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Friendly sitcom nods past '80s (LONGING FOR THE LOST LIBERAL GOLDEN AGE)
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| November 2, 2005
| DOUG ELFMAN TELEVISION CRITIC
Posted on 11/02/2005 10:33:42 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Owl_Eagle
41
posted on
11/02/2005 11:38:54 AM PST
by
Huck
(:-))
To: Clemenza
Well, music is a personal taste thing, so we'll just have to disagree on that. I didn't dig much of the 80s music. I like 60s and 70s music.
42
posted on
11/02/2005 11:40:15 AM PST
by
Huck
(:-))
To: Chi-townChief
Even John Lennon said the 70's were awful.
Inflation, oil shocks, Jimmy Carter, the Iranian revolution, the Soviets on the march, and Disco. No thank you.
Regards, Ivan
43
posted on
11/02/2005 11:40:52 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: Hardastarboard
I never read the Lampoon, but you could bait me into any trap with a P.J. O'Rourke anthology.
Or Tom Wolfe.
44
posted on
11/02/2005 11:44:09 AM PST
by
thulldud
(It's bad luck to be superstitious.)
To: MadIvan
Even John Lennon said the 70's were awful. I imagine he wasn't too thrilled with the early 80s, either....
45
posted on
11/02/2005 11:56:21 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
(Psalm 73)
To: Alex Murphy
Well he didn't exactly get a chance to try them out.
Regards, Ivan
46
posted on
11/02/2005 11:57:18 AM PST
by
MadIvan
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47
posted on
11/02/2005 11:59:04 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Chi-townChief
Early Eighties. No question.
48
posted on
11/02/2005 11:59:26 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87...damned glad to meet you.)
To: The KG9 Kid
I've got 'em all from #1 up through about 1985. Gathering dust in the attic...
49
posted on
11/02/2005 12:04:01 PM PST
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: RichInOC
Great stuff in the early 80s:
50
posted on
11/02/2005 12:04:11 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: RockinRight; All
Don't forget about the movie Heavy Metal...
51
posted on
11/02/2005 12:05:15 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: Huck
The 70s were just cooler. Perhaps the last decade of good music.
52
posted on
11/02/2005 12:07:22 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
(Confirm Alito before year end!)
To: 1Old Pro
53
posted on
11/02/2005 12:09:50 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: BenLurkin
I remember being unemployed, going to a WIN office(Whip Inflation Now)...boy that Ford program helped me out...sarcasm off. The eighties were better though, I began to accumulate money, and lovely children...along with my wife of course. The nineties were rough though, three teenaged girls at once does something to your psycheeeeeee. The new century is awesome though. Interest rates are low, grandchildren to spoil, and my wife still rocks me. The 70's sucked, believe you me, when compared to here and now.
54
posted on
11/02/2005 12:10:17 PM PST
by
jeremiah
(People wake up, the water is getting hot)
To: 1Old Pro
The latter part of the 70's was hideous, music wise. 1980 was the turnaround year. I was in college during the mid/late 70's and it was hard times.
The best part was that no one cared what we did. You smoke anything in a dorm today and you are out on your ear.
55
posted on
11/02/2005 12:10:50 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: 1Old Pro; Huck
The real early 70s were cool but by '73 and '74, things started to suck decidedly. But the Liberal Golden Age ended in Novemeber of '79 and the early 80s rocked!!!
To: metesky; Hardastarboard; The KG9 Kid
57
posted on
11/02/2005 12:12:04 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Chi-townChief; AppyPappy
I said "decade". The music of the decade of the 70's was better than the 80's or 90's IMHO. Take a look at the "charts" and they will prove me right. I think RAP led the charts from 85 to today.
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posted on
11/02/2005 12:14:40 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
(Confirm Alito before year end!)
To: Chi-townChief
And the '90s were about dot-com vapor-ware companies and their stock options, stick-your-head-up-your.. and forget about the rest of the world, contemplating the meaning of is, Black-Hawk down military engagements and redefining sexaul relations.
I'll take the 00's.
To: flashbunny
See post 36. Laura at her best. YUM!!
60
posted on
11/02/2005 12:29:46 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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