That 70's Thread

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Ok, I was born in the late-70's, so I don't remember anything.

But a lot came about in the late-70's:

Star Wars- Still insanely popular today.

Saturday Night Live- Going on 30 years.

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan- Still feeling the effects from that.

Elvis died.

Disco was dying.


But the early to mid-70's yielded major change:

End of Vietman.

Resignation of a Vice President.

Watergate, then the resignation of the President.

Beatles break up.

I know there was a lot more. But what event defined the 70's for you?

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Hmm, my memories of the 70's. Keep in mind I was born in 68.
I remember Nixon on TV all the time-yes, it cut into my cartoons so I was naturally pissed off about it.

The horror of the fashion. Ditto's and wallaby shoes.

The terrible mushroom hair cut that my mom made me get. I hated it. I had beautiful waist long ringlets and she cut it off!

I remember that 2 popes died and once again, no Sat. morning cartoons. How dare they interrupt my Scooby Doo!

Teachers making us learn to Disco dance to Saturday Night Fever-child abuse!

Holy crap-o-la. Teachers made you dance disco style? Horrible.

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Yes they did HECK! Fourth grade, made us learn some stupid disco dance. I still wake up screaming sometimes.

Hahaha, that's nuts. That would be like my teacher teaching us breakdancing. Still better than disco though...

I can just imagine your teacher, was a perm or afro involved? Bell-bottoms?

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She was in her mid 20s' we were her first class. Long, straight, light brown hair, totally into health food.

Hippy.

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Big time. She was a cool teacher, other than the dancing and making us sing folk songs. She had a container that she filled with sugar-free candies, or carob candy, peanuts, stuff like that. If you were good, you got to guess how many were in the jar. I never won.

I remember that, with jelly beans though. I was never even close. It was always the insane smart kids.

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We saw Grease at the drive in theater. It was cool. http://www.musicman.com/azad/grease.jpg
I liked the music in it. I wasn't in to music back in those days, I was born in 68 like Fuscia.

So I was around 10.

It's weird, two of the songs that I hated, wound up being favorites of mine after I grew up. Hopelessly Devoted to You and Stranded at the Drive in.

The rest of the songs, my ten year old brain liked a lot.

I remember seeing Nixon on tv. He said Uh, a lot. I asked my dad why he said Uh all the time.http://www.kennedy-center.org/about/images/nixon.jpg
I didnt really know who he was or why he was on tv.

I remember Wonder Woman coming on tv for the first time. We watched the season premere. I liked it a lot. I thought her stopping bullets with her wrist bands was cool. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/art/datanew/images/wonder%20woman.jpg
If you have see the first one, Linda Carter stands in front of an crowd and they shoot at her. She blocks the bullets with her bands.

She asks, anyone else. This old lady pulls a machine gun out of her giant purse and opens up on Wonder Woman. She whips her arms around real fast and blocks them all.

The next day in elementary school, all the kids were talking about that scene.

I have not see the show since then, it's probably a hokey scene now, but back then it was cool.

I also remember the 6 million dollar man. I loved that show.

We went to the beach one time and it was hot. We swam and got wet. We went home and the ac was on and we were cold. We wrapped up in this giant blanket and watched tv.

That was cool.

Ha ha, I am talking like a kid, cause I am remembering kid stuff.

Lee Majors was the bionic man. That show blew me away when I was a kid. I watched it every week. It was always good.
http://www.myboot.com/images/bionicman.gif One time he fought this outer space tank thing. I used to pretend I was the bionic man and was beating up tanks. ha ha.

The show degenerated, he met up with bigfoot towards the end. Even to my small child mind, that was stupid. Oh well.

I also remember the land of the lost. I would watch that a lot. Marshall, Will and Holly and that little ape thing always running from the sleestaks. http://www.70slivekidvid.com/land/enik2.jpg

I also watched the monkeys. That is a show I hate now, it's so stupid but back then I loved it.


I remember a bunch of diaster movies too. Like tidal wave with Loren green, and the towering inferno and the posidon adventure.

man, it seems all my 70's memories are tv or movie related. I was a couch potato extordinare!

You sure got a purty mouth, there Heavens.....

Dave, you forgot to cue the banjo music.

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You know I was re-reading that post of mine up above and looking at the sleestak pic.

How fake!!!

Man, when I was a kid, those things scared the tar out of me. Now they look like cheap cheap cheap low budget hollywood effects.

A childs imagination is a wonderful thing!


I also forgot to add that we ran around the back yard in slow motion and made those bionic man sounds. That was some fun!

We used to do the "wonder twin powers activate".

Fuscia, that smiley you use all the time cracks me up. He/she grits his/her teeth when they walk into the wall. Makes me laugh everytime.

Did you ever see Ultra-Man?

It was so cheap and cheesy, that even our pea sized intellects found it hokey.

It was a Japenese import, almost like Godzilla, but the hero was a dude in a suit that had a hand ray come out.

Every show, he would get tired and almost lose the battle. They would use the same scene of him every show (to save money I guess) flying up to the sun to re power up, then come back and kick some but.

We would do the hand thing in the back yard and shoot each other with the laser beam.

http://www.fami-geki.com/ultra/man/images/man_photo.jpg

I never saw that, but I watched Speed Racer. Go Speed Racer GO!

Grant uses that smilie a lot. I think of him.

I had Shaun Cassidy posters all over my room in the 4th grade.

Well Fuscia, I recieved forgivness in the Clay Aiken thread, so I will try to grow up and forgive you as well.....

But it's so hard!!!!


I mean Shaun Cassidy for crying out loud!!!

OK, I will let it go. All sins are washed clean, you was only in 4th grade.

Thank you Whidden. Yes we each forgave a musical sin today.

I was a little girl in the 1970s. I was fifteen in 1979, here are somethings that I remembered from that era:

• Nixon's infamous watergate scandal
  
• Vietnam protestations
  
• Kent University massacre
  
• Janis Joplin's death
  
• Break down of Soviet Union
  
• cold war ending
  
• Jane Fonda's protests
  
• Cocaine was becoming popular
  
• intermixing of the races in schools
  
• Mick Jagger, Mick Jagger, Mick Jagger (Every article in 1971 was based on his wedding to Bianca)
  

I remember seeing a hippy while on the school bus. He shot us the peace sign.

Yeah, we would yell: ULTRA MAN!!! in the back yard, slide to our knees from a dead run, and do the hand laser thing.

Kids.

Fuscia...

Shaun yesterday and today...



http://members.bellatlantic.net/~nostnest/shaunstandup.jpg

http://www.wga.org/craft/interviews/cassidy.jpg

One show I LOVED in the 70's



Starsky and Hutch!

David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser were so yummy back then!

http://www.lequotidienducinema.com/seriestv/starskyethutch/starskyandhutch1w.jpg

I can't believe I liked him, but it was the 70's

I liked this guy in the seventies:

http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/GalleryTravoltaYoungPic.jpg


He was soooooooooooooo hot

AH YES....John Travolta from his "Welcome Back Kotter" days.

He was great back then (and still) !

Who didnt love Vinnie Barbarino?? No one I can think of.

He's Awesome!