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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2018
  • Keith Smith took to the streets in 1961 to ask Sydneysiders for their thoughts.
    This Voice of the People segment aired on Four Corners sometime in 1961.
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  • @maddierodwell3793
    @maddierodwell3793 4 года назад +2819

    "it's not like in the old days"... so strange because their present-day is our old days.

    • @athayphom3551
      @athayphom3551 4 года назад +191

      our time will come too 😅

    • @compulsivecommenter990
      @compulsivecommenter990 4 года назад +24

      People don't change

    • @dinaf.k5372
      @dinaf.k5372 4 года назад +120

      Every generation will say that eventually

    • @lookaroundyou8108
      @lookaroundyou8108 4 года назад +18

      Our present will soon be from the past as well

    • @SelcraigClimbs
      @SelcraigClimbs 3 года назад +19

      @chico whilst I agree to some extent. I'm sure every aging generation since the dawn of time has thought the same

  • @dr.zoidberg4313
    @dr.zoidberg4313 4 года назад +2192

    "Excuse me... do you mind if I lean in and stare into your soul?"

  • @andy3949
    @andy3949 5 лет назад +2002

    that 81 year old lady was fantastic! "Started working when i was thirteen and sacked at 78". lol.

    • @cocobrowny
      @cocobrowny 4 года назад +41

      andy3949 and fantastic teeth for her age too!

    • @mindimoom9142
      @mindimoom9142 4 года назад +129

      Yes, loved her. And to think she was born in 1880!

    • @exterminator1107
      @exterminator1107 4 года назад +7

      Shes probably dead right now

    • @rustlemejimmys
      @rustlemejimmys 4 года назад +130

      @@exterminator1107 What do you mean probably. She is 100% dead. No one born in the 1800's is alive today. She would have to be 140 to be alive today. Every single person in this video is dead

    • @exterminator1107
      @exterminator1107 4 года назад +8

      @KuriousKoopa Troopa np

  • @kbanks0930
    @kbanks0930 4 года назад +3009

    So personal space was invented sometime after 1961, noted.

    • @lifoxe
      @lifoxe 4 года назад +124

      Ikrrr it looks like he is leaning in to kiss them lolololol

    • @angelika_munkastrap4634
      @angelika_munkastrap4634 4 года назад +6

      Lolol

    • @nati4544
      @nati4544 4 года назад +73

      probably going in close the the microphone can pick them both up

    • @eurekahope5310
      @eurekahope5310 4 года назад +16

      He is a "close talker," no doubt.

    • @estefania2977
      @estefania2977 4 года назад +41

      It all depends on the culture. If you went to france today, before all of this social distancing, they normally talked to each other a foot apart. In the US it's usually 3ft apart

  • @jonski007
    @jonski007 5 лет назад +4559

    When old women in the 60s have a better life than you

    • @sosic172
      @sosic172 5 лет назад +95

      did they have RuneScape? eletric skateboards? a pulsating 300watt semen extractor 9000 masturbator? no? didnt think so... anything earlier than 1990 can go fuck itself

    • @valhalla1240
      @valhalla1240 5 лет назад +121

      good old times, when birth-control was satan's work and a ring on your finger meant you couldn't have been raped...

    • @pacifysoothingvibe9761
      @pacifysoothingvibe9761 5 лет назад +26

      And their husbands work.to.please em😭😭😭😭

    • @grixlipanda287
      @grixlipanda287 5 лет назад +14

      @@valhalla1240 That was only the upper classes. The middle classes were very fond of aborting their mistakes.

    • @paigethompson3970
      @paigethompson3970 4 года назад +20

      Them days where more social days

  • @Jaiflyy
    @Jaiflyy 5 лет назад +7001

    Hard to believe everyone was over 55 back then. Thank God scientists invented young people.

    • @nowonmetube
      @nowonmetube 5 лет назад +74

      In the war

    • @jcp100
      @jcp100 5 лет назад +82

      Umm... I don’t think this is was the type of question to as people under 45 man

    • @foret4a874
      @foret4a874 5 лет назад +96

      Jai Bevan Were you the guy in some other video that said “thank god scientists invented color”?

    • @benkennedy6547
      @benkennedy6547 5 лет назад +45

      Honestly makes better sense than young people in the internet today thinking they know all there is to know. Listen to these answers, and read an average comment on the internet, and see the difference

    • @LucasGottfried
      @LucasGottfried 5 лет назад +80

      The older you are, the more experienced you are.
      What actually does the young generation bring to us. They argue about wether there are 100 different genders or not. Smh.

  • @mou7866
    @mou7866 4 года назад +972

    Do you think Australian housewives lead a dull life?
    "Not if I can get one of them"

    • @iratepirate3896
      @iratepirate3896 4 года назад +292

      The interviewer's appalled face, oh god that's funny.

    • @truthiseverything9511
      @truthiseverything9511 4 года назад +89

      @@iratepirate3896 I replayed it a few times, pure gold.

    • @Tom44224
      @Tom44224 3 года назад +111

      *not if i can get in with them

    • @LaviniaCS18
      @LaviniaCS18 3 года назад +14

      *not if I can get on with them

    • @blokeabouttown2490
      @blokeabouttown2490 3 года назад +29

      He actually says "not if I can get home with them".

  • @katereee8356
    @katereee8356 4 года назад +2390

    Can we talk about how close the interviewer got to them. He just kinda pounced out of nowhere too.

    • @N12Gautam
      @N12Gautam 4 года назад +17

      Kate Reee yeh, Americans keep their space

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 года назад +56

      Tapping people on the back out of nowhere!

    • @Warbr33d
      @Warbr33d 4 года назад +51

      There was less crime at this time so people were less afraid of others in society

    • @random-jj7ix
      @random-jj7ix 4 года назад +93

      @@Warbr33d I believe you have fallen victim to the notion that everything in the past was better. I can assure you that on average, crime was about the same or worse in the past.

    • @pratishadash946
      @pratishadash946 4 года назад +1

      I felt that too.

  • @GiorgioAustin
    @GiorgioAustin 5 лет назад +3440

    After the clip I wonder if the interviewer asked "do you mind if we put this on youtube"...

