This video was so sweet. Maybe if the shows on television were like this, the majority of kids in grade school wouldn't be so spoiled, obnoxious, and rebellious toward authority. It was a pleasure to watch brothers and sisters doing nice things for each other...just goes to show,sibling rivalry can be overcome!
Being thoughtful is important, but especially to yourself, so that you understand what you require in order to bring that same respect to other people. You can't be selfless until you know what a self is
I love how back in the 50's they used way too many words...."I went downtown to pay the insurance premium." "Take the ground beef out of the freezer compartment." In real life and in 2011, the words "premium" and "Compartment" would NOT be necessary! LOL
My Nana used to say about me, "She's the thoughtful one." Of course it did me no good, but desire not the fruits of thy labors! I had to turn tricks to help my family and get through university, but actually, it was very healthy work! NY was so exciting then. Good video, uprated.
I was born in the 50's. I watched these films when I was in school back in the 60's and 70's. The 60's and the 70's may have been a time of rebellion, but these films still teach the same things today as they did back then. What's wrong with having good manners and being thoughtful?
Don't sweat that gound beef Eddie...just chuck it in the "nuke-o-wave" and everything will be FINE! It would seem that things in the 50's were so simple and working through all the day in,day out things didn't seem all that hard to deal with. I would welcome simpler times like these....even if it's just not possible in this day and age....Sheeeesh!,I must be gettin' old!
Without the truth, there can be no real morality, justice, equality, success, freedom, love, security, peace, spirituality or even survival. Without the truth mankind is lost and heading for certain disaster in the near future. Go to TruthContest(dot)com, open The Present, and read what it says to learn the truth.
Gosh what happened to the world? It was nature's mistake I wasn't alive back then because I feel I'm the only one thinking about 'being thoughtful' and ofcourse don't get me started on the mannerisms back then..
Although people are generally inconsiderate pricks nowadays, I'd much prefer them to the robotic creeps featured in this video. Who the hell sits down and thinks about how to be thoughtful? The fuck?
It looks all innocent and swell and all but everything was not better back then. Racism, sexism, homophobia, all things we're still trying to get rid of, and it was much worse back then.
holy fuck holy fuck, if the world was like this i would shoot myself. this is the most soulless conformity-oriented bullshit i've ever seen. i mean it kind of is like that now except everyone think's they are unique cause the like lady shithead or lil gayne, and watch jersey whore. anyways this film(yes yes i know the 40s and 50s weren't like these films) if this how it really were. fuck that.
Eddie said he was setting the table and then he went to call that girl! What a liar! And the parents lied about why they went downtown! Is this video condoning lying?! And why was the girl so concerned with getting the table set when she hadn't even started cooking yet? I guess she never watched the instructional video about prioritizing.
Ever wonder why they had to have so many instructional videos like these on how to just get through a normal day? Seems like people must have been pretty miserable if they needed government films to tell them how to get along.
Believe it or not, that's a candy vending machine at :33, 'andy'. At that time, vending machines often had a mirror on top if you wanted to "touch up" as well.
"Say, you're things are all over the place, why don't you pick up?"
Screw you, Eddie.
And, what, is Jane mental or something?
"Take your jacket along, save a trip."
"Yeah, books too! Lets see, jacket, books, scarf upstairs." She's staring right at them! What does she need to say aloud next? Pick up one foot at a time to walk up the stairs?
I'm not saying that the world should be like "Leave It To Beaver" and shows from back then, I'm just saying that the world, especially here in the U.S., have lost the 3 main things in life, morals, respect and manners. It's all about common sense.
It was a whole different world back then, it's ashamed that some of these videos aren't shown in school today. This world has become so hateful, especially here in the U.S. Yes I sound old-fashion, but I'm in my mid 30's and even thou I don't have any children, I believe children today needs to be taught some of these things and it needs to start when they're young. It seems some kids today don't have manners or morals and that some parents today just don't care. Anyway, I love these videos.
Wow. In the 50s they made films about EVERYTHING. We only had... geometry or sex ed or... wildlife of the sahara or something. Not "How to be Groomed" or "What to do on a Date"
eddie, how did you forget to take the ground beef out of the freezer? you were just sitting on your ass in dad's easy chair, not doing anything. video games havent even been invented yet. no excuse.
How come the generation who grew up being deluged by all these social cohesion training films grew up to be the instigators of the moral disintegration of American society?
No that's a fair question. An honest understanding of history could answer it, but if you ask me they were seeing a sharp decline in morality already, just the existence of all those films is proof. In reality the 50's wasn't Pleasantville, and the hope behind the films was perhaps to turn things around, which in retrospect looks like slapping a bandaid over a gaping wound. The foundation of the family was already collapsing, people were already turning away from God, which explains the 60's.
