BOOMER SUPERMARKET 1962 CLASSIC TV SHOWS CARTOONS COMMERCIALS on DVD at TVDAYS.com

[OldTimerGuy58]

What the....! Why arent they using the bar code scanners?

[cbowman61]

i give 5000 dolar for 55 chevy

[PrisonerNumber9653]

"Mother asks Mr. Ingall if he could recommend a sauce that would go well with roast cocker spaniel"

[happy1465]

Leaving that dog in the car is so wrong.  And the narrator makes it seem so a-ok. The Mom is such a MILF though. So i guess its ok.

[jvnvch]

This is actually a 1957 film, not 1962, but the prices are still amazing, and it's surprising how similar the store is in many ways to stores of today.

[hazeleyz11]

I was worried about the dog. I hope it was a cool day!

[tynerd]

average manufacturing job paid $2.62 an hour in California. My dad worked in a grocery store and he didn't make that much. Minimum wage in 1965-1966 was $1.25 an hour....

[george85v]

that 55 Chevy was a 2 door hardtop would be worth a mint today

[txvoltaire]

The Nelson family has returned to the car before Chipper has suffered from heat stroke!

[eddy909100]

@txvoltaire poor chipper!

[RolandfionaRuby123]

tv today 2011 thay put a show on for CEO to make them look good what crap this commowealth bank he himself this is one man he gets 70.000.000 millon a year what a joke thats why poeple !!! we are poor today becouse of the banks making that much money thay like to control the world thay are the big brothers thay make sure the you dont make frofits thay control the frofits then buy you out with out knowing it. In the old day we get pay by cash in the hand now 2011 GOD help us we cant live .

[RolandfionaRuby123]

and not only that but kids was not woking thay were at school and mum and dad working. now today 2011 kids taking our jobs and thay cant feed us becouse of the wage thay get we 25 years and over cant get work becouse big brother making that mush money thay dont want to lose profits which thay control the world greedy B. thay can rot in hell lol

[mistressofaminer]

I'll have to agree with themamagoatshow and sciFiGuy, that a 5 year difference in the 20th century is huge! Not to mention Sputnik and Eisenhower still in the picture. I like Mrs. Nelson's 55 Chevy.

[themamagoatshow]

the letters say mcmLvll (1957) not mcmLxll 1962

look @00:08

[curmill]

I wonder if Mrs. Nelson would like to sell her car?!

[Idoljunky32]

I remember when the prices were just labeled on the items and the cashier tallied the prices thru the old fashion register! Thou I'd freak if my butcher today wasn't wearing gloves while cutting meat. I don't get super-centers like walmart were the meat is shipped from out of state already packaged. My mom instilled it in my head that if you don't see the butcher in the back cutting the meat, you don't know were it comes from. Neat upload thou.

[SciFiGuy1x]

You labeled this movie as from 1962, but the copyright notice at the beginning of the movie is 1957 (MCMLVII). Perhaps you misread the "V" as an "X" -- which would be 1962.

[TheSteveos3rdEye]

They left that poor dog in the hot car they would lock them up today

[CrashingCrockery]

I loved how much noisier it sounded than it actually looked! The butcher scene was just - nasty - I never knew what went on back there when the Nice Man in White went and prepared a "cut" for you. Eek. But the BEST thing was seeing all the PRODUCTS! They had NO shame whatsoever in blatant brand-name "placement," though it was not filmed as if to show OFF the labels, merely depict shelves, etc. I too wish the color could be restored. Such a gay day at the market for all! (except the dog).

[apachette07]

I was shocked at how little the bill came to also. Now, a good, frozen pizza costs more than five bucks lol. But why did the lady allow the little girl to pick out her favorites? But when the little boy wanted strawberriesm she said no? I know she said they were too expensive but good grief. He only had one item. The little girl had several...

[zekepig]

At least they left the car door window open a crack for the dog to breathe. But these days, some people leave their little kids in the car with the windows closed!

[Ms123478]

I like the fact that the groceries were cheap back then, wish they were cheap in this life time.

[annikee59]

@lambchopxoxo Yes- it's rare these days- but we were still using that same band saw in the co-op I worked in until 2 years ago! Today's saws are much quieter.

