Fads
Spandex History: How It Became The Fabric Of Our '80s L...
February 21, 2019
Model Christie Brinkley in a pink spandex unitard and leg warmers, 1982. Source: Bettmann/Getty While we're all aware of the look of the wonder fabric known a...
The Futuro House's Spaceship Chic: A Sci-Fi Pad Of One'...
February 20, 2019
A Futuro II photographed on the grounds of the Philadelphia International Airport in 1970. Source: Bettmann/Getty This bulbous round structure is not an artif...
Go-Go Boots: A History Of The Footwear That Ruled The 1...
February 19, 2019
Go-go boots were mod; they were space-age; they appealed to hippies and Motown divas and high-street fashionistas alike. They were a little bit cutesy and a ...
Lyndon Johnson Had An Amphibious Car, Didn't You?
February 18, 2019
Do we need an amphibious car? Lyndon Johnson thought so. President Lyndon B. Johnson was one of a relatively few people who owned an Amphicar, a seaworthy automobile ...
Bubbling Up In The Hot '70s: Jacuzzis, The Untold Story
February 16, 2019
Turn the lights down low and fire up the jets -- it's Jacuzzi time in the '70s. Jacuzzis and hot tubs proliferated in the decade of disco, with these relaxing a...
Woodstock Fashion: Photos Of Hippie Chicks And What The...
February 5, 2019
A couple attending the Woodstock Music Festival smiles while standing outside the shelter they've built during the concert, Bethel, NY, August 1969. Source: (Ra...
1970s Disco Fashion: Bell-Bottoms And Boogie Shoes
January 25, 2019
When the disco craze hit in the 1970s, disco fashion was its sexy and outrageous look -- big shoes, bell bottoms, chest hair, and sparkles galore. To this day, it re...
'80s Workout Video Stars: Where Are They Now?
January 18, 2019
American actress and sex symbol of the 1960s Raquel Welch during the filming of her workout video Body and Mind: Total Relaxation and Stress Relief Program. (Photo by Bill N...
Sixties TV-Themed Lunchboxes That All The Cool Kids Had
December 21, 2018
Child's lunchbox TV series Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea. (Photo by Henry Groskinsky/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) Cool kids from the groovy sixties...
The UFO Craze Of The '60s and '70s
November 30, 2018
UFOs sightings happen fairly frequently (at least according to UFO sighting witnesses), but in the 1960s and '70s, alien crafts were spotted almost every week throughout America and the...
Groovy Nuances From The Modern ‘70s Home
November 30, 2018
Cake Making - A woman baking cakes in a fitted kitchen, circa 1975. (Photo by f8 Imaging/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) For many Americans owning a home is all part of the Amer...
Groovy, Sexy Waterbeds
November 27, 2018
Model lying atop the 'Pleasure Island' waterbed in 1971 designed by Aaron Donner. (Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) Throughout the 1970s, many swinging singles ...
The Most Popular Must-Have Accessories From The Groovy ...
November 19, 2018
Vogue 1970 Charlotte Rampling, British actress, wearing a matching knit sweater and skirt, a wide brimmed hat by Halston and shiny boots by Charles Jourdan. (Ph...
Beanbag Chairs Were Legit Furniture In The Groovy Era!
November 7, 2018
Beanbag Chairs! When we think of furniture from the groovy era, beanbag chairs immediately come to mind. These casual furniture icons came on the scene in the la...
If You Were Born In The GROOVY Era Then You Will Rememb...
November 1, 2018
Diverse First Grade Classroom ST. LOUIS-03/17/67- A junior United Nations is present in the classes of Frazier School, Brentwood, Mo. where seventeen countries ...
Remember These Freebies From The Groovy Era? Definitely...
October 29, 2018
The '60s and '70s weren’t called the groovy era for nothing! Although it is an era remembered for being a time of social unrest in the United States, there w...
Remember These Shampoo Brands of the 1970s?
October 11, 2018
Farrah Fawcett’s famous hair made her a natural for promoting her own brand of shampoo in the 1970s, Farrah Fawcett Shampoo. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)...
The 1970s were for Candy-Lovers: Ten Sweet Candies Intr...
October 9, 2018
June 10, 2004 in Fairfield, California. The late former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was known for his fondness for jelly beans during his political career and ...
The Charm Of The Jukebox… Keep An Eye Out Because They ...
October 6, 2018
Stephen Lapekas Student Stephen Lapekas (2R) playing a song on a juke box. (Photo by Stan Wayman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) Jukeboxes have be...
“Where The Boys Are”: The Novel, The Movie, And The Son...
