It's been a while since our old pal Reddy Kilowatt has dropped by here on the blog. He was pretty much retired by the early 1970s, so it's unlikely that he'll pop up in any 1973 ads. So, we'll reach back a little earlier and post this ad that appeared in the Journal back on August 6, 1963.
It's an odd ad, with its illustrations of a woman stylishly dressed while preparing her soon-to-be-frozen vittles. (It looks like she's wearing a cocktail dress while she decorates her cake.)
Anyway, I've mentioned before how I just don't use my freezer very much, despite Reddy's advice. I have a pot pie in there that's aging nicely, some soup I made in the early spring, and some ancient, stinky ice cubes – but that's about it.
I knew a few people in my youth that had those huge freezers like Reddy is demonstrating. But the Brady freezer in the basement was upright, and – for quite a time in the 1970s and 80s – filled with perch and walleye that Dad caught.
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Dan and Reddy. Reddy and Dan.
They're always together, as close as can be!
We bought a small chest freezer to store extra Sam's Club stuff when the kids came along. Three decades later it's still chugging right along, and we use it all the time.
But, growing up, we never had one. No food survived in the house long enough to be frozed!
As an aside, Mom never ever looked that happy in the kitchen.
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