Post an image that reeks of the 1970s

[KurtNYC]

The culture vultures remade "hippie" into something marketable and mainstream. Sears sold bellbottoms and white belts with three rows of holes. This guy sold a heck of a lot of albums:


These guys made nice:


And MAD magazine took on the lighter side of Jaws:

[ET Awful]

1. How's this?

[DBoon]

2. My pic of the '70s

[Samurai_Writer]

51. Hey I have that poster!

I just bought it off art.com. Cool!

[CO Liberal]

3. This Photo Reeks of the '70s

It's me at my Senior Prom in 1971. I'm the handsome dude in the tux. I haven't seen the girl I took to the Prom since 1972.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I'm loving the gloves and how well they go with her outfit!

;)

[Butterflies]

21. Her gloves look like a metal claw

It's a cool picture though. It must make you feel OLD.

[CO Liberal]

38. No - Not at All

It's my gray hair and back pain that make me feel old. Plus the fact that this June, my son turns 30....

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. The hippie answer to Barbie...

[progmom]

9. I had those!

Wow - I forgotten all about them! I loved that belt buckle...

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I loved the Sunshine Family, but I can remember wondering why

the mom didn't have boobs like Barbi's. :)

[Texasgal]

6. Anybody remember these?

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I still use those on a daily basis! I have a set with the chickens on

them too! :hi:

[Bridget Burke]

13. Avocado green! (Scream, scream...)

Of course, the color's back again. "Those who do not remember the mistakes of the past...."

For me, part of the 70's was tracking Houston folkies on their trajectory to Nashville (to seek fame & fortune, to find a bunch of trouble)--this works:



And there was a political aspect, as well.

[GalleryGod]

54. I Loved that Movie! Of course, I've been in the minority for 30 yrs!

:shrug: Who knew?

[MissMillie]

23. I have a set

and use them often

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

31. My mom had that same big green bowl.

She probably still has it too.

[johnnie]

7. 8-tracks, The Fonz, and Dynamite

The Magazine, not the Bradys.

[tjwash]

17. No...It's DY-NO-MIIIIIITE

[johnnie]

26. The father (John Amos) was the best TV father ever

"How would you like some belt to go with that oatmeal Michael?"..LOL

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

47. yeah, and now he shills for an old folks insurance scam

him and Lou Rawls...
obscene.

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Oscar Gamble.

It is ALWAYS Oscar Gamble.

[johnnie]

29. Lol...I remember him

Or Boooog Powell, Dave Duncan and Buddy Bell.

[Misunderestimator]

11. .....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. Pong

[Texasgal]

15. Bullwinkle and Natasha

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. Prog Rock

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. Gloriously bad Hanna-Barbera cartoons

Watch the Boomerang channel and you'll see what I mean.

I watched THAT? And I LIKED it?

[tjwash]

19. Nothing says "seventies" like a wafro...

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. 1,2,3,4!!!!!!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

46. That's my memory of the '70s: my junior high school heroes!

The Ramones

[MissMillie]

22. Remember this guy?

[KurtNYC]

30. He was Phil Donahue before Phil Donahue was Phil Donahue

Actually Mike Douglas did it better than just about anybody that has come since him.

[MissMillie]

32. I used to love it when he'd sing

He had a voice that sounded a lot like my Dad's singing voice.

[The Great Escape]

24. Some Of My Favorite Seventies Memories

[kmla]

25. Here are a few of my memories of the 70's...

[KurtNYC]

27. Fleetwood Mac and the AMC Pacer

A two-tone AMC Pacer (ugh):

[Reverend_Smitty]

50. My dad actually owned a Pacer...

no lie, he had shag carpeting glued to the inside of the roof! What a tool!

[deutsey]

28. Tony Orlando and Dawn

[Texasgal]

33. And now.... BEHOLD!

The hand chair!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

34. I can't believe no one has posted any Peter Max paintings!

[Dukkha]

35. I love the 70's

[tjwash]

40. I don't know what happenned to Marie...

...but Donny is hosting "The Pyramid" now.

[guitar man]

36. this guy

was always BAKED on the air!

[deutsey]

37. KC and the Sunshine Band

Parliament/Funkadelic

[MissMillie]

39. STREAKER!

[DainBramaged]

41. Boomer going boom

[Schema Thing]

42. You want actual Scratch n Sniff?

That might take a while to work out the technology kinks.

[ConcernedCanuk]

43. "MUSCLE" cars

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Never again my friends!

Luvved those gas guzzlers, but their time has passed

(sigh)

[tjwash]

44. Remember the "Roadrunner"

Ahh youth, we hardly knew ya...

[ConcernedCanuk]

48. Sure do - hmm 440 6-pack with 4 speed Muncie - ROAR !

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And it's famous Cousin,

The Charger R/T, made famous by -

Ya gotta remember THIS show!

[BurtWorm]

45. Some 1970s shee-it

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

49. For boys it was THIS poster

[catmandu57]

52. How I spent the seventies

4 july 79

[jburton]

53. 10-4