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Title: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on May 22, 2016, 01:59:40 am
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
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Post by: superdude103194 on May 22, 2016, 08:30:01 am
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.
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Post by: 64Fordman on May 22, 2016, 04:56:42 pm
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.
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Post by: blarg on May 22, 2016, 07:03:16 pm
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
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on May 22, 2016, 10:44:51 pm
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
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Post by: laundering by woman on May 22, 2016, 10:57:10 pm
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
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: laundering by woman on May 22, 2016, 11:17:38 pm
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
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Post by: blarg on May 23, 2016, 12:50:01 am
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
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Post by: 64Fordman on May 23, 2016, 03:24:06 am
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
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: blarg on May 23, 2016, 04:02:44 am
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
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Post by: laundering by woman on May 23, 2016, 02:39:21 pm
Thanks Blarg and Fordman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6dxsc15WU&list=PLgOc_f6uBbKVvCKWX0UJXCizqYmWN8gxR&index=2
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Post by: 64Fordman on May 23, 2016, 07:22:38 pm
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
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on May 23, 2016, 11:50:17 pm
Another conveyor belt scene with Inspector Gadget and Penny

Full episode, starts at 18:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6HVA7Hjfhc
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on May 24, 2016, 12:39:48 am
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
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: blarg on May 26, 2016, 12:15:22 am
there is a scene in Chicken Run where the main chickens have to survive a chicken pot pie making machine

https://youtu.be/ZUdew5gMbTg
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Post by: 64Fordman on May 26, 2016, 02:51:11 am
That was awesome, thanks Blarg.
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Post by: jackierabbit1 on May 26, 2016, 09:59:14 am
Thanks for sharing, I seriously liked the Batgirl clips, but I am partial to such things.

Jackie.
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: Daffy Duck on May 31, 2016, 08:27:32 pm
Some excellent choice of videos !

Thanks for posting for the community to enjoy.

Daffy
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: Daffy Duck on June 03, 2016, 02:50:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDOxv2bPgLw

This is just one of many 'dryer riding' and washing machine videos on Youtube.

Hope you enjoy.

Daffy
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: laundering by woman on June 05, 2016, 09:17:49 am
Thanks for posting it Daffy. They're a lot of videos where peoples ride a dryer on youtube, but this is one of the best. I like the woman reaction. She looks likes pity for him, in a first time. But she's laughting a moment later, and ending with; "Do you want some water?"   
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: Daffy Duck on June 06, 2016, 01:18:38 am
I am glad you liked it.

Daffy
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on February 20, 2017, 04:30:23 am
Woman gets in dog washing machine at a pet spa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpWAuhQZ7n8
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: ElectroPainLover on February 20, 2017, 01:31:55 pm
Cute, but a bit corny. Why the flippers and snorkel again lady? Gotta love the dramatization in 'reality' TV. I also hate to inform her that the dog is not nervous about the audition...she is.

Sorry for what seems to be a knock against your post Fordman...it's the producers of Lifetime I'm kicking...not you.

Dana
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: 64Fordman on February 20, 2017, 05:43:35 pm
No offence taken. I have no idea what that show was, don’t watch Lifetime.

There are many dog washing machine videos around, they inspired my first Sue & Ali story, so it was only a matter of time before somebody got in one I guess.
Title: Re: Laundry and other machines in movies and TV
Post by: ElectroPainLover on February 20, 2017, 06:59:17 pm
I don't watch it either. The title of the video said it was Lifetime's 'Off the Leash'.

If there is one thing good about people taking the lazy way out of washing their pet pooch, it's that it inspired a great story about Sue & Ali's adventure.
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Post by: 64Fordman on February 25, 2017, 01:03:19 am
Another pet spa, this time a guy tries the automatic dog washing machine. (35 bucks, are they serious?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FR4W309dYo


Here is a Donald Duck cartoon from 1940 titled Donald’s Dog Laundry, of course Donald builds a machine to do the work, and Pluto makes sure Donald is the first customer. Walt Disney must have been one of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-m6n9x2iBY


Finally, the Three Stooges use an automatic dog washer for their pet grooming business.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48QtcSPSbhg