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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@whatsupdoc84

4 жыл бұрын

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

@candacerain1

4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say!! Neat!!

@amandastewart9358

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed this too. SO cool!!!

@mcc6002

4 жыл бұрын

“That pelican of a woman” referencing her nose.

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

@sky.the.infinite

Жыл бұрын

Definitely, agreed!

@vandelayofficial492

Жыл бұрын

and Westinghouse! lol

@straightpipediesel

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

I am obsessed with vintage stoves!!

@quagmiredavis4117

9 ай бұрын

​​​@@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 😅😊

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

2 жыл бұрын

They were still talking like that 10 years later.

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

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

@terrylynn9984

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@terrylynn9984

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 exactly.. I was like wow..

@wolfshanze5980

2 жыл бұрын

Yaba Daba Doo!

@moniquem783

2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfshanze5980 😂😂😂

@bonniegaither3994

Жыл бұрын

Right!?!

@MrSloika

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

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

@strawberrybananapeel2538

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

I have a 1963 Westinghouse Terrace Top Stove in YELLOW!

@terrylynn9984

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@MrSloika

Жыл бұрын

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

@debbieflaherty1975

Жыл бұрын

Nor does anything else.

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

9 ай бұрын

Open the lid and inhale!

@KischteBier

8 ай бұрын

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

@shannondore

7 ай бұрын

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

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

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Why dumb down temperature controls for cooking? 🌡️

@blueeyedbehr

Жыл бұрын

@@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

8 ай бұрын

Why? Because most people are idiots?

@blueeyedbehr

8 ай бұрын

@@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

7 ай бұрын

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

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

@crystalyj30

Жыл бұрын

I didn't put that together!🤣😂🤣

@jillsmith633

Жыл бұрын

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

Why is this essentially a 30 minute commercial so entertaining?

@robotrix

2 ай бұрын

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 👀 ❤

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

2 жыл бұрын

are her shows on youtube

@amierichan1428

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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.)

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

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky you

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

Sir, you have lived. I salute you.

@bobbykiriakidis9753

Жыл бұрын

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

@washkoskat

7 ай бұрын

Love ❤️ it

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

2 жыл бұрын

i want to go back to this

@charlietu

2 жыл бұрын

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

@samthunders3611

2 жыл бұрын

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

@brandielambright460

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuacrazone Me, too!

@User-cb4jm

2 жыл бұрын

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.

"Jumping Jehoshaphat" I am bringing that back.

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Me, too!

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

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

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

The Flintstones are going to miss their steak!

@veronicavatter6436

20 күн бұрын

That thing is enormous!

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@NFlight

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericlasley4503 Broil*

@ericlasley4503

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jessicah3450

4 жыл бұрын

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

Plus the Non LED colored lights😁

@javaking1000

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Kat-fw9se

3 жыл бұрын

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

@karenkrasz7078

2 жыл бұрын

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!

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

I love these old advertisements

Margaret Hamilton’s nose was recognizable anywhere!

@tarstarkusz

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the wicked witch?

@annodomini7887

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

@josephgaviota

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz Yes, it's her!

@friendofdorothy9376

4 жыл бұрын

Her voice too.

@maxpenn6374

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tomservo56954

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jeffnlisa

4 жыл бұрын

I THOUGHT that was him!!

@cathyfromcanada637

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, knew he was familiar.

@MsTimelady71

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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!

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@slim-oneslim8014

7 ай бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@joltjolt5060

Жыл бұрын

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

@jillym320

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

It still takes hours

@chrismorrison3375

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@kck9742

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been perfect!

@TheBobbybbc

2 жыл бұрын

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

@kesmarn

Жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

i love that movie

@c3cubed

2 жыл бұрын

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

@collinsje5

2 жыл бұрын

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

@franlooving4203

2 жыл бұрын

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

@c3cubed

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

4 жыл бұрын

You and me both.

@rockaroundtheclock1561

4 жыл бұрын

Why did they discontinue this oven!

@amandashare1281

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you!

@candacerain1

4 жыл бұрын

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

@toddsmith1617

4 жыл бұрын

Hardly anyone eats at home anymore.

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

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kesmarn

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

He was the Mayor of Mayberry on Andy Griffith.

@davidsimpson8192

8 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@MrSloika

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@me-xx2gl

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@chrismorrison3375

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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🌹😎

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

Жыл бұрын

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

I actually loved watching this!!!!

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

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

@charlottekey8856

4 жыл бұрын

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

@daninraleigh

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

I WANT THAT STOVE.!!!!

@Nunofurdambiznez

Ай бұрын

I'll fight ya for it ! LOL!

@leosrule5691

Ай бұрын

@@Nunofurdambiznez lol

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.

BRING BACK THE DEEP WELL COOKER!!

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

Жыл бұрын

They assembled a really good cast for an advertisement.

@tomservo56954

Жыл бұрын

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

@CornbreadOracle

Жыл бұрын

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

@sistersamich2075

9 ай бұрын

WHAT I JUST SAW THAT MOVIE LAST MONTH

@robotrix

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@kfl611

4 жыл бұрын

they flew in on her broom

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@dawniesimon

19 сағат бұрын

😂

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@washkoskat

7 ай бұрын

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

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

@mariekatherine5238

9 ай бұрын

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

@theblissfullone

9 ай бұрын

@@mariekatherine5238 Well said. 🙂

That's a HUGE steak!

