In between playing football for the Giants and cheating on Kathy Lee, Frank was s spokesman for Westinghouse.
RETRO FRIDAY-Frank Gifford Installs a Westinghouse A/C
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That is perhaps the quietest air conditioner I have ever not heard.
mixguy
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Frank Gifford Westinghouse Spokesperson
Frank did these commercials long before he knew Kathy Lee. Just after retiring from football.
Frank did these commercials long before he knew Kathy Lee. Just after retiring from football.
Frankie
Yes, it was in the mid-sixties. That's why I said he was in between football and Kathy Lee. He married Kathy in the early eighties long after Westinghouse gave up on appliances.
He did a lot of ads and back then and his name became synonymous with Westinghouse as was Betty Furness's for many years.
Yes, it was in the mid-sixties. That's why I said he was in between football and Kathy Lee. He married Kathy in the early eighties long after Westinghouse gave up on appliances.
He did a lot of ads and back then and his name became synonymous with Westinghouse as was Betty Furness's for many years.
That's all that holds an air conditioner in place?! I will never, ever walk near a building where these things protrude from windows umpteenth floors up. Holy crap.
whirlcool
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That happened to me once!
A woman I once worked with asked me to install a window A/C in her apt, which was a mid rise in Chicago on the near north side. As I had the unit sitting on the window sill while adjusting the side panels I told her to put downward pressure on the top of the A/C by the front panel. All of a sudden without warning she let go. The A/C dropped right out of the window and plummeted 8 stories down into an empty parking space in a parking lot. It seemed to take a long time to hear the crash.
I didn't bother going down to inspect the damage, I knew it was a goner. The girl said she was going back to the store and tell them that it didn't work and see if she could get her money back. It was only a little 6,000 BTU unit. But still.
A woman I once worked with asked me to install a window A/C in her apt, which was a mid rise in Chicago on the near north side. As I had the unit sitting on the window sill while adjusting the side panels I told her to put downward pressure on the top of the A/C by the front panel. All of a sudden without warning she let go. The A/C dropped right out of the window and plummeted 8 stories down into an empty parking space in a parking lot. It seemed to take a long time to hear the crash.
I didn't bother going down to inspect the damage, I knew it was a goner. The girl said she was going back to the store and tell them that it didn't work and see if she could get her money back. It was only a little 6,000 BTU unit. But still.
Frank may be hunkier, but overall I still prefer Betty Furness in a nice set of pearls and heels.
philr
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As much as I like window air conditioners, I never had hung windows to install them that quickly!
It's either casement windows that need to be removed first or sliding windows in which I should fit a vertical unit but I don't have a vertical air conditioner!
Hung windows aren't very popular around here!
It's either casement windows that need to be removed first or sliding windows in which I should fit a vertical unit but I don't have a vertical air conditioner!
Hung windows aren't very popular around here!
mixguy
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Fallen A/C
Is there not a story of someone famous in NYC that had a window unit fall out of their apartment window and kill someone standing on the sidewalk?
Is there not a story of someone famous in NYC that had a window unit fall out of their apartment window and kill someone standing on the sidewalk?
whirlcool
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Here are a few for you...
Not only do we have air conditioners falling on people, but also bouncing off of awnings on buildings too!
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Not only do we have air conditioners falling on people, but also bouncing off of awnings on buildings too!
How Often Do Air Conditioners Fall Out of a Window and Injure People?
Falling air conditioners aren't likely - but it has happened. Learn more from our premises liability lawyers.
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And Today, August 9, 2015, He Died
At 84 at his home in Connecticut.
At 84 at his home in Connecticut.
Wow, it didn't occur to me he was in his eighties. RIP.
What's sad? He lived a long life, had a beautiful wife, some children, plenty of moola, did what he loved doing except maybe installing an air conditioner and then he died without any newsworthy suffering. Most people should be so blest.
That's true. Been there, done that, have the tee shirt.
