, it was sympathy. I had the same experience.

[@hippiefreak66]

Her name isn't Susan Jane, it's Susan-Susan Jane.

[@mcrosemasters3060]

You mean Susan -susan Jane Smith

[@tiffanyholley2314]

hippiefreak66 😝😝😝😝

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

She eventually married a guy named Tony Susanjane, so she became Susan-Susan Jane Smith Susanjane.

[@XxXShevampXxX]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I got pretty weary of hearing her double name, that’s for damn sure.

[@maryanne2025]

1:21 Unfortunately that was me all four years of high school...

[@ReyBanYAHUAH]

Always remember to repent of your sins (sin is transgression of YAHUAH’S LAW: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy) And Have Belief On YAHUSHA HAMASHYACH. HE Died and Rose three days later so that you can be forgiven of your sins! HE Loves you! Come to HIM!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@prettyprudent5779]

I am the adult version of Susan.

[@mrwho2118]

You wanna get a rootbeer ?

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@mrwho2118 thats a really sweet comment

[@zvezdoblyat]

​@@piccalillipit9211no it's not hahaha

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@zvezdoblyat Well my comment posted on the wrong comment for some reason. But WHY would you go to the trouble of typing out such a negative comment - if that is the inside of your head - maybe keep it to yourself...!?!?!?

[@zvezdoblyat]

@@piccalillipit9211 you think 3 words followed by hahaha is negative? If I was really trying I would write "go fuck yourself hahaha". THAT is a rude comment. Anyway, the person you responded to saying you wanna get a rootbeer? is actually making fun of the original comment. The innuendo is that since the original commenter feels like an outcast, the rootbeer symbolises their "strangeness" instead of the ice cream cone just like Susan in the video. You should learn to not get offended by such trivial matters. Good day.

[@goodbonezz1289]

My heart just goes out to Susan Jane.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I LOVE READING THE COMMENTS* from young people today, how they react - usually very positively - to these videos.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Sussan will grow up to be the Astrophysicist that finds Dark Matter. This brings so many bad memories. :~( Especially with boys and men. People can be the meanest bunch of creatures when their ego and gang mentalities are turned on. That is why I'm such a hermit and shut in at times. I hate dealing with nasty people. That is why I love working with people with disabilities and/or disorders... they sympathize better with you and never judge the way the rest of the world does.

[@frankmills1149]

Yes they ate authentic and humble

[@tatym7389]

omg sounds like she has social anxiety. I have been there. Nice to see the girls reaching out.

[@Thecharmedonee]

Susan Jane was going for the oscar all day

[@msbrowngault]

& she would accept it with a dry eye... while crying 😐

[@jairodrigue]

"We are having a party. Not a real big party, just a bunch of us."

[@millicentbystander5206]

The moral - fit in at all costs, be like everyone else, popularity is the only thing worth having.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

lol......

[@corndawg15]

Amen! Now let’s forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream!

[@erikcwinkler]

@@corndawg15 lololo

[@zoesparrow-rk7se]

It was about making an effort to make friends if you want them and learning how to do that.

[@poetcomic1]

I was sort of expecting a 'Carrie' type ending.

[@BKirkpatrick]

Susan has perfected the death glare

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Chills!

[@alondralima9442]

Its called resting bitch face lol

[@atom_gray]

#goals

[@cellytron]

Daaaamn this hit home. When the girl said "who's Susan Jane Smith?" and she's in the same homeroom class. In 7th grade one day they invited parents to sit in on classes. My mother came, and the teacher introduced her to the class, "This is Sarah Pxxx's mom!" This one kid goes, "who's Sarah Pxxx?" He genuinely didn't know.

[@tracychristenson177]

The part about the chocolate ice cream reminded me of one of the Buddy Bears skits from Garfield and Friends. The Buddy Bear insisted that everyone had to agree on everything, and if you didn't want the flavor of ice cream that they all chose, they would drop a safe on you. "If you ever disagree, it means that you are wrong! Oh, we are the Buddy Bears, we always get along!"

[@camx8027]

No one: Nobody: Not even Susan Susan Jane: Them: *chocolateiceCREEM cones*

[@jerrijames2224]

This is hilarious. Love the accents. She runs away from the ice cream cone and the worker just eats it.

[@CadeD679]

the ice CREAM cone? I wonder if she would have stayed for the root BEER, as that was what she actually wanted.

[@kcwhiff8244]

​@@CadeD679laughing my butt off

[@friendly76]

11:24 to get that camera angle just right to see Susan Jane, her reflection, and NOT have any glare was probably not easy!

[@sheriheffner2098]

These must be junior high kids. I remember wanting to be part of the crowd at her age.

[@maryvee61]

Take a drink every time someone says Susan Jane! You'll be drunk before this story ends!

[@jb6712]

If I heard some guy's voice inside my head asking me if I'll "fit in," "do the right things," ""make" them like me"....I"d first be finding a really top notch psych specialist to get help getting the voice OUT of my head!!!!

