Jay Robinson is 'Dr. Shrinker', 1976
Sid and Marty Krofft’s Dr. Shrinker encompassed 16, 15-minute episodes as part of the Krofft Supershow on ABC. The show originally ran from September, 1976 to September, 1977.
Jay Robinson played the “mad scientist” Dr. Shrinker, and Billy Barty appeared as his assistant, Hugo. The Osmonds sing the show’s title song. Have a happy Funshine Friday!
...and Billy Barty is 'Hugo'
Free, 'All Right Now', 1970.
It’s all right now, baby. Can you dig it? Let me lay a heavy song on you sweet people of the earth. Free, live in concert, playing their top 5 smash “All Right Now” in 1970.
“Let’s move before they raise the parking rate!”
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, 1977. 'Remember me?'
Time for a commercial. Here’s a fun one from 1977 or thereabouts; Arm & Hammer Baking Soda’s animated plea to change the poor old box in your fridge more often.
“What took you so long?”
(Thanks YouTube poster Genius7277 and TVLand Retromercials)
The Towering Inferno, 1974. Burn, baby, burn.
“one tiny spark – becomes a night of blazing suspense…”
It took both Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox to bring The Towering Inferno to movie theaters in December of 1974. Irwin Allen’s “disaster” flick featured a large roster of stars such as Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Faye Dunaway and O.J. Simpson, fighting for their lives while a blaze engulfed the 138-storey tower in San Francisco they were trapped in.
Faye Dunaway (center) and Mike "Bobby Brady" Lookinland (right)
You may be surprised to learn that the picture was nominated for numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and ended up winning in three categories; Best Cinematography, Film Editing and Best Song, “We May Never Love Like This Again“.
The Kinks perform 'Apeman', 1970
The Kinks released “Apeman” in November, 1970 in the UK and December ’70 in the US. The tune was a follow up to the smash-hit “Lola” but didn’t fare quite as well in the States. It did, however, hit #5 in the UK and #9 in Australia.
Jack Wild, star of Oliver! and H.R. Pufnstuf covered the song on his 1971 L.P. Everything’s Coming Up Roses. Have a happy Monday!
The excellent retro-site Plaid Stallions recently featured a post on the 1978 Mattel Electronics catalog. Mattel’s hand-held games; Football, Basketball, Auto Race and Space Alert are shown.
I had each and every one of these Mattel hand-held games and enjoyed them immensely. Football, however, was my absolute favorite.
The “players” were tiny red LED dashes but it didn’t matter. I played that thing to death, making lists of teams and playing them against one another.
I learned how to “game” the system and consistently score a touchdown. By pressing the down arrow, drawing all the defenders low, and then shooting up to the top tier and rushing forward to score. Bleeeep! I can still hear that glorious sound effect ringing out.
Basketball, Matell Electronics catalog 1978 (Photo courtesy Plaid Stallions)
Check out the complete catalog pages at Plaid Stallions.