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1'''Young Man's Fancy''' is a 1952 industrial short produced by Creator/TheJamHandyOrganization for the Edison Electric Institute. Essentially, its obscure purpose is to promote how wonderful electric appliances are for the house, even in 1952.
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3The twist is that this nugget is coated with two shells: a red-herring discussion of time and motion study, and the real draw for the movie, an awkward game of unrequited [[strike:love]] lust.
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5The story begins by introducing us to the spry young Judy Adams and her beret-wearing mother, focusing on chores aided by the wonders of electricity. As they discuss these wonders, Mother brings up a letter from Judy's older brother Bob. Bob is bringing home one Alexander Phipps, who has "no time for girls." Upon hearing this description of Alexander, Judy writes him off and figures that the man will be a complete bore.
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7When Alexander arrives, Judy is immediately smitten, and thus begins a... cunning(?) plan to win Alexander's affections. Oh, and promote the wonders of electricity.
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9This film is [[https://archive.org/details/0179_Young_Mans_Fancy_22_01_18_00 viewable]] at the Internet Archive, and was featured as a short in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode 610 ''Film/TheViolentYears''. [=MST3K=] recap [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E10TheViolentYears here]].
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11Not to be confused with ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode with the same name.
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15* BigStupidDoodooHead: Judy calls her brother "a stinker."
16* ChewingTheScenery: Judy's [[LargeHam OTT acting]] has a slight (and ''hopefully'' unintentional) maniacal edge to it.
17* FakingEngineTrouble: Judy intentionally unplugs the mixer so she can pretend it's broken so Alex can come "save" her.
18* FantasticTimeManagement: Alexander's apparent field of study. It's how the short works in electric appliances to his business.
19* FeminineWomenCanCook: Judy and her mom.
20* TheFifties: Embarrassingly so.
21* HeManWomanHater: Bob casually includes the fact that Alex is "quite a woman-hater" in the description of him in his letter.
22** Though Alexander is hardly a "he man" and the "woman hater" part was invented by Bob to keep Judy away.
23* LoveableSexManiac: The ''only'' interpretation of Judy - the girl initially wants to get together with Alexander despite never having even met him.
24* MundaneMadeAwesome: Either Judy and her mother are {{Supreme Chef}}s, turning an utterly ordinary meal into a grand feast worthy of kings, or Alexander is easily impressed.
25* ProductPlacement: Ridiculously so, though not to a particular brand, oddly enough.
26* ThroughHisStomach: Judy wins over Alexander by cooking a grand feast.
27** Invoked by Judy's mom. Judy initially dismisses it, telling her mom the old adage is corny because ''everyone'' likes good food.
28* TotallyRadical: Judy's slanging seems to peeve her mother a slight bit. However, Mom states that Bob is giving Judy "the reds".
29* UnusualEuphemism: Alexander makes Judy "squishy."
30** Alex is also "a real cool Jonah" who isn't like the "trips" she goes to school with.
31--->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mike Nelson]]''': [[Literature/BookOfJonah He was spit out by a whale]]?

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