How this family built life hack culture

[@GyanRajPrak]

I learnt Principles of Industrial Engineering in college with all the therbligs and everything and never knew about Lillian Gilbreth.. But now I know. So #PleaseMona let stuff like this go on

[@hollydavid8403]

I used to manage a factory and we had every step of the employees process to make things quicker and more efficient. They worked piece work.the more they produced the more they made. Some of the stitchers made more than i did. Some worked 2 jobs and the night jobs paid more than our day job. They made a lot of money. We should bring back the factory jobs to this country. That is why so many people back then could buy a house.

[@cob571]

Title makes it sound like she only created the culture behind life-hack videos on youtube.. It seems more like she spearheaded workplace efficiency

[@carlotakoerts]

The title is a little clickbate-ish

[@firexgodx980]

Did you even watch the video? She spearheaded HOME LIFE efficiency, not work place efficiency

[@AnonymousUser77254]

firexgodx980 when she worked with her husband she was primarily involved in workplace efficiency.

[@Bandstand]

#pleasemona this is really good don't put an end to it.

[@yd856]

@Bandstand funny seeing you here.

[@Bandstand]

@@yd856 hilarious

[@emilianoavila6793]

#pleasemona let Coleman and Phil keep doing these type of very interesting videos

[@alexandrebaroin827]

#PleaseMona let this become a real series, there lots of things that can be said and explained using this kind of format!

[@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225]

Happy No Collusion. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@donmcgregor6893]

#pleasemona. This was an incredible pilot! I'd love to see more!

[@Roran27]

And some say it's uncommon to watch til the end. Top seven comments have proven otherwise.

[@eddiev4375]

#pleasemona There's a 1950's version of cheaper by the dozen that is more true to real life, showing their job/partnership and Frank does die :(

[@shembus]

I was raised on the original. I have no clue what that Steve Martin movie is.....🤷🤷🤷

[@VanDanmark]

My first thought was why there was no mention of the Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy film. It's vastly superior.

[@MrTantalust]

@@princessblaymanilaph The actor who played the original captain of the Enterprise [Jeff Hunter] was in that sequel. Those originals are admittedly hard to watch and I'm getting elderly, lol... BTW, Gilbreth's work was utilized in the Apollo 11 spacecraft living quarters designs.

[@Proffessor2000]

I even read a book about this guy and his family. Watched the original film. Love Steve Martin but had no desire to see his version.

[@IronElephantProductions]

#pleasemona This was a captivating and interesting new type of video for vox. Nice work ppl, great editing, and keep them coming

[@Arsenik17]

"The home is a plant who's product is happiness minutes." That's so inspiring I wrote it down in my journal. #pleasemona I'm sending this to my dad.

[@therogue1542]

#PLEASEMONA OMYGOD MONA PLEASE LET THEM MAKE MORE OF THIS

[@robincross4625]

My Mother grew up with the Gilbreths in Montclair, NJ. She said they were a strange bunch. Of course she was talking about the kids her age. I believe they lived a couple of blocks away. It seems you have never seen the older film of 'Cheaper by the dozen.' The older movie covers many of the areas that you speak of.

[@oslego]

This was great! I love the format, abundant historical footage and the in-depth story. Mona, please let these people do more work like this. #pleasemona

[@juanitaebbs]

Mona, let Phil and Coleman keep making these #PleaseMona

[@juanitaebbs]

@Hernando Malinche no :)

[@ivopopov6661]

#pleasemona I really liked this way of teaching. Learning from/through conversations seems way more memorable than straight information and it also shows the way your writers think.

[@johndoe-gt4rx]

This is completely produced lol. These aren't real conversations they just put it together to make it look like they are.

[@em-up2om]

john doe that wasn’t the point dipshit

[@imperator9343]

@@johndoe-gt4rx are you telling me that the the ancient Greek Socratic Dialogues weren't real conversations either?!?!?!

[@van2578]

I love Lillian!!! What a woman. Her methods and ideas on efficiency are so innovative and intelligent.

[@catalina2468]

I read and reread Cheaper by the Dozen so many times when I was younger, I had forgotten how much I loved the story of this family, I really enjoyed this. #pleasemona

[@peyuko5960]

#pleasemona this is a very interesting video and somewhat different and intersting FROM the rest. Let Phil and Coleman make more.

[@peyuko5960]

@BLAIR M Schirmer wait, what?

[@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225]

Happy No Collusion. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@RachelAnn]

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[@mikihirai335]

Please edit your comment. 'and interesting FROM the rest' pls its bugging me

[@peyuko5960]

@@mikihirai335 thanks.

