" DINNER AT 6 " 1946 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE OVENS & RANGE PROMOTIONAL FILM 68484

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    This color educational film is about the new Westinghouse Electric Ovens and Ranges versus the "old" gas kitchen appliances. This was made by Roland Reed productions circa 1946 and directed by Frank Strayer, a Hollywood veteran who produced many films from the 1920s into the 1950s.
    Opening: A Roland Reed Production, other credits cut off (:07-:14). A woman, Mrs. B. talks with no one visible at her table. She's called on it by the narrator. The woman chats with the narrator. She then goes into the kitchen, she presents the food she'll be serving. She holds a porterhouse steak. Broccoli, carrots, potatoes, rolls. She has everything ready to go. The doorbell rings, she isn't ready to serve food yet. Mrs. B opens the door for Uncle Eflow, a rich uncle, and his nurse. The uncle almost topples over. He sits. Henry comes downstairs and shakes his uncle's hand, he then introduces Gracie, his niece. They move to the living room. The uncle lays down. He is allergic to flowers and asks that they be removed. He then points at a painting of flowers which is turned around. They all chat (:15-5:52). Mrs. B returns to the kitchen. She breaks her gas powered oven's door due to the backfire from Gracie's boyfriend's loud hotrod. Now the oven is broken. Mrs. B. is going to go to the boyfriend's house to use his mother's, Mrs. Smith's oven. The uncle must be fed on time at 6pm or he'll be angry and probable won't give money to Gracie to go to college (5:53-7:50). Mrs. B is at Mrs. Smith's house (along with Gracie and her boyfriend). They eat donuts first. Pie that was made in the new oven is shown to Mrs. B. The oven is opened and shown. The features for the oven are shown (7:51-9:54). Mrs. Smith and Mrs. B. start to put food into the oven. Food is inside the oven and the seal to the oven is shown. The features for the oven are explained. A broiling pan is taken out and the steak will be placed on it. The steak is placed on the oven's top rack. The timer is set. A warming compartment drawer. The two women chat in the kitchen. Mrs. B hands rolls to Mrs. Smith and she puts them in the oven. Meat is put into a frying pan on top of the stove (9:55-14:29). A different color for each heat on the stove top is shown and explained. The uncle is laying on the couch as Gracie and the others chat. Mrs. B. and Mrs. Smith open the storage drawer and remove some pots and pans. Broccoli is placed into pots. Controls are turned onto high (14:30-17:47). The Uncle sits with the nurse and Henry. Henry blocks the nurse from going in the kitchen. The timer goes off and Mrs. Smith opens the oven, they check the steak. They put it back in and restart the timer. The chicken is checked in the pot as it fries. Uncle drinks water as the others watch. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. B get foil ready. Gracie and her boyfriend return and the food is taken out of the oven. The carrots are shown cooked. The broccoli is shown with steam coming off it. The potatoes and rolls are presented (17:48-22:37). Mrs. B exits her kitchen and says dinner is ready. The family sits at the table, having eaten. They all talk. Mrs. B talks with the narrator (22:38-24:10). Mrs. Smith prepares the chocolate topping while Mrs. B bursts into her kitchen again. What can be cooked is explained to Mrs. B. Mrs. Smith hands cupcakes over to Mrs. B. who rushes over to her house and serves cupcakes. The uncle eats a hot cupcake with chocolate topping. He smiles and the family is happy. Mrs. B. cries as the uncle compliments her (24:11-26:42). Henry fixes the old oven door for Mrs. B. who wants a new range. Henry and Mrs. B discuss (26:43-27:59). End credits followed by Mrs. B showing different oven ranges (28:00-29:01).
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  • @jayviescas7703
    @jayviescas7703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    The nurse played by Margaret Hamilton, who also played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, was well worth the 30 minutes of this ancient Westinghouse commercial.

    • @lisaangelo3220
      @lisaangelo3220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "I'll get you my pretties"....OMG she's creeping me out, I'm clicking off just cuz of her!!!

    • @whatsupdoc84
      @whatsupdoc84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Jay Viescas yes! I jumped on the comments to see if I was the only one who noticed.

    • @candacerain1
      @candacerain1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was just about to say!! Neat!!

    • @amandastewart9358
      @amandastewart9358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I noticed this too. SO cool!!!

    • @mcc6002
      @mcc6002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “That pelican of a woman” referencing her nose.

  • @moniquem783
    @moniquem783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    A porterhouse steak from what? A woolly mammoth? It’s enormous!

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      🤣🤣🤣 exactly.. I was like wow..

    • @wolfshanze5980
      @wolfshanze5980 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yaba Daba Doo!

    • @moniquem783
      @moniquem783 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@wolfshanze5980 😂😂😂

    • @bonniegaither3994
      @bonniegaither3994 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Right!?!

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Quality meat was cheap in those days. Hell, when I was a boy in the 70s, I used to get steak sandwiches for lunch made with dry aged beef. Today dry aged beef costs $30+ a pound.

  • @kck9742
    @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    A lot of people in the comments are asking why Mrs. Smith didn't close her oven door all the way -- because when you broil in older-model ovens, you left the door open a bit to prevent overheating and fire. I guess a lot of younger people don't know this because broiling isn't really something many people do anymore. Not sure why, it's a great way to do meat and fish.

    • @zvezdoblyat
      @zvezdoblyat ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Every time I use my broiler the oven and the food ends up smelling like burnt plastic. Is it because of not leaving the door open do you think??

    • @zvezdoblyat
      @zvezdoblyat ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And no, I'm not leaving it in there for too long, in fact I usually end up taking the food out before properly browned because of the smell

    • @buckeyedav1
      @buckeyedav1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Glad you answered that I have never "broiled" anything in my ovens ever. I had to laugh at that gigantic steak haven't seen one that big in over 20 years. Anna In Ohio

    • @marylousherman5471
      @marylousherman5471 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      People would rather use their grill these days....