Foundation of the family? Research just how long the model of the 'standard family' has been around, and where in the world. You'll be terribly disappointed.
And turning away from god? That sort of thing's been happening for centuries thanks to critical thinking and science. And the world's a fair bit better for it. Otherwise things would regress back to the dark ages. My, wouldn't that be wonderful..
Turning to God does not make one regressive, going back to the "dark ages" as you put it. Where in the world are lives better for turning away from God? China? The Soviet Union? And I wonder, what countries under atheist governments have borders packed with people trying to get in? The countries with the most freedoms and rights are those influenced by religion such as Christianity, Judaism, and people flock to enter them. You are wrong. Intact Godly families, that's what we need more of.
Sweden has a large population of atheists, granted, but Sweden is not an atheist government and is influenced by religion and has the largest Lutheran church in the world I believe. Thanks for helping me make my point.
Your comment itself displays some symptoms of societal decay: the liberal use of profanity in everyday speech, and a drug reference reflecting the widespread use of street drugs like crack, meth, etc..
they were taught to believe that how something looks (e.g. family ,church, government) is more important than how it really is, so lies and deception became part of the fabric of everyday life.
BS! People understood that the way things looked ought to reflect how things either were or should be. They were taught that there is actually something real called, "respectability." People were motivated to do their best, and work as a team, with integrity. There was a lot at stake. There was no massive government Nanny to bail your stupid ass out with funny money if you took dumb-ass risks and ended up doing a financial face-plant. It was sink or swim.
how things looked DID NOT reflect how things were. homosexuality, child abuse, preidential infidelities, lesbian first ladies, all of this was to be hidden and covered up in the name of respectability.
a lot of what the 60's was about was integrity, truth and openness.
I don't disagree with that, as people have always been messed up and selfish. My point was that in those times, society understood the goodness and sense of upholding standards of decency and respectability, even though those standards were not examplified in everyone. The main difference these days is that the standards are ignored. You call that "openness."
people haven't changed at all in the last 40,000 years or so. so i really disagree with you about 'respectability'. respectability is a quality we bestow on other people and we can take it away from them too, like with Tiger Woods.
i disagree with you less about 'standards of decency' but there isn't just one standard of decency. different people, who are good, well meaning etc. have different standards and that needs to be respected. there are few people who ignore all standards of decency.
Well I think Tiger Woods removed his own veneer of respectability, but the former veneer reflected something real that exists outside of Tiger Woods, an absolute standard of morality that everyone, regardless of culture knows about, but which some callously disregard for their own purposes.
TIger wasn't one person one moment and someone else when his wife reached for a golf club (and who wouldn't?). you use the word veneer and that's all 'respectability' is to me. it's a veneer that tells you nothing at all about a person. Bernie Madoff's another good example. but i say again that there is not one standard of morality. polygamy's a good example. south africa has just gained a Third Lady and apparently there's a Fourth Fiance. and we have no right to pass judgement. none at all.
Well of course there's true respectability (Harriet Tubman) and false respectability (T Woods). We can see the difference.
I say there is a gold standard of morality. For the instance you gave, polygamy may not be "all that bad," but I will bet you that each of those wives of the polygamist knows in her heart that monogamy is far better.
that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. i don't say that to be dismissive. it's your view and i certainly expect everyone to have a strong sense of what's right and wrong in life.
but it can be extremely dangerous for any individual to assert that their personal view represents a gold standard of morality. know what i mean?
...except for Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount is pretty much the gold standard of morality. So much so that no one can maintain it. If you lived by that you'd be more perfect than Ghandi.
I bet you that you have no reason to suspect that. They could just as easily (easier because they belong to a culturally different society) believe that it would be wrong or greedy to want a man for themselves.
Lol, I wondered that, but I remembered that other PSA's from, the time discourage teenagers from "going steady" and encourage them to go out on dates with different people. One way to prevent premature weddings, I imagine.
@EmilyA1984 Things were different...back then, you "dated" (going out with different girls). If u fell in love, u "went
steady". If you were steady, you didn't date other girls.
But "dating" was casual. U both dated other people & u didn't get jealous.Just like u don't get jealous if your best friends have other friends.
No sex involved, so it wasn't a big emotional issue of "cheating". Dating was just having fun.Parents DIDN'T want their kids going steady (=more likely to have sex)
@EmilyA1984 I think Eddie is casually dating... seems like he hasn't been on a date or many with his 'girlfriend' yet... Also he's being thoughtful since the new girl won't have anyone to go with and he's ensuring she's included. He didn't automatically know her phone number he dialed the operator and asked for her family number.
