Comments on: Disneyland Double Exposed, 1961

By: Judy Fullerton

Judy Fullerton — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:50:18 +0000

The best thing in the house of the future was that the wall colors could be changed with a light switch. I couldn’t wait to have my own when I grew up……..

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:23:04 +0000

This is like that movie Coocoon. The two young aliens are luring the elderly onto their spaceship. The aliens promise rejuvenization and youth.
(the end of the movie doesn’t show that they really eat the old people.) Run Gramma! RUN!

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:13:22 +0000

Yikes—I had to look really close to make sure that the twins weren’t my sister and I. Mom used to do stuff like that to us all the time. But we survived–barely.

By: Roger Thornhill

Roger Thornhill — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:34:06 +0000

We’ve come a long healthy way since my HS grad year! Grandpop is most likely in his early 60′s, Grandmom her late 50′s – and their “young man” is most likely in his mid 30′s.

By: Sassy Lu

Sassy Lu — Sat, 13 May 2006 18:39:44 +0000

Run, old folks, run!!!!! Those girls have a strange, “other worldly” look about them!!! Weren’t they on that spaceship in “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind”?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 13 May 2006 05:02:26 +0000

Sad but true…I remember, all too well, the Monsanto House of the Future. This truly dates me but I went to Disneyland the first year it opened. I was not quite 2 years. Sooo, growing up so close to the park was a thrill and always felt like we could never get there fast enough when Dad was driving. For a while Mom was the secretary to the congressman of Anaheim so we got freebies for a while and could take lots of out-of-town guests and be a BIG hit!!

I really loved the House of the Future. I was sad to see it go. It reminds me of my childhood and when my parents were still alive.

I had to look hard to make sure I wasn’t one of those spooky looking blonde kids.

Thanks for the memories!
Pamela

By: Kelly S.

Kelly S. — Sat, 13 May 2006 03:17:02 +0000

I know that these are NOT the twins from The Shining, b/c the real twins actually live right next door to me. And they are just as solemn and ultra-creepy. The sweet little girls in the slide look like they were dressed either in homage to Alice in Wonderland….or Dorothy from Oz.

By: Miss Sharon

Miss Sharon — Fri, 12 May 2006 22:54:03 +0000

Certainly Not Haunted Charles!

Yes of course Grandma could indeed be pleading for a saving from those twins (and Grandpa and Uncle Sammy) but not because there is a haunting afoot. I believe she might haunted by … well let’s listen in to Grandma’s interior monologue: “after this gosh durn long day at Disneyland (and time wasted in some kinda robot space house with an automated kitchen and those horrid television phones), these two brats and those two noodle brains are going to want me to make them something for dinner. Oh sure, we’ve eaten wieners and hamburgers and french fried potatoes and ice cream and that infernal fudge, but everybody still wants Grandma to make something delicious. Please Grandma! We need something to eat! Or maybe it will be the dunderhead saying, ‘Gee Mother, I sure am hungry!’ Blasted robot house … makes everyone think it’s easy to fix a nice meal.”

Oh Grandma! You poor soul! But I have a wonderful suggestion for you that won’t account for much cooking, just the opening of a few cans of canned and potted meat products. Yum yum! Looky Grandma! Dinner is a fun appetizer feast! I will simply send over the December 1960 issue of _Everywoman’s Family Circle_ to illuminate the way to “Easy, Elegant Snacks” made with Swift’s Premium meats-in-a-can. Lovely reader, you can make these right along with Grandma:

“Caught short for something special to serve? Not you … not ever, when you keep a supply of Swift’s Premium meats-in-a-can on hand. It’s the modern way to keep good meats in reach. 27 wonderful kinds to choose from. All ready to eat … all easy to keep indefinitely without refrigeration.

Swift’s Premium Vienna Sausage: Cut in halves, heat, serve on picks with pearl onion, stuffed olive, or a cube of Swift’s Brookfield Cheese. Mix equal parts of mayonnaise and mustard for a tangy dip.

Swift’s Premium Deviled Ham: For good munching, stuff crisp celery with Swift’s savory but subtle Deviled Ham.

Swift’s Premium Corned Beef: Mix with sour cream and horseradish. Heap on toasted rye. Broil 5 minutes.

Swift’s Prem: If you’re adventurous enough to try this one, you’re sure to be rewarded by an empty plate. Just place thin slices of Swift’s famed Prem on buttered (or peanut buttered) graham crackers.

Always keep good meats in reach … Swift’s Premium meats-in-a-can!”

Who’s saying “mmm-mmm” now? I imagine it’s not just Grandma and her Crew Of The Damned. Who wouldn’t want a Spam-ish slice of Prem on a graham cracker slathered with peanut butter? My goodness! A dinner made up of snacks and appetizers (and maybe a drink or two) is never improper, and is always in style! Don’t make it a habit, of course, but sometime we ladies don’t want to make dinner — so make it a party! And don’t forget those meats-in-a-can!

xoxo!
Miss Sharon

By: Erik Wilson

Erik Wilson — Fri, 12 May 2006 22:36:15 +0000

“Tomorrowland of the Damned!!”

Coming soon to a theater near you.

By: Heidi Schultz

Heidi Schultz — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:01:29 +0000

The “spaceship” house in the background reminds me of the “sleeper house” in Colorado. The elderly folks…long lost family on my husbands side The twins…future mormon missionaries beating a path to the “group” of lost souls…