    • @terrylynn9984
      @terrylynn9984 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Even today when you broil you need to leave the oven door open. Gen Xer here....that part has never changed

  • @alistermycroft7898
    @alistermycroft7898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    If there's anything from the 40's that needs to make a comeback,it's definitely this oven.

    • @sky.the.infinite
      @sky.the.infinite ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Definitely, agreed!

    • @vandelayofficial492
      @vandelayofficial492 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      and Westinghouse! lol

    • @straightpipediesel
      @straightpipediesel ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@vandelayofficial492 The appliances became White-Westinghouse, which was then was taken over by Electrolux. You can buy them today in the US mostly under the Frigidaire brand.

    • @debbieflaherty1975
      @debbieflaherty1975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I am obsessed with vintage stoves!!

    • @quagmiredavis4117
      @quagmiredavis4117 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​​@@debbieflaherty1975 I inherited a family home she installed Hotpoint stove
      Water heater refrigerator 1950 i have her original invoice $ 362 .54 for all 3 kitchen
      Items .. plus one Fedders window air conditioner used as back up if central ac dies
      Everything spotless works perfect im not changing anything just rewire when I rewired the house im with you on vintage appliances on refrigerators 99% of time
      Give good cleaning on coils in back 70 years of dust and my hotpoint will freeze
      All 6 original hotpoint ice trays 45 min .. thankfully I have plenty of spare parts just incase .. plus our family cabin has a wood stove and 1938 Magic Chef gas stove .😊
      ** Biden idiots hate gas stoves ** typical communist bullshit 😅😊

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties ปีที่แล้ว +23

    That porterhouse steak even Fred Flintstone would be proud of. That's bigger than his brontoburgers.

  • @annier6
    @annier6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    I absolustely couldn't believe she was making cupcakes out of a box and not from scratch! But my favorite line was, “They say don’t ever peek or lift the lid until your vegetables are cooked so the vitamins don’t escape into the air.”

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They were still talking like that 10 years later.

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 wasn't that hilarious? Vitamins escape...

    • @terrylynn9984
      @terrylynn9984 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When those boxed desserts came out the women were ecstatic, and made their lives so much easier too.
      Even my grandma, a farmers wife who could bake from scratch loved how it made her life easier to use a boxed mix once and awhile.

    • @annier6
      @annier6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@terrylynn9984 I was a little kid in the 50's and my grandmother never used anything boxed but I remember my mom giving in to using a boxed mix for Angel Food Cake!

    • @sky.the.infinite
      @sky.the.infinite ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I even heard that growing up and believed it for the longest time!

  • @ridgecrestvarietyshow7324
    @ridgecrestvarietyshow7324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    On the lighter side, I can't believe we're all watching this to the end! Interesting stuff on so many levels.

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just a reminder on how difficult housework was for their generation. 👵

    • @strawberrybananapeel2538
      @strawberrybananapeel2538 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not only that, I have viewed this several times, did I say that? 😉

  • @OofusTwillip
    @OofusTwillip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    08:14 - "Well, you know how WATER is." Said to the Wicked Witch of the West.

    • @crystalyj30
      @crystalyj30 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I didn't put that together!🤣😂🤣

    • @jillsmith633
      @jillsmith633 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, was surprised no one else got it in the comments!

  • @jeanleonard6566
    @jeanleonard6566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This was so fun to watch. They don't make stoves like they used to. Today's stoves and appliances don't seem to last very long anymore. I have 1947 Magic Chef that is still going strong after 75 years! I'd like to see a modern stove do that!

    • @namelessone3339
      @namelessone3339 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I have a 1963 Westinghouse Terrace Top Stove in YELLOW!

    • @terrylynn9984
      @terrylynn9984 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My stove is from 1995 made in Canada a General Electric too, Electric stove to boot.
      Now 27 years old , pry it from
      My dead and dying hands lol

    • @PCHGWHS
      @PCHGWHS ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Proper English and no cursing! Love this
      ....

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Refrigerators and washing machines were much better in those days as well.

    • @debbieflaherty1975
      @debbieflaherty1975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nor does anything else.

  • @blueeyedbehr
    @blueeyedbehr ปีที่แล้ว +50

    i particularly like the color coding of the temperature settings. that should be a requirement on all new stove tops.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why dumb down temperature controls for cooking? 🌡️

    • @blueeyedbehr
      @blueeyedbehr ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@luisreyes1963 as one ages, it helps to know if you're accidentally setting the burner too high so you dont burn your dinner. a quick glance at the dial and you'll know if it's too hot.

    • @KischteBier
      @KischteBier 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why? Because most people are idiots?

    • @blueeyedbehr
      @blueeyedbehr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@KischteBier no - read my reply above. also, it's easier to see colors than try to see the difference between 200 and 300 when you have vision issues.

    • @darid2616
      @darid2616 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KischteBierbruh it’s just cool as hell, nothing to do with smarts

  • @amierichan1428
    @amierichan1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    My grandmother's career was as a cooking instructor, teaching people how to use their new electric ranges, and writing booklets of "oven meals" recipes. Eventually she even had her own local cooking show on TV. Born in 1898, she had grown up with the old coal stoves. I grew up on the wonders of cooking electrically, no one in my family ever had a gas range in those days.

    • @Lifeislikeabox1
      @Lifeislikeabox1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      are her shows on youtube

    • @amierichan1428
      @amierichan1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Lifeislikeabox1 Not as far as we can tell. I finally found the current owner of the station (in Maine) who had no idea if there were any cinotapes, where they might be. But he did have some photos of her on the show, which was nice to see.

