Wow. Commercials Have Certainly Come A Long Way... (Thankfully!)

{{ I have what I suspect is a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder and I think I may have

found what could be contributing to the problem... MY cup is the one in the middle and when it's

full it weighs a TON!  Haha!!   Hope you enjoy this fun coffee-themed post...}}

A recent assignment my daughter had to do for her digital design class

had her creating a fun video about our favorite thing:  COFFEE.

Here is her creation:

It turned out so cute, but in her search for some old coffee commercials,

she got a "taste" of how things apparently used to be for women "back in the day"...

If you judge only according to these old coffee commercials, you would think a woman's 

life and marital happiness revolved solely around her ability to create a good 

cup of coffee.  Yikes.

I recently purchased the book "Starbucks Saved My Life" (a true story about a man who had it all and then some, but a fall from grace caused him to lose it all and he ends up working in his local Starbucks serving the people he used to hob nob with and living in a one room apt. -- but he learned a lot about life and true happiness as a result) and based on these old-school

commercials, Starbucks could have possibly saved some marriages, too...

These sad commercials are just a sampling of what we found:

And while those commercials were fairly disturbing because of the husband's cruel words

regarding his coffee preferences, 

and the wife's fate hanging on the quality of her perked coffee,

we uncovered a series of commercials that were downright scary!   :)

Though they used puppets for all of them (and I believe we hear a future

Sesame Street character voice in them), my goodness they are violent!   

Just look at this: 

So, while there are still commercial trends today that have gone in directions that

I would argue are degrading to women, it appears that the "good old days" had 

some issues, too!

:)

Have a great day and a GREAT CUP OF COFFEE!  :)