Clorox commercial...Laundry timeline

[TheJeremiewatson]

I like how music can bring into a commercial.

[150one]

Hmm...I don't think they had cameras back then, let alone time-lapse photography. :P

[RobochaoXX]

This commercial is pretty tame. Feminists just love to bitch about everything

[ChincheraRivera]

I noticed the "man or 2..." line when they played this a while back during the commercial breaks for the show "Mad Men"... I thought the sexual innuendo was said purposefully! If not, it was a lucky mistake. I wish more advertising was this progressive when deemed appropriate. Brilliant either way... it does go thru lots of approvals so fI find it hard to believe otherwise!

[Bijou42]

"...they all did the laundry. Maybe even a man or two."

XDDD Yes, I'm sure they all did a man or two. Or three. At least. *lmao*

[chemistryguy]

Your great granny did a man or two. I love it. I can't believe they're still airing this commercial.

[ItsNotATumaah]

Research shows that men who help do chores around the house get more poontang than men who do not. So think about that guys.

Yes I said poontang.

[charlesasher]

so true my friend.

[SILVERTINKER4578]

@ItsNotATumaah lol whats poontang?sex?

[jarp8251]

umm i like doing my boyfriends laundry for him.. i feel like im taking care of him, kind of like how he probably feels when he fixes my car for me or mows the lawn or something.. gender roles are a natura, get over it

[rhysenn]

@jarp8251 The point is that not all women enjoy doing laundry, or for that matter, are the sole person in their household who does it. It wasn't that long ago that it was considered "natural" for men to work and women to stay home. Unless you suddenly time-jumped from the 1960s or before, I sincerely hope you don't feel that way in this day and age. We're supposed to be beyond all the "gender-specific chores" BS.

[rubyseeds]

Lol I feel bad for you and anyone else who have boyfriends or husbands that don't help out with housework because it's ~*~just the way things are done~*~.

[palsee]

Uhm I like the retro blue washer. Don't you?

[wingspantt]

Laundry isn't new. Neither is misogyny.

[Sonar517]

It's amazing to me this made it on air...At the very LEAST its sexist...but grammar is everything - it flat out says that my mom, grandmother and her mother "did a man or two." Crazy

[Hzqi]

Of course, we talking of the supreme pseudo-intellectual social-science mauler, Jessica Valenti.

With her ankle-deep extrapolations into social dynamics. She couldn't peel an onion without blaming men for her tears.

[Hzqi]

This ad is an ordinary retrospective.

She complained that the women were stereotyped as the "maids". Then she complained that the men were mentioned AT ALL because it detracts from recognizing the majoirty effort of the women.

Is there ANY way for this bitch to not WHINE? Basically to avoid any subject which she can't make up her touchy mind about. In other words, ignore the idiot.

[Ladysnakes]

Just as gender roles will forever remain unchanged, generation after generation, so too will the quality of our bleach.

[AegNuddel]

I still think it sounds like the women are doing a man or two.

[imthecoffee]

LOL I had to listen to this commercial about 4 times before I figured out what you were talking about. XD

[scrooed2]

i gotta agree w/ 33mark221... for the last two DECADES, if a MAN didn't do the laundry in my house, it simply DIDN'T GET DONE...

i no longer buy clorox supplies and try my best not to buy from their parent company either...

what a total steaming load!

[beautifulmike]

Oh, lighten the fuck up. Seriously.

[scrooed2]

no. i don't think i will. thanks for the suggestion, though.

off to do the laundry, got anything to throw in, mike?

[ratsven]

they're not black, and 1913 is well after the abolition of slavery. they're probably servants (i.e. hired help).

[TheMeEvan]

what are you, the slave police?

and then also:

What are you, the date police?

[ratsven]

a) they're not black.

b) the copy at the end says "since 1913," well after slavery was abolished.

They look like servants. Hired help. Very different.

[AegNuddel]

ah...missed the date!

[Royalbabe213]

was that slaves washing clothes in the begining of the timeline if it is isnt that a tad bit racist

[AegNuddel]

You can't deny history!!!

[Royalbabe213]

true true

[closeholydarkness]

they aren't black..

[Royalbabe213]

thanks making sure that wasnt slaves because that is kind of racist

[33Mark221]

"Maybe even a man or two"? What's with the male bashing?

I've done my own laundry since I was thirteen years of age. A woman NEVER told me how to use bleach, I figured it out for myself. It was a MAN who told me I should separate laundry--a woman never told me. Looks like we men are doing it for ourselves, just like we always do. In today's world, it's the only way to go.

[AegNuddel]

Well, I find it funny as it sounds like they are saying "maybe they did a man or two."

[indieshorthair]

Yeah, thanks for the post. I wanted to slow this down and look at each frame individualy.

[AegNuddel]

I have the original. The file's pretty large, but if you'd like I might be able to find a way to get it to you.

[MrCheese4321]

Thanks a lot. I've been waiting a while for this. I had no idea that it was on the official Clorox site, why didn't I think of that before? Thanks again!

[peitzza]

Thanks for posting - been looking for this for a long time!

[AegNuddel]

Screen cap from the Clorox site using CamStudio - figured they would not mind. Free advertising after all.