11 January 2011

"TV dinners" of the 1960s

This 1966 advertisement, found at Vintage Ads, brought back strong memories, because when I was in graduate school in the late 60s. the freezer of my apartment was well stocked with these, because they were fast - and cheap. (I believe they sold 3-for-a-dollar at the time...)

7 comments:

  1. JimJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Were they actually any good? Competitive with modern TV dinners?

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  2. JDJarvisJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    @JIM...uh,no. Modern T.V. dinners are generally a heck of a lot tastier.

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  3. MinnesotastanJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I can't say. Since I got married I don't eat TV dinners any more.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    3/$1 is a bit expensive, comparatively. The inflation calculator I used has that at about $6.80 in today's dollars. You can get a tv dinner for $1 in a lot of supermarkets. Though it's about the same as the midrange dinners, I guess...which are about $2-2.50 each.

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  5. MinnesotastanJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    ???

    Are you sure you punched in the numbers correctly? I just tried this calculator -

    http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

    and 33 cents in 1968 translates to $2.01 today.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    I love when you post old time-y ads. I have a hard time finding good ones, though I did find an interesting one on youtube advertising cold cream where they put radioactive dirt on a woman's face.

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  7. NoumenonJanuary 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    You should try TV dinners -- they're incredible, from the salmon Mediterranean to the Chicken Pad Thai to the Three Layer Enchilada Pie. Of course I haven't tried your wife's cooking, so I can't say.

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