This is proof that I will watch absolutely anything.

@muttonchopsgayever

2 жыл бұрын

I watched it twice

@debboyea9567

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@danmaddox8211

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ

@barbaragrissomschneider6271

2 жыл бұрын

✅😂🤣🤣

@spudlee1749

2 жыл бұрын

😂

why is the shoes man so freaking handsome

@thecomrade302

8 жыл бұрын

exactly

@katemccormick9036

7 жыл бұрын

Basma Abdallah. RIGHT?

@cacatr4495

7 жыл бұрын

Because he's an actual man, not what they're showing on TV.

@samanthavillagomez997

6 жыл бұрын

this SHOEMAN can sell me a pair of any time!

@axiomist1076

6 жыл бұрын

In real life he was what they called back then a homosexual.

It was used as a lip-reading practice video. Then there would be a test afterwards on things like what were their names? What color shoes did the girl want her mother to buy for her at the beginning? What kind of shoes did the salesman bring out for the little girl to try on? What size did she think she was, and what size did the salesman measure her feet to be? Which ones did she actually try? How much were the shoes she tried on? How much were the shoes she ended up getting? What was the name of the girl who came in later in the movie? Why did she come in? Those types of questions would have been normal. It could have been a written test or quiz in lip-reading class, or it could have been oral, in order to reinforce the lip-reading they had just practiced. My mom used to teach Art classes at the Virginia State School for the Deaf and Blind in Hampton, Virginia in the 1970's. It was residential, with dormitories and a dining hall, and different buildings for different types of instruction. They had a vocational skills instruction department too, for mostly the Deaf students, like Cosmetology, which was a favorite for the Deaf girls, requiring excellent lip-reading skills; and Home Economics; they also had an Upholstery Shop; and for the blind students who had good musical skills, they had Piano Tuning. Also they had a Dry Cleaning and Commercial Laundry department, a Print Shop, and the favorite for the Deaf boys was Auto Shop! They had an auto mechanics section, as well as body shop. The thing most folks didn't understand was that you didn't have to be completely deaf, or stone blind to go there. Many were only partly so, but the public schools were not yet accommodating to such handicaps, nor were the medical or surgical treatments for them as advanced as they are now. No cochlear implants yet, for instance, or as many very successful surgical treatments for either the blind or deaf children. This was when I was in high school myself, and I spent time in my mom's Arts classroom when school was out for me but not for them. I got to be friends with quite a few of the students my age, and the instructors as well. I got my hair done several times there by the Instructor as a "hair model" and she always did a fantastic job; I got clothes dry cleaned, including my wedding gown after I got married the year after I graduated from high school; and had a car painted there too, which was done with all the same equipment as any other auto body shop. It was a beautiful job. They changed up their school population a few years later, moving all the Deaf students to the other school in Staunton, and all the blind students came to the school in Hampton. Art wasn't then something as easily taught to blind students as it was to the Deaf kids, so my mom got another job. By then I was living in Indiana with my ex-Air Force husband, whom I had met and married while he was stationed at the base near my home.

@beewonk

5 жыл бұрын

Shari D57 Thanks for sharing. Very interesting info that I didn’t know 😊

@TallyWackaTha2nd

4 жыл бұрын

We don't give a fuck

@allychu19

4 жыл бұрын

@@TallyWackaTha2nd actually, some of us do.

@therealmeemawmallen9493

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very interesting and I informative post.😊

@tomservo56954

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the explanation...I couldn't understand why no one seemed to have hearing problems in the film.

It's a film to help hearing impaired people to read lips on film

@limonchik5644

5 жыл бұрын

southernlight6 really?

@ferociousgumby

5 жыл бұрын

Look at the credits at the beginning. All pertaining to deaf people. Took me a while to figure this out.

@cathy1679

5 жыл бұрын

southernlight6 lol

@gregorythoman8281

5 жыл бұрын

Really? We didn't realize that. Thank you for telling us the obvious.

@savannapierceshimomura

4 жыл бұрын

southernlight6 ohhhhhh thanks :)

It says right in the credits: " this is a life situation film for speech and hearing training". The film is meant to be watched by hard of hearing kids back in the day. That's why they had the stilted dialogue and acting.

