Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

[Stearmen]

That's what happens when you don't get enough flouride in your water.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

[video=youtube;0he-LZNzVg0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0he-LZNzVg0[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

So the majority of these guys are not Hippies, because they don't have beards?

Nope. They are hippies. You can clearly see the smell cloud hovering above them. Hippies for sure. No beard but long hair abounds. :laser: :hippie:

 

[jamespowers]

I'd rather hang out with the hippies. :cool2:

YOU would. :rofl:

 

[jamespowers]

Why were the 70s such a tacky decade?

One word...chromed plastic....:eusa_doh:

Chromed plastic from then are the least of your worries from the 70s. lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

[video=youtube;0he-LZNzVg0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0he-LZNzVg0[/video]

Error occurred. Probably better for me.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Error occurred. Probably better for me.

Purity of essence.

 

[2jakes]

Chromed plastic from then are the least of your worries from the 70s. lol lol

No it was the polyester movies !

 

[dh66]

No it was the polyester movies !

 

[jamespowers]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Eye Bleach!

 

[dh66]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Eye Bleach!

There's no amount of bleach on earth can wipe that away once you've seen it

 

[jamespowers]

There's no amount of bleach on earth can wipe that away once you've seen it

I just saw the picture. If you see the whole movie.....
http://youtu.be/FqPQz39L-G8

 

[Stearmen]

One thing I do miss about the 70s was the limited amount of TV programs. You are probably saying, "what?" It was great, in that, the next day when you went to school or work, some one would invariably ask, "did you see, MASH, or All In The Family, last night?" Then the fun would start, since every one did. It brought us a lot closer then today, when you can get 1000 different answers to what did you watch last night!

 

[LizzieMaine]

When you have an infinite number of choices of anything, the odds are that an infinite number of those choices will be crap.

 

[jamespowers]

One thing I do miss about the 70s was the limited amount of TV programs. You are probably saying, "what?" It was great, in that, the next day when you went to school or work, some one would invariably ask, "did you see, MASH, or All In The Family, last night?" Then the fun would start, since every one did. It brought us a lot closer then today, when you can get 1000 different answers to what did you watch last night!

You couldn't pay me to watch MASH.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

It was great, in that, the next day when you went to school or work, some one would invariably ask, "did you see, MASH, or All In The Family, last night?" Then the fun would start, since every one did. It brought us a lot closer then today.

Only now it's American Pickers or Pawn Stars here in the Lounge.

 

[jamespowers]

Only now it's American Pickers or Pawn Stars here in the Lounge.

Better than stupid MASH and Silly All in the Family.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I thought MASH was overrated, overwrought, and by the end of its run extremely tedious. But I loved AITF from start to finish. It was the first time I ever saw people like my own family represented on television, and as it evolved it became one of the best-written programs on the air. Archie started out as a caricature, but he grew into one of the most well-rounded, sympathetic, and despite his flaws, good-hearted characters television has ever had. Mike, however, turned out to be an even bigger meathead than his father-in-law thought he was.

The two best programs of all seventies TV, though, were Barney Miller and The Bob Newhart Show. I found the writing and acting on both of those programs to be awe-inspiringly good, and I never missed either of them. One of the producers for the Newhart show was Bill Idelson, who had spent ten years in the cast of the best-written radio comedy of all time, "Vic and Sade," and had clearly learned his lessons well.

I still quote lines from the Newhart program to this day. "I get lonely every Bicentennial."

 

[jamespowers]

I thought MASH was overrated, overwrought, and by the end of its run extremely tedious. But I loved AITF from start to finish. It was the first time I ever saw people like my own family represented on television, and as it evolved it became one of the best-written programs on the air. Archie started out as a caricature, but he grew into one of the most well-rounded, sympathetic, and despite his flaws, good-hearted characters television has ever had. Mike, however, turned out to be an even bigger meathead than his father-in-law thought he was.

The two best programs of all seventies TV, though, were Barney Miller and The Bob Newhart Show. I found the writing and acting on both of those programs to be awe-inspiringly good, and I never missed either of them. One of the producers for the Newhart show was Bill Idelson, who had spent ten years in the cast of the best-written radio comedy of all time, "Vic and Sade," and had clearly learned his lessons well.

I still quote lines from the Newhart program to this day. "I get lonely every Bicentennial."

Thank God my family was nothing like All in the Family! I never got anything out of it.
Barney Miller was at least tolerable with characters like Inspector Luger and Fish. The ever present Jack Soo coffee jokes too.

 

[dh66]

http://youtu.be/Gn5qVaFW93k