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Loved The Show

Just wanted to let you know you guys did a great job. Loved the collection and the stories. Makes me want to have a GM-built Fridgidare or a splashy Kelvy in our laundry room (alcove?) I'm having my better half watch, to understand that my love for old automatics is no different than his KISS and Alice Cooper obsession.
Here's hoping.
 
NEV-VAH EV-VAH ?????

Hilarious!

But I did not need my belly wiggling when full of salmon, carrots, roasted reds and carrot cake.

So thanks FOR NOTHING.
 
Maybe some real fans will find the site -

Washer-fans are born every day! This little guy is adorable - and knows his washer well. Love how he's playing with the agitator and spinning the basket every time the lid opens.

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And here is his grandma's washer - He's hooked!

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Crap!!!

I set my DVR last night to record this. Sat down tonight to watch it....BLACK!
The cable was out during the airing.
Did anyone record it? Can anyone make a DVD of it? I would be happy to pay for your time and shipping.
What is up with TLC? They are not putting full episodes on their website????
I was so excited to watch it!
CRAP!
Brent
 
Thomas' New Washer on YouTube

Hey Greg, thanks for posting that video of that adorable little guy - I bet a few of us see ourselves in him when we were that age. I, however, was fascinated with wringer washers.

Wonder if little Thomas watched the show on TLC?
 
Since it was brought up earlier in the thread.....

Sonya Fitzpatrick claims to be an animal communicator, she claims that she can talk to the animals in a two way communication. She used to come to your home to talk to the animals in person. She charged $100.00 per hour back then. But eventually she had her own show where guests would bring their pets in and she would "talk to them". Usually she would deal with problem pets and find out why they have problems, and they would tell her so she could communicate what they are saying to their owners. And she can also talk to pets that are now "dearly departed" too. That was the last segment on each episode of her television show.

Surprisingly a lot of times the owners would take the advice Sonya would tell them about why their pets are behaving the way they are and the problem would be solved. Sometimes the pets would tell her things that only the owners would know about, like the dog preferred the red dog bed it used to have instead of the new blue one it has now.

After her television show went off the air after one season, she no longer did home visits but does "telephone consultations" where you just point the phone in the direction of your pet and she could hear them communicating with her over the phone for $300.00 per half hour. And she has a ton of people calling her for this service. She lives in a pretty ritzy part of The Woodlands, Texas.

Another thing, she's actually quite old I would imagine around 70 or so and looked every day of it. After her show went off the air she got a Joan Rivers type of facelift. It took years and years off of her looks. But you can easily tell she had a facelift, nothing natural about it at all.

She's appeared on lots of documentary type shows like 20/20, 60 minutes and news shows from all the networks before. On her television show she came across as being a friendly and open person, but when you meet her she's icy cold and only will talk about money.
 
Congratulations

Robert & Fred !

 

I am the one of the guy's too who did not see the episode I am changing cable company's.

So my friends recorded the show.

And cant wait to see it .

But from the preveiw and the response here it seems that all went well and you guy's..

LOOK AND SOUND FANTASTIC !

 

It feels like I was back in your home last summer.

I am thrilled that the show was a success for you both, as well as for the AW community.

And I am glad the world can see gulity people and the best collection of machinery and should open eyes.

I'm proud to be a little thread in this great community of people here.

That said I CANT WAIT WHEN THEY PASS THE LAW FOR MARRIGE FOR YOU BOTH !

Since Fred has been with you Robert both of your talents have sky rocketed with each other... making this all possable.

 

Greg that was a nice video ..but is it a shame the Whirlpool LOCKS the lid so he can't see inside.

I think that was the first DD song I ever heard from grandma.. that should keep him interested she is not mean.

 

Glad for you both
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The genius of some of the mechanisms...

SRSwirl...
Micheal you are so right in your post that was well said.
Here is one beauty..
I filmed last summer.
Robert & Mike ( Dishwashercrazy ) Talking transmissions.
GM Unimatic.
Darren k

 
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Great Show!

I got to see this from my DVR last night. I am very impressed.

And the only people that think your 'OBSESSION' is crazy are the people that just don't 'GET IT!'

Malcolm
 
Robert, Just Imagine...

