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Thread Number: 5749
TV Trivia: Name three vacs that appeared on "Friends" |
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| Post# 63911 3/25/2009 at 20:26 (5,502 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I loved the thread you guys once had about vacs on tv shows and in films. But that was before I registered on the site. I wanted to join in on this game of Vac Trivial Pursuit. So here's my first challenge: name three vacs that appeared on the comedy series "Friends." I wish I could give the winner my new stainless steel Connie, but I love her too much to give her away!!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 63944 , Reply# 2 3/26/2009 at 06:52 (5,502 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Well that was a short game!
Vintagehoover certainly won this round! I am a HUGE fan of "Friends", but I never saw the episode with the Dyson. And I did not even think to include the Eureka in the hospital closet. Actually, the one vac that is not on your list is the Bissell Lift-Off upright with removeable canister (white and green version). It is sitting in Monica and Chandler's kitchen in an episode after they get married and Chandler tries to hire a cleaning lady to help out Monica. The producers must have had some "product placement" contract with Bissell as the rechargeable hand vac you mention is also from that company. This white hand vac is clearly visible in almost every episode, as it is stored on a wall rack near the door in Joey's apartment! | ||
| Post# 63947 , Reply# 3 3/26/2009 at 07:28 (5,502 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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Lol, I'm sorry, I'm a comedy-junkie with a good memory for detail ;) Ok, your turn: Name the vacuum cleaner, and similar appliance, featured on Frasier... | ||
| Post# 63983 , Reply# 4 3/26/2009 at 17:01 (5,502 days old) by vintageroyal611 () | ||
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On Frasier there was a Sanitaire SC888 used during the end credits on one episode. On another Daphne bought that upright water vacuum that I thought looked like a Hoover SteamVac. | ||
| Post# 64016 , Reply# 6 3/26/2009 at 23:03 (5,501 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 64033 , Reply# 9 3/27/2009 at 09:50 (5,501 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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Thanks Sam... you certainly get the Mamma's Family prize :o) | ||
| Post# 64034 , Reply# 10 3/27/2009 at 12:06 (5,501 days old) by shag (Ontario, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 64068 , Reply# 12 3/27/2009 at 21:45 (5,500 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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forgot to add the link, here it is CLICK HERE TO GO TO xraytech's LINK | ||
| Post# 64080 , Reply# 13 3/28/2009 at 01:51 (5,500 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
I love Mama's Family | ||
| Post# 64083 , Reply# 14 3/28/2009 at 05:21 (5,500 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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Kenny, I ordered my box set online from some place in Canada, for the price I paid it is okay, it is a home made job recorderd from TBS. There are better sets out there but I was too cheap. Sam | ||
| Post# 64145 , Reply# 16 3/28/2009 at 17:24 (5,500 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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Bobby and Brian, Here is a link to a site that has the Mama's Family box set and it is on clearance for I believe 39.95. Sam CLICK HERE TO GO TO xraytech's LINK | ||
| Post# 64153 , Reply# 17 3/28/2009 at 18:02 (5,499 days old) by vacuumfreeeke () | ||
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Thanks! I am seriously considering it... I'd love to have them, especially since they aren't on ION anymore and I don't have cable. | ||
| Post# 64234 , Reply# 18 3/29/2009 at 03:19 (5,499 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 64238 , Reply# 19 3/29/2009 at 04:35 (5,499 days old) by swingette () | ||
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Did it suck the water in, Phillip? Ya know, Nell Carter did the same thing on the during the Gimmie a Break opening titles. | ||
| Post# 64248 , Reply# 20 3/29/2009 at 08:34 (5,499 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Name the situation comedy TV show which once showed a blue o | ||
Post# 64250 , Reply# 21 3/29/2009 at 08:44 (5,499 days old) by arh1953  ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Answer, Seinfeld fans?
I just saw the episode of Seinfeld where George was talked into taking his fathers car to a mall by Kramer, with the other two along. Father's car got destroyed by an angry mob, because a handicapped woman was not able to use the space. Long story short, George had to be his dads butler, and one last scent he was vacuuming the living room with a Royal or Kirby looking upright. What was it?
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| Post# 64255 , Reply# 22 3/29/2009 at 09:12 (5,499 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I love Seinfeld! | ||
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Post# 64261 , Reply# 23 3/29/2009 at 09:23 (5,499 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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And Frank gave George what for when he couldn't even vac | ||
| Post# 64287 , Reply# 24 3/29/2009 at 12:04 (5,499 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
eurekaprince... | ||
| Post# 64299 , Reply# 25 3/29/2009 at 12:24 (5,499 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Turbo! You are correct! Now what can I give you as a prize? | ||
| Post# 64302 , Reply# 26 3/29/2009 at 12:37 (5,499 days old) by vintagehoover () | ||
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And don't forget the Dyson DC07 on Karen's maid-cart in the episode where she pretends to be a hotel chambermaid! 'Karen, you're supposed to dust with the feather-end, not the stick end...' | ||
| Post# 64325 , Reply# 27 3/29/2009 at 17:34 (5,499 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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Also on Seinfeld when Elaine's Client's husband cleans Jerry's appartment and steals the statue that George was taking to his parents, the Guy drug in a non-self propelled Concept One. On Everybody Loves Raymond what model Hoover did Marie Use? | ||
| Post# 64337 , Reply# 28 3/29/2009 at 18:52 (5,498 days old) by vintageroyal611 () | ||
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That one's easy Sam that was my all time favorite Hoover, the Model 63. Now what vacuums did they have on Roseanne? | ||
| Post# 64340 , Reply# 29 3/29/2009 at 19:04 (5,498 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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I remember a late 80's Hoover electric broom, and I think a Eureka 1400 series or similar style upright. and was there an Elite also? | ||
| Post# 64341 , Reply# 30 3/29/2009 at 19:04 (5,498 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Rhoda Episode......
