I Love the 70s
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I Love the 70s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC and later for American audiences by VH-1 which is the sister series to I Love the 80s and explains such stories about the 1970s. The series premiered on August 18, 2003 in the United States.
See also I Love the 80s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the 90s, I Love the 90s: Part Deux
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Partial list of stars on VH1's version of the I Love the 70s
- Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith
- Art Alexakis
- Loni Anderson
- Tom Arnold
- Sebastian Bach
- Alec Baldwin
- Jillian Barberie
- Garcelle Beauvais-Nivon
- Fred Berry
- Lewis Black
- Michael Ian Black
- Linda Blair
- Robin Byrd
- Lynda Carter
- David Cassidy
- Ellen Cleghorne
- Didi Conn
- Jeff Corwin
- Bo Derek
- Simon Doonan
- Bil Dwyer
- Rich Eisen
- Joe Elliott
- Erik Estrada
- Dannah Feinglass
- Miguel Ferrer
- Greg Fitzsimmons
- Doug E. Fresh
- Jim Gaffigan
- Kyle Gass
- Peri Gilpin
- Annabelle Gurwitch
- Luis Guzman
- Gunnar Hansen
- Rachael Harris
- Tony Hawk
- Isaac Hayes
- Mark Hoppus
- Scott Ian
- Rick James
- Ron Jeremy
- Kermit the Frog
- Nick Lachey
- Carol Leifer
- Donal Logue
- George Lopez
- Loni Love
- Rob Thomas and Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty
- Constance Marie
- Marilyn Manson
- Cheech Marin
- Benito Martinez
- Edwin McCain
- Kevin McDonald
- Mark McKinney
- Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller
- Bret Michaels
- Pat Monahan
- Jason Mraz
- Sharon Osbourne
- Ron Palillo
- Penn & Teller
- Liz Phair
- Lisa Marie Presley
- Megyn Price
- Greg Proops
- Rachel Quaintance
- Lionel Richie
- Mo Rocca
- Nile Rodgers
- Black Thought and ?uestlove of The Roots
- Tracee Ellis Ross
- David Lee Roth
- Jill Scott
- Stuart Scott
- Robert Shields
- Pauly Shore
- Mitch Silpa
- Kurtwood Smith
- Dee Snider
- Hal Sparks
- Joel Stein
- Fisher Stevens
- Jeff Stilson
- Treach of Naughty by Nature
- Uncle Kracker
- Brian Unger
- Vinnie of Naughty by Nature
- Steven Weber
- Maggie Wheeler
- Victor Williams
- Ann and Nancy Wilson
- Rob Zombie
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Partial list of featured ideas and happenings of the 70s
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Movies
- 10
- Alien
- Animal House
- Annie Hall
- Apocalypse Now
- The Bad News Bears
- Ben
- Benji
- Blazing Saddles
- Carrie
- Car Wash
- Charlotte's Web
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Death Wish
- Debbie Does Dallas
- Deep Throat
- Deliverance
- Dirty Harry
- The Exorcist
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Foxy Brown
- The Godfather
- Grease
- Halloween
- Jaws
- The Jerk
- Live and Let Die
- Love Story
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Muppet Movie
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Rocky
- Saturday Night Fever
- Shaft
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Star Wars
- Superman
- Taxi Driver
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Towering Inferno
- Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke
- The Warriors
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- The Wiz
- Young Frankenstein
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Music
- ABBA
- Barry Manilow
- The Bee Gees
- Black Sabbath
- Bread
- The Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together"
- The Carpenters
- The Commodores' "Brick House"
- David Bowie
- Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life"
- Donna Summer
- Earth, Wind and Fire
- Elton John
- Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy"
- Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"
- The Jackson Five
- KISS
- Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie"
- The Knack's "My Sharona"
- Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"
- Liberace
- Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird"
- Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Morris Albert's "Feelings"
- Neil Diamond
- Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do"
- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
- Punk music
- Queen
- Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
- Steve Miller Band's "The Joker"
- Stevie Wonder
- Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World"
- Tom Jones
- Tony Orlando
- The Village People
- The Who
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Television
- All in the Family
- Baretta
- Battle of the Network Stars
- B.J. and the Bear
- The Brady Bunch
- Captain Caveman
- Captain Kangaroo
- The Carol Burnett Show
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- Charlie's Angels
- CHiPs
- The Dating Game
- Donny and Marie
- The Electric Company
- Family Feud
- Fantasy Island
- Fat Albert
- The Gong Show
- Good Times
- Grizzly Adams
- Happy Days
- Hee Haw
- Hogan's Heroes
- Hong Kong Phooey
- H.R. Pufnstuf
- The Incredible Hulk
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Kojak
- Land of the Lost
- Let's Make a Deal
- Little House on the Prairie
- Love, American Style
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- The Mod Squad
- Monday Night Football/Howard Cosell
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- The Muppet Show
- The Newlywed Game
- The Odd Couple
- One Day at a Time
- The Partridge Family
- The Price Is Right
- Roots
- Sanford and Son
- Saturday Night Live
- Schoolhouse Rock
- Scooby-Doo
- Sesame Street
- The Shazam!/Isis Hour
- Shields and Yarnell
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
- Soul Train
- Starsky and Hutch
- Superfriends
- Taxi
- Three's Company
- The Waltons
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- What's Happening!!
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Wild Kingdom
- Wonder Woman
- ZOOM
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Fads
- The afro
- Bell bottoms
- Candie's shoes
- Days of the Week panties
- Gaucho pants
- Hot pants
- Leisure suits
- Underalls
- Baby Alive
- Big Wheel
- Blythe
- Clackers
- Connect Four
- Easy Bake Oven
- Lite Brite
- The magic 8-ball
- Operation
- The Ouija board
- Pong
- Shrinky Dinks
- Simon
- Slip n' Slide
- Stretch Armstrong
- Weebles
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People and events
- Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King
- Julius Erving
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Mark Spitz
- Pelé
- Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates become champions in 1979
- Reggie Jackson and the 1977 World Series
- Roller derby
- The Rumble in the Jungle
- The Beatles break up
- Elvis Presley meets Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Carter is attacked by a giant swimming rabbit
- Louise Brown, the first test tube baby
- New York City blackout of 1977
- Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Son of Sam
- The two attempted assassinations of Gerald Ford
- United States Bicentennial
- The United States tries and fails to convert to the metric system
- Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
- The Bermuda Triangle
- Bigfoot/The Loch Ness Monster
- Chippendale's dancers
- CB radios
- Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders
- Est seminars
- Feminism
- The Ford Pinto
- I'd like to buy the world a Coke
- The Joy of Sex
- Keep America Beautiful public service announcement, starring Iron Eyes Cody
- Kung fu/Bruce Lee
- Mood ring
- Oscar Mayer wieners
- Pet rocks
- Pop Rocks
- Sea Monkeys
- The Secret Lives of Plants
- Slime
- Streaking
- Studio 54
- Swinging
- Waterbeds
- Wonder Bread, Twinkies, Lunch boxes, Devil Dogs