When you were riding in the car with your parents that day, just imagine how much trouble you would've gotten into if you were imitating an early Speed Queen with solenoids filling, then kicking into agitation:

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-POP!

lol
Gary
 
Fred (Floor Polishers?)

Fred,

Do you happen to have a collection of old floor polishers? Remember those upright machines with the twin spin brushes used for hardwood floors? My mother used to use one of those to polish our floors when I was a child.

Gary
 
Washing Machine Noises

This could be the start of a whole new thread. I, too, have a similar car noise story. Our family had a 1962 Impala. The back door arm rests had a small ashtray that had a flip up lid (much like a top loading washer). On long trips, I would entertain myself pretending it was a washing machine. Of course the two most familiar sounding machines for me were the Unimatic and Maytag AMP's. I guess I was doing the Unimatic sound tapping my fingernail on the ashtray lid (in my own little washer world) unaware that dad heard this tap, tap, tap.......... He also thought it was the car. Of course, he made everybody get quiet and listen and the noise stopped -- HOW MYSTERIOUS!

Robert, when you related your story, I couldn't help but laugh about my auto experience. Mom told me many times that I could make all the sounds of the washers, too. I think she still has my drawings from childhood of washing machines with the hoses, power cords, stand pipes or wash tubs.[this post was last edited: 3/30/2012-10:41]
 
I enjoyed it, but am disappointed that no time was given to the combos. Is this some kind of male chauvinism with the phallic agitators versus the more uterine front loaders?

I'll bet if the washer had done an oil dump on the floor, Fred would not have been so quick to clean it up with one of his treasures. I watched that leak and thought, "Robert would never let that happen." Just proves there's no business like show business.
 
You are missing the point of all this...

Love your story Steve! That is fodder for a whole thread, I have plently lol.

I enjoyed it, but am disappointed that no time was given to the combos.

Remember Tom and everyone, you have to understand that we spent time talking about each machine on camera, including the combos, but it became clear to us that the production company and TLC editors had very little interest in the washers or really anything in the house. They were interested in trying to show that we are somehow crazy because that is what brings in their audience, not what we collect. Had they been honest about what they were up to when it was presented to us we would have never done this. Overall it didn't come out too bad, but much narration was clearly wrong, some could have been by mistake, but most (I suspect) was done on purpose. I can say that because we presented the facts to them in writing.

Among other things the narrator said:

#1 "Robert spends hours every day looking for washer leads on the net for the weekend", that is total and complete BS, I have absolutely no time for that. 10 minutes per week, if that is the truth. I clearly told them in writing that I am a very busy person and the time I get to spend on the actual hobby is minimal on a weekly basis which is true.

#2 "Robert and Fred drive up 1200 miles looking for washing machines". Again total bull, I told them (again in writing) that we go to the estate sales about 45 Saturdays a year and maybe drive 20-25 miles a saturday. I said we're not just looking for washers, anything fun and vintage for the house, plus its a chance to be social with friends. Well it appears they took 25 * 45 and rounded that up to 1200, then they proceeded to twist what I said to their liking.

There were a bunch of other things in the narration that were just like that including the monetary amounts. I plan on making a list of what they said and then provide correct answers and I will share that when I get time.
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Robert,

Having been through this for print articles, I know exactly what you are talking about. Only once did we have a writer who was interested in the appliances and that was a great article. The others wanted to write about us and we should not have been the topic of the story. To them, appliances were not as interesting as people. Funny, I feel almost the opposite is true. The writers just have training in writing about people so they have a stock supply of phrases and such. It would take more work on their part to actually write a factual article about appliances because that borders on technical writing.

Y'all did the members here proud in spite of what they were trying to do to you and I thank you again.
 
I noticed that the narration went with the blanket term of "one of a kind" for every washer you own after you had mentioned the single washer in your collection that could claim that status.

 

I wasn't surprised by the hype and twisting of truth.  These days, broadcast news is guilty of the same thing, so it wasn't unexpected coming from a TLC show where, as you stated, the focus is on the people more than any specific items in their collections. 

 

1,200 miles?  Yeah, maybe after a decent amount of coordinating and planning, but not on a whim after Saturday breakfast, and I presume that's round trip, not one way.  They appeal to the lowest common denominator in their viewing audience who believe every skewed thing their televisions tell them.

 

You guys presented very well in spite of their efforts.
 

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