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@amierichan1428 very interesting story. My family is from Maine too. Last month ,I discovered that a monument dedicated to the Civil War soldiers has my great,great great grandfather name at the top in South Paris.

    • @amierichan1428
      @amierichan1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jacoleneiu3856 Wow! Very cool, but have been really exciting for your family to discover that! You never know what will turn up. What part of Maine do they come from?

    • @amierichan1428
      @amierichan1428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Funny enough, she was born in Berlin, N.H., which is considered to be the home of the contemporary casserole. Very fitting, as for Home Economists of her time, that was a pretty standard dish. (I mean the meal dish, not the crockery dish.)

  • @missmerrily4830
    @missmerrily4830 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Such a sophisticated range for its time and yet people apparently believed that vitamins 'escaped into the air' if you didn't cover pots during cooking! So funny! 🤣

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Open the lid and inhale!

    • @KischteBier
      @KischteBier 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They told this to keep people from constantly checking. As today the best way is to tell people BS.

    • @shannondore
      @shannondore 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just laughed every time she said that. Losing the vitamins in the air? What?!😆🤣

  • @gulmerton2394
    @gulmerton2394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Forget about the stove, I want that nice helpful neighbor.

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! Me, too!

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣that's just in the movies..that never changed.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jacoleneiu3856 She was excited to show off her amazing stove. Anyone would do the same for the mother of her son's girlfriend, both helping out and showing off.

  • @jorgieg1
    @jorgieg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    I just love these mid century films! There’s something comforting about the way we used to live. This was a really good film, thank you!!!

    • @joshuacrazone
      @joshuacrazone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i want to go back to this

    • @charlietu
      @charlietu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Agreed!! @@joshuacrazone These days, sadly, women do not know how to keep a good home or make a quality homemade meal.

    • @samthunders3611
      @samthunders3611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@charlietu Nice ..tell your family that andit
      Won't kill you to help out.
      Buy a Westinghouse for your family too
      Gee Wiz!

    • @brandielambright460
      @brandielambright460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joshuacrazone
      Me, too!

    • @User-cb4jm
      @User-cb4jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Everyone of all ages finds comfort in the era they grew up in. We view it with rose tinted glasses, obviously what was shown on TV in the 50s was heavily censored that makes it appear that life was cheerfully rosy all the time.

  • @billziemniak578
    @billziemniak578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    My grandmother had one of these and I inherited it and cooked on it until 1974 when it finally gave up the ghost. I haven't had a decent meal since LOL

    • @aaf1568
      @aaf1568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucky you

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sir, you have lived. I salute you.

    • @bobbykiriakidis9753
      @bobbykiriakidis9753 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably all for the best. Those old appliances burned down many homes back in the day.

    • @washkoskat
      @washkoskat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love ❤️ it

  • @annodomini7887
    @annodomini7887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Margaret Hamilton’s nose was recognizable anywhere!

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Isn't that the wicked witch?

    • @annodomini7887
      @annodomini7887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes it is.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tarstarkusz Yes, it's her!

    • @friendofdorothy9376
      @friendofdorothy9376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Her voice too.

    • @maxpenn6374
      @maxpenn6374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And she is playing a character every bit as endearing as Agnes Gulch or WWW.

  • @LiLi-or2gm
    @LiLi-or2gm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Hasn't seen uncle Eflow in 10 years but she remembers every one of his favorite dishes. And only wants him to visit just to get at his money. Conniving bunch of relatives!

    • @ericlasley4503
      @ericlasley4503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Parasite
      Boil the porterhouse ? Really? Mmm.......

    • @NFlight
      @NFlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ericlasley4503 Broil*

    • @ericlasley4503
      @ericlasley4503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@NFlight ahh... shit, ya... thought that sounded nasty !

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How else will they afford that state college tuition for the daughter? 😕

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jessicah3450 What do they need tuition for? She's got a serious boyfriend....

  • @albear972
    @albear972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    That is such a friggin' cool stove with the built-in pot and pop-up burner! I'm not a fan of electric stoves by any means, but this one is so dangged cool!

    • @maxmichaelhatling
      @maxmichaelhatling 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Plus the Non LED colored lights😁

    • @javaking1000
      @javaking1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My 1980's gas stove doesn't do anything except heat. Hell, I'm grateful it has electronic ignition. That 1950's stove was way ahead!

    • @jacquelynking2184
      @jacquelynking2184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I KNOW! Makes me wish they still made these like this!!

    • @Kat-fw9se
      @Kat-fw9se 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We had one up until the late 1970s and it also was a Westinghouse. They really worked great!

    • @karenkrasz7078
      @karenkrasz7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same. I typically don't like electric stoves...but this thing is AWESOME. I want that drop-down, fryer-steamer thingie. What a great feature!

  • @BELCAN57
    @BELCAN57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I was half expecting Uncle Efflo to say he was broke at the end of the film.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would have been perfect!

    • @TheBobbybbc
      @TheBobbybbc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And was forced to come to them to seek financial assistance lol

    • @kesmarn
      @kesmarn ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheBobbybbc With plans for him and Margaret Hamilton to move in with the family for their golden years.

  • @missyandjoey
    @missyandjoey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I do believe the husband was in my fav movie It’s a Wonderful Life. He sat on the porch reading the paper with his pipe and yelled at George Bailey “ try kissing her instead of talking to her death!!” “Ahhhh youth is wasted on the wrong people!!!”

    • @MrDch1975
      @MrDch1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He also played the in on The Andy Griffith show. He was the mayor

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "I'll give her a kiss that will put hair back on your head!"

