Just mind, these were made before a lot of safety regulations came up with appliances. There could be surprising things about these fine old machines that you just *need* to pay critical attention to. Perhaps that doesn't apply as much to Westinghouse models (or at least, I hope not due to their earlier good reputation) but listen up: I just bought a Waffle Iron shortly before typing this. It's a General Electric one probably from the early 1960s, and I realized when I took the griddles off (which would be a common and easy thing to do [easy enough for a 4 year old!]) that *there are live wires exposed inside both sides of it.* It works fine, but seeing that just gives me more reason NOT to touch the metal casing. There's plastic to touch, and that's what you're supposed to hold the machine by. Oh, and toasters? I can't speak for *all* models, but the Sunbeam Radiant models are supposedly connected directly to the live main power when you even *just* have it plugged in. There's reason why Grandma told me to *NOT* stick a fork in a toaster. Safety features seem to have been greatly increased by the 1990s, though. It's not as though you can't enjoy these old models, but if you're not going to use it, *HAVE IT UNPLUGGED EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF.* Besides that, you might want to check that they're reliable enough to not burn your house down. Maybe I'm a bit overly cautious here (and I'm not a gigantic vintage appliance enthusiast,) but the idea of old wiring insulation just not holding up in these, which causes electricity arcing, which causes a fire? I find it concerning, at the very least.
Except............no one sued back then when your 100 percent metal appliance heated up, and you were basically gauranteed to get a burn somewhere using them. I know.......I have plenty of them and you have to be very careful using them to not get burned as the whole appliance gets hot, front, back, tops, bottom, sides.
I'm watching these commercials because they calm me down. I was really pissed at my mom because my birthcontrol for my PCOS is making my emotions go grr. These ladies voices are calming.
Looked up Christmas 1949 :) my grandparents were both born 1949 grandma July 11 and grandpa February 19th just seeing how things were they were both babies during this :D
I'd LOVE to have that stand mixer in the background!! Had one just like it 40 years ago that I inherited from my grandmother, but, after a couple of years of having it, the d*mn motor burned out - was the best mixer I've ever owned since!
its interesting how back then it was probably an honor to receive a new kitchen appliance! Nowadays with most people already owning these things and being the age of popular electronics and such it would be like some white elephant type gift rather.
Four years after rationing and the Great Depression before that. Scrub boards, clotheslines, fireside irons, and woodstoves. Today's wives don't realize how well they have it.
LOL that is for SURE!!! My Dad gave my mother a trash compactor, the kind that fits under the counter... well brother let me tell you, my mother ran up the stairs, crying the entire way, and slammed the bedroom door and wouldn't talk to my Dad the rest of Christmas day... so lesson learned to all you husbands and boyfriends out there...no appliances for the little woman at Christmastime.. unless she SPECIFICALLY asks for them LOL!!
It was a different time then....anything to help ease the burden of being a housewife was indeed welcome.... Today everybody takes these time savers for granted... If you didn't have all these things...you'd be happy to get them.
As a poor person. I'd die for a dishwasher about now. When I dog sit for my cousin's their air fryer is something I'm blessed to get the chance to use.
If I had to be a house wife, and be married to my house and take care of the kids.........I'd be the biggest alcoholic in history. Anyone want a martooney for breakfast?
What an idiot! A gift should be personal, not a household drudgery implement. since when were women only rated based on the equipment required to run a home???? there should be a household budget to buy these things. Then the woman would be getting things that are meaningful to her and honor her place in the home. A kitchenaid does n ot do that. Does he get all excited to get a set of wrenches for Christmas? Hell no! He goes out and buys them when he needs them.
I agree with abeautifulmess.. she's absolutely right! a present is a present, no matter what.. afterall, it's the thought the counts, and back when this commercial was made, a woman who considered herself a great housewife cherished well-made appliances that kept her and her family happy. To say someone's an idiot just because they want to make people happy with good cooking is the ignorant and probably a fat-ass lesbian who couldn't give a shit about anything but munching carpet!
These women had little during the Depression, witnessed rationing, scrub boards and woodstoves, and many went without electricity. Receiving these, a washer and dryer, or an electric stove would be better than receiving a microwave oven in the 1970s, or a color television in the 1960s. These were prestige items.
