I remember…

My friend Memphis Steve does this on a regular basis so I'm stealing his idea, but giving him credit. I've tried to stick with the 70's as much as possible in this one. More than toys, I'm trying to stick to U.S. events, cultural icons, media, etc. So, here's my first installment of Remembrance Tuesday...

I remember Walter Cronkite saying “and that’s the way it is”

I remember Gerald Ford taking the Oath of Office.

I remember CBS news starting with the archaic teleticker sounds in their opening

I remember when weathermen used map boards with the big red and blue lines for weather fronts, then switched to using erasable markers and drew on the maps to point out details.

I remember when pickup trucks cost less than cars because they were “low-class” (I always liked pickups though)

I remember when there was no such thing as an SUV

I remember full-service gas stations where they would pump your gas, clean your windshield, and check your oil all in about 5 minutes, and gas was only $0.25 per gallon!

I remember sticking playing cards in the spokes of my bicycle tires to make that clackety-clackety sound

I remember when bikes only had one speed and stomping backward on the pedals was your brake

I remember cartoons like “Speed Buggy”, “Spirit of ‘76”, “The Archies” and “Wait ‘til your father gets home”

I remember when comics cost less than $0.25, Batman and Superman were bosom buddies (blech!), and DC comics ruled!

I remember when women wore short shorts and Naired for short shorts. (loved thos commercials)

I remember the "Gee your hair smells terrific" shampoo commercials

I remember the beer shampoo (but not what it was called)... I wonder if any idiots tried to drink it?

I remember when Calgon could take you away

I remember Madge soaking ladies hands in Palmolive dish soap and telling them it was good for them.

I remember Rosie with the Brawny paper towels... "The quicker picker upper"

I remember Mr. Whipple yelling at the ladies who were squeezing the Charmin tissue

I remember the Maytag repairman being bored and sleepy

I remember when Sears had "& Roebuck" as part of the name

I remember Muppets and Fraggle Rock

I remember the Dr. Demento Show on the radio introducing me to Monty Python

I remember Hogan's Heroes (though the series started in the 60's it finished in the 70's)

I remember when hornrim glasses were things your grandmother wore… now they are considered fashionable?!

I remember when McDonalds didn’t have a drive-thru or serve chicken

I remember our Ford Pinto not exploding

I remember as a kid waiting in hour-long lines to buy gas in the mid-late 70’s when we lived in L.A.

I remember helping Woodsy spread the word not to be a dirty bird (anti-litter campaign) "Give a hoot, don't pollute!"

I remember Smokey the Bear saying “Only you!”

I remember Chief Iron Eyes Cody with his one tear in that national “Keep America Beautiful” anti-litter campaign… and that it worked! (who knew he was actually Italian!!!)

I remember Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal when the Globetrotters came to my hometown!

I remember Pan-Am and TWA

I remember the Apple-Dumpling Gang

I remember that movie The Doberman Gang with the dogs taught to rob banks

I remember when Dungeons & Dragons first came out

I remember when cereal companies would put those music single 45’s on the boxes and you could cut them out and actually play them! Like the Jackson 5, and the Osmond Family.

I also remember:

• The Partridge Family
• Family Affair with Buffy, Jody, and Mr. French
• The Courtship of Eddies Father (Bill Bixby)
• The Magician (also Bill Bixby)
• The Incredible Hulk (also Bill Bixby) FYI... I was in a crowd scene in a couple episodes when they filmed at Pasedena Polytechnic campus which was down the road from our apartment. That was 6th grade so I was around 12 at the time. :-)
• Disney's "Witch Mountain" movies (very cool)
• Sigmund and the Seamonster
• The Greatest American Hero
• Night Court (still in love with Markie Post!)
• One Day at a Time (Valerie Bertinelli = big crush)
• Buck Rogers (with that little robot Tweegy, and Erin Grey in skintight flightsuit)
• Happy Days (before Chachi)
• The Waltons
• The Love Boat
• Fantasy Island
• 3’s Company
• 8 is Enough
• Land of the Lost

  

(am I the only one who sees the amazing similarities between Holly in Land of the Lost, and Lex of Jurassic Park?)

Well, I think that's enough for this round. Gotta save some for next time. :-)