I remember a wonderful episode of the Rhoda comedy series in the 1970's which featured a classic Hoover upright from the 1950's. Rhoda's mother Ida Morgenstern, a little lady played by Nancy Walker, was shown pushing this monster brown upright with a really loud noise. When Rhoda came onto the set to talk to her, Ida turned it off and they both watched as the vacuum slowly turned off and the bag slooooooooowly deflated! It was hysterical! If anyone can find the clip on YouTube, it's a great vacuum moment in TV history.
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| Post# 64343 , Reply# 31 3/29/2009 at 19:20 (5,498 days old) by shag (Ontario, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 64424 , Reply# 32 3/30/2009 at 20:38 (5,497 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Yes....vacuuming DID make Ida relax!
Kinda the way vacuuming makes me relax too. Better than smoking or eating junk food. Okay Vac Fans, here's a real TV Trivia mystery for you: On "That 70's Show", there was always a canister vacuum stowed away centre stage in the back of the room in the basement where the gang always met. It is definitely a Eureka / JCPenney / Montgomery Ward / Eaton Viking "Sweet Sixteen" "Ironside" Power Nozzle canister with on-board Tool Pak. One thing that has bugged me ever since I found this vac on this great show - if the show was set in the 1970's would the Eureka Tool Pak look as it does on the machine that they have placed in the set? Eureka's canister Tool Paks changed when they introduced a floor brush with an attached elbow. This kind of floor and wall brush was provided on canisters in the 1950's, but when the company started offering three floor attachments (regular carpet nozzle, Vibra-Beat nozzle, floor and wall brush), they moved to "elbow-less", "neckless" attachments which were attached with a separate curved steel wand. These neckless attachments stored on large round "buttons" on the Eureka Tool Paks for years without any elbows or curved wands. Then, at some point in the 1980's, the company returned to offering a floor and wall brush with a neck. This forced a change in design of the Tool Pak. I think the first Eureka Power Team to offer the floor brush+neck was the Silver "Quiet Kleen" with special sound muffler. The power nozzle had also changed by then to offer a "belt view" window on one side of the nozzle. This newer power nozzle is also stored next to the canister on the set of "That 70's Show." Okay....now with that background in mind, did the producers of "That 70's Show" not make a mistake in placing a 1980's Eureka canister in a show set in the 1970's? The canister shown has a Tool Pak designed for the newer floor brush+elbow. The question I have is: "When did Eureka change their on-board Tool Pak, and did the art directors get this wrong? Am I obsessed with Eureka vacs or what????????? | ||
| Post# 64439 , Reply# 33 3/30/2009 at 21:50 (5,497 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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I had often thought the same thing about that Eureka being too new, it looked like it was from the Brandywine series from 1980. | ||
| Post# 64481 , Reply# 34 3/31/2009 at 12:42 (5,497 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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eurekaprince... | ||
| Post# 64485 , Reply# 35 3/31/2009 at 13:21 (5,497 days old) by ericaustin (Dallas, TX) | ||
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Roseanne On Roseanne there was a Hoover Dial A Matic sometimes in the laundry room by the water heater and then sometimes in Roseanne's budoir (gross) closet. | ||
| Post# 64486 , Reply# 36 3/31/2009 at 13:41 (5,497 days old) by methodistbill () | ||
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Hazel Some of us are old enough to remember the sitcom Hazel with Shirley Booth. What was her vac of choice? | ||
| Post# 64488 , Reply# 37 3/31/2009 at 14:38 (5,497 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I am so glad someone brought up "Hazel".....
I distinctly remember an episode where she was using a monstrous canister vacuum cleaner. I was so young, that I now do not remember the details. But it sticks in my mind to this day. I can't remember if this was some fictional monster vacuum that some door-to-door salesman "sucked" her into buying, or some other fancy-shmancy machine. I think I remember it blowing up on her, or maybe just smoking or burning. But I can swear there was an episode like this. Am I dreaming this, or can someone fill me in on the details of this fictional canister monster machine? I think it was a very boxy shape about waist high....with a canister hose and many attachments. | ||
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Post# 64489 , Reply# 38 3/31/2009 at 14:41 (5,497 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 64491 , Reply# 39 3/31/2009 at 14:47 (5,497 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 64574 , Reply# 40 3/31/2009 at 22:27 (5,496 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
Eurekaprince, i remember the Hazel episode you are talking about,no you not dreaming it up,,where Hazel buys a monsterous cannister vac from a door to door salesman, and lives to regret it,,im sure it wasnt a Lux. It was some sort of monster vac made up by the show's producers to look like a crazy contraption,,so that "Mr B" (Hazel's boss) could have something to really get mad at! Also on Mama's family,,, i remember there is an episode where Mama is vacuuming the couch in the living room with an late 70s, blue Powermate Kenmore,,the one with the fake woodgrain top,,,she is either using the upolstery brush, or the crevis tool on the end of the hose. They dont show the powermate. | ||
| Post# 64632 , Reply# 41 4/1/2009 at 13:13 (5,496 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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WOW! Thank you Brian in Eudora...... | ||
| Post# 64785 , Reply# 42 4/2/2009 at 12:49 (5,495 days old) by shag (Ontario, Canada) | ||
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The Jefferson's vacuum
In season one when Florence starts to appear on the show,she has a convertible.You can't see the base, but the bag is cream coloured and the handle almost appears to be pale yellow. In another episode when she is working a second job at night, she falls asleep while vacuuming.I think that convertible was chocolate brown. I think thats when her and Weezy get in a fight about Florence letting the bag get too full. Weezy used it and the bag burst and blew dust all over, Florence said it was her fault for buying cheap bags. | ||
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