    • @jcdenton5828
      @jcdenton5828 5 лет назад +12

      Austin Giorgio I don’t get it.

    • @sarahchang6217
      @sarahchang6217 5 лет назад +81

      Mr Real RUclips didn’t exist back when this was recorded. So he was making a joke about it

    • @qaaliquruxmedia
      @qaaliquruxmedia 5 лет назад +2

      Austin Giorgio 😂😂😂

    • @qaaliquruxmedia
      @qaaliquruxmedia 5 лет назад +15

      Can I upload on RUclips 50+ years from now if I am alive

    • @silvergirl3688
      @silvergirl3688 4 года назад

      Austin Giorgio You Have an old soul? Pretty cute kid.

  • @carlycrays2831
    @carlycrays2831 5 лет назад +1064

    I don't know, seems like housewives back in the day seemed to do more and not devote themselves 100% to their kids. My grandma had different clubs and was very involved in church. She'd help out at school and had small hobbies. It wasn't just 100% kids all the times.

    • @louisep4805
      @louisep4805 4 года назад +105

      Much more sociable in those days before TV dominated peoples lives

    • @eratoisyourmuse659
      @eratoisyourmuse659 4 года назад +156

      Kids were much more independant and had more responsibility.

    • @edawhat3737
      @edawhat3737 4 года назад +63

      My grandmother wasn't australian but she was a housewife (in her country, every upper class married woman was a housewife until the 80s). She sewed clothes, ran cooking classes, etc. Her daughter is also a housewife but in 21st century america....theres just so much less to do. Even with over-focusing on the kids (which seems to be the norm for housewives these days?), it's more boring than it was back in the day.

    • @garlicgirl3149
      @garlicgirl3149 4 года назад +57

      I think their is/was a shift in how the family/ children were perceived. I asked my parents about this issue. They loved us dearly but they both said they would not allow us to "take over" their lives. Boundaries. Interesting, right?

    • @garlicgirl3149
      @garlicgirl3149 4 года назад +1

      @@eratoisyourmuse659 So true.

  • @gymsserver2970
    @gymsserver2970 4 года назад +2539

    People really walked around in suits back then. That's crazy.

    • @bax2603
      @bax2603 4 года назад +148

      Possibly caught them on a working day not weekend

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 4 года назад +67

      Worked in them too--including hard manual labour, like building work.

    • @kentuckyfriedchildren5385
      @kentuckyfriedchildren5385 4 года назад +76

      Not that crazy.

    • @PhillusionYT
      @PhillusionYT 4 года назад +26

      It's really not tho

    • @reflx
      @reflx 4 года назад +93

      Looking nice > “expressing yourself”

  • @drewfoster2375
    @drewfoster2375 4 года назад +1331

    3:27-3:30
    "Mgmhmehaha dmemee"
    " *GOOD* "

    • @JD29..
      @JD29.. 4 года назад +136

      Hahaha I laughed so much at that moment. I was searching through the comments to find someone else that noticed that

    • @wajahadkhan1244
      @wajahadkhan1244 4 года назад +8

      😂😂😅

    • @ruthunger8858
      @ruthunger8858 4 года назад +53

      I think I heard: It’s a wonderful woman for the family. :D

    • @AugustAdvice
      @AugustAdvice 4 года назад +158

      lmao that guy looked like he was doing something the mafia asked him to do with those two guys peering around the corner and then was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by an interviewer and tried playing it off. Thats the scene that played in my mind when I saw that anyway

    • @noladarling1597
      @noladarling1597 4 года назад +7

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lordpop4312
    @lordpop4312 5 лет назад +459

    "Never met one"
    *[WALKS AWAY VERY FAST]*

    • @MrCapNunes
      @MrCapNunes 4 года назад +31

      No, I am german!" They were everywhere back 60s

    • @ultimateempress1739
      @ultimateempress1739 4 года назад +23

      Bet he’s hiding the fact that he gets in with ALL the housewives.

    • @rustynuts4426
      @rustynuts4426 4 года назад +1

      Mental illness by the looks of it

    • @azjeffs
      @azjeffs 4 года назад +27

      "Do you think housewives lead a dull or exciting life?"
      "Vegetable"

    • @petrichor9600
      @petrichor9600 3 года назад +1

      yeah that was very rude lol

  • @Cruelaid
    @Cruelaid 5 лет назад +2660

    Clearly nobody under 50 was worth an opinion in 1961

    • @VestinVestin
      @VestinVestin 5 лет назад +215

      My theory is that back then young people hadn't been invented yet.

    • @existenceispain_101
      @existenceispain_101 5 лет назад +93

      Possibly because young people weren't watching the ABC in the '60s. You make content for your demographic, still applies today.

    • @optimisticwhovian1726
      @optimisticwhovian1726 5 лет назад +112

      Young people can hardly give experience on long term marriage can they?

    • @SilverAndNeon
      @SilverAndNeon 5 лет назад +85

      I think people over 50 were appropriate for this question because they would have had years of experience in marriage

    • @LucasGottfried
      @LucasGottfried 5 лет назад +49

      Would you ask a non-soldier how war feels like? No? Then why would you ask young people how the life housewifes feel.

  • @ciaradom171
    @ciaradom171 3 года назад +552

    Can we appreciate how classy everyone is dressed back at this time? The average Joe still had a fine suit, clean hair cut and hat, women with earrings and fine dresses.

    • @desertmoonlee6631
      @desertmoonlee6631 3 года назад +22

      @Barbie Blues because of boomers now we can’t afford houses, having our own family and paying all the bills seem impossible we spent all our life in school to get degrees that lead us to no where plus climate change issues thanks to previous generations

    • @dr.watson2037
      @dr.watson2037 3 года назад +21

      @Barbie Blues but today people wear 200 dollar sneakers with sweatpants

    • @adamdavys7793
      @adamdavys7793 3 года назад +11

      What a tradegy to see how far we have fallen now

    • @adamdavys7793
      @adamdavys7793 3 года назад +13

      @@desertmoonlee6631 the difference between you and a "boomer"... you have a victim menatility. Boomers didnt have that, they worked hard. The oppoaite of young people now.

