70s-child: July 2014

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Saturday Night Disco:

"MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer. And after all these years I'm still trying to make sense of the lyrics.

The Cap'n Crunch puzzle. The description about the pic dated it to be '71, which seems to be around when I had it. I seem to remember using the puzzle pieces as action figures. Not only would the figures pop out, but I believe the wood background did as well; although it's hard to remember for sure - 1971 was a long time ago.

Friday, July 11, 2014

Like I've said before...

... I'm not really a fan of Shakespeare, but I am if it's done in the right way.

Tuesday, July 08, 2014

To be honest....

... except for I Dream Of Jeannie, I don't think I could sit through an entire episode of the above shows.

Monday, July 07, 2014

For the record:

Just a few pics of The Match Game for Steve to prove that I did like the show, and that I'm not a Communist.

Brady Clips:

In 1975 and '76 when I'd come home from school, starting at 3:00 I used to watch back-to-back Brady Bunch re-runs on Channel 56. After the Bradys would be Gilligan's Island then The Flintstones. I never missed a day. Although I have to admit I'm a little fuzzy on the order of episodes and the times, but then again my memory isn't quite what it used to be.

Saturday, July 05, 2014

Soul Train Saturday

"Ooh Child" by The Five Stairsteps

Friday, July 04, 2014

Proud to be an American:

Give me liberty, or kiss my @$$.

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Random observance:

Some people can find the humor in any situation, and some people are just whiners. In the above pic I think we know which is which..

Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Two of the best scenes ever:

Back in the day when I first saw the above 2 episodes, I laughed my @$$ off. I wanted to see if the washing machine scenario would really work, but I wasn't allowed to go anywhere near the washing machine. I guess my folks knew me too well, and there was absolutely no way my folks would have helped me make an explosive mud volcano. Some times they were just no fun.

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Live the dream:

He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything.

Don't expect much out of me for a quarter:

As a kid, I never got an allowance. That's something my folks weren't into. They were very generous with me, I never lacked anything, and usually when I asked for something they'd get it for me, but an allowance just wasn't going to happen. In '76, just before my folks split up, dad decided to give me a "job". It was sometime in January and the weather was pretty brutal, so he told me he'd pay me a quarter if I'd open the garage door for him when he got home so he wouldn't have to get out of the car and open it himself. We lived in a split level house (a raised-ranch), and the garage was in the lower level. The very first night, I was watching TV and I heard him pull in and stop at the garage door. I didn't want to leave my show, and it was pretty cold down there in the garage, and I was rather warm and cozy and comfortable sitting in front of the tv, so I basically ignored him. He honked. He honked again. And again. And again. Finally I heard him open the car door, open the garage himself, pull into the garage and slam the door shut. The way he slammed the door, I could tell he was angry and that I was in trouble. He came upstairs and just looked at me. Let's just say I lost my job that night, which didn't really bother me. A QUARTER??? I didn't get out of BED for that kind of money...