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Transporting us, like a time machine, to a happier era..., 28 December 2001
Author:
Mike Sh. ([email protected]) from Lowell MA
Ah, the 1940's. Just thinking of that blessed decade brings out the Miniver
Cheevy in me. Would that I could have lived in that felicitous time in our
nation's history. I mean, sure, we had just come through a horrible
depression, we were fighting a war on several fronts against some of the
most frighteningly evil dictators in memory, and would soon be forced to
confront international Communism. And yet, it was also a time of innocence,
of self-confidence, of cheerful sunny optimism. All the cops were kindly
and helpful, all the priests looked like Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald or
Pat O'Brien, and none of the criminal element so much as said "hell" or
"damn".
Nowhere can that happy epoch be relived quite the way it can in the short
instructional films of that era. "Hired!" is a great example of the genre.
A paunchy be-Brylcreemed fortyish sales manager at a car dealership hires a
young salesman who quickly proves a disappointment. Not that the young man
doesn't try; he just doesn't seem to have enough on the ball. Mr. Sales
Manager, disgusted and despondent over the turn things have taken, stops by
his dad's place one Friday afternoon to gripe and grouse. Crumudgeounly old
Dad, handkerchief firmly set on head, sets his son straight by telling him
that he must work with his salesmen to get the most out of them. It isn't
enough, Dad growls, to train them and let them be. You must show them how
to do their jobs, encouraging them every step of the way.
Sonny the Sales Manager is inspired by Dad's talk, and shakes things up the
following Monday. In no time flat, a miracle is effected, and sales are
through the roof!
And so we see that with a little mental effort and a lot of elbow grease,
stick-to-it-iveness, and good old American gumption, all sorts of
difficulties are overcome, and all our dreams can come
true.
Thank you Jam Handy, for this slice of Americana. In tribute to you, I will
keep my marmalade close by, where I can easily get it.
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