    • @Luna-ip4ri
      @Luna-ip4ri 3 года назад +15

      @@adamdavys7793 you are very stupid if you think a whole generation has suddenly become lazy. Look at statistics of inflation vs wage increases. Look at how the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer

  • @carpii
    @carpii 4 года назад +327

    3:24 - Man: incomprehensible gibberish
    Interviewer: .. GOOD!

    • @astraeanatsuki3231
      @astraeanatsuki3231 3 года назад +4

      All I heard was “ I think it’s a wonderful woman for the family” but not sure how that makes sense

  • @TheNatasha66
    @TheNatasha66 5 лет назад +1341

    Such well preserved footage

    • @AdityaDeo-cg6eu
      @AdityaDeo-cg6eu 4 года назад

      To notify you that it's 524 likes and no reply

    • @summera4019
      @summera4019 4 года назад

      Rational Thinker 570 likes now😭😭

    • @AddBowIfGirl
      @AddBowIfGirl 4 года назад +15

      Right. It almost looks fake it’s so damn crisp.

    • @burntoutelectronics
      @burntoutelectronics 3 года назад +2

      This would have all been on 16mm film and a reel to reel tape recorde for the audio. Film always looked pretty sharp in the long run

    • @mimosa27
      @mimosa27 3 года назад

      @@burntoutelectronics How has it been preserved so well, if my 20 year old VHS and audio cassettes are probably starting to disintegrate?

  • @ForestSakan
    @ForestSakan 5 лет назад +2902

    When australians still spoke english

  • @Shell6424
    @Shell6424 5 лет назад +367

    Everyone seemed to have a genuine personality back then and were always polite, even when a microphone was stuck in their face.

    • @madeoutofglue
      @madeoutofglue 3 года назад +23

      I agree. People seem more open to each other and kinder too.

    • @Hypnotica144
      @Hypnotica144 3 года назад +22

      Then leftism happened.

    • @MaxPicAxe
      @MaxPicAxe 3 года назад

      That's coz they didn't realize what microphone's were back then.

    • @juleeanng
      @juleeanng 3 года назад +10

      People were more gracious

    • @charliestubbs6151
      @charliestubbs6151 Год назад +4

      Completely untrue

  • @losttime3274
    @losttime3274 4 года назад +374

    "Nothing's dull, people are."

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 4 года назад +15

      Actual true wisdom.

    • @epichighslowsofhighschoolf3074
      @epichighslowsofhighschoolf3074 4 года назад +11

      if that ain't the truth.

    • @myroom1913
      @myroom1913 4 года назад +5

      Lost Time That’s sooo spot on!!!!! Adults in the majority are the most boring people on the planet!!!!>. I’m fifty years old and no adult I’ve ever known seems to get excited about anything!!!!

    • @wackey2k10
      @wackey2k10 3 года назад

      @@myroom1913 i wish i was excited about anything, sometimes i have little glimpses of 'happiness and contentness' but people can take that away with their misery. Right now it doesn't help that i suffer with horrible derealization, so life is like a fever dream that one can not explain to the outside world.

    • @myroom1913
      @myroom1913 3 года назад +4

      Virmana I can understand that!!! What I’m learning to do is; to do things that I enjoy to do. Think about what makes YOU happy...... take some time to do those things; even if ur just happy in those moments; that’s the important thing. For me it’s / colouring: reading, youtube, cleaning the house, absolutely love long walks and also go jogging at the oval. These things make me very happy. I also enjoy talking to others. I’m not sure what country ur in. But check on google/. You can always call say/ lifeline etc.

  • @thetrashmaster1352
    @thetrashmaster1352 5 лет назад +1381

    I think the stereotype that women back then had dull lives is misleading, women back then didn't need jobs and there was more housework. However, that housework to them was a job and when they didn't do housework they were able to socialize. Ask yourself, do my grandparents have boring lives? Because elderly men and women are pretty much doing what the women in the 60's were doing. They don't use facebook and Playstation but can still be glued to the TV for hours, go out to the pub, play golf and bowls. From their perspective our lives look boring.

    • @Sean-dl8ym
      @Sean-dl8ym 5 лет назад +44

      I feel that my grandparents have boring lives lol

    • @shaneo5436
      @shaneo5436 5 лет назад +47

      Not sure about that. I mean grandma's not exactly swinging from a pole or anything. Gardening, bowls or knitting isn't really considered exciting to anyone.

    • @RussianBotLvl
      @RussianBotLvl 5 лет назад +96

      Shane O “considered” so you do fun things because they are “considered” fun and not because you actually enjoy them? Keep being a sheep.

    • @RockinFootball_23
      @RockinFootball_23 5 лет назад +1

      @Jay Bee like lawn bowls en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

    • @thetrashmaster1352
      @thetrashmaster1352 5 лет назад +2

      @Jay Bee Traditional English sport where there's a ball on the lawn then everyone tries to roll a ball as close as possible to it without touching it.

  • @hopenothate658
    @hopenothate658 5 лет назад +1238

    They sound quite English the Aussies of 1961

    • @joshuahann7596
      @joshuahann7596 5 лет назад +143

      Remember "Aussie's " are English...

    • @lydiarodgers
      @lydiarodgers 5 лет назад +19

      Hope not Hate apart from the woman at 1:23 who has the more common australian accent you’d hear now

    • @nearlight1315
      @nearlight1315 5 лет назад +22

      @@joshuahann7596 That has nothing to do with the accent, don't you hear an English accent in USA, because some of them are descendants of English settlers, right? In relation to accents, even from town to town and region to region within a country, people can have different accents.

    • @joshuahann7596
      @joshuahann7596 5 лет назад +15

      @@nearlight1315 our accent is a result of multiple accents due to our ancestors but the majority were English so I'm sure it has Alot to do with this thankyou Merry Christmas goodbye

    • @melissaedwards5689
      @melissaedwards5689 5 лет назад +33

      I think this was also around the time when they offered money to British people to come over to Australia and live here. They called them “10 pound poms” because they basically gave them 10 pounds to move over! So even though the British did colonise many many years before, there was another big settlement around the 60s/70s again I think

  • @zamo1966
    @zamo1966 4 года назад +654

    Have you ever considered going to work “oh heavens no”

    • @laobok
      @laobok 4 года назад +117

      Think about it, when you're a housewife, that's already a full-time job in itself. Going to work will just add more work. Perhaps that's the reason for her answer.

