Came across this YouTube video of Arlene Francis, famous for What's My Line and many other game shows, promoting Bendix washers and ALL detergent
Bendix Magic by Arlene Francis
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I watch 'What's My Line' on YouTube almost obsessively and am an Arlene Francis fan. These advertising records were popular back in the 1950s and '60s.
My dad worked for NBC for awhile in the mid-60s and he'd give me the old records with the audio for ads on them.
Thanks for sharing this little gem with us!
My dad worked for NBC for awhile in the mid-60s and he'd give me the old records with the audio for ads on them.
Thanks for sharing this little gem with us!
Its my pleasure
I have been enjoying the old WML episodes too - television with class
I think that one of the overlooked problems Bendix had with the Automatic Home Laundry was the hot water issue. Many homes, at this time, heated wash water in a boiler on a stove. I was in an estate sale in an old home in Chevy Chase several years ago and there was a huge steel stove formed from 4 tubes with the burners sitting down between them. It was the perfect size for a wash boiler on top. Most homes that had domestic hot water did not have it as hot for laundry as what was heated in a wash boiler. I think Bendix was trying to ensure very hot water for washing. For whites, I run hot water to the laundry sink, then fill the Speed Queen and let it tumble for 5 minutes before draining it and adding the load then running hot water to the sink again before starting the machine. I know that the Bendix filled with more water than my Speed Queen, but it might have been beneficial in a cold basement to pre-warm the machine before starting the laundry.
Loved her on WML. Absolutely brilliant at guessing people. Her and Bennett Cerf were on top of their game after honing those skills all those years.
Phos-pho-tex....love those old names. My grandfather worked for Monsanto for a while in the "all" era (before Lever bought the business); and my dad worked there in the 60s-90s. My mom used All 75% of the time, Oxydol 25% of the time.
More Old Names/Terminology: "Sweet-smelling" was a very popular phrase back in the '50s. It didn't mean sweet literally; just that whatever item smelled clean.
I love that the record had to be flipped over halfway through the interview. 78 rpm records could only hold a few minutes of music on each side. I used to collect them and the box sets of long orchestral works or operas were enormous.
I love that the record had to be flipped over halfway through the interview. 78 rpm records could only hold a few minutes of music on each side. I used to collect them and the box sets of long orchestral works or operas were enormous.
Eugene I think that “sweet smelling” was supposed to connote the opposite of “sour smelling”, which is what dirty clothes smell like.
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