[Sca-cooks] Re: 50's vs '70s

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Devra at aol.com:
>I would never dream of arguing with you, Master Adamantius, but during the
>late '60s adn 'early '70s I was deeply involved with that weird guy with the
>pointy ears, and the other guy who breathed funny,

Jack Palance???

>  which definitely made life
>more bearable.

Yeah, I could see that. The thing is, it was basically still the 
sixties until at least 1972 or 3. In between that and the awful era 
of disco, doubleknit polyester suits and epidemic cocaine abuse, we 
have that cultural mire of big sideburns, platform shoes, leisure 
suits, huge bell-bottoms, terrible sitcoms and about five excellent 
movies. And apart from that, nuthin'. I think the Yankees won one 
World Series in that time before Steinchthulhu bought them and they 
became officially evil. Actually they were merely increasingly 
disturbing until 2000, at which time they became officially evil.

In general, though, the mid-70's doesn't seem to hold a lot for our 
culture to be proud of, comparted to some other decades.

>So 'Grease' wasn't set in the 50's?

It's intended to be. I never actually saw the play, but that was the 
impression I got. The movie, on the other hand, is clearly, if you 
look at the clothes, the hair, etc., set in a comic book in an alien 
world.

>   It sure reminded me of my high school
>days.  ugh
>      Devra the not-totally-socialized

I'm not old enough to comment in much more detail, I confess.

A.