[@fouziasalahuddinahmed344]

i now NEED that oscar bait movie on this extraordinary story #pleasemona

[@J_videos820]

#pleaseMona, I've enjoyed so much this kind of conversational development of the story. It reminds me of this phylosophy classes were we were told about the Arsitotle's Peripatetic school, a nice walk-arround about an interesting topic

[@alexdamaceno]

#pleasemona PLEEEEEEEEEEASE! God, I wish there were a "Vox"-like channel in Brazil....

[@put4ng]

Too much work for them

[@MrGold-lo6vc]

Maybe that's your calling

[@alapotato9367]

Alex Damaceno dont they have to either make a portugese sub or make a portugese dub

[@stinkybut3578]

Start one

[@MrAndersongustavo]

Vice Brazil

[@RareCandeh]

#PlsMona also, I wonder if Marie Kondo knows of this woman. She seems to have the same values Marie does, just 80 years earlier.

[@cba000abc000]

No,just nopinky. So delusional, Kondos ideas have nothing to do with these.

[@Bettie_Rage]

Kondo has ZERO connection with Gilbreth. Kondo is just all opposite - pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo based in some delusionary religious beliefs not science.

[@abbys4268]

There's a 1950 film of Cheaper by the Dozen that is so so good. It's a much truer depiction of the Gilbreth family. Also #PleaseMona

[@RainReaders]

At the beginning I was like “What’s the point of this video” and I get it going on watching and really like it! It’s a very interesting story so #pleaseMona I want more videos

[@LFGibson]

I really enjoyed stumbling upon this mashup gem from @Vox #PleaseMona give us more!

[@pameladaley955]

#pleasemona Continue this series! I love how this video (like many of Vox's) provide a great starting point for the viewers to do more research on the subject(s) covered.

[@aleks-33]

Wow this was incredibly riveting. #pleaseMona let them do more of these!!!!

[@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225]

Happy No Collusion. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@aleks-33]

@@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225 are you OK, Mr. Putin? 😂🤪

[@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225]

You must be behind with the news. No collusion. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ohboy6139]

#pleasemona Let Phil and Coleman continue this series. I've never been so entranced by a historical video

[@melisapaye1261]

This is awesome! I've been fascinated with the Gilbreths since I read Cheaper by the Dozen as a child. Mona, let these guys keep doing their thing!

[@Cristheneonartist]

#pleasemona let Phil and Coleman make more of this!!!

[@mythstral]

this would be such a good Netflix show too i love this format. have a guest every once in a while to keep it fresh #pleasemona

[@riverlockwood]

Vox did do a collaboration with Netflix

[@rachelklinkatsis5680]

I never usually comment on videos, but seriously this was amazing! Mona, please let them keep making these videos! #pleasemona

[@charmquark1847]

#pleasemona it's a new way to do these videos to have 2 Vox experts talk. it was also cool that they were both investigating the same guy for different projects that you wouldn't expect to overlap!

[@SarahLovesMakeUp13]

Really enjoy the format of two people sharing cool stories they found in history and interweaving each others' knowledge. Hope they switch who presents the initial story each week so they are on both sides of the conversation. Very interested to see where this goes! #pleasemona

[@Rishi-gl3kf]

This is like if them discussing script ideas itself is made.into a video

[@duvine3882]

Odd how in measuring efficiency time, no one thought of bureaucracy "red tape" as a time stopper & delayer of progress; into the equation.

[@AlbertaRose94]

There wasn't much red tape when the Gilbreths were doing their efficiency work.

[@searchingfortao]

I watched this, thinking it would be about "hacker culture". I was disappointed, but still appreciate the story.

[@bashaelkebir]

#PleaseMona this, like basically everything Vox makes, is absolutely wonderful, and the conversation dynamic is very well done. I would perhaps lose the laptops, they’re kinda awkward. Please make more.🙌🏼

[@marissacwebb]

the laptops are hilarious. Like we are supposed to believe that they are face timing during this??But I love the conversation aspect

[@bashaelkebir]

@@marissacwebb You're right, they are! But doesn't listening to someone who's looking down at a screen while talking just kinda remind you of basically every social interaction now?

[@noko8891]

I remember reading the classic novel “Cheaper by the Dozen” in my 7th grade English class. I’ve always been fascinated by the Gilbreth family. Loved this video bc it was a throwback to me remembering how efficient and interesting their family was! Thank you for this.

[@Hollergirlohio]

My grandma was one of 16. Middle #8. In Wisconsin. I love this kind of history. Great job

[@hameley12]

#pleasemona allow Phil Edwards and Coleman Lowndes and other special guests to create more incredible videos like this. I really enjoyed the presentation! #VoxCreativity #HistoryClub 👍👍

[@jordanchilds9131]

Mona, let Phil and Coleman keep making these! #pleaseMona

[@EduardoEscarez]

#PleaseMona This series needs to keep going on, Phil and Coleman in their individual series are great, but together are awesome.

