Sunday, April 8, 2007

You Know You Were a Little Boy in the 70s if...

You had a pair of moon boots.

You begged Santa for the electronic game Simon.

You had Star Wars and/or GI Joe action figures.

You made Shrinky Dinks.

You couldn’t wait to get the free animal poster when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader club.

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.

You can still perform the dance moves for the entire "Thriller" music video.

You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side.

"Members Only" jackets...say no more.

A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid".

Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.

In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing a shirt with the collar "up".

It was a major accomplishment to get to the "Chase" scene in Ms. Pacman.

If your family had a rotary phone.

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things like grammar, math and history. (A big hint here is if the only way you can recite the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.)

You can remember the words to the theme song of "The Greatest American Hero." ("BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKIN' ON AIR... I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SO FREE-EE-EE...")

This rings a bell: "My name is Charlie, and they work for me."!

You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.

You know, by heart, the words to Weird Al Yankovic's songs.

You learned to swim at about the same time "Jaws" came out... and still carry the emotional scars to prove it.

You owned a Jordache anything or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.

You remember having to get off the couch to change the TV channel.

You remember wanting to stay up to see Mr. Bill on Saturday Night Live.

You remember when film critics were certain that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

You remember when there was only "G", "PG", and "R".

You tuned in regularly to the adventures of the Bionic Man and Woman, Wonder Woman, and/or the Incredible Hulk.

Your first musical purchase was an 8-track tape.

Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR that was almost the size of a coffee table.

You've ever owned a pair of rainbow suspenders like the ones Mork used to wear.

You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: "You know, back when...," "When I was your age...," or "When I was younger..."

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