If Fred Mertz the cheapskate is willing to fork over the money for a Westinghouse No-Frost Refrigerator, then that's good enough for me. I'm sold!

@akoww1000

2 жыл бұрын

He bought it used and haggled the clerk to death :P

@kevinmiller6380

2 жыл бұрын

Considering William Frawley and Vivian Vance hated each other, how were they persuaded to make this commercial?

@massabielle2821

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiller6380 : 💰💵💰💵💰Money has a funny way of making peace, if even just for a commercial………..😉

@kevinmiller6380

2 жыл бұрын

Howard Wiggins-I remember an episode of I Love Lucy (I think it was Pioneer Women) where Lucy and Ethel wanted Ricky and Fred to go out and buy them each a dishwasher because they didn't want to get dishpan hands. Ricky's response to Fred? They want us to buy them some rubber gloves! 😄😄😄😄😄😄

@summermazur3064

2 жыл бұрын

Well, after all, Fred did buy Ethel a Handy-Dandy washing machine in episode #45, so he could once in a while be persuaded to buy good appliances! Lol

Still a handsome Fridge, even by 2022 standards.

@jaminova_1969

2 жыл бұрын

I would love that fridge!

@akoww1000

2 жыл бұрын

I bet it still works today while our new ones break every 6 months

@melaniemills4505

2 жыл бұрын

...I know, seriously, I'd love to have one now. ❤

@ilanamillion8942

2 жыл бұрын

If it does all the things that Betty Furness says it does then where can I get one?

@yodservant

2 жыл бұрын

My auntie in NH still has her 1955 Westinghouse fridge...it's great. Still works fine. My dad bought it for the family while still a student at UNH🦁

Those commercials are an absolute hoot, you'd figure a lot of stuff would be gone after all this time but luckily it's still here to watch & enjoy

@wellesradio

2 жыл бұрын

@@RStark-ek7mh Oh, shut up. We’re trying to enjoy some television.

@leftylou6070

2 жыл бұрын

@@wellesradio Right-On!

@dianetheisen8664

2 жыл бұрын

@@RStark-ek7mh I absolutely 💯 % hated All in the Family ‼️. Archie hated everybody and mentally abused his wife. I saw that when it 1️⃣st aired and knew it wasn't for me.

@lemurianchick

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianetheisen8664 "All in the Family" is the best-written and acted TV show in history IMO. You are looking in a mirror in life. You stated you "100% hated" the show. Why? Archie hated everything! Your negativity is a shadow that you project onto others instead of owning it within yourself. I bet you voted for President Brandon too. I know your ilk like the back of my hand. Full of hate but flinging your inner feces on others.

@wellesradio

2 жыл бұрын

@@RStark-ek7mh You got whooshed

When Betty Furness talked, you believed her! And seeing Ethel and Fred is great!

@kevinmiller6380

2 жыл бұрын

johnfd210-So THAT'S who it was?

@johnfd0210

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiller6380 Yes. She was spokeswoman for Westinghouse for years, and then became a well regarded consumer advocate.

@standindanmcvey5410

2 жыл бұрын

I would bet that fridge still works to this day!

@leftylou6070

2 жыл бұрын

@@standindanmcvey5410 ....................and I bet in today's dollar it would cost you $65 bucks a month to run it.

We could enjoy watching the Mertz's argue even in a four-minute appliance commercial. Thanks for sharing this rarely shown video.

Frawley and Vance hated each other which makes this commercial a real gem.

@willmack5909

2 жыл бұрын

Seems appropriate that they would do a refrigerator/freezer commercial together, given how cold they were toward one another.

@dennisraatz3406

2 жыл бұрын

Lucy and Dezi and Westinghouse had to have paid them lots of money to star together on their show and also this commercial, otherwise they would have either quit or killed each other. One reason is Dezi was friends with William Frawley and Lucy was friends with Vivian Vance.

@charlesclager6808

2 жыл бұрын

@@dennisraatz3406 Dennis, you are right. Frawley was a drunk and showed up on set drunk. Arnez told him that if he kept it up he would be fired. And as he story goes Frawley did clean up his act somewhat.

