Insane How-To Videos from the 50s 

"If you don't have skin and a mouth, you're not gonna get a boyfriend" Well that explains that.

“It is currently the day it is.” Quirky Senior Quote.

“Because she seems as interested in girls as in boys” is a hilarious line to me because you know that he meant that she just doesn’t care about dating at the moment so sees everyone as just friends ig but hearing it now just sounds like she’s just bi which is NOT what they wanted you to think.

I love how they call it "HER coffee" as if she produced it instead of a factory when literally the whole point of the commercials is switching to a brand of good coffee which means it's the brands fault.

Girl has socks* 50’s narrator: DISGUSTING

wife gives husband bad coffee: husband: well my disappointment is immeasurable and my marriage is ruined

I have so much respect for 50s women for not just murdering every man they knew. The self restraint. I could never.

“dress well, be bisexual and just don’t get into any trouble” shit, man, i would’ve fucking thrived in a 50s school. well, except for the fact that i’m a queer black girl.

all popular girls in the 50s knew was: - be bisexual - eat hot chip - lie

Why did I identify so much with the girl who said “meow meow” and was told to STFU...

Fun fact: they had a bunch of those " how to snag a man" videos in the late '40s and early '50s because so many of the young men died in WWII that there was a gender imbalance and a lot of competition for the remaining men.

I showed this to my grandpa, who was born in the 50s, and he laughed at the absurdity of people in the 50s.

what it was like in the 50’s: •college costed like 3 dollars •men always wore suits •drew wasn’t born

wife: *gives husband bad coffee* 50's husband options: 1) pee in her mouth 2) DIVORCE

It feels weird thinking drew had 5 other girlfriends before Amanda. I like to think that they just met and that was it lmao

I saw a comercial for a cleaning product from the 60s, they were saying how you could reuse the bottle for juice or milk when it literally had clorum before. Such a nice time to be alive

girl reads book: ew gross!!🤢 girl puts down book: oh brother🤤

Wife: Makes bad coffee Husband: So you have chosen... death.

Me: Why did you pull me over? Cop: Bad drive!

I've never laughed so hard at something then I did at the skit at 10:22. I can't stop watching it and smokers cough wheezing laughing at it. Thank you so much, Drew. Fucking made my night. As I sit in my garage alone as a 35 Yr old mother of two, who are in bed, and Watch your old videos, I think to myself how lucky I was to stumble across your vines 10 yrs ago. Anyway, thanks.

"Mm-hmm." "Mm-mm." "Bad taste." _Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?_

These can’t be real... “behave like a human being” wtf

Yesterday I made my boyfriend a black coffee from an instant coffee bag and he was hyping me up like, "ohh, this is great, I really needed this." I wouldn't last a second in a 50s marriage. I am spoiled by having kind and appreciative partners hahah

Drew, a 26 year old, looks WAY younger than the 'teenagers' in these videos.

“It’s currently the day that it is” I’m getting that shit framed

This is how people are gonna talk about wiki-how in the future

My wife's grandmother would make coffee every morning for her husband before he passed away. And every time she would ask how it was, very similar to these ads. They're in their 80's so I have to imagine these sorts of ads actually had a cultural impact.

"My parents didn't invent me until about 40 years later" What an absolutely horrific way to put that.

“Myeow myeow.” -Ellie 1947

As an Australian i can translate what that bloke was saying at the end there: "Ah, poor old man, he works too hard. The wives have got nothing to do."

how to become popular: -be bisexual -dress well -don’t get into trouble *ok so why dont i have any friends*

my history teacher actually showed us some of the videos when we learned about the 50s. he wanted to show how bizarre the videos were to the class lol

I swear one dude narrated everything that was ever narrated back then, literally sounds like same dude in every how to and educational video from them days.

Why does every narrator from the 50s sound like the exact same dude

Australian here! He said "Poor old man he works too hard, the wives have got nothing to do"

as a former woman, being well dressed and a good person did not make me popular. it made me a target for bullying lmao. now, as an outgoing, kinda confident, friendly guy, im kinda popular. the moral of the story is that i got skin and a mouth.

the way Drew said "why, she oughta die" really took me somewhere

I once made my man a cup of coffee and it was so bad he collapsed and started convulsing and screaming in an ancient dead language before his skin split open and his true form writhed out from the fleshy confines of his mortal body before he transcended into the 7th plane of existence. Anyway that's why I use Folgers.

“And those 😒 _socks_ 🤮”

This was all just for the laughs and yet I still found myself yelling, "Well, make your own goddamn coffee then!" 😅

I didn't know there were catgirls in the 50s

"Hey bro, guess what?" "What" "My new girlfriend has a mouth AND skin" "Aw lucky, mine only has skin"

This is my favourite of your videos, your distinctive humour is at its peak here, combined with the somewhat obscure subject matter, it's the perfect example of why I'm subscribed. Highly quotable, lots of moments I have to double back and watch again 'cause they're too funny & clever to watch just once.

Since I watched this with my man, these wordless "no" and "yes" answers of that guy at 6:50 became a running gag in our house!!

