While researching for another blog I’ve started writing for (you can check it out over at City Pages, I’ll be there M-F from now on!), I came across this fantastic video from the 1950’s called “More Dates for Kay”. In an effort to help girls feel better about themselves when they didn’t have a date for Saturday night, some hysterical 1950’s mind put this out into the universe. And I love it.

See that? That’s a couple of lonely sisters dateless on a Saturday, so instead they play games and eat popcorn with mom and dad. It sure is swell. But not the same as being with a boy at the movies. So older sister here, she tells lil’ sis how her friend Kay set out to get more dates.

What ensues is a fabulous, super vintage-y list of what girls should do. . . 1) good grooming habits, including baths, toothpaste and real good underarm deodorant, 2) then, like Kay, begin making more friends at school, mostly with boys, and 3) again like Kay, help out, like offering to make your brother and his friend Buzz sandwiches while they study.

And see that, just by making him a sandwich, Buzz noticed Kay and asked her to the football game on Saturday.

How magically wonderful. Deodorant + Sandwich = Date with Buzz. See Kay lonely. See Kay make a ham and cheese for boy. See Kay date. Ha ha. How great is that? It’s so great, I’m gonna start using the word swell to all the boys like Kay. And I s’pose I’ll wear more deodorant now too. But you can forget about the sandwiches.

Here’s the video in its entirety. It won’t change your life, but in light of our current standards and expectations on this topic, it’ll make you smile!

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