Julia Child - Later kitchen (B&W)

[vacbear58]

Since watching the recent dramatization of Julia Child's early television work I have been catching up on some of the original programmes on YouTube.

This broadcast (which I am guessing is from the mid-60s) features a different kitchen from previous ones and I am curious about the control panel which appears just to the left of the ingredients shelves. It does not appear to be related to any appliance and I wondered what its purpose might be. Could it be a radio? I presume the cook tops and ovens are GE but there appears to be a dishwasher in there too. Is that GE as well?

Thanks

 

[vacbear58]

So, after posting that last video, I moved on to another. I seems to be a similar set although not quite the same, but I see there is, apparently, another of those control panels on the left hand side of the cooktop against the wall - it can be seen about 10:50 into the video. I can see the control panel to the right of the cooktop is for the cooktop. The ingredient shelves are gone in this one but the other control panel is in the same place

 

[luxflairguy]

Sorry, video's don't work! Greg

 

[qsd-dan]

The videos work but are blocked in the US.

 

[bradfordwhite]

Don't know the range and hood but here she's got a washer dryer in coffee brown for some reason. Did she do laundry on the show?

 

[bradfordwhite]

Def a double GE oven

Is that a Frigidaire washer dryer?

 

[ea56]

The stove top is a GE and I believe the washer and dryer were Maytags. Many homes at that time had the washer and dryer in the kitchen so I believe they wanted the set to replicate what an average kitchen that was well furnished with the latest appliances would look like.

And in the early 60’s when the first shows were produced Coppertone appliances were the rage. Thats what we had in our home.

Eddie

 

[sudsmaster]

Couldn't find any JC videos from the 60's, but this one is from '85...

 

 

[bradfordwhite]

Classic Julia Childs I remember

"...and DIP it into your flames..."

 

[sudsmaster]

Wait a minute!

 

Here's one from 1963!

 

 

[sudsmaster]

The full Potato Show:

 

 

[appnut]

The Washer & dryer are Frigidaire.

 

[sudsmaster]

The Quiche Lorraine Show:

 

 

[vacbear58]

OK, so the episodes and pictures shown above are from, I believe, the first season. I have taken some screenshots of the later kitchen which now has a "window" behind Julia, no washer/dryer set and the oven off to Julia's right or our left as viewers. These pictures are from Elegance With Eggs which is the episode with the small ingredient shelves to the left of the window and the control panel to the left of that. You also get a good view of the dishwasher in the 4th shot

 

[vacbear58]

And the alternate view of that same kitchen. The Ingredient shelves have gone and the curtains on the window are different. On the last two pictures you can see the second control panel to the left of the cook top, right by the oven. It is NOT the controls for the cook top which are on the right, just visible behind Julia in the penultimate picture. It is the usual GE push button arrangement, mounted on the wall. The episode is called Vegetable Adventures

 

[sudsmaster]

The French Omelette

 

 

[foraloysius]

Here is a close up of what Alistair is talking about. It's a rather vague picture, sorry about that. So what is this?

 

[vacbear58]

Season One

I actually found a somewhat similar control panel in the first season too, you can see it on the right hand side of the oven as we look at it. In the second picture you can see both it on the left of the cook top and the GE press button controls on the right

 

[jamiel]

I suspect that is an "outlet center" with heavy duty and timed outlets for countertop appliances (blenders/coffee makers/electric skillets) and has no connection to the stove. These have been discussed in other threads--primarily a convenience to allow heavier-duty wiring in only one place.

 

[vacbear58]

Casserole Chicken

The episode I took the screen grabs from is from a different poster so it may play for US members



I wonder if it is an earlyish one - unusually sponsored by S&H (pink) Stamps and it seems like she might been a little ahead of time as she fills with details of the next week at the end, fumbles the words ("Welcome to The French Chef") and most importantly no "Bon Apetit"

I also caught a Foundation Of Television Interview (those are wonderful with all sorts of TV people) where she mentions that the first 13 episodes she made (including the pilots) were no longer in existence - they were shot in the GAS company's demonstration kitchen rather than that of the electric company which she seemed to use ever after, in one form or another.

As it was (originally at least) the electric company's demonstration kitchen it could account for the washer and dryer set in the background which was presumably used for demonstrations at other times