Tallulah Bankhead's Washer & Dryer

[hilovane]

That '59 Hotpoint is the last of the "Harriet Nelson specials."
When the Amercian Gas Association became Ozzie & Harriet's sponsor atound 1963, or '64, all the Hotpoint appliances were gone; among the replacements was a Norge 14 washer and matching dryer (gas, of course.) When the short-lived "Ozzie's Girls" grace the airwaves in 1973, the Nelson's laundry area sported a Maytag pair.

 

[paulg]

That's the washer!

That's the washer I had as a kid. But it didn't have the "Wonderinse" option.

 

[gyromatic]

Bendix?

In one of the later episodes,in the new house there is a scene where Lucy is ironing in the kitchen and when Ricky gets up from the table and walks out the door you can clearly see a Bendix washer or dryer.This is the same Bendix dryer I have a 1957.This is the episode where the four of them go into NY to see a show that they missed half of because of Lucy."THE HAPPIEST FELLA" Check it out.

 

[pturo]

Tallulah was a female female impersonator, or a female drag queen.
She was once asked what her favorite sexual position was, to which she replied, "72. That's 69 with two people watching."

When asked if Tennesse Williams was in fact a homosexulal, she replied " Well, I don't know since he never tried to suck my d***."

Just a really cool lady with an attitude for days, and an appetitie for gays.

 

[bajaespuma]

We have to remember that in 1958, television was still a toddler and I'm sure producers and sponsors didn't have their arrangements as tight as they have them today. And with what I know about Desi Arnaz, if they needed a washing machine in the background for a scene, he didn't wait around for any given sponsor to provide one.

Remember, Bewitched started out with Maytags in the background and then switched to Frigidaires when Chevrolet became their biggest sponsor, not just one of many. I still remember the late, great Agnes Moorehead being reduced into changing herself into a poodle so they could promote Ken L Ration. Although, right now, if they offered to pay me what they must have paid her back then, I'd do it in a cocaine heartbeat.

 

[hilovane]

In those "early days" (especially at Screen Gems-then the TV division of Columbia Pictures, and even before that at the old Hal Roach Studios, when they were getting into TV production with sitcoms like "Beulah," "My Little Margie," and "The Trouble With Father," and cop dramas like "Racket Squad") it wasn't uncommon for shows to share soundstages, and sets. Screen Gems, in particular. To those with eagle-eye powers of observation, you'd notice the identical (RCA) Whirlpool washing machine and refreigerator; and O'Keefe & Merrit stove being seen on both "Dennis the Menace," and "The Donna Reed Show," as they shared the same sets (with some "tweaks"), but even the exteriors were identical. For that matter, On DTM, Mr. Wilson's house was identical on the outside (and strangely familiar on the "inside") as the Anderson house on "Father Knows Best."
Now, in the case of "Bewitched," the early episodes shared the same sets (again, with some "tweaks") as another Screen Gems sitcom, "The Farmer's Daughter."
For the Hal Roach shows, while I don't know if they had a sponsorship, but the aforementioned sitcoms did prominently display Westinghouse appliances of the early '50s in their respective kitchens (except MLM didn't showcase the "Laundry Twins," as the central characters lived in an upscale New York City apartmnent house).

 

[appliguy]

Dennis the Menace and Donna Reed not only shared the same se

but they shared the same town......The Mitchells, Wilsons, and the Stones all lived in the same town...if memeory serves it was called Hilldale. I know this because there is an Episode of Donna Reed where Dennis Mitchell shows up when Donna is trying to paint the living room or they dining room...I can't remember which one and of course he crates havoc for Donna.....PAT COFFEY