I Love the '70s: Volume 2

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I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it premiered on VH1 July 10, 2006 until July 14, 2006, airing at 8pm and 9pm ET each night.

Contents

[edit] Recurring segments

  • Bruce Lee and Evel Knievel in Stunt Fu, in which both a cut-out of Bruce Lee and Evel Knievel on a motorcycle are edited into short video clips from the year in question. Bruce Lee generally kicks someone who falls over in the clip and Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over another person in the video clip.
  • Alison Arngrim, who played Nellie Oleson Dalton on Little House on the Prairie, presents a "then and now" segment for each year in which pop culture personalities from the decade are shown in pictures