Clue Club's Woofer and Wimper in a typically brave pose - August, 1976
Hanna-Barbera’s Clue Club originally ran on CBS from August, 1976 to September, 1977. 16 episodes were produced. Similar to its forerunner, Scooby-Doo, the show featured teenage private eyes; Larry, Pepper, D.D. and Dotty and their canine pals Woofer and Wimper.
Enjoy the Clue Club intro below and have a happy Funshine Friday!
Led Zep's Jimmy Page smokes Copenhagen - May 3rd, 1971. (Photo: LedZeppelin.com)
Let’s take a look at what was occurring on this day, May 3rd, 1971.
Led Zeppelin played a rocking, two-hour set at K. B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. According to the official Zeppelin site, the band played Four Sticks live for the first and last time and debuted Misty Mountain Hop on this very evening. This was truly one to see.
Robert Plant is Misty Mountain Hopping - May 3rd, 1971. (Photo: LedZeppelin.com)
Here’s a Zep tour video from later in summer ’71 to give you an idea of what you missed.
Additionally, on May, 3rd, 1971 NPR’s All Things Considered program made its radio debut and is still going strong today, 41 years later.
All Things Considered‘s first show featured a story on “a huge protest in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War” where thousands were arrested – the biggest arrest in US history – and “a barber in Iowa whose trade was eroded by an increasingly hirsute America took to shaving women’s legs.”
Here’s a video report on the protest which includes footage of the day:
Today’s “Rad Ads” were recovered from the May 19, 1972 issue of LIFE magazine. A hearty half-dozen pages focused on the advertising staples of cigarettes and alcohol. And since the human existence occasionally amounts to more than lighting up and slugging one back – we round off the post with a fine looking, gas-guzzling Ford LTD. Travel back in time with me beautiful people…
(Click any of the ads to enlarge and scroll through at your leisure.)
When you're abso-friggin-loutely exhausted...fire up an L&M. (Note the nifty packaging.)
Less talky talk. More drinky drink.
A tin cup o' joe, a Winston and a giant hairy hand...touching.
The cigarette with specially-softened tobacco for nature lovers. Look for it in the bright yellow and orange box.
Turtlenecks, sports jackets and pretty ladies falling through the deck. Let's get this party started!
Car makers stopped producing this color in '79 or so. Come back, 'Dirty Gold'. We miss you.
Matthau in 'Charley Varrick' aka 'The last of the independents'
Charley Varrick, director Don Siegel’s follow-up to Dirty Harry, released in October of 1973. The film stars Walter Matthau as the bank-robbing anti-hero of the title, Andrew Robinson (the Scorpio Killer from Dirty Harry) as his edgy partner and Joe Don Baker as a relentless mafia hit man.
If you haven’t seen this one yet you’ll want to remedy that. It’s an enjoyable heist flick and was somewhat influential on later crime movies (such as those by Tarantino). Even though Walter Matthau is one of my all-time favorites I managed to miss this one until I dialed it up on Netfilx last week. Follow my lead!
Mungo Jerry - Winner, 'Best Sideburns' Award, 1970
Happy Monday, Bionic people. Alright, so it’s spring, not summer, but I couldn’t resist dropping this tap-a-long tune on you. Summer will be along soon enough.
Here’s Mungo Jerry performing “In The Summertime” from 1970. The song was released in May ’70 and became the top selling UK single for that year. The song was a chart-topper (or nearly number one) in many countries around the globe. Here in the states it hit #3.
On this lazy Sunday afternoon let us allow our frazzled minds to wander back and reminisce about a 1970s childhood hero, Evel Knievel. Motorcycle daredevil and showman, Knievel made many death-defying jumps in the 1960s and 70s and became such a celebrity that, eventually, his image (with white jumpsuit and star-spangled accents) could be found on toys, puzzles, comics and a wealth of other merchandise. At the plateau of his career, Evel even starred as himself in the 1977 movie Viva Knievel!.
Take a look at some Evel images and a video from his official site. While the Knievel Web Site is light on information there are plenty of outstanding photos on show in the archives and you’ll want to leap over a canyon and explore them.
Evel by Al Satterwhite, 1976
Evel leaps 13 Mack Trucks at The Canadian National Exposition, August 20, 1974
Quote: 'Saturday, December 12, 1970 Los Angeles, CA - Lions Drag Strip. Evel successfully jumps 13 cars on his Harley XR-750.'
Evel trains his son, Kelly, early 1970s
Death Defiers TV special January, 1977. Evel makes the jump but crashes on the landing ramp. Sadly, a cameraman loses an eye and Evel is devastated.