Re-Post: Academy Award winners of the 1970s

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*Here’s a re-post you may have missed last year or wish to read again as it’s Oscar Sunday. Enjoy profusely!

Only in the 70s: A streaker briefly interrupts David Niven, Oscars broadcast, 1974

Welcome to Academy Award Sunday. Before you watch the 2012 event this evening, why not peruse this list of Oscar winners from 1970-1979.

How does the ol’ memory serve? Did you find it surprising that Coppola didn’t win for The Godfather? Poor John G. Avildsen, winning director for Rocky. It’s incorrectly stuck in my mind that Stallone directed that one. Let’s read on and brush up our facts!

1970

Best Picture: PATTON

Best Director: FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER (Patton)

Best Actor: GEORGE C. SCOTT (Patton)

Best Actress: GLENDA JACKSON (Women in Love)

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1971

Best Picture: THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Best Director: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN (The French Connection)

Best Actor: GENE HACKMAN (The French Connection)

Best Actress: JANE FONDA (Klute)

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1972

Best Picture: THE GODFATHER

Best Director: BOB FOSSE (Cabaret)

Best Actor: MARLON BRANDO (The Godfather)

Best Actress: LIZA MINNELLI (Cabaret)

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1973

Best Picture: THE STING

Best Director: GEORGE ROY HILL (The Sting)

Best Actor: JACK LEMMON (Save the Tiger)

Best Actress: GLENDA JACKSON (A Touch of Class)

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1974

Best Picture: THE GODFATHER, PART II

Best Director: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (The Godfather, Part II)

Best Actor: ART CARNEY (Harry and Tonto)

Best Actress: ELLEN BURSTYN (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore)

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1975

Best Picture: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Best Director: MILOS FORMAN (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)

Best Actor: JACK NICHOLSON (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)

Best Actress: LOUISE FLETCHER (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)

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1976

Best Picture: ROCKY

Best Director: JOHN G. AVILDSEN (Rocky)

Best Actor: PETER FINCH (Network)

Best Actress: FAYE DUNAWAY (Network)

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1977

Best Picture: ANNIE HALL

Best Director: WOODY ALLEN (Annie Hall)

Best Actor: RICHARD DREYFUSS (The Goodbye Girl)

Best Actress: DIANE KEATON (Annie Hall)

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1978

Best Picture: THE DEER HUNTER

Best Director: MICHAEL CIMINO (The Deer Hunter)

Best Actor: JON VOIGHT (Coming Home)

Best Actress: JANE FONDA (Coming Home)

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1979

Best Picture: KRAMER vs. KRAMER

Best Director: ROBERT BENTON (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Best Actor: DUSTIN HOFFMAN (Kramer vs. Kramer)

Best Actress: SALLY FIELD (Norma Rae)

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(Oscar reference: Filmsite.org)

Daily 70s Spot: Ted Knight for Southgate USA Mall (1978)

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Ted Baxter for the 'Six o' Clock News' reporting from the Southgate Mall

Ted Baxter for the ‘Six o’ Clock News’ reporting from the Southgate Mall

Here’s a fun Daily 70s Spot that was previously lost in the mists of time. Ted Knight (best-known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Too Close for Comfort) for the Southgate USA Mall in Ohio. Commercial aired in May of 1978.

Daily 70s Spot #44: Ted Knight for Southgate USA Mall Commercial, 1978

Previously, on Daily 70s Spot: Winnebago ‘Spring Rally’ (1973)

Mood Music: Bugsy Malone, ‘Bad Guys’

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"We're the very best at being bad!" ('Bugsy Malone,' 1976)

“We’re the very best at being bad!” (‘Bugsy Malone,’ 1976)

Here’s a musical clip from the film Bugsy Malone (1976). If you grew up in the 1970s this is one of your favorite flicks. It’s certainly high up on my “feel good” list.

The tune on display below is “Bad Guys” (often referred to as “We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be”) written by Paul Williams and performed onscreen by Fat Sam’s thugs. Roll it!

Bugsy Malone, ‘Bad Guys’ Clip, 1976

Previously, on Mood Music: Thin Lizzy, ‘Emerald’

Daily 70s Spot: Winnebago ‘Spring Rally’ (1973)

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A manly RV, yes. But I like it too! (Winnebago 'Spring Rally,' 1973)

A manly RV, yes. But I like it too! (Winnebago ‘Spring Rally,’ 1973)

Our Daily 70s Spot features a jaunty song and the new line-up of Winnebago RVs for 1973. Vehicles on display include the Brave, Chieftain, and the “best-selling” Indian.

I had a much-loved, Winnebago Indian Tonka toy when I was a young whippersnapper (see photo example below). Man, I loved that thing. The top opened up and you could see inside the motor home. The Winnebago commercial below aired in 1973 (as you may have guessed.)

Daily 70s Spot #43: Winnebago ‘Spring Rally’ Commercial, 1973

Winnebago Indian Tonka toy circa 1973. (Photo from Bob's World of Tools and Toys)

Winnebago Indian Tonka toy circa 1973. (Photo from Bob’s World of Tools and Toys)

To see a restored Tonka Winnebago toy – drive here.

Previously, on Daily 70s Spot: Running/Jogging promo (1978)

Funshine Friday: ‘Far Out Space Nuts’ (1975)

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'Far Out Space Nuts' TV title, 1975

‘Far Out Space Nuts’ TV title, 1975

“I said ‘lunch,’ not ‘launch!'”

Sid and Marty Krofft’s Far Out Space Nuts originally ran on CBS from September, 1975 to September, 1976. 16 episodes were produced.

Junior (Bob Denver) and Barney (Chuck McCann) - the 'Far Out Space Nuts'

Junior (Bob Denver) and Barney (Chuck McCann) – the ‘Far Out Space Nuts’

The show starred Bob Denver (Gilligan’s Island) and Chuck McCann as pea-brained NASA maintenance workers who mistakenly launch themselves into space and crash-land on a distant planet. Patty Maloney played the team’s alien buddy, Honk.

"Honk" if you love aliens

“Honk” if you love aliens

A typical Far Out Space Nuts episode would see the hapless Barney and Junior running from a variety of bizarre aliens and they’d either end up prisoners or escape in the nick of time – only to crash on another strange planet.

I enjoyed the show at the age of eight but have to admit this comedy hasn’t aged as well as some of the other Krofft series. Here’s the intro. Have a gnarly Funshine Friday!

Far Out Space Nuts TV Intro (1975)

Far Out Space Nuts Wiki, IMDb

Previously, on Funshine Friday: The Fantastic Four (cartoon series, 1978)

Daily 70s Spot: Running/Jogging promo (1978)

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Fully-clothed streaking aka "Jogging." (Running promo, 1978)

Fully-clothed streaking aka “Jogging.” (Running promo, 1978)

Here’s a healthy Daily 70s Spot and a good way to work off all that Billy Beer. A promotional commercial touting the benefits of running produced by The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Commercial aired in September, 1978. That would make the president Jimmy Carter. Thanks, Jimmy!

Daily 70s Spot #42: Running/Jogging Promotional Commercial (1978)

Previously, on Daily 70s Spot: Peter Graves for Natural Light Beer (1978)