Thread Number: 73568
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Washers on The Andy Griffith Show |
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Post# 971465 , Reply# 1   12/4/2017 at 11:06 (2,305 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Well, I remember a wringer on the back porch & there was an episode where Andy opened a coin laundry to help pay for Opie's on-coming college expenses...
A side note: Opie was baking cookies with Thelma Lou (an episode where she seemingly was spending more time with Opie than Barney) so there was a General Electric refrigerator & push-button stove--and I only remember seeing those appliances & that one shot just ONE TIME! TAGS was very big on General Electric Appliances, (Andy's refrigerator was a GE, as was the 40" electric stove, after it staring off as a 40" (don't know brand) Gas) but, yes, Aunt Bee won Whirlpool stuff in that later, color-episode... -- Dave |
Post# 971506 , Reply# 2   12/4/2017 at 15:31 (2,305 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Like so many members, I'm always on the lookout for vintage appliances in classic television shows. In "Dennis the Menace" Alice Mitchell sure had a very nice Whirlpool in her laundry room, although shots of it are few and far between. I do recall an episode where the machine was over-suds which I'm sure had something to do with the lead character.
I know that with just this one photo there are people on here who can not only tell you everything about the washer, but also the mixer, the gas range and the dinnerware too. Now back to our regular program, The Andy Griffith Show...
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Post# 971521 , Reply# 3   12/4/2017 at 16:50 (2,305 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 971522 , Reply# 4   12/4/2017 at 16:53 (2,305 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 971555 , Reply# 5   12/4/2017 at 19:31 (2,305 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I remember an episode of Nanny and the Professor....
apparently one of the kids caught a huge fish, maybe a bass, and was debating on letting it go back into the river/lake, or keep it..... the only thing big enough at home to keep him in was their Maytag washer....I think they removed the agitator so he had more room to swim in a circle.... I just remember them opening the lid to show us the fish.... |
Post# 971580 , Reply# 7   12/4/2017 at 21:08 (2,305 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 971583 , Reply# 8   12/4/2017 at 21:12 (2,305 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 971646 , Reply# 9   12/5/2017 at 05:17 (2,304 days old) by mtn1584 (USA)   |   | |
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the WHIRLPOOLS on the Brady Bunch when Bobby put too much soap in the washer! Mike |
Post# 971652 , Reply# 10   12/5/2017 at 06:35 (2,304 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Pat, you have a keen eye. Hey, at least I remembered it was a Whirlpool after all these years! |
Post# 971673 , Reply# 11   12/5/2017 at 07:53 (2,304 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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at least the first episodes had a Kenmore combo washer/dryer and a Frigidaire washer to it's left. A Kenmore dryer never had a round chrome framed window, not by the 60's. |
Post# 971713 , Reply# 12   12/5/2017 at 12:07 (2,304 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Thanks for the link, Pat, that was a really good shot of the Frigidaire washer. There was one episode where a handyman was working around the house and the Buddy took him under her wing, etc., but there was a mention of fixing the washer as one of his tasks. Show that on screen! lol
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Post# 971749 , Reply# 14   12/5/2017 at 16:09 (2,304 days old) by jocks54 (Danbury Connecticut)   |   | |
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As the title asks....... I know somebody knows! Any pics? |
Post# 971750 , Reply# 15   12/5/2017 at 16:13 (2,304 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 971756 , Reply# 16   12/5/2017 at 16:30 (2,304 days old) by johnrk (BP TX)   |   | |
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Does anyone remember ever seeing laundry done on Hazel? |
Post# 971771 , Reply# 17   12/5/2017 at 16:56 (2,304 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 971773 , Reply# 18   12/5/2017 at 17:04 (2,304 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 971779 , Reply# 19   12/5/2017 at 18:05 (2,304 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)   |   | |
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lesto, is that the epi when the ammonia freezer pooped the bed? |
Post# 971790 , Reply# 20   12/5/2017 at 18:50 (2,304 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 971800 , Reply# 21   12/5/2017 at 19:53 (2,304 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 971802 , Reply# 22   12/5/2017 at 20:19 (2,304 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)   |   | |
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Post# 971803 , Reply# 23   12/5/2017 at 20:23 (2,304 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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The Firgidaire washers in the Andy Griffith Show's Laundercoin has me wondering if they were really agitating or a non-up & down-pulsator (conventional) agitator was used--didn't "the 1st customer" put her coin in and start her machine?
