Making a New Day Out of Tuesday (Part II) (1946)

★★★★★ · Ah, for the good ole 1950's! · 1950's Gal · 2007-09-30

I was a teenager in the 50's, and we had an "Ironrite Ironer" just like this one in the film! My Mother did all of the family's ironing on it...she was an expert at it, and eventually taught me everything about it, but I was NEVER as 'handy' at it as she was! She could 'zip' through a big basket of clothes (that she had 'sprinkled' just right - usually the night before, so they would be thoroughly dampened, but not TOO MUCH)! And "ironing day" really became sort of a "relaxation" for her from the time she mastered how to use that "new-fangled-mangle-machine"! She had everything "down to a…

★★★★★ · Informative Propaganda for Ironing Enthusiasts · IthacaNancy · 2007-06-06

This is a useful video if you have an Ironrite but no previous knowledge of how to use it. It relies on what for many people may be fairly outdated family roles (Mom tucks Dad into his twin bed - she irons while he golfs) - but for many of us the reality is she still does most of the domestic work, and he prefers golf. The Ironrite is a great machine and does everything the narrator claims. I have two and I wish I'd seen the video three years ago when I was new to using them.

★★★★ · Susanne Somers take note.. · Spuzz · 2003-11-01

Mary Jones has it all, a husband, a hermaphrodite kid (I guess it's a girl, when she sees her off, the kid is wearing ribbons in her hair but dungarees and a long sleeve shirt) a lovely house with frilly windows in the kitchen, and of course, the 250 pound Ironrite that sits in the middle of her living room. These contraptions in this film were made to make ironing easier.. No wait! It was made so that you would WANT to do ironing! The machine, which looks hopelessly dangerous and complicated operated by pressing on levers with your thighs (!!) and letting the rollers press the clothes in the…