In November 1991, I tuned into Comedy Central one Saturday night and saw this short. I was intrigued enough to keep watching (the main film was "The Unearthly") and thus my two-decade plus love of MST3K began. Thanks for the upload.
"*gasp* He's in the wrong house!" "Beer cans everywhere!" "Magic's easy once you know Mom!" "Trumpy, no!" "But Tommy calls many men Dad." Some of my favorite quotes. XD
Directed by Ted Peshak and the little boy Tommy was played by his son Skip Peshak, according to imdb most of these public info shorts were directed by Ted. Many of the actors were friends or family. Still it gives us many funny episodes for MST3000 to use. 😄
good riff as always ! though, this actually seems to be the most useful, least dated, and least creepy, of the 50's Public service Announcements, mainly because it's actually about good life advice and not "proper social conduct".
Oh yeah, that is weird. I feel like that's common though, you try to tell a lesson in a very simplistic (almost fairy tale kind of) way. But as a filmmaker, you just have to cast kids who are older and out grew the material itself.
Its funny, my mom actually would want to be a homemaker not because she was raised that way but because she spent half of her life in the workforce when she raised us as a single mom, and now that she is married to a great guy (^____^) and has grandkids so she loves acting like suzy homemaker and fixing food for him and sewing little baby clothes for her grandkids.
Gotta love how this kid is so damn clueless to the obvious-ass fact that it's his mom cleaning up after him xD Also....the dad ain't too bad look'n either....damn men back then were snazzy as hell ouo
+Adiraiju Good luck with that. Money from today looks nothing like it did back then. That's why Doc Brown carries a suitcase full of money from different time periods.
+The Dork Knight That's why you bring sacks of spices back to the middle ages and sell them. The relics alone would be worth crazy amounts, though you may need to make a stop in the 19th century to forge some archeological documents so you can legit sell them in the present. Yeah, I know, I've given this too much thought.
The problem is the aging process. You could get the relics, but you better have some place secure to store them. If you bring them to the present they would look like a very accurate modern recreation.
He only does a half baked job on that mirror. He's one of those kids you have to stay on top of or he'll just start slacking off again. THAT WON'T HELP HIM IN VIETNAM!!!!!
Fortunately for Tommy, his drill instructors patents payed off and he graduated from jump school. He went on to be assigned to the Green Berets. He later served with distinction under Colonel Walt E Kurtz in Cambodia.
***** Are you sure about this? When last heard of; Tommy was serving with the Green Berets in Cambodia under the command of Colonel Walt E Kurtz. The army records have him listed as disappearing after the fall of the Kurtz compound. Unconfirmed reports have him working as late as 1980 as a mercenary in South East Asia.
my young daughter was watching and cracking up at some of the jokes...but I also reminded her that she has taken more responsibility this year in doing some of the things tommy was doing (ie keeping her own room clear). Very funny at times but very good lesson for young kids to take more responsibility in helping around the house.
@Casey5693 Actually, Mike (human in the middle) said it. Crow (robot on right) just happened to walk in when he said it. He was making fun of the movie. "Hello Master" is what the wife should have said to her husband as he walked through the front door.
As dated and silly as this is, it does teach a good lesson to kids. Namely get off your lazy ass and help out around the house. You could do this same short today and all you'd have to change is maybe his mom working outside the home and Tommy instead sits around staring at his Ipad or texting his friends and wants to ask his parents for an Xbox One or PS4.
"Tommy calls many men dad." OMG that kills me.
" When Tommy's train track broke,he fixed it himself, killing 400 commuters." LOL
"NO, HELP, THERE'S AN ANNOUNCER UNDER MY BED!"
I laughed my ass off there.
"as she chokes back the bile of resentment" lmfao
In November 1991, I tuned into Comedy Central one Saturday night and saw this short. I was intrigued enough to keep watching (the main film was "The Unearthly") and thus my two-decade plus love of MST3K began. Thanks for the upload.
At 03:45,
"And Tommy will get to see what Mother and Father do after supper."
The jokes really write themselves here.
"....and what all the yelling is about!"
Now the faces of those he's wrong flashes before his eyes.
"Magic is easy once you know MOM!!"
"yeah ya wouldn't want that penny just sitting out" LMFAO !!
"There was the bed to be made."
And the maid to be bedded! *ba-dum tss*
Setting Sun The basis behind every anime made since the 2k's.
Lol!
So remember kids, always listen to the voice in your head and do whatever it tells you to do
Which one?!
Tommy showers only half his body to save water.
"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty."
I laughed hard at that!
"When a piece of train track was broken, he fixed it himself. Killing 400 commuters." LOL
"It's called guilt.......and boy does it work!"
8:11 "see how neat Tommys room is" pffft it's the 50s, everything was neat! Not to mention swell!
And "keen"...🤭
"Trumpy, no!"
lol!! LOVE it! XD
3:53 _"Mom? Dad? ....... _*_OH MY GOD, THAT'S DISGUSTING!!! OH"!_* Lol!
Tommy’s The Lathe Of Heaven!
Thank you for that.