    • @kentuckyfriedchildren5385
      @kentuckyfriedchildren5385 4 года назад +6

      @@laobok Technically not a job.

    • @cryptohello7666
      @cryptohello7666 4 года назад +88

      @@kentuckyfriedchildren5385 work doesnt mean getting paid

    • @Buddlebot
      @Buddlebot 4 года назад +2

      Saint Petru You just got schooled on the internet

    • @AddBowIfGirl
      @AddBowIfGirl 4 года назад +23

      Saint Petru
      “Technically” it is definitely a job.

  • @bluetickfreddy101
    @bluetickfreddy101 4 года назад +125

    My mum
    Was a full time mum
    She had a wonderful life
    Caring for 4 kids
    Caring for her family
    She did a great job
    God rest het soul

  • @charlliemm8115
    @charlliemm8115 5 лет назад +802

    Keep these old interviews coming

  • @moongoddess787
    @moongoddess787 5 лет назад +746

    He says "I've never met one..."😂🤣😂

    • @alphadragon7645
      @alphadragon7645 5 лет назад +68

      It sounded like he was caught cheating lol

    • @RSidd
      @RSidd 5 лет назад +33

      He was MGTOW.

    • @Evija3000
      @Evija3000 5 лет назад +34

      @@RSidd Very litetally, just a man going his own way.

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 5 лет назад +19

      He wasn't the marrying kind

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 4 года назад +2

      @@alphadragon7645
      😂😂😂😂

  • @ciannacoleman5125
    @ciannacoleman5125 3 года назад +138

    I love how everyone acknowledged that being happy as a housewife depends on the person but those who like it thrive in it, especially when in charge of a household so they aren’t just piddling around all day.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 года назад +21

      This is why I am FURIOUS with people who put down and mock women who choose to be stay at home moms, because "they don't work outside the home and empower themselves". That is the HEIGHT of arrogance, my mother stayed at home for most of her life, and she is one of the hardest working people I've ever seen. Before I was born, she and my father farmed, she often worked 12 HOURS compared to those sitting in an office for 8. As a guy, I believe women should not be mocked for either path they take.

    • @revathinagarajann763
      @revathinagarajann763 2 года назад +3

      @@thunderbird1921 Agree 👍

    • @paulharris1384
      @paulharris1384 2 года назад +2

      Go Mr thunderbird ❤️

  • @jennyteresia
    @jennyteresia 4 года назад +182

    ”I’ve been working since I was 13. I was sacked at 78.” 😂👍🏻

  • @SuperOm1234
    @SuperOm1234 5 лет назад +421

    "I never met one."
    Someone buy that man a beer!

  • @Uncommon_Sense01
    @Uncommon_Sense01 5 лет назад +211

    5:21 Really touched my heart. Such a lovely old lady 😥

    • @mohnapriyanka
      @mohnapriyanka 4 года назад +10

      I thought so too!

    • @kwpp7
      @kwpp7 3 года назад +2

      Me tooo! I wanted to go out and run her errands for her, lol ♥

    • @fellowgoyimwhite7630
      @fellowgoyimwhite7630 3 года назад

      Tyler ❤

    • @zizisisi
      @zizisisi 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely lovely old lady ❤️

    • @grammaticalchainsaw7318
      @grammaticalchainsaw7318 3 года назад

      Yeah she started working in 1893, and was sacked in 1958

  • @yasgladz6415
    @yasgladz6415 4 года назад +70

    I'm a housewife in 2019, living in north africa but I was born and grew up in the uk. I love it, being able to focus on my family 100% is amazing, tiring at times but amazing.

    • @AJ-ox8xy
      @AJ-ox8xy 4 года назад +8

      Thank you woman like you make this world work properly.

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 4 года назад +13

      And we thank you and appreciate you. Family is very important.
      Nowdays they ruined family so they make women go to work as slaves instead of taking care of their homes and families.

    • @suqmaddiqq
      @suqmaddiqq 4 года назад +7

      I'm glad you are happy with what you do! It's not for everyone but if it works for you, great! :)

    • @queerulantin6431
      @queerulantin6431 4 года назад +10

      @@futavadumnezo wtf

    • @viviennewestwoodruinedmylife
      @viviennewestwoodruinedmylife 3 года назад +5

      Did he stutter ? The family unit has been destroyed and men and women have been being put against each other since around the 80s now.

  • @erictorres644
    @erictorres644 4 года назад +299

    3:15
    Interviewer: Do you think that Australian house wives live a dull unexciting life?
    Looking into gate guy: "Ay suppo ee difficult to say meh, I think's very wunnoable woman if I der, for thep emine?
    Interviewer: GOOD

    • @ellie.M.mae.
      @ellie.M.mae. 4 года назад +15

      My favorite part of this video😹😹

    • @friedoreos7354
      @friedoreos7354 4 года назад +10

      You understood that?!?!?!?!

    • @lakenbacon7349
      @lakenbacon7349 4 года назад +20

      HOW DID YOU TRANSLATE THAT!?!?!?!

    • @valeriasolis3325
      @valeriasolis3325 4 года назад +2

      I understood wonderful woman ;D

    • @LynnTRoman
      @LynnTRoman 4 года назад +20

      I wonder what that guy was trying to look at? Did the interviewer catch him peeping? We will never know.

  • @rgoodwinau
    @rgoodwinau 5 лет назад +551

    Love these on-the-street interviews. They break so many stereotypes!

    • @shatteredscry
      @shatteredscry 3 года назад +15

      It’s sad that these days people stage them 😕 people trying to keep the bias up for views and propaganda. Breaking stereotypes is vital to our understanding of others.

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH 3 года назад +3

      @@shatteredscry too right.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 года назад +3

      So true. So much media propaganda today misrepresents facts and creates false images. Thank goodness for videos like this to help preserve and display the truth.

  • @Loddentidster
    @Loddentidster 5 лет назад +308

    That last guy was a "savage" before his time 😂😂😂

    • @ricardomartin6961
      @ricardomartin6961 5 лет назад +2

      What did he say?