It's apparently a "Vacuum" model, which requires a 2 tier pot system. I tried looking it up on eBay, to see if I could find that model. Here's a video of a G.E. "Vacuum" coffee maker model, which is glass, to better show you how it works: ruclips.net/video/EJeht9P0Vhk/видео.html
I would love to get appliances or kitchen tools for Xmas vs the beauty stuff I receive every year. I have a young family I'm always on the go I'm at the point in life where you don't have time to put on makeup and do a home facial etc. I'm young in shape and dress decently so makeup is the least of my concerns. I'd rather some appliances to help me keep up with my hubs and kiddos a new toaster shoot even a set of new kitchen knives and spatulas would make me soo happy! And people don't buy you these things cause their embarrassed of what you'd think but man I'd be more grateful for that than $150 Sephora gift that drys out before I even get through a quarter of it.
The way a lot of people dress today in public is disgraceful. No pride in grooming or attire. T-shirts are okay. Pajama bottoms should not be seen outside of the house and flip-flops are hideous; they were intended for pool or beach use only. Some people dress like this in restaurants. It's enough to make you lose your appetite.
@@fawl3568: People can take pride in their appearances and still "be themselves." They can dress comfortably and casually in a dignified manner. There are some that just have no shame.
LOL that is for SURE!!! My Dad gave my mother a trash compactor, the kind that fits under the counter... well brother let me tell you, my mother ran up the stairs, crying the entire way, and slammed the bedroom door and wouldn't talk to my Dad the rest of Christmas day... so lesson learned to all you husbands and boyfriends out there...no appliances for the little woman at Christmastime.. unless she SPECIFICALLY asks for them LOL!!
GENO okay I'm going to tell you about that coffee pot because I was born in 48 but raised in the 50s and 60s but that is a drip coffee maker for one thing it is not a perkulator if you were interested second of all when you took the top portion off you took the top off of it and put it on the bottom portion you're ready to pour I hope I've been of some help and I have several of these appliances still and they work like charms I love my drip coffee maker and it's in the art deco style sorry it's a percolator I don't own a trip I own a modern one but I don't own one from back in the day
They sure don't make 'em like they used to. I have a Westinghouse barometer that measures barometric pressure, precipitation, it measures humidity, temperature, also measures cloudiness, polar orbiting, uh, it measures the geostationary satellites, it measures Doppler radar, it measures high-altitude moisture, it measures the frost index, measures typhoon probability, measures water vapor, measures the jet streams measures clear air turbulence, measures the pollen index, it measures sperm count, if you're a farmer it measures crop yield, measures radioactive aerosols, uh, volcanic gases, hydroelectric synchronicity, if you're near the mountains, it measures seismic shockwaves, and for your car it measures oil pressure, tire pressure.
A toaster that 'looks' like Christmas? 🤔 I must admit, all these appliances look like they each weigh about 1 ton. I am sure they could each be used as lethal weapons if necessary.
 The Total Electric Home. The Home of the future.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IRrMLaiiAGY/mqdefault.jpg)
These are awesome antiques now, hey, I guess I am different! I would LOVE one of these things in working condition!
same here! I'll take one of each and would use them on a regular basis!
Just mind, these were made before a lot of safety regulations came up with appliances. There could be surprising things about these fine old machines that you just *need* to pay critical attention to. Perhaps that doesn't apply as much to Westinghouse models (or at least, I hope not due to their earlier good reputation) but listen up:
I just bought a Waffle Iron shortly before typing this. It's a General Electric one probably from the early 1960s, and I realized when I took the griddles off (which would be a common and easy thing to do [easy enough for a 4 year old!]) that *there are live wires exposed inside both sides of it.* It works fine, but seeing that just gives me more reason NOT to touch the metal casing. There's plastic to touch, and that's what you're supposed to hold the machine by.
Oh, and toasters? I can't speak for *all* models, but the Sunbeam Radiant models are supposedly connected directly to the live main power when you even *just* have it plugged in. There's reason why Grandma told me to *NOT* stick a fork in a toaster. Safety features seem to have been greatly increased by the 1990s, though.
It's not as though you can't enjoy these old models, but if you're not going to use it, *HAVE IT UNPLUGGED EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF.* Besides that, you might want to check that they're reliable enough to not burn your house down. Maybe I'm a bit overly cautious here (and I'm not a gigantic vintage appliance enthusiast,) but the idea of old wiring insulation just not holding up in these, which causes electricity arcing, which causes a fire? I find it concerning, at the very least.
