Jack and Jill

★★★★ · Practical Jokers! · Spuzz · 2023-04-05

Interesting safety film made for Bell Systems Office Employees, about your regular run of the mill office hazards, like open drawers, spills, cigarette fires etc. I like the uniqueness of this for sure, all the people in this (well, the office scenes) are Bell Employees. Even though Men (jack) and women (Jills) are represented equally, narrator at the end apologizes that he made the woman the main focus, which was REALLY not the case, but it does sound sort of a backhanded remark. The other amazing aspect of this is is the organ music here! It really is spritzy and adds so much to this film.…

★★★ · Let's Mansplain · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-07-09

This short is directed at A.T. & T. employees, telling to be mindful of safety. Actually, it's directed at female employees, as careless and always-rushing Jill is told through the film by narrator Oscar Edward Baan and by co-worker Jack to stop being such a ditz and pay attention. She almost gets hit by a '54 Buick (the driver wasn't paying attention either), suddenly starts yapping to a friend in the middle of the street, and is at the centre of all kinds of office mishaps. As an ironic side note, Mr. Baan was one of seven people injured in a car accident in Marin County in Jan. 1964.…