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not a kid it's not 1955, and I'm not hard of hearing...but I watched it. Sue me.

@charles2241

5 жыл бұрын

Annnnnd, so it teaches them how to lipread stilted speech apparently.My mother lost her hearing when she was thirty six, and the reality of the situation, is if you ever want to lipread properly, you know, from the general population, it's probably best you don't tell people you can't hear, because then people break into practically hysterics over-speaking and raising their voice, as though deafness suddenly disappears with raised voices, therefore throwing off any lipreading skills you may had acquired, because you trained off of people speaking in a normal fashion.

@criminallyautistic8372

Жыл бұрын

Oh like ASL

The movie is good, but I prefer the book.

@mcervantes362

5 жыл бұрын

I know! This movie took out all the best parts, and the shoe clerk didn't even run off with Barbara's mom at the end! Talk about artistic license!

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!🤣

@therealmeemawmallen9493

4 жыл бұрын

True wit at it's finest bravo

@calamityjane5484

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😆

@atom_gray

3 жыл бұрын

+1

Take a shot every time mother says "Barbara"

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be on the floor halfway through.

@sallyvillarreal4294

5 жыл бұрын

Or when Barbara says “mother”.

@sarahelisabeth247

3 жыл бұрын

Take a shot every time they say "shoes" 😳😳

@TheKonga88

2 жыл бұрын

Take a moon pie every time they say dear 🌙🌙👠👠🌜🌕🌕🎑💡

@michaelcolfin8464

2 жыл бұрын

Take a shot every time a word with more than 6 letters are used and you'll drive home sober.

Watch Next: Mary's mother asks her why she didn't get the money back when returning the shoes.

@cinnamonbed

8 жыл бұрын

haha back then they would have your family name in a notebook, moms would go pay the store on pay day

@jennysbloke

6 жыл бұрын

And how come she got to return them after she'd worn them at school ? (Barbera had seen them.) Rumbled !

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

@@jennysbloke he shouldn't have excepted those those fungus ridden things.

@lazyhomebody1356

4 жыл бұрын

"I'm returning the white ones. They're all dirty."

@atom_gray

3 жыл бұрын

god, i feel like i've waiting _forever_ for the sequel...

Barbara is 9 years old here that would make her 70 years old now!

@ontarioguy2738

8 жыл бұрын

Sydnia 70

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

Ontario Guy -Depends on when Barbara's birthday🎂 is. Right now it's the middle of July, 2018. If she's already had her birthday🎂, she'll be 72. If she hasn't had her birthday🎂 yet, she'll be 71. So, 2 years ago when you first answered this question, she could have been either 69 or 70, depending again on when her birthday🎂 actually happens to be. 🎉🎁🎊👞

@axiomist1076

6 жыл бұрын

Or she could be dead already.

@snugbug5067

6 жыл бұрын

Shari D57 wow 😄

@tonichappell7596

5 жыл бұрын

Salesman Bob just turned 100 and he still works at the shoe store!!

Academy Award acting! Barbara, though petulant, is the most natural actor.

@b2writer

6 жыл бұрын

You got that it was made for hearing impaired, right? So they are speaking very deliberately, not poorly acting

@ChrisStargazer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, if she’s starring in a commercial for coffins.

Fitting in with peers.......never goes out of style.

At times like these, I like to stop and wonder, "what am I doing with my life?"

@zethraelofteldrassil3149

3 жыл бұрын

That makes two of us

A few years later Barbara will be screaming for go-go boots.

@verticalhorizon4633

8 жыл бұрын

She'll be dressed in black lace, and getting boned on the dumpster behind McDonald's.

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

Go-go boots. LOL! So right.

@diedonner299

5 жыл бұрын

No. Cha cha heels.

@kathyabeauty

4 жыл бұрын

White go-go boots!

@j.a.abele333

4 жыл бұрын

yes!..i begged for months for go-go- boots because they were popular .. had them only one week and I wore them marching in a parade when it was raining and they fell apart... Mom was not amused... they cost $7 which was a lot in those days...

Take a shot every time she says 'mother'

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry. We couldn't pour 'em fast enough.

@DJPON369

3 жыл бұрын

Take a shot each time you call your mom, "mom"

Im not sure what her name was...is it Barbara?