@markbarret6836

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesclager6808 Frawley white knuckled his performances. The tiny B & W sets of the 50s covered his shakes. Remastered prints on large monitors show this, like when they were in the Paris cafe, his menu is shaking hard. Remasters reveal Desi's acne scarring as well

@kellygreen5556

2 жыл бұрын

Frawley overheard Vance saying " who would believe I'm married to that old coot?" when I Love Lucy first started. He shouted out " Hey. Desi! Where did you find that dried up cunt?" It was fireworks from that time on. While Vance was young and glamorous in her mind only, the truth is she really wasn't the type to play Frawley's wife- who was suppose to be a hard-bitten NY landlady. Lucy knew it and said so but Desi found Vance for the show and by the time Lucy saw her, the first episode was about to go on. Lucy wanted an old battle-ax type to make her look younger. But Desi was used to show girls so Vance must have struck him as dumpy enough. In time Lucy came to respect Vance's professional hard work and the two became friends. When Bill Frawley died in the 1960's, Vivian Vance exclaimed " Champagne for everyone!!!!" Frawley was the opposite of the type Vance liked. She went for campy theater guys and her last husband was gay.

This goes further back! These aren’t “Boomers” (with the possible exception of “Little Ricky”). This is the “Greatest Generation” with the exception of “Fred” who was part of the “Lost Generation.” Great actors from a truly groundbreaking show.

@johnjerman3421

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha what a NOOB - "boomers" grew up watching those TV ads hahahahaha what a NOOB

@jeffdwyer6105

Жыл бұрын

Fred would have an Ice box , straight razor and a horse in the garage

@chuckie102883

Жыл бұрын

@@trey87 i think you mean Desi lol. The original comment was referring to lil Ricky being in the boomer generation as he (Keith) was born in the early 1950’s

@trey87

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckie102883 Whoops! You are correct. Desi Arnaz! And you are correct. I read the entire post wrong.

My husband sold appliances in the '60s and '70s. Westinghouse was always a big push. They had good products and also innovative electronics.

@russ5024

2 жыл бұрын

There was healthy competition among manufacturers at that time!

These commercials are way better than most tv shows are today.😍😍😍😍😍

@marjoryrainey73

2 жыл бұрын

Good one! And a true one!

@terrystroud200

2 жыл бұрын

@@marjoryrainey73 Remember 📞 Call for Philip Morris.!!💘 L .O. L.😅😅😅😅😅

@marving1416

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, today's commercial's are mostly medical!

@marjoryrainey73

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrystroud200 no! But I do remember Phillip Morris!

@rafaucett

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrystroud200 Who here remembers L.S. / M.F.T. ? 🙂

That was a very modern looking refrigerator. I remember going to someone's house in the 70s and they had a dishwasher on wheels that was hooked to the sink faucet when in use. These are priceless promos. Thanks for posting.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

The '70's? Come to MY house dude. I STILL have one! LOL I inherited/still live in my family home. My parents bought their first dishwasher around 1970ish. It was a top loader like this one. They replaced it around 1991 and that's the one I'm STILL using! Only its a front loader. A Maytag. And it still works like the day they bought it! I've only had ONE repair done to it! I can't see losing cabinet space to put a permanent one in under the counter!

@MillerMeteor74

2 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 That's cool. Sometime in the late 70s my Dad got me and my brother to join him in giving my mom a dishwasher for Christmas (or birthday- I forget). It was an under-counter Kitchenaide. If the new owners haven't renovated the kitchen I bet it still works today.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@MillerMeteor74 Awesome! I remember after my parents got their first dishwasher, my step grandfather gave my grandmother a dishwasher for Christmas. A portable one like ours. I still remember him taking my mother to help him pick it out. That was back when most people dealt with a sole proprietor small appliance store before all the big corporate box stores put them out of business!

@ruthpullis9279

2 жыл бұрын

My mom in the '70s had a washing machine that you hooked up to the kitchen sink that was great in the 70s

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruthpullis9279 There was actually an I Love Lucy episode that featured one of those! Yes, they WERE good, especially if you lived in an apartment!