1) Apparently, its not serious. Besides, obviously his lying girlfriend wants to dump him. What a load of crap that SHE has to take care of the grandma. What teen girl gets sole responsibility for the health and wellness of the grandma. She might as well have said she was washing her hair. ( :
I saw these films in school and it has always stuck with me that they represent a great time and a more innocent time in America. I try to fill my world with all things from that era from movies to clothes to how I deal with everyone around me. I get laughed at a bit for rejecting the 21st century but I think it's catching on.
Considering you're watching youtube, a website of the 21st century, I wouldn't say you've completely rejected it.
Also, would you like to live in a racist society that had blacks separated from whites, and where women were forced to live their life at the kitchen? Would you enjoy living in a society where it was group norm that counted rather than individual drive?
The 21st century offers unprecedented freedoms for 1st world countries and innovative ideas for helping 3rd world ones.
Some things like the internet,computers and high def televisions are inescapable and now a necessity. Your view of the past is skewed perhaps by leftwing media, I don't know. Women were not"forced to "live their life at the kitchen", My own mother was the first female deputy constable anywhere in the state of Kentucky and later an accountant and this in the 1950s! In Arkansas in the south blacks ate at my grandmothers table regularly and the only separation occurred at church as it does now.
CrustyConrad.......how is a high-definition television a "necessity?" The Internet may be necessary, but the way I see it, a fancy TV is just an indulgence.
lol..it is..the government is changing the signal to digital from analog. remember? it was to happen in Feburary but they put it off til June. So I needed a new TV Just try to go to best buy and get anything with digital tuner but a fancy high def. High Def is all they have, so just like computers and internet they become required appliances. My consolation is Mr. Ed looks great on a 52 inch one.
Actually, when I saw the commercial on TV, it just said to buy a converter box. So, you don't have to replace your whole TV. Also, I don't want a huge TV in my bedroom--I have a little TV in there because it fits on my dresser.
If you choose to embrace this century go ahead more power to you, I would point out it's innumerable faults but the reply box allows only 500 characters and frankly I don't care, It's not my job to convert you or attempt to dissuade you from your world view.
It is so interesting that todays freedom of sex (which I am not saying is bad) has reduced us to viewing a sibling group as actual sexual partners. Also, I am very liberal and I do like the idea of this film. IF we cannot even tolerate and get along with one another in our own family how are we going to be kind to different races and religions? I don't understand how being kind and thoughtful needs to be a Republican concept. Scary, indeed.
holy shit, this flick gave me diabetes, it was soo sweet. i think jane and eddie should just come to grips with their incestuous feelings and get busy.
But back in those days they didn't believe in disease. Thus it did not exist. The Germ Theory was not held as canon by the religious zealots of the '50's.
Wow! The front of Jane's house looks like a Chicago style bungalow - nice sturdy buildings, big basements. Although, the set she walks into is nothing like a bungalow - no windows.
Yes, TY so much for posting these films. I know, manners and basic thoughtfulness have gone down the tubes these days. It doesn't take a lot of effort to make someone's day with a kind word or gesture.
People may see this as too old fashioned and even funny, and by today's standards it may be.
But I like it anyway...
chickenygoodness 2 months ago 3
You would think if all families acted like that in those times that we (baby boomers) would have grown up fairly problem free- what happened ?
sagcanaqu 2 months ago
Dad's head should've been in the freezer. Surprise!
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This video was so sweet. Maybe if the shows on television were like this, the majority of kids in grade school wouldn't be so spoiled, obnoxious, and rebellious toward authority. It was a pleasure to watch brothers and sisters doing nice things for each other...just goes to show,sibling rivalry can be overcome!
angelina4jesus 3 months ago
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angelina4jesus 3 months ago
The daughter's voice sounds like she's mildly retarded.
framptonorchablis 3 months ago
Being thoughtful is important, but especially to yourself, so that you understand what you require in order to bring that same respect to other people. You can't be selfless until you know what a self is
Wutwut1n1 4 months ago
I love how back in the 50's they used way too many words...."I went downtown to pay the insurance premium." "Take the ground beef out of the freezer compartment." In real life and in 2011, the words "premium" and "Compartment" would NOT be necessary! LOL
Mysterycat74 4 months ago
My Nana used to say about me, "She's the thoughtful one." Of course it did me no good, but desire not the fruits of thy labors! I had to turn tricks to help my family and get through university, but actually, it was very healthy work! NY was so exciting then. Good video, uprated.
slobomotion 4 months ago
The son keeps putting his hand over his face when he's frustrated. My grandmother, dad and my brother all do this....reminds me of them haha!
RadAlly 4 months ago
how is this fun?
FMAiscool 5 months ago
You want to be thoughtful? Put on your knee pads and prepare for a marathon.
JeffersonDinedAlone 5 months ago 2
I was born in the 50's. I watched these films when I was in school back in the 60's and 70's. The 60's and the 70's may have been a time of rebellion, but these films still teach the same things today as they did back then. What's wrong with having good manners and being thoughtful?
nanlisa 6 months ago 16
what is this stepford high school?
moodybluesgurl 6 months ago
I'm ready! I am wearing my red high heels!