It doesn't feel good. It feels BROWN.

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

In those days ALL kids new shoes wound up giving you painful blisters on your heels by the end of the day. It was the one curse of growing up in those days. Well...that, ...and polio epidemics.

@jpatherton2415

3 жыл бұрын

This a commentary on the racial injustices of the time. Amid mounting pressure the girl must choose. In the end she declares "oh mother I like these brown shoes!"

@justthatonedumbkid7962

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeKaye-hn5dt Hmm, I don't think that was the case. Socks were a thing you know.

@justthatonedumbkid7962

3 жыл бұрын

@@jpatherton2415 No, it's not?

@atom_gray

3 жыл бұрын

Mary is a troublemaker.

This is so relaxing.

I thought that maybe the white shoes the other girl returned would coincidentally be Barbara’s size, and that she’d end up buying them lol

@johnbockelie3899

Жыл бұрын

Read off of cue cards.😅

@mhcollectors13

Жыл бұрын

That would have been such a riveting twist!

I like her saddle shoes best.

@lindathrall5133

5 жыл бұрын

Diana Gruver I used to wear saddle shoes when I was growing up. I haven’t seen saddle shoes in a long time

@judith_thordarson

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Diana, I like her saddle shoes too, Diana. You see Diana, her saddle shoes are white And black. Barbara likes them, Diana. Mother likes them too.

@zaker721

4 жыл бұрын

@@judith_thordarson OMG!!! Are you the one who wrote this script? You still have the magic!

@dewilew2137

2 жыл бұрын

@@judith_thordarson And they are good for school! no straps, closed all around.

@dewilew2137

2 жыл бұрын

A steal at only $4.99.

I can’t stop watching these! 😂

As a child going to the shoe store was like going to the Drs office for a yearly physical. I sat in those same type chairs, and had the same shoe service! This whole scenery is a replica of my school shoe days.

@Lisaj4431

5 жыл бұрын

And shoes were so ugly and durable, because you wore the same ones every damn day and polished them once a month.ugg

@tomservo56954

3 жыл бұрын

At least you didn't have the X-ray shoe fitter

@gilwood7530

11 ай бұрын

NOPE , Got y'all beat ...for a few years when I was about 7 to 10 I had to wear corrective shoes !!! This was the 60s and the were the ugliest things ever

The acting in this one is some of the best I have EVER SEEN! I mean, I wanted to run out and get the brown shoes, they really sold me! Academy award ACTING by all if I do say so myself!

Perhaps the worst acting I've ever seen. However, that made it enjoyable in an odd sort of way.

@VicvicW

8 жыл бұрын

It is deliberately stiff, because it was designed for the hard of hearing. Contractions and more natural speech patterns would be harder to understand.)

@edwardgaines6561

6 жыл бұрын

Kirk Hansen I've seen better acting in Revene Of The Sith.

@pgh45rpms

5 жыл бұрын

I hope these actors aren't students from the USC drama department.

@wednesday55

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! Maybe they were just acting out a Basal reader or something.

@RKusmie64

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, about the bad acting. But it had me on the edge of my seat so I had to keep watching. Which shoes will Barbara get? Will her mother allow her to get the white shoes so she has the same ones as Mary??? And why does she want to dress like Mary anyway??? Duh Duh DUUUUHHHH :D

"Are they sandals mother" "No dear....they are shoes...wait...you will see them" groundbreaking. Best actress award goes to Barbara's mom.

@bunnyfoofoo9695

4 жыл бұрын

My vote is for the horned rim glasses!

@tomservo56954

3 жыл бұрын

They were a real mother and daughter...it was Method acting.

The life lessons this video offers are invaluable.

Take a shot every time the salesman doesn't slap her

I REMEMBER TRYING ON SHOES LIKE THIS IN THE SHOE STORE

Mary looked like she'd slug Barbara for her lunch at school. Lol

@edwardgaines6561

6 жыл бұрын

Tekken Yeah, she was a BIGGEN.