I've always had great luck with Westinghouse appliances. My parents bought a Westinghouse dishwasher when they moved into their first house in 1963 and it gave them 40 years of nearly trouble free service.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

Well, my parents only had TWO in 50 years. I'm in my family home and STILL using the 2nd one and its over 30 years old. Still works like the day it was bought! Only its a Maytag.

@yolandapeghini2141

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Westinghouse washing machine, had it for over 20 yrs, still going strong.

@louislamonte334

2 жыл бұрын

@@ADDrecords Wonderful! Actually the "Lamonte" in my case is French. Have a great day today!

@coreycox2345

2 жыл бұрын

That may have been :the golden age of a dishwasher lasting more then two years.'

@kens32052

2 жыл бұрын

It would never last that long today. Everything is made not to last in China.

that fridge is very attractive - even by 2022 standards, and it's so cool to see "little ricky" in a commercial! :)

@dianetheisen8664

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, little Ricky was so cute.

@bemore1134

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing this was a moneymaking interlude for him between Lucy and his stint on the Andy Griffith Show as one of Opies' buddies.

My grandmother had a Frigidaire that she bought right after WW2, and it was still running just fine when she passed in 1981. My mom took it and hooked it up in her garage, and it ran into 2005, when she donated it to the thrift store. I didn't know she had gotten rid of it or I would have taken it. I'm 60 and I miss the old folks. True story...

@Angellady11

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the good ole days

@jb6712

2 жыл бұрын

I heard a psychologist on a TEDtalk about 3 years ago who said, "Anyone who tends to use phrases such as "honest to God," "to tell the truth," and "True story" are almost always lying.

@everforward8651

2 жыл бұрын

I like that story.

@johnathandavis3693

2 жыл бұрын

@@jb6712 Thanks for the cheerful message...

@anthony6631

2 жыл бұрын

Johnathan, I'm 66 and I miss the old folks to. I miss the furniture and the appliances of that era. I really miss the old black & white television shows and commercials. Gee, I wish I could go back to the old niegborhood and ride my bike. 😥

This is back in a time when brand name recognition meant something. Companies took pride in their products

@rosemariemello6675

2 жыл бұрын

My parents had appliances that lasted forever, now everything is ready for the landfill after 5 to 7 years .

@johnwohara

2 жыл бұрын

And they were genuinely made in the USA back then.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Back when corporations stood for American pride and quality. Now its all about nothing but profit and making the commies in China wealthy with their cheap parts!

@madmike8325

2 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 100%

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@madmike8325 👍

"You can be sure, if it's Westinghouse". I still remember that catch phrase....proving, i'm definitely a product of advertising.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ephemeral2023 I didn't know Westinghouse made televisions! Of course, back THEN if you wanted a quality set you bought an RCA, Zenith or Admiral.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ephemeral2023 I'll tell you an even BETTER one. My father, who is still alive and in his 90's bought a brand new RCA flat screen TV about 8 or 9 years ago from Sears. It didn't work right out of the box. He immediately called Sears (within an hour of him leaving the store) and they refused to replace it, saying it was a 'warranty issue.' I got on the phone and they said we needed to deal with the manufacturer because once it leaves the store, its a warranty issue. I said "you want me to call CHINA?" They gave me a number in California (we're on the east coast) who gave us the runaround. Then they wanted us to ship the TV to them so they could see if it was 'repairable.' My father got so disgusted he bought another TV (an LG) and we ended up throwing the other one away.

@rtususian

2 жыл бұрын

Don't squeeze Betty Furness! I think I'm getting two commercials mixed up.

@danielulz1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ephemeral2023 not really a Westinghouse, some crap Chinese company bought the name.

@danielulz1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 we had a Stromberg Carlson, next best to a Dumont!

Ah yes!! The days when appliances were made in America and lasted 20-40 years.

I got up in the middle of the night to get myself a midnight snack. I opened the refrigerator and found a squirrel inside. "What are you doing inside my refrigerator, Mr. Squirrel?" I asked. "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?" he replied. "Yeah. So?" "I'm westing."