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@terrylynn9984

Жыл бұрын

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

@kck9742

Жыл бұрын

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

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!

That stove is nicer than mine!

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@anniekirts6621 wheat has been GMO for centuries.

@spencerwilton5831

3 жыл бұрын

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

@yash6303

7 ай бұрын

Hay burner 😂

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!!!!!!

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

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

gosh this is a dream of a stove right there.

@collinsje5

2 жыл бұрын

Golly gee, YES!

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

@bryanhikes

Жыл бұрын

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

OMG, it's Almira Gulch

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

@NipkowDisk

4 жыл бұрын

Margaret Hamilton- one of a kind, for sure.

@michaelmccarthy4615

4 жыл бұрын

Nurse Spindle is priceless

@richardgray8593

4 жыл бұрын

Worse than Nurse Ratchet

@thisisnotcharles

4 жыл бұрын

...and Mayor Pike

@usmale4915

4 жыл бұрын

@@thisisnotcharles as played by Dick Elliott!

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.

@randenebates

4 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure the mom is Dorothy Vaughan, whom I loved in The Maganificent Ambersons: "You'll know something pretty quick! Please to leave my house!" but I can't find the cast listed on this short.

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

"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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeJulieLit yes-yes! Good catch

@jacoleneiu3856

2 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeJulieLit 🤣🤣🤣

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 KZread 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

Жыл бұрын

Oooh I thought so! I thought so!!!

@annabelgrace1267

Жыл бұрын

She did not have children, but loved them..

@RuhNay

6 ай бұрын

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

@marcse7en

6 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@mikezylstra7514

5 ай бұрын

bad things? well, polio was still going around

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

I had one of those stoves. We bought it used. I loved that stove, it had a warming drawer, the drop down burner with the pot and a large storage drawer too. It was a monster but I loved it.

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

@mikezylstra7514

2 жыл бұрын

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

I would love to have that range

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY.

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@paulalarsen7697

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Yes, I didn't see that part coming. Pretty funny!

@gerberjoanne266

Жыл бұрын

That was a nice touch of dry humor.

@jenniferwilliams6494

Жыл бұрын

🤣

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

"I don't know how I'll ever thank you" how about doing the damn dishes, she used every pot & pan in the kitchen for you.

@rockoyouthman

4 жыл бұрын

Annette Jac , best comment I’ve ever read on KZread! Lol

@michelewestover9330

4 жыл бұрын

Annette Jac I was thinking the same thing!!!!😂😂

@mrsalshehhi4171

4 жыл бұрын

lols

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent point. And now, it's time to introduce: the Westinghouse Dishwasher....

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

PS Annette: your Best Friend is beautiful...

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

@anniekirts6621

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@kathleenpalmisano3591

4 жыл бұрын

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

@yana1955

2 жыл бұрын

That was necessary in those older style ovens.

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

A genuinely funny, well-acted film. Well, the beginning anyway. All for a commercial about something we all take for granted nowadays. Fascinating.

The house we bought in Portland, OR in 1991, had a range like the 1946 one. We used it until 2002, when we remodeled. The oven temp could never be regulated, though, so we had to learn how to set it. We knew it was old, but I am now guessing it was from the mid 40's!

Uncle Elflow was so respected, the thought of a visit scared the husband into buying a new stove, lol!

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

@Nunofurdambiznez

Ай бұрын

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.

I need to go see my local Westinghouse dealer.

@JudgeJulieLit

4 жыл бұрын

Duped as designed :>).

@nathanjustus6659

3 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Martha Stewart would call that a Westinghouse monger.

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

I want one of those built-in fryer things.

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

@destubae3271

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

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

I really want that cooker!

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@robotrix

2 ай бұрын

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

Ah. The days when Made in America was for everything we owned. 🇺🇸

Sadly, their kitchen electrical wiring was not rated for such a load. The kitchen caught fire, and everybody died. But the new range survived, so that's good.

@travisbell1732

4 жыл бұрын

PointyTailofSatan LOL best comment ever! I see a closing shot of Gracie’s lifeless hand holding a college application with a beauty shot of the oven in the background.

@maxpenn6374

4 жыл бұрын

You and Travis Bell get my award for the *best* funny/snarky remarks of all☮

@Barbe

4 жыл бұрын

HURR HURR! U ACHIEVED KOMEDY!

This is a great appliance

Donuts are among nature's most perfect foods. And of course, cupcakes as well.

@satanofficial3902

4 жыл бұрын

Matchless cooking... when you don't need matches to light the stove.

@satanofficial3902

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs. B doesn't seem overly perturbed that she has a hyper-dimensional being intruding into her privacy and observing all her activities.

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

@@satanofficial3902 Reminds me of Betty White's early sitcom. Eventually she starts rebelling. "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" She vigorously shakes her head and smiles. (But I don't recall her ever speaking to him. He was the announcer we saw at the intro of every episode but we never saw during it.)

@robotrix

2 ай бұрын

HOT cupcakes, no less. Maybe that's what we call lava cakes now?

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@JudgeJulieLit

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

I am diggin the lighted knobs.