@MultiShooter7

6 жыл бұрын

Yep...🤣

@povyi9394

5 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@Lisaj4431

5 жыл бұрын

I can remember having a girlfriend in school that was Marys size and she was bullied for her size. These days Mary would be considered a normal size and you would be bullied for being too skinny

@Parsley96

5 жыл бұрын

Tekken hahahahaha!! Love your comment!! She does look pretty tough!! Barbara would be a target for sure!!!

This is for people with hearing problems which explains a lot !!!!! ie: the bad acting to emphasize all the words.

Did all the actors take valium before this was filmed?

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

Wet Tex - This was intentionally made to help deaf and hearing impaired people learn how to lip read. It wasn't intended to be public entertainment.

@charles2241

5 жыл бұрын

@@sharid76 These things never are meant to be entertaining, but more like indoctrination. They at least should have had a moral to the story, like you should have enough brain power to not go lockstep with whatever your fiend, I mean friend, or hypnotist, does. If Mary wanted a head transplant, Barbara would have wanted one too. The lesson that Mary can change her mind at any time, therefore rendering Barbara's choice null, was completely lost on Barbara. Little sycophants aren't too bright.

@sharid76

5 жыл бұрын

@@charles2241 - You've missed the entire purpose of the video/movie/show/lesson - whatever you want to call it. It has nought but the simplest message because the message isn't at all important, nor the purpose. Its meant to teach lip reading skills to hearing impaired people - likely children the same age as these. They can't do that with the best effect unless it actually makes some kind of sense, AND so that it uses the simplest, easiest words to teach with at first. Thats all it's about - no more, no less. My mother taught Art subjects to the deaf and severely hearing impaired students at a residential school for the Blind and Hearing Impaired - one of only two - in the State of Virginia for several years in the 1970's. I had ample contact with students and teachers alike, since I was in high school at the time, lived only with her, and could drive. We did not live there, of course, and my contact was strictly social. More than that would take much too long a time, and too much space to explain further.

@charles2241

5 жыл бұрын

@@sharid76 Actually, I know a great deal more about the subject of deafness than you would expect, which was in some other comment I believe I laid out here. Regardless of anything, the comment at this portion of the general video commentary, by me, was meant for basically a humorous purpose. BTW, I do find this notion of attempting lipreading as rather poor here, seeing as how a deaf person should be trained on how people REALLY speak, not as robots do, or at least that's what the Collier place had told my mother way back in '71. Back in '55, I don't know if they thought training via some robot method was actually better or not, but Collier didn't think so over a decade later. Thanks.

Barbara is a pain in the neck.

@johnsocoloski9862

9 жыл бұрын

Hell ya. I would've said I ain't taking your shit anymore Barbra! Then I would have said. Be a god dam individual for once in your life! I don't know about you but I'm teaching my kids to be great individuals and to be there selves around people. That might depend on certain situations.

@missyluvs87

6 жыл бұрын

As are most children..lol

Mother knows best. My mother always had the final say when we were young about such things.

@andreasanchez3557

2 жыл бұрын

My parents know best.

@snugbug5067

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreasanchez3557 well that means your a smart offspring to know this, EVEN if your not a kid anymore. 🙂

How did this not get an Academy Award? It’s a mystery.

Her mom paid Mary a penny to come in and talk up the BROWN SHOOOOOES

Mary is the class fashionista apparently! And if Mary says brown shoes, then by god, brown shoes are where it’s at.

My mom used to take me to get Buster Brown shoes. How I loved getting a new pair of shoes, which didn’t happen very often.

They’re just so natural and real true to everyday life😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That was very persuasive ,l too will now buy myself brown shoes .

An alternate reality where word contractions were never introduced

@cacatr4495

7 жыл бұрын

Word articulation for the hearing impaired, stated by the description on the film.

@michaelcolfin8464

2 жыл бұрын

Brent Spiner (Data from star trek) and Barbra Eden (Jeanie from I Dream of Jeannie) school of acting.

Perfect to watch when you can’t sleep at night

The way Barbara and Mary calling each other's names sounds like they're going to settle some blood feud at school the next day.

HOW DID SHE GIVE HIM NINETEEN CENTS WITH TWO COINS????

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

ffff - how do you know she did? Its possible to hand someone several coins at once - for instance, a dime and a nickel, then four pennies = $0.19. Or, she could have just given him two dimes- that's simple enough to do, and makes $0.20, close enough for current purposes. And since this movie involves helping the hearing impaired practice lipreading, rather than entertainment, maybe that part wasn't considered so important at the time.

