Laundry and other machines in movies and TV

[64Fordman]

I like reading machine stories here at the Plaza, a close second is finding a good scene in a movie or television show. I would like to hear about yours. Here are a few of mine.

Being laundered is a popular topic here, so first up is a scene from Moonlighting, an 80’s detective show starring Bruce Willis. The secretary Agnes DiPesto, played by Alice Beasley, gets trapped in an automatic laundry.

Full episode, scene starts at 31:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4bg6CYWxEA

Alex in a Dryer from Orange is the New Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKaqxgbybHM

Batgirl strapped to a conveyor belt, from the 1960’s Batman series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1mYZrHP0Ks

Katrina Bowden tied to a buzzsaw in Tucker and Dale vs Evil, 2010 movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewRRDvL3bo

Even advertisers got into it, here’s a 1970 Ford commercial from Portugal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bX4Tf5Zbv4

Castration factory from the movie Ice Pirates (1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KcTCRSZBUU

[superdude103194]

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but the "Special Delivery" episode of Rugrats is what first made me realize I was into this stuff.

https://youtu.be/ypA5J6owjUI?t=289

Tons of conveyor belts, mechanical arms, scanning lasers, even some real peril at the end.

[64Fordman]

Thanks Superdude103194, great clip. The AH-HA moment is always memorable. Hard to pin mine down, in my day Saturday mornings were filled with the great Republic Serials from the 30’s and 40’s along with cartoons like Scooby-Doo, Underdog, and Rocky and Bullwinkle.

We were inundated with images like your Rugrats clip, but it was probably the Republic Serials, live action shorts originally shown in movie theaters before the feature film and always ending with a cliffhanger. Most often it was the hero, or his love interest, on a conveyor slowly moving toward some horrible fate. They would be rescued at the beginning of the next installment, capture the villain, and after a quick embrace start a new adventure.

[blarg]

the "Special Delivery" episode of Rugrats was also what made me realize I had a thing for machines.

There was another cartoon called Angry Beavers that had an episode called "Box Top Beavers" where the characters ended up sending themselves to a cereal factory to try and get a prize. One of them ends up in the machinery: https://youtu.be/9_LSNOgTHzk?t=7m57s (couldn't find a better clip that wasn't on a suspicious site)

I've sort of always liked the cartoony side of machinery, I think it was probably because cartoons were my first time ever really seeing it :p

[64Fordman]

Thanks Blarg, I like that. Cartoons were great for their ability to show things not possible with live action. Here’s a couple of oldies.
 
From 1967. Tom and Jerry in Cannery Rodents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVCeMs3Qres

In this short from 1937, Donald Duck gets caught in various machines in the Modern Inventions museum. It’s interesting to see how the future is depicted during the dark days of the depression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSohVE6Zmjc

[laundering by woman]

Thanks for posting this videos 64Fordman. I enjoyed seen the "moonlight" video. The non cartoons videos where someone is trapped in a washing machine are rare. This is some I like too:

A CZ short film where a hitman finish murdered in a washing machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STEMpqJEp4g

An old american film called Rio Rita:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dYIzdsA-ms

And if you like giantess:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXnnBm8oz8

[laundering by woman]

And others:

Popeye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgu6HZ63VA

Stuart little
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4b9uKZNCIU

Mr Bean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-mIxEvmvs

[blarg]

that Donald duck Has a few inventions I quite like

the automated wrapping machine is great. I could see that as part of a longer process where someone is wrapped up at the very end of a long line of machinery

of course as someone who quite enjoys diapers the automated nursery machine is something I like the idea of too, though I prefer conveyor belts and such over robots :p

[64Fordman]

Thanks Laundering by woman, all good clips. Here’s a washing machine scene from the 1990 movie Ernest Goes to Jail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QgleQOISMc

And from 1963, Speedy Gonzales helps his friends get some snacks from an automated food plant guarded by Sylvester the cat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fhLVKLAG0w

[blarg]

Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave had quite a few machine parts. unfortunately it is impossible to find any clips of adequate quality on reputable sites

still, here's something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_QhmKwHybU

[laundering by woman]

Thanks Blarg and Fordman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6dxsc15WU&list=PLgOc_f6uBbKVvCKWX0UJXCizqYmWN8gxR&index=2

[64Fordman]

Thanks Blarg and Laundering by woman, great minds at Disney. Here’s a few more conveyor belt scenes.

Also from Disney. Kim Possible from the episode Animal Attraction.
Full episode, starts at 9:35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70-8neE-oHU

Catwoman caught by Harley Quinn in Batman: The animated series (clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9akHOR9ZiMM

And a high quality example of the old movie serials in a ‘sign over the deed to your farm or else’ storyline.

King of the Forest Rangers Ch. 9 (1946)  Starts at 8:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jt3TNvs53o

King of the Forest Rangers Ch. 10  Continues at beginning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taqeVMxBtio

[64Fordman]

Another conveyor belt scene with Inspector Gadget and Penny

Full episode, starts at 18:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6HVA7Hjfhc

[64Fordman]

A couple more washing machine scenes.

The Pink Panther, We Give Pink Stamps

Pink spends the night in a department store and tries out the appliances.

Full episode, starts at 3:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZLZQGydPc

The Toxic Avenger, quite possibly the worst horror film ever made. If you’re confused, the hero and villain are the same person.

Full movie, woman shoved in washing machine at 1:04:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIRYFdPBVA8

[blarg]

there is a scene in Chicken Run where the main chickens have to survive a chicken pot pie making machine

https://youtu.be/ZUdew5gMbTg