@kelvinthompson1660

2 жыл бұрын

A Golden oldie! LOL!

@ANDROLOMA

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinthompson1660 Yup. I stole that silly joke from Readers Digest years and years ago.

@kristir1262

2 жыл бұрын

first time hearing it 😂. Thank you 🤗

@dianetheisen8664

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

And that fridge is still running to this day. Unlike the garbage produced today.

Betty Furness - fashion icon. She looked good in everything.

It must have been in Vivian and William's contract to do a commercial together because I doubt they'd volunteer to work together 😂

@SDK-im8sl

2 жыл бұрын

That was a standard TV contract thing in the 1940s-1950s, and actors took it for granted that they'd be doing those... It was just part of the job.

@fromthesidelines

2 жыл бұрын

On the other hand, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock had it in their contracts that they would NOT directly "shill" for their sponsors during the program. In fact, Hitch turned his disdain for being interrupted by his sponsor's messages into a memorable part of his program.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

I LOVED the way Hitch used to poke fun a the sponsors during his program! It was a hoot!

@wurly164

2 жыл бұрын

No, they got paid extra to do them and they got paid a lot

@Mnogojazyk

2 жыл бұрын

They were actors and they deserved to be paid for their applying their professional skills in the commercial. So did Keith Thibodeaux (a.k.a. Keith Richard) in the follow-up.

Wonderful; appliances made then in USA lasted decades.

This was a huge step In technology for Westinghouse!!!!

"You been talking to that Betty Furness again!" Hilarious!

Love this. I have a couple of tattered copies of the Betty Furness Westinghouse Cookbook. It was a bestseller in the early 1950s, filled with classic recipes for all-American food.

I just loved the way the women dressed back in the days .

@marksommers6764

2 жыл бұрын

Me also but even more so , the Pre Code movies wardrobes !

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what happened with women. If you look back through history, even back to ancient Rome/Greece/Egypt women always dressed nice. Unless you were of a lower class and did some kind of laborious work. Today, we get stretch pants, tees and sweatshirts, hair like rats nests, no makeup, etc. When and why did women stop taking pride in their appearance?

@patricialavallee8286

2 жыл бұрын

Not a tattoo in sight. Multi colored hair, nose, face rings, leggings that look like they were painted on 400 lb tubs of lard, to boot. 200 lbs in the caboose alone. Not an F bomb every 5 minutes, and not a MAJOR self centered attitude in sight. Wow . How the good ole USA has gone down the 💩

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@patricialavallee8286 Yeppers. You about summed up EXACTLY what I was thinking when I posted MY comment on this thread!

@robertsmith1865

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and paying plenty of money to dress down.

The product were made a lot better than they are today.

I remember those metal ice cube trays being a pain in the neck, the plastic are so much easier.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

I remember them too. The major problem was those removable inserts with the lever you had to pull up to get the ice cubes out. Half the time, the lever was frozen to the ice/metal and if you DID get it up, sometimes the ice STILL came out in one big chunk! LOL I think I might still have one or two of those lying around my parents house somewhere!

@Jayce1701

2 жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 i would invariably scrape my knuckles on the cold metal trying to pry that lever .... great idea ON PAPER, but in practice they were terrible.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jayce1701 YES! I remember doing that too! I forgot all about that until you mentioned it! LOL As a little boy, you know how kids are; curious. I always wanted to operate it and if I scraped my knuckles (and BOY did it hurt) my parents had zero sympathy. They always told me to "watch was I was doing and pay attention!"

@feathers34

2 жыл бұрын

And those metal inserts were sharp too!!

@jb6712

2 жыл бұрын

And silicone ones are the best!

Keeping hamburger meat fresh without freezing for 7 days. 190 pounds of frozen foods! That thing was huge...hell I would buy that refrigerator now...

After going through, I can't tell you how many blenders, in a few years, I remembered my parents had one made by Waring. I looked up one on eBay, circa 1952, and got it. Glass, metal, no plastic. It's a beast and still working great - 15 years later.

Even now, that's a pretty neat looking fridge.

@brendabrown5996

2 жыл бұрын

ewww!

