The Official Friday Silliness Thread Salutes the 1970's (All Skate)

imdb.com ^ | January 5, 2007 (5 Janvier 2007) | sully777

[sully777]

Dig it: The 1970's are calling...pick up the phone and groove on the memories. When was the last time the Democrats ran the House and the Senate? When was the last time the Conservatives wondered what became of the GOP? When was the last time people craved an "energy policy"? When was the last time the word TAXATION was used in the same sentence as inevitable? When was the last time people considered Ford and Carter as Presidents? When was the last time Iran seriously threatened the USA? When was the last time AM radio ruled the airwaves? When was the last time music was as purposely bad as today? Dynamite! You remember the last time was the 1970s.

Trip out and go back in time to AM radio, a pick in your afro, corn rows platform shoes, bell bottoms, silk shirts, short shorts, large neck chains, mood rings, disco music, rollerskating mania, teen idols, Farrah Fawsett, the Brady Bunch, the misery index, high inflation, price controls, SALT, Annie Hall, and invention of the personal computer. Come join the fun--

All Skate.

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Click the Picture Roller Boogie trailer

Click the Picture Sugar Ray "Every Morning"

Click the Picture Classic Family Guy Roller Disco

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[sully777]

BJClinton: "Most importantly the 1970s gave the world me."

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BJ: The early years.

[HOTTIEBOY]

[Lucky9teen]

You know you grew up in the 70's if...

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"All skaters, change directions" means something to you.

"Members Only" jackets...say no more.

A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid".

Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.

If female: you thought that Shawn Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Ted, your ship's photographer" on the Love Boat or Chachi.

If male: your first love was Marsha Brady, Jeannine, Samantha from Bewitched, Josie or any one of the Pussycat.

In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing a shirt with the collar "up".

It was a major accomplishment to get to the "Chase" scene in Ms. Pacman.

Leg warmers were cool.

Most of the fillings in your mouth are directly related to Bazooka or Bubble Yum.

Rotary phones.

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things like grammar, math and history. (A big hint here is if the only way you can recite the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.)

The Brady Bunch Movie brings back warm memories.

You can remember the words to the theme song of "The Greatest American Hero." ("BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKIN' ON AIR... I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SO FREE-EE-EE...")

There was nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.

This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

This rings a bell: "My name is Charlie, and they work for me."!

You actually believed that Mikey, famed kid on the Life cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks and drinking a Coke.

You actually remember Benetton.

You actually remember Mr. Bill.

You ever asked to be gagged with a spoon.

You ever had a Dorothy Hamill haircut or used Short and Sassy shampoo.

You ever owned a Donnie and Marie or Sonny and Cher poster.

You ever owned a set of "Pop-Wheels", that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.

You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.

You found nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.

You know all the words to the double-album set of the "Grease" soundtrack.

You know who shot J.R.

You know, by heart, the words to Weird Al Yankovic's songs.

You learned to swim at about the same time "Jaws" came out... and still carry the emotional scars to prove it.

You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

You recall when Love's Baby Soft was in every girl's Christmas stocking.

You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.

You remember Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy, Boss Hogg, or, worst of all - what Sheriff Roscoe's full name was. (Coltrain)

You remember having a rotary phone.

You remember having to get off the couch to change the TV channel.

You remember that music that was labeled "alternative" really was.

You remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are going out of town".

You remember trying to guess the first episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene.

You remember wanting to stay up to see Mr. Bill on Saturday Night Live.

You remember when film critics were certain that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

You remember when there was only "G", "PG", and "R".

You remember when your cable TV box had a sliding selector switch and your "cable or VCR remote" was connected to the TV by a CORD!

You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van and remember riding in the back of the station wagon trying to get passing trucks to honk at you.

You tuned in regularly to the adventures of the Bionic Man and Woman, Wonder Woman, and/or the Incredible Hulk.

You were not allowed to see The Exorcist, The Omen, or The Blue Lagoon when they came out.

You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on.

Your first musical purchase was an 8-track tape.

Your jaw would ache by the time you finished one of those brick-sized packages of Bazooka!

Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR that was almost the size of a coffee table.

Your parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes anyway.

You're currently employed doing something that has absolutely nothing to do with your college major.

You're starting to believe that having the kids go to school all year wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.

You've ever owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones Mork used to wear.

You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: "You know, back when...," "When I was your age...," or "When I was younger..."

And lastly, I'll make a song stick in your head for the rest

[sully777]

The Question:
What is the average home size in the U.S.?


The Answer:
According to the National Association of Home Builders, the average home size in the United States was 2,330 square feet in 2004, up from 1,400 square feet in 1970.

(Source: inforplease.com)

[HOTTIEBOY]

[King of Florida]

Fernwood 2Night! With Barth Gimble, Jerry Hubbard, and Happy Kyne and the Mirthmakers.

[nuke rocketeer]

My first car....Totaled it after 10 months!

[Lucky9teen]

[the_devils_advocate_666]

The good old days... Andre the Giant manhandles the Sheik in a bout in Toronto in 1973

[nuke rocketeer]

Did you hear about the raisin who cheated on his wife?
It was in the newspaper, in the current affairs section.

[CJ Wolf]

How about Americas success car.

[nuke rocketeer]

[fredhead]

My 3rd car lasted 2 weeks before I totalled it

[Sax]

My all time favorite band. Mixing in Muddy Waters and old Blues music into the cd changer now, it's really obvious how bluesy their early stuff was.

[CTOCS]

Sully,

In 1988 a group of 5 old 70's rockers formed The Travelling Wilburys.

One was Tom Petty. One was Roy Orbison. One was George Harrison.

Who the heck were the other two? I'm drawing a complete blank (plus I've got 10 bucks riding on it)

Somebody help me out here.

[sully777]

I was not allowed to watch Fernwood or Mary Hartman. My parents thought it was inappropriate adult entertainment. And they were hesitant to allow me to stay up for SNL.

However, they were happy to let me watch Monty Python on Channel 13 because it was publicTV (Sesame Street/Electric Company/Nova). It was too late when they realized that Monty Python regularly showed full frontal nudity.

[nuke rocketeer]

[HOTTIEBOY]

NUKE!

You know damn well that that car is way ahead of your time....

[sully777]

Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Jeff Lynne (former leader of ELO and producer)

[CJ Wolf]