We are dreaming
Except............no one sued back then when your 100 percent metal appliance heated up, and you were basically gauranteed to get a burn somewhere using them. I know.......I have plenty of them and you have to be very careful using them to not get burned as the whole appliance gets hot, front, back, tops, bottom, sides.
At that time, in history, my mom loved her family and home...she was happy when she received a nice appliance...really!!
Good ol days huh im 28 old boy...but i wish i live in those time...every thing was real..ass tiits face..😂😂😂😂😂
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If your 28, your not a boy. Move out of the basement and get a job.
I'm not that old but I always appreciate buy a new appliances as a gift! I'd take a nice vacuum over a diamond tennis bracelet any day
D DOLLAR HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Got’emmmmmmmm
A simpler time glad I grew up on the farm in the 50s and early 60s
I'm watching these commercials because they calm me down. I was really pissed at my mom because my birthcontrol for my PCOS is making my emotions go grr. These ladies voices are calming.
Looked up Christmas 1949 :) my grandparents were both born 1949 grandma July 11 and grandpa February 19th just seeing how things were they were both babies during this :D
I'd LOVE to have that stand mixer in the background!! Had one just like it 40 years ago that I inherited from my grandmother, but, after a couple of years of having it, the d*mn motor burned out - was the best mixer I've ever owned since!
Somehow getting a kitchen appliance for xmas doesnt sound romantic, sounds more like hubby wants more work LOL!!!
My Mother would have loved to have them all.
its interesting how back then it was probably an honor to receive a new kitchen appliance! Nowadays with most people already owning these things and being the age of popular electronics and such it would be like some white elephant type gift rather.
Four years after rationing and the Great Depression before that. Scrub boards, clotheslines, fireside irons, and woodstoves. Today's wives don't realize how well they have it.
sheesh I know this much...if I bought my woman a toaster for Xmas, it sure as hell wouldn't be a kiss she'd be giving me lol
LOL that is for SURE!!! My Dad gave my mother a trash compactor, the kind that fits under the counter... well brother let me tell you, my mother ran up the stairs, crying the entire way, and slammed the bedroom door and wouldn't talk to my Dad the rest of Christmas day... so lesson learned to all you husbands and boyfriends out there...no appliances for the little woman at Christmastime.. unless she SPECIFICALLY asks for them LOL!!
I'd end up in the dog house for Christmas and New years!
Sounds like a bunch of spoiled ingrats.
😂😂
It was a different time then....anything to help ease the burden of being a housewife was indeed welcome.... Today everybody takes these time savers for granted... If you didn't have all these things...you'd be happy to get them.
As a poor person. I'd die for a dishwasher about now. When I dog sit for my cousin's their air fryer is something I'm blessed to get the chance to use.
If I had to be a house wife, and be married to my house and take care of the kids.........I'd be the biggest alcoholic in history. Anyone want a martooney for breakfast?
A part of Americana you don't see anymore. All those appliances were made in the USA.
And in 1968 or so, a good blender cost around $60
All these comments saying that a woman would be upset if she got these gifts for Christmas....a real woman is happy no matter what she is given.
What an idiot! A gift should be personal, not a household drudgery implement. since when were women only rated based on the equipment required to run a home???? there should be a household budget to buy these things. Then the woman would be getting things that are meaningful to her and honor her place in the home. A kitchenaid does n ot do that. Does he get all excited to get a set of wrenches for Christmas? Hell no! He goes out and buys them when he needs them.
I agree with abeautifulmess.. she's absolutely right! a present is a present, no matter what.. afterall, it's the thought the counts, and back when this commercial was made, a woman who considered herself a great housewife cherished well-made appliances that kept her and her family happy. To say someone's an idiot just because they want to make people happy with good cooking is the ignorant and probably a fat-ass lesbian who couldn't give a shit about anything but munching carpet!
Mary me...ya crazy lover
These women had little during the Depression, witnessed rationing, scrub boards and woodstoves, and many went without electricity. Receiving these, a washer and dryer, or an electric stove would be better than receiving a microwave oven in the 1970s, or a color television in the 1960s. These were prestige items.
Oh yes, a real woman, like you?
You can be sure if it's Westinghouse!!!
Super super cool
That is the strangest coffee pot I ever saw.
