I was born in 78, but all this is really interesting for me. I’m sure my mom would LOVE it, since she graduated in 76. Some of those years would be her PRIME! haha
Oh, Jeebus. I am older than your Mom. That’s what keeps hitting me: I see “1975” and think, “yeah, I was 18 and going into college that year . . .”
While I’ve liked Michael Ian Black since he was Johnny BlueJeans on VIVA VARIETY, I agree: get people who can actually remember chunks of the 70s. I thought having two of the ZOOM kids was inspired, for instance.
People I’d cast: Alison Arngrim , Shirley Jones, McKenzie Phillips, Jimmy Carter, Steven Ford, Gene Simmons, Patty Duke, Gloria Stuart, etc., all of whom could add different perspectives on the era.
People I wouldn’t cast:
Any of the washed up 70s media whores still pathetically trying to scale back up the slopes of Olympos, like Fred “Rerun” Berry (who not only legally changed his middle name to “Rerun” but thinks his act is worth $14 million , Eric Estrada, or David Cassidy. You can’t turn on a feminine hygiene disposal infomercial without seeing at least one of them.
I think Moe Rocca is cute and sometimes funny, but who is he sleeping with these days to get the excessive amount of airtime he’s been given?
Oh Eve only a YEAR older than my mom. She went to college in 1976 as a freshman, and had me in 78.
AND, I have a YOUNG mom. She was just 19 when she had me, so being just a year older than my mom isn’t a bad thing at all.
Oh, and if I hear Eric Estrada say, “And, yes, they can call me 'Ponch” any day" one more time, I am going to snap.
My guess is that Eric is perfectly pleased when anyone calls him anything. Ever.
And why do they keep showing crotch shots of that damned chimp? Can’t they train it to sit still? Sheesh!
Coming in October is “I Love the 80s Strikes Back!”
I had Baby Alive! I must have been about 6 or 7 but I remember making her crap on the sofa and then giving her a beating! And then making her eat all sorts of inedible objects!
Hal Sparks seems like a bitter, bitter little man to me. That guy Mark from Blink182 crack me up every time.
Where are the clackers (that’s what we called them anyway) and the killer doberman movies and the prog-rock? Or are they saving it for the late 70s episodes with Styx and Kansas?
voguevixen that’s Megyn Price. I can relate to her Hong Kong Phooey story, although we didn’t have a filing cabinet for me to try it with, I remember trying to do the same manuever by jumping onto our couch and hoping to rebound off of it and coming out in that karate kick stance. Never worked, and my attempts stopped once my Mom caught me trying it.
Could someone hurry up and send Ellen Cleghorne and Bill Dwyer into the showbiz career black hole? Or least give Jason Mraz back his bong, send him to his room, and maybe he’ll shut up.
I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t get this guy. I realize his shtick is the deadpan delivery but man oh man is this guy completely unfunny. He makes Chevy Chase seem like a genius…and I’m talking about the jaded 2003 model, not the hip, young 1975 version. If this is the best that
vh1 can do…then sheesh!
(sorry about the broken post!)
Which is it? Make up your mind! Heh heh.
BTW, our cable went out this afternoon…if it’s not fixed by tonight and I miss the Bicentennial, I’m gonna be PISSED!
I don’t like “I Love the 70’s” because I wasn’t there to love them. “I Love the 80’s” was great for me, because I was, you know, alive. Altough I was only born in 1982, I still have only the best memories of Transformers, Thundercats, and He-Man.
I’m not going to watch it. I don’t remember the 70’s, and they can’t make me.
Eve, I shocked myself the other day when I realized that people too young to remember when Reagan was President are now going to college.
I realize that being born in 1984 might have a lot to do with it, but I don’t like this nearly as much as I liked I Love the 80’s.
The commentary doesn’t seem as funny this time around for the most part, and I think a lot of that can be attriubted to what a lot here have mentioned - half these people were barely sentient in the 70’s. It also seems to me like 80’s focused more on fashion and completely random pop culture trends than 70’s has so far, but I may just be remembering wrong.
Hal Sparks does look even cuter this time around, though.
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I remember the Blythe dolls; but I don’t remember if I justed really WANTED one or owned one. Creepy, weren’t they???
I so agree about Black’s deadpanning…I loved it on the 80s one and I love it now. Hal Sparks is funny too. So the show is cheesy; I’ve enjoyed both sets of shows.
And Dee Snyder has been cracking me UP. I like him more than ever; and it isn’t just because of Strangeland. 
So I guess this makes me white trash or something; but so be it. It’s like being a kid again
At least Michael Ian Black admitted, “I was only four years old for the Bicentennial.”
The hair fad of 1976, by the way, was the Barbra Streisand Perm—everyone had one. Except me, thankfully; my hair was too long to perm.
And why were click-clacks in “1977?” I played with them in '73. And Captain Kangaroo in the mid-70s? I watched him in the early '60s! I have a feeling VH1’s “research” consists of someone saying, “yeah, I sorta remember that from when I was ten,” and that’s good enough.
I don’t even recall click-clacks, but I did note that the songs they play aren’t necessarily from the year that they appear… for example, there was a 1977 segment on last night where they played the 1973 song “Everybody Played the Fool” by The Main Ingredient.