Twiggy ushers in 'the return of entertainment' in The Boy Friend, 1971
Ken Russell’s film version of Sandy Wilson’s musical, The Boy Friend, released to theaters in December of 1971.
Famed 60s-era model Twiggy stars in this “all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing,” (and oft-forgotten) extravaganza. You can soak up the trailer below.
Travel back in time and catch Rod Stewart in concert
Rod Stewart’s “Hot Legs” first appeared on the November, 1977 L.P. Foot Loose & Fancy Free and was released as a single in early 1978. The tune (co-written with Gary Grainger) hit #28 on the Billboard US 100 and #5 on the UK charts.
Here’s Rod “The Mod” performing the song on German TV in ’78. Just Stewart and his legs (and, I’m guessing, a pre-show tipple). Hot!
Tyco Double Loop Racing Set, 1977. 'Silver streak curve-huggers!'
Time for a Sunday commercial break and “You are about to see something incredible!” Tyco’s Nite-Glow Double Loop Racing set from 1977. Look at those blurry slot cars go!
Truth is, although these race cars sets always seemed so cool to my youthful mind, whenever I actually played with them I quickly became bored. I never had a set of my own but my buddy Curtiss did and I was envious…briefly. You set up the track for an hour then watch the cars zip around the track for a minute and..then you watch them zip around again. Incredible!
Tyco Nite-Glow Racing set. Put that sucker together and take over the living room.
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!