Like I said appliances were made so much better back in the day. 🥰

“You’ve been talkin to that *BETTY FURNESS* again…”

My grandmother got that same fridge about 1961

@sharksport01

2 жыл бұрын

What colors?

Now that's how you sell a product lol I want one

I’ll take one! I need a new one.

I bet that Fridge still works not like the ones made now !

It's neat seeing little Ricky.

The Mertzes. Omg I love this!

I'm so glad we have these videos to watch today .......what a classic TV show

I'm old enough to remember frost unfree refrigerators and believe me, they were terrible. You had to unplug the thing to wait for the frost to melt. Some people would hack at the ice build up with a pick and puncture the metal. The longer you waited to defrost the worse it got.

@stanleycostello718

2 жыл бұрын

My Mom used to take a day to defrost the refrigerator. No lie.

@lilyredhead1398

2 жыл бұрын

We used to boil water to speed up melting. Smh a pita! Lol

@me-xx2gl

2 жыл бұрын

I used a hairdryer and metal spatula.

@tuc1113

2 жыл бұрын

My mom boiled a pot of water and put it in the freezer to hasten the defrosting.

@Pluviophile218

2 жыл бұрын

We had a Frigidaire and defrosting that was an ugly job no one wanted to do. It took my mom all day and when she was all finished, my dad used to yell at us not to stand there with the refrigerator door open deciding what to eat. I think I did this job once and then frost free came out, They were much better but an awful lot of really warm air came out of the bottom. It really heated up the kitchen!

I love Vivian Vance

I remember when my mother used to have to defrost our refrigerator. She would have to take all the frozen food out, put it in a picnic cooler, and she removed the cork plug so that water could drain out and she used a pan to collect the water.

My grandfather worked for Westinghouse back then

The good old days.

Yep, loved Westinghouse 👍🏼

As a boomer living in Australia, I never saw a dishwasher until the 1980s. I never knew they existed before that.

That refrigerator in the opening scene that Vivian is struggling with reminded me of the one my parents had until my sister broke it when defrosting it in 1970. Yet, up to that time my dad spent thousands on a hi-fi stereo console system and newer upscale cars to impress the neighbors, but, up until 1970 he deprived the family of the modern convenience of a refrigerator with a fully separate frost-free freezer compartment. It was paradoxical until one understood that some American men, of that era, were prone to be flashy with showing-off material items; where a newer model refrigerator/freezer was not flashy to show off.

Ironically, I bet u those appliances were built better then they are today. Back then it was about function over form.

William Frawley and Vivian Vance were close in real life and their friendship really comes through in this ad.

Ole Fred and Ethel 😂 I loved I love lucy!

1960 - We're approaching the zenith. (Glad I was alive to experience it.) 🤠

Great now I want a Westinghouse! 😂

That Refrigerator would look good right on through to the present day, no kidding.

Now, THAT was great! Took me back. Had NO idea Fred, Ethel and Little Ricky did plugs for Westinghouse -- good old Betty Furness -- always impeccably dressed and could sell water to a pool company! lol Great video

Never seen this before. Liked this

@marjoryrainey73

2 жыл бұрын

Me neither! I'm 65 years old. This is probebly mid 50's as I calculate by little Ricky's stage of growth. But I definitely remember "I love Lucy "

Remember the fridge we had when I was little 70 years ago. The freezer was this little Tony box that hung down in the middle of the fridge. No bulk buying then. Couldn't even out a chicken in there. Ice tray and pint of ice cream.

Those were the days when things were made to last also... I had used the same toaster my parents had when I was little until I was almost 60 myself... No BS! Try that with anything these days... Add to that it was almost all American-made... Corporations got cheaper and cheaper as time went on and then we got screwed along the way... We did our part also buying cheaper and cheaper crap...

@rtususian

2 жыл бұрын

During the 1990s I was watching an episode of FATHER KNOWS BEST (1954-60) and they had our electric Sunbeam Mixer that we were still using! (My parents married in 1956)

Oh man! I'm old enough that as a kid when we were poo'h back in the early 80's I had to defrost refrigerators from the 1940's and 50's. That we had. The landlord supplied refrigerators back then. The 40's one was a GM/Frigidaire and the 50's one was a Sears Coldspot. It really sucked to do that. I would get a hair dryer to melt the ice and a butter knife to get the hard-to-get iced areas around the miniscule freezer without messing up the back tubes. That really sucked man. Ethel Mertz is so right.

