Quiet on the Maytag Set

[jetaction]

Well here is the backdrop for my audition to be the Maytag Repairman! I decided to do a video instead of auditioning in person. Save on traveling to Chicago, I can use my collection as a set and you mail the video audition tape to South 5th street in Minneapolis, which is 3 blocks from where I work. Video taping is tonight! What fun this will be!

 

[lightedcontrols]

BREAK A LEG!

BREAK A LEG!!! Mark

 

[westytoploader]

WOOHOO!

Good luck Don!

 

[toggleswitch]

You GO boi!

 

[danemodsandy]

Oh My...

TURQUOISE 806's?

*sobs softly*
*moans*
*whimpers*

 

[hoover1060]

I am speechless....

and too busy licking my computer screen!!

Those are beautiful machines!

 

[swestoyz]

Hey Don, the set looks good - but isn't complete without you as the new Maytag repair man! Let's just hope that it doesn't boil down to between you and that tran...... hehe

Ben

 

[maytagbear]

Wow--

What an awesome! collection.

You deserve the role, just from the collection itself!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tlee618]

Hi Don, Best of luck to you!!! I am going to be thinking lots of postive thoughts. What a neat set up there. Love the Maytag fabic, I bet I know where that came from!!

 

[irishwashguy]

You are going to knock their socks off

Go get em!!! i like the Fabric matics in the back pretty snazy!!

 

[gadgetgary]

You are going to knock their socks off

And hoepfully much more!

Best of Luck to you~!

 

[danemodsandy]

Maytag Advertising Fabric?

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO......!

Now there's something else to want! Guys, I only came here to look at the pretty pictures and read the repair tips- now I've got a vintage Maytag pair and I've got the hots for more neat stuff!

You guys KNEW this was going to happen, didn't you? ;-)

 

[gansky1]

Excellent set, Don! Break a leg!

 

[mickeyd]

GOOD LUCK, DON

How I'd love to see you become the next Maytag Man.

Your machines are perfect, especially that oldtimer.

 

[appnut]

Good luck Don!! I'm rootin' for ya!!!

 

[scott55405]

Oh, Don, this is wonderful, had no idea you were auditioning, nor did I realize there were other auditions being held outside Los Angeles. Richie did not go and audition, so you won't be competing against him (LOL). Maybe with your wonderful machines present you will have a leg up in the whole matter. Sure hope so! It would be fun to have a laundry person in that role!

 

[mayken4now]

break both legs! Hey Don:

Which ones do I get in trade for the ............?

Steve

 

[joeekaitis]

Break a leg. C'mere and lemme give you manly hug fer good luck, fer gawd's sake.

 

[bongobro]

all that's missing is Doris Day (LOL)!

That backdrop reminds me of the "Happy" Detergent commercial scenes in "The Thrill of it All", although I think you're gonna do a lot better than Doris Day's character!

Good luck!

bongobro

 

[bajaespuma]

Love the camera, baby, LOVE the camera!!! Break a leg!

 

[khodabear]

Ya know - you may be on to something. Maytag's reputation is so far into the toilet that they should indeed invoke the memory of the classic reliable machines....and bring back turquoise!

Peter
in Denver

 

[danemodsandy]

Peter:

If it were not for the new energy and water-saving regs, I have thought that Maytag could do worse than to re-introduce the older belt-drive, centre-dial machines exactly as they were originally made, perhaps as a premium-priced "Classic" model. I honestly think there would be a good market for them- machines that were tried and true and did not depend on electronic gadgetry.

 

[neptunebob]

Tips for the commercial from "American Dreams"

If you can get a DVD of the last episode of "American Dreams" there is a scene where Meg helps her father, Jack Pryor, make a commercial about his appliance store. They have classic Maytags in the background. Meg gives him tips about looking at the camera and he says "I guess you know a lot about this from dancing on "American Bandstand". Then the show ends sadly, when Meg runs off with her draft dodger "bad boy" boyfriend on the back of a motor scooter. Even though the show was made by NBC and they often mentioned General Electric they always had Maytags in the store and all the families had them.