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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47242

    Vintage Swanson TV Dinners

    Was looking at ebay and forgot how many different Swanson TV Dinners there was.

    Today I think they only make boneless chicken, turkey and salisbury steak (at least that's all I see in the store nowadays)

    Check out the oldies

    I want me some of them



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  • HardyGirl
    Mego Museum's Poster Girl
    • Apr 3, 2007
    • 13933

    #2
    Blast from the past! I was rarely allowed to eat those. Not Swanson's, or Libbyland, my mom just didn't like them. Sometimes I ate them at a friend's house. The only time mom would let me buy these was when we were moving from NYC to CA and all the dishes were packed. Anyway, here's a classic Hungry Man ad:

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    'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
    Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
    If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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    • Red Hulk
      Career Member
      • Dec 19, 2012
      • 849

      #3
      I'd like to try the ham dinner never knew Swanson made that.I like the BBQ Ribb and Buffalo Chicken ones they make now the best.

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      • Random Axe
        The Voice of Reason
        • Apr 16, 2008
        • 4518

        #4
        The recently discontinued Hungry Man XXL dinners were awesome. However, the calorie count was right around 2000 for one meal. My favorite was the bbq rib/bbq chicken meal with mashed potatoes and corn. I vaguely remember having tv dinners as a child. Didn't they used to have some sort of chocolate brownie included in the middle top tray slot?
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        • HardyGirl
          Mego Museum's Poster Girl
          • Apr 3, 2007
          • 13933

          #5
          Oh those wre discontinued? Too bad. I remember having those when they first came out. They were GOOD!

          Originally posted by Random Axe
          The recently discontinued Hungry Man XXL dinners were awesome. However, the calorie count was right around 2000 for one meal. My favorite was the bbq rib/bbq chicken meal with mashed potatoes and corn. I vaguely remember having tv dinners as a child. Didn't they used to have some sort of chocolate brownie included in the middle top tray slot?
          "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
          'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
          Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
          If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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          • Mikey
            Verbose Member
            • Aug 9, 2001
            • 47242

            #6
            Is that Jeff Conaway in the youtube add ?

            never mind - just re-read the title

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            • EMCE Hammer
              Moderation Engineer
              • Aug 14, 2003
              • 25679

              #7
              For some reason this made me think of Tennessee Pride sausage.

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              • Earth 2 Chris
                Verbose Member
                • Mar 7, 2004
                • 32498

                #8
                ^Did you pick up a pound or two? How about Al Purnell and Old Folks sausage?

                We had TV dinners from time to time. I always liked the turkey and salisbury steak. Seems like it was usually a brownie or cheery cobbler in the middle. Corn always got over into the deserts.

                We ate more pot pies for lunch when home on breaks. I seem to recall thinking Swansons' were superior to Banquet's.

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                • Mikey
                  Verbose Member
                  • Aug 9, 2001
                  • 47242

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris
                  I seem to recall thinking Swansons' were superior to Banquet's.

                  Chris
                  Absolutely

                  Banquet was/is decent --- but it's always been a poor man's Swanson

                  I know because we had PLENTY of Banquets

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                  • Duncan
                    Museum focus-groupie
                    • Jun 27, 2009
                    • 1531

                    #10
                    I've been craving an old Swanson meatloaf dinner with the red sauce for a while. It would appear that Swanson in Canada is different than in the US, and the Canadian market has access to a larger variety of frozen goodness than the US market. I haven't found anyone who ships them yet, but I'm still looking.

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                    • Zemo
                      Still Smokin'
                      • Feb 14, 2006
                      • 3888

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Duncan
                      I've been craving an old Swanson meatloaf dinner with the red sauce for a while. It would appear that Swanson in Canada is different than in the US, and the Canadian market has access to a larger variety of frozen goodness than the US market. I haven't found anyone who ships them yet, but I'm still looking.
                      rotfl

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                      • HardyGirl
                        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                        • Apr 3, 2007
                        • 13933

                        #12
                        Tell me about it! That was why my mom didn't like TV dinners, they were too expensive. But she loved the Banquet Boil-in-bag meals, though. 1) They were cheaper, and 2) you could stretch them w/ rice or potatoes, since all they were was meat and gravy or chicken ala king.

                        Originally posted by Mikey
                        Absolutely

                        Banquet was/is decent --- but it's always been a poor man's Swanson

                        I know because we had PLENTY of Banquets
                        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                        • PNGwynne
                          Master of Fowl Play
                          • Jun 5, 2008
                          • 19444

                          #13
                          Some of those are unfamiliar & tempting.

                          I do recall fried chicken & salisbury steak--yum. I still enjoy pot-pies.
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                          • J.B.
                            Guild Navigator
                            • Jun 23, 2010
                            • 2881

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Red Hulk
                            I'd like to try the ham dinner never knew Swanson made that.
                            I don't remember that one, the Beef Tamales or the Chicken Chow Mein. I think I ate every other Oven TV dinner they made when I was a kid. To this day, I still remember the taste of their chicken's crispy/greasy skin.
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                            • Mikey
                              Verbose Member
                              • Aug 9, 2001
                              • 47242

                              #15
                              I'm not sure who made them but I used to like a 70's Mexican TV dinner

                              Also there was a fish dinner with tater tots and scalops

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