Those round things....

Ya know those round things on the intake of a drag car, those are neat. I remember Gene Snow pumping starter fluid into those flaps to get the Funny Car started. That wasn't the only reason I went to the races every weekend in the early 70's.

Mary, Mary, Mary.....

Anyone alive in the 60's and 70's knew who Peter, Paul and Mary were, a fun singing trio that had a huge following. I always liked Marys blonde bangs and I would listen to albums for hours (actually the albums belonged to my mom). How else would I know that 'Stewball' was a race horse? Good bye Mary.

Ex-wife #8

Oh sure, she looked alright but the clothes don't make the woman. The hair was a wig, the glasses were from the Elton John collection and cost $12,000 and she had the outfit tattooed on her body. She took the curtains from the kitchen window and had them surgically attached to her knees. And, on top of all that, she never let me wear my "Plum Crazy Purple" stacks after she found out we had the same shoe size. Bitch!

Mary and Larry, the kids next door

Another perennial favorite was Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry for all the gear-heads in the 70's. "There's nothing they won't try" was the mantra of the 70's as we all remember. You had to dig this movie because "Easy Rider" Fonda was in it and he held a cult status in the 60's and 70's. Again, I have no idea what its about even though I saw this movie at least 3 times. Darn that 1974.

Saints Preserve Us!

That's what the Chief of Police used to always say on the old Batman shows. An apt quote for today, as I've uncovered some film footage of my first high school girlfriend, Mary Margaret O'Frangipants. We sat next to each other in Typing class and she used to share her onionskin with me (if you get my meaning.)(If you do get my meaning, shoot me an email, because I'm clueless.) Dig this opening scene where we are making love. Quite frankly it's no surprise I swore off dames for the next four years.

People we liked

Jackie Stewart was my favorite driver along with Mario Andretti. "The Flying Scotsman" as he was called raced in the 60's and 70's with few equals. His determination to bring safety to the sport is unparralled. When he retired from racing, he became a commentater on ABC's Wide World of Sports along with Jim McKay and Chris Acanamackie (probably didn't spell that right). His Scottish accent only added to the excitement of watching the Grand Prix of Monoco. Cheers 'ol pal.

People we liked

George was one of Jonny Carsons best recurring guests ever. Half the time he was blown out drunk and swapping jokes with Dean Martin. Later in life George was a spokesman for Fox Photo. This was when people still bought film and had photos developed. There were "Photo Huts" in every parking lot. Even in the 70's, he kept his trademark 'flattop' hair, which is one reason Rick and I still laugh at the guy, he was just friggin' funny.

Partridge Family

"C'mon get happy..." Well here it is in most of it's glory. Shirley Jones head got cut off but we were going for the photo of Susan. And for all you girls, David Cassidy. David in an interview seemed really grounded with his place in history when he said, "do you know how lame it is to be remember as the guy who made 'pucca shell' necklaces popular?" See, even David jokes about himself.

I just got finished watching 3 episodes of That 70's Show and relized something. Rick was Hyde and I was Eric. Rick was that kid who wasn't impressed with the social scene as the world saw it and I was home with a kookie mom and a dad who called us dumb-asses. But that was also a great time to be a teenager. Blow a doobie and the watch Barney Miller with dad. We laughed our ass off and dad wasn't sure why I thought the show was so funny. We cruised in the Buick stationwagon full of kids and just jammed out to the tunes. Blane and I had moms hand-me-down wagon and it was great. "hangin' out, down the street, same 'ol thing, we did last week" was our mantra. It was a simpler time with simple pleasures. A quart of Olympia beer and some weed, we had it made.

Celebrity girlfriends..

OK, I'll take the heat for this one but I can't help it! Kristy McNipple was too cute. She was the total 70's teen. Maybe a little too goodie-two-shoes but I saw "Blue moon Junction"....I can still see her in cowboy boots with no top on. As Garth and Wayne would say, "shhwing!"