Archive for the ‘70s’ Category
Written by Bill G on Monday, August 6th, 2007 in 70s, Periods, TV, culture.
Top 20 TV Show Intros of the 70s
Introduction
Entries 16 to 20
Entries 11 to 15:
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The Odd Couple
1970-1975
The Odd Couple was originally a 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon. In the play, Art Carney was Felix Ungar, the neat freak, and Walter Matthau was Oscar Madison, the slob. Jack Klugman would later replace Matthau, but Matthau would [...]
Written by Bill G on Friday, August 3rd, 2007 in 70s, Periods, TV, culture.
I mostly grew up in the 80s. One of the cool things about TV in the 80s was that, through the magic of syndication, I got to see a lot of shows from the 70s that were no longer being produced (or were in their last days). One of the more memorable parts of a [...]
Written by Bill G on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 in 70s, Movies, Periods, culture, surgeries.
Alvin Toffler, Orson Welles, and Future Shock
This is a little known documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. This short came out in 1972 and features Orson Welles as the narrator. I was most amused by the high amount of paranoia in regards to the future… some of the segments (like people [...]
Written by OddCulture on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in 70s, 80s, Movies, Periods, culture, mature.
I suppose I should thank Tarantino and Rodriguez for getting me interested in 70s grindhouse again.
( Read the Review of Grindhouse here at Horror-fan-zine)
Some of their faux-trailers are perfect
Take this gem: Hobo With a Shotgun
Made as part of a “Grindhouse Trailer” contest, it won and was shown in front of Grindhouse at Canadian theaters.
Perfect [...]
Written by Bill G on Sunday, March 27th, 2005 in 70s, Movies, Periods.
House of 1,000 Corpses (2003)
Directed by Rob Zombie
Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black
(out of 4)
who’s # 1 ?
Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses is a curious freak show of a movie - a fun house of horrors that wants to aim for cult status but doesn’t quite have the authenticity to [...]
Written by OddCulture on Sunday, March 27th, 2005 in 70s, Movies, Periods.
Dawn of the Dead (1978) 1/2
Director: George Romero
Starring: Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, David Emge, Gaylen Ross
Dawn of the Dead (2004) 1/2
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly
with these prices, people are dying to get in - get it? Haha!
George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, the sequel to his [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, February 8th, 2005 in 70s, Periods, crime, travel.
Various Artists:
Beretta 70 - Roaring themes from thrilling italian police films 1971-80
1998, CD Compilation, Crippled Dick Hot Wax
1/2
Now… that’s Italian.
That’s not a true Beretta 70 pistol featured on the front of Crippled Dick Hot Wax’s compilation of music from 70s Italian police films (called Poliziotteschi), but you try telling that to the streetwise Italian cop [...]
Written by OddCulture on Saturday, November 13th, 2004 in 70s, Movies, Periods, bizarre, culture, funny video, surgeries.
Future Shock (1973)
Director: Alex Grasshoff
Host: Orson Welles
(film can be viewed here)
we are the robots.
Future Shock… is a sickness that comes from too much change in too short a time.. it’s the feeling that nothing is permanent anymore. It’s the reaction to changes that happen so fast that we cannot absorb them - it’s the [...]
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