TheAmazingamerica 6 months ago
Does Coronet use the same dining room in every film? I recognize that slanted mirror hanging above the dining table from other films.
Amy is going to be unhappy when she comes home from Grandma's to find Eddie is going out with another girl.
Did Mom and Dad have Eddie when they were 60 years old?
corvus13 6 months ago
Don't sweat that gound beef Eddie...just chuck it in the "nuke-o-wave" and everything will be FINE! It would seem that things in the 50's were so simple and working through all the day in,day out things didn't seem all that hard to deal with. I would welcome simpler times like these....even if it's just not possible in this day and age....Sheeeesh!,I must be gettin' old!
da959 6 months ago
what was wrong with the 50s
MikeH1986MikeH 6 months ago
They need to show movies like this in the schools today. They were valuable then and they're valuable now.
nanlisa 6 months ago
Without the truth, there can be no real morality, justice, equality, success, freedom, love, security, peace, spirituality or even survival. Without the truth mankind is lost and heading for certain disaster in the near future. Go to TruthContest(dot)com, open The Present, and read what it says to learn the truth.
DemianHermann 7 months ago
Jane's great, but her bro might need to be guided more....typical of men! :D
kakliza 8 months ago
Gosh what happened to the world? It was nature's mistake I wasn't alive back then because I feel I'm the only one thinking about 'being thoughtful' and ofcourse don't get me started on the mannerisms back then..
Moviestar20 8 months ago
Golly life was sure swell back then! Especially if you were rich, white and heterosexual!!!
blueoystercub 8 months ago 5
Although people are generally inconsiderate pricks nowadays, I'd much prefer them to the robotic creeps featured in this video. Who the hell sits down and thinks about how to be thoughtful? The fuck?
jrm33lover 8 months ago
the word thoughtful has just lost all meaning...
inuyashacrazy123 8 months ago
It looks all innocent and swell and all but everything was not better back then. Racism, sexism, homophobia, all things we're still trying to get rid of, and it was much worse back then.
kablamo9999 9 months ago
Golly gee, swell! I wonder if they sleep in the same room still!
Druidbw 10 months ago
fine, thoughtful freaks
longfootbuddy 11 months ago
holy fuck holy fuck, if the world was like this i would shoot myself. this is the most soulless conformity-oriented bullshit i've ever seen. i mean it kind of is like that now except everyone think's they are unique cause the like lady shithead or lil gayne, and watch jersey whore. anyways this film(yes yes i know the 40s and 50s weren't like these films) if this how it really were. fuck that.
immasuperninja 11 months ago
What amazing accents they have.
marshhen 11 months ago
''Yes, everywhere you go people talk about thoughtfulness'' what planet is this??
mrdanielegostoso 11 months ago 2
I like the old-style vending machine!!!
Moionfire 11 months ago
wow i think i just got diabetes from this show
greatwood 11 months ago 3
crying over a dress?! xP bahahaaaaahahahaa
fayenesse 1 year ago
00:23
jimmy hopkins from bully!
hodoupmer 1 year ago
Eddie said he was setting the table and then he went to call that girl! What a liar! And the parents lied about why they went downtown! Is this video condoning lying?! And why was the girl so concerned with getting the table set when she hadn't even started cooking yet? I guess she never watched the instructional video about prioritizing.
Veerawk 1 year ago 2
@Veerawk And she should have done her homework straight away after she got home.
corvus13 6 months ago
"Dear Jane, be thoughtful and put the raw meat out on the counter.
Love, Mom."
Excalion88 1 year ago
That's some high quality acting, right there.
stripypanda 1 year ago 2
I'm surprise it wasn't mandatory to have a smile botoxed on your face back then. These people seem way to happy, like a giant cult
Clwsfan864 1 year ago
Ever wonder why they had to have so many instructional videos like these on how to just get through a normal day? Seems like people must have been pretty miserable if they needed government films to tell them how to get along.
shaunette9 1 year ago
@shaunette9 It's called 'propaganda', dearie!
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greenrate 1 year ago
All men are dogs. Some of us can just be trained better than others!!! LOL
keiferd11 1 year ago
At around 7:00, the dad looks like Malcolm Turnbull
blahmehblah 1 year ago
Believe it or not, that's a candy vending machine at :33, 'andy'. At that time, vending machines often had a mirror on top if you wanted to "touch up" as well.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Is it just me or does Eddie talk like a dweeb? Even dweebish for the way they spoke then.
lajfasdfajflkj 1 year ago 2
Eddie is a Cheatin Whore!
myhoneyjudah 1 year ago
What is that machine in :33?
andyakaandrea 1 year ago
woah. Who whistles at their sister and says their hot?! Back up, there Eddie, that's nasty man! lol
littlehouse15 1 year ago
@littlehouse15 Bet he got a boner there too...