[@koolwond4264]

Wow I thought I was the only one that like studying this stuff, this gives me hope for humanity.

[@MrOuchiez]

'YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE DOLLOP!" Oh, wait, wrong historical content where one guy presents to another guy "who has no idea what the topic is about". Keep em coming guys, LOVE this!

[@SudaNIm103]

#PLEASEMONA Let them make more; If they EFFICIENTLY use their time of course!

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

#pleaseMona I love this kind of topic and delivery! I’d already seen the darkroom too so that was a nice bonus tie-in!

[@jcruz230]

President Trump >>>>> vox

[@sumitgpatil]

#pleasemona make them make this often...this is incredible!!!

[@359339]

I'd like to see less quick edits. Feels very manic to watch.

[@nathannate9928]

They should do something like old buzzfeed unsolved and cut to a black screen with subtitles if they're going to banter back and forth while recording separately

[@philsowers]

#PleaseMona help this Intertwined series continue 👌

[@ezekielacosta1154]

#PleaseMona PLEAAASEEE LET THEM DO MORE OF THESE they're way fun and informative than my college professors used to show us....

[@TivonTM]

#pleasemona I love how chill the vibe was but I really learned a lot! This was great

[@laurenaxtonbrereton6954]

I wish there had been more talk about the family- how all the kids had their tonsils out at once (more efficient that way!), how the kids learned to clean the house... the book written by Frank Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth is great!! #pleasemona

[@BrentBlueAllen]

#PleaseMona let there be more! Genuinely fun, interesting, and educational.

[@GhostTape]

#pleaseMona This is the only way I learn anything about history.

[@marymcgowan8155]

I love the excited banter, and the agreement and argument of ideas in an excited way! This is so much fun to watch!!

[@laurentHK]

Thanks to you, tonight, I will fall asleep a bit less dumb than when I woke up this morning !! ;-) Extremely interesting, perfect format.

[@mrclueuin]

This video was very interesting! The way those two worked together and their back and forth communicating was both fun and entertaining. #PleaseMona 🙏

[@rapistkobearrestedonjuly4225]

Happy No Collusion. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@RachelAnn]

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[@WeUsedToWonder]

This felt more like a podcast than a traditional Vox web video, but I still enjoyed it very much.

[@gerardexupery2532]

I live in the town the Gilbreth's lived in NJ. They were wonderful people. #pleasemona let these guys continue to do such wonderful video!

[@maryregan6114]

#pleasemona What a GREAT video. Being older, I have known the Gilbreth story since childhood. One of my favorite movies growing up was the original movie of Cheaper By the Dozen (1950) which while still a movie, is a bit closer to the truth that the updated clown-fest the Steve Martin one was made into. That made me read the book, but I did NOT know about the story after the father died. How amazing this was. Yes! Keep doing these.

[@sheleavitt06]

There was a film about them made decades ago that was much closer than the Steve Martin one. It was also called “Cheeper By the Dozen” but it wasn’t a comedy Per se. It was a Wholesome look at a large family with the parents as sufficiency experts. It even had the dad die of the heart attack and the family moving forward from it. The only thing the Steve Martin remake had in common was the title.

[@herecomemacOnTT]

#pleasemona this is an incredible pilot, and I want more content like this!!

[@CiaraLDN]

I knew there was a reason the cheaper by the dozen films have always been my favourite.

[@AndrewVaughanOfficial]

I wish they spent more time talking about the tricks they used to raise their kids. Like they would have informative posters all over the house so they'd learn while doing tasks like brushing their teeth

[@julienxu]

This was such a interesting episode and I would love to see more of this series!! #pleasemona

[@martonhalupa9653]

#plsMona Vox is soo cool btw. Mona you are lucky to have these guys on your team.

[@knh5954]

Thanks for this video. Having studied Shewhart/Demming cycle to TPS and Kaizen; I, having fun, apply these to getting ready for work, getting in and out of vehicles, jobs etc., realized I had not gone back far enough. Found out Frederick Taylor is the father of management science and there was a history between Taylor and the Gilbreths. Taylor said he wanted to eliminate underproduction so people could live richer lives and the Gilbreths surgery layout, created similar to the bricklayers, which pissed off Drs, saved thousands of lives. Thanx

[@jjoshua97]

#pleaseMona really enjoyed this video! Loved the style, the flow and the edits. Amazing work guys!

[@justinpipes85]

I really dig the format and as always you chose an off-the-wall topic that is beyond interesting. Please make more.