    • @jeffnlisa
      @jeffnlisa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I THOUGHT that was him!!

    • @cathyfromcanada637
      @cathyfromcanada637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you, knew he was familiar.

    • @MsTimelady71
      @MsTimelady71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He also played the judge in Christmas in Connecticut. This film had A list actors.

  • @leosrule5691
    @leosrule5691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I WANT THAT STOVE.!!!!

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'll fight ya for it ! LOL!

    • @leosrule5691
      @leosrule5691 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Nunofurdambiznez lol

  • @I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it
    @I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When Mrs Bundy starts hearing voices, and the Wicked Witch of the West, turns up, you know there is trouble in Kansas.

  • @timothybrown7779
    @timothybrown7779 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So cool.. too bad companies don’t take this much pride in manufacturing these days.

    • @slim-oneslim8014
      @slim-oneslim8014 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because it's all made in some slave labor country.

  • @Chahlie
    @Chahlie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The controls on the stove! Oh my, I would surely pay extra for that :)

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @kesmarn
      @kesmarn ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They got me with the range of colors from blue to red hot.

  • @OofusTwillip
    @OofusTwillip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Many people had old, inefficient appliances in 1946. During WWII (1939-45), almost all metal was used for planes, ammunition, guns, ships, jeeps, etc. There were long waiting lists for cars and appliances, for a few years after the War.

    • @TheBobbybbc
      @TheBobbybbc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And the decade immediately preceding the war was tahr of the Great Depression...so I am sure there was no shortage of households that had not updated their appliances since prior to the onset of the depression in 1929...basically twenty or more years!

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBobbybbc So, who did the neighbor know to get that stove? (Not to mention the up to the minute kitchen decor.) There must be a reason super fancy stoves like this didn't take off in popularity. My guess is for the high price it was too much of a bother to learn how to use everything, and as we know with cars, the more complicated it gets, the more there is to break down.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you wanted new appliances just buy a suburban tract house. Developers bought wholesale from the factory. Another way, even into the 1950s was game shows, radio then tv. Women were genuinely thrilled to win them, with cost high and availability low.

    • @redwingfan9393
      @redwingfan9393 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@653j521 it was hard to get into those new homes in the late 40's and very early 50's. There was a huge housing shortage post-war.

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unless you had an excellent quality one from the 1920’s or 1930’s! (Or earlier, like a wood/coal stove and an icebox!) The best baking and roasting is still from an old fashioned wood stove!

  • @sarahsiskin6780
    @sarahsiskin6780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love these old advertisements

  • @rockoyouthman
    @rockoyouthman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Ok I want that stove. Why can’t we make anything good anymore. I swear, if it doesn’t have a computer, we’ve forgotten how to make it

    • @Barbe
      @Barbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You and me both.

    • @rockaroundtheclock1561
      @rockaroundtheclock1561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why did they discontinue this oven!

    • @amandashare1281
      @amandashare1281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I totally agree with you!

    • @candacerain1
      @candacerain1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rockaroundtheclock1561 it would be so neat to research why it was discontinued!

    • @toddsmith1617
      @toddsmith1617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hardly anyone eats at home anymore.

  • @Rick1959
    @Rick1959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Wow!! They must have dropped a bundle making this movie!! The actors...IN COLOR!!! :-) And I'll bet that food tastes better than the stuff we eat today!

    • @irocksixx
      @irocksixx ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It had actually been in color since 1902, but it was not common. Andy Griffith wasn't even in color till the late 60's, probably when technology became cheaper.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 ปีที่แล้ว

      That beef was marbled. You can't get marbled beef or pork anymore (everything has to be low fat, even if it cooks like wood and serves like goat meat) But I've never seen soo many morbidly obese people and fat dumpy 20-somethings in my 72 years - EVER.

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@irocksixx Up until 1970 most TV sets sold in the US were black and white models. People didn't buy color TVs (which were expensive) because most programming was in black and white, and TV networks didn't produce shows in color because of the low number of color TVs in people's homes. When watching old TV shows you may notice the announcer saying some like 'In living color!" That was to remind the people who had black and white TVs that were missing out on the party and encourage them to scrap their black and white sets and replace them with new color sets.

    • @dw3403
      @dw3403 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrSloika
      technacolor.
      Lets not forget to mention there was no cable and we used rabbit ears or roof antennas. We were darned lucky to see the whole show.

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dw3403 Depends where you lived. I grew up in North Jersey, just across the River from NYC. We had a roof antenna and could easily pick up all the NYC TV channels without a problem.

  • @melanieharvey8445
    @melanieharvey8445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Jumping Jehoshaphat" I am bringing that back.

  • @patrickmcmillan2431
    @patrickmcmillan2431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The Westinghouse range gets all the credit and Mrs. Smith is left out in the cold!! Mrs. Bundy owes her neighbor a home cooked meal

  • @jillym320
    @jillym320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This is funny in today’s context given our modern appliances, but it is a reminder that not long ago it took our mom’s hours just to cook a dinner, clean the house and sew / wash our clothes. I’m grateful for all that she did and that technology has made our lives easier so that we have time for other things.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah...like having affairs, getting involved in politics and running everybody's life well beyond the household...

    • @joltjolt5060
      @joltjolt5060 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It still takes a while, hours, idk where you live.

    • @jillym320
      @jillym320 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joltjolt5060 it still takes time, as I cook so we can eat healthy, but with technology and expanded services like free grocery cart shopping, air fryers, modern appliances like dishwashers and PCs, certain tasks take a lot less time & energy.