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@littlehouse15 bet he got a boner there too...
Druidbw 10 months ago
"Say, you're things are all over the place, why don't you pick up?"
Screw you, Eddie.
And, what, is Jane mental or something?
"Take your jacket along, save a trip."
"Yeah, books too! Lets see, jacket, books, scarf upstairs." She's staring right at them! What does she need to say aloud next? Pick up one foot at a time to walk up the stairs?
littlehouse15 1 year ago
the 2nd guy is how everyone thinks today. Look at the trouble we're in !
VASINGER 1 year ago
it would be thoughtful to introduce her to the others...THE OTHERS???
blockcl 1 year ago
"Yes, everywhere you go, people talk about thoughtfulness."
Boy, I can't tell you how many times my friends and I have discussed ways we should be more thoughtful to everyone. Gosh, it's such a fun thing.
mangobanna 1 year ago 2
I'm not saying that the world should be like "Leave It To Beaver" and shows from back then, I'm just saying that the world, especially here in the U.S., have lost the 3 main things in life, morals, respect and manners. It's all about common sense.
Idoljunky32 1 year ago 29
@Idoljunky32 Amen!
Alyonushka 1 year ago
@Idoljunky32 Have we ever had any of those things?
ComputerGamerify 10 months ago
idoljunky 32 is totally, 1,000% correct.
JORDANWASAGEM 1 year ago
"Look at my little sister... Jimmy's a lucky fella".....kind of creepy especially if my brother did the wolf whistle.
Cherrysweetdeal 1 year ago
His dad crossdresses?
freakylocz14 1 year ago
thoughtfulness. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
lollipopthug 1 year ago
Argggh! These people are too nice!!!
txvoltaire 1 year ago
It was a whole different world back then, it's ashamed that some of these videos aren't shown in school today. This world has become so hateful, especially here in the U.S. Yes I sound old-fashion, but I'm in my mid 30's and even thou I don't have any children, I believe children today needs to be taught some of these things and it needs to start when they're young. It seems some kids today don't have manners or morals and that some parents today just don't care. Anyway, I love these videos.
Idoljunky32 1 year ago 3
@Idoljunky32 the world was NEVER like "leave it to beaver". this was always the "ideal", just like it STILL is today.
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"son, put yourself in the other person's place..." - "in fact, sometimes I even put myself in your mothers clothes! It's fun!"
yes, obsessing about thoughtfulness is a swell way to hide the bitter resentment of your drab, joyless life.
devospud 1 year ago
"son, put yourself in the other person's place..." - "in fact, sometimes I even put myself in your mothers clothes! It's fun!"
yes, obsessing about thoughtfulness is a swell way to hide the bitter resentment of your drab, joyless life.
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"son, put yourself in the other person's place..." - "in fact, sometimes I even put myself in your mothers clothes! It's fun!"
yes, obsessing about thoughtfulness is a swell way to hide the bitter resentment of your drab, joyless life.
devospud 1 year ago
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devospud 1 year ago
dats a swell idea
trsdos 1 year ago
I have a feeling that Amy wouldn't think its so thoughtful to ask another girl out because her grandma got sick!
silverose1209 1 year ago
Wow. In the 50s they made films about EVERYTHING. We only had... geometry or sex ed or... wildlife of the sahara or something. Not "How to be Groomed" or "What to do on a Date"
emzkind77 1 year ago 2
Thank you SO much for your thoughtfulness!
This video is truly beneficial to a society in need of thoughtful caring for their brothers and sisters.
PEACE
Please Educate All Children Everywhere
FOCUS
For Our Children United Strong
molinmusic 1 year ago
God, the acting is terrible! And everything is so unrealistic...
Cris7naldo 1 year ago
Wasn't that the neighborhood that was used for the filming of the 70's version of "Halloween"?
KagenMagic 2 years ago
It would also be 'fun' to take some acting classes.
marvy1118 2 years ago
How long does it *take* Mom to pay the insurance premium, for gosh sakes?!!
goldbergje 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite movies with the young Ronald Reagan ever!!!
fuzzyone99 2 years ago
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MolkoxLewd 2 years ago
"everybody tells me to be more thoughtful, well..i like to be more thoughtful..if i only knew what it meant"
i don't know kid, why don't you think about that one?
em23 2 years ago
My, but how can he? He's thoughtless!
marvy1118 2 years ago
eddie, how did you forget to take the ground beef out of the freezer? you were just sitting on your ass in dad's easy chair, not doing anything. video games havent even been invented yet. no excuse.
supernightmaren2 2 years ago
I like being thoughtful and I like helping people too! :D
RockyBalboa211 2 years ago
i guess he wont be pounding amys ass over the weekend.
eb352mm 2 years ago
Wolf whistling at your sister. Yeah, that's healthy.