October 2, 2018
Prior to 1960, few college students used their week off from school in the springtime, typically around Easter, to travel to warm, sunny beaches to party...
Mr. Whipple and Squeezable Toilet Paper
September 18, 2018
The Launch Of New Charmin Has Charmed Mr Whipple Out Of Retirement in 1985. (Photo By Bob Riha Jr./Getty Images) Debuting in 1964 was a fictional spokesperson for Charmin toilet...
Paper Dresses: A Brief 1966 Fashion Fad
September 6, 2018
In 1966, the Scott Paper Company introduced the world to paper dresses, a type of disposable fad fashion that became a short-lived viral sensation. The Scott Paper Company was ...
Genius Slogans And Jingles From The '60s and '70s
August 29, 2018
Many advertising slogans and jingles of the 1960s and '70s are still with us today, for better or worse. Even if the companies that used them have moved on to other v...
Clogs: The Seventies Footwear Trend Was A Scandinavian ...
August 23, 2018
English actress and model Caroline Munro with fashion models Nikki Ross and Lula wearing smock style tunics, 13th February 1972. (Photo by McKeown/Daily Express...
Every '70s Girl Wanted a Gunne Sax
August 14, 2018
For teens and young women in the 1970s, there was one dress brand that was tops on their list….Gunne Sax! The dress line, owned by designer Jessica McClintock, opened in 1967 in San...
12 Best Dance Crazes From The '60s
August 7, 2018
Chubby Checker poses for a studio portrait in 1960 in the United States. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns) So many great songs of the 1960s inspired their own dances. Teeny-boppers w...
Dorothy Hamill's Hairstyle Was A Gold-Medal 'Do In '76
July 26, 2018
Dorothy Hamill wins the gold medal for the USA in the Women's Figure skating competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Tony Duffy/Get...
'Convoy:' The Song That Made Truckers The Working Class...
July 10, 2018
The chart-topping 1976 hit "Convoy," by C.W. McCall, tapped into America's fascination with CB radios and truckers. The song told a story about a hard-workin...
Floored In The '70s: The Ugly Vinyl And Linoleum Beneat...
July 5, 2018
DIFF'RENT STROKES cast stand in the family's kitchen. Note the ugly linoleum flooring! (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Remember the linoleum a...
These Cool Photos Give Us A Glimpse Of Life In The '60s
June 28, 2018
A colorful hippie couple dressed in tie-dye and floral prints grin for the camera, California, circa 1969. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) The 1960s w...
Groovy Posters From The Glorious '60s And '70s
June 19, 2018
Nearly every teen bedroom in the 1960s and 1970s had posters covering all the walls. Teens created shrines to their favorite hot celebrity, favorite band, and even favor...
Punch Buggy! (No Punch Backs!)
June 18, 2018
Beetle Sedan circa 1961: Promotional studio image of a 1962 Volkswagen Beetle Sedan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The Volkswagen (VW) Beetle has been quite a presence in the Un...
The Charm and Art of Macramé… Was It Just For Hippies?
June 15, 2018
Macramé is described and defined as a succession of weaving and knotting used to make something. Years ago, it was associated with the groovy countercultu...
Sexy Stewardesses in the 1960s and 1970s: Making the Sk...
June 12, 2018
circa 1968: Stewardesses on Southwest Airlines in Texas stand in front of planes belonging to the airline. (Photo by Alan Band/Keystone/Getty Images) Air trave...
The Rise of Skateboard Culture in the '60s
June 1, 2018
Today, skateboarding is no longer a fringe sport, enjoyed by a subculture of the surfing crowd, with skateboarders congregating on sidewalks and parking lots to practice the...
Do You Remember Tang? The Groovy Drink Mix Of The Ameri...
May 22, 2018
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin E. Aldrin Jr) set up an American flag on the surface of the moon during NASA's Apollo 11 lunar mi...
The Charm of the 1970s Roller Rink
May 18, 2018
Oh, how much fun it would be to travel back in time to the 70’s. The counterculture was an unsettling time in the United States for many reasons. There were many social, moral, ec...
Who would have guessed this was anime from the 70s?
May 15, 2018
Anime today has gone mainstream, but they have the classic anime shows and movies of the past to thank for that. You could say that today’s anime stands of the shou...
The Best Slang Word of the 70s
May 11, 2018
The 1970’s was a crazy and exciting time in the United States. Change was taking over America in leaps and bounds. Changes included just about everything like the economy (can y...
The Most Perfect Costumes For Your Next 70s Party!
May 10, 2018
Deciding on your perfect 70s costumeNo doubt, the 1970s were a decade filled with some wild and crazy fashions. Costumes from the 70s run the gamut from tit-dye and ...