@kenbob1071

5 жыл бұрын

A nickel was worth 9 cents back then. The dime was still 10 cents.

@roachtoasties

5 жыл бұрын

One cent tip. Tipping the shoe salesman was big back then.

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

@@roachtoasties that would be an insult even in those days he would have thrown it back at her.

@jpatherton2415

3 жыл бұрын

I heard 6 coins

I wish I got nice leather shoes for six dollars...

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

Emily Fries - In 1955, $6.00 had the same buying power as $56.63 does today. Based on inflation. data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=6.00&year1=195501&year2=201806 Sounds weird, yes. But true.

Watching this story made me feel like it could have been turned into grade 2 reading material 😊📖👍

some award-winning acting up in here!

@marian9077

8 жыл бұрын

And the Golden Globe goes to Barbra! ;)

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

This was made to help teach deaf people to lip read. So, yes the pronunciations are a little stilted and deliberate. It wasn't intended to serve up Academy Award winning fare.

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

@@sharid76 we know.

I noticed how the beginning credits mentioned the hearing impaired. This explains why each word is spoken so exactly. This is obviously a film intended for those learning how to read lips. Thanks for sharing.

@criminallyautistic8372

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? I should stop skipping the intro because I didn't know. I'm so use to watching bad short films

"Could I interest you in a casual pump?" "Sure! I got time to look at shoes later!"

@Juliejewels67

Жыл бұрын

😂

Poor salesman...lol I can remember these days well. Also remember the boxes being wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine.

Love the mom's glasses!

Top notch acting, truly.

Is the speech to help those learning to lip read?

@MerleOberon

8 жыл бұрын

+carterfrvr That's what I thought.

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

"I want white shoes, mother."

There is 6.29 minutes of my life I WILL never get back.

dammit Barbra get it together!

@bcran6691

7 жыл бұрын

Lmao😭😂

@moonlightcocktail

3 жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting Barbara has bad habits?

Oh Mr Baker you make choosing between the white shoes and the brown shoes so lovely.. He loves the brown shoes you chose Barbara and Mary

And they all lived happily ever after...in the basement bomb shelter.

When I was a child my mom took me to the shoe store to buy a pair of keds, it was early 60's and you got a magic decoder whistle with every purchase and the man went into the back room to get the decoder whistle and I watched him and as my mom was paying at the front counter I snuck into the back room and stuffed my pockets with decoder whistles. I then passed them out to my neighborhood friends and the neighborhood was sooo noisy from all the whistles haha

@lazyhomebody1356

4 жыл бұрын

And yet you grew up NOT to be in jail??

The kids shoe store that I got my shoes at as a little kid had those same yellow chairs, and that was in the late 1980's/early 90's!

@andrethegiant2877

Жыл бұрын

#noonecares

Was this a twilight zone episode?

@TallyWackaTha2nd

4 жыл бұрын

Rod serling: " meet Barbara, a charismatic little girl who desires shoes that compliment that trait. For your standard shoe, Barbara would fit what most would refer to as a size 6 to about 6 and a half, perhaps teetering on a 7, but this particular pair of shoes that this mysterious salesman has placed onto her feet are a one size fits all, whether you're a little girl named barbara, an adult ballet dancer with flatfoot, or a lumberjack in thick boots, this pair of shoes will fit you quite snuggly. Now you as the viewer will try on this new shoe with Barbara and proceed to walk with her as she wanders into... The Twlight Zone!"

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

@@TallyWackaTha2nd LOL!🤣

Damn, Barbara! If you're not paying for the shoes yourself, shut up! lol.

@verticalhorizon4633

8 жыл бұрын

No shit. If she's not paying for them, the little bitch can take what she gets.

@carolynhowell9768

6 жыл бұрын

It's That Ingalls Girl LOL

@Emily_CiK

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, your comment made my day! God bless you.

