A brilliant spoof of the "normal" people that were in TV Ads way back when. I especially love that "bathtub ring" ! My My My! Excellent! 78rpmnut 2008-01-27 20:08:19 2008-01-27 20:08:19 4 A humorous piece that depicts the cliche's quite nicely. I was caught off guard by the bathtub scene!! Ha Ha. And how I would love to know where I could get some of that glue spray! Wonderful spoof!! agentno99 2008-01-31 04:14:10 2008-01-31 04:14:10 5 Timeless humour. This is just calling out to be remade in colour. Worth a giggle Framan 2008-02-03 02:02:01 2008-02-03 02:02:01 5 Fun little film that explores the many stereotypes in all these films you see in Archiveland. Of course, these are all hilariously true, Would have wanted to see a teen male there, but oh well. Very interesting clip here. CUT!!! CUT!!!!! Spuzz 2008-02-10 00:10:18 2008-02-10 00:10:18 4 Advertisement has been all about conforming to appeal to the public. Though, if this video is true about all the cliched families in TV, I don't know who in their right mind would want to be like any of these people. Even in the past, I think people would have wanted more diversity and reality. Oh well. That's the past, anyway. Advertisements are still this way today, in a way... Conform to the Right Way pitonpeludo 2008-02-11 18:29:40 2008-02-11 18:29:40 5 For those of you who may ask the names of the Mother and Father, they are Betty Garrett and Roger Price. Betty is most remebered for her roles in "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley". Roger was a writer an early television ficture on Jack Paar and Merv Griffin's television shows. He was also the creator of "Droodles". PS..the references to "the Kennedy's" place the time frame of this short around the very early '60s. Who are the parents? filmnutt 2008-03-03 00:06:57 2008-03-03 00:06:57 3 Absolutely hilarious. This is such an accurate example of satire toward cheesy commercials of yesteryear. Wow Njregenwether 2008-05-20 07:26:10 2008-05-20 07:26:10 5 That film kicked so much ass. My colon will write love letters to that film's foot Ephemeral Gold! Dr_Dugong 2008-08-09 01:40:30 2008-08-09 01:40:30 5 I just noticed that Filmnutt already confirmed the guy is Roger Price. But at least I had a couple of other nuggets about him to share. Sorry DesiluTrek 2009-05-30 07:28:50 2009-05-30 07:24:21 0 This parody has such a razor-sharp and acidic edge that I can't help but think that the producers truly hated what they were doing for a living. It has the feel of venting or "blowing off steam," something that people do in the effort to retain sanity in insane circumstances. Being that we are ever more bombarded with the products of such insanity (commercial messages plastered over every flat space that the landscape around us makes available, and invading every media channel), this broad satire is more than welcome. It is, in fact, a perfect expression of my own anger and disgust with our cult of consumerism, and the advertising industry that drives it. Take THAT, Edward Bernays! (this film is a perfect companion piece to the Adam Curtis documentary, 'The Century of the Self', also available here on archive.org). It surprises me that no one has yet mentioned the music and sound effects used in this film, which add enormously to the atmosphere of ridicule. They are at least as funny as the stilted body language, exaggerated facial expressions, and cheesy smiles that the players affect. They did miss a trick, though: In describing Mrs. Cliche's uniform (shirtwaist dress, half-apron, and a cheesy smile), they neglected the winklepicker stiletto heels that were more typical of the era than all the rest. And, at the end-- did actors in commercials ever get residuals? (Maybe big-name ones did.) I'd been given to understand that the standard contracts made them sign away all rights. Overall, this is a definite keeper, and one to share with friends. Nothing subtle about this one Dark Moon 2009-08-26 10:28:48 2009-08-26 10:28:48 5 10 4.56