    • @theuglyhairmonster2
      @theuglyhairmonster2 5 лет назад +28

      @@ricardomartin6961 not if I can get in with them

    • @TMWill-fi5fy
      @TMWill-fi5fy 4 года назад +28

      I can't believe he said that 😂😂😂

    • @patrickbonham949
      @patrickbonham949 4 года назад +92

      The look on the interviewers face was classic 😂😂😂

    • @lottejohnson250
      @lottejohnson250 4 года назад +25

      @@patrickbonham949 he had no clue what to do with that 😂😂

  • @emmagrace6396
    @emmagrace6396 5 лет назад +426

    As a woman looking at my future, it's a little sad to me that I'll have to work all my life instead of being able to focus just on my family. Don't get me wrong, it's important that women have the opportunity to work in case she doesn't marry or her husband dies or divorces her, or if the family hits hard times and she needs to pitch in to bring in some money. I'm grateful to have that freedom. But it's sad that that's what I HAVE to do, unless I marry a man who brings in a lot of money. Even then, because the culture has changed, housewives don't have as much of a support system. In the 20th century neighbors were all involved in each other's lives and could help each other out when they needed it. I don't even know my neighbors! Churches were also more central to people's lives, but relevence of churches in their communities is diminishing. It's like we don't have a real community any more.

    • @adamcheeseplease
      @adamcheeseplease 5 лет назад +7

      Emma Grace How old are you, if you don’t mind me asking that is

    • @emmagrace6396
      @emmagrace6396 5 лет назад +36

      @@adamcheeseplease I'm in my twenties

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 4 года назад +56

      @Sam Spade well you obviously didn't watch the video about whether men should help with housework. But keep on regurgitating feminist lies

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 4 года назад +34

      Diversity destroys community.

    • @checkmattee222
      @checkmattee222 4 года назад +5

      @Sam Spade preach bro.👏

  • @antonia6059
    @antonia6059 3 года назад +15

    The happiest time in my life has been raising my children full time. It’s a real joy and provides much more meaning to me than when I was working outside the home.

  • @captainoblivious_yt
    @captainoblivious_yt 5 лет назад +87

    I love how the interviewer got shocked at the end. An appropriate response to someone suggesting making a wife cheat on her husband.

    • @checkmattee222
      @checkmattee222 4 года назад +5

      Right? Lol

    • @ecclesiaxxi6210
      @ecclesiaxxi6210 4 года назад +24

      Thank you, so many people commenting about how great it was, reminds me of how much those types of people managed to shape our society and destroy it (especially with the boomers 'revolution'). People now think it's cool/funny, this shows how screwed up & degenerate modern western society is. No, adultary, sin, destroying a family is not cool or hip or funny and that guy isn't amazing of ahead of his time, he's a degenerate useful tool. And then people are commenting in confusion and sadness, wondering why the people in the video are happier, friendiler, more polite, with personalities and kindness ... it's not rocket science!

    • @Igloo3471
      @Igloo3471 4 года назад +9

      @@ecclesiaxxi6210 Time to pop in and take your meds.

  • @PSJamie2k
    @PSJamie2k 5 лет назад +221

    6:12 the reaction is so different to what it would be now haha

    • @glb4010
      @glb4010 5 лет назад +85

      jamiemb the interviewer just looks stunned and walks away 😂😂👌

    • @themayqueen666
      @themayqueen666 5 лет назад +57

      The guy is like 😏😎

    • @glb4010
      @glb4010 5 лет назад +43

      ilargitxo2 He was asking if women have a dull life at home. His answer: "Well, not if I can get in with them 😉" (Meaning he will excite their sex life)

    • @hayk3000
      @hayk3000 5 лет назад

      OOOOOOOUUUUUHHHHH

    • @hayk3000
      @hayk3000 5 лет назад +2

      *dabs*

  • @047Kenny
    @047Kenny 4 года назад +56

    “Good heavens no I’ve always had a large family to attend too” what an angel 😂🥰

  • @jewelrybag4557
    @jewelrybag4557 4 года назад +129

    What is interesting is how well-spoken and humble they are. People nowadays can barely form a coherent sentence.

    • @Linkelve
      @Linkelve 3 года назад +13

      True. And they probably had little formal education compared to nowadays people. Even their accent sounded more « posh ».

    • @Reirae
      @Reirae 3 года назад +4

      Probably just in a posh area.

    • @QuietlyCurious
      @QuietlyCurious 3 года назад +6

      Yeah, idiocracy is well on the rise unfortunately 🙁

    • @RD-hz5nv
      @RD-hz5nv 3 года назад +4

      they aren’t black

    • @ilteschio8244
      @ilteschio8244 3 года назад +1

      they were reading more, i know people that never opened a book in a lifetime

  • @Mr101spb
    @Mr101spb 5 лет назад +161

    1:47 - True gentleman

    • @PIXELEDsamm
      @PIXELEDsamm 5 лет назад +15

      I want my future husband to be like him 😁

    • @HarekaTysiri
      @HarekaTysiri 5 лет назад +21

      He reminds me of the old man in up movie. Ugh now I'm sad

    • @Armaninabz
      @Armaninabz 5 лет назад +9

      Simon B he is so sweet!!!!

    • @skeleton5459
      @skeleton5459 5 лет назад +16

      that man was way ahead of his time when it came to helping out with chores

    • @fabxo4551
      @fabxo4551 4 года назад +1

      RIGHT 🥺 he said he helps out to make her life easier and happier

  • @heeyashah5093
    @heeyashah5093 3 года назад +16

    The last guy: "not if i can get in with them"
    Interviewer: Mildly gasps and awkwardly smiles

    • @juleeanng
      @juleeanng 3 года назад

      Laughed so hard!!

  • @Dtall
    @Dtall 4 года назад +50

    It’s crazy to see how polite everyone was then and when the interviewer asked them the question everyone talked like they were friends. Nowadays people would just say get the camera out of my face.

    • @Deaththecat8
      @Deaththecat8 4 года назад +10

      Well I'm sure they would have editted those people out

    • @magomarc1
      @magomarc1 3 года назад +2

      Welcome to cultural marxism.

