I Love the '70s (U.S. TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = I Love the '70s


caption =
aka =
genre = Mini-series
composer = Rob Cairns
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons =
num_episodes = 10
producer = Greg Altman
Michael Dutton
Karla Hidalgo
Sean Johnson
Sandra Kuhn
runtime = 60 mins.
channel = VH-1
first_aired = August 18, 2003
last_aired = August 22, 2003
followed_by = ""
website = http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_70s/series.jhtml
imdb_id = 0377192
tv_com_id = 21163

"I Love the '70s" is a decade nostalgia television mini-series produced by VH-1. The series is based on a BBC series of the same name. It examines the pop culture of the 1970s, using footage from the era, along with "Where Are They Now?" interviews with celebrities from the decade. Additionally, the show features comedians poking fun at the kitchiness of what was popular. The first episode of the series, "I Love 1970", premiered on August 18, 2003. A sequel, "", appeared in the United States on VH-1 beginning on 10 July 2006.

Recurring segments

*Foxy Ladies: Erik Estrada presented the hottest women of the year.
*Macho Men: Bo Derek presented the hottest men of the year.
*Roller Rink Anthem: Leif Garrett presented one of the big hits of the year in question.
*Bella Says: Bella the chimp picked a primate of the year (with subtitles).
*Follicle Fad: Isaac Hayes presented what the hottest hairstyle was for the year, sometimes choosing more than one.
*Remember This?: A famous television ad was shown from the 1970s.

Topics covered by year

1970

* The Jackson 5
* Weebles
* "Sesame Street"-November 10, 1969-present
* "The Partridge Family"-September 25, 1970-March 23, 1974
* "Hee Haw"-June 15, 1969-September 4, 1993
* "The Carol Burnett Show"-September 11, 1967-March 29, 1978
* "Love, American Style"-September 29, 1969-January 11, 1974
* Wife swapping
* Waterbed
* "The Newlywed Game"
* "The Mod Squad"
* "The Odd Couple"
* Elvis Meets Nixon
* Black Sabbath
* The Carpenters
* "Monday Night Football"-September 21, 1970-present
* "Love Story"
* Neil Diamond
* The Beatles' breakup
* Wild Kingdom
* Lite-Brite
* "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"-February 19, 1968-August 31, 2001
* "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret"
* "The Brady Bunch"-September 26, 1969-March 8, 1974

1971

*"Shaft"
*"The Electric Company"
*Tom Jones
*Keep America Beautiful
*"Hogan's Heroes"
*"Fiddler On The Roof"
*Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"
*Ouija
*"Soul Train"
*"All in the Family"
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
*Hot pants
*Operation
*Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World"
*"H.R. Pufnstuf"
*"Dirty Harry"
*Ford Pinto
*Bell-bottoms
*"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
*"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"

1972

*Kung Fu/Bruce Lee
*"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"
*Stevie Wonder
*"The Godfather"
*"Fat Albert"
*Afro
*"Ben"
*Lunch boxes
*"Deep Throat"
*"The Poseidon Adventure"
*Sea Monkeys
*Mark Spitz
*Gaucho pants
*The Bermuda Triangle
*"Josie and the Pussycats"
*Ziggy Stardust
*Blythe
*"The Mike Douglas Show"
*"Deliverance"
*"The Brady Bunch" Hawaiian episodes

The episode featured an old commercial for Chiffon Margarine. While the product's successful "Mother Nature" campaign did begin in 1972, the commercial shown was from 1979. [ [http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_mothernature.htm TV Acres] ]

1973

* "Sanford and Son"
* "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"
* Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie"
* Baby Alive
* "The Waltons"
* "Live and Let Die" (first James Bond outing for Roger Moore)
* Leisure suit
* "Charlotte's Web"
* Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
* Shrinky Dinks
* "The Dating Game"
* "The Joy of Sex"
* Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird"
* "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour"
* Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs
* "Kojak"
* "Schoolhouse Rock"
* Rollerderby
* Easy Bake Oven
* "ZOOM"
* "The Exorcist"

1974

*"Benji"
*"Little House on the Prairie"
*"Hong Kong Phooey"
*Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"
*"Good Times"
*Connect Four
*"Let's Make a Deal"
*Elton John
*Day of the week panties
*Streaking
*"Blazing Saddles"/"Young Frankenstein"
*Magic 8 Ball
*Patty Hearst
*"The Towering Inferno"
*"Foxy Brown"
*"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
*Rumble in the Jungle
*Slip 'N Slide
*Steve Miller Band's "The Joker"
*"Death Wish"
*"Happy Days"

1975

*"Welcome Back, Kotter"
*Big Wheel
*Earth, Wind & Fire
*"One Day at a Time"
*Pet Rock
*8 Track
*"Land of the Lost"
*Grizzly Adams
*Pelé
*Pong
*"The Shazam!/Isis Hour"
*Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together"
*"Baretta"
*Morris Albert's "Feelings"
*"The Secret Life of Plants"
*"Saturday Night Live"
*Erhard Seminars Training
*Squeaky Fromme and Sara Jane Moore
*Barry Manilow
*Metrication in the United States
*Liberace
*Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy"
*Mood ring
*"Monty Python and The Holy Grail"
*"Jaws"

1976

*"Charlie's Angels"
*Kiss
*"The Muppet Show"
*"Carrie"
*"The Gong Show"
*"Family Feud"
*Donny and Marie
*Oscar Meyer
*"Taxi Driver"
*"Starsky and Hutch"
*Dr. J
*Bigfoot/Loch Ness Monster
*Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do"
*"Car Wash"
*"Rocky"
*Stretch Armstrong
*Captain Kangaroo
*"The Bad News Bears"
*United States Bicentennial

1977

* "Wonder Woman"
* "Battle of the Network Stars"
* ABBA
* "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
* ""
* "What's Happening!!"
* Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life"
* Shields and Yarnell
* "Saturday Night Fever"
* Studio 54
* Queen
* Son of Sam/New York City Blackout of 1977/1977 World Series
* "Smokey and the Bandit"
* "Annie Hall"
* Clackers
* Punk rock
* "Roots"

1978

*"Superman"
*"The Incredible Hulk"
*"Superfriends"
*"Halloween"
*"The Price Is Right"
*The Commodores' "Brick House"
*Underalls
*"Debbie Does Dallas"
*Louise Brown
*The Bee Gees
*"Grease"
*"WKRP in Cincinnati"
*Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
*"B.J. and the Bear"
*CB radios
*"Up In Smoke"
*"Fantasy Island"
*The Who/Led Zeppelin
*Simon
*"The Wiz"
*"National Lampoon's Animal House"

1979

* "CHiPs"
* "The Warriors"
* Pop Rocks
* Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"
* "Apocalypse Now"
* "Alien"
* Slime
* "Taxi"
* Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl/Pittsburgh Pirates win World Series
* "10"
* Donna Summer
* Candie's shoes
* Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
* Chippendale dancers
* "Three's Company"
* "The Jerk"
* Jimmy Carter and the Swamp Rabbit
* The Knack's "My Sharona"
* "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"
* The Village People
* "The Muppet Movie"

References