[xlseeor]

@lambchopxoxo Yeah, I remember hearing it for sure, and the meat wrapped up in paper too.

[fromthesidelines]

This was first issued by Encyclopedia Britannica Films for classroom use in 1957 (updated from a previous edition filmed almost a decade before).

[1400deadwood]

Smart family: a '57 Bel Air and they spent only $ 5.63 for a week's worth of groceries.

Gosh, we sure could use that type of pricing today!

A thought occurred to me: how much did the Father spend on beer money??

[rasputin63]

Shame that color print has now taken on a bad magenta shift.... I wonder if I could take this video into ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS to restore the blues and greens which have been sacrificed. That is, if that information still exists...

[hotsickle]

mommy...can we buy a new baby sister? ...no dear...they don't sell babys here....

[toonguy85]

The grocery store I worked at in the 1970s was a lot like this. We had a parcel-pickup area, also. Whatever happened to those? Two enviro-friendly paper bags fed an entire family for $5.63. Those were the days.

[1952kid]

1962 didnt look much differant than 1957, we still use the same shopping carts too.

[pbanta62]

The copyright date on this film is 1957 (MCMLVII)? 1962 would be MCM LXII.

[1952kid]

Butcher and fish stores had sawdust on the floors back in those days.

[ipodchik]

There's never any black people in these freakin videos, that car was hot though... poor Chipper.

[themamagoat]

cool!!!!!!!!

[garrisonskunk]

I know, I was joking. Sorry I forgot the ":)" to indicate same. :)

[madsixtian]

Hey! I want to go to that store! If that lady and her 2 kids can spend $5.63 and get all that stuff, maybe I can too!

[gli7utubeo]

That part about the meat was gross. I'm never eating meat again.

[SaulCarp]

As to whether the FEEL is more '50s or '60s, I offer this: I was born in 1956, and most of the durable goods surrounding kids growing up 1956-1966 were straight out of the 1950s. There was a 15-20 year lag then between how taste makers told us we were supposed to style our environment, and how we actually did. Style books about the 60s now concentrate on Peter Max graphics and egg-shaped red chairs. But no kids I knew lived in houses decorated like "the '60s". It was ALL '50s holdover.

[garrisonskunk]

Mmmmmmm, Ken-L-Ration brand spaghetti sauce! Yum Yum!

[btech7]

That was dog food, google it

[9852323]

ok 31 the title says its from the 60s soo y u ppl say tht its from the 50s and i like this vid thts all

[djdavemick]

Nice to see some YL expatriates here--thanks for posting the link on RL, PMD!

That movie sure was a sign of the times for 1957!

PS-I hated the cars for that year.

[bearcub410]

i remember in the early 70's my mother tried to do a months shopping their were 3 1/2 carts full and i mean full , the total came to 56 dollars and i think my father nearly flipped his lid , that was alot say in 1970

[Tigerboy83]

It's amazing how little supermarkets have changed in principle in the last 50 years. Oh yeah, one thing - their prices (!) I was shocked to see how little that bill came to.

[thefilmbug]

Where is Mike and the 'Bots for this one?

[ricardoelite008]

They could mention how the store is organized to make you walk past all the other displays to find stuff that should go together. Minimum wage at that time was $1.00/hr

[thesixtiesguy]

5.5 pounds of veal, dog food in a jar, and strawberries at 19 cents a pound is too expensive. A cart load of food all for $5.63 and no animal cops waiting at the car. Why didnt they go down the cereal isle for some cocoa crispies and sugar smacks? A close up of the checkout would reveal racks of necco wafers, chuckles and those nickle nips, those little wax bottles of sweet syrup, a hollywood candy bar and a 5 cent pack of chicklets. Dad probably raised cain about spending so much. No remotes!

[TechnicalEvaluation]

for what it's worth, the film copyright at the opening title says 1957 and there doesn't appear to be a car made beyond then in sight.

[ericinwisconsin]

Poor 1962 shoppers... No Pringles. :(

[musicteacher8]

To get your nickels back for soda bottles, you would literally take them back to the checkout and wait. Another difference is that in less urban areas the checkers would always strike up a conversation if it wasn't busy. Miss those times.

[Azzenstudent]

I bet Mr Engel could cut a scrumptious roast of Chipper.

