Let's talk about the non- pop culture pop culture enjoyed by Real Amurricans in the '70s.

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Following from the couple of disco threads over on ILM.

What this thread is about: inspirational music ("You Light Up My Life"), patriotic movies, strongly "American" movies, the sort of mass-market paperbacks that sell in the millions but have titles and authors you've never really heard of, the sort of mass-market paperbacks that end up at the Goodwill five years later.

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

the 70s seemed like such a massive decade for this sort of stuff!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Now you've made me think of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Born to Run, invoked & dismissed.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

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HI DERE

― absolutego (ex machina), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

those things you list were pop culture though. what would be non pop?

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

(First Blood came out in 1982 Rocky 2 was 1979.)

― absolutego (ex machina), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

oh, I misread the thread! Sorry

― absolutego (ex machina), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

pop culture = kid stuff, hipster stuff.

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

Trying to think of anything from the seventies that isn't considered "pop culture" is kinda hard.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

"the non- pop culture pop culture enjoyed"

i'm having trouble wrapping my head around this for some reason.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

pop culture also = obviously "urbane" things.

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Harold Robbins?? Oh, I thought you said Harold Robinson, really dreadful stuff.

― Basil Fawlty (nickn), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Is this a thread about Charles Bronson?

― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Eric!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.adclassix.com/images/78toyotacorolla.jpg ?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

So... jody, are you asking for stuff that's not kitschy, but just plain crappy?

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

what i'm asking is -- all those midwesterners in their 30s-50s who weren't into hard rock or disco or funk, who didn't watch wkrp or smoke pot, people who went to church and worked on farms and stuff -- what was THEIR '70s pop culture?

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

i was gonna say jonathan livingston seagull too! what is UP with that book? what's it about?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Sunshine!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

let's not use the word "kitschy"

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Lawrence Welk

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Dude that Corolla was my dad's first car!

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Looking Out For #1!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

knitting

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

non- pop culture pop culture ?= mundane things everyone did/had?

Plymouth Duster?

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

seriously, it has to be Welk

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Linda Goodman's Sun Signs!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

so massive they still rerun his show years after his death

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

macrame!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000059TEQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

http://tulsatvmemories.com/imag1999/heehaw.jpg
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/heehaw_00.jpg ?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

love story! now we're talkin'.

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Insight!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

may be missing the point of the thread here but...

the last few seasons of M*A*S*H when it shed its irreverant, surprisingly counter-cultural (for network television, anyway) tone and got all preachy and boring

― Will(iam), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

the scarsdale diet?

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

http://www.theconnection.org/photogallery/sex/images/1.jpg

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

those '70s disney live-action movies?

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

"Run Joey Run"!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

ewwww joy of sex ewwww

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

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― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

ewwww joy of sex ewwww

I know. But everyone had a copy!

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

oh my god yes paul williams!

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

where is rosemary. she will pwn this thread when she finds it.

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

alex comfort truly brought comfort to the homes of many americans. and extreme discomfort to those people's children when they discovered the book.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/Images/Books/Batch1/0749396059.JPG

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

those '70s disney live-action movies?

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/apple1.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

most of these are pop culture

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

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― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

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That Slapshot poster is GREAT! The original Hanson bros.!!

― Will(iam), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

My life ages 12-21 just flashed before my eyes. Thanks!

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

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― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

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― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Nadia's Theme

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:39 (twenty years ago)

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Lazy Susan!
More corningware...
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― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Roosters and hens were a really popular theme in the 70s. I remember my parents having several poultry style accessories in the kitchen.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

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In 1977, we feared the Russians a little less.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

Pepsi Light
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The birth of the not-plain-white tennis ball:
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― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

the greatest sitcom of the 70s (if not of all-time):

http://www.lethaldeath.com/Crimson/Images/ResidentDVDvil/What

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― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

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This and the medical kit made for some memorable childhood moments.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

http://gci.gospelcom.net/fm/images/joni.jpg

the inspiring story of joni erickson. how she became a quadraplegic and coped with her anger towards god by teaching herself to draw and write with her mouth. now a christian speaker she says things like "even if a baby lives for just one hour, it can still save a marriage."

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

Exodus was the 50s!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

http://www.sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/hansonbrothers02ii-1.jpg

is the guy on the left ned raggett??

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

ts: the hanson brothers vs.

http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/hudson.jpg

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

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scanimate!

― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

atari video music!

