Vintage photos of lost Shopping Malls of the '50s, '60s & '70s
Check out Henry and his old lady's bowling ball and pin S&P shakers. Classic!
Still quite centered on what a woman's occupation is like if already married! Not that concerned about it myself, but I have to settle for that mindset when I watch these!Noticed a supermarket see see in one shot is an IGA type. Remember going to one of those up in Michigan once.Giving the mention of impulse buying, I don't think we have yet to learn that lesson well when it comes to non-food related items. Obviously the mall had been the big instigator of that, but also the mindless products you see at gas station food marts like those laser pointers and novelty lighters.Aside from the quantity of an item to suite particular families, I often have to shake my head in disbelief at places like Costco, but then, I assume people just don't care either way!Do they still sell Grade C string beans? :-)Being reminded of one of the times that MST3K showed a Young America film as a short before a film, and one of the guys crack a joke about how the eagle's eye at the end looks like the Communist hammer and sickle! After noticing that, it's hard for me not to notice whenever that comes up like in this film!Watching stuff like this reminds me of the experience I had in having to be in junior high back in the early 90's, and subjected to watch a worn-out 16mm print from the 70's on proper hygene tips that had guys in afros learning how to get the most out of common household items instead of impulsively buying products like deordorant and toothpaste. Essentially it encourages the old standby things my mom would tell me about like using baking soda as toothpaste or soap for something else and what-not. Nowadays this is all meaningless with the products available to us that makes it less trivial we ever need to bother doing something like that again.
And the baking soda as toothpaste advice is still around. Tastes awful, though.It doesn't if you get the store-bought type! :-)
Didn't they have refrigerators back in the 1950s??
Check out Henry and his old lady's bowling ball and pin S&P shakers. Classic!
ReplyDeleteStill quite centered on what a woman's occupation is like if already married! Not that concerned about it myself, but I have to settle for that mindset when I watch these!
ReplyDeleteNoticed a supermarket see see in one shot is an IGA type. Remember going to one of those up in Michigan once.
Giving the mention of impulse buying, I don't think we have yet to learn that lesson well when it comes to non-food related items. Obviously the mall had been the big instigator of that, but also the mindless products you see at gas station food marts like those laser pointers and novelty lighters.
Aside from the quantity of an item to suite particular families, I often have to shake my head in disbelief at places like Costco, but then, I assume people just don't care either way!
Do they still sell Grade C string beans? :-)
Being reminded of one of the times that MST3K showed a Young America film as a short before a film, and one of the guys crack a joke about how the eagle's eye at the end looks like the Communist hammer and sickle! After noticing that, it's hard for me not to notice whenever that comes up like in this film!
Watching stuff like this reminds me of the experience I had in having to be in junior high back in the early 90's, and subjected to watch a worn-out 16mm print from the 70's on proper hygene tips that had guys in afros learning how to get the most out of common household items instead of impulsively buying products like deordorant and toothpaste. Essentially it encourages the old standby things my mom would tell me about like using baking soda as toothpaste or soap for something else and what-not. Nowadays this is all meaningless with the products available to us that makes it less trivial we ever need to bother doing something like that again.
And the baking soda as toothpaste advice is still around. Tastes awful, though.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't if you get the store-bought type! :-)
Didn't they have refrigerators back in the 1950s??
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