Name your favorite thing from the 70s that you wish would come back.

[yourout]

For me its.....tube tops.
:evilgrin:

[femmocrat]

1. My skinny body.

I weighed 118 pounds in the 70s and looked fantastic!

[yourout]

3. Along that line....my late 70s big hair would be an upgrade over my current folically.....

challenged scalp.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Disco.

j/k

[Tobin S.]

4. Led Zeppelin

I was born in 72, though, so I don't have many memories from back then.

[Ardent15]

8. This.

[GoCubsGo]

5. All those wacky kids' shows

The ones that HAD to have been written by people who were dropping acid, like HR Puffinstuff and The Banana Splits Show.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Or "Lidsville." I guess 'Toke Town' was too obvious.

[Brickbat]

19. Vegetable Soup. Sesame Street, for that matter.

[ThatsMyBarack]

33. Sesame Street

NOT "Elmo Street"!

Plus the ORIGINAL Electric Company.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

68. Let's leave out "The Letter People" though

That show was creepy...I still to this day think that was a freakishly scary show.

I mean, it started with a happy-go-lucky tune and animation.

Then, we get a back background and DARKNESS. Or fogginess.

Cue the off-kilter spooky carnival music.

"Oh I'm Mister MMMMMM" -or what have you, some carniverous looking puppet resembling a EVIL CLOWN (!) in letter form
would take the spotlight amidst a creeping fog and croon some devilish tune about vowels or something.

........

MOMMY!!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

73. Have you ever seen Yo Gabba Gabba?

Don't Bite Your Friends

Acid-influenced children's television shows are still alive and well. Hell, let's not forget the Teletubbies.

[mix]

6. The AMC Pacer

[Richard Steele]

7. The idea that it's OK for straight men to dress flamboyantly. nm

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. My full head of hair.

[pscot]

10. James Earl Carter

n/t

[mix]

12. and those Aerosmith shows as the Ventura County Fair nt

[LSdemocrat]

13. Good airline service

[mix]

14. But people smoked on board then, I hated that as a kid. nt

[bluestateguy]

20. Attractive female flight attendants

nt

[Patiod]

36. Ah, those halcyon days of weigh-ins and mandatory retirement

I love that the FAs on USair today are regular middle-aged women like me (and gay men, and straight men, but rarely cute 20-something women).

I love listening to guys bitch about this - reminds me how much better some things are today.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. Mood rings

I just thought they were cool. :shrug:

[Aristus]

16. Uninhibited sexuality.

I grew up in the '80's. Between Reagan, AIDS, herpes, and the marching ranks of disapproving high school Young Republicans, my adolescence was difficult, to say the least...

[mix]

17. and good Woody Allen movies

[bluestateguy]

18. The Brady Bunch

They tried to bring it back in 1990, but it died after only 6 episodes.

[begin_within]

21. Streaking

[Bucky]

22. Optimism

[mikita]

76. no kidding --- agreed n/t

[Blue_Tires]

23. "Letters to Penthouse Forum"

and since it was the 70s, most of them were more likely to be true than not...

[Dr Morbius]

24. Republican embarrassment that one of their own went too far. (nt)

[Arugula Latte]

35. Hell, those were the days when Republican Moderates still existed.

[cheneyschernobyl]

25. The Bullets kickin' butt in the NBA.

Trivia question: Who was the last NBA team to win game 7 of the NBA Finals on the road? That's right...the Bullets!

We won the Eastern Conference 2 years in a row, and both times played Seattle in the NBA Finals. In 1978 we won game 7 there, and the next year (1979) we got swept. In my opinion the team hasn't recovered since.

[cheneyschernobyl]

63. Edit attempt

In 1979 the Bullets weren't swept. We won Game 1, then lost 4 in a row. The time window to edit my initial response expired.

[HughBeaumont]

26. Wacky Wafers.

Name Droppers
Pinball
1-to-1.5 income-to-home price ratio
The Chrysler Cordoba
Pop music that didn't suck
Prog that didn't sound sterile
R & B that relied on great music above vocal gymnastics
Actual capitalism instead of the unbridled corporatist model we have now

[TK421]

79. I think they still make Wacky Wafers

I thought I saw them around somewhere...I'll have to look

[HughBeaumont]

83. Wacky Wafers were discontinued when Nestle bought the Willy Wonka brand.

Appears that, despite demand, they have no plans to bring them back even as a retro novelty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Wafers
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2007/08/29/retro-candy-flashback-wacky-wafers/
http://www.oryans.com/wackywafers.html

BottleCaps and Razzles are still around, however.

[TK421]

84. Yeah, you know what? I used to get them from the Jack and Jill truck that

came around our block as a kid ( this was early to mid-eighties, I think ) I almost flipped out when I saw Razzles in a drug store nearby...I thought for certain they were gone,too

I remember Wacky Wafers

[Kaleva]

27. My 24/7 erection

[HopeHoops]

28. A nickel bag - and I mean one the same size that costs five dollars.

[TheMightyFavog]

29. Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and prog rock in general

And funk. Gotta have the funk.

Pam Grier...

And the AMX Javelin.



One hell of a piece of machinery.

[yourout]

37. My classmate buddy had one. Pass anything but a gas station.

Professionally rebuilt big block with Holly double pumper carb.

Instant acceleration.

[Auggie]

55. The Javelin was a beast.

My grandfather had one that I occasionally was allowed to drive.

[bif]

30. The MC5

Loved that band.

