# What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1970's"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167 "2014-02-12T17:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/61 "2014-02-13T11:31:40Z")
John Holmes. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/62 "2014-02-13T15:08:56Z")
Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood simultaneously. Immediately followed by the image of them making out. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/63 "2014-02-13T15:27:50Z")
Nixon ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/64 "2014-02-13T15:56:58Z")
Nixon. Born in the latter half of the 60’s, one of the first political things I remember was the effort to have him impeached. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/65 "2014-02-13T21:04:24Z")
My mind went Disco -\> The Bee Gees -\> Saturday Night Fever -\> John Travolta So either ‘The Bee Gees’ or ‘John Travolta’, depending on how you define “ONE name”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/66 "2014-02-14T00:22:49Z")
Barry Manilow. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/67 "2014-02-14T03:12:27Z")
Howard Cosell. It’s a funny old mind I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/68 "2014-02-14T03:21:27Z")
Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/69 "2014-02-14T07:58:49Z")
Luke Skywalker ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/70 "2014-02-14T11:53:15Z")
John Travolta, because of Saturday Night Fever. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/71 "2014-02-14T19:33:41Z")
Yet another vote for Travolta. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/72 "2014-02-14T21:49:19Z")
What? Where? ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167/73 "2014-02-15T02:14:57Z")
Travolta. The dancing. The white suit. The music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1970s/681167.md?page=3)