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Post# 424216   3/22/2010 at 20:21 (5,142 days old) by irishmark (Ireland)        

just one finger!

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Post# 424228 , Reply# 1   3/22/2010 at 21:16 (5,141 days old) by Toggleswitch2 ()        

Love it!


Still find it interesting that dryers there (as shown) are (were?) so tiny and wall-mounted!



Post# 424229 , Reply# 2   3/22/2010 at 21:17 (5,141 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Control Panel acquired

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I have the control panel for one of these machines.

Cheers
Leon


Post# 424230 , Reply# 3   3/22/2010 at 21:26 (5,141 days old) by aussie-plugs (Melbourne, Australia)        
Aussie Dryers

Yes, that's the size we tended to have and can still get now. Note that that one is mounted next to a cupboard, which is making it look much smaller than it really is. If we have a house, we tend to dry our clothes outside on a clothes line. Even our larger dryers are nowhere near the size of those in the USA.

Post# 424240 , Reply# 4   3/22/2010 at 22:11 (5,141 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia)        
Lemon Fab

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Also note the box of lemon charged Fab on the top shelf, so now we know that Dame Edna used Fab. l.o.l. l.o.l.

Post# 424242 , Reply# 5   3/22/2010 at 22:25 (5,141 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Thanks for the great link, Mark. Dame Edna at her best.

But....a Whirlpool washer with a side-opening lid?! Outrageous, LOL!


Post# 424274 , Reply# 6   3/23/2010 at 01:31 (5,141 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)        
But the best is that....

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....the dryers are normally wall mounted upside down....and come with another 'strip' with the control labels printed correct way up when mounted upside down



Post# 424275 , Reply# 7   3/23/2010 at 01:53 (5,141 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)        
If you think that one was good..........

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Post# 424289 , Reply# 8   3/23/2010 at 04:28 (5,141 days old) by chromecap ()        

How cool is that! Maybe i did not see it, but did the side swing lid machine have the typical surgilators at that time?

Post# 424291 , Reply# 9   3/23/2010 at 04:37 (5,141 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
wow I can't get over the fact that

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a major appliance manufacturer had the Chutzpah to use Dame Edna in their laundry commercials. And it obviously worked. Did this put her on the map or was she already touring by that time??

america was too stiff to do that even in the 80's!



Post# 424293 , Reply# 10   3/23/2010 at 04:53 (5,141 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
The New Idea Advert

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Here's the magazine advert for it.....
Chromecap....yes, all Aussie Whirlpool's had the Surgilator.
Leon


Post# 424294 , Reply# 11   3/23/2010 at 04:55 (5,141 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Actual control panel

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Here's an actual control panel that i rescued on a recent interstate trip.

Post# 424493 , Reply# 12   3/23/2010 at 22:11 (5,140 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
you have one Leon!

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I've seen the Dame Edna adverts for this machine. Are you going to put this panel on one of yours?

Post# 424497 , Reply# 13   3/23/2010 at 22:32 (5,140 days old) by chromecap ()        

Thank you Leon, i had forgotten that


Pat


Post# 424512 , Reply# 14   3/23/2010 at 23:39 (5,140 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
On a machine...eventually....

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Hey Eddy

Yes, it will go onto a machine...eventually. At the moment, it's non functional but i know where i can get the parts to fix it.

Leon


Post# 424530 , Reply# 15   3/24/2010 at 02:46 (5,140 days old) by aussie-plugs (Melbourne, Australia)        
Edna on the map

Hi Jon,

Edna was well and truly on the map by the time these ads came out. She was (is) very well known for her double-entendres and these are part of what puts the Enda stamp on the Whirlpool ads.

Her first appearances were in the early '60's on TV and university review theatre, so by the mid '70s'/early /80s' (is that the correct vintage for these) her monicer of "the housewife superstar" was already in everybody's minds. Whirlpool's advertising traded quite heavily on this notion of being able to be on the A-List and still run a household.

The nods to her son Kenny were also at a time when gay rights were still being wrestled with and it didn't do any harm to have acceptance pushed on the small screen. "If Enda can have a gay son, then it must be ok" has always been the subtext I got from these ads.

Interesting how social issues can end up selling washing machines ...

Nick


Post# 424578 , Reply# 16   3/24/2010 at 10:51 (5,140 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Mark&Vern, those are real ticklers. What a treat. Thanks.

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All that pro-gay stuff in a TV ad--gotta love Australia. So open-minded and advanced. And a Whirlpool, too.

Great gay Whirlpool days at Aworg! YAY!


Post# 424599 , Reply# 17   3/24/2010 at 12:25 (5,140 days old) by Toggleswitch2 ()        

LOVE HER!

Post# 424608 , Reply# 18   3/24/2010 at 13:24 (5,140 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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Did you realize she selected "Perm Press" with "ex-short wash" and "WARM rinse".......a warm rinse for perm press?

Post# 424622 , Reply# 19   3/24/2010 at 14:15 (5,140 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Great ad, I loved the Dame Edna shows that were broadcasted here. But actually I'm not so sure about the gay friendliness of Dame Edna. Was she really that?

Post# 424624 , Reply# 20   3/24/2010 at 14:23 (5,140 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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The control board likely doesn't accept a warm rinse on Perm Press even if it's selected.  Electronics can be smart like that.  :-)


Post# 424627 , Reply# 21   3/24/2010 at 14:51 (5,140 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        

In that era Dame Edna was never seen as gay, she was just a man who played the role of a women and got away with more double entendres than anyone would today. Some unenlightened Aussies would've taken years to realise that she wasnt really a woman.

Some of her more suble glasses were the same as my Grandmother wore and up until I was 8 or 9 every time I saw her on TV, I'd call her Nanna :)

That was TV in Australia in the 60's and 70's, nothing was crass or crude, but you could have a character making naughty comments that you had to think about and you could have a man dressed as a women without any kerfuffle. Plus after 8.30pm you could see Boobs and gay men/women kissing and touching each other.

I cant find the original ad that I've posted for POD, but Dame Edna did the full range of Malley's products at that time, its a pity that her roles died out with the end of Whirlpool over here in 1981.

We never had anything other than the 24" machines over here, by the end they were rated at about 6kg capacity which was competitive with everything else on the market at that time. I love the touch controls on those, they would've been totally unique on the Market here at that time.


Post# 424677 , Reply# 22   3/24/2010 at 21:50 (5,139 days old) by omomatic ()        
The ad concept continues #1

We it must be a Whirpool thing to have men dress up in drag, as here are the ads from lat year for Whirpool Australia. This one features TV host Bert Newton and music host Molly Meldrum in drag.

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Post# 424678 , Reply# 23   3/24/2010 at 21:53 (5,139 days old) by omomatic ()        
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And here is one of our stand up comics Dave Hughes, getting into the act as well. Enjoy

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