American Graffiti Trailer

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Is it just me or is it impossible to find American Graffiti on TV anymore? The 1973 coming of age movie was directed and co-written by George Lucas of the Star Wars fame. American Graffiti is one of the most profitable movies of all time, produced for just $777,000 and has an estimated return of $200 million at the box office, not including TV reruns which we don’t see anymore!

Where were you in ‘62? The movie follows the lives of four friends in 1962 in Modesto, California. Many say this movie launched the TV show, Happy Days but its success renewed an interest in a script ABC already had called Love and the Television Set from their already hit show Love American Style.

American Graffiti star studded line up included Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, and Wolfman Jack. There were many cameo appearances like Suzanne Somers as the elusive blonde in the T-bird.

I Wish I Could Go Back To The Future For This Sale!

Early in 1982 Bank of America seized 1,400 DeLorean DMC-12’s because John DeLorean’s company failed to make payments on a loan. If you recall, John DeLorean was charged with cocaine trafficking DeLorean attempted to sell 220 pounds of cocaine worth about $24 million back then. DeLorean was found not guilty due to police entrapment.

Enter Sol A. Shenk, a Russian immigrant to the United States. He started Consolidated International in 1967 selling closeout and overstocked auto parts. Shenk later started a consumer Consolidated Stores which you may recognize his stores like Big Lots and Odd Lots. Shenk was the only distributor of the DeLorean DMC-12’s and parts. Although he had the right to continue manufacturing the car it was determined that the car could not be sold for a profit. He only produced about 100 cars.

John DeLorean managed the development of such muscle cars like the Pontiac GTO muscle car, the Pontiac Firebird, Chevrolet Vega, and the Pontiac Grand Prix. The DeLorean Motors downturn was due to cost overruns, lack of demand and unfavorable exchange rates as the car was manufactured in Ireland. Sammy Davis Jr. and Johnny Carson were initial investors in the company. To this day I remember Johnny Carson said in his monologue on The Tonight Show that the rebate was in the trunk of the DeLorean after DeLorean’s cocaine arrest.

Kiss On Paul Lynde Halloween

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Paul Lynde with Margaret Hamilton and Kiss

Kiss was the musical guest along with Florence Henderson . Here Margaret Hamilton introduces the group while Paul Lynde shares some “dad jokes”.

Crochet Toilet Paper Cover

Whose mother or grandmother had a toilet paper cover in their bathroom? It was like seeing a spare roll of paper was forbidden or taboo. Or, was it they were looking for a new crochet project to do? Some were really ornate with doll heads, others were made for the holidays. The one on the lower right is what i remember my mom would make but her’s had a pom on the top of it. What type do you remember?

Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward

Many remember this song from the musical War Of The Worlds written by Jeff Wayne. The original melody was actually written for the Lego company in 1969. Justin Hayward was selected because Jeff Wayne wanted the voice that sang Knights In White Satin.

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Mott’s Clamato

Introduced as a drink in 1966 by Mott’s or Lord Mott’s Canning as known then. It was a combination of clam broth and tomatoes. They even secured a trademark for the Clamato brand.

Today the drink is used as a mix for alcoholic drinks or cocktails mainly in Mexico and Canada but not so much in the United States. They also have Beefamato which you guessed it is a cross been beef (broth) and tomato juice. Again, it’s main use is for cocktails.

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Search For Tomorrow

Originally aired on March 29, 1962 Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reels from Monica’s decision about the adoption and goes to best-friend Joanne and Arthur for solace.

Search for Tomorrow began on CBS on September 3, 1951 and it’s final episode was December 26, 1986 on NBC.

The program was one of many packaged from the 1950 through 1980s by Proctor and Gamble Productions, hence the term “soap” operas.

Search for Tomorrow was Search for Tomorrow was created by Roy Winsor and was written by Agnes Nixon. The show was originally a fifteen minute live broadcast at 12:30pm eastern time. The show expanded to a half hour show September 11, 1967, and by now was a recorded show.

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