Funshine Friday: ‘The All New Popeye Hour’ (1978)

Hanna-Barbera’s The All New Popeye Hour originally ran on CBS from September, 1978 to September, 1981. After that, the show was cut to 30 minutes and re-titled The Popeye and Olive Show. The All New Popeye Hour was inspired by … Continue reading

Music for Monday: Van Halen, ‘You Really Got Me’

Is it Monday again already? Well, at least we have rousing music to pull us through another one. Here’s Van Halen performing their version of The Kinks, “You Really Got Me.” The video presents the band on Europe’s “PopRock” show … Continue reading

Music for Monday: Angel, ‘The Winter Song’ (A Hard Rock Holiday Classic, 1978)

Androgynous glam rock band Angel were discovered by Gene Simmons of Kiss and signed to the Casablanca label in 1975. Angel dressed in white, featured a keyboard-laden sound and weren’t afraid to look pretty while rocking out. The group never … Continue reading

Mood Music: The Rutles, ‘Get Up and Go’

I’m rather astonished to find that I haven’t dropped any Monty Python or Rutles on Bionic Disco readers yet. Let’s remedy that straight away with a clip from the TV mockumentary The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash which first … Continue reading

Show Toppers: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (1978)

The original Battlestar Galactica ran for a single season from September, 1978 until April, 1979. The show was created by Glen A. Larson and starred Lorne Greene as Commander Adama, Richard Hatch as Capt. Apollo and Dirk Benedict as Lt. … Continue reading

Time covers 1978

In posts past, we explored tantalizing Time Magazine covers from 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977. Today, we turn our view finders to the year 1978. Major events included Egypt’s Anwar Sadat as ‘Man of the Year,’ … Continue reading