vintage appliances on TV

[programcomputer]

On The Parkers

Yeah,

So I was watching a newer episode of the Parkers on Monday and noticed on the later series, after MO'Nique and her annoing voiced daughter moved to a house...that off in the corner of the kitchen, by what appears to be a backdoor; there is a set of stacked Coppertone, or coffee colored, stacked front load White-Westinghouses. And...if you get a real close glimpse...the window is not really opaque as it should be, looks painted over.

It would be my guess that they are gutted and used primarily as a "prop" and much easier to use and move as such without all that Cement block weight that is common to their innards.

Anyone else see this?

Chad

 

[cehalstead]

Roseanne's washer and dryer

In the beginning, the Conners had Maytags. They got a "new" set of Frigidaires, with the timer knob missing on the washer and a set of pliers in place of it. When they were trying to sell the Maytags (no, Jackie didn't get them), a door to door salesman died in their kitchen. This is also the episode where Dan is repairing the Frigidaire refrig. I always thought it was poppy red, but in another thread, long ago, someone said it was Coppertone. I didn't disagree, but always thought it was too new to be Coppertone.....

 

[launderess]

Never understood what joy Samantha Stephens found in housework. Even being a witch and discovering how modern "mortal" housewives did it, the joy must have soon wore off. If one could snap one's fingers or twitch one's nose to get the housekeeping done, you'd pretty much have to burn me at the stake to prevent it! *LOL*

Now Jennie had the right idea, any time she was seen doing housework like hoovering, she was floating up in the air, reading while the hoover ran itself. Now THAT is what powers are about! *LOL*

 

[washerlover]

Lucy Show Maytags

And don't forget in the Lucy Show episode "Lucy in the Department Store," Lucy and Mary Jane spot an avocado Maytag washer/dryer set that just has the push-button console and Lucy even looks into the washer! This episode aired in 1967 or 1968.

 

[appliguy]

It was not a pushbutton set

both the washer and the dryer had dials an were in gleaming spanish avacodo....the sign above the washer called it the Washtrend Launderette and the sign above the dryer called it the Duchess Dryer...I remember that episode Lucy went to the store to look at fridges and Mary Jane came along to get a Juicer for a gift for someone but of course Lucy being Lucy ends up breaking a bunch of expensive dishes and the display they are on trying to see if the unbreakable dishes really are unbreakable as the sign advertised (she grabed the ones on the wrong side of the display the ones she grabbed were bone china and breakable as the flip side of the sign advertised) as well as breaking the door of the fridge she was looking at (which I believe might have been a Kelvinator but I am not sure)...I even remember the slogan for the juicer that Mary Jane bought..... " The Little Squeeze Juicer...Men surpise your wife, give her a Little Squeeze in the Kitchen." PATRICK COFFEY

 

[tomturbomatic]

Roseanne's GE Dishwasher

I just saw part of episode 10 of season 8 where they are making a tape for the new baby. That is doubly funny now when you consider how short a time video tapes were video storage media because the baby would not have been able to watch the tape for long before the tape stuck together or the machine broke and in that house, it seemed they watched a lot of videos.

Anyway, Becky and Darlene are sent out to the porch/storage area to get stuff they want before it is thrown away and next to the Frigidaire dryer is the gold dishwasher so it was kept out there and hauled in to load and run. Maybe they passed plates and saucers from the sink through the windows to load when there were just a few. Every chic kitchen had a pass through at one time or another; what if it is a jalousie window? I have never seen those windows closed.

 

[bendixmark]

Bendix

There is a diving bell bendix on Dennis the Menace where he starts his own laundry service.

 

[mtn1584]

How about the Brady family and.......

their avocado Whirlpool washer and Dryer? Especially after Bobby washed his Sunday Best and added a whole box of detergent!!!!
Mike

 

[circlew]

That was always one of my favorite episodes of "Brady Bunch". I just always wished it was Peter who stripped to his underwear instead of Bobby, though!

 

[vacerator]

For sure

Tom. Peter still looks good.

 

[whitetub]

Here is the link to the Lucy show episode at the department store.

The Maytag washer, dryer and top loading Maytag dishwasher are all there.

Really cool.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSxITADS2is

 

[whitetub]

And when she wins them, around the 13th minute of the show, they roll them out, and they are push buttons. Different set then the ones in the back of the store.

 

[michaelh]

Six Feet Under

The HBO series Six Feet Under features a number of vintage appliances in the kitchen and, IIRC, the laundry.

In season 1, the Fishers have an Avocado KSD-16 in the kitchen. At some point during the run of the show, I guess the kitchen was remodeled by the set designers and the KitchenAid was swapped for an Avocado Caloric dishwasher. Not sure why they’d change a vintage for vintage and leave the rest of the kitchen alone. My guess, they needed it for another show/movie.