    • @MK-cf1rm
      @MK-cf1rm 3 года назад +13

      because back then your face wouldn't be posted all over social media

    • @knmid
      @knmid 3 года назад

      @@MK-cf1rm yeah i tend to avoid people holding cameras and filming like they got covid-19

  • @whimsicalbabe
    @whimsicalbabe 3 года назад +34

    0:45 “Never considered going to work?”
    “Good heavens NO!!”
    😂😂😂

  • @jessicatemiha739
    @jessicatemiha739 4 года назад +51

    5:20 - this lady's story made me heart stop idk why.😔 I think her being alone and her doing what she has to do with no help makes me realize I don't want my nan or mum to be alone when they're 80 😔

  • @Quarker
    @Quarker 4 года назад +31

    The interview starting at 3:08 is quite possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen, everything from him peeping through the fence like a hired Mafia killer to the interviewer's "GOOD!" got me rolling 😂😂😂

  • @In_time
    @In_time 4 года назад +68

    1:48 “not if they’ve got the right husband..” 😂👌🏻

  • @ruthie_rosario
    @ruthie_rosario 4 года назад +13

    I’m a housewife and I love it. My husband and I go on vacation 3 or 4 times a year to get away for a while and I suppose that’s what helps keep life interesting. I have my daily routine. Wake up, coffee, gym, shower, hair and make up, online shopping, look at memes/watch RUclips videos, sometimes I’ll look for new places for me and my husband to visit, make dinner or order dinner, then husband comes home by 6. I love my life. I don’t miss my life before this. I did work for a few years and I earned much more than the people in my age group. I did feel content that I could provide for myself and could live life financially comfortably, but I was always physically drained from my job and was always alone. Going on vacations alone wasn’t the same, and my friends couldn’t leave work to on vacation with me nor have the funds to do so. love my husband and I love my new life the way it is now.

    • @Redmanticore
      @Redmanticore 4 года назад

      " My husband and I go on vacation 3 or 4 times a year to .." is that u.s. worklife? i thought only europeans had the long summer vacations of month paid vacation.

    • @Redmanticore
      @Redmanticore 4 года назад

      " My husband and I go on vacation 3 or 4 times a year to .." is that u.s. worklife? i thought only europeans had the long summer vacations of month paid vacation.

    • @daRich_X
      @daRich_X 4 года назад +2

      Very cool. I can see why you love your life 😊

    • @mutoidliz2320
      @mutoidliz2320 4 года назад +1

      I was pressured into beinf a SAHM and my Boyfriend isn't interested in going on holiday,I'm climbing the walls.There is only so much cleaning and cooking (boring anyway!)you can do and I'm bored out of my mind 24/7.Dont even drive So can't any go anywhere myself unless it involves expensive bus fares 😓

  • @BubbleOfJelly
    @BubbleOfJelly 5 лет назад +204

    I’m a millennial and wish to be a housewife and participate in organizations and run a side business that I enjoy doing at home on my own schedule. What I earn would just be bonus income but my husband would be the breadwinner.

    • @angelmonroy3012
      @angelmonroy3012 5 лет назад +43

      ShengVang then you go ahead and do that

    • @julialee143
      @julialee143 5 лет назад +27

      That’s what my husband and I do!

    • @kK-ox7rk
      @kK-ox7rk 5 лет назад +16

      Marry me?

    • @rosemarie8580
      @rosemarie8580 4 года назад +19

      I KNOW , THERE'S SO MUCH AMAZING THINGS TO DO IN LIFE OTHER THAN CLUBS AND DRUGS..

    • @nopo8011
      @nopo8011 4 года назад +26

      I'm a millenial and I wish to just win the lottery and travel a lot

  • @margaritam.9118
    @margaritam.9118 4 года назад +51

    It’s great to be a housewife if you’re middle-class and up, not much work to do and hobbies to pursue. I think it’s more of a class question than “women in the workplace” question.

    • @athenam4724
      @athenam4724 3 года назад +4

      Precisely. All rich white women(or men answering) . Easy for them.

    • @nielszindel1151
      @nielszindel1151 24 дня назад

      @@athenam4724 .they are middle class Aussies. Some working class, everyone spoke well back than... Delia Morris

  • @HxmmyNeutron
    @HxmmyNeutron 4 года назад +46

    I don’t know why I keep watching these

    • @checkmattee222
      @checkmattee222 4 года назад +5

      Coz they're so calming, and it makes you want to go back to the good ole days.😊

  • @Bouvier_Abroad
    @Bouvier_Abroad 3 года назад +69

    Last interview ~
    “do you think Australian housewives live a dull and boring life ?”
    “Oh not if I can get in with them .”
    😂😂 what a rascal !

    • @juleeanng
      @juleeanng 3 года назад +6

      I laughed so hard by myself... The interviewer wasn't even role playing with his expression... Pure gold!

    • @Bouvier_Abroad
      @Bouvier_Abroad 3 года назад +1

      @@juleeanng I love watching people age so vibrantly . The faces change but the humor and spirit remain .

    • @jehanariyaratnam2874
      @jehanariyaratnam2874 Год назад

      He would have made their lives very exciting

  • @YourMom-rq6yl
    @YourMom-rq6yl 5 лет назад +105

    I love being a housewife.

    • @captainoblivious_yt
      @captainoblivious_yt 5 лет назад +10

      Good

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 4 года назад +5

      Thank you Mom!
      But seriously,we thank you and appreciate you.

    • @keyanna2633
      @keyanna2633 4 года назад +7

      Being a Housewife is one of my dreams,besides the other one's I have. 🤗😊

    • @mutoidliz2320
      @mutoidliz2320 4 года назад +5

      @@keyanna2633 Saying from experience, once you become a Housewife you might as well give up every other dream.

    • @wm8840
      @wm8840 4 года назад +8

      I'm starting to feel that I'd like to be a housewife like my mother which my friends don't understand because we've been tought that being a housewife is a bad thing that belongs in the past basically... I really don't know if it will even be possible for me to become one so for now I'll work and rely on myself but I do think it would be nice

  • @maggieleroy3184
    @maggieleroy3184 5 лет назад +6

    These interviews are the best! Love to hear those opinions and compare them to the life we are leading now. Some things have changed but a lot is still the same, but in a different setting. Thanks for sharing!