Ikr 😂😂
It's apparently a "Vacuum" model, which requires a 2 tier pot system. I tried looking it up on eBay, to see if I could find that model. Here's a video of a G.E. "Vacuum" coffee maker model, which is glass, to better show you how it works:
ruclips.net/video/EJeht9P0Vhk/видео.html
It looks like a snowman. It fits right into this commercial! 😂
Wished they brought it back due to it being retro kitsch. 😊
I would love to get appliances or kitchen tools for Xmas vs the beauty stuff I receive every year. I have a young family I'm always on the go I'm at the point in life where you don't have time to put on makeup and do a home facial etc. I'm young in shape and dress decently so makeup is the least of my concerns. I'd rather some appliances to help me keep up with my hubs and kiddos a new toaster shoot even a set of new kitchen knives and spatulas would make me soo happy! And people don't buy you these things cause their embarrassed of what you'd think but man I'd be more grateful for that than $150 Sephora gift that drys out before I even get through a quarter of it.
You can be sure if it's Westinghouse.
That's made in CHINA. 🇨🇳
The greatest generation! When people dressed up in nice clothes for everything! Not t-shirts, pajama pants and flip flops.
The way a lot of people dress today in public is disgraceful. No pride in grooming or attire.
T-shirts are okay. Pajama bottoms should not be seen outside of the house and flip-flops are hideous; they were intended for pool or beach use only.
Some people dress like this in restaurants. It's enough to make you lose your appetite.
@@jonathank8057 you care way too much 😂😂😂 let people be themselves
@@fawl3568: People can take pride in their appearances and still "be themselves." They can dress comfortably and casually in a dignified manner. There are some that just have no shame.
If my husband gave me a toaster for Christmas he would get a kiss in the face with my fist!
Easy now, madame. That's no proper behavior for a lady. especially not at christmas time.
Give these gift and get a free day out with the boys at some Irish bar.
Coffee maker what's that thing on top ?
That's where the coffee goes, the bottom is for the water. ☕
You wouldn't get a kiss nowadays
WESTINGHOUSE.BUT WAIT THERE,s MORE
@ 1:38 WELL NOW WE KNOW WHERE GEORGE FOREMAN STOLE THIS IDEA FROM.
if you give your wife a toaster today for christmas she might just toss it at you lol lol
+ronman2221 Amen, brother...and she should
LOL that is for SURE!!! My Dad gave my mother a trash compactor, the kind that fits under the counter... well brother let me tell you, my mother ran up the stairs, crying the entire way, and slammed the bedroom door and wouldn't talk to my Dad the rest of Christmas day... so lesson learned to all you husbands and boyfriends out there...no appliances for the little woman at Christmastime.. unless she SPECIFICALLY asks for them LOL!!
How the heck you pour from that coffee maker?
GENO okay I'm going to tell you about that coffee pot because I was born in 48 but raised in the 50s and 60s but that is a drip coffee maker for one thing it is not a perkulator if you were interested second of all when you took the top portion off you took the top off of it and put it on the bottom portion you're ready to pour I hope I've been of some help and I have several of these appliances still and they work like charms I love my drip coffee maker and it's in the art deco style sorry it's a percolator I don't own a trip I own a modern one but I don't own one from back in the day
You remove the brew top
Didn't think they featured Shakespeare plays on a corporate sponsored live TV show. 🤔
❤❤❤ How womantic ❤❤❤
They sure don't make 'em like they used to. I have a Westinghouse barometer that measures barometric pressure, precipitation, it measures humidity, temperature, also measures cloudiness, polar orbiting, uh, it measures the geostationary satellites, it measures Doppler radar, it measures high-altitude moisture, it measures the frost index, measures typhoon probability, measures water vapor, measures the jet streams
measures clear air turbulence, measures the pollen index, it measures sperm count, if you're a farmer it measures crop yield, measures radioactive aerosols,
uh, volcanic gases, hydroelectric synchronicity, if you're near the mountains, it measures seismic shockwaves, and for your car it measures oil pressure,
tire pressure.
Let us know when you find Made In Japan stamped somewhere. 🇯🇵
Give me one
A toaster that 'looks' like Christmas? 🤔 I must admit, all these appliances look like they each weigh about 1 ton. I am sure they could each be used as lethal weapons if necessary.
Any woman would love to unwrap drudgery in a box on Christmas Day! 🎁 🎄