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A Date with Your Family

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"Hey, I like my family as a friend!"
—Mike Nelson, Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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A Date with Your Family is a 1950s absolutely-not-propaganda film meant to teach children basic manners to use when sitting together with their families for dinner. Considering the changing lifestyles and demographics of the last half century, this film may seem a tad outdated.

For tropes and episode details related to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please check out the episode recap page.

Tropes used in A Date with Your Family include:
  • Be Yourself: Twisted, probably unintentionally. "With your own family you can relax, be yourself. Just be sure it's your best self."
  • Clueless Aesop: "It's nice to spend time with your parents/children, and being polite helps!" What's wrong with that? Well, this film, for one thing...
  • Dinner and a Show: Despite the repression and formality modern audiences see throughout the film, the onscreen family's dinner eventually turns into this trope as an example of what audiences shouldn't do.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Hugh Beaumont as the Narrator.
  • No Name Given: Everyone is named for their roles. Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, and Junior for the little one.
  • Title Drop: "Do you begin to see now how A Date With Your Family can be a truly special occasion?"
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Crow: This makes me want to heat up a Libbyland dinner and eat in front of the TV.

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