50's TV: General Electric refrigerator commercial (1952)

[sautautree]

I get a latest refrigerators and the small flying insect can come in thru the draining hole!! it just a shit and the plastic seems fragile that need care when use it!

[senikle]

these things are built like a tank. i grew up in the 60's and my family had one of these things. the stinkin' thing is still running - never needs work, never stopped. nowadays, refrigerators can't cool hot crap...

[cadogan32]

WTF is a "Butter conditioner"?

[senikle]

@cadogan32 it conditions the butter...

[TheBrendaWenda]

I think those refridgerators are better than the ones today!

[cokeme002]

is it just me or do people's voices in the mid1900s sound the same?

[MattTheSaiyan]

@cokeme002 People will probably make the same comment 50 years from now when watching today's commercials.

[oeshpdog2]

Is it a fridge or a car???

[Idoljunky32]

They just don't make things to last anymore, that's the problem. My parents had the same fridge for 20 some years, it was only because we moved into a new house back in the mid 80's that my parents got a updated one (updated for the 80's). And even that one lasted 15 some years. Everything is made to throw away in a year or two so the consumers would have to rush out and "Buy New!"! It's ashamed. Ya know, sometimes technology isn't always the greatest.

[inkey2]

@Idoljunky32 yeah, we just replaced my 88 year old mother's 1964 Fridgidarire.....lol 47 years, not bad. It was still running. The only reason we dumped it is because were are getting ready to sell the house and we needed to renovate and update the kitchen. The new fridge we bought while is considered a good one "by todays standard".....it's a flimsey piece of crap compared to the old one, The plastic drawers are so thin it feels like they are about to break everytime I open them

[therockkkkher]

HOLD ON TO ANYTHING STILL WORKING !!! our 2009 ge adora fridge is braking everywhere, everywhere there is PLASTIC, which means EVERYWHERE !!!!

[warfreak190]

HOLY SHIT! We don't have butter conditioners today!

[greencannoe]

Case in point....in the UN United States, one must always count on being lied to. "that old apliance uses too much electricity. The public is just a resource to be exploited for profit. I have a westinghouse fridge bought in 1951 by my folks. Their long gone but fridge keeps going. Oh, yeah, EPA hazard because it has 14.5 oz of ozone depleting R12 refrigerant. (lie #2)I expect to hear them knocking on my door demanding I surender my fridge!

[xaviqaz]

Is GE still making appliances?

[inkey2]

@xaviqaz i am pretty sure GE still makes appliances, ....but who knows how many times the company may have been sold

[chris061290]

these old refrigerators were top quality. nowadays new refrigerators are a piece of shit.

[prestonlewis]

I grew up with an International Harvester fridge as a "second" fridge in our kitchen. Over the years, our "big" fridge's came and went but the IH just chugged along and never needed repairs. Our house burned down in 2002 and that fridge was still working perfectly. US workmanship is sorely missed.

[marrag1]

i had this fridge in my house wen i first moved into it

[Sheri451]

This refrigerator is a coffin for a small child that would accidently close it from the inside. Look at those handles on it, it locks or something. If this were sitting out somewhere and a child wanted to hide in it, it wouldn't take long for all the oxygen to leave and the child would sufficate inside. Thank God they don't make these kinds of refrigerators anymore.

[missgilliantopaz]

@Sheri451 Maybe people could teach their children not to climb into refrigerators? I was taught never to play in or with appliances. Those fridges work better than any made nowadays. We have an old fridge that my grandparents bought when my mom was born (in 1954) out in our barn and it's still working perfectly.

[renofirvine]

and finally to KI4pp5tuhl(as an aside the old phone #for tustin ca was KImberly 4)my '62 has 2 baskets in the freezer and a tray for ice and juice cans(the '63s had a self-fill ice tray)and the fridge has 3 swingout aluminum shelves-front corner bracket, not the center post space waster of the 50s- and i can push a button and move them up or down if i want-it is an engineering marvel, better than a $2300.00 LG of today

[renofirvine]

before they figured out to use a fan and coils to 'air condition ' the freezer, in the olden days they had auto-defrost freezers-they would melt the ice in the freezer and melt it all over everything in its path--funny thing-a 2-door model is officially called a refrigerator-freezer because it has a true zero-degree freezer(admiral's name was Dual-Temp)and people grumbled about the extra electricity-norge at the time was headquartered in/at famous merchandise mart in chicago

[renofirvine]

to bestbets1:trust me i know about 'cycle defrost' as my previous fridge-gave it away whilst still working-was a 1959 norge 'customatic'-manual def freezer and plates along the back and sides in the fridge-parents bought it at murray manor furniture 4/4/1959 for $315--only repair was 1965 my grandma was cleaning it and water got into the lightswitch-1977 i fixed that-yes 12 yrs with no light-there were auto def freezers in the early days see part II

[bestbets1]

Why would they try and scrape frost from an ice cube? They should have shown the coils to prove it! But, it was probably a frost freezer (i think) and a cyclic fridge, so the fridge defrosted when the motor shut off. Like our drinks fridge, a Heller PPRH50

[HAL9000ii]

@bestbets1 Yes, Really, new insulation or a new seal can Be just as easy, and more cost effective. Really, why would I spend $500 on a NEW refrigerator that may not have any more features, When I can spend, maybe, $200 To revamp my old one and it use the same amount of electricity?

[paradiseshow1988]

It's funny that they needed two people to sell the refrigerator: the woman to show how convenient it is, and the man to explain the financing terms.

[paradiseshow1988]

I guess nobody tried to stock up on meat when it went on sale back in the day.

[Kl4pp5tuhl]

Funny. Can't remember the last time I slid one of the shelves out of the fridge, I just grab into it. Anyone else digging instead of sliding?

[AngieeBabyy81]

that "You'll be glad you did." line is still used in commercials today.

[OvenMaster]

Wow! Can you imagine being able to trade in your old fridge today?

[ajaxandcleon]

I had a GE from the 50's and it lasted about 40 years when it died. It was a tank.

[chee1989]

this thing can protect us from a nuclear blast!

[rockyraccoon1979]

Those old refrigerators are built very strong. Have a smiliar one in the basement and it has outlasted 4 refrigerators in the house. I'm seriously considering painting it and bringing it back up. Just kicks on and runs maybe 3 times a day too because of that thick insulation and doors that actually latch shut.

[tranefreak1]

@rockyraccoon1979 totally right, I would start a fridge restoring group that restores these things, even with quality built motors!

[fromthesidelines]

This is a G.E. commercial from an "I MARRIED JOAN" episode {"Joan will be back in a minute.."}- they sponsored her series during its original NBC run. And, of course, "Joan Stevens"' kitchen was always equipped with current G.E. appliances, a subtle reminder of WHO the sponsor was...

[renofirvine]

ok i have the 1962 ge refrigerator--an ad i found (june '62 better homes and gardens)shows it has 88%more room than THIS one-18.8 cubic feet-thinner foam insulation and FROST GUARD to end defrosting misery...

[bestbets1]

@renofirvine This one has frost free. Cyclic fridge/freezers are ALWAYS frost free in the fridge, even if the ice builds while the motor runs-because when the system shuts off, no more ice can form and the fridge defrosts-not the freezer, otherwise something is REALLY wrong. Does this refrigerator have a fan (like modern fridges). I would buy a modern fridge anyday!