GusF 2 years ago
He's just being thoughtful. ;p
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago 2
If that's how this family show thoughtfulness, I shudder to think about how they show affection.
GusF 2 years ago
Think I saw a German film about just such a thing once.
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago
How come the generation who grew up being deluged by all these social cohesion training films grew up to be the instigators of the moral disintegration of American society?
marvy1118 2 years ago
No that's a fair question. An honest understanding of history could answer it, but if you ask me they were seeing a sharp decline in morality already, just the existence of all those films is proof. In reality the 50's wasn't Pleasantville, and the hope behind the films was perhaps to turn things around, which in retrospect looks like slapping a bandaid over a gaping wound. The foundation of the family was already collapsing, people were already turning away from God, which explains the 60's.
louiseb35 2 years ago
Foundation of the family? Research just how long the model of the 'standard family' has been around, and where in the world. You'll be terribly disappointed.
And turning away from god? That sort of thing's been happening for centuries thanks to critical thinking and science. And the world's a fair bit better for it. Otherwise things would regress back to the dark ages. My, wouldn't that be wonderful..
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago
Turning to God does not make one regressive, going back to the "dark ages" as you put it. Where in the world are lives better for turning away from God? China? The Soviet Union? And I wonder, what countries under atheist governments have borders packed with people trying to get in? The countries with the most freedoms and rights are those influenced by religion such as Christianity, Judaism, and people flock to enter them. You are wrong. Intact Godly families, that's what we need more of.
louiseb35 2 years ago
Sweden? The country with pretty much the highest intake of refugees on Earth?
Whoops.
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago
Sweden has a large population of atheists, granted, but Sweden is not an atheist government and is influenced by religion and has the largest Lutheran church in the world I believe. Thanks for helping me make my point.
louiseb35 2 years ago
Yes, because we all know that people go to Sweden for the Lutherans.
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago
And those "refugees" are turning Swedish cities into third-world style ghettos. Yay, progress!
khattamshud 2 years ago
Jag vet, de är skit.
Buzzkillskeptic 2 years ago
You are one smart woman.
marvy1118 2 years ago
Irony
CinemaAny 2 years ago
the ideal of society portrayed in these films is a fucking nightmare, what kind of crack are you smoking?!!
eb352mm 2 years ago
Your comment itself displays some symptoms of societal decay: the liberal use of profanity in everyday speech, and a drug reference reflecting the widespread use of street drugs like crack, meth, etc..
marvy1118 2 years ago 2
they were taught to believe that how something looks (e.g. family ,church, government) is more important than how it really is, so lies and deception became part of the fabric of everyday life.
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
BS! People understood that the way things looked ought to reflect how things either were or should be. They were taught that there is actually something real called, "respectability." People were motivated to do their best, and work as a team, with integrity. There was a lot at stake. There was no massive government Nanny to bail your stupid ass out with funny money if you took dumb-ass risks and ended up doing a financial face-plant. It was sink or swim.
marvy1118 2 years ago
how things looked DID NOT reflect how things were. homosexuality, child abuse, preidential infidelities, lesbian first ladies, all of this was to be hidden and covered up in the name of respectability.
a lot of what the 60's was about was integrity, truth and openness.
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
I don't disagree with that, as people have always been messed up and selfish. My point was that in those times, society understood the goodness and sense of upholding standards of decency and respectability, even though those standards were not examplified in everyone. The main difference these days is that the standards are ignored. You call that "openness."
marvy1118 2 years ago
people haven't changed at all in the last 40,000 years or so. so i really disagree with you about 'respectability'. respectability is a quality we bestow on other people and we can take it away from them too, like with Tiger Woods.
i disagree with you less about 'standards of decency' but there isn't just one standard of decency. different people, who are good, well meaning etc. have different standards and that needs to be respected. there are few people who ignore all standards of decency.
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
Well I think Tiger Woods removed his own veneer of respectability, but the former veneer reflected something real that exists outside of Tiger Woods, an absolute standard of morality that everyone, regardless of culture knows about, but which some callously disregard for their own purposes.
marvy1118 2 years ago
TIger wasn't one person one moment and someone else when his wife reached for a golf club (and who wouldn't?). you use the word veneer and that's all 'respectability' is to me. it's a veneer that tells you nothing at all about a person. Bernie Madoff's another good example. but i say again that there is not one standard of morality. polygamy's a good example. south africa has just gained a Third Lady and apparently there's a Fourth Fiance. and we have no right to pass judgement. none at all.
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
Well of course there's true respectability (Harriet Tubman) and false respectability (T Woods). We can see the difference.