@mrpoohbearlvr

2 жыл бұрын

I remember helping my mom do the same thing in the 60-70's!!! We didn't get frost free till late 1970's! That's poor. ,😋

@billgreen1861

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpoohbearlvr We got frostfree fridge in 1998 and a few months later we had a fire in our apartment building and believe me that the only thing I missed was that fridge because it meant that I didn't have to defrost anymore. It was labor intensive an all day job for Saturdays. We ended up in a older building with a 1940's fridge no more free Saturdays.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

HAHA! I remember my grandparents had a Coldspot refrigerator! As a real little boy, I remember thinking how cheap it looked compared to my parents General Electric. And as I recall, one of my aunts had a Hotpoint. Which was also a Sears product. Of course, that was back when Sears was reliable and sold good stuff!

@garymattscheck9066

2 жыл бұрын

I still do it with mine.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@garymattscheck9066 I actually have a small upright freezer which still needs to be defrosted. I had it in a small beach house I used to own and when I sold it, I moved it to my regular house. I just didn't want to pay the extra money for a frost free. I have a big upright, but I keep this one as backup.

Great add and I bet most of these are still running today these were built to LAST 🇺🇸 all U.S.A made and built with pride

When William Frawley was born, there were no electric refrigerators 😆

A rare commercial featuring William Frawley & Vivian Vance for Westinghouse appliances. Nowadays, we're lucky to catch celebrities in prescription drug commercials. 👩🏼‍⚕️

We have a nice 2022 fridge and I get frost! Are these still available? 😂

@TheCrossroads533

6 ай бұрын

It's probably junk made in Asia.

Anyone who’s ever used a blow dryer on their freezer can appreciate this…

so cool what a great fridge love Ethel and fred so funny we had that dishwasher was neat to play with

The year is now 2022 and Fred is still waiting to see if this refrigerator built up any frost.

@laurencelevine3955

2 жыл бұрын

Fred still alive at 135. Only the good die young.

Nice dishwasher. Westinghouse had great appliances.

It's like watching lost episodes of "I Love Lucy".

thank you so much for posting this. I was born in 72 and grew up watching them and I have never seen these :)

It's videos like this that make KZread so enjoyable.

Awesome! It's always great and a bit amazing to see Fred and Ethel in something I'd never ever seen, or heard of, before! Thank you!

Wow! That box is packed.

Life cereal commercial still stick in my head after 50yrs.............."Did you try it?" I'm not gonna try it"."You try it"."I'm not gonna try it"..Let's get mikey!! "Yea"! "He wont eat it".He hates everything!".."He likes it".."Hey mikey!"When you bring LIFE home","Dont tell the kids its one of those nutritional cereals you've been trying to get them to eat".Your the only one who has to know"...

Of course there won’t be any frost if you never close the door.

These were great looking and well built refrigerators

This is a hoot, thank you for finding it! The 'plot' confuses me. So Fred and Ethel know Betty Furness well enough to just walk into a commercial studio? They seem as well-connected as Ricky in Hollywood! :) HMM. Of course I don't blame Fred for giving in... this is certainly better than the infamous walk-in freezer Lucy got stuck in! Too bad they weren't able to compare that episode. Also I must (jokingly) object to a depiction of Fred--even famously cheapskate Fred--washing dishes by hand on his own volition without having lost a wager or some other inducement. He usually let Ethel do all the housework because 1950s. (Plus, Fred's a bit of a schmuck anyway. I can see Ricky helping especially if Lucy's taking care of Little Ricky.) But seriously... thanks so much for the upload. Love this stuff!

@kiwilerner

2 жыл бұрын

Also I love that Little Ricky is roped in to market the dishwasher. Surprised they didn't trot out Mrs. Trumbell while they were at it. (Since clearly Westinghouse was too cheap to shell out for Lucy and Ricky!)

