TV sitcom-family washer trivia question

[SactoTeddyBear]

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[tomturbomatic]

If I ever saw a color episode of Donna Reed, I do not remember it. It was even a bit strange to see color photographs of Jane Wyatt in the papers recently because, with the exception of the two reunion specials of Father Knows Best, I only had memories of seeing her in black and white <br
Where did the little girl come from on Donna Reed? Did some relative die and the Stones took the child in? It sounds like what they did with My Three Sons. The original kids got too old so to keep the show from looking like a partial empty nest syndrome, they suddenly came up with reasons for having some younger kids. It was almost as fake as when the original Baxters left the show Hazel, but she and the boy stayed on in the house with the younger parents. Nothing was quite as bad, though as Ozzie's Girls, which was not about David and Rick having sex change operations, but some college girls rooming with the Nelsons. There were only two reasons for watching Ozzie and Harriette and one of them was the Hotpoint appliances which they somehow kept even when Kodak was sponsoring the program. The whole family would come out of the front door and stand in front of the house. Rick would be the last one out and he had a Kodak camera hanging from a strap around his neck. By the time it was Ozzie's Girls, all of the appliances were Norge/Fedders with a gas stove sitting where the feature-laden TOL Hotpoints had reigned. That change along with the absence of Dave & Rick, the main reason for watching the show, and that Mary Jane (could that name have been some sort of joke?), the blonde neighbor with the voice that could wear a hole through steel, probably served as a good example to other TV stars to quit before the writers ran out of ideas.

 

[appnut]

Regarding teh little girl on Donna Reed, I THINK it may have involved an adoption, but I don't remember why she was "orphaned". Her character was "Tricia", she as Paul Petersen's real life little sister.

 

[seeitrun2006]

The Cleavers

Did anyone ever notice on "Leave it to Beaver" as far as laundry was concerned? As far as I can remember June never did a load of laundry on the show. Never saw a washer or dryer <br
I know she vacuumed and cooked alot. I didn't think June never left the house <br
One episode Beaver and Wally was baby sitting a little girl. She kept wanting to go see "Mary Jane". June called the boys to check on things. Wally asked what Mary Jane was. June told Wally over the phone it was the bathroom but was not allowed due to censorship to say bathroom on the show <br

 

[drewz]

The Thrill of it all!

What about movie Washers <br
Remember this movie? "The Thrill of it all!&quot
with Doris Day & James Garner, (1963 <br
The Doctors wife sells "Happy" soap, including washer Soap Powder in a commercial with a beautiful backdrop of the latest RCA Whirlpool machines <br
Was so elegant! So 60's!

 

[seeitrun2006]

The Thrill of it all!

Yes! I agree! That is a good and funny movie! Espcially the fishing the car out of the swimming pool and all the suds!

 

[veg-o-matic]

Ooooh, if I play my cards right, my boyfriend (!!!!) will be giving me The Thrill of it All for Christmas <br
I remember an episode of Dennis the Menace where he and Tommy came across an old front-loader (Bendix, maybe) and went into business washing clothes <br
veg

 

[mixfinder]

Leave it to Beave'rs Washer

I remember one episode where Wally is going downstairs to wash his pants. June asks what he's doing. His reply, "I'm going to wash my new jeans so they don't new anymore." It took several trips through the wash before he was satisfied. All the conversations about his jeans were at a door at the end of the kitchen cupboards. It was in the old kitchen with the gas range, before the GE built ins and the Sunbeam Mixmaster. June was still using a GE Triple Whip and Sunbeam double bowl vacuum coffee pot
Kelly

 

[washertalk]

JAWS !!

Thank-you unnamed, unprofiled, faceless person from LA <br
I never would have guessed that.
"I ap-pwe-ci-ate the kindnus of stwan-zus&quot <br <br

 

[DADoES]

Unless I'm remembering this completely wrong, there's an episode of Twin Peaks with a scene of the characters Shelly and Leo Johnson (I think) outside their house, with a Maytag, possibly an AMP. I have season 1 DVD set but haven't watched it through. I don't recall if the episode in question was in season 1 or 2.

 

[appnut]

We've had this type of discussion thread before. Tehre was one episode of Beaver where I believe Beaver as going to help his friend, Whitie or Larry, go to the laundromat because their asher had broken down. I think Beaver decided they would go to his house nad do the wash. (the "new" house). I believe the washer you could glimpse at was a Frigidaire Custom and there was a dryer, I think a very NICE Hotpoint or GE, they were definitely not a matched set.