THAT GIRL BARELY EVEN CHANGED AND SHE WAS CUTE THE WHOLE TIME I-

Grandmas be like “your grandpa used to follow me everyday after school until I said yes to a date” Like grandma...no that’s not ok

Please do a part 2. I laughed so much at this.

All the Australians perfectly understanding the guy at the end 😳

Every person in the 50s is like the most passive aggressive people i've ever seen

Mouth and skin..... yet another unrealistic beauty standard for women.

10:10 I speak fluent Australia "Oh good lord no, no I wouldn't, I wouldn't say that, I don't think. Poor old man, if he works too hard the wife would have nothing to do." You're welcome

9:20 ok why you gotta call me out like that

wife: you need to tell me whats wrong jonathan, we havent made love in years jonathan: bad taSTE

Keys to popularity: •Dress well •Be bisexual •Stay out of trouble

Imagine you get up because someone's standing too close and then suddenly teleport back to where you were, and hear the words "lets start all over"

the most important things in a 50's/60's marriage -Respect and Honesty -Loving Each Other -Caring for Each Other -*GOOD COFFEE*

“Your coffee just doesn’t taste any good!” “Then make your own damn coffee, Richard.”

Men in the 50s: Are dressed up to the nines 24/7 Also men in the 50s: "Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?"

i don’t know why but “make your husband love you again.. or, for the first time” made me choke on my water

I know I’m late to the party, but Drew? You’re brilliant. You’re the first “RU-vidr” that makes me laugh out loud. I know no one will read this, but all me a fan.

keys to popularity: - dress well - be bisexual - don’t get into any trouble

“If ya don’t have skin or a mouth, ya not gonna get a boyfriend”- words to live by

This video is timeless, I found it 2 years later and it’s the most hilarious thing

I cackled at “mEoW mEoW” Ok but I would be annoyed to if she did that all the time. “Yeah my parents got a divorce and also my dad lost his left leg and can’t work anymore”“mEoW mEoW” “OMG STFU ELLIE”

"dress well, be bisexual, don't get into any trouble" someone better tell high school that i was supposed to be popular because i don't think they got the memo

This is like ancient Wiki-Hows

8:05 this clip is sampled in a song, I will report back when I can find it

finally. i figured it out. all these years later i finally figured out what the guy in 10:14 was muttering incoherently when asked if husbands should help with housework: "Oh poor old man if he works too hard then the wife's got nothing to do" if this soothes no-one else's soul, it soothes mine.

Damb so there’s always been people acting like coffees a personality trait

Me writing the date on my midterm: *"It is currently the day that it is"*

The Wilkins coffee commercials had a frog that would murder you to get his coffee

5:46 now you can only do that in the midwest

Well the boys weren’t complaining about Jenny when she was parking in cars with them.

Narrator: “She’s not the type to make him behave like a human being.” Woman: “What are you doing?!” Man: “I don’t find you attractive, so I had no choice but to howl at the moon and piss on a fire hydrant.”

The Foldgers commercial just made me think of the ideas thought up for the lipstick commercial on Mad Men and how they definitely used to rely selling to housewives.

this old-time videos are definitely my comfort videos, they are so simple yet fun

“Dress well, be bisexual, and don’t get into any trouble” is my new motto

It's good to know we've got another John Mulaney in case something happens to the one we're using

I'm glad that casting adults to play teenagers was always a thing lol Also this video is a masterpiece.

the INTERVIEW AT THE END I'm cackling drew omg

‘The type to make this guy behave like a human being’ and thus the thought process of ‘we only respect women we’re attracted to’ was born

Now: The thing that matters in a relationship is trusting each other and making each other feel loved. 50's: *cof f ee*

It actually is Tuesday for me right now. Take that last frame of the video!

_"Not you, young man. You should pull your dick out."..._ I was eating when this part happened and I nearly *CHOKED TO DEATH!!* 😩

1950: she's a swell kid 2019: you that girl hella thicc

This is why I hate when people say they're born in the wrong generation.

This is one of my favorite Drew videos and I have probably watched this at least 50 times

I absolutely LOVED how you transitioned into the ad 😍💜!

“Ladies if you’re trying to get a boyfriend don’t forget you need skin. And a mouth. If you don’t have skin and a mouth you’re not going to get a boyfriend” -Drew Gooden 2019

"their tone is generally very calm but the words they're saying are so vicious"

love how this starts with "hey guy" singular, so I know Drew is talking to me and me personally

“Hey guy, welcome back to the present. My name is Drew and it is currently the day that is is.” is an absolute banger of an opening.

Men in the 50s: Ew liking fashion is for women Also men in the 50s: Ew have you seen Becky's blouse? Oh and don't get me started on her socks!

Fun fact: furries didn’t exist until Ellie pioneered their existence with the iconic “meow meow” at the boys lunch table. Furries still quote her to this day.

Please do more videos like this I’ve rewatched too many times to count! 😂😂

My favorite Drew bit is him pretending that "falling into a weird instructional video rabbit hole" is a normal thing that happens to everyone

When drew gets into the old times, he truly becomes John Mulaney

I thought the whole "meOW" thing was that she was calling them catty for talking badly about the other girl behind her back. So that's why the guy scoffed at her.

This video was way to short... i really love this content and i very much hope that Drew does more of this!!!