    • @chrismorrison3375
      @chrismorrison3375 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It still takes hours

    • @chrismorrison3375
      @chrismorrison3375 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait, back in the day you had services of delivery your groceries, milk, dry cleaning, etc up to your door. Instacart isn't a new idea

  • @donnaregan9189
    @donnaregan9189 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Good Lord what a fantastic film I'm 26 and have never seen a cooker as cool.Wow that built in deep fryer just awesome,I was obviously born during the wrong era.Loved this thank you very much.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deep fryers are passè. Air fryers are all the rage these days. 🍗

  • @mariesantosPMD
    @mariesantosPMD ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This movie never gets old...A true delight for a vintage lover like me :)

  • @hashtag415
    @hashtag415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    How nice of uncle Eflow to bring along the Wicked Witch of the west. I wonder if they came on her bike?

    • @kfl611
      @kfl611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they flew in on her broom

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL

  • @Ali-cn1du
    @Ali-cn1du 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My gran had a transatlantic accent. This makes me think of her. That 'range' is amazing.

    • @MrSloika
      @MrSloika ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also know as a 'Mid-Atlantic' accent...half way between an American and British accents. When I was in grade school in the 70s I had some old biddy teachers who had that kind of accent.

  • @Earcandy73
    @Earcandy73 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My 1956 Hotpoint is very similar! Two ovens, a deep well cooker and an automatic griddle. It looks and works as good as new!

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Keep it clean and in good condition, it’ll last forever!

  • @phyllisstein1837
    @phyllisstein1837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    OMG, it's Almira Gulch

  • @c3cubed
    @c3cubed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Westinghouse must have had a blockbuster budget for this cast of seasoned character professionals... The young man's "mother" (with the fancy kitchen), is the actress Dorothy Adams; she played 'Mrs Cameron' in the great Goldwyn film classic "The Best Years of Our Lives". It took home all the major Oscars including best picture, released the same year of vintage, 1946.

    • @HYPNOTOAD291
      @HYPNOTOAD291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i love that movie

    • @c3cubed
      @c3cubed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@HYPNOTOAD291 One of the all-time greatest ever made. Absolutely flawless. A true masterpiece.

    • @collinsje5
      @collinsje5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Adams also played Bessie, Laura's maid, in the noir film "Laura" released 1944.

    • @franlooving4203
      @franlooving4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. I recognized all but the children (grown children). Well I think the woman is Zasu Pitts??

    • @c3cubed
      @c3cubed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@franlooving4203 No, ZaSu wasn't in this. There's no mention in her Wiki-bio page of this production. However, one could see a similar facial likeness between the two ladies.

  • @atomsmash100
    @atomsmash100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "You can be sure if it's Westinghouse!". Great slogan.

  • @ridgecrestvarietyshow7324
    @ridgecrestvarietyshow7324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Hey y'all, keep in mind that a home economics major from a state university mid century has morphed into present day registered dieticians/nutritionists..both fields requiring mucho math and science. Not to mention a double major with education to become a HE teacher. Most universities today offer degrees in both. And for the record...every box cake, muffin mix, frozen pizza, or frozen dinner you pop into the micro had its humble beginnings in a kitchen lab with a dietician at the helm...just saying😊

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh pahleez! Mucho math? cups & teaspoons are simple fractions - 5th grade stuff in my day.

    • @me-xx2gl
      @me-xx2gl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      However, while in a rehab (nursing home) they did not understand lactose intolerant. Cream everything. 3 different dieticians. A salad was a lump of iceberg in a suace cup.

    • @jamesreynolds5776
      @jamesreynolds5776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do any schools still have home ec classes today? Would be a big help 👍

    • @chrismorrison3375
      @chrismorrison3375 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't eat anything that goes in a microwave. I don't even own a microwave. Those foods and the microwave gives nothing but cancer

    • @halloweenhaunt3121
      @halloweenhaunt3121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The word everyone misspells is dietitian…it’s not spelled like mortician, magician, statistician, etc.

  • @willg4802
    @willg4802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That's a HUGE steak!

  • @tracy9397
    @tracy9397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That stove is nicer than mine!

  • @blondiebxl
    @blondiebxl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Impressive that Mrs. B knows that Uncle Eflow likes broccoli, even f she hasn't seen him for over 10 years. That's a fact to remember!

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a lot of people are mad for broccoli so it stuck in her mind.

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Uncle Eflow's nurse is played by the wonderful MARGARET HAMILTON (1902 - 1985), who famously played ALMIRA GULCH and the WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST in "THE WIZARD OF OZ" (1939). In stark contrast to her most famous role, in real life, Hamilton loved children!
    This is one of the BEST things I've seen on TH-cam for ages! It's like a cross between a SOAP, a COMEDY and a COMMERCIAL! Surprisingly entertaining! It's funny how cantankerous old Uncle Eflow is not only ALLERGIC to the flowers, but to the FLOWER PAINTING TOO! 😂😂😂 Margaret Hamilton is fearsomely wonderful as Uncle Eflow's nurse! Great stuff! 👍 SCORE: 9/10

    • @nancy4366
      @nancy4366 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oooh I thought so! I thought so!!!

    • @annabelgrace1267
      @annabelgrace1267 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She did not have children, but loved them..

    • @RuhNay
      @RuhNay 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was looking for this comment! Surprised no one else noticed her!

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@RuhNay Margaret Hamilton was a wonderful actress! The Wicked Witch Of The West will live on forever! 🤣

  • @MrRafboy
    @MrRafboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Those features on that range are amazing! Should be brought back

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YES! Imagine! being able to cook 10 loaves of bread at once!

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Correction: 8 Loaves at once (I checked my facts).

    • @charlottekey8856
      @charlottekey8856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, it was a lot better than my parents' stove in the 60s.