 

[Manoravenue]

The Cleavers

I was happy to hear about the BEAVER episodes on the laundry topic as I don't ever recall seeing the laundry facilities in the Cleaver home. I thought maybe it was because all of the Cleavers were so squeaky clean, they never needed to do laundry to begin with. Maybe they didn't really have a bathroom either because they didn't have to shower or do disgusting things like, well, you know. I enjoyed the show in a way, but June Cleaver was a bit much, fixing dinner, dusting, vacuuming, etc., in high heels, pearls and the works. At least Donna Reed got herself into crazy predicaments once in awhile, a la Lucy Ricardo. Ward Cleaver was also just a bit more much with his stick-in-the-mud demeanor. Carl Betz had more warmth and personality as Dr. Stone. Oh well, at least Wally Cleaver was good eye candy, at least back then. Turned out he's just as squeaky clean in real life; heard he sued TVLAND for running an ad for the show's reruns which was doctored to show Wally and Beaver in today's style with tatoos and piercings; he felt this did not maintain his wholesome image. "Gee, Wally," maybe you wouldn't pierce or tatoo yourself in real life, but can'tcha take a joke?

 

[mcmodern]

The Thrill of it all...and more

Oh, yeah, I remember Beverly Boyer's spot with the Whirlpools.
Those models were very attractive. Remember the stainless Frigidiare kitchen appliances? Great movie, one of the few Doris Day romantic comedies that is well regarded by the critics. Carl Reiner script, incredible '60s camp and just a lot of fun.

The Russian spy on the Debbie Reynolds episode was Nina Talbot, who also played a Russian spy on Hogan's Heroes. (A little type cast there, Nina?) Curious about the FL mistaken for the dishwaser. I'ts been a long time, but it looked like a Norge (?) with the flat-bottom oval window. And, didn't the front panel match the cabinets for the built-in look? But, as I said it was a long ... long time ago.
Kelly

 

[pturo]

Ok, my memory is only as good as the color TV version of the Beverly Hillbillies, and I remember the Maytags in the back laundry room hall where Jed and Jethrow used to enter the kitchen where Granny was cooking "vittles" on her 8 burner double sided stove. Did granny ever do laundy in those fabulous Maytags?

 

[sudsman]

pturo

I never saw Granny ever use the washer or dryer

 

[appnut]

I do remember vaguely one scene, but odn't remember what the entire context was, but granny sayin' "Ellie-Mae, go set the wursher for hot wursh".

 

[seeitrun2006]

Beverly Hillbillies' Maytags

I never ever saw the Maytags used by a human the entire time the show was on the air. Originals or reruns. The only time I saw Granny actually touch the machines was when she sat on top of them shaking a mop at Jethro in the kitchen while in the dog house with Granny. She was making him do something to make up for being in trouble.

One thing to notice. In the original black and white episodes during the first year the washer had a pushbutton control and the dryer had a round dial control. In the color episodes the dryer was switched out to the all pushbutton control to match the washer. The refrigarator was moved to the other side of the kitchen.

I still love to watch episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies!

 

[appnut]

David, the pair from the original black & white portion of the series, were a matched pair. Maytag didn't have an all-pushbutton dryer at that time. Yes, the buttons on the control panel were just that, like the all pushbutton model, but kinda could "go both ways". Gansky1 I do believe has that same original black & white model set, maybe he'll post pics of them.

 

[tomturbomatic]

In the credits at the end of the Beverly Hillbillies, credit was given again to the American Gas Association for the appliances. You have to admit that, for a mansion of that size, the kitchen was pretty realistic with the double gas refrigerators, cooktops and ovens. Rarely seen, but in the kitchen at least for part of the run, was the Preway gas dishwasher with the spark plug to ignite the gas burner under the tank. There was a vent for the conbustion tube that opened on the front down near the floor in the toe space. If the spark fired a bit too late or was getting weak and did not spark the first time, when it did ignite the gas, there would be this brief flash at the end of the vent. I guess the owner's manual cautioned against putting throw rugs in that area. The machine could guarantee either a 140 or 160 degree wash (bad memory)and a 180 degree final rinse. I don't believe there was a detergent dispenser so it was wash, rinse, rinse. Preway did not have to worry about heating up the machine. After the last rinse, a little motor pushed the door open a couple of inches and as the steam billowed out, the dishes flash dried because they were so hot. If you had a wood or particle board base for the countertop, it would have to be well sealed to keep the heat and steam from warping it.

I thought I remembered a time or two when Granny had clothes hanging out by the cement pond and some of the critters started messing with them. Didn't the kangaroo (AKA the giant jack rabbit) bound through the sheets in an episode?

 

[Manoravenue]

"See-ment" Pond

I don't remember about the kangaroo messing up the laundry, or ever having seen the terrific Maytags in use, but I also didn't realize people in some parts of the country really SAY "see-ment" until I ended up in THIS area where they say it all the time. That, and EYE-TALIAN.