Design for Dreaming

...was how Crow defined "Design for Dreaming" when he, Servo and Mike had to watch it. It portrays a happy-go-lucky woman living a fantasy in which a jolly man buys her any car that she wants, and a kitchen has all the appliances that a 1950s housewife could ask for. Very much a product of the 1950s.

A previous reviewer called this short "I Dream of Jeannie" on LSD. I thought that it looked like the Broadway sequence in "Singin' in the Rain" on LSD. But either way, the movie is beyond pathetic, just the sort of schlock that Dr. Forrester would cruelly beam aboard the Satellite of Love to torture Mike, Servo and Crow.

In conclusion, the movie itself is 0/10, but the "MST3K" is 10/10.

The male voice/singer in this little film is Howard Keel, a famous movie bass-baritone in such films as "Kiss Me Kate", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Kismet", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Showboat", "Calamity Jane", "Jupiter's Darling" with swimmer/actress Esther Williams (!), and many others. He also had a career on Broadway, and was an 80's TV star, becoming known to new audiences as 'Clayton Farlow' on DALLAS. Ravenscroft is a basso profundo, the deepest, darkest, fullest of the bass voices, and his sound is distinctly different from Keel's, at least to this trained singer! I recognized Keel instantly, and kept expecting to see him on screen; why waste that talent off-screen? I don't recognize the female singer.

Ok, maybe I'm a little bias, but I love every minute of this ten minute commercial (except maybe the minute where they show the cars.)

The reason why I love this short is the cute star, Tad Tadlock. It's fun watching her reactions to the new cars and the Kitchen of Tomorrow. She even gets the opportunity to perform the Dance of Tomorrow. This woman could sell me the goofy looking Firebird 2. It's a real shame that she didn't appear in any feature films at this poin in her career.

The singing is very good in this short. The woman singer has a cute voice and it complements Tad's character.

Some people criticize this short. This film shouldn't be taken so seriously. The story takes place in a dream. It's suppose to be a fantasy! The Highway of Tomorrow is neat, even if you can tell what it is. The film was made to sell cars, but it's a lot of fun to watch.

I recommend this film and the similar yet inferior "A Touch of Magic".

One of my favorite MST3K shorts of all time! The music is bouncy and the color is colory and the gizmos and gadgets are really neat and the cars look cool...still, it was really goofy and MST3K struck gold with this one!

7 stars!

I remember seeing "Design for Dreaming" on an episode of MST3K, and it instantly reminded me of American Sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", if the staff were using LSD.

The plot has to do with a dancer in a fantasy world whom is invited to a ball by a masked man, and sees every dream car she wants. Plus, watch for the instant light stoves, magical costume changing and cakes that comes out of the oven, with candles and everything!

Design for Dreaming? More like "Design for an Acid Trip".