What have been your pop culture high points?

[Dave Mc]

Anyone who can list ELO's "Time" as an album of importance to them is way cool in my book. I thought I was the only one in the world who clicked with that album.

[The Toyroom]

^ I always preferred "Out of the Blue"...played that one to DEATH

[david_b]

Jeez, another thought-provoking thread.. (my head already hurts..).

Trek: Living in Wisconsin, I had a couple of huge Packer posters back in '72, then I discovered Star Trek.. All the posters went bye-bye quickly.

Marvel Comics: On one of the MANY 2wk roadtrips my parents dragged me on in the back seat, I found a copy of FF#138 at a gas station. Comics now had a purpose in my life.., the doors to a new world slammed open, and it was AWESOME!

Star Wars: I had been so, so into Space:1999, making cardboard ships with my pal Mike with Trek and 1999-type stories and characters. When May of '77 came, the world shook on it's axis..

Who: But, after a few years of "MORE HUGE BUDGET" movies with retred stories, I discovered Tom Baker on a PBS station, which liberated me from all the hollywood-hype about special effects, spaceships, etc.. Sci-Fi didn't have to be expensive to be fun anymore..

Music: Loved the Beatles and Monkees growing up, then I discovered the early Stones in college, along with the Police, ska, B52s, etc.. The babes came much easier after that..

[Surfsup]

Films:
Star Wars
Superman
As Good As It Gets
Big Lebowski
Shawshank Redemption
Pink Panther series

Toys:
Denys Fisher Cyborg, Dr Who and Six Million Dollar Man
Palitoy Super Heroes, Star Trek, POTA, Action Man, Commander Power and Star Wars
Action Man

TV:
Dr Who
Thunderbirds
Star Trek
Six Million Dollar Man
Starsky & Hutch
Curb Your Enthuisiasm
Arrested Development

Music:
Neil Finn
Brian Wilson
Beatles
Nat King Cole
Buddy Holly
Elvis
Burt Bacharach

Comics:

Kingdom Come
Dark Knight
Watchmen
and generally most things by;
John Buscema
Jim Steranko
Barry Windsor-Smith
Jack Kirby
Stan Lee
Alan Moore

[mitchedwards]

Rubicks Cube
Star Wars
Star Wars Toys
BMX Bicycles

[ctc]

>Anyone who can list ELO's "Time" as an album of importance to them is way cool in my book. I thought I was the only one in the world who clicked with that album.

The first time I'd heard of it was when "Twilight" and "Hold on Tight" were used for the opening and closing animations of the Japanese Daicon festival. (A huge yearly animation convention.) It took a while to find it on CD; but it was worth it. (Although you gotta admit it's a damned depressing album! The whole moral is that you can't lose hope, 'cos you've really got nothing else.)

I think a big event for me was reading the comics "Mars" and "Judge Dredd" for the first time. More than anything else, THESE books showed what a comic COULD be.

Don C.

[palitoy]

Oh man too much to discuss:

Movies:
Seeing Flash Gordon with my Dad on a rainy Tuesday
The Black Hole at the Brock Theatre (now gone Boo hoo)
Plan 9 at the Bloor
40's Batman Serials at the Bloor
The City TV "Not So Great Movie" show every week
J-Men Forever
Dean Martin Matt Helm
Phantom of the Paradise
The Omega Man

TV:
Superfriends
Commander Tom
Uncle Bobby
Land of the Lost
Frightenstein
MST 3k
Get a Life
Venture Brothers
Logan's Run
Fantastic Journey


Toys
Getting my mail in Black Hole figures from Shreddies (Which probably had a lot to do with me loving toys in the mail)
My parents coming back from Toyfair with samples like Fist Fighting Robin and a carded sandperson
Visiting PK Douglas and my Dad buying a couple of cases of Lincoln Monsters to sell, just so i could have the Frankenstein doll from the show room.
Bullet Man
Big Jim P.A.C.K
The Capture Copter
Stabbing my Stretch Armstrong

Trading Cards:
Creature Features
Star Wars
Star Trek the Motion Picture

Comics
Turock
Mighty Samson
Archie Superheroes, P.O.P Agents and Madhouse

Music:
Dean Martin
Ramones
The Doors
Manowar
Roger Miller
The whole Grunge scene and the early ninties rock scene.

Comedy:
Carlin's "Take off and Put On's" changed my life.

In general, growing up has been a blast, I loved my childhood in the 70's. My parents weren't always able to be around but dammit, when they were they packed our days with some really fun nonsense. I get to be the guy in charge now and do the same for my brood, I love it.

[david_b]

Yes, I clearly forgot: George Carlin's 'Class Clown'...!?!

That gave me ample playground stand-up material for months (and a few written invites to the principal's office..). Never heard anyone swear on a record before....

My mom buying me the first-issue Mego RC Batman and Robin rank up there as well.

[YoungOnce]

Ah, Palitoy... I'm glad you brought up trading cards!

As a kid growing up in the 70's, it was such a big deal to me and my buddies.

No internet back then... no videos or dvds... once you saw a movie you loved, like Superman or Star Wars, there wasn't much of a way to stay connected. There was no chance to see it again until it came out on broadcast tv, maybe a year later.

So we would walk up and down the road, finding discarded pop bottles to redeem for some cash at the little country store, then we would buy a pack of cards... The Black Hole, Star Wars, Superman...

It was a chance to learn some trivia and relive those great movie memorys!



Yes... I became a huge ELO fan in those years... there was such a great sci'fi element in that TIME album.

Maybe I'm just old and jaded now... but nothing seems to grab me like it used to... or is it just mediocre product being released everywhere?

[Adam West]

Most have been mentioned already.

Hardy Girl...no shame in Michael Jackson. My wife and I were listening to History on our way to vacation and both agreed that despite his personal issues, he is a musical genius. Thriller was unlike any album I have ever heard up to that time.

Movies

Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Inframan
Tron
Clash of the Titans

TV
Land of the Lost
Brady Bunch
Six Million $ Man
Marine Boy
Ultra-Man
'66 Batman
Superfriends
'67 Spidey
Scooby-Doo (old stuff)

Music

Michael Jackson Thriller
KISS (They were the biggest thing around when I was in the 4th grade)
Bee Gees
Any kind of Disco K-Tel album my parents purchased

[The Toyroom]

My whole life is a "pop culture high point"!