    • @daninraleigh
      @daninraleigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anniekirts6621 Yeah, but what do you need 8 loaves for. We've cut back to only one per week. Have to make our own to keep the dangerous additives out.

    • @nathanjustus6659
      @nathanjustus6659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anniekirts6621 My 1954 GE can. Well, 8 anyway.

  • @paulalarsen7697
    @paulalarsen7697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a delightful infomercial. I wish they were this good now.

  • @UpDownMichelle
    @UpDownMichelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    BRING BACK THE DEEP WELL COOKER!!

  • @lynnmckenna9934
    @lynnmckenna9934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I actually loved watching this!!!!

  • @georgiannmaloney6594
    @georgiannmaloney6594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I would love to have that range

  • @elana81RDH
    @elana81RDH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Pretty sure the husband was the mayor in A Wonderful Life. Wow. The mayor and the wicked witch in the same room. All for a stove commercial! Epic!

    • @GavinsMarineMom
      @GavinsMarineMom ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was the Mayor of Mayberry on Andy Griffith.

    • @davidsimpson8192
      @davidsimpson8192 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He was the guy on the porch in its a Wonderful Life ..

  • @muffassa6739
    @muffassa6739 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This was my first stove, and it was a joy to work with. I used it for over 30yrs, had to go to a self cleaning oven because of a deadly reaction to the cleaner. I loved that stove.

  • @redwingfan9393
    @redwingfan9393 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That poor steak, she didn't even season it.

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You're not supposed to season a steak that's been broiled until it's done.. then you immediately put your seasonings on and cover it and let the juices run back into the meat, keeps it from getting tough.. it was probably seasoned right after they got back to the house.

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What a surprise to see Margret Hamilton ! And I recognize the Dad too. Such a funny little film

  • @maha77
    @maha77 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is this essentially a 30 minute commercial so entertaining?

    • @robotrix
      @robotrix หลายเดือนก่อน

      Think they used to show these at Home Shows (do they still have those?) and if you're asking people to stand and watch your 30 minute commercials you better give them something worth 👀 ❤

  • @joycebricker3814
    @joycebricker3814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    My father went to an action bought a Maytag stove. The lady selling it told him she bought it the same year her son was born 1946. It had that deep well those great places to store pans. It didn’t fit in his house. It did in mine. It weighed a ton. I loved it. You had to light the gas oven no pilot light.
    One day the part that regulated the temperature broke. I spent a year looking for parts, using a microwave, electric skillet crock pot.. finally I broke down had to buy a new one. “Will you dispose of my old stove.?” They assured me they would. I told them send more than one person. The two they sent nearly died getting it out.

    • @chrismorrison3375
      @chrismorrison3375 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, my parents loved old stoves. My aunt gave a 1952 maytag white stove to my mom. They had to bring six big guys, all cousins of mine, to lift it on to the truck. We used to lived in an upstairs apartment so, my dad got a man who had the knowledge of taking these type stoves apart and put them back together. After we moved and my dad passed away suddenly we just left the stove there. We ended up buying a new stove.

  • @kathleenaltherr6836
    @kathleenaltherr6836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    It goes to show you that new and improved is not always an improvement. The boy's mom is an actress who played the housekeeper for Gene Tierney's character in the movie Laura.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They assembled a really good cast for an advertisement.

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's Ellen Corby? Even in LAURA I recognized her as Grandma Walton...I don't feel that here.

    • @CornbreadOracle
      @CornbreadOracle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tomservo56954 no, its Dorothy Adams. That’s who played the maid in Laura.

    • @sistersamich2075
      @sistersamich2075 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WHAT I JUST SAW THAT MOVIE LAST MONTH

    • @robotrix
      @robotrix หลายเดือนก่อน

      THANK YOU! Now if I can just remember who the main actress is.

  • @DAN-lo5db
    @DAN-lo5db 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Electric ranges were brand new then, and that one was very innovative. 1946 was the same year the first fully automatic washer with spin dry came out, but not many could afford it yet, because men had just came home from the war WWII. So it took them a while to establish a good career with good money to afford them all.

  • @julieannemichelle
    @julieannemichelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I like the light feature!!! So extremely cool!!!!!😊

  • @crazy808ish
    @crazy808ish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    gosh this is a dream of a stove right there.

    • @collinsje5
      @collinsje5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Golly gee, YES!

  • @keepitforreally4501
    @keepitforreally4501 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was born in 1960 and my grandmother’s kitchen had the same layout, but her stove was a little bit more modern the kitchen was yellow and I sure miss that kitchen🌹😎

  • @Mary20457
    @Mary20457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a huge steak! She left the oven door ajar the whole time after saying what a tight seal it made.

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL

    • @kathleenpalmisano3591
      @kathleenpalmisano3591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mary M.
      Electric stove door needs to be left slightly open when broiling.

    • @yana1955
      @yana1955 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was necessary in those older style ovens.

  • @kck9742
    @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I thoroughly enjoyed this! A few thoughts:
    1: The family trying to butter up old uncle Moneybags just to get him to pay for daughter’s home ec degree is pretty obvious and disgraceful.
    2. The nurse (yes, that was Margaret Hamilton) was the rudest dinner guest ever. Imagine yelling at your hosts, complete strangers to you, for not having dinner ready fast enough.
    3. That stove WAS awesome, better than today’s!
    4. The lack of any cooking smells didn’t tip off the uncle and Nurse Rached?
    5. Mrs. Smith is an awesome neighbor, and Mrs. B owes her BIG.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@nezahuatez That's beside the point. Kissing up to someone simply because you want their money is not something people with self-respect do. And fun fact: most rich people work their asses off -- that's why they're rich. Many poor people are poor because they don't.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nezahuatez Oh, honey. When you grow up, deprogram from the leftist propaganda you've been spoon fed, and learn how the world works, let me know.

