Favorite thing from 1972

[blondebear]

Simple enough: your favorite song, album, movie, TV show, car, event, t-shirt, memory (if you were alive at the time...)

Why is this a game, you ask?

Because, I answer: You are limited ONE ITEM PER POST.

If you don't like anything from 1972, maybe that would be a good thread for you to start elsewhere.

I'll kick it off with: I Graduated from High School

[Beware of Doug]

Undoubtedly actress Claire Forlani, born July 1, 1972.

[Saratoga Sam]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Simple enough: your favorite song, album, movie, TV show, car, event, t-shirt, memory (if you were alive at the time...)

Why is this a game, you ask?

Because, I answer: You are limited ONE ITEM PER POST.

If you don't like anything from 1972, maybe that would be a good thread for you to start elsewhere.

I'll kick it off with: I Graduated from High School

Hey, me too! And that's my favorite from that year, cuz I sure was glad to get outta there!

[Mahaloth]

The Godfather, released in March of 1972.

Amazing movie.

[Rhiannon8404]

Without a doubt, my sister, Alexandra, born Jan. 14th.

[kunilou]

The girl I dated throughout 1972. She was a keeper.

[twickster]

Another class of '72 HS grad -- but that's not my answer, because I'd be disqualified for naming more than one thing.

My favorite thing -- Paul Simon's first solo album.

[Frank]

Grafitti seen in an outhouse somewhere around North Bay, Ontario whilst hitch-hiking across Canada:

Don't change dicks in the middle of a screw
Vote for Nixon in '72

[Purgatory Creek]

That I can't remember 1972.

[blondebear]

Originally Posted by twickster

...because I'd be disqualified for naming more than one thing...

My poorly-stated "rule" was intended to discourage multi-item lists that might "use up" potential choices. Some folks won't see this thread right away, so I figured it might give them a chance. Feel free to add another favorite in a follow-up post.

[susan]

Watergate.

[koeeoaddi]

Getting paid to sing.

[silenus]

I lost my virginity in 1972.

Hi, Tracy!

[mhendo]

One of my favorite albums of all time is from 1972:

Harvest by Neil Young.

Classic.

[Freudian Slit]

The film Cabaret.

[jackdavinci]

I think that might have been the year my parents married.

[GESancMan]

Close To The Edge by Yes.

[Petrobey Mavromihalis]

Being born was kind of fun.

[Rick]

I turned 21.

[Freddy the Pig]

My favorite memory of 1972 is the Democratic National Convention. It was the last real convention, ever, before the hand of God came down and turned conventions into unwatchable sanitized infomercials.

It featured such novelties as a credentials challenge that both sides wanted to lose (for unfathomable parliamentary reasons), points of order, appeals, platform fights that went on until six in the morning, and an 80-candidate melee for vice president. Those were the days.

[Zebra]

Thresa A.

The cute red-haired girl that was my first crush.


She was hella cute in her blue-bird uniform.


We were in second grade.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally Posted by GESancMan

Close To The Edge by Yes.

Hey, thanks! Now I don't feel bad about skipping over that one to say...

Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull.

[Lute Skywatcher]

The car my eldest sister drove that year. Not sure if it was the Fiat 124 Spider on which she painted the Peanuts gang or the Opel GT.

[Don Draper]

In 1972, my favorite thing was this.


In my defense, I was only three years old.

[Hal Briston]

Highlights magazine...oh Goofus, you scampy little dickweed you...

[The Hamster King]

The Mongoose and The Snake.

[N. Sane]

Donny Osmond. Oh man, was I ever in love with him. I plastered my bedroom walls with posters of him.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

I wasn't born yet, but if there is one thing from 1972 that jumps out for me, it was Roberto Clemente getting his 3,000th hit in the last game of the season, which would turn out to be his last game ever. Ah, to go back to pre-strike baseball...

[notfrommensa]

My older and mean sister promptly moved out of the house after she graduated HS.

[Mixolydian]

The Schwinn Stingray that was a handmedown from my uncle - looked similar to this:
http://www.bmxnonstop.com/oldschool/images/deluxe.gif except it had a stickshift.

[ASAKMOTSD]

1972 Cutlass S

[Zebra]

Originally Posted by Mixolydian

The Schwinn Stingray that was a handmedown from my uncle - looked similar to this:
http://www.bmxnonstop.com/oldschool/images/deluxe.gif except it had a stickshift.

That's my bike! Except mine was metallic lime green. It had a smooth back tire with only two thin grooves.

That may have been the best thing from 1972.

[Gangster Octopus]

My wife, born April 1972.

[Ike Witt]

I was 5 in 1972. And since I am Canadian, I'd have to say that September 26, 1972 is a date that will alway be remembered. Of course I am talking about "The Goal".

ETA - the link goes to a you tube video.

[kevja]

I got contact lenses for the first time.

It changed my life!

[Rysto]

Originally Posted by Ike Witt

I was 5 in 1972. And since I am Canadian, I'd have to say that September 26, 1972 is a date that will alway be remembered. Of course I am talking about "The Goal".

ETA - the link goes to a you tube video.

I kept seeing the thread title and telling myself, "1972. 1972. That year is important for some reason. What is it?" I finally remember just before I saw this post.

[anyrose]

Pippin opened on Broadway

[anyrose]

Sammy Davis Jr's famous appearence on All In The Family

[anyrose]

M*A*S*H debuts on CBS

[Cunctator]

I started third class at St Aloysius College, the school which I attended for the next ten years, and enjoyed very much.

[The Scrivener]

These guys. Hard to believe they achieved perfection with a "no-name defense," no less.