[@thehashslingingslasher4207]

Yea don't be yourself at all or find people who share interests and like you for you. Just fit in and make them like you. That's a great message

[@sleepyhead7694]

this poor girl... they put her in both snob and outsider roles

[@elissamarcus]

Let's go over to Lois's and look at television

[@nicholeh9180]

I can't believe they left me hanging like that.... I'll forever wonder how Susan Jane did at her big party.

[@ladyhawk6999]

I have always been an outsider no matter what I have tried. I am as nice as I know how to be, loyal, friendly, outgoing

[@shieldwarden2534]

I now know how traumatizing chocolate ice cream cones are.

[@dymondqueen1584]

In real life I'm an outsider too. 😂

[@Prettyordying]

Some of the best people are

[@miriambucholtz9315]

That was a very simplistic film. I was the outcast; I now know that I have Asperger's syndrome, which explains a lot. However, my family was not supportive; in fact, my father kept asking me why I couldn't "learn how to act right". If a bunch of kids had invited me to their party I would not have gone because I would suspect that they only invited me to make fun of me for their own amusement. Sometimes I wonder how I actually lived through that.

[@DarqueSyde66]

My daughter also has Asperger's. I showed her this video to show her that she is not alone. I try my best to help her find a way that will work for her. we're not there yet. But we're working on it.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I applaud you in doing so. I didn't find out that this is what I have until the age of 69; as a child, I was constantly told that I was "bad" and as I got older, I was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, of all things. What an unbelievable relief to learn that my brain is just differently wired.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes. I had to deal with my Autism too, as well as learning disabilities. I have Level 1 PDD. In plain, simple English, ASD of any form, really fucking sucks when you are the only kid around with it. My parents tried their best with little to no information about what I had. My father had little effort in helping me, but my mother detected my odd development by comparing me to other little girls. My mother thought it was super odd that a 2 year old would sit in the same spot on the couch for hours, just rocking back and forth. I would not get up from there till someone told me to. My mom knew that was something wrong, "normal" two year olds don't sit on one spot of the couch for hours. They usually slouch, move about, stand up on the couch and jump around on it, but not sit for hours. Thankfully my mother knew of a cousin with sever learning disabilities while growing up with her on the farm. My mother as a girl would be visited by her cousin with the disabilities. My mother taught her because at home everyone had some form of disabilities and/or disorders so education wasn't handle well, but my mother saw a lot of potential with her cousin. The girl could speak and learn just as anyone else, just slower, not like her siblings who couldn't be taught at all. This experience stayed in my mother, because I am living proof it can be done and that I can communicate with the world now. I still struggle though. I get extremely frustrated with "normal" non-disabled/non-disordered individuals. They expect us with disorders and/or disabilities to act and follow through the behavior rules in the way that they (the non-disable/non-disorder types) don't even follow or practice themselves. It is confusing and angers me a whole lot. I'm bless to have the mother I have who understands my fits of anger and frustrations. She knows I try hard, but society doesn't make it easy with its inconsistent and hypocritical ways of doing things. Yet society loves to point fingers at the likes of us and say we are the disabled/disordered ones. Personally, I think we are the normal ones and everyone else has problems. At least, after education and training, we are consistent with our view points and how things ought to be done properly. We believe in true fairness. We stay in line and wait to be called upon or wait for our turn. We stay true to schedule. When educated well we can be the most upkeep, super organizer that any company can hire and so much more. Don't let other people put you down for your ASD. Plus, have you thought about sharing how you over came your Asperger's with children who are going through the same? I teach individuals with disabilities and/or disorders. I think it is important for those of us who overcame the obstacles that we were born with and the ones society places on us to share to those going through the same. We've been there and can give guidance, suggestions and tips. Even if it is just sharing your life story with dealing Asperger's growing up and talking about what you are doing now will bring inspiration to some kids who have your type of ASD.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

BTW, I was diagnosed with mental retardation at age 2, later it was changed to Learning Disabilities at age six, later added PDD level 1 as a teenager and in mid-20s ADD with chronic depression with suicidal tendencies. Personally I just think I have PDD level 1 (a form of Autism) with learning disabilities... of course I would feel that I want to kill myself living in this shit world that doesn't even follow its own fucking rules. Apologizes for the language. I'm just fed up with this contradicting world. I also feel comfortable speaking to you, because even though our Autisms aren't the same... in a way somehow I feel you are the closest person I ever meant, who is older than I am, who at least experienced something similar to what I had experienced. I never meant or read or heard someone with Autism speak about her experience with this disorder who is beyond their 20s. There are books about Autism, but they all tend to stop after age 25... the research, not the disorder. I tell my students all of the time this shit follows you to the grave. There is no cure. It is a disorder, not a disease. I think we need to share our stories so more can be done for individuals such as ourselves. I kid you not. There are people who believe and swear that Autism ends once a person graduates from high school (23-25 years of age they are sent out of public education systems). We don't just get "cured" or disappear. LOL I'm so sorry for the long talks. I'm just excited to meet you. You have no idea how ... this... my brain is tinkling with joy. I have so many questions, but don't know where to state, except ask you... how and what helped you over come your Asberger's? I'm so sorry for being such a bother. This is such a first for me.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

