The breakfast scene

I grew up in the 80s so we had oatmeal or cereal for breakfast. Bleh. In the 1950s a factory worker could afford a house, car, and a stay-at-home wife on his wages. The good old days indeed! I know so many women who want to stay home with their kids but they literally can't afford to because 1 salary isn't enough to survive on.

I was born in the late 50s and grew up during the 60s. My dad worked full time and my mom worked part time on and off. That is to say, not steady. We (and I suspect most middle class families) never had a breakfast like the one in the movie on a school day morning, even when my mom wasn't working. We only had that kind on weekends, holidays or occasionally during summer weekdays. It was a funny scene, but pretty over the top. I've never seen a stack of pancakes that high up close and personal in my entire life. On school day mornings it was cold cereal, oatmeal and/or toast for breakfast. Later in the 60s, Pop Tarts became an option.

You miss the point. It wasn't intended to be taken seriously, that 1950s moms really prepared that type of breakfast for their teenage school children, instead it was part of the contrast between the real world the twins grew up in and the fictional B&W world of the 1950s family TV show. It was an intended exaggeration. Like the basketball team never missing a shot. Like the firemen not knowing how to react to a fire. Like the books all being blank and the bathrooms having no toilets.

..*.. TxMike ..*..