Posted on 05/31/2005 7:26:28 AM PDT by pissant
The 1970s were a time of some serious changes in our society and culture. Some good, most bad. Here at the Pissant Reasearch Center, we've compiled the Top 5 lists of the good and bad which that forgetful decade foisted upon us.
TOP 5 BAD THINGS FROM THE 1970s
5. Polyester suits
4. Detroits Automobiles
3. Jane Fonda
2. Disco
1. Jimmy Carter
TOP 5 GOOD THINGS FROM THE 1970s (this is tough)
5. Scooby Doo
4. Dorothy Hammill
3. Monday Night Football team (Cossell, Meridith, Gifford)
2. John Paul II
1. Count Chocula & Frankenberry
High Fidelity is a great movie. I like John Cusack, too. You seen Gross Point Blank? He is a hit man. Very funny.
While we are over here having fun on this thread, it's breaking in the News forum that Deep Throat has been identified, and don't mean the porn one.
Seriously folks, it's all over the news as we speak. Some dude that was 2nd in command of the FBI at the time, now is 91.
haha. I'm gonna have to use that on my kids. They will get soooo mad at me!
Yeah. I liked "Gross Point Blank" but "High Fidelity" is one of my favorite movies ever. John Cusack is one of my favorite actors.
"Gross Point Blank"
Favorite quote- "I'm a professional killer"
"Do get dental with that?"
The Civilian Authority for the Protection of Everyone ... Regardless.
You left out
ElektraWoman and DynaGirl
and
Dr. Shrinker!!
What's amazing about that episode is how it plays today. Little Cindy is getting picked on, and when the bully won't quit, Peter steps up and pops him one in the mouth, knocking a tooth out and giving the bully the same speech impediment Cindy had.
And then they all make friends and go home.
Me too. I still have a mint SBE Console II (among others) that has been converted to 40 channels....with a custom built D-104 mic, it really cranks!
I liked Neil Diamond too, teeny.
pissant, what a terrific thread. It's fun to read all the way through it and recall the heaertwarming '70s.
I loved every minute of the '70s, when I did not own a tv set. I loved weighing 112 pounds and living on the beach at Marina del Rey. I loved how safe it was to let the kids play on the beach night or day. I loved how affordable SoCal beach living was. I loved oversized sunglasses. I loved dancing to live bands or disco in Marina del Rey clubs. Gee golly, what would it take to make me that happy again? Big sigh.
Me, too. One of my current favorites is Vince Vaughn. He made a movie called Clay Pigeons (with Janneane Gapukealo, just disregard her . . .she sucks in it anyway). He is a serial killer, and it is something else. I recommend it to everyone I know. I love me some Vince.
My best thing from the seventies: My boyfriend's '72 Dodge Challenger.
My worst thing from the seventies: My '76 Dodge Aspen.
"Space Ghost calling Jan and Jace...Space Ghost calling Jan and Jace..."
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.
I still implore you to rent "Almost Famous" as soon as possible.
WORST things: Jordache Jeans, Pet Rocks, Mayor Beame, Jimmy Carter, Donny & Marie, Shields & Yarnel, Shag haircuts, Emerson Lake & Palmer, "Free to be you and me," stagflation, Hef in the leisure suit, Elvis in the jump suit, herpes...
The seventies were cool, I'll agree with you on that.
You found a better pic than I did. The blonde was Biff Warren, just read that he passed away in 1993 at 38, AIDS.
Is that the one about the band? If so, I've seen it.
AMEN! Particularly from that boring a-s Emerson Lake & Palmer/Yes/King Crimson "prog rock."
And we had the world's greatest governor then too! R.R.
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