[CairnTerrier69]

I bet he could cut a scrumptious roast of his own thumb too! :)

[copperstatekid]

If Chipper was left in a hot car here in AZ, the police would have been waiting to arrest them after they bought their supplies of Malt 'O Meal and Frosted Flakes.

[michaelHda]

Are my eyes deceiving me, or was that a large JAR of Ken-L Ration DOG FOOD in their cart at checkout?!!!

[btech7]

Yes it was Ken-L Ration DOG FOOD

[zreiscool]

yeah, made from bits of road kill.

[pizzacheese94]

I noticed the butcher wasen't wearing any gloves. I guess sanitation wasen't so enforced back then.

[1959AverellHarriman]

You have a good eye. I did notice, however, that when the butcher handed the parcel of veal to "Mrs. Nelson" that the paper came away clean. If he hadn't washed his hands in between takes, the paper would have been smeared with (most likely) blood stains. But I must agree; a most unsanitary practice.

The weather didn't look sweltering--it might have very well been 65 or 70 degrees, so that cocker spaniel left in the car would have been fine. The warnings only come about with extreme heat.

[IdahoMoe1963]

We had those tiny carts at the Albertsons we shopped at in 66.

[micmac99]

That veal roast ALONE is $5 nowadays on sale.

[VirgilB01]

LOL! You got that right!

[micmac99]

$5.63 for a week's groceries??????????? The 50's sure were nifty!

[MermaidGirl84]

Is that "colourized" or something? I thought it was black and white at first, but then I saw some little patches of colour, like on the cereal box and the oranges.

[Dudeamis]

poor Chipper, he gets to bake in the car

[micmac99]

It was a color movie but it's so old the color has faded.

[johnbilly77]

Okay, it was made in 1957, not 1962...but I bet a lot of boomers SAW it in 1962 or thereabouts. So, whatever.

[frizlefry]

We pay more for food in the western world than any place else. It's what the market will bear and all the corporate middlemen with their fingers in the pie. Also thank the Federal Reserve and the fractional reserve banking system for all the inflation thrown into the mix.

[loftanab]

is that compared to our income?

[bromah]

ok time for some math....6$ (rounded up) is the cost of a "weeks" groceries in 1962, average hourly wage factory worker, 4$, anual salary 9k. yearly grocery bill: 210$ about, less than 2 weeks wages. i couldn't do that today on ramen noodles and vitamins. WTF america. real wage does not equal cost of living increases.

[tynerd]

@bromah average manufacturing job paid $2.62 an hour in California. My dad worked in a grocery store and he didn't make that much. Minimum wage in 1965-1966 was $1.25 an hour....

[pgrath1]

@bromah - the FED's money printing to cover Gov't vote-buying, massive deficits and Wall St. bailouts is a TAX. It means more money chasing the same amount of goods. Who loses? Worker's wages and middle class savings.

[dw3015]

that much food these days is around $100 not just 5!!! wow that is nuts

[Pierette]

Heh, I'm still around, mostly at ML and LiveJournal. I don't visit RL anymore at all. How about you?

[TennesseeGreenMusic]

Hey, that's the same voice as on the hand-cranked Mattel SEE AND SAY - "The Cow Says Moo" and "The Cat Says Meow".

[Pierette]

Great video find. Imagine leaving a dog in a Chevy Bel Air, though. That's got to be a sin.

[captainhero518]

I say we lock up little Betty and throw away the key!

(It's Jug from ML!) ;)

[CairnTerrier69]

Wow...look who I just found on YouTube! How goes it? Yes...the poor Cocker nearly roasted in that Chevy. And how about that butcher guy using the ban-saw with no glasses, gloves, or blade guard. Gotta love the 50's! I'll take that cart load of groceries for $5.63 though anyday.

[mrgraff42]

© says 1957

[PacManDreaming]

That was cool.

[Pierette]

Heya, PacMan! Long time no see.

[PacManDreaming]

Wow, where have you been hiding? Been hanging around RL much?

[Pierette]

Heh, mostly ML and LiveJournal. I never visit RL anymore. How about you?

[PacManDreaming]

I go to RL some. I spend most of my time on Fark, though.

[electrogeek77]

Oh my goodness, I wish MY groceries were just five dollars...