shot from the heart of the 70's

[the_siobhan]

For some reason yesterday while I was at work I had a flashback to a commercial I used to see when I was in my - probably my early teens. Not sure. I don't know why it just flopped out into my conscious mind like that. Maybe somebody mentioned elephants. Maybe the little guy who runs the filing system was cleaning out the closets again.

Anyway, the commercial was on television. A mother takes her son to the zoo. While looking at the elephant enclosure the precocious offspring points at the elephants' legs and says something like, "Look mommy! They have knees just like you do!"

A shot of mom's mortified face, then one of her legs. As her knee straightens, the fabric of her pantyhose sags away from her skin and folds into little beige wrinkles. The rest of the commercial sings the praises of the advertiser's brand of pantyhose, which will not go baggy around your knees after walking around all day and is therefore far superior to the brand obviously being worn by mom. Next shot the happy family are feeding peanuts to the elephant, who is apparently not offended by having his legs compared to pantyhose.

And all I could think of was, "WHO THE FUCK WEARS PANTYHOSE TO THE ZOO?"

Comments

[lilactime.livejournal.com]

Well... ladies in the 70s, apparently. Pantyhose were still pretty new and exciting at that point, and many women were taught that if they wore a skirt, they HAD to wear hose, regardless of the outfit or destination.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I'm old enough to still have a tiny bit of that. I get over it real fast when the thermometer hits 30+ though.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Hells yeah. The day that it's warm enough to wear skirts without hose is a banner day. Gin and tonics are usually involved.