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Viva the seventies! The RollerBlog chronicles the author's journey into the 1970s, in which she discovers movies, music, television, books, and more. Not to mention Wonder Woman, moustaches, the Heat Miser, feathered hair, and the occasional wookie.
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Happy Birthday to Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter, better known for her role as Wonder Woman in the seventies television series, turned 57 yesterday. Many Happy Returns!...
Hero or Mercenary?
For today’s Wordless Wednesday post, I have another Star Wars trading card featuring our favorite rogue Han Solo. Han Solo … Hero or Mercenary? Hmmm…. that’s a hard one. Goin...
Billy Beer
I am a woman who enjoys a fine brew. I’ve sampled many delectable beers in my day. But one beer that I have yet to try is the infamous Billy Beer. In all fairness Billy Beer is no longer manuf...
Taste the Explosion
Remember Pop Rocks? My brother and I used to get Pop Rocks in our Christmas stockings. We’d get other candy and nuts and fruit too but I have a clear association in my mind with Pop Rocks and Ch...
The Year of the Glasses
For today’s Wordless Wednesday post, Kathy from The Junk Drawer has graciously agreed to share some Christmas photos from her childhood. She has two pictures; in the first one she and her sibli...
Seventies Saphrym
For today’s Wordless Wednesday post, I have an ADORABLE picture of fellow blogger Saphrym from Saphrym.com. He submitted the following photo from his Canadian citizenship ID, taken during the 1...
Wacky Packs
Today is not only Father’s Day, but it the day that we are celebrating RollerReggie’s birthday. The Double Whammy. That means that the day has to be TWICE as special. So this year, Rolle...
Foreigner Memories
In honor of Lou Gramm’s 57th birthday, I decided to listen to a little Foreigner today. Ahh, memories. I never owned a Foreigner album, but I do recall listening to Foreigner at the roller rink ...
Top Seventies Movies of All Time: The Results
The votes have been counted, and the results are in! Due to the breakdown of the voting, we ended up with the top 14 movies instead of ten. And so, without futher ado, I present to you the top seventi...
Top Ten Seventies Movies of All Time
I am taking an informal poll of RollerBlog readers and members of the Entrecard community. What are your favorite movies from the 1970s? Why? Well, I’m glad you asked. Last night at the dinner...
Disco Wednesday
Macho Duck! Disco Mickey Mouse! Watch out for Goofy! These are just a few of the songs available on the 1979 Disney record Mickey Mouse Disco. Thanks to Chris of VintageGent’s Menswear Daily ...
Hai Karate
If I’ve learned anything from repeated viewings of the classic Will Ferrell movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, it’s this: jazz flute was hot stuff in the 1970s. That and menR...
Earthquake!
What could be worse than an airplane crash at 10,000 feet? Or a plague that transforms adults into undead albinos? How about an environmental catastrophe that causes food shortages and global warmin...
Power to the Polaroid
Want to know why the seventies were the coolest decade ever? Pet rocks. Leisure Suits. Andy Gibb. And, to top it all off, the veritable Maraschino cherry on our luscious seventies sundae - the Polar...
Yes Cometh!
Hey Yes fans! I found out over the weekend that Yes, one of my favorite bands from the seventies, is going on tour this summer. And, yes, they are stopping in Seattle on August 15, and, yes, Mr. Rol...
Dawn of the Dead
I’m a sucker for a good zombie movie. So when a friend loaned us a copy of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) we popped some popcorn, opened a bottle of wine, and settled in for an evening o...
Star Wars Eggheads
Easter eggs galore! This morning the Rollerblog household awoke to a household booby-trapped with eggs hiding in all sorts of sneaky places. Rollerboy spent the morning hunting for eggs (I can see a f...
Capes and Codpieces
I have discovered the worst seventies movie of all time. This one makes The Star Wars Holiday Special and Xanadu look like Academy Award material. Horrible special effects? Check. Picture toy space...
Electra-Wow!
ElectraWoman and DynaGirl fighting all evil deeds, Each writes for a magazine, hiding the life she leads. ElectraWoman and DynaGirl! Summoned to Electra-base by electracoms they wear, Lori and Judy da...
Lost Planet of the Gods
And now for more adventures of… Battlestar Galactica! Tonight we settled down to watch the next episodes in the original 1978 series, The Planet of the Lost Gods (Part I and II). In these episo...
Will Ferrell + Sleestacks = Love
I recently heard that Will Ferrell is going to star in a movie adaptation of the seventies television show Land of the Lost. Sleestacks AND Will Ferrell in the same movie? I think I’ve died and ...
Mr. Jellyman
Who loves jelly the most? James Taylor. Happy birthday, Jellyman Kelly....
Love Me Sexy
I love the seventies. And I’m not the only one. Lots of folks these days are climbing on the seventies bandwagon and exploring the glorious depths of what the disco decade has to offer. Want pr...
Entrecard New Features Get Seventy-ized
As I have mentioned previously, I'm an avid (and somewhat obsessed) member of the Entercard community. In a shameless ploy to gain 100 credits (which can be used for advertising on other blogs, in ca...
Diamond Day
Today is the 67th birthday of one of my favorite seventies pop stars - Neil Diamond. In fact, Neil Diamond's illustrious career spans over four decades, but he really had it going on in the seventies...
May the Quark be With You
"You really ought to check out Quark," my husband told me the other day. "You know, for your blog." Quark, huh? Never heard of it.And what exactly is Quark? A subatomic particle? A type of soft che...