Gary Cooper. Yum.
Another thing that I like about the fifties are those propaganda films that disguise themselves as instructional films on almost any kind of topic. They're downright idiotic but they are insanely funny. I love the narrator dude who acts like he's The Voice of God {he prolly was} and tries to tell them characters to do this and do that and be careful of this and be careful of that. Maaaaaaaan, I miss the fifties {minus the Cold War, the segregation, the fact that being gay means yer crazy, the mandatory fire and brimstone sermon from the Sunday pulpit in suburbia yadi yadi yadi}. Then again, I am thankful for not being a baby boomer because that would mean I'd be in my 60's now or prolly dead. Meh.
Gary Cooper. Yum.
Watch the propaganda/instructional film on cooking for first time housewives. Margie, here doesn't know how to cook but the omnipotent god of the 50's helps her by humiliating the hell outta her then teaching her the ropes of basic housewifery. After a few more jabs at Margie's female psyche and a little bit of instructing and tweaking and consulting the Book of Shadows, Margie transforms into Julianne Moore housewife extraordinaire and bakes the motherfucking cake. Notice in the video that when Margie's husband comes back home from
Gary Cooper. Yum.