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American Graffiti” released 1973 (45 year anniversary)
History.Com(This Day in History) ^ | 08/11/2018 | staff

Posted on 08/11/2018 3:39:55 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

On this day in 1973, “American Graffiti,” a nostalgic coming-of-age tale set on the streets and steeped in the car-centric culture of suburban California, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie went on to become a sleeper hit. --SNIP-- The 1970s saw a boom in classic-car restoration, even as more and more Americans were driving Japanese imports. The era also saw an increasing number of “lowriders”–or classic cars or trucks with suspensions that had been modified so that they rode as low to the ground as possible

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: americangraffiti; hollywood
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To: higgmeister

Yeah, that’s kind of scary. Seems like a nice enough fellow though. Life can be tough...


121 posted on 08/12/2018 7:19:42 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: iowamark

“Rock and Roll has been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.”

“File it under CS.”

“My wife died too. Her name wasn’t Idey and it wasn’t in a flood.”

“You would, you grungy twerp.”

“If I had a boyfriend, he’d pound you!”

“Hey cuz, how’s your bod?”

“Peel out, I just love it when guys peel out.”

“Watch out, the cop’s at Jerry’s Cherries.”

“JUSTICE!!!”


122 posted on 08/12/2018 7:37:40 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: ETL

Milner and falfa are dragging between lights. Milner stops at a red and falfa blows through it


123 posted on 08/12/2018 10:06:22 AM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: bankwalker
Anyone here have one of these?
I ain't talking about the car.
Blnk
124 posted on 08/12/2018 11:34:04 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Bonemaker

I was a kid in the 1950s. When I was 8 I smoked my first cigarette. A friend from down the street swiped a couple of his mom’s cigarettes and we went behind his garage and lit up. Not good.


125 posted on 08/14/2018 5:23:36 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

Me too. Graduated high school in 57. Started my professional smoking and drinking career at 16 though. Puked my guts out more than once while climbing the learning curve.


126 posted on 08/14/2018 6:11:42 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: iowamark

You nailed a lot of them but there were so many more.

40 miles of bad road-Duane Eddy

Any of the 4 Seasons

Any of the Beach Boys

Any Buddy Holly

The Twist-Chubby Checker

La Bomba-Richie Valens

Volare-Dean Martin

Wild Thing-Troggs

It Never Rains in Southern California- Albert Hammond

Any Elvis

Any Beatles

The 50’s-60’s list goes on and on...golden era.


127 posted on 08/14/2018 6:29:51 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Met the love of my life .....she was a car hop at an A & W.


128 posted on 08/14/2018 6:36:04 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

And goodf root beer! Way to go.
My wife and I met the old fashioned way, at a bar.


129 posted on 08/14/2018 8:44:36 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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