Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Keeping in-theme and sticking with 1975, here are a few images and a video from March 17th, 1975. Have a safe and happy day and a funtastic evening!
St. Patrick’s Boys Football Club, 1975. Graiguecullen, Carlow, Ireland
Dungarvan Rowing Club, Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Dungarvan, Ireland, 1975
St. Patrick’s Day at the Shamrock Bar in Great Falls, MT 1975 from 3 CLiCk Media on Vimeo.
A few days back we took a look-see at some nifty 70s ads from American Motorcyclist magazine. While perusing those dusty back-issues I also came across a contest held in December, 1975 for the “Typical Female Rider”.
Don’t forget to vote!
Typical Female Rider Contest. December, 1975
Bigfoot is a good dad but his adopted kid turned out to be pretty free-spirited
Happy Funshine Friday! Sid and Marty Krofft’s Bigfoot and Wildboy began as 15-minute episodes on The Krofft Supershow in 1977. In 1979, ABC edited various segments together to air 30-minute episodes and also produced a few new shows. This series is still rather hard to find – so enjoy the intro!
The Godfather, March 15, 1972
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Godfather. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic released on March 15th, 1972, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Take in the classic opening scene below and read “40 Things You Didn’t Know About The Godfather” at Time Magazine.
The Godfather Wiki.
Time for some Rad Ads from the 70s. Today, we crack open some road-worn issues of American Motorcyclist, the official magazine of the American Motorcyclist Association.
Let’s investigate half a dozen choice magazine ads from 1976 through 1978. Vroom, baby!
Harley-Davidson Man, January, 1976
AMF Harley-Davidson couple. May, 1976
National Championship Motorcycle Races. June, 1976
Camel Filters AMA Motorcycle Racing. May, 1977
Kawasaki 650 SR. February, 1978
Toyota Supercross Series. November, 1978
Angie Dickinson is Big Bad Mama, 1974.
Trailer time, Bionic film-lovers. Today, we’ll take in the sight of Angie Dickinson, William Shatner and Tom Skeritt in Big Bad Mama.
Big Bad Mama, a tale of Texas bootlegging in 1932, crashed into theaters in September of 1974 and was directed by Steve Carver and produced by Roger Corman.
More info: Big Bad Mama Wiki, IMDb, Angie Dickinson in Police Woman.
Shatner! (That is all.)