@stanleycostello718

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember that episode. And baking bread, the candy factory, Lucy getting a loving cup stuck on her head and on the subway, an of course, Vitameatavegimen.

He is so grumpy! Reminds me of Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons...

I haven't seen a top-loading dishwasher since 1965; boy, do I feel old.

This Westinghouse frost free fridge would be the beginning of frost free REFRIGERATORS. The very first refridgerators used Ammonia for the freon/gas . Later R12 came into the scene which is cfc. Damaging to the ozone. Now days there is R134a. And other types of ozone safe refrigerants.

This stuff is priceless! A real little piece of America right here.... for all of us to still enjoy, after all these years. Still great stuff, & a lot of fun to see Fred & Ethel going at each other, as it should be. They were great together - even though, apparently, in real life they hated each other's guts!

I had an aunt who had that same "pocket watch" clock hanging in her living room for over 65 years!

That's one long commercial! They are definitely selling it to the public. They explain everything. This is like a class in where technology was back in that time period!

I MUST SAY THIS: TV WAS A LOT OF FUN BACK IN THE DAY. THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOOD ON. EITHER FIRST RUN OR RERUN.AS MY MOM USED TO SAY IF TV WERE AS BAD THEN AS IT IS NOW IT NEVER WOULD HAVE LASTED.

Thanks for these! I have seen some of the Lucy-Desi-Fred-Ethel Westinghouse long commercials, but not these! Now I can die happy. Now that I watched the 2nd commercial with Fred and Little Ricky, that portable dishwasher seems like a pain in the ass! You gotta roll it over to your sink, attach the hoses, and plug it in each time you wash your dishes? As Little Ricky would say, "YEESH!"

Is it weird that I want one of those refrigerator freezers now. lol

FRED ACTUALLY BUYING ANYTHING FOR ETHEL, LET ALONE A NEW FRIDGE FREEZER!?!? Give me a BREAK!!

@markmed9091

2 жыл бұрын

Someone should buy you a shut off the Caps key .

@greeneyedwarlock882

2 жыл бұрын

@@markmed9091 Someone should buy YOU a sense of humor😃

I thought the pullout freezer concept underneath the fridge was a newer style. I see now they had this design back in the 60s.

June Lockhart at 3:50. Nice surprise. Back when tv was good. No garbage, sex, smut.

@Garsons-oq4lh

2 жыл бұрын

Not June Lockhart.

@tigerone2353

2 жыл бұрын

@@Garsons-oq4lh thanks. That's what I get for not increasing video detail. I watched it again (picture improved) and you are right. 👍

@SDK-im8sl

2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of her, the lovely and talented June Lockhart just turned 97 on June 25, 2022. What a unique, interesting person with such a wonderful career. (Even if that wasn't her on the dishwasher ad!)

@fromthesidelines

2 жыл бұрын

June was doing integrated commercials for Campbell's Soups on "LASSIE" at the time.

@tigerone2353

2 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines thanks. Someone else also corrected me. Thankyou. Those were the days 👍

And here I am in 2022 with a top of the line LG that’s just chock full of frost and ice. I’d trade it in a heartbeat for that old fridge!

It was into the 90s when I got a frost free fridge.Definitely ahead of its time.

Given how much William Frawley and Vivian Vance despised each other, I wonder how much Westinghouse had to pay to get them to do this commercial.

Those early frost-free refrig/freezers were energy hogs. My parents had an early 1970s model in avocado green that lasted 20 years. Upon replacement with a 1990s model, their monthly electric bill averaged 50 percent less.

@partylee007

2 жыл бұрын

My parents bought a turquoise frost free refrigerator In the late 60s and in 1968 we moved into our new “modern house” my mother wanted avocado green appliances in the kitchen so my dad took the refrigerator to a automotive paint shop, and had it painted avocado green to match the other appliances in the kitchen. I moved out of the house in 1979 and that refrigerator was still going strong. I don’t remember what brand it was but it was a good one. I think they had it about 18 to 20 years.

