I must be one of those few people who loves doing the dishes by hand.
I still have never used a dishwasher in my life, allthough I knew they already existed for a long time, it's just an appliance that doesn't give you much for your money.
a washingmachine is something I couldn't do without. Doing the dishes is 15 minutes of work, doing the laundry by hand is easily 3 houres of work.
@kittyminty - if you don't have many dishes to wash, I suppose it's O.K. I used to think it was unnecessary, too - until we got one. Now I wouldn't want to be without it! Mind you, back in 1954 I don't expect many households had a dishwasher. My parents didn't even have a fridge until much later than that.
hey i have this episode! is it...music appreciation....i think? did a lot of people have dishwashers in the 50's? my mom claims, growing up in the 60's and 70's SHE was the dishwasher. that's what she tells me when i complain about emptying it. lol.
Wow they made dishwashers in the 50's? I was born in 60 and I just now got myself a dishwasher (came with the new house). I know I was 20 years late getting one, but I didn't know I was 50 years late. They are a nice appliance, after washing those friggin things by hand my whole life!
@STEVEMOR909 Actually they've (electric dishwashers) been around since the 20's. Scan Youtube for a movie commercial for a dishwasher from 1939 by Bette Davis.
@themaytagrepairman - Actually it was for the 1935 (not '39) General Electric dishwasher, shown in theaters that year. Do a Google search for "Bette Davis Dishwasher" and you'll find it.
@mnestic It does look strange, the way the dishes on lower level aren't well stacked (unlike Miss Moore). On close inspection, the lower level contains a circular sort of carousel I have never seen before and may be obsolete, and so the dishes were not put in straight rows. Moore will be the first to tell you she was Happy Hpoint. She had that really cute cheeky face then, which after many surgeries, is now flat.
Happy Hotpoint has blonde hair. Or at least she's got a blonde wiglet sticking out from under her hood - since MTM didn't have blonde hair in any of her TV or movie appearance.
And once Hotpoint quit sponsoring "Ozzie and Harriet," you didn't see so many scenes in the Nelsons' kitchen! Nor did you see much of MTM, either, because her legs were featured as "Sam," the telephone operator, in the first season of "Richard Diamond: Private Detective."
Harriet would often appear in "integrated" Hotpoint ads during the show, and Mary Tyler Moore was indeed "Happy Hotpoint" at the time {she recalled those days in her autobiography, "After All"}.
Very Nice!
00Daizy00 2 months ago
Why are brides supposed to wear white? ...So they'll match the other appliances.
Barndancer61 3 months ago
Bloody young. Unsure why it's surprising, but whatever. :)
thps48 4 months ago
I must be one of those few people who loves doing the dishes by hand.
I still have never used a dishwasher in my life, allthough I knew they already existed for a long time, it's just an appliance that doesn't give you much for your money.
a washingmachine is something I couldn't do without. Doing the dishes is 15 minutes of work, doing the laundry by hand is easily 3 houres of work.
kittyminty 5 months ago
@kittyminty - if you don't have many dishes to wash, I suppose it's O.K. I used to think it was unnecessary, too - until we got one. Now I wouldn't want to be without it! Mind you, back in 1954 I don't expect many households had a dishwasher. My parents didn't even have a fridge until much later than that.
expatbritingermany 1 month ago
hey i have this episode! is it...music appreciation....i think? did a lot of people have dishwashers in the 50's? my mom claims, growing up in the 60's and 70's SHE was the dishwasher. that's what she tells me when i complain about emptying it. lol.
omarskats3000 1 year ago
I wonder if the Nelsons ever invited Happy Hotpoint over to play cards?
MerleOberon 1 year ago
Mary said she had to give up this gig, Happy Hotpoint, because she became pregant.
cinerama62 1 year ago
Wow they made dishwashers in the 50's? I was born in 60 and I just now got myself a dishwasher (came with the new house). I know I was 20 years late getting one, but I didn't know I was 50 years late. They are a nice appliance, after washing those friggin things by hand my whole life!
STEVEMOR909 1 year ago
@STEVEMOR909 Actually they've (electric dishwashers) been around since the 20's. Scan Youtube for a movie commercial for a dishwasher from 1939 by Bette Davis.
Barndancer61 1 year ago
@Barndancer61 I looked for it and can't find it. That I've got to see.
themaytagrepairman 3 months ago
@themaytagrepairman - Actually it was for the 1935 (not '39) General Electric dishwasher, shown in theaters that year. Do a Google search for "Bette Davis Dishwasher" and you'll find it.
Barndancer61 3 months ago
Hasn't anyone noticed that Happy Hotpoint is Mary Tyler Moore?
stanneal62 2 years ago
Heh--yeah. Here, everyone's been referring to her as "MTM."
What an cutie-pie!
peregrinusnoctis 1 year ago
an = a
peregrinusnoctis 1 year ago
My aunt had one of these old Hotpoints. It really cleaned well and dried thoroughly. No wet dishes.
hdwell 2 years ago
Hey, that's the way my husband loads the dishwasher!
Cissy2cute 2 years ago
Their voices are so high pitched. Harriet sounds so funny.
travis7310 2 years ago
dude...why did she load her dishwasher like that?
blechtman 2 years ago
RIGHT! I was saying to myself, "god, she fails at dishwasher loading". Did she just throw them in randomly?
mnestic 2 years ago
@mnestic It does look strange, the way the dishes on lower level aren't well stacked (unlike Miss Moore). On close inspection, the lower level contains a circular sort of carousel I have never seen before and may be obsolete, and so the dishes were not put in straight rows. Moore will be the first to tell you she was Happy Hpoint. She had that really cute cheeky face then, which after many surgeries, is now flat.
defundthewar 1 year ago
Later shows of Ozzie & Harriet show a Sunbeam Model 12 Mixmaster in the kitchen rather than the GE Triple Whip model in this commercial.
beefycajun 2 years ago
Happy Hotpoint has blonde hair. Or at least she's got a blonde wiglet sticking out from under her hood - since MTM didn't have blonde hair in any of her TV or movie appearance.
"Every day's a holiday with Hotpoint..."
hebneh 2 years ago
And once Hotpoint quit sponsoring "Ozzie and Harriet," you didn't see so many scenes in the Nelsons' kitchen! Nor did you see much of MTM, either, because her legs were featured as "Sam," the telephone operator, in the first season of "Richard Diamond: Private Detective."
bongomanfromdalou 3 years ago
Harriet would often appear in "integrated" Hotpoint ads during the show, and Mary Tyler Moore was indeed "Happy Hotpoint" at the time {she recalled those days in her autobiography, "After All"}.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
Is..Mary Tyler Moore..Happy Hotpoint?!
GingersnapCookys 3 years ago
And in the scene just before the commercial, that's Don DeFore (George Baxter on "Hazel") with Ozzie as "Thorny Thornberry."
bongomanfromdalou 3 years ago
Hehehehehehe!!! This is so funny considering how big of a star she (Miss Happy Hotpoint) became!!!!
ACuriousDanceretc 3 years ago