Funshine Friday: CBS Saturday Morning 1975

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Valley of the Dinosaurs - 1975

Happy Funshine Friday everyone! Today we have a quick TV spot for the CBS Saturday morning line-up with Valley of the Dinosaurs, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the CBS Children’s Film Festival. 30 seconds of pure Funshine!

Valley of the Dinosaurs originally ran from September 1974 to September 1976. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids first aired on September 9th, 1972 and went on for many seasons, ending in 1985.

*Note: The originally-linked video was removed by the posting party. Here’s a similar CBS Saturday Morning vid from ’75.

TV Time: Commercial Break 1978

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Kim Fields for Kellogg's SUGAR Frosted Flakes. We loved our sugar cereals in the 70s.

Welcome to September, Bionic pals. Here’s a nice collection of commercials from the year 1978. Included in the bunch are:
Peter Paul Candies (York Peppermint Patty)
Dolly Madison Pies
U.S. Stamp Collecting
Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes (Tony the Tiger)

– Have fun!

Trailer Tuesday: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

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Susan George and Peter Fonda are Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry - 1974

Welcome to Trailer Tuesday, good folks. Today, we have something a little bit personal. My wife’s uncle, Dicky Deats, passed away last month and a memorial was held this past Sunday. Dicky was a well-known and respected Key Grip in Hollywood and worked on tons of films and commercials in his life. During the 1970s the biggest thing he worked on was likely Close Encounters of the Third Kind. However, I thought we’d look at something else he worked on that’s a bit less famous – Dirty Mary Crazy Larry from 1974. Enjoy, and raise a glass to Mr. Deats.



Dirty Mary Crazy Larry IMDb

Music for Mondays: The Clash ‘Tommy Gun’ (’78)

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'Tommy Gun' on telly. Joe Strummer & Paul Simonon of The Clash belt it out, 1978.

Happy Monday, Bionic friends. Let’s lace up our boots and pogo along to this gem – The Clash performing “Tommy Gun” on the UK’s Something Else TV series in 1978. This is likely from very early 1978 and is the one and only appearance The Clash made for the BBC. For my money, The Clash are the second greatest rock band of all time, slotting in just after The Beatles. Enjoy!

Funshine Friday: Wacky Races Intro

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Wacky Races and those lovable bastards - Dastardly and Muttley

Here at the ‘Disco, Friday will henceforth be known as “Funshine Friday” and we’ll feature 70s cartoons and kids stuff.

We’ll get things rolling with Wacky Races. Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Races cartoon originally ran from September, 1968 to September, 1970. The show ran off and on throughout the 1970s, and can still be found on TV today. I was a big fan as a kid. It was the closest thing we had in North America to my all-time favorite, Speed Racer. Grab a look at the show’s intro below and have a happy Funshine Friday!



Wacky Races Wiki

TV Time: Star Wars ‘Early Bird’ Action Figures

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Buy some cardboard and a certificate...fun will arrive eventually.

When Star Wars was released in May of 1977 it was such an unexpected smash that toys simply weren’t ready to hit stores in time to meet demand. As this ’77 TV spot shows, Kenner sold “Eary Bird Certificate Packages” with the promise of action figures that “Will be sent between February 1 and June 1 (1978)”! And, yes, we bought it anyway, such was our desire.

“R2-D2. Chewbacca. Luke and Princess Leia. They’re the Star Wars Early Bird set of figures. These action figures are not yet available.”