frkirby511
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Last night's all new "Man Men" episode entitled "Flight One," had the character Peggy Olson[Elizabeth Moss] come to work with an Electrolux LX. At first you wonder what she is doing bringing this vacuum to work. As the story unfolds you find out she is not going to use the vacum at the office, but had borrowed the vacuum from her mother, and was stopping for a visit with her mother after work before going home. Since she uses public transportation, she apparently carried the vacuum with her to work so as not to have to go home to get it before going to her mothers home which is apparently on the way.
As Peggy walks into her mother's appartment, she is carrying the vacuum and sets it down in the foyer before going into the kitchen to greet her mother. Sitting at the kitchen table over dinner, her mother asks her if she brought the vacuum with her and if she "emptied" the bag. I guess the writers didn't know the LX big feature was the new Electorlux Wrappers!!! One little mistake in an otherwise perfect presentation of the Model LX. Since the story takes place in 1960, it is certainly plausable that this would be the model her mother would have had.
In fact, as vacuums went back then, this being about 7 or 8 years old in 1960, her mother would have probably considered this a new vacuum, since they built vacuums to last practically a lifetime. And it may have even been the very first vacuum she owned, since in the early 1950's many folks, especially apartment dwellers, still used only carpet sweepers to clean carpeting.
In both scenes you get an excellent shot of the vacuum which is very well preserved, with the yellow background and red script lettering Electrolux. She carries the vacuum with hose, wands and floor brush attached.
You can watch the episode on some cable AMC on demand. It's a great series on the 60's if you haven't seen it. You can also purchase each episode or the whole series on itunes.
A bit of TV vacuum fun!!!
Fr.B
PS The Pre-Vatican II Catholic Mass scene that ends this episode is also not entirely correct. The priest says the Latin invitation to communion, "Domine non sum dignus," 5 times. this was never repated 5 times. In the older rite of Mass, it was only repeated 3 times, and now in the current rite of Mass it's said only once and of course not in Latin but in the vernacular language of people celebrating the Mass.
And when it was said, the priest turned around to the people to say it, he did not have his back to them as this episode portrays. Looks like they needed some extra time to fill in so they just added this to the rite. But then, most films never get Catholic stuff correct. Wish they would ask the right people about these things. More triva!!!
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/episode202
As Peggy walks into her mother's appartment, she is carrying the vacuum and sets it down in the foyer before going into the kitchen to greet her mother. Sitting at the kitchen table over dinner, her mother asks her if she brought the vacuum with her and if she "emptied" the bag. I guess the writers didn't know the LX big feature was the new Electorlux Wrappers!!! One little mistake in an otherwise perfect presentation of the Model LX. Since the story takes place in 1960, it is certainly plausable that this would be the model her mother would have had.
In fact, as vacuums went back then, this being about 7 or 8 years old in 1960, her mother would have probably considered this a new vacuum, since they built vacuums to last practically a lifetime. And it may have even been the very first vacuum she owned, since in the early 1950's many folks, especially apartment dwellers, still used only carpet sweepers to clean carpeting.
In both scenes you get an excellent shot of the vacuum which is very well preserved, with the yellow background and red script lettering Electrolux. She carries the vacuum with hose, wands and floor brush attached.
You can watch the episode on some cable AMC on demand. It's a great series on the 60's if you haven't seen it. You can also purchase each episode or the whole series on itunes.
A bit of TV vacuum fun!!!
Fr.B
PS The Pre-Vatican II Catholic Mass scene that ends this episode is also not entirely correct. The priest says the Latin invitation to communion, "Domine non sum dignus," 5 times. this was never repated 5 times. In the older rite of Mass, it was only repeated 3 times, and now in the current rite of Mass it's said only once and of course not in Latin but in the vernacular language of people celebrating the Mass.
And when it was said, the priest turned around to the people to say it, he did not have his back to them as this episode portrays. Looks like they needed some extra time to fill in so they just added this to the rite. But then, most films never get Catholic stuff correct. Wish they would ask the right people about these things. More triva!!!
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/episode202