[@ChristinaBc]

#PleaseMona let Phil & Cole indulge us forever and ever with their fascinating finds 🙏 (My first YT comment 😊)

[@natts1095]

#pleasemona this was an interesting way of presentation a topic that I was clueless about. I truly enjoyed it.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

I’ve watched a Czech cartoon called pat and mat with my brother on Apple TV. The titular characters are awesome life hackers!

[@maishi]

I wish they had used footage from the 1950s movie instead of the crappy slapstick 2000s remake.

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

That is exactly what I came on to say. That movie was based on the actual book.

[@jesslynch94]

insert “Old man yells at cloud” meme here

[@maishi]

@@jesslynch94 is it old man yelling if I am young and the old movie actually gave an accurate explanation of their life?

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

No it has more to do with the fact that the Steve Martin movie had nothing to do with the people they were discussing while the 1950's version was based on the books

[@carissaruth8399]

maishi AMEN

[@cantbeleveitsnotnaru]

#pleasemoana This was fun! I had no idea the world of life hacks was pioneered by a shy badass widow! Hell yeah!

[@chrisbay8578]

Mona - let Phill and the other guy, whos' name i've forgot, keep making these

[@susantocp]

A very interesting way to tell a story. Hope the pilot gets picked up 👍

[@craignelson5689]

#pleasemona This was great! Nice work guys, looking forward to more

[@GiantsLi]

I’m an industrial engineering and engineer management major and this video speaks to me spiritually

[@YandaWatch]

#pleasemona Let Phil and Coleman take our minds for a jaunt through history and culture.

[@BillyFillmore]

#pleasemona Coleman I am so happy to have been reacquainted with you through this video!!! Keep'm coming!!!!

[@roguemarvel]

Neglected to mention the delightful 1950s movie cheaper by the dozen about their life and the equally delightful sequel with bells on their toes. About how Lillian turned her life around after her husband's death. Of course they're both based on me autobiographical books by their children.

[@gingerissweet3926]

I highly recommend reading Cheaper by the Dozen! It’s a hilarious heartwarming book written by two of the Gilbreth children.

[@qu33n0fh3arts08]

Loved this format!

[@LittleBitVic]

#pleasemona all the way! I love the conversational format. It's awesome to see detailed research that crosses into your personal interests and aspirations.

[@TheOzcar17]

The Gilbreth marriage and their work are famous for Industrial Engineering, their basically set what are the basic 16 movements of the body.

[@rosebranan675]

The Gilbreths wrote many books that were always in my house growing up. There is also a better movie called Cheeper by The Dozen. It has the dad die in the end and shows the mom take charge and becomes a strong business person.

[@fioreariadne]

Definetly digging this, keep doing this guys! Very interesting what two minds working and discovering together can do.

[@fioreariadne]

@Armando Vicente-Perez I don't know, brain fart #pleasemona

[@annadkart6437]

This is great! Love the content. Is there a certain hashtag by which we can find these kinds of videos? Thank you

[@osioke_]

#pleasemona let Phil and Cole keep making these, I loved it!

[@david9933]

#PleaseMona! This is definitely something a lot of would like to see and, oh boy, I did learned something interesting that I knew nothing about, hahaha!

[@eddiefigueroa746]

This was great. Hope to see more !

[@elizabethsauriol8844]

#pleasemona this is adorable to just be a part of their conversation and it makes me want to check out all the past projects they reference!

[@MojoJOJO15A]

They did make films about the original family, the Gilbreth's. They did "Cheaper By The Dozen" in 1950 and "The Belles On Their Toes" in 1952. The Gilbreth also have two books of the same two names.

[@cupfulofeathers]

Awesome video! If you haven't read "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, you really should! They're a fascinating family. #pleasemona

[@kipthecourtjester]

Sarah Smith I read it as a child. Incredible story!

[@wynstansmom829]

Yes! Read the book and then watch the marvelous 1950 movie with Clifton Webb.

[@reymondsy395]

This is GREAT. I am an industrial engr and i heard new things about the Gilbreths. Nice reasearch!

[@alishasebastian6147]

Looking at an industrial technique in this light is crazy. #pleasemona I need more.

[@nikkimorada7906]

#PleaseMona !!! This was such an interesting video, and I loved the format. Please make more!

[@BasilRitho]

#pleasemona that was such an interesting video! First of all, I didn’t know that Cheaper by the dozen was based on a true story. Second of all, I love how Lillian and Frank were more of partners in the home and the workplace. Third of all, congrats to her for being an amazing person who was able to excel under such intense circumstances!!

[@projectile12]

Love how Phil has a Minecraft book in the background

[@btyt152]

1:44 oop lil editing mistake