Thread: Old timers, remind me of some early 70's stuff

Quote: Originally Posted by groo Give a Hoot -- Don't Pollute! From 1977: Give a hoot, don't pollute ... From about 1974: Freakies cereal commercial collection Airline commercials were more fun then .

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny L.A. Twelve VHF channels on the TV, and three or four broadcasters on UHF. You changed channels with knobs that had rings around them for fine-tuning. Nobody had remote controls. If they did, they had cords; and they clicked when you pushed one of the two buttons. Manufacturers made corded remote controls in the late '40s to the mid-'50s. By the late '50s, all the remotes were cordless . But...

Speaking of commercials, 74-75 was the run of those Mean Mary Jean ads for Chrysler-Plymouth. Mary Jean was a young hottie in a football jersey and denim short shorts. I still remember the stupid jingle (sung by a barbershop quartet, IIRC): Hello Hello Hello Mean Mary Jean Our superstar Tell us about our Chrysler Plymouth cars (and then she would) Mary Jean was played by Judy Strangis . Also, Ricardo Montalban's Chrysler Cordoba ad...

This thread has brought back so many memories. Quadraphonic Sound came out in 1970. Primarily a 4 channel format for records. There was even a Quadraphonic 8-Track! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraphonic_sound Once in awhile I still see someone's prized 70's Quadraphonic system for sale on ebay.

Quote: Originally Posted by Harmonious Discord Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor thanks for those links. I lived in Waukesha County, back then. Darn strange, having that in your neighborhood.

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny L.A. I had a Boone's Farm T-shirt. Reminds me of the "Texas: Speed Limit 70" T-shirt I bought in defiance at a head shop when the highway speed limits were knocked down to 55mph. Which reminds me of CB radios, already mentioned here. We used to play games of hide and seek using those. One car would be "it," the driver would broadcast clues as to his whereabouts, and...

Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor thanks for those links.

Quote: Originally Posted by AHunter3 I can authoritatively date that game back well into the 60s. EDIT: knowing kids' games it was probably popular in the 1660s Who knew they had traffic lights in the 1660's?

Quote: Originally Posted by The New and Improved Superman I thought this link was going to go to a clip like this Then you weren't a kid at the right time. I remember the rivalry between drag racers Snake and Mongoose (and the toys and model kits it spawned) better than I remember the Vietnam War.

Nu-Vinyl, for all the shit that was made out of vinyl, from car interiors and roofs to furniture to footwear.