I say there is a gold standard of morality. For the instance you gave, polygamy may not be "all that bad," but I will bet you that each of those wives of the polygamist knows in her heart that monogamy is far better.
marvy1118 2 years ago 2
that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. i don't say that to be dismissive. it's your view and i certainly expect everyone to have a strong sense of what's right and wrong in life.
but it can be extremely dangerous for any individual to assert that their personal view represents a gold standard of morality. know what i mean?
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
I agree with that!
marvy1118 2 years ago
...except for Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount is pretty much the gold standard of morality. So much so that no one can maintain it. If you lived by that you'd be more perfect than Ghandi.
marvy1118 2 years ago
yeah, don't disagree with you there : )
prismaticmarcus 2 years ago
I bet you that you have no reason to suspect that. They could just as easily (easier because they belong to a culturally different society) believe that it would be wrong or greedy to want a man for themselves.
Zekkron 1 year ago
This standard of morality is not absolute. It is restricted to a large subset of agricultural or industrial civilizations.
Zekkron 1 year ago
"Let's follow Jane Proctor into her home." Sounds like stalking to me.
Jane and Eddie both have really strong
Chicago accents...like most Coronet Film actors. I'm sure these films were all made there.
somersetdc 2 years ago
hey, isn't Jane the wife from The Shining?!?!
karmacop911 2 years ago
Eddie looks a very young Joe DiMaggio.
somersetdc 2 years ago
Man, this reminds me of the "A Date With Your Family" short featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, especially near the end. Kinda creepy.
theboombody 2 years ago
Innocent time or not I like the birth of the american teenager in the mid to late fifties much better.
kblixt 2 years ago
jane is borderline psychotic
karmacop911 2 years ago
You can always find someone like that in these shorts. Hilarious.
theboombody 2 years ago
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terrible acting, family values today are well worse! happy families? nah i dont believe in that stuff!
jamiedavey21 2 years ago
Eddie is kind of hot. What a thoughtful boy :P
Galadraal 2 years ago 17
haha yes i agree! he's a cutie
jgizzy 2 years ago 3
Sure it's thoughtful for him to ask the new girl. But how does poor Amy feel after she hears that he went to the party with another girl?
kokiea76 2 years ago 2
Not very thoughtful is it? ;) LOL these old films.
LittlePinky82 2 years ago 2
Lol, I wondered that, but I remembered that other PSA's from, the time discourage teenagers from "going steady" and encourage them to go out on dates with different people. One way to prevent premature weddings, I imagine.
sfbaygirl 2 years ago
Mike! Kevin! Bill!! Have you guys at Rifftrax seen this one!?
SpeedyTase 2 years ago
Wow, Dad helps Mom with the dishes. That's very nice, actually.
VerdantNight 2 years ago 5
1. How is it "thoughtful" for Eddie to cheat on his girlfriend while she's taking care of her sick grandmother?
2. How does Eddie automatically know the new girl's phone number?
EmilyA1984 2 years ago 14
1. I thought the girl he was originally taking was a date, not necessarily a girlfriend.
2. Eddie called information but never did call the new girl. He went over to her house at the end to ask her.
stevos999 2 years ago
@stevos999 How did he know where she lives?
corvus13 6 months ago
@EmilyA1984 Things were different...back then, you "dated" (going out with different girls). If u fell in love, u "went
steady". If you were steady, you didn't date other girls.
But "dating" was casual. U both dated other people & u didn't get jealous.Just like u don't get jealous if your best friends have other friends.
No sex involved, so it wasn't a big emotional issue of "cheating". Dating was just having fun.Parents DIDN'T want their kids going steady (=more likely to have sex)
ggmorvaj 1 year ago 2
@EmilyA1984 I think Eddie is casually dating... seems like he hasn't been on a date or many with his 'girlfriend' yet... Also he's being thoughtful since the new girl won't have anyone to go with and he's ensuring she's included. He didn't automatically know her phone number he dialed the operator and asked for her family number.
SugarBean11 1 year ago 2
@EmilyA1984
1) Apparently, its not serious. Besides, obviously his lying girlfriend wants to dump him. What a load of crap that SHE has to take care of the grandma. What teen girl gets sole responsibility for the health and wellness of the grandma. She might as well have said she was washing her hair. ( :
2) He calls information.
lucasoptura 1 year ago
@EmilyA1984 Emily, you're not being thoughtful.
harlotstarlet 1 year ago
I saw these films in school and it has always stuck with me that they represent a great time and a more innocent time in America. I try to fill my world with all things from that era from movies to clothes to how I deal with everyone around me. I get laughed at a bit for rejecting the 21st century but I think it's catching on.
CrustyConrad 2 years ago 2
Considering you're watching youtube, a website of the 21st century, I wouldn't say you've completely rejected it.