Just How Big Were Earth Shoes In The '70s?
April 24, 2018
The Earth Shoe was developed and surfaced as a particularly peculiar style of shoe in the 1970’s. They were the creation of a Danish yoga instructor and shoe designer name...
What You Need To Know About The Ferrari And Lamborghini...
April 10, 2018
Mauro Forghieri, Alex Soler-Roig, Niki Lauda and Jocken Mass at Zandvoort, (1972). Forghieri designed cars and engines for Ferrari and is best known for the 312...
We All Wish Our Parents Bought Us These Valuable Vintag...
April 6, 2018
For years and years kids have loved their toys. Very early children’s toys were made of metal or wood and were heavy and clunky. Many toys were homemade in...
Classic Cars From The 1950s
April 3, 2018
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: 1957 Chevy - Plymouth Belvedere - Ford Fairlane 500 Comparison Road Test performed and shot in Lancaster, and the desert north of Los Angeles, California. (Photo b...
Groovy Cars from the 1960s
March 28, 2018
UNITED STATES - JUNE 03: Lions Drag Strip - 1966. Tom Sturm's '4 Chevy Lovers' Chevrolet Chevelle smokes the tires as he leaves the starting line, as seen from behind. (Photo by Bud Lang/The E...
What Kinds Of Toys Were Kids Playing With In The 1960s?
March 27, 2018
Dad on the floor playing w. his 3-yr-old son who is sitting in the middle of circular toy railroad track, watching an electric train go around in living room at th...
Roller Disco was the Groovy Combination of Skating and ...
March 19, 2018
February 5th,1979: An acrobatic dancer doing the splits in mid-air at a roller disco. (Photo by Chris Moorhouse/Evening Standard/Getty Images) The 1970’s was q...
The Groovy Style Of The Post-Hippie 1970's
March 10, 2018
Double Dose 24th March 1971: Twins Barbara and Elaine Rogers, wearing the latest hot pants fashion craze, are both students at the London College of Fashion. (Photo by Central ...
Star Trek and Captain Kirk Inspired Mobile Phone Invent...
March 6, 2018
Star Trek...LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 29: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk. Original Air Date: 29 December 1967. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)Star Tr...
Batman Villains: The BEST Of The WORST
February 8, 2018
The epic 1960s television series, Batman, was one of the all-time BEST crime fighting shows. The show was based on the DC comic book character, Batman. It chronicled the sup...
The "ART" of Tie-Dye: A Brief History
February 3, 2018
(Photo by the Blank Archives/Getty Images) Most Americans tend to associate tie-dyeing with hippies and the counterculture era. From our standpoint, that makes perfect sense sinc...
Blue Jeans As A Fashion Statement
February 1, 2018
A young man and woman, wearing rolled up jeans, smile while washing the car in a driveway in the 1950's. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images) Blue jeans have been around for 200 plus years, si...
Bozo The Clown: What Did He Do And What Was His Legacy?
January 29, 2018
Larry Harmon (left), the original Bozo the clown, and the current Bozo (right) pose with aspiring Bozo's at a Hollywood audition. (Photo by © Steve Starr/CORBIS/Co...
The Charm of the Lava Lamp
January 19, 2018
Although Lava Lamps are not a thing of the past, they sure do take me way back. Lava Lamps were first invented in 1963 by a British accountant named, Edward Craven-Walker. Oddly enoug...
Sam Walton Changed the Way America Shopped
January 17, 2018
Sam Walton should be pretty well-known in America but for those of you who can’t place the name, he is the founder of the first Walmart store in the United States. Altho...
“Planet of the Apes” - 1968
January 15, 2018
Charlton Heston hears his fate being decided by a council of apes in a scene from the film 'Planet Of The Apes', 1968. (Photo by 20th-Century Fox/Getty Images) Up until the late 1960s, ...
Why Did Andy Kaufman Wrestle 400 Women?
January 12, 2018
1983: Caitlin Clarke inflicts pain on Andy Kaufman while Debbie Harry looks on. The three were involved in a wrestling-themed play called 'Teaneck Tansi.' (Photo by The LIFE Pictu...
Remember When Smoking Was Sexy?
January 4, 2018
'Hit Parade' Cigarettes Billboard (Photo by Robert Landau/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) For years and years, smoking cigarettes was overly sensationalized. Smoking was considere...
What did we do before the Smiley Face?
January 4, 2018
The iconic smiley face that we have all known and loved for years will be 54 years old this year. It is almost a senior citizen. It is one of those things that we see quite frequ...
