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cpl.er...Capt. Joe
09-30-2009, 07:02 AM
We all love Are you Being Served? But apart from AYBS? let's face it -- the 1970s and early '80s was a cultural wasteland! Think about it... ...or better yet don't.

So I thought it deserved a thread.

List things that you thought stunk about the time during which AYBS? ruled! (The things must have appeared between Sept. 2, 1972 and April 1, 1985. (the premier dates of AYBS? first and last episodes.))

The things that jump out at me were:

1. Tiny Tim
http://bigbalagan.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/tiny_tim1_1.jpg
2. Pet Rocks
http://www.shirtvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pet-rock.jpg
http://blog.media-freaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/petrock05.jpg
(updated for modern use) http://idea-sandbox.com/blog/blog_images/USB_pet_rock.jpg
3. Shields & Yarnell (Too scary to leave a picture!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK9KtadXUoU&feature=player_embedded

Goldie
09-30-2009, 07:58 AM
Oh my goodness, Capt. Joe.. the updated pet rock made me spit my coffee out.. :lol:

larsen525
09-30-2009, 11:15 AM
Speaking for myself (etc.) I liked Shields and Yarnell, and I still remember their TV show after all these years. They were scheduled to perform here about six months ago, but had to cancel after Robert Shields was injured somehow.

- E.

missmacinthorpe
09-30-2009, 12:25 PM
I love the USB Pet Rock!

DebLovesJohnInman
09-30-2009, 04:20 PM
I LOVED the 70's but the entire 80's sucked for me. I hate that decade and everything about it...Even AYBS? took a nose-dive then.

:anglophile:

Red Shadow
09-30-2009, 04:25 PM
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour

cpl.er...Capt. Joe
09-30-2009, 06:23 PM
Good call, Red! The Brady Bunch Hour was also devised by my arch nemesis -- Sid and Marty Krofft.

cpl.er...Capt. Joe
09-30-2009, 06:40 PM
http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_kevinr/2008_2_billy_beer.jpg

cpl.er...Capt. Joe
09-30-2009, 06:42 PM
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1784/gallagher2nx9.jpg
Yes, he's still going strong. Talk about an act that's 30 years past it's prime.

Goldie
09-30-2009, 07:31 PM
1981 .. my dad had some of these.. I was 10. I drank three of them. He beat me unmercifully for doing that..:wildeyes: ..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b311/Ande34/6a01127953797128a401156f9afe7b970c-.jpg

Greg WibblyWobbly
10-01-2009, 01:25 AM
Good call, Red! The Brady Bunch Hour was also devised by my arch nemesis -- Sid and Marty Krofft.

Sid and Marty Krofft were Gods !!!

Red Shadow
10-01-2009, 05:14 AM
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour

What brought this to mind is that a man who graduated from one of our local universities recently co-wrote a book about this show with the lady who played Cindy Brady....

http://blogs.ilstu.edu/alumni-news/2009/09/28/brady-bunch-author-and-alum-will-visit-campus-for-homecoming/

MarkSentMe
11-30-2011, 12:13 PM
Sid and Marty Krofft were Gods !!!

AMEN!! I'm still waiting for my crew to buy me the HR Puf'nStuf boxset.

Aidan Phoenix
12-01-2011, 05:43 PM
The Neverending Story (1984) They deviated from the book BIG time and made Falkor look like a dog. I can understand Noah Hathaway having a reaction to the body paint, but the rest?! WRONG!

Greg WibblyWobbly
12-02-2011, 01:35 AM
AMEN!! I'm still waiting for my crew to buy me the HR Puf'nStuf boxset.

Very cheap on Amazon.com these days. Start dropping hints ... Christmas is right around the corner.

MarkSentMe
12-27-2011, 11:32 AM
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minki
12-27-2011, 06:37 PM
I could have done without the neon clothing, acid-wash jeans and big hair of the 80s.

Can't remember the 70s, as I'm younger than AYBS :)

Bionic Grainger
12-28-2011, 06:47 AM
The 70's Rocked.............I would go back in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!

sonosun
12-28-2011, 08:51 PM
The 70's Rocked.............I would go back in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!


That was a great time to be young. :yes:

gracegirl1974
12-28-2011, 10:09 PM
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Aidan Phoenix
12-29-2011, 11:33 PM
I hate to say it, as I'm die-hard Elton fan, but Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy just wasn't that great, IMHO. The title song was good. That's about it.

larsen525
01-24-2012, 04:26 PM
I hate to say it, as I'm die-hard Elton fan, but Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy just wasn't that great, IMHO. The title song was good. That's about it.

It inspired a great pinball machine, though:

www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=438

- E.

Greg WibblyWobbly
01-25-2012, 01:09 AM
I've played this machine a number of times but always thought it was the "Pinball Wizard" machine because the front glass is a caricature from "Tommy" when Elton sings "Pinball Wizard".

:lol:

ElectroWilberforce
01-27-2012, 11:23 AM
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Haha wow!!!! Nice, that is a killer jacket.

sonosun
01-28-2012, 08:53 PM
Haha wow!!!! Nice, that is a killer jacket.

It is a killer jacket. Mark wore that in the military. She took it off whenever she wanted to go Commando .:yes: