Here’s a nifty promo from 1975 for NBC’s upcoming Fall “Super Season.” Turns out Tony Curtis’s McCoy and Glenn Ford and Julie Harris in The Family Holvak weren’t very “Super” in the ratings department. Still, Disney and the Sunday Mystery Movie did OK.
Interesting Factoid: James at 15‘s Lance Kerwin played the son, Ramey, in The Family Holvak.
Investigate: McCoy, The Family Holvak, NBC Sunday Mystery Movie
Let’s dip back into another time capsule issue of People Magazine. This time we’ll crack open a copy from February 06, 1978 with the Bee Gees featured on the cover. The headline reads: “Saturday Night Fever’s Bee Gees, Stayin’ Alive?, After 22 years, the Brothers Gibb are hotter than ever.”
The cover story focuses on the Saturday Night Fever explosion, mentions the Bee Gees’ upcoming Sgt. Pepper’s film and follows Barry and Maurice to their new homes in Florida. Robin has remained in England. Here are a few choice paragraphs.
Robin and Molly Gibb Feb. 1978
“Their Here at Last—Bee Gees Live LP then sold some one and a half million, and when impresario Stigwood asked them to come up with some tunes for a disco movie, they delivered five in a week and a half: one of them, Stayin’ Alive, in two hours. Its title—and exhilarating thrust of rhythm—tells it all about the Gibbs. So do sales: Their first single release off the LP, How Deep Is Your Love, shot to No. 1 the same week Saturday Night Fever hit the moviehouses. Alive, the film’s opening and closing theme and one of the finest creations of the disco era, is well on its way to the top. And Fever’s sound track double LP, moving a staggering 200,000 a week, finally dislodged Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours from No. 1 after so long that everyone had forgotten its predecessor (Hotel California).”
Barry and Lynda Feb. 1978
“Barry, the eldest, is the chief songwriter, apostle of domesticity and prime mover of the Gibb HQ to Florida (after spotting it on a promo tour last year). Once he’d relocated his wife of seven years, Lynda, a former Miss Scotland, and their two children, he convinced Maurice to follow with Yvonne, his wife of three years, and their son. Along the way came the Bee Gees’ parents—Barbara, an ex-songstress, and Hugh, a ferryboat bandleader back in Britain and their manager pre-Stigwood. They bought a houseboat near the homes Barry and Maurice own along a private cove in Miami Beach. Andy (who has lately been dating actress Susan George, 27, since his marriage got into trouble after 16 months) also lives nearby.”
You can read the entire article if your fancy is tickled.
Here’s a nifty bonus ad from the same issue.
The VW Bus Feb. 1978. Man, whatta van.
Rollerskating 'In the News' 1979. The flared trousers made you go faster. Fact!
Here’s an “In the News” segment from CBS Saturday Morning programming in 1979. The clip focuses on rollerskating and the attempt to bring the sport into Olympic competition. I always loved when I caught an “In the News” report and the spacey theme tune and narrator Christopher Glenn’s voice are indelibly etched in my brain. On display below we have an intro by Bugs Bunny and a cool, Western-themed commercial for “New” Hubba Bubble bubble gum included.
The Brady Bunch, Oct. 22nd 1971 - The very moment 'porkchops and applesauce' entered your psyche
My favorite TV show of the 1970s, by a wide-margin, is The Brady Bunch. I watched the show when it originally ran from 1969-1974, though I was so young I barely remember those first few years. It was when the show went into syndication soon after, and I watched it five or six times a week, that it really sunk its joyful claws into me and never let go.
To honor this fine obsession show, from time to time, we’ll look at particularly memorable moments. We’ll get things rolling today with Season 3, Episode 055 “The Personality Kid,” which first aired on October 22, 1971. Directed by Oscar Rudolph and written by Ben Starr, the episode features Peter (Chris Knight) attempting to imitate Humphrey Bogart and uttering the immortal phrase “porkchops and applesauce.”
“Peter: (Bogart voice) Hey Mom. Hi Alice. What’s for dinner?
Carol: Porkchops.
Peter: Porkchops, eh? What else?
Alice: Applesauce?
Peter: Porkchops…and applesauce. Ain’t that swell?
Carol: Have you got something stuck in your teeth?”
Brady Bunch Wiki
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Kiss' Gene Simmons and his tongue - 1975. The most famous tongue of the 70s? Perhaps. Only the Rolling Stone's logo comes close.
First released in April of 1975, Kiss’s “Rock and Roll All Night,” from the album Dressed to Kill, rose to #57 on the Billboard chart. However, the song truly exploded six months later when a live version of the tune (from the Alive! L.P.) was released in October. Party everyday? Suuuure, why not. Go on, it’s good for ya.
Kiss Online (Official), Kiss Wiki
After being inspired by the Apollo 15 NASA astronauts and their fancy, striped 1970 Stingrays, I thought we’d take a look at Chevrolet Corvette Stingrays of the 1970s. Alright, so they look pretty similar year to year but they sure do look purty!
1970 Corvette Stingray (Pic by Larry McClaskey)
1971 Corvette Stingray (Owner Matthew McConaughey - auctioned for charity)
1972 Corvette Stingray
1973 Corvette Stingray
1974 Corvette Stingray
1975 Corvette Stingray
1976 Corvette Stingray
1977 Corvette Stingray
1978 Corvette Stingray
1979 Corvette Stingray (Pic muddog299)
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