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Post by RedTom on May 14, 2015 22:22:46 GMT -5
That's the one. Yes. The one where she's squishy.
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Post by toonfeline on May 14, 2015 22:32:32 GMT -5
I enjoyed the riffing of the classic Gumby cartoon they did, the one with the robots. I especially laughed like I had a seizure when they showed a robot painting Gumby's house and Mike said "Clay figures, go home!" XDDDDD
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Post by Monophylos on May 19, 2015 9:29:29 GMT -5
It was that nympho denuding girl gang flick, wasn't it? Indeed! "So this all started because of their electric kitchen?" is offered up as an explanation for the girl gang's criminality. And I wouldn't blame them: electric ovens and ranges are horrible for cooking. I've grown fond of "A Young Man's Fancy" as well. On one level it's a bunch of obvious drooling over electric appliances; on another level it's the story of a "woman-hating" nerd who won't shut up about time-motion study and the squishy young woman who inexplicably falls for him although he never shows the slightest warmth toward her. As with "Once upon a Honeymoon" you have to ask yourself: did they really think this advertising approach was going to work?
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Post by Mike Flugennock on May 20, 2015 19:01:53 GMT -5
It was that nympho denuding girl gang flick, wasn't it? Indeed! "So this all started because of their electric kitchen?" is offered up as an explanation for the girl gang's criminality... I always liked it when, towards the end of a movie, Joike'n'the Bots would always sum up the plot by suggesting it was because of something that happened in the short... like at the end of The Rebel Set: "So, this is all because Johnny got lost at the fair?" -- or at the end of Viking Women And The Sea Serpent: "This home economics film really took a strange turn!" But, yeah, you're right about the rather muddy approach that's taken in shorts like Young Man's Fancy or Once Upon A Honeymoon; they barely give you the vaguest notion of what the whole point of the film is, or what the product or service is they're boosting. You can sorta tell that Once Upon A Honeymoon is pushing phones, but Young Man's Fancy? You really have to fight your way through a lot of balloon juice to finally figure out that they're pimping electric appliances. ...and, yeah, electric ranges are lame. When I was a young kid in the '60s, a couple of places our family lived had electric ranges. What a pain... you wait forever for the "burner" to heat up when you turn it on, and then the heat was always kind of uneven. They might be better nowadays -- my mom has one -- but I still hear many of the same complaints that I hear from people who tried electric ranges back in the '60s and '70s.
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Post by Monophylos on May 21, 2015 0:31:25 GMT -5
But, yeah, you're right about the rather muddy approach that's taken in shorts like Young Man's Fancy or Once Upon A Honeymoon; they barely give you the vaguest notion of what the whole point of the film is, or what the product or service is they're boosting. You can sorta tell that Once Upon A Honeymoon is pushing phones, but Young Man's Fancy? You really have to fight your way through a lot of balloon juice to finally figure out that they're pimping electric appliances. I think "Once upon a Honeymoon" confused me more the first time I saw it. There's more overt drooling in the dialogue in "A Young Man's Fancy" about how wonderful electric appliances are, but all the stuff about telephones is mostly hidden in the songs in "Once upon a Honeymoon" and my first time through I didn't get that new colored plastics for phones were the focus. You might be interested in this (not very well formatted but informative) description of "Once upon a Honeymoon" and why it was produced. Turns out it was meant by Edison Electric to fit into a full half-hour sitcom TV slot and was part of a big push to increase consumption of electricity. (Edison: the 'E' is for 'evil'!) archive.org/details/YoungMan1952
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Post by Cubey on Jun 13, 2015 23:08:00 GMT -5
It was that nympho denuding girl gang flick, wasn't it? Indeed! "So this all started because of their electric kitchen?" is offered up as an explanation for the girl gang's criminality. And I wouldn't blame them: electric ovens and ranges are horrible for cooking. I've grown fond of "A Young Man's Fancy" as well. On one level it's a bunch of obvious drooling over electric appliances; on another level it's the story of a "woman-hating" nerd who won't shut up about time-motion study and the squishy young woman who inexplicably falls for him although he never shows the slightest warmth toward her. As with "Once upon a Honeymoon" you have to ask yourself: did they really think this advertising approach was going to work? What I'm wondering is the context in which such advertising films like "Once Upon a Honeymoon" (not Mr B Natural though, that's obviously meant to be shown to kids in school). Did they show them as filler between movies in theaters? What the heck??
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Post by kidflash on Jun 14, 2015 9:17:34 GMT -5
Indeed! "So this all started because of their electric kitchen?" is offered up as an explanation for the girl gang's criminality. And I wouldn't blame them: electric ovens and ranges are horrible for cooking. I've grown fond of "A Young Man's Fancy" as well. On one level it's a bunch of obvious drooling over electric appliances; on another level it's the story of a "woman-hating" nerd who won't shut up about time-motion study and the squishy young woman who inexplicably falls for him although he never shows the slightest warmth toward her. As with "Once upon a Honeymoon" you have to ask yourself: did they really think this advertising approach was going to work? What I'm wondering is the context in which such advertising films like "Once Upon a Honeymoon" (not Mr B Natural though, that's obviously meant to be shown to kids in school). Did they show them as filler between movies in theaters? What the heck?? The credits list Once Upon A Honeymoon as being presented in 'Superscope,' which was a fancy way of saying shot in a 2:1 aspect ratio (Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released in 'Superscope'), so clearly this was shot with an eye towards being presented theatrically somewhere. It may well have been intended as double feature filler.
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Post by Cubey on Jun 14, 2015 10:06:36 GMT -5
It makes sense. In the 1950s-early 60s, TV ownership wasn't extremely high just yet but it was quickly climbing. A lot of people were still hitting the theaters, especially Saturday matinees, where they might pay one price and get to stay all day. Generally that's when kids went, since they were out of school. In fact that might even explain some of the advertising shorts and the way they were presented. They were presented as short movies with advertising thrown in, albiet in odd, confusing ways: Once Upon a Honeymoon - Phones, appliances - To appeal to teen girls who may be housewives in a few years. Century 21 calling - Phones and services related - Again, to appeal to future housewives but perhaps also future husbands with the "bellboy" pager. A Young Man's Fancy - Again, appealing to future housewives; this time about the greatness that is electrical appliances. Out of this World - Bread/baked goods - To appeal anyone with a stomach. Design for Dreaming - Various GM cars to appeal to teens - futuristic but impractical appliances with designer clothes thrown in to appeal to teen girls. The only one that honestly doesn't seem to actually try to sell you something, nor is even very educational is "A Case of Spring Fever". I mean... it doesn't out right plug any car brand, nor is it something that seems to indicate it would have been shown in schools for educational purposes. So WHY?
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