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Can you be SURE that it's Westinghouse? Westy wasn't the only appliance maker goin' groovy back then, man...in its last two years before AMC spun off Kelvinator to WCI, they marketed a line of refrigerators, ranges and dishwashers not only with reversible trim panels, but also with handles that...

"Love their quality!"--Shirley Jones Was it just me or did every Sunbeam ad in the late 1970s and early 1980s (including the ads for M'Sieur Crepe) run a picture of Shirley Jones of "The Partridge Family" with the legend "Love their quality!"? P.S.: Conate, I wasted half a can of Edge gel a...

Giving away Maytags...but... Interesting they gave away center-dial Maytags during Bill Cullen's version of 'TPIR', but I seem to recall Frigidaire was one of the sponsors of the nighttime "Price" around 1960...because I remembered the slogan and the jingle..."Frigidaire Advanced Appliances...

I have the same owners manual but... Scott, they apparently used the same inner manual for several models...I have the owners' manual for a later model, which is identical to the one Unimatic1140 posted (right down to the 1954 copyright date), but the back cover shows grids of various Sunbeam...

this is not your Papa-San's Oldsmobile! I had to admit I was wondering if Toyota had an ace up its sleeve...but then it hit me that the real "intrigue" was in the mind of the Car and Driver writer...LMFAO!

SHAMPOO ACTION and the MAGIC MINUTE Since Nash-Kelvinator purchased Altorfer Bros. Co. (ABC and ABC-O-Matic) in 1953, the ABC washing machine line (and the ABC agitator action that the attached commercial from 1956 describes as "a smooth, continuous off-center motion") morphed into the...

"We Biz Bag! Whew!" The Biz Bag goes back a little bit further (think it was about '75 through '77), but the principle was as nurdlinger said--the bag was reserved for the really funky stuff that needed Biz. Anyone remember the Eddie Albert Biz commercials from the turn of the 1970s? Funny...

TV Sets I found the book in a clearance bin at a book outlet store several years ago--and I love it! If you pay particular attention to the Screen Gems shows ("Donna Reed," "Bewitched," "Hazel, "Gidget," etc., you will notice that the producers were resourceful--the indoor sets were easily...

Yes, it was pancake batter! I remember that commercial, too...it was around 1972 or 1973, and it showed a chandelier being dipped into pancake batter... "A chandelier...dipped in PANCAKE BATTER? What a test for the first lemon-freshened dishwasher powder, NEW PALMOLIVE CRYSTAL CLEAR!" It was...

Congratulations, laundryshark! Your book is an answered prayer for so many blind and visually-impaired people. And it's one of those ideas that's so simple, yet nobody ever thinks about doing it--except you. Congratulations, bro'!

Solid as Sears? It has been repainted...look at the edge of the inside of the lid. We had a '79 Kenmore 70 series washer in white, and the one in the ad is otherwise identical except for the paint job...in fact, when we won a Whirly in 1992 in a Tide sweepstakes, we gave the Kenmore to my...

Now that you mention it, it does look like a '56 Rambler I thought the "Do-All Dial" looked familiar... it really does resemble the speedometer of a '56-'57 Rambler!

Magic Minutes with Kelvinators I remember a neighbor who had an ABC-0-Matic with that washing action...and it was every bit as splashy as the '56 Kelvy in the Hillary Brooke ad. His, if I recall, was built around 1953 or 1954... My mom's first automatic was a 1963 Kelvinator...no window in the...

No "Brand Central" in 1960! Wow, how times have changed since 1960! Can you imagine Sears trying to put a catalog together today (internet notwithstanding) with Kenmore, Maytag, GE, Whirlpool, Amana, LG and Frigidaire washers? BTW, Wisk was the only liquid laundry product I recall for many...

another one for the list ...or how about the 2008 XXXX, "nicely equipped for $25,499"--is there ever a car that isn't nicely equipped? Or "Genuine Chevrolet" as opposed to "Imitation Chevrolet"? Or "Visit the friendly Dodge dealer near you" (as if Dodge would allow UNfriendly dealers?)...

Hey, you forgot the cigar, man! Congrats, alex! I wouldn't wish that "bongo drum" hangover on anyone (although I dig PLAYIN' bongos!)... Maybe it's socially incorrect (and it's about to be legislated out of public places) these days, but one thing I did on my 21st was fire up a cigar in public...

Thank (?) Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is the force behind the demise of powdered laundry detergents. They recently announced they would stop stocking powders because they say liquids take up less space (read make more profits) than powders...and the bottles would be better for the environment... Top Job...

Mr. Whipple as we knew and loved him! Rest in Peace, Mr. Whipple..."the squeezing got us, but you kept us"...laughing, watching and buying!

It's never easy... Hey, Jim, My sympathy to you on your loss...it's never easy to let go of someone you love, whether your friend has two legs or four... Charlie

anyone remember Strom Thurmond? Dudes can get it up and get it on well into their 70s. Anyone remember Strom Thurmond, the senator from South Carolina? He fathered four children in his 70s when he married a former Miss South Carolina, so the allegations aren't far off the mark... jason, bro'...