The Bigfoot Craze Of The 1970s
January 3, 2018
During the 1970s a hairy, “man-ape” like creature had the world frozen in fear. The beast was referred to as Bigfoot and/or Sasquatch. Bigfoot was by no means a new discovery during tha...
Remember Pocket Transistor Radios?
December 29, 2017
12/15/1953-New York: Tiny, new transistors, which take the place of conventional tubes, mark a new step in the progress of experimental pocket-sized radios. (Getty Images) Amer...
Bikinis - Then and Now
December 28, 2017
Circa 1962: A woman wearing a polka-dot bikini smiles while laying stomach-down on an inflatable raft, floating in the water. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Lambert/Getty Images) Swimsuits, in gene...
The Royal Guardsmen – Remember the “Snoopy Themed” Song...
December 26, 2017
Royal Guardsmen, portrait, United States, circa 1966. (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns) Have you ever turned on the radio and had a blast from the past? O...
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe…
December 18, 2017
In 1975, The Legend of Lizzie Borden, a historical, mystery television film, was released that chronicled the Borden murders in 1892. The beautiful Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed Lizzie ...
Mom’s 1957 Chevy
December 18, 2017
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 30: Brand new 1957 Chevrolet photographed at a new car dealer across the street from Petersen Publishing Company for Car Craft's Restyle department. (Photo by Bob D'Olivo/The E...
SPIN THE BOTTLE, TRUTH OR DARE
December 15, 2017
A couple of teens kissing during a game of spin the bottle at a party. (Photo by John Phillips/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) When I was in Junior High School, what is now kno...
Men’s Facial Hair Fads From the 1960’s and 1970’s
December 8, 2017
Mike Nesmith circa 1968: Mike Nesmith, a guitarist with the manufactured American pop group The Monkees, displays his fashionable sideburns. (Photo by Hulton Archi...
The History Of The Notorious Pet Rock (And The Inventor...
December 5, 2017
In the history of fads and crazes, there is nothing to rival the Pet Rock's inexplicable popularity. It was a smooth rock, sold in a cardboard box, and it ma...
Gidget, The Original Surfer Girl!
November 27, 2017
Sandra Dee In 'Gidget' Sandra Dee surrounded by adoring men on beach in a scene from the film 'Gidget', 1959. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Sandra Dee captivated audiences...
Woodstock … Behind the Scenes of 3 Days of Beautiful Pe...
November 23, 2017
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - AUGUST 1969: Large crowd of people, including people sitting on top of cars & busses, during the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. (Photo ...
The Original Dating Game: A Classic Game Show!
November 15, 2017
Chuck Barris was a game show genius. He was thought to have a “dangerous mind,” especially when it came to game shows. He was very creative and was known to be an entert...
How The Dating Scene Has Changed Over The Years
November 10, 2017
In the early part of the 20th Century, when a boy was interested in a young lady, he would approach her parents and ask for their blessing. If he was able to get approv...
"Easy Rider"
November 8, 2017
“Easy Rider” was a classic biker movie that came out in 1969. If you were a young person during this era, you probably remember it well. The movie’s target audience was the young, counterculture, hippi...
Atari’s Pong – The Pioneer of Video Games!
November 6, 2017
In this day and age, you would be hard-pressed to find a child, or even adult for that matter, that was not familiar with the concept of video games. What we know as vi...
Groovy Photos You've Never Seen Before
October 30, 2017
It’s once again time to take a peek into the old Groovy History archives and when you see what we have collected here you’ll be full of nostalgia in no time. Old school toys, long o...
The Now 'Retro' Games Kids Used To Play In The 60's & 7...
October 11, 2017
Once upon a time kids used to play outside, they went out in the morning and came in when the street lights or porch light came on. Before computers, X-Boxes...
National Lampoon’s Animal House
October 2, 2017
National Lampoon’s Animal House was an epic comedy movie released in 1978 by Universal Pictures. The movie was a spinoff of the antics written about in the iconic National Lampoon m...
Freddie Prinze - Chico and the Man
September 29, 2017
Television sitcom, Chico and the Man, created by James Komak, first aired on NBC in 1974 and ran for 4 seasons. Actor, Freddie Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel), was cast as Chico ...
It's A Family Affair
September 29, 2017
In 1966, the sitcom Family Affair won the hearts of TV viewers when three cute orphaned children from Indiana come to live with their well-to-do Uncle Bill and his British butler, Mr. French, in ...
Reflections of the Door to Door Salesman
September 27, 2017
Do you ever find yourself sitting at home, needing or wanting something but don’t feel like going out? How about the disappointment of waking up on Monday morning to find tha...