@leftylou6070

2 жыл бұрын

I bought a house which had two of those refrigerators, one in the house and one in the garage. I replaced both with a new energy efficient refrigerator and one freezer, and my light bill came down $80. That was in the 90's.

@johnjerman3421

2 жыл бұрын

I call BS the new models they have today will save you some money on energy yet will they last 20/25 or longer years? & that is where the bigger saving comes into the picture - Some of you may think these vintage units will be energy hogs. But the models of the late 30s to late 50s were mostly not "frost-free" or "self-defrosting" and also remember that electricity was relatively expensive back then, so they DID try for efficiency in those days. The trick is that while the unit will draw a little more power when running and especially during start-up for about 3 seconds, it runs a lot less overall than newer units. Only in the mid-1960 when everyone wanted "frost-free" units did energy consumption soar. The units made after 1960 or so are much more square-shaped. The inefficiency continued until the late 1970s or early 1980s after the second oil and energy crisis. If the fridge was frost-free or frostless, it could easily use 60% to 70% more power in that era, often defrosting and recooling even if no one opened the doors much. Then, mandated by the federal government, the manufacturers began to make the units more efficient. After 2000 the units became really efficient, but the trade-off is the new compressors are cheaply made, mostly overseas, they run hotter, have cheap start relays that malfunction and the compressors rarely last more than 10 years, regardless of what you spend on a new fridge... $400 or $3500. So keep in mind that you'll either be replacing a fridge every 10 years or paying for a costly (average $750.00) compressor replacement. Which is why I like the old refrigerators and freezers so much... 6o years later they still keep on quietly running and there is no reason they can't make it to 100 years if you treat them well! Most of the older units do very well, as long as the doors close well and are airtight and the insulation( usually fiberglass ) is dry. The unit should not run more than about 50-60 percent of the time at 70 degrees F ambient for older fridges. I have one that runs for 5 minutes, and then stays off for another 18 minutes, and sold another one that ran for 7 minutes and stays off for almost half an hour, and that's with the fridge holding at about 34 degrees inside! I tested several older refrigerators and freezers with an amp meter and found them using only 1.6 to about 3 amps! That means 180 to 360 watts at 120 volts. Figure that the average unit runs about 35% to 60% of the time and you can see the power usage is low. Many units from the late '60s to 1980s pull higher overall amperage, around 4 amps or even close to 5 amps. Note that you cannot rely on the metal tag or paper sticker, almost any fridge shows at least 5 amps and is quite meaningless. If the temperature is too cold even after adjusting the thermostat it may be broken, or if it is a single-door fridge there should be a flap or baffle to control freezer airflow into the fridge portion to help regulate temperature.

@gdwriter

2 жыл бұрын

My mother still has the stand-up Philco freezer she won in 1968. It still has to be defrosted every so often, but it's still going strong.

Fred musta went into shock telling Ethel he's gonna spend his money to buy her a Westinghouse. lol :D

That Westinghouse sounds better than my current dishwasher.

Westinghouse made some nice appliances over the years. As far as dishwashers go, you couldn't buy a better dishwasher than a Hobart KitchenAid.

The truth is, these refridgerators were probably great for the time. Whoever bought them in the 1950's when this commercial aired, probably kept using them well into the early 1970s. Old appliances, made in the USA, were really that good.

@LBF522

2 жыл бұрын

That is certainly true.

Up until a few months ago, i didn't know Westinghouse made anything other than nuclear power plants 😂

@EphemeralProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they used to make stoves, fridges Etc

What a wonderful Christmas gift!

@glennso47

2 жыл бұрын

Just like a vacuum cleaner. Remember the Hoover commercials?

I bet some still has one of these to this very day. 7-2-22.

@retroguy9494

2 жыл бұрын

They DO. I deal with a sole proprietor appliance repair shop that my family has used for the last 50 years. The original owner retired and his long time assistant bought the business from him. He tell me stories all the time of doing minor repairs to these old machines. Some of them the original owner sold to them back in the day because he also used to have a store.

What a blast from the past! thank you

Amazing Fred sat there for 9 hours listening to Betty lecture him,then Ethel asks 'can we buy one'?, he's about to collapse.