Star Wars 'Land of the Jawas' playset 1979. That giant Sandcrawler backdrop? Pure cardboard. Sorry, kids!
“You can move the action-lever and make the Jawa capture R2-D2!
You can raise the elevator and make R2-D2 disappear into the Sandcrawler! Action figures each sold separately.”
“Land of the Jawas” at Lando’s Locker, “Land of the Jawas” at 12Back
August 11, 1974. Washington, D.C. - President Ford, Betty Ford and Susan Ford.
Excerpts from Ford’s Diary:
“9:54 AM: The President went to his motorcade. He was accompanied by: The First Lady, Susan Ford
10:00 AM: The Presidential party attended worship services at Immanuel on-the-Hill Epsicopal Church.
11:00 AM: The Presidential party motored from Immanuel-on-the-Hill Episcopal Church to their Alexandria residence.
11:45 AM: The President motored from his Alexandria residence to the South Grounds of the White House.
12:29 PM: The President went to the Oval Office.
12:30 PM: The President met with: Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State Maj. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
3:01 PM: The President met with Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) George Bush.
5:11 PM: The President met with Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona).
6:33 PM: The President met with Donald H. Rumsfe1d, Representative of the U.S. to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and member of the President’s transition team.
6:55 PM: The President went to the barber shop.
7:10 PM: The President motored from West Executive Avenue to his Alexandria residence.”
Lucy and Vivian Vance on Lucy's Nov. 1977 TV Special
Following on from Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday last week we have actor and comedian Taylor Negron’s personal memories of getting to know Lucy back in 1977. Lucy taught a comedy class over the course of eight weeks at the Sherwood Oaks Experimental Film School in Hollywood and Negron describes the slightly surreal experience.
Here’s a quote below but you’ll want to hop over for the complete article. (Thanks Emmapeel007!)
“A few months later, Lucy’s sold out class began, at $125.00 for eight weeks. I arrived at work that day and could barely contain my excitement. Gary was nonchalant when he asked me to go to the store and buy Lucille Ball stuff for the green room that we had arranged for her. Lucy had requested a pack of Pall Mall non-filtered cigarettes, a bag of Chocolate Pogen Cookies, and a bottle of Scotch…
Shirley Hemphill was one of the students. Shirley, a rotund girl with a sloppy afro, had yet to make a name for herself as the waitress on the sitcom What’s Happening. She was still working at a fast food restaurant on La Brea. She stood up. ‘I want to be on a TV show now! I am ready. Where do I go? I want to know where to go. You can get me on TV.’ Shirley’s voice was filled with impatience. Lucy pointed to her with her cigarette, then stabbed it out in the ashtray.
‘You’re not ready, and you will never make it with this attitude of yours. Terrible. Awful.’ Lucy rubbed more Vaseline on her teeth. You could hear a pin drop. ‘Hollywood does not stand for that.’ “
According to Woody - there are no bananas in 'Bananas'
Interesting factoids: Woody’s co-star in the film is his ex-wife Louise Lasser (they were divorced in 1969). Lasser went on to star in the 1976-77 TV series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
Sylvester Stallone has a bit part in Bananas as a thug on the subway.
Joey Ramone says 'Judy is a Punk.' I believe him. Aug. 1977
Happy Monday, Bionic ones. It’s time for an injection of music to get our day started off right. Here now is the Ramones (who formed in 1974) performing “Judy is a Punk” on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert on August 9th, 1977. One minute and 20 seconds of pure bliss.
I remember watching the Ramones on Rock Concert (one of the very few TV programs presenting rock and roll played live) but I’d guess it was a re-run sometime around 1979.
Today, I’d like to point you in the direction of a wonderful 1970s blog entitled “A Geek’s Journal -1976.” The blog is written by a gentlemen who goes by the nickname “Booksteve” and is based on his actual teenage diary from 1976.
Each day Booksteve graces us with a new entry taken from his ’76 journal and ends with an explanation of the more cryptic life moments described. It’s a fantastic slice-of-70s-life and comes highly recommended. Here’s a sample chunk from today’s entry:
“Sunday, Aug 8th, 1976
I’ve been thinking about getting out my Hot Wheels tracks again for the first time in a few years. May do that tomorrow.
Terry called and gave away the ending of yet another ELLERY QUEEN episode I’ve missed, damn it!
I’ve also committed myself to taking the bus out to the Village Theater tomorrow night to catch the movie I skipped this weekend but because of SS work, I probably can’t go. Who knows? Maybe I’ll see SILENT MOVIE instead.”