  • @John-oc1sr
    @John-oc1sr 4 года назад +56

    I find these so aesthetic

  • @deannarose7000
    @deannarose7000 4 года назад +3

    The last lady with the lovely hat made me want to hop through the screen and give her a big hug!

  • @Booth-
    @Booth- 5 лет назад +779

    Some people in the comments dont seem to understand having a family is fulfilling, not everyone needs to ride the carousel to inflate their self worth. 🤣

    • @LucasGottfried
      @LucasGottfried 5 лет назад +130

      Today it's all about working and working and working. Sure, women can work and fulfill their dreams just as men can. But to say that otherwise you can't enjoy life, is not true. Might be correct for some people but not for all.

    • @Booth-
      @Booth- 5 лет назад +2

      @@LucasGottfried wrong

    • @Booth-
      @Booth- 5 лет назад +3

      @Eva De Lange what are you talking about, thats not my arguement.

    • @Chase16.
      @Chase16. 5 лет назад

      Eva De Lange hoe oud ben je?

    • @Chase16.
      @Chase16. 5 лет назад

      Eva De Lange idk😂😂

  • @zeroeffortmemes
    @zeroeffortmemes 4 года назад +616

    Back when people put some effort into their appearances in public

    • @0927kira
      @0927kira 4 года назад +111

      you could still do that though? its just that not everyone is forced to. People can dress comfortably as they want.
      thats the beauty of it you can choose to dress like that and others dont have to

    • @wolfchrt
      @wolfchrt 4 года назад +32

      @@0927kira To be fair, you could always do that. It's just that you would be made fun of.

    • @aloe8483
      @aloe8483 4 года назад +24

      Zero Effort your username is ironic

    • @talonapex9775
      @talonapex9775 4 года назад +30

      this comment is the equivalent of "back when kids played outside" times change. expecting everyone to walk around in a suit today is like expecting kids to spend most of their time outside when they can have an xbox for entertainment. times change, unless you want us to go back to computers that were the size of entire rooms, or you wanna go back to those dial telephones.

    • @mommabear5758
      @mommabear5758 4 года назад +10

      I personally love that I can wear my pajamas certain place without judgement. The drive thru is my safe space 😂😂😂😂

  • @kathyh4804
    @kathyh4804 4 года назад +9

    My heart hurt for that last little lovely lady whoS husband died and she was sick..... what a lovely gracious little lady

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 4 года назад +2

      She was adamant that her life was and is good. No complaints. She carried a 'life is what you make of it' attitude.

  • @GoryWory
    @GoryWory 2 года назад +5

    it is so enjoyable to see how normal and kind people were

  • @GandalfTheGay98
    @GandalfTheGay98 5 лет назад +379

    Why do I find 3:15 hilarious?

    • @GandalfTheGay98
      @GandalfTheGay98 5 лет назад +66

      And the last man hahaha, the interviewers face

    • @snoochpounder
      @snoochpounder 5 лет назад +39

      good

    • @shnbwmn
      @shnbwmn 5 лет назад +21

      There was another video where he crept up to this old stingy lady and tapped her back. She whipped around, the camera zoomed in, and she glared down at the mic and then straight at him.
      That was probably the funniest shit I saw that day lmao.

    • @oofym353
      @oofym353 5 лет назад +20

      GOOD

    • @qualiacomposite
      @qualiacomposite 5 лет назад +80

      He looks like a peeping tom who was just caught in the act.

  • @jordanhedington2421
    @jordanhedington2421 5 лет назад +105

    guy in the background at 3:25 like “hey bro check this out they filming 3:28 other guys like “oh yea nice bro”

  • @IL_VINX
    @IL_VINX 3 года назад +1

    This is something I could watch all day, I get to understand the thoughts of people and the environment people lived in back then.

  • @zp1167
    @zp1167 4 года назад +10

    I love being at home, I have sooo much time for myself and to make my home beautiful and homey for my husband, and I am a counseling psychologist, but I work from home

    • @juleeanng
      @juleeanng 3 года назад +2

      Oh my goodness. You literally are living my dream. I want to be a counseling psychologist and do all those u mentioned! Argh😭

  • @Timgracias
    @Timgracias 5 лет назад +68

    This is a loaded question because it asserts that housewives either lead dull lives or exciting lives.
    Props to the interviewees for giving well thought answers.

    • @SirCutRy
      @SirCutRy 5 лет назад +9

      It's purposely provocative, to get an interesting answer.

    • @miriamhavard7621
      @miriamhavard7621 5 лет назад

      True.

  • @weshouldsaveourselves6780
    @weshouldsaveourselves6780 2 года назад +7

    Being a housewife shouldnt be degraded. It's as important as any other job.

    • @cmdrfunk
      @cmdrfunk Месяц назад

      If it's so important why did we get rid of them all

  • @austinrussell32044
    @austinrussell32044 4 года назад +15

    It's funny to think that these interviews are still being enjoyed 58+ years later. If you'd told these people that the footage would be enjoyed around the world on futuristic screens in the year 2019, they'd probably laugh at such fantastic circumstances.

  • @givnikR
    @givnikR 4 года назад +48

    “I don’t know sir, I’m over from New Zealand” ... what’s a house wife? LOL

    • @nielszindel1151
      @nielszindel1151 24 дня назад

      He meant he could not talk for Aussie wives. Delia Morris

  • @SuperOm1234
    @SuperOm1234 5 лет назад +33

    This guys interview style is off the hook.

  • @mishmash6570
    @mishmash6570 3 года назад +9

    my nana moved to australia in 1959. she was the first woman in the company she worked for to continue working after marriage. she says that she told her boss "im an excellent worker now, why should my being married change that" and thats honestly iconic
    apparently many women she knew followed in her footsteps so i like to think that she helped to make the change, maybe im biased cuz its my grandmother lol

  • @tynkirbell599
    @tynkirbell599 3 года назад

    Thanks for leading me down this wormhole YT. Loving the subject matter of all these old ABC clips

  • @wondroussoul5414
    @wondroussoul5414 5 лет назад +15

    Lmao the last guy’s response shocked the reporter 😂😂

  • @ahnkor
    @ahnkor 3 года назад +4

    "trying is one thing but succeeding is another" this reporter knows something

  • @mavic2175
    @mavic2175 3 года назад +16

    When one person in the household could work and maintain the house, buy a house, and the other one took care of the family. Study, work, own a home and no debt.