[mitchum]

31. My unlined face

[geardaddy]

32. Space food sticks,

Bub's Daddy


Wacky Packages

[alphafemale]

48. Wacky Packages!!!

:bounce:

When Garbage Pail Kids came out ten+ years later I was not alarmed. The Wacky packages had been way more offensive.

[geardaddy]

86. I used have them all over my lunchbox.

[geardaddy]

87. hiccup/dupe

[Arugula Latte]

34. Owning a four-bedroom house on one income.

[Joe Fields]

38. Honey oil for 10 bucks a ml.

[WinkyDink]

39. Besides my long hair and normal waistline? Hmmm.... Okay: Movies w/o CGI.

[Iggo]

40. My 12th grade Spanish teacher, Mrs Gazurian.

I had it bad for her.

[Sanity Claws]

41. Disco

I love dancing.

[gratuitous]

42. The Saints

Jill St. John and Susan St. James. Rowrrrrr.

[Iggo]

44. Aaaaaw, yeeeah! Mrs MacMillan.

[GalleryGod]

43. Cheap Concerts!

Well...a fella can DREAM,can't he?:yourock:

[texanwitch]

45. I miss no cellphones.

I have a cellphone but I miss the days when I didn't have to overhear someone else's problems.

[KG]

46. my erections.

they were tremendous. :P

[KamaAina]

47. Unions.

:(

[Happyhippychick]

49. Space Food Sticks

[foxfeet]

50. Quaaludes.

[wickerwoman]

51. Free to be you and me

[Throd]

52. Big Block Oldsmobiles

[Zavulon]

60. My kind of answer.

Despite the myriad of current environmental concerns, I miss the cars of the 1970s. If I had the same kind of '73 Dodge Charger that Michael Westen has on Burn Notice, I'd drive it as often as possible.

[kwassa]

53. The 60s

when I was a teenager.

The 70s were a wildly subsequent disappointment.

[tigereye]

54. more relaxed vibe, fewer giant houses, not quite as much consumerism?

l
or at least that's how I remember it. Oh, and wild and woolly punk rock. That was fun, too.

[Maccagirl]

56. My youth and my future

n/t

[Lindsey]

57. Well, I can't really answer that question because it was the worst

decade of my life. No point in going into it but suffice it to say that I'd give anything if the 70's had never happened for me.

[FedUpWithIt All]

58. Colorforms. n/t

[DebJ]

62. I heard they still make them. n/t

[Robeson]

59. Shorts that don't look like Bermuda shorts.

[ohheckyeah]

61. Hash

I never hear anything about it any more.

[carlyhippy]

64. guys in tight bellbottom pants :) along with......

Blue Jeans perfume, Farrah hair, disco music, cool-looking firebirds and camaros, space food sticks, dorothy hamilton haircut, among others.

[Tabasco_Dave]

65. Liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans

with real political power.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

66. Veedon Fleece.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

67. Live Action Superhero shows/special effects shows

I'd watch american tv again if there were awesome costumed special effects series like Batman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, Hulk....
I want some full-on kitschy cheesiness replete with funky background music, kickass opening theme, outrageous attack poses, tight-fitting fabulous costumes,
etc.
The works. Real explosions and stunt actors. None of that CGI crap.

Anyone who has seen tokusatsu series from the 70s like Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Kaiketsu Zubat, JAKQ, etc might know what I mean.... but I don't think that
special era of awesome will ever again be recaptured anywhere, lol. (Still plenty of toku in japan today but nothing as awesome as showa period shows, in my nerdly opinion)

Last thing on american tv I watched was probably Stargate Universe *shudders*

In my household we only watch japanese, korean and some chinese series anymore.

But I WILL make an exception for the new Futurama season.

[limit18]

69. The USA

[Burma Jones]

70. Privacy...........

[doc03]

71. The great sitcoms and variety shows on network TV

All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford and Son, MTM, Bob Newhart, Dean Martin Show,
Carol Burnett, Johnny Cash Show etc. and best of all I didn't have to pay $150 a month for it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

72. My life as a sperm.

Those were the salad days, my friend.

[guitar man]

74. Analog tape

Reel to reel baby! :D

[velvet]

75. clogs

Not.

[qb]

77. Andy Gibb

:loveya:

[Sabriel]

78. Starsky and Hutch

The real one. Le rowr rowr.

[profile this]

80. Wallabees

Shoes. High tops or low tops. Love them when I was in Junior High.

[TK421]

85. They were like moccasins, right?

these things were actually outlawed in my Catholic grade school because they were deemed "too casual" for the uniform ( grey plaid tie, white shirt, brown pants ) plenty of kids wore these things!

[geardaddy]

88. What about desert boots?

[PassingFair]

90. What? You didn't like EARTH SHOES?

I had a pair of these, but I remember them being more of a MaryJane style....

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34217&d=1243041231

[Auggie]

81. Hope

[bikebloke]

82. Independent radio stations

They used to have their own character before corporate monopolization homogenized them all.

[LisaM]

89. Long phone conversations on real phones

Where you could actually hear the other person, and weren't interrupted by a barrage of other media, call waiting, etc. Remember those long, in-depth conversations?

[Crystal Clarity]

91. Pop Rocks, Bubble Yum, and Now-And-Laters

Though I'm not so sure that I'd still like the stuff as much as I did then. :-)

[JeffersonChick]

92. My childhood! LOL n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

93. Rich people paying their goddamn share of the taxes.

Oh crap, did I just say that in a Lounge thread? :hide: