a touch of tuesday weld: roller disco

January 30, 2014

November 23rd, 1979...On ABC

Nothing warms the jaded cockles of my heart like a fresh big ole' mess of commercials from 1979. It's like God heard my prayer, (no, not the one where The Almighty starts bestowing upon me an unlimited supply of Xanax-infused Magnum ice cream bars, the other prayer) and He had me find His bountiful, um, bounty on YouTube just now.

These commercials aired on ABC on November 23rd, 1979.

1. Contac
2. Mystique Books
3. Maybelline Eye Color Styling Pencils
4. Tostitos
5. Promo for "The Ropers", "Detective School", "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island"
6. ABC Station ID
7. TV Spot for "10"
8. Chimere
9. Promo for "When She Was Bad"
10. "Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" Commercial Bumper
11. Promo for "Mork & Mindy"
12. Eyewitness News Update
13. Amoco
14. Promo for "Ski Scene"
15. KSTP Station ID
16. One A Day Plus Iron
17. Signal
18. Promo for "Eight Is Enough", "Charlie's Angels" and "Vega$"
19. Hefty
20. Ruffles
21. Pepsi
22. Mazda RX-7
23. "Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" End Credits

I must have done something to please Our Lord. Oh, I know what it must have been: I didn't steal 23 packets of chopsticks at the conveyor belt sushi joint yesterday like I usually do. Thanks, Santa Jesus!

"When She Was Bad" = "When Television Movies Had Cheryl Ladd and Robert Urich In Them, And Life Was Great"

Dorothy Stratten was featured heavily in the Playboy show, both roller-skating in a bikini and dancing in modest lingerie with The Village People (ironically, to a song called, "Are You Ready For The Eighties?"). You don't see her in this clip, but it's easy to find on YouTube.

All kidding aside...I know Dorothy was a gift from God.
It hurts to look at her, knowing that her happiness on earth would be so brief.

December 22, 2010

From 1979: The Only Way This Clip Could Have Been Rendered More Awesome Was If There Was A Cameo By Ponch And Jon

See, that's why The Seventies were awesome. Truckers were cool, they openly smoked Kimo Sabe in their cabs, on any given day you might have run into Cher on roller skates wearing zebra print skintight leotards, cops and bikers were friends, and gorgeous drag queens channeling Lady Day could be found at truck stops.

This was the theme song to the 1979 epic, Roller Boogie.

April 25, 2010

From 1980: Someone, Please, Drive Me To A Roller Rink

Thirty years ago today, this was #22 on the Billboard chart. It peaked at #9. In the United Kingdom, it was a #1 record in 1979.

Any song with this much Moog in it is a classic here at A Touch Of Tuesday Weld. It was also a fantastic song for roller skating. Gimme my skates, my Kira barrettes, my Izod shirt, and my Jordache jeans with a comb stuck in the right back pocket, and I'm ready.