Good morning and happy Funshine Friday! As per usual, at the start of the weekend, it’s time for a cartoon from the 1970s. Today, we have the intro for Help!…It’s the Hair Bear Bunch!, a Hanna-Barbera production, which originally ran … Continue reading
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NJ.com (New Jersey On-Line) is reporting that actor Robert Hegyes, of Welcome Back, Kotter fame, has died of an apparent heart attack at age 60. Mr. Hegyes passed away “after suffering chest pains at his Metuchen home this morning.” Hegyes, … Continue reading
Let’s take a look at what was being reported on this day, January 26th, 1972. President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War were in the headlines and in the hearts and minds of the public. Read what The People History.com … Continue reading
Commercial break time. Are you ready for a cereal with “the only maple-flavored cereal flakes?” Grab a look at this 30-second spot for Buc-Wheats from General Mills. The commercial dates from 1975 or thereabouts. Buc-Wheats disappeared from store shelves in … Continue reading
Walter Hill’s The Warriors was released in February of 1979 and made a deep impression on teens and pre-teens across the nation. We all felt the undeniable urge to slather our faces with paint, put on uniforms, and swirl our … Continue reading
The Carpenters released “We’ve Only Just Begun” (written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols) in August of 1970. The song rose to #2 on the Billborad Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary … Continue reading