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― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

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― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

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― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/everyday_life/img/IM.0844_zp.jpg

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

one of those doofus Hudson Bros is kate hudson's dad!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

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― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

"second of all, you need to maybe actually go to the midwest, and dig around in some used bookstores, and you'll find all that 70s breaking-the-frame euro art novel shit all over. giles goat-boy, all that stuff. the hard divisions your throwing up are based more on your own contempt than on what was actually consumed."

o right well im sure glad i don't LIVE IN TEH MIDWEST YOU FOOL, cuz if i did i guess i'd kno that what is in a used bookstore today = what was being consumed EN FRICKIN MASSE by boring middle aged ppl in the 1970s WOW SHERLLOCK HOWDYA COME UP WITH THAT ONE.

― watson., Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

This is all kind of freaking me out, as only the 70s can, I suppose...

http://www.muppetcentral.com/_images/sesame/pinball_number_count.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

The Atari Archives. I used to really like borrowing these kinds of old books and trying to write (usu unsuccessfully) games on our pre-Windows PC version of QBasic.

Can you download episodes of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home? Get DVDs?

― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

72-74! Way earlier than I thought.

― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

It appears the show does not enjoy a good reputation with people who may have been old enough to discriminate.

― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

For what it's worth, I watched Wait Till Your Father Gets Home when it was first aired, and thought it sucked. I was in my early teens, so any kind of low-brow outrageousness would have appealed to me. If people are expecting a kind of proto-Family Guy they're likely to be disapointed.

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

i used to see reruns on tv in iceland, i'd never even heard of it til then. i think i've seen it at like four am on boomerang once or twice too. it's not at all great (i was kinda surprised to see some brits rep heavy for it on some thread), it's got some good dated laffs though.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

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― Jimmy Mod Knows You Eat Your Own Farts (ModJ), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

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― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Thursday, 7 April 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

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― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 7 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

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― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 7 April 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

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― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 7 April 2005 04:55 (twenty years ago)

I think I deserve bonus points for referencing three items in one picture:
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― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

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― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 7 April 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

happy earth day!

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― my friend flicka (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 23 April 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

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― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 23 April 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

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― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Saturday, 23 April 2005 03:57 (twenty years ago)

FUNNY CARS!!!!!!

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And of course, the one and only Jungle Pam:

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― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

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― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

Revive! In honor of today's "AMG Album of The Day", which has a cover that defines this thread:

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― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 14:54 (fifteen years ago)

who wouldn't want to get into the middle of that white bread sandwich. hubba hubba.

― scott seward, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 15:09 (fifteen years ago)

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― too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:05 (fifteen years ago)

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― too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:07 (fifteen years ago)

So I've just perfunctorily skimmed this thread, haven't checked all the images, and still don't understnd what "non-pop culture pop culture" means, but I just wanted to say that Wait Til Your Father Gets Home was probably my very favorite TV show when I was 13 or so, and my wife (a few years younger) is a pretty huge Electric Company fan. I also really loved Almost Anything Goes -- a couple years later, right? -- and swear I first saw the Runaways on the celebrity ("All-Star" I guess) version once, but have never been able to verify that on line. Was also really into all those seemingly proto-milleninarian Chariots Of The Gods and Late Great Planet Earth books: Have those been mentioned? And our little basement bookshelves (for cheap paperbacks -- my dad's hefty philosophy tomes were upstairs) were loaded with sundry I'm OK You're OK type self-help books. Yep, Sensuous Woman on there too, I think. And The Happy Hooker by Xaveria Hollander. And The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris. My family had readers in it!

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:00 (fifteen years ago)

And oh yeah, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home is definitely available on CD. Got ahold of a box set a few years ago (may or may not still have it -- my DVD collection is, uh, erratically organized); watched and enjoyed okay a few episodes, but don't think I ever got through the whole thing.

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:08 (fifteen years ago)

Available on DVD, I mean. (Duh)

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:09 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

made-for-TV movies w/moonlighting sitcom stars half-remembered character actors & slumming living legends. in this exciting edge-of-your-seat example Buddy Ebsen/Jed Clampitt/Barnaby Jones's shitty driving triggers a highway pile-up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkL_uWakXpM&feature=search

― parasitic mistletoe (m coleman), Monday, 23 August 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

Harriet Nelson AND Bad Ronald!!

― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 23 August 2010 23:15 (fifteen years ago)

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