    • @jozigirl7114
      @jozigirl7114 3 года назад +4

      People also lived within their means then, and men didn't get married until they were successful enough to support a wife and children.
      Men with families are usually more driven than men without children.

    • @artugert
      @artugert 11 месяцев назад

      @@jozigirl7114 They also got married much younger.

  • @sayhello5377
    @sayhello5377 3 года назад +1

    I think what people today don’t understand is how much work went into being a housewife back then. It wasn’t sitting around, watching TV and drinking $6 Starbucks drinks at Target all day.
    These women WORKED. They were just getting into the “convenience” era of frozen dinners and kitchen gadgets, however, that was a far cry from where we are today. They didn’t have smart phones, grocery delivery services, FaceTime, drive through restaurants, nice dishwashers, etc. My grandma did all the housework, all the cooking, all the landscaping, all the home repairs, all the shopping, all the errands, all the parent-teacher meetings, etc. My grandpa worked his ass off in a steel mill and she kept up the home. They both worked hard.

  • @futurewhale8
    @futurewhale8 4 года назад

    So appreciative of these beautiful time capsules of our country , my dad was a young a boy in Sydney around this time, he showing my pictures and stories, wish I could of come up then, such different times.

  • @elenikominos7404
    @elenikominos7404 5 лет назад +6

    I Love these People..That Era had Character❤❤❤

  • @heyothere7103
    @heyothere7103 4 года назад +18

    It’s interesting how their opinions and responses are so different..I feel like these days a lot of people’s opinions are so influenced by social media and now people are always trying to copy from or are influenced by each other you wouldn’t get such unique responses from people like you could then

  • @likethecolorgreen
    @likethecolorgreen 3 года назад +11

    I love being a stay at home mom. I have time for my baby and husband. When I work I have more work. I have work out side the home, naturally most of the work of the child is on me something people don't tell young girls is that most of the child work well be on you naturally. It not like he doesn't won't to help it just that life lines it up like that. I like staying home. The child gets my attention And my husband is cared for and I can take care of myself.

  • @pratishadash946
    @pratishadash946 4 года назад

    I love how they all talk. I feel delirious watching this

  • @gra-emed3617
    @gra-emed3617 5 лет назад +45

    The last guys comment 😂😂 classic! 😂😂 the interviewers face was hilarious! 😂😂

    • @MsBhappy
      @MsBhappy 4 года назад

      What did he say? I couldn't understand

    • @arinziowoo8140
      @arinziowoo8140 4 года назад +3

      @@MsBhappy
      Q) Do you think Australian housewives lead a boring life?
      A) Not if I can get in with them!

  • @austind1202
    @austind1202 4 года назад +30

    As an Australian housewife myself it’s nice to finally see some of these stereotypes questioned.

  • @IconicDecoInteriors
    @IconicDecoInteriors 4 года назад +2

    They speak so well! I'm speechless 😍😍😍

  • @lindsaypeek63
    @lindsaypeek63 3 года назад

    This video and the comments made my day!! Thanks for the laughs

  • @farmhouseonthemountain
    @farmhouseonthemountain 3 года назад +9

    For me, honestly, the only time being a housewife is dull is when I can't take my car out. My husband had his truck in the shop for a couple weeks and it was just ugh. Otherwise, we go to the park, we have playdates with moms I like, we paint, I make stuff, it's fun. It's work, but I make my own fun.

  • @Canislupes7
    @Canislupes7 4 года назад +3

    I really enjoyed this video it offers a unique perspective in that time period that you don't see an old videos with the USA.

    • @Madzguy007
      @Madzguy007 4 года назад +4

      They don’t want you to see how people were happy. They want you to think it was bad bad and very bad

  • @littlean24
    @littlean24 4 года назад +1

    That First Lady was so ADORABLE!!!!!!! I could hang out with her all day 😍

  • @Demurely.
    @Demurely. 3 года назад

    There's something with the way these people speaking. It's like they're reading a poem. I LOVE IT!

  • @caveman3079
    @caveman3079 3 года назад +5

    That last guy was a straight up player. Classic!

    • @sapphire4465
      @sapphire4465 3 года назад +1

      The interviewer was totally gobsmacked I laughed so hard

  • @terrendously
    @terrendously 5 лет назад +13

    1:47 God bless! What a nice man.

  • @carter7937
    @carter7937 4 года назад +1

    This is the series I've been waiting for but didn't know existed!

  • @itznotayden
    @itznotayden 3 года назад +1

    This feels like going back in time

  • @kpoplover2828
    @kpoplover2828 5 лет назад +3

    I love these videos, i hope they would do old version vs new version of these videos... and compare both

  • @picoharmotimpo
    @picoharmotimpo 4 года назад +4

    This was entertaining and enlightening in equal measure. Loved the 81 year old lady who said she worked from age 13 to 78, when 'I was sacked'. And the Kiwi guy. "Dunno, I'm just over from New Zealand.' Classic.

  • @matthewfinis6723
    @matthewfinis6723 3 года назад +1

    I am convinced these videos are the most fascinating things on all of RUclips

  • @DougWolfe
    @DougWolfe 3 года назад +6

    I love how they didn’t edit out the bomb interviews. Like the guy who, when asked the question replied “I wouldn’t know. I’ve never met one.” What?????

  • @jayaitch88
    @jayaitch88 4 года назад +30

    W O W such healthy states of mind, for the most part!

  • @Razi98
    @Razi98 3 года назад +3

    The very first woman was so charming and well-spoken - seemed like she'd been working for radio, well most people did!

  • @silvergirl3688
    @silvergirl3688 4 года назад

    Amazingly awesomely addictive videos!!!!!!!!

  • @alexisdeniro
    @alexisdeniro 4 года назад

    The first lady voice was so soothing ♥️