A harried housewife describes to her boorish husband what she did that day.A harried housewife describes to her boorish husband what she did that day.A harried housewife describes to her boorish husband what she did that day.
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Bea Benaderet
- Marsha
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- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe same unnamed lady figure was in a cameo scene in An Egg Scramble (1950), planning to boil the egg Miss Prissy was guarding, after it was taken away.
- GoofsThe police officer is wearing one glove on his left hand when we first see him and bare handed on his right as he writes out the ticket, and in a split second he's wearing gloves in both hands.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Bugs Bunny Show: Go Man Go (1961)
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diary of the maddest housewife
Watching Robert McKimson's "Wild Wife", I couldn't tell whether or not it qualifies as proto-feminist. Seriously, would Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem have recommended this cartoon as required viewing for gender studies, or wanted all copies of it burned? That I can't quite figure out. But whatever it is, one can see what a degenerate existence the suburban 1950s life constituted. Part of what "The Graduate" showed is that the "good life" that the parents' generation had created for the children was a lie.
OK, I've probably over-analyzed the cartoon. McKimson probably intended it as entertainment. Some of what happens certainly entertains. But I still say that it offers some insight into what status as a 1950s housewife really constituted.
OK, I've probably over-analyzed the cartoon. McKimson probably intended it as entertainment. Some of what happens certainly entertains. But I still say that it offers some insight into what status as a 1950s housewife really constituted.
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- lee_eisenberg
- Nov 12, 2008
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- Runtime7 minutes
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