This really made me think about how much our upbringing and the environment around us can shape the way we see the world. It’s interesting when something from the past suddenly brings back memories you had completely forgotten about. I can definitely understand why watching this brought a few of those moments back for you.
It's interesting to see how things have changed AND how they've stayed the same. Especially the racism. It was covert for awhile, but it's always been there.
It hasn't been long since those days. I wonder how many people can remember some or most of these commercials. We had Prell shampoo, it gave my hair a reddish tint, which is really weird. Dried my scalp really badly, too. But who can forget the pearl being dropped into the hourglass shaped bottle?
And seeing Paul Lynde as a hetero hubby was funny, too. Always loved his humor.
Asbestos Tile! *Arghhhh* And being a Good Little Woman, Jesus, Women were so Oppressed and Marginalized... and why I feel like this Regime trying to take us back to such Archaic Patriarchal Oppressive times is disastrous for our Gender, and for People of Color, and for the LGBTQ+ Community, and the Disabled... well, I could go on and on... but, so much of the Past didn't Age well. We just often forget how bad it was in the "Good Ole Days" that weren't Good for everyone.
What gets me about all those things is how it was just accepted. The little woman being squelched and insulted and kept in her place. I remember quite a few of those commercials from my childhood, too.
As for our current regime, it's horrible for humanity. I spend a lot of time trying to ignore that shit, since no matter what I think, I can't fix any of it. Can't change it. Apparently he cheats (surprise!!) so even voting may not be enough.
Very cringe-y, and surprisingly monotonous. I suppose it was a much more captive audience then, so they didn't put much imagination into these and thus went into clunky lecture mode.
The Tab commercial ("keep your shape") immediately followed by "This flat tire needs a man!" made me think "that tire won't get a man -- it's too out of shape".
But always remember -- culture continues changing, and it's very likely that all kinds of media stuff that we today regard as completely up-to-date, righteous, and with-it, fifty or sixty years from now will look just as cringe and embarrassing as this stuff does now.
My grandma drank TAB. She was a small person, never got over 100 lbs except when pg with the twins. She got all the way up to 135 with them and was soooo embarrassed about it, even 40 years later. When she died and we went through her house, we found diet pills. Amphetamines. I wonder how much of her feelings were personal and how much of it was cultural.
"Oh man, that Prell shampoo callout in the comments brought back instant memories! Dropping that pearl into the green hourglass bottle was pure television magic, even if the actual shampoo practically stripped paint! 😅 It really is wild (and pretty cringey) watching those vintage commercials with modern eyes.
Yeah, the shampoo was terrible!! My grandpa used it to wash the 12 or so hairs he had left. We all used it at home, but it really did a number on my hair. I don't miss it. But yeah, the pearl in the bottle thing. Not sure what that was supposed to signify, since you could drop a pearl in pretty much any shampoo and get the same result.
So much of it never went away, either. In the small town where I grew up, they have kept this attitude forever. If a woman is independent and unwilling to put up with shit, they call her a 'liberal bitch'. We're living in the weirdest timeline!!
Wow. This is a mic-drop on sexism. Language reflects worldview and this would be the perfect video to teach it to high school students (and men of a certain age).
This really made me think about how much our upbringing and the environment around us can shape the way we see the world. It’s interesting when something from the past suddenly brings back memories you had completely forgotten about. I can definitely understand why watching this brought a few of those moments back for you.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how things have changed AND how they've stayed the same. Especially the racism. It was covert for awhile, but it's always been there.
DeleteWoman, know your place! Terrible advertisements, but a sign of the times.
ReplyDeleteIt hasn't been long since those days. I wonder how many people can remember some or most of these commercials.
DeleteWe had Prell shampoo, it gave my hair a reddish tint, which is really weird. Dried my scalp really badly, too. But who can forget the pearl being dropped into the hourglass shaped bottle?
And seeing Paul Lynde as a hetero hubby was funny, too. Always loved his humor.
Omg 🤮🤮🤮
ReplyDeleteRacist AND misogynistic! What a combo!
Deletethose are great old commercials.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember the Funny Face drinks? My mom bought them for us on occasion.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, they took coffee seriously back then, huh? Guess they did later, too, who can forget Juan Valdez?
Asbestos Tile! *Arghhhh* And being a Good Little Woman, Jesus, Women were so Oppressed and Marginalized... and why I feel like this Regime trying to take us back to such Archaic Patriarchal Oppressive times is disastrous for our Gender, and for People of Color, and for the LGBTQ+ Community, and the Disabled... well, I could go on and on... but, so much of the Past didn't Age well. We just often forget how bad it was in the "Good Ole Days" that weren't Good for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat gets me about all those things is how it was just accepted. The little woman being squelched and insulted and kept in her place. I remember quite a few of those commercials from my childhood, too.
DeleteAs for our current regime, it's horrible for humanity. I spend a lot of time trying to ignore that shit, since no matter what I think, I can't fix any of it. Can't change it. Apparently he cheats (surprise!!) so even voting may not be enough.
Very cringe-y, and surprisingly monotonous. I suppose it was a much more captive audience then, so they didn't put much imagination into these and thus went into clunky lecture mode.
ReplyDeleteThe Tab commercial ("keep your shape") immediately followed by "This flat tire needs a man!" made me think "that tire won't get a man -- it's too out of shape".
But always remember -- culture continues changing, and it's very likely that all kinds of media stuff that we today regard as completely up-to-date, righteous, and with-it, fifty or sixty years from now will look just as cringe and embarrassing as this stuff does now.
My grandma drank TAB. She was a small person, never got over 100 lbs except when pg with the twins. She got all the way up to 135 with them and was soooo embarrassed about it, even 40 years later. When she died and we went through her house, we found diet pills. Amphetamines. I wonder how much of her feelings were personal and how much of it was cultural.
Delete"Oh man, that Prell shampoo callout in the comments brought back instant memories! Dropping that pearl into the green hourglass bottle was pure television magic, even if the actual shampoo practically stripped paint! 😅 It really is wild (and pretty cringey) watching those vintage commercials with modern eyes.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the shampoo was terrible!! My grandpa used it to wash the 12 or so hairs he had left. We all used it at home, but it really did a number on my hair. I don't miss it. But yeah, the pearl in the bottle thing. Not sure what that was supposed to signify, since you could drop a pearl in pretty much any shampoo and get the same result.
DeleteMy formative years. And my young adulthood. Now there is an effort to bring us back to this.
ReplyDeleteSo much of it never went away, either. In the small town where I grew up, they have kept this attitude forever. If a woman is independent and unwilling to put up with shit, they call her a 'liberal bitch'. We're living in the weirdest timeline!!
DeleteWow. This is a mic-drop on sexism. Language reflects worldview and this would be the perfect video to teach it to high school students (and men of a certain age).
ReplyDeleteInteresting that we were presented with this stuff and everyone just accepted it. Which of course is partly how we are who we are now.
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