Also Dennis The Menace: The Wilsons next door had a top freezer Frigidaire fridge just the Mitchells did, too--and also a Ford Galaxie 500--I'm at least talking the "George" one (played by Joseph Kearns) that this sort of thing hit me this profound--back when I'd watched the program on Nickelodeon... -- Dave |
Post# 971853 , Reply# 24   12/6/2017 at 01:03 (2,304 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country)   |   | |
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The dryers on both the 1983-1985 seasons and the set retool after that were easy: both Kenmores (loved loved loved the 1961 KM in the earlier episodes). But, I had a harder time with the washing machines. The first years episodes appeared to feature a '62 or '63 Frigidaire possibly? From '85 to series end was even tougher to make out. That washer looked to be a GE, but someone in an earlier Thread about TV appliances identified it to be a Kenmore, which it could possibly be. There was constantly a laundry basket sitting on top and covering up the control panel.
I don't know how to do a screen capture, so I just posted the entire video of an episode from the first season. CLICK HERE TO GO TO seedub's LINK |
Post# 971878 , Reply# 25   12/6/2017 at 06:38 (2,303 days old) by lesto (Atlanta)   |   | |
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Best I remember, Hazel had a Philco washer. I also remember Bub (William Frawley) doing laundry in a 1960 or 61 Frigidaire on an early episode of "My Three Sons". |
Post# 971881 , Reply# 26   12/6/2017 at 06:48 (2,303 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 971884 , Reply# 28   12/6/2017 at 06:58 (2,303 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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was the first evening soap. Lady Kenmore dryers never had all those cycle buttons. |
Post# 971902 , Reply# 30   12/6/2017 at 08:56 (2,303 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country)   |   | |
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"My Three Sons (1960)" featured a Norge pair, circa 1959. In both the Bryant Park house and the Los Angeles house, we rarely get to see the dryer - it's installed across the room from the washer, behind the kitchen wall.
I have yet to find the episode where Steve Douglas fights with the machine, which appears to have a severely unbalanced load in the tub, and which tries to eat his necktie among other things. I saw this in a clip that was part of a TV special celebrating 30 years of television, or some such... |
Post# 971994 , Reply# 31   12/6/2017 at 17:24 (2,303 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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If Mr. Douglas had so much money, why did he live in such squalor except as a story line gimmick? At one point when Hazel got a new gas kitchen, she had a 36" Duomatic. |
Post# 971999 , Reply# 33   12/6/2017 at 17:46 (2,303 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 984247 , Reply# 34   2/25/2018 at 08:19 (2,222 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 984273 , Reply# 36   2/25/2018 at 10:41 (2,222 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass)   |   | |
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There is an episode with a diving bell bendix where he starts his own laundry service. |
Post# 984286 , Reply# 37   2/25/2018 at 12:52 (2,222 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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On the show Friends, there is an International Harvester refrigerator. I recognize the IH logo, especially since we had an IH Traveall that was used in our business for deliveries. The tailgate was very low, easy for loading, since the gas tank was under the second seat.
As for Hazel, I do remember my father saying that the Hazel show was one of the first color programs to feature the color yellow. When color TVs were first introduced, yellow was difficult to accurately represent. Hazel had a yellow uniform. |
Post# 984519 , Reply# 38   2/26/2018 at 23:32 (2,221 days old) by Spinmon (st. charles mo )   |   | |
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The 1963 movie 'The Thrill of It All' w/Doris Day and James Garner featured '63 push button WP tl's in several scenes as a backdrop for the 'Happy' soap/detergent Doris was selling. I saw this at the drive-in with my parents when I was 8 and liked the washers then as now. |
Post# 984525 , Reply# 39   2/27/2018 at 00:23 (2,221 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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One of the best shots of the laundry I've seen:
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Post# 984560 , Reply# 40   2/27/2018 at 08:57 (2,220 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country)   |   | |
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