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nezahuatez Well, leftist useful idiots are the ones who think like you do.

    • @terrylynn9984
      @terrylynn9984 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The nurse is the lady who played the wicked witch of the west, loved her character

    • @kck9742
      @kck9742 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@terrylynn9984 Yes. Poor lady went through the rest of her life having kids be terrified of her.

  • @mikem919
    @mikem919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Nice to see the wicked witch of the west in this film.....

    • @NipkowDisk
      @NipkowDisk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Margaret Hamilton- one of a kind, for sure.

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nurse Spindle is priceless

    • @richardgray8593
      @richardgray8593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Worse than Nurse Ratchet

    • @thisisnotcharles
      @thisisnotcharles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...and Mayor Pike

    • @usmale4915
      @usmale4915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thisisnotcharles as played by Dick Elliott!

  • @johnathanstevens8436
    @johnathanstevens8436 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The deep fryer + burner in the stove top is amazing. I'm not sure how easy it would be to clean, but still.

  • @freecycling6687
    @freecycling6687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Everything frozen or from a box. It's a miracle!

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES! You can see the start of it all... It starts with the Ready-Mix-Hot-Fudge-Topping...then onto Boxed Potatoes Au Gratin... then, it's "frozen vegetables"- keep lid on "so you don't loose vitamins"...& it's all GMO from there...

    • @JB-vd8bi
      @JB-vd8bi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anniekirts6621 wheat has been GMO for centuries.

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      J B There is a massive difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.

    • @yash6303
      @yash6303 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hay burner 😂

  • @plchilson6283
    @plchilson6283 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We had a stove like that and that set down feature was great. My mother used it almost every day and I had the pleasure of washing the pan all the time. We cooked beans in it alot. And quality has gone down hill since. Thank you for the ride down memory lane!

  • @garymckee8857
    @garymckee8857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I need to go see my local Westinghouse dealer.

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Duped as designed :>).

    • @nathanjustus6659
      @nathanjustus6659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can be SURE if it's Westinghouse. (I have a. GE range similar to this one from the early 1950s and it still works great)

    • @paulalarsen7697
      @paulalarsen7697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Martha Stewart would call that a Westinghouse monger.

  • @patsloyan9755
    @patsloyan9755 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Appliances aren’t made like that anymore. It’s a shame. I really enjoyed this. Are there more?

    • @cw2702
      @cw2702 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, if you look in the right place. Look up "General Electric vintage videos" or "vintage PSAs" They have a similar vibe if you like this type of video. One of my favorite vintage videos is "It happened in the kitchen" p1 and p2. It's a video about kitchens in the mid century. Once you get there , check out the related videos for more. Hope this helps!

    • @patsloyan9755
      @patsloyan9755 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cw2702 thank you ❤️

    • @cw2702
      @cw2702 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patsloyan9755 Anything for a fellow vintage fan 👌

  • @cryan4041
    @cryan4041 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are quite a few actors in this film that were studio-trained during Hollywood's Golden Era. Margaret Hamilton is easily the best known. Dorothy Adams, probably best known for her role as Bessie in the 1944 film noir classic Laura, is the owner of the new Westinghouse range. Mrs. Bundy is familiar, but I can't place her at the moment. Her husband, Henry, however, is played by Dick Elliot. His voice is unmistakable, and he must have made over 100 films. They are really good actors, which doesn't usually happen in industrial/educational films. Thank you! This was really fun to watch. I wish real life looked like this.

  • @watsonpaddy
    @watsonpaddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Dick Elliott (Henry) appeared in 240 films including Christmas in Connecticut as the judge

    • @bryanhikes
      @bryanhikes ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, he was Mayor Pike on The Andy Griffith Show.

  • @theblissfullone
    @theblissfullone ปีที่แล้ว +13

    'Controlled heat' ... a big perk for women having used/grown up with wood stove ovens ... like my Mother. ❤🌷

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You get very good at guesstimating, so it’s not a problem for we oldsters!

    • @theblissfullone
      @theblissfullone 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mariekatherine5238 Well said. 🙂

  • @toddmiller1753
    @toddmiller1753 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Flintstones are going to miss their steak!

  • @headrushindi
    @headrushindi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow Margaret Hamilton the worlds most iconic Wicked Witch from OZ and an all star cast ., what an antique gem this is .They certainly built appliances back then . And the creative commercials were a hoot. An entire short film just to sell you an oven.

  • @BrigitofBergental
    @BrigitofBergental 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I want one of those built-in fryer things.

  • @brianmiller2365
    @brianmiller2365 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great film! Oh, why can’t the world still be like this??? I have a 1947 Gibson Kook-All range that belonged to my grandmother.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pull yourself back into reality. It never was like this. This is a fictional family promoting an oven.

    • @washkoskat
      @washkoskat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know. It was all so simple. And the mother crying at the end

  • @JudgeJulieLit
    @JudgeJulieLit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Miss Spindle" ... perfect name for a mal spinster. And perfect casting of Margaret ("Wicked Witch of the West") Hamilton as an antagonist of any stove not Westinghouse, as when the old stove door blows off and she says (another allusion to the Oz film), "sounds like it hit your house!"

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And then later, when she asks, "can't I get a drink of water?" The dad replies, "well, you know how water is!" Another veiled comic allusion to The Wizard of Oz film, wherein the Witch of the West was "liquidated" by a toss of water.

    • @anniekirts6621
      @anniekirts6621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JudgeJulieLit yes-yes! Good catch

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JudgeJulieLit 🤣🤣🤣

  • @memedavis4228
    @memedavis4228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for the time capsule. It was a joy to watch !