@sharid76

6 жыл бұрын

Vertical Horizon - Did you pay for all your shoes and clothes when you were 9 years old? And were you never consulted about what you wanted to wear, or not wear? I didn't pay for my stuff - nobody does at that age of course - but I got to express preferences on what things I liked better. Mostly because if I didn't like them, because I thought they made me look like some kind of a goof, they stayed in the closet. No sense in spending money on something that's never going to get worn. But it's interesting 🤔 how those brown shoes,👞 which she claimed to "hurt her feet" at first, suddenly became beautiful and fit perfectly 👍 after the other little girl returned HER white shoes because the other ones she had were "better for school."

@Emily_CiK

6 жыл бұрын

Shari D57 I think she was just joking around. Her comment was meant to be funny. When I read her comment I laughed out loud... I don't think she was being completely serious. I'm sure she allows her children to have a say in what they wear.

wow, Barbara is a little liar..lol

I remember at the shoe store shopping with mama❤

Who remembers that vintage metal shoe sizer, I think it was called a Brannock Shoe Sizer. A real toe jammer!

@msbrowngault

5 жыл бұрын

That & something to trip over in the store

@takemyshoesoff3350

4 жыл бұрын

@@msbrowngault I remember them

@keithwilson6060

2 жыл бұрын

I was one of those shoe sales guys once. Yes you are correct, a Brannock device. They still have them in finer stores.

This was Al Bundy during a kinder, gentler time. 👞😮

Oh man, the acting, *muah* très magnifique!

The dreaded saddle shoes. My mother had my father take me shoe shopping. I came home with shiny patent leather shoes with a bow on top. Mom was annoyed but let me keep the shoes ( not very comfortable) . Biggest thrill getting penny loafers and the sales person putting a bright new penny in them.

I recall wearing red oxfords and mary janes.

This is great.

Beautiful innocence.

Times have changed a lot! Today when you go to a shoe store, the sales person doesn't even serve you at all. You're on your own as you reach for different pairs while they stand behind the cash! They do fuck all for you while they check their phones! These short plays show times when people had moral values and quality service was first!

@andrethegiant2877

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, anything else?

@andrethegiant2877

Жыл бұрын

Did you need a bunch of help choosing shoes simp?

Okay, since I don't need any lip-reading training this film wasn't made for me in the first place. But I liked it nonetheless. So cute! And such a nice service man.

Mother I want cha cha heels Little did we know that Barbara would grow up to be absolutely ... devine.

How these people didn't receive Acadamy Awards is beyond me! 😜

The acting and dialogue is so straightforward.

The power of admiration is shown in imitation. That's the principle used in creating idols in Hollywood for people to emulate. This is a big way the culture has been changed, through emulation.

Wow! When we went shoe shopping we got want my mom brought.

that was both funny and painful to watch.. those actor's delivery sound so ... forced.

@georgiahearn1967

8 жыл бұрын

It was used to help deaf children learn to lip read

The black shoes were way better and more girlish, the brown shoes looked too boyish LOL!

@PragmaticDany

8 жыл бұрын

+DanceDanceDance5678 Are you telling me you see no difference between a pair of sand colored, steel toed, caterpillar boots and a pair of piano black stiletto heels?

@cacatr4495

7 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Calzada +5 appreciation points to your comment. The Luciferian social engineers are beginning to outlaw gender to make everyone androgynous. Fooey on that!

@cacatr4495

7 жыл бұрын

Justin, agreed.

@schmeckelgruben776

7 жыл бұрын

The classic saddle oxfords she wore into the store were probably just too small or worn. She'd be better off sizing up to a 5 1/2 than going with the brown.

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

5 жыл бұрын

Buy her size 6 1/2 and stuff em with bunched up newspaper. Save yourself 5 bucks and an unecessary trip to cutie's shoe store.

Buying shoes was a major ordeal when I was that age because I had inherited my mother's very narrow feet and comfortable shoes were almost impossible to find. I always ended up with terrible blisters from the heels rubbing because nothing was narrow enough to fit properly. I always had to go with my mother because my father always lost his temper.

But my friends got $150.00 shoes and Smart phones mom

Barbara turned into Dawn Davenport and demanded cha cha heels for Christmas!

They werent trying to be Award winning actors. They were pronouncing words clearly so the hard of hearing could learn to read lips. If you muted this you'd see how clearly they can be understood. After awhile of this kind of practice, you'd be able to read lips.

