The first half of this promotional film, made about 1965 by my figuring, reveals the intricate factory processes that create those familiar, last-forever plastic containers we all grew up with - the second half celebrates the concept of the "Tupperware party" that was the only way you could buy the stuff - maybe still is. Any of you shitkickers been to one lately?
I'm still using a Tupperware quart-size measuring cup and a sunshine-yellow strainer that my mom bought in 1975.
BTW, there's a famous face you'll all recognize towards the end of the show - but I won't spoil the surprise.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Thursday, December 11, 2014
The House of the Future
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| What, no plastic shower curtain? |
Monsanto's House of the Future, as exhibited in Disneyland's Tomorrowland in 1957. Gee, wouldn't it be wonderful to live in a house with plastic walls, plastic floors, plastic windows, even plastic dishes? Peach-o keen-o! I don't know why it didn't catch on.
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| The floor plan; click to enlarge. |
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