Fifty years ago on March 13, 1976 your entertainment choices would be found on the page below from the Journal of that date. I was junior at Admiral King High School then, but not 18 yet. So I wasn't hitting the bars for some refreshing 3.2% beer yet. But I saw a fair amount of movies.
Looking at this page reminds me just how long I've been doing this blog. I've written about most of the businesses listed in the ads! Restaurants that were the subject of blog posts include L-K Restaurant, Arby's, and the Homestead Inn Restaurant.
Remember my post about naming your favorite comedy? Todd's favorite – Blazing Saddles – was playing at the Avon Lake Theatre, which is where he saw it. It was also on the big screen at Tower Drive-In. I saw it in a regular theater, so perhaps I was sitting a few rows behind Todd.
I saw One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (playing at Midway Mall) in the theaters too. I remember being pretty depressed after seeing it.
But I know I didn't see the latest Disney live-action flick at that time, No Deposit No Return (also playing at the Mall) despite a great cast, including David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi (the voice of Charlie the Tuna) and Agent 99 herself, Barbara Feldon (another childhood crush). Gee, I would have thought Dean Jones or Kurt Russell would have been in it!
Good morning Dan - thanks for remembering my favorite comedy movie. As a senior in HS That level of humor was priceless. Sure couldn’t make that movie again. Or for that matter any Mel Brooks movie from that time. Pizza Hut across the street from theater was a good stop after the movie. L&K was a good late night place to fight the munchies.
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Thanks for the memories of 1976, Dan. We had a chuckle recollecting when I suggested we see Blazing Saddles (with me knowing what to expect from Mel Brooks). Settled in at the Avon Lake theater, my fiancée was happily anticipating a good ole Western. A few minutes into the campfire scene, my now-husband turned to me and whispered “what the **** kind of movie is this??” Not being a fan of broad humor, he felt duped. All I had to ask this morning was, “remember when we saw Blazing Saddles?” Same reaction…BTW our first “date” was coffee at L&K.
ReplyDeleteThree-two brew. Gracious me, what a blast from the past! Pennsyltucky's drinking age was 21, so some rascals (certainly never yours truly) used to slide across the Ohio border to imbibe in "low beer."
ReplyDeleteAnd while I mention it in a light-hearted fashion, it was dangerous. A fellow in the class ahead of me in hi-skool died in a car-crash on the way back home. "Can't get drunk on three-two" just ain't true.
I was still in boot camp at Great Lakes, so I missed all of these at the time.
ReplyDeleteI do see that the grand old Dame of Broadway, the Palace, was showing the George Lazenby actioner, THE MAN FROM HONG KONG, which had as its opening theme the only disco tune I ever liked, Jigsaw 's "Sky High".
https://youtu.be/gEFy3eHkPoM?si=d5ES_t0nBrjx7qqe
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