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MPO ProductionsCliché Family in Televisionland (1965?)

This outrageous parody of the prototype 'commercial' family was apparently made as an in-house joke by one of the largest producers of television commercials. Their clients would have never seen this gem, which parodies products as well as the people that buy them.


This movie is part of the collection: Academic Film Archive of North America

Producer: MPO Productions
Production Company: MPO Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: parody; advertisement; asian

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Reviewer: Dr_Dugong - - August 9, 2008
Subject: Ephemeral Gold!
That film kicked so much ass. My colon will write love letters to that film's foot

Reviewer: Njregenwether - - May 20, 2008
Subject: Wow
Absolutely hilarious. This is such an accurate example of satire toward cheesy commercials of yesteryear.

Reviewer: filmnutt - - March 3, 2008
Subject: Who are the parents?
For those of you who may ask the names of the Mother and Father, they are Betty Garrett and Roger Price. Betty is most remebered for her roles in "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley". Roger was a writer an early television ficture on Jack Paar and Merv Griffin's television shows. He was also the creator of "Droodles". PS..the references to "the Kennedy's" place the time frame of this short around the very early '60s.

Reviewer: pitonpeludo - - February 11, 2008
Subject: Conform to the Right Way
Advertisement has been all about conforming to appeal to the public. Though, if this video is true about all the cliched families in TV, I don't know who in their right mind would want to be like any of these people. Even in the past, I think people would have wanted more diversity and reality.

Oh well. That's the past, anyway. Advertisements are still this way today, in a way...

Reviewer: Spuzz - - February 10, 2008
Subject: CUT!!! CUT!!!!!
Fun little film that explores the many stereotypes in all these films you see in Archiveland. Of course, these are all hilariously true, Would have wanted to see a teen male there, but oh well. Very interesting clip here.

Reviewer: Framan - - February 3, 2008
Subject: Worth a giggle
Timeless humour. This is just calling out to be remade in colour.

Reviewer: agentno99 - - January 31, 2008
Subject: Wonderful spoof!!
A humorous piece that depicts the cliche's quite nicely. I was caught off guard by the bathtub scene!! Ha Ha. And how I would love to know where I could get some of that glue spray!

Reviewer: 78rpmnut - - January 27, 2008
Subject: Excellent!
A brilliant spoof of the "normal" people that were in TV Ads way back when.

I especially love that "bathtub ring" !

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