"Goodnight."
"NO! HELP! THERE'S AN ANNOUNCER UNDER MY BED!!"
"Oops! Almost forgot something important."
"To pay homage to Gorto!"
~1:10 Joel: "Tommy's the Lathe of Heaven!"
-ref. to science fiction novel about a man who reshapes reality with his dreams.
Thanks, Captain Obvious. 😅
I need to look this book up 🤔
"Well, I isolated that nucleotide today!" :D
Clothes scattered about... Toys on the floor..."Beer cans everywhere!"
"Dad pulls the lever at the big house."
BZZZZZT!
"*gasp* He's in the wrong house!"
"Beer cans everywhere!"
"Magic's easy once you know Mom!"
"Trumpy, no!"
"But Tommy calls many men Dad."
Some of my favorite quotes. XD
One of the best tv shows ever. Me and the family always watched it every Saturday morning.I can't stop laughing.
Pay homage to Gorto! 👺
Directed by Ted Peshak and the little boy Tommy was played by his son Skip Peshak, according to imdb most of these public info shorts were directed by Ted. Many of the actors were friends or family.
Still it gives us many funny episodes for MST3000 to use. 😄
I'll believe that they were friends or family. Asking me to believe that they were "actors" is stretching it!
Simon Tingle Thanks for the information.
"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty" XD
"Magic's easy once you know Mom!" HILARIOUS!
good riff as always !
though, this actually seems to be the most useful, least dated, and least creepy, of the 50's Public service Announcements, mainly because it's actually about good life advice and not "proper social conduct".
Oh yeah, that is weird.
I feel like that's common though, you try to tell a lesson in a very simplistic (almost fairy tale kind of) way. But as a filmmaker, you just have to cast kids who are older and out grew the material itself.
"Here's a dollar, go buy yourself something pretty."
O, ty!
"hello master"
"heres a penny, happy birthday"
"Save money. Remember, someone has to work to earn it."
Buy Porky some pants!
By the end of the video Tommy proved his worth to his family so they didn't need to sell him off to work in the mines. Oh boy.
"tommy's dad pulls the lever at the big-house."
awesome
Now the faces of those he's wronged flash before his eyes!
She knows Tommy's appetite is getting bigger and bigger --while his brain gets dimmer and dimmer.
So true.
"G'night Oedipus!" Brilliant!
"while suppressing her hopes and dreams"
LOL
Dad: "My oh my, does this job blow...
...hmm, that gives me an idea for later . . ."
Dad gives his son money and Crow says-
Crow/Dad: Here's a penny. Happy Brithday.
And as for me I go-
Me: Bahahaha!! 😂
Tommy has more insight than a lot of adults I know.
he he, tommy looks like a tiny art linkletter.
"Tommy is the lathe of heaven!"
They made an ursula k le guin joke?! Amazing!
Dad pulls the leaver at the big house! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
My mom would clean my room as a kid, and I would always get annoyed by it. It's amazing what you take for granted and don't appreciate.
"I isolated a nucleotide today" LOL
Here’s a penny. Happy birthday.
@ 2:54
"good night father"
"good night mother"
"good night Oedipus"
HAHA!!
"Hey Ruben Hill you still walk the fertile fields of my mind."
Each night before supper, father checks on the family budget.... looks closely.. who ordered the NFL Sunday ticket
"Oh look heres Tommy's father home from work."
"Tommy calls many men dad."'
Oh wow........
"Tommy's wondering what happened to all his dirty magazines."
"It's Tommy's connection coming up the walk" lol, he does drugs.
"First he straps gophers to his feet."
"He can help mother by putting things away...like his hopes and dreams."
(0:32) "*Gasp* He's in the wrong house!"
(9:11) "Get Porky some pants!"
Those are my favorite lines! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL XDDDDD
Its funny, my mom actually would want to be a homemaker not because she was raised that way but because she spent half of her life in the workforce when she raised us as a single mom, and now that she is married to a great guy (^____^) and has grandkids so she loves acting like suzy homemaker and fixing food for him and sewing little baby clothes for her grandkids.
Made the bed and bed the maid
"So he punts a football through the window."
"Tommy Is The Lathe of Heaven." Hee hee. Nice nod to Le Guin.
Gotta love how this kid is so damn clueless to the obvious-ass fact that it's his mom cleaning up after him xD
Also....the dad ain't too bad look'n either....damn men back then were snazzy as hell ouo
Yeah, I think the real problem with Tommy is that he's not lazy. He's rock stupid.
Shannon Ongley lmao yes x'D
Poor Tommy was traumatised when he found out it wasn't all being done by Santa working a side job
They smelled good too. I think it was the Aqua Velva.
HERE'S A PENNY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
To be honest, back in the 50s you could buy yourself a big home and hire an oriental to serve as the butler for this penny
Mother is tired
Tired of Tommy
"You do the voice and I'll work the jaw, honey". LOL!
Tommy ended up in prison doing a 25 to life stretch.
To be fair, a nickel in 1950 is like two bucks today.