First of all, please don't apologize for your language. It's appropriate where this level of anger is concerned. That's why I can curse in more than one language. I, too, was misdiagnosed - as a schizophrenic, of all things. I never could understand this one since the only time I've hallucinated was the result of a high fever as a pre-schooler. You're right that this condition does not disappear. I think one of the reasons it seems to drop out of existence at the age you mentioned is because people seem to think that all the socialization techniques and medications have done what they can by that age. And, to tell you the truth, I do not entirely see autism as a disorder. This is how the neurotypicals, those who haven't experienced it, view what the cannot understand. It does not fit within the boundaries of their world, so it must be a disorder of some kind. It basically comes down to interpreting sensory input in ways that differ from the supposed norm. I have not overcome my Asperger's; I have simply learned to live with it because this is who and what I am. The relief that I do not have to worry about suddenly having a psychotic, schizophrenic episode that will ruin my life and make me a burden, the fact that I do not have to despise myself any longer because I am not like everyone else, nor will I ever be, these are the things that have freed me from wasting my time and energy on the total futility of "fitting in". Be yourself; revel in it. I would suggest that you go to your library and ask for some books by a woman named Temple Grandin. She is also autistic and I think you will learn a great deal from what she has done with her life, and how she's done it. Best of luck to you, and thank you for your reply.

[@tj921able]

Don't start liking something, just because everyone else likes it. ALWAYS be yourself.

[@ajak281]

I cant even finish the video, she runs away and the ice cream employee just IMMEDIATELY gives her cone a lick?! Geez!! EDIT: After watching the rest of the video, this was my FAVORITE of these old timey instructional videos! 😊 Happy ending AND emotinal intelligence from the girl that stepped up to invite her. Usually in these videos, if someone acts slighly off like her, EVERYONE (even the adults usually) doesn't like them/doesn't want to involve themselves/doesn't try to boost up their spirits or make them feel better It takes a smart person to realize; maybe there is a reason they act this way- let's find out more about this person - instead of just shrugging them off and assuming everything they do is snobbish/a scoundrel/wrong- maybe there's a reason and if we solve it- we can get to their true personality

[@andrewbaroch2141]

I'm 64. Up until 4 years ago, I was just like Susan Jane. I recently, transitioned to a male -- and now fit in everywhere.

[@meeksde]

Andrew Baroch You’re still a bitch

[@philipinchina]

I love these. Keep them coming.

[@deamondoll]

Girl's got depression, paranoia, and anxiety. Things that weren't discussed openly in the 50's. Parents need to reach out to their kids.

[@karaamundson3964]

*I wanted to find out what happened at the GOL-DARN P A R T Y !!!* #letdown

[@Kelle0284]

The Fonz shows up and saves the day.

[@godhams]

I was a Susan Jane a long long time ago...shyness is a social disability & holds u back in every aspect of u'r life & if shyness is in u'r DNA u have to work that much harder to gain more confidence & be bold!! Only u can do It!! Always start with having something sensible or funny to say but run it through u'r mind first before u open u'r mouth! Be sure to smile at other people & ask questions! Confidence (the key word here) comes with age & experience! But in the meantime practice the above! (I LOVE all these old films😊)

[@blatherskitenoir]

Those may be the smallest ice cream cones I've ever seen.

[@Eiramilah]

I wish I had this video growing up

[@MelissaServicePack7Lucky7]

I was like Susan Jane when I was in school, but 30 years later, lol.

[@ReyBanYAHUAH]

Always remember to repent of your sins (sin is transgression of YAHUAH’S LAW: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy) And Have Belief On YAHUSHA HAMASHYACH. HE Died and Rose three days later so that you can be forgiven of your sins! HE Loves you! Come to HIM!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@girlinabox1943]

I want a chocolate ice cream cone, too.

[@andrekotz7803]

raccoon in a box :(

[@needles1987]

I think it's funny how she said "chocolate ice cream cone."

[@samh.6886]

she said "chocolate ice CREAM cone..."

[@barkingtree88]

@Kelly Tyler its cool and very fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@Kelly Tyler It's actually a black dialect-- POlice, DEtroit, DEcrease, and on and on.

[@emmafrancis4727]

how did the party go?! did she make friends?! I WANT ANSWERS

[@josephblanchard6248]

For real man!

[@just2potamos]

she murdered them all :( CARRIE

[@exchequerguy4037]

Nobody would fund the sequel

[@Kelle0284]

The Fonz showed up and saved the day.

[@archaicamusement3871]

@@exchequerguy4037 the sequel could be "the snob". 😁

[@worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927]

Please all those watching....start using the word 'Swell' Everyday 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@billmerryman5270]

I couldn't even get halfway thru this one. So many terrible memories of being the male equivalent of Susan Jane growing up.

[@starrymoon2734]

This was me in highschool

[@deborahsojourner6755]

I'm going to start saying swell all the time at work and see who belts me first

[@dn6457]

11:03 she had a beautiful vanity!

[@dianadoraen7864]

Susan-Jane: "Chocolate ice cream sounds nice, I'll order it" Other kids: "What a WEIRDO lol"

[@danielcronin7077]

In case you want to know how the party went just watch the prom scene from Carrie.