  • @neilmansfield8329
    @neilmansfield8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a great appliance

  • @sallyyotz3995
    @sallyyotz3995 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dang, I think I'd like one of those stoves, lol.

  • @amandashare1281
    @amandashare1281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really want that cooker!

  • @shirley1413
    @shirley1413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love this,,,,and I bet that some of these ranges are still being used,,,maybe old fashion for 2022,,,,,but they made things to last back in the day!!!!!!

  • @Mogeclub
    @Mogeclub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Nice commercial! Our neighbours had a big Westinghouse fridge in the 50s/60s. Was quite special here in The Netherlands.

  • @bellthandian
    @bellthandian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    There’s nothing worse than floral portrait allergy season..

  • @scratchdog2216
    @scratchdog2216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Uncle Eflow won't be getting a spongebath from Nurse West. I can't imagine he's disappointed. Funny show. Thanx.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At his age he'll take a sponge bath from anybody who'll give him one.

  • @ianng5098
    @ianng5098 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is life, people communicating, co-existing and carring for each other. Of course there were bad things as well but there were so much more good things.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess you didn't get closer to your family and friends during the pandemic.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bad things? well, polio was still going around

  • @goldenboy5500
    @goldenboy5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    OMG it Margaret Hamilton " the wicked witch of the west" I'm melting melting

  • @daisystanley7103
    @daisystanley7103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    hahahaha don't let the vitamins fly out lol

  • @dominicmartinelli5762
    @dominicmartinelli5762 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'm pretty certain this film dates from 1951. The featured Westinghouse range was also promoted in print ads from that year and is identical to the one in the movie.

    • @bdh70
      @bdh70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This was identical to the range on I Love Lucy, which premiered in 1951, so I would say you are correct. The fridge was the same as one on Lucy as well, though she had a couple of different refrigerators on the show.

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In 1951, Roland Reed was producing industrial films at the same time he was branching out into TV production. He was producing Stu Erwin's "TROUBLE WITH FATHER" and "THE BEULAH SHOW"....and the following year, "MY LITTLE MARGIE", and "ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER" {which wouldn't be widely seen on TV until 1954}.

    • @robertknight4672
      @robertknight4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bdh70 I think Westinghouse was one of I Love Lucy sponsors.

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Although it may be that Westinghouse made a model in 1946 that they did not update through 1952. "Planned obsolescence" was not yet a thing.

    • @emilymayer5500
      @emilymayer5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JudgeJulieLit Thank goodness! When I bought my circa 1895 Victorian cottage, it had a late 1940s/early 1950s Magic Chef cookstove in the kitchen. I fought tooth and nail with my husband to keep it; he wanted to throw it away and I wanted to keep it. My mother outvoted him, and after we cleaned it up, what a great idea HE had to keep it. It's still here...he isn't. He's my ex for a reason, LOL!

  • @pinkshabbyroses101
    @pinkshabbyroses101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I loved this! I want the stove and that lovely mom to cook for me:):)

  • @marloflanagan7421
    @marloflanagan7421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Damn, I want this stove!

  • @waldo1967
    @waldo1967 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was looking for this one on Thanksgiving 2023. Found it one day later.🤗

  • @OofusTwillip
    @OofusTwillip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The actress playing Mrs. B. had a bit role in the NCR film "The Magic Wheel". In the scene where the cash register disappears from the grocery store, she's the woman in the slow checkout lineup who says she likes to take her time browsing, but when it's time to go, she just wants to get out of there.

    • @warsaw28
      @warsaw28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought that was her. Do you know her real name?

    • @robotrix
      @robotrix หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was in movies for years and it's killing me that I can't place her.

  • @jackhollandcsxnsandawvrfan3800
    @jackhollandcsxnsandawvrfan3800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    How come we can't have a stove like that these days that DOESN'T fall apart.

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Profit margins combined with pricier regulations + companies learned they can make money off of broken products. Probably also has something to do with the surge of service related industries replacing manufacturing in the US-- gotta give those people something to do

    • @ebgbjo2025
      @ebgbjo2025 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they found out when they sell good quality stoves, people aren't purchasing them as often. Its why we have made in China junk that needs repaired & replaced within 5yrs.

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because they are made in China and have built in planned obsolescence...

  • @kimfleury
    @kimfleury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Those big ranges were the cat's meow. I haven't seen a modern range as useful as those old ones, no matter how many bells and whistles the new ones have. Sometimes I think maybe the convection oven setting is sort of nice, but it only saves a few minutes of cooking time, and at a much higher energy cost.

    • @nathanjustus6659
      @nathanjustus6659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I loved convection ovens until I got a vintage range and realized it baked more evenly. Convection is great in today's stuff because nothing seems to be engineered to work well - so they use convection, now. But the hot air can cause surface over browning.

    • @jacoleneiu3856
      @jacoleneiu3856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      EXACTLY.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lots of frozen stuff can be "air fried" in the oven and any confection oven can do that.

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hi Peri... would LOVE to see more of these types of videos, love them!

    • @usmale4915
      @usmale4915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree! These films are fun, entertaining and informative! Just keep them coming!

  • @cindycarr3460
    @cindycarr3460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember watching this kind of commercials when I was young. They were great

  • @JESUSISLORDforever888
    @JESUSISLORDforever888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    5/10/2020: The ( nurse ) woman from the WIZARD of OZ; she played the bad witch. Henry played the mayor from The Andy Griffith Show.

  • @kitgin4504
    @kitgin4504 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Take me back to this day beautiful days

  • @francescobromo
    @francescobromo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I actually really enjoyed the story 😂

  • @stanf7862
    @stanf7862 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am diggin the lighted knobs.