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I was born in September 1971, and while I do not remember much of the early 70's, I would say in terms of culture and watching TV and playing with toys and such, the turning point was either 1976 or 1977. I definitely miss the 70's because it was MY time of innocence. I agree with the earlier posts in that I too was oblivious to work and responsibilities and war. I recall the 70's being the last decade of record albums being popular and kids on shows like the Brady Bunch's idea of kids hanging out was to go to one's house and play records. This was before cassette tapes and later on, CD's would take over.
The 1970's was to me, the last decade of wholesome TV, with no disrespect to great 80's shows like the Cosby Show and Family Ties. But I recall when families used to watch the Wonderful World of Disney that either aired on Saturday or Sunday nights.
You had shows like the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman and on Saturday Mornings, you had Shazam and Isis. There were family shows like Little House on the Prairie and the Waltons. I recall live variety shows like Lawrence Welk and Donnie and Marie. Action shows like Charlie's Angels, Starsky and Hutch, and Baretta. Sitcoms like Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Three's Company on Tuesday nights.
My favorite night of watching TV was on Friday nights in 1978 on CBS. You had Lynda Carter in the sexy star spangled costume as Wonder Woman followed by Bill Bixby as the mild mannered Dr. David Banner, who when angered morphed into Lou Ferrigno painted green and roared with rage as the Incredible Hulk.
I loved watching Saturday morning cartoons. I recall waking up with Hal Linden's Animals Animals Animals, just to make sure I got my weekly fix of the SuperFriends, then seeing shows like Scooby Doo and other Hanna Barbera favorites like the Laff A Lympics. And Filmation ruled when it came to action cartoons like Tarzan, the 1977 Batman series, and the Super 7. True that while many of these cartoons were toned down in action and dialogue to appease organizations like the Action for Children's Televison, they kept me well entertained as a kid.
The movies gave us the first Star Trek, Star Wars, Jaws, and Superman movies in their movie series. I also recall the popularity of the Black Hole and the TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
And when it came to toys, Mego ruled!!! There were so many things by Mego I wish I could have had, but at the same time, there were lots of Mego made toys I did have and am sorry I got rid of later on.
I admit, I love the days of thick hair, sideburns, long collared shirts, colored glasses, afros, and yes, even bell bottoms. And in terms of music, I loved the sounds of Seals and Crofts and Kat Stevens. And yes, I love disco. I found and bought the music soundtrack to season two of CHiPs online and I love that disco music. What can I say?I'm a product of my time.
I definitely miss the 1970's. My childhood hero Bill Bixby was alive back then as were greats like Michael Landon, Telly Savallas, John Denver, and others.
Ironically, while I have lots of channels on my TV, I prefer to pop in my DVDs of the Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Six Million Dollar Man and I am planning to look for the classic Bionic Woman series as well as Shazam, BJ and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo, the Magician, and the Man From Atlantis.
Yeah, the 1970's were AWESOME!!!
Cheers.
The 1970's was to me, the last decade of wholesome TV, with no disrespect to great 80's shows like the Cosby Show and Family Ties. But I recall when families used to watch the Wonderful World of Disney that either aired on Saturday or Sunday nights.
You had shows like the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman and on Saturday Mornings, you had Shazam and Isis. There were family shows like Little House on the Prairie and the Waltons. I recall live variety shows like Lawrence Welk and Donnie and Marie. Action shows like Charlie's Angels, Starsky and Hutch, and Baretta. Sitcoms like Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Three's Company on Tuesday nights.
My favorite night of watching TV was on Friday nights in 1978 on CBS. You had Lynda Carter in the sexy star spangled costume as Wonder Woman followed by Bill Bixby as the mild mannered Dr. David Banner, who when angered morphed into Lou Ferrigno painted green and roared with rage as the Incredible Hulk.
I loved watching Saturday morning cartoons. I recall waking up with Hal Linden's Animals Animals Animals, just to make sure I got my weekly fix of the SuperFriends, then seeing shows like Scooby Doo and other Hanna Barbera favorites like the Laff A Lympics. And Filmation ruled when it came to action cartoons like Tarzan, the 1977 Batman series, and the Super 7. True that while many of these cartoons were toned down in action and dialogue to appease organizations like the Action for Children's Televison, they kept me well entertained as a kid.
The movies gave us the first Star Trek, Star Wars, Jaws, and Superman movies in their movie series. I also recall the popularity of the Black Hole and the TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
And when it came to toys, Mego ruled!!! There were so many things by Mego I wish I could have had, but at the same time, there were lots of Mego made toys I did have and am sorry I got rid of later on.
I admit, I love the days of thick hair, sideburns, long collared shirts, colored glasses, afros, and yes, even bell bottoms. And in terms of music, I loved the sounds of Seals and Crofts and Kat Stevens. And yes, I love disco. I found and bought the music soundtrack to season two of CHiPs online and I love that disco music. What can I say?I'm a product of my time.
I definitely miss the 1970's. My childhood hero Bill Bixby was alive back then as were greats like Michael Landon, Telly Savallas, John Denver, and others.
Ironically, while I have lots of channels on my TV, I prefer to pop in my DVDs of the Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Six Million Dollar Man and I am planning to look for the classic Bionic Woman series as well as Shazam, BJ and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo, the Magician, and the Man From Atlantis.
Yeah, the 1970's were AWESOME!!!
Cheers.
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