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Thread Number: 78030
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
First Maytag dishwasher commercial |
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| Post# 1020438 1/7/2019 at 13:33 (2,203 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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This is probably the first Maytag commercial, featuring their first dishwashers. You can even see the Top Loading model, in avocado green. CLICK HERE TO GO TO whitetub's LINK | ||
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Post# 1020465 , Reply# 1 1/7/2019 at 17:24 (2,203 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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That was a young (and quite good looking) Mike Farrell
Later in his career better known as Major Dr. B.J. Hunicutt on M*A*S*H television series.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Farre... post was last edited: 1/7/2019-17:58] | ||
| Post# 1020497 , Reply# 2 1/7/2019 at 20:00 (2,203 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 1020507 , Reply# 3 1/7/2019 at 23:27 (2,203 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
 Maytag was the first automatic my Mom ever owned. I think she got it sometime in late 70s during a kitchen remodel. There are two things I remember about it. 1) it was LOUD! It was obvious that the spray was forceful. 2) the racks were reversed. Plates went on the top rack and cups, glasses went on the bottom rack.
Prior to the Maytag, she had a dishwasher model called the "Jimmy, Johnny, Billy"! It was cheap but unreliable! | ||
| Post# 1020527 , Reply# 4 1/8/2019 at 09:05 (2,202 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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It was a great dishwasher. I owned a portable one, in avocado green. I love the reversed loading. I wish there was a longer video of the wash action somewhere on the web. | ||
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Post# 1020547 , Reply# 5 1/8/2019 at 11:28 (2,202 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Maytag dishwasher | ||
| Post# 1020557 , Reply# 6 1/8/2019 at 13:23 (2,202 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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They were noisy, especially when draining. But they washed well, and you could put almost anything anywhere in those racks. | ||
| Post# 1020559 , Reply# 7 1/8/2019 at 14:23 (2,202 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
one of my aunt add one of these classic maytag dishwasher
1 of my aunts that was her second marriage had a classic maytag dishwasher it was the built in model front was red she replace it when her kitchen was redone she also had a classic center dial maytag washer dryer set I think they where a608 she decided to give them to afamily member and replace them with a Kenmore direct drive until she switch to a frontload set
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Post# 1020560 , Reply# 8 1/8/2019 at 14:55 (2,202 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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My! My! I have never seen that Mike Farrell commercial before! That avocado Maytag portable looks exactly like the one I remember one of the neighbours had in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire where I grew up. She also had a Youngstown Kitchens 30-inch dishwasher sink...that's why she bought the Maytag...LOL
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Post# 1020565 , Reply# 9 1/8/2019 at 16:21 (2,202 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1020597 , Reply# 10 1/8/2019 at 19:24 (2,202 days old) by Whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Here’s the link for the porta-dryer. We had one of those in our appartment when I was growing up. Slow at drying and the drum was small. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Whitetub's LINK | ||
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Post# 1020685 , Reply# 11 1/9/2019 at 18:36 (2,201 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I remember when Jessie White was the human in their ads. John had one of the portable DWs. The springs were so strong to hold up that lid that the mounting eventually cracked the back wall of the tank. | ||
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Post# 1020706 , Reply# 12 1/10/2019 at 00:40 (2,201 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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How very odd
Commercial goes on about the Maytag "Port-a-dryer" but doesn't mention the matching twin tub washer.
While suppose it is possible, cannot imagine someone doing wash in a full sized Maytag (or any other) automatic, then being lumbered with that small capacity and not very powerful heating dryer. Another thing; notice how all the married women are referred to as just that; the poor single girl gets only her Christian and surname to drive home a point. | ||
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Post# 1020713 , Reply# 13 1/10/2019 at 05:43 (2,200 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The first Maytag dishwashers with the figure 8 shaped filter and heating element had an 18 minute main wash and with the heat and detergent, there were quite pronounced glass etching problems. | ||
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Post# 1020716 , Reply# 14 1/10/2019 at 06:13 (2,200 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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Porta-dryer with full size washer As I remember, you could purchase a stacking kit to mount this dryer on top of a full sized washer. Probably for those with only room for a washer, in their kitchen , for example. | ||
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Post# 1020731 , Reply# 15 1/10/2019 at 11:10 (2,200 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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I remember thinking that Mike Farrell was good looking also. I remember a sexier Maytag commercial where he was out is some sort of field with rows of womens' legs sticking up in the air and Mike saying some line like, "Crazy". Pity they put him to such bad use in MASH after Wayne Rogers.
Obviously I'm a huge fan of Maytag RR dishwashers. Most of them are loud but I don't give a damn about loud dishwashers unless they're lame like the GE Potscrubbers with the clown-shoe wash arm. I still wonder why today's dishwashers need an hour or more to wash a load that the 'Tags could do in 30 minutes (I'm not counting dry time in either example). My Fantasy machine:
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Post# 1020798 , Reply# 19 1/11/2019 at 08:27 (2,199 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Lawrence, Maybe you had hard water. There is less etching with hard water. | ||
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Post# 1020809 , Reply# 20 1/11/2019 at 11:16 (2,199 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Glass etching means you're using too much detergent for the soil load. | ||
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Post# 1020812 , Reply# 21 1/11/2019 at 11:53 (2,199 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Or, the water is too hot and/or the wash is too long. Maytag had lots of complaints about this and shortened the main wash in later models. | ||
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Post# 1020831 , Reply# 22 1/11/2019 at 15:21 (2,199 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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and... | ||
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Post# 1020836 , Reply# 23 1/11/2019 at 15:52 (2,199 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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yes | ||
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Post# 1020839 , Reply# 24 1/11/2019 at 16:21 (2,199 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Mike Farrell... | ||
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