Also, would you like to live in a racist society that had blacks separated from whites, and where women were forced to live their life at the kitchen? Would you enjoy living in a society where it was group norm that counted rather than individual drive?
The 21st century offers unprecedented freedoms for 1st world countries and innovative ideas for helping 3rd world ones.
whenhen 2 years ago 5
Some things like the internet,computers and high def televisions are inescapable and now a necessity. Your view of the past is skewed perhaps by leftwing media, I don't know. Women were not"forced to "live their life at the kitchen", My own mother was the first female deputy constable anywhere in the state of Kentucky and later an accountant and this in the 1950s! In Arkansas in the south blacks ate at my grandmothers table regularly and the only separation occurred at church as it does now.
CrustyConrad 2 years ago
CrustyConrad.......how is a high-definition television a "necessity?" The Internet may be necessary, but the way I see it, a fancy TV is just an indulgence.
EmilyA1984 2 years ago 6
lol..it is..the government is changing the signal to digital from analog. remember? it was to happen in Feburary but they put it off til June. So I needed a new TV Just try to go to best buy and get anything with digital tuner but a fancy high def. High Def is all they have, so just like computers and internet they become required appliances. My consolation is Mr. Ed looks great on a 52 inch one.
CrustyConrad 2 years ago
Actually, when I saw the commercial on TV, it just said to buy a converter box. So, you don't have to replace your whole TV. Also, I don't want a huge TV in my bedroom--I have a little TV in there because it fits on my dresser.
EmilyA1984 2 years ago 2
If you choose to embrace this century go ahead more power to you, I would point out it's innumerable faults but the reply box allows only 500 characters and frankly I don't care, It's not my job to convert you or attempt to dissuade you from your world view.
CrustyConrad 2 years ago
Lol, so who cares if her Grandma is sick...I can't go with her! xD
UniqueeSkull 2 years ago
LOL. Gee, mom handeling a household bill; that sure is weird
LOAblue 2 years ago
Midwestern accents, Chicago, Michigan.
generatrix999 3 years ago
i love these vids!!!! where do you get them???? your right, it goes all over!!!
lawnking168 3 years ago
omg lol i love the mothers look and eyes when the son whistles at his sister, i bet shes thinking what a perv LOL. fab video
BadWolfProphecy 3 years ago
It is so interesting that todays freedom of sex (which I am not saying is bad) has reduced us to viewing a sibling group as actual sexual partners. Also, I am very liberal and I do like the idea of this film. IF we cannot even tolerate and get along with one another in our own family how are we going to be kind to different races and religions? I don't understand how being kind and thoughtful needs to be a Republican concept. Scary, indeed.
donnad9999 3 years ago 6
That Jane, she'll make some lucky fellow a good 50's wife some day.
babsalaba 3 years ago 2
eddie reminds me of eugene from Grease.
xisitmex 3 years ago 2
This something that MST3K would rip on!
DAVETYIOP 3 years ago
Funny you should say that. I've been riffing these videos for the last hour - it's hilarious!
gawka1 3 years ago
She won't feel like a second choice at all! :D
CSStein 3 years ago 2
You conservatives can stop drooling now.
yocanbanconit 3 years ago
lmao
babsalaba 3 years ago
The description is right, this thing DOES go all over the place...
ArchmageLord 3 years ago
holy shit, this flick gave me diabetes, it was soo sweet. i think jane and eddie should just come to grips with their incestuous feelings and get busy.
2ITCHYBALLS 3 years ago
Why can't my family be like that?
ratchetsgirl123 3 years ago
My family isn't like that either. LOL
MaryJamesMurdoch 3 years ago
Because this is reality.
doodoobutter101 3 years ago
I wasn't born yet either but these videos make me feel like I was !
CherylAhmed 3 years ago
seminilla ecoli lysteria botcholisim ? if you wanna be thoughtfull dont defrost the ground beef on the counter duh!
CherylAhmed 3 years ago
But back in those days they didn't believe in disease. Thus it did not exist. The Germ Theory was not held as canon by the religious zealots of the '50's.
..... Unless it killed them.
RedneckSkippy 3 years ago
gee that was surely swell... hahahhahaha, gotta love those retro sytle videos.... VHS those were the days.
Bandnerd695 3 years ago
Wow! The front of Jane's house looks like a Chicago style bungalow - nice sturdy buildings, big basements. Although, the set she walks into is nothing like a bungalow - no windows.
marshmallowinnards 3 years ago
Yes, TY so much for posting these films. I know, manners and basic thoughtfulness have gone down the tubes these days. It doesn't take a lot of effort to make someone's day with a kind word or gesture.
rennyminou 3 years ago 2
There's something going on there with Jane and Eddie at the end, a bit more than just 'thoughtfulness' methinks....it's creepy, LOL
ToxieDogg 3 years ago