Well, something went wrong in his life. Several decades later, Red moved to Detroit and briefly made a name for himself in the cocaine trade before getting arrested for killing a cop.
Posted on 11/02/2005 10:33:42 AM PST by Chi-townChief
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that this writer was either not alive, or too young to understand what was going on, during the wretched Carter adminisration.
What a putz. I will say, though, the 70s beats the 80s hands down, but not because of Jimmy Carter or some pat defining of the decades. The 70s were just cooler.
All the ganja must have shorted out this writer's memory cells. The Carter years were a very bad time - for everybody.
The election of Ronald Reagan truly was "morning in America".
>>If you had to pick between living forever in the late '70s or the early '80s, the Carter years would be your winner.<<
Yeah, we all long for the days of long gas lines, inflation, a general malaise and being humiliated by Iran.
They thought it was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius but it lasted barely five years.
I can thank the '70s and P.J. O'Rourke for that.
We'll never see the likes of National Lampoon again.
The 70s were just cooler.
Oh yeah? Jazz shoes, Members Only jackets, Parachute pants, and those skinny little ties with the piano keys on them. Point, Set, Match, buddy!
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
But...but...but... Disco! What a stupid article.
is the writer a moron?
The show is not really about being 'potheads' - it's just a sitcom set in the 70's. With one of the greatest tv dads ever - red foreman.
This year will hopefully be the last - last year was really pushing it.
Early 70s beat the heck out of the 80s.
Late 70s sucked. Carter had the country in terrible shape. It was so bad, I joined the Navy.
And 18% interest rates on first mortgages....
> The early '80s was about buying stocks, lovingly conditioning the leather seats of your bitchin' Honda Prelude, and wearing argyle sweater vests.
Where was this guy? The 80s were about President Reagan and winning the Cold War and emerging from the Carter malaise and the bitter national split of the 60s. The 80s were about optimism and the return of the American Spirit, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Once a MeatHead, always a MeatHead!
While I love "That 70s Show" (especially bc of Laura Prepon) I'd definitely pick the 80s over the 70s-any day of the week!
The 80s were the decade of Reagan, big hair rock videos, Reagan, loud guitars, Reagan, funny teen comedies, Reagan, great TV sitcoms, Reagan...
Considering the show started in 1976, it should be 1982 by now on the show!!
Well, something went wrong in his life. Several decades later, Red moved to Detroit and briefly made a name for himself in the cocaine trade before getting arrested for killing a cop.
The 70s had those horrific leisure suits.
Once again the elites are "out of the mainstream!" If the Carter years were really so great, he would have gotten more than 9% of the electoral vote and carried more than 6 states in 1980!
It's always funny to see red foreman in a regular movie role.
I saw the original robocop years before that 70's show even came out, and I don't think I could go back and watch it again without thinking "hey, red foreman wouldn't do that!".
And bell bottoms and disco, and shag carpeting, and disco, and pet rocks, and disco.
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