washers and dryers from tv shows

[Washinsheen]

"Mad Men"

Have any of you seen Betty Draper's yellow Maytag washer & dryer on "Mad Men"? If you haven't seen the show, it's WONDERFUL! I never miss it, on AMC, Thursday nights, 10 & 11pm. Set in 1960 New York, the props, sets, costumes are FLAWLESS!!

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[neptunebob]

But did you see what Betty was trying to do with the Maytags? I like Mad Men too, but it's not flawless - the ceilings in the Sterling Cooper office are panels that did not come along until later and I have never seen panels and lights so nice and clean in real life. This is on a show where everyone smokes too.

 

[Washinsheen]

Betty and the Maytag

Yes, I saw that Betty was having an affair with the Maytag, but I was going to leave that part out (ha!)

 

[70series]

On Knot's Landing there was a 1970 Kenmore set in the laundry room off of Karen and Mack's kitchen. I think they were 700s. Toward the end of the show's run they did run the dryer, and in the final season, they ran the washer. It was in this episode that they actually had a short scene filmed in the laundry room.

Have a good one,
James

 

[pierreandreply4]

dennis the menace with jay north

hello

in the tv show dennis the menace with jay north anyone what kind of washer and dryer was use.

tank you

 

[gansky1]

I will hand it to the set designers on "Mad Men", they got that washer and dryer spot-on for the time of the show (1960) - it makes sense that Betty would be getting intimate with a machine two years old.

Obviously, the installer didn't tighten those lock-nuts on the washer's legs or it would never shake and walk about the room like that! Maybe Betty loosened the lock-nuts on her own?

 

[Washinsheen]

"Mad Men" Maytags

So, gansky1, the Maytags are '58 models? I was wondering how old they were.

This was the second episode where I've seen the washer & dryer. The first time was just a glimpse, though. If Betty keeps it up, we might see more of them in future episodes!

 

[bongobro]

Leave it to Beaver...to oversuds the family washer!

In the very first episode of "Leave it to Beaver" (the one with the alligator), Wally and the Beav hide the alligator in the basement--which as I recall had a wringer washer (but I don't recall the make).

The episode djmjlcst is thinking about was from ca. 1961-62; Gilbert loses his money for the laundromat and Beaver offers to let him use his mom's washer and dryer. Since GE co-sponsored "Leave It to Beaver" from 1960 to 1963, the washer used was a TOL Filter-Flo automatic. As most GE owners know, they oversuds like crazy if you use high-suds detergent...

I would suspect Whirlpool would be the appliance maker of choice to furnish today's TV kitchens...in the WB/CW series "Reba," the kitchen was full of new TOL Whirlpool appliances (and Reba appeared on tour for Habitat for Humanity sponsored by Whirlpool!). I could picture Sam loading a pair of Duets with pedestals (and Uncle Arthur popping out of the dryer window!)

 

[appliguy]

The washer in the Leave it to Beaver Episode was a FRIGIDAIR

The episode that you speak of Bongobro had a 1960 Frigidaire Custom washer and a Ge Clothes Conditioner Dryer in it. There was no way GE was gonna have people thinking there washers would do that so that is probably why they substituted the Frigidaire

 

[saltysam]

What about the TV show Hazel

Anyone remember what appliances were used on the show Hazel?

 

[appnut]

Hazel had a coppertone Bendix Duomatic at one point. Dennis the menace also had a Bendix Duomatic at one point. I only remember a Bendix front load washer on Father Knows Best. I don't recall a westy slant front. I remember a TV commercial jane Wyatt did for a Lady Kenmore set. She mentions something to the effect, I was always diong laundry as margaret Anderson.

 

[appnut]

Mama's Family had what looked like a 1960s Kenmore 70 dryer and a Kenmore washer, but they weren't matched set. On the drma "Family" the washer was a Frigidaire and the dryer was a Kenmore Combo washer/dryer. Maude had a coppertone Magic Chef Kitchen. Eight is Enough had avocado laundry, but I don't remember what they were.

 

[mr_jms]

Reba had the Whirlpool Duets in the garage.

 

[Manoravenue]

Hazel--car question

Speaking earlier of Hazel and her Bendix Duomatic -- what kind of car is that featured in the title credits/opening theme scene in the 1964-65 season? It looks like a 1965 Ford Galaxie to me.

 

[Bearpeter]

Hoover 3060 (Mark)

Home Improvement!!!!
The guy with the beard...... Better looking than the appliances lol!
Call me shallow but there you are!
Hope you 2 are doing fine in West Lothian!
East Kilbride is a pain!
Peter!

 

[laundryshark]

"Two and a Half Men?"

Anybody seen washers here?--Laundry Shark

 

[laundryshark]

"According to Jim?"

And what about this sitcom?--Laundry Shark

 

[westtexman]

Home Improvement

I also remember the 80's model Westinghouses in the garage. There was once an episode where Tim "automated" the laundry process and had the detergent (liquid, unfortunately), and fabric softener automatically dispense. I think he was using plastic bottles with hoses, attached to the machine like an IV!

Roseanne -

They started out with a set of avocado center-dial Maytags, but then got rid of the set because the washer had a "cracked agitator". They replaced the Maytags with the 1-18's, but the "new" used washer was missing the timer knob, so they had had to turn the dial with a pair of pliers. It always bugged me when Jackie would come over to do her laundry and she wouldn't measure the Fresh Start (or comparable generic brand). She just poured it into the machine!

I never could figure out why they would replace the Maytags with the 1-18's, as I figured they were a better pair at the time. Surely Dan could replace an agitator????

 

[pierreandreply4]

info

the maytags were harvest gold and i think the show still plays on fox in the afternoon.

 

[MikeS]

Hazel-Car

It probably was a Ford Galaxie--Ford sponsored "Hazel" for its NBC run (I think Proctor & Gamble became the sponsor when "Hazel" moved to CBS for its final season in 1965). In any case, the opening credits showed Shirley Booth and company with a Ford; one episode had the Baxters buy a new Mustang just after its debut in 1964.
On the night before the Mustang went on sale, Ford aired a commercial for the new pony car at the same time on all three major networks--naturally, the spot aired Thursday at 9:30 PM, when "Hazel" went over the NBC network in "living color". For many people, "Hazel" is where they got their first glimpse of the Mustang. The rest is automotive history.