Oh how I Love this..the Young school Girl very politely saying "Mother" and Not "Mommy" and being very obedient and listening to her Mother,s advice..😊😅

It's like The Stepford Wives for children!

Oh so now the brown shoes don't hurt since Mary has brown ones. Come on gal, don't be a follower! I would've gotten the black strapped ones to be different.

@axiomist1076

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but you're a hippy. They didnt have those yet back then. =)

@BellaLeoLicorice

6 жыл бұрын

I bet the white ones Mary brought back were just the right size for Barbara too.

@charles2241

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, a good rebellious choice for that immediate situation, but while I can't speak for girls, there was no color that spoke conformity than black shoes for boys. So bad choice in terms of trying to be rebellious. I mean when a shoe shop only has three colors, what's a girl to do? For utter rebellion Barbara should had insisted they go to McDonald's instead, where despite it being an ultimate place for conformity, there would be a small chance she could had scored clown shoes with a happy meal.

@TallyWackaTha2nd

4 жыл бұрын

She should have got custom some Nike Jordans and started dunking on them haters

@g.j

4 жыл бұрын

She just wants to be like anyone else . She wants to belong.

Really easy flowing natural dialogue

Was it normal back then, that the children only spoke to their parent and not to the seller? Barbara only talks to her mother, not the man who has the shoes. And why aren't they allowed to go to the back room and see all the shoes? He only brings out what they ask, not letting them see all shoes by themselves.

@sara-zy3vh

9 жыл бұрын

holy fuck i just realized that. i thought that time was all about manners and shit. but yeah you're right?!!

@dianagruver5767

8 жыл бұрын

That's the way it was in shoes stores back then.

@BeauSC4Ever

6 жыл бұрын

Children didn't talk to strangers. Just because he was selling them shoes didn't mean she knew him.

@miriamhavard7621

6 жыл бұрын

Leena L yes. Even in the 60's and 70's it was normal.

@charles2241

5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen Robot Rumpus? If you have, you would know why you wouldn't let Mary, a robot, "back in the back". See here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6iktK-sdNiuZ5c.html

unbelievable!!!!

So many report here that Barbara never looks at the man when she's talking, but it's not so. The salesman understands the order of things, as he asked THE MOTHER, what size she wears. Then rebellious brat decides to throw in her two cents, as if she isn't spoken for, and says "I wear size six (oh - la di da)". Mother then gets offended at her impertinence, and says "No dear, I think you wear size five and a half". The camera then mysteriously cuts away, and apparently mother, or the salesman, knocks some sense into Barbara, and afterwards she will speak to mother only. The salesman then sees a mother/daughter war going on that even his feeble mind can detect, and he bails them out by saying, "Well let me measure". This fake impartiality is quickly exposed next, as he declares, "Yes, that's right, she should wear size five and a half". The mother then nods smugly, rubbing it in Barbara's face as she looks down. Barbara, doesn't want black shoes, because guess what color shoes tyrant mother wears? Yes, she was an impertinent little brat. Anybody notice that after the salesman leaves to get their ton of colors in shoes, that brat gets up out of her chair to go grab the sandals on display? Man, none of us kids would have ever done that! What a brat! I think her mother thought of tripping her enroute, but then decided, that she would be more cruel still, and wait for her to bring them back, and then scold her for getting stupid sandles. Ha, ha, she'll never go grab things off of displays again!

@lazyhomebody1356

4 жыл бұрын

The depth of your understanding is unparalled

Well, I have officially reached the end of the internet.

When is season 2 coming out

NEW SHOES, NEW SHOES NEW SSSHHHHOOOEEESSSSS ! ! ! -GRANDDAD-

Goodbye Barbara! I think Mary has a plan for Barbara. Watch out!

Action packed! Riveting! Suspense filled! Tune in next week when Barbara eats a fist full of pennies!

This is how Al Bundy got his start in the show industry. Oh mother I like these brown shoes!

I was waiting for something to happen.

Best actors ever

Those eyeglass frames made wearers look about 80 years old.

How.. how did I get here? The KZread rabbithole is deep and unforgiving

I remember doing this first scene moment when the salesman used to measure our shoe size with my mom and sisters 💙💙❤️ 😊