+TOASTEngineer ...note to self: the minute I get a time machine, head back to 1950 with a couple hundred dollars and invest in Real Estate...
+Adiraiju Good luck with that. Money from today looks nothing like it did back then. That's why Doc Brown carries a suitcase full of money from different time periods.
+The Dork Knight That's why you bring sacks of spices back to the middle ages and sell them. The relics alone would be worth crazy amounts, though you may need to make a stop in the 19th century to forge some archeological documents so you can legit sell them in the present.
Yeah, I know, I've given this too much thought.
Shannon Ongley
Nothing wrong with giving it thought. It means you'll be prepared if the situation ever presents itself, no matter how outlandish.
The problem is the aging process. You could get the relics, but you better have some place secure to store them. If you bring them to the present they would look like a very accurate modern recreation.
Thank you for this. It's been too long and I forgot how hilarious they are. Hey, I want that kids bedroom wall paper !!!!
"I can't sleep! There's an announcer under my bed!"
6:10-"Dear, there's a bill from the Ritz-Carlton for a double room?"
He only does a half baked job on that mirror. He's one of those kids you have to stay on top of or he'll just start slacking off again. THAT WON'T HELP HIM IN VIETNAM!!!!!
Fortunately for Tommy, his drill instructors patents payed off and he graduated from jump school. He went on to be assigned to the Green Berets. He later served with distinction under Colonel Walt E Kurtz in Cambodia.
***** Are you sure about this? When last heard of; Tommy was serving with the Green Berets in Cambodia under the command of Colonel Walt E Kurtz. The army records have him listed as disappearing after the fall of the Kurtz compound. Unconfirmed reports have him working as late as 1980 as a mercenary in South East Asia.
jesus what a rollercoaster of a comment thread that was
I CARRIED AN M-16 AND YOU! *YOOOOOOOOOOOOU* CARRY THAT... THAT... 50'S ANNOUNCER!
Damn that got dark.
my young daughter was watching and cracking up at some of the jokes...but I also reminded her that she has taken more responsibility this year in doing some of the things tommy was doing (ie keeping her own room clear). Very funny at times but very good lesson for young kids to take more responsibility in helping around the house.
Many of these shorts are very easy to criticize, but this one less so. I think the essential message still holds true.
"We're having cat today" LMAO
"Tommy is 'The Lathe of Heaven'!" Woooow... They sure were literate.
I interpret the tone of this short as incredibly sarcastic.
You didn't pay homage to Gorto, did you? 👺
If you don't learn to appreciate your parents, you might end up accusing them.
Jack Taylor's got a great place!
"Well, I isolated that nucleotide today."
Is it just me, or does Tommy look like an eight-year-old Joe Don Baker?
("Boy, that last scene was GOOFY, I'm glad we weren't in it!")
LMAO!
The cat noise when she opens the oven @ 5:06 --- priceless!!!
@Casey5693 Actually, Mike (human in the middle) said it. Crow (robot on right) just happened to walk in when he said it. He was making fun of the movie. "Hello Master" is what the wife should have said to her husband as he walked through the front door.
Judging by crows head there's obviously unseen subplot going on here.
Joel kisses Tommy goodnight! D'aw!
"Mom? Dad? OH MY GOSH THAT'S DISGUSTING!!!"
The less you know, the better. 😅
"As she chokes back the bile of resentment."
"There's a bed to be made, and a maid to be bedded :P
Trumpy no!! Which reminds me I need to freshen up. That was the best
"Here's a penny. Happy birthday."
THANKS for posting this!! I lost track of the tape that had this and "Posture Pals" on it, HAPPY to get to see it again!
"Good night, Oedipus!"
I remember watching this short before I watched the actual episode and wondering "the hell happened to Crow?"
He's in the wrong house!
Beer cans everywhere
Except for his mind
In a prison break
Guilt, boy does it work
Someone stole everything
Does this show just ever stop being so funny and original? :)
"Hello, master!"
"Tommy wants to be a part of that team."
"So he punts a football through the window!"
I couldn't stop laughing!
I have a harder time laughing at this once; the short is actually kind of sweet.
One of the best MST3K Shorts
"magics easy when you know Mom!"
I said this to my mom and she agreed
"We're having cat today."
"MEOW!"
I like Tommy's roomcleaning bowtie... very fashionable.
As dated and silly as this is, it does teach a good lesson to kids. Namely get off your lazy ass and help out around the house. You could do this same short today and all you'd have to change is maybe his mom working outside the home and Tommy instead sits around staring at his Ipad or texting his friends and wants to ask his parents for an Xbox One or PS4.
Katie Baily wait, so kids really get this kind of cushy treatment? In my house if we didn't pick up our own things, they would get thrown out
@@tuckerbowen4626 Tough parents!...but fair.
@@landonmiller6943 well, we DID get a warning first, and that was always enough
@@tuckerbowen4626 Meant what they said too...smart parents!
And eliminate the dad from the script.
Narrotor: Dirty clothes, toys on the floor...
Mike: Beer cans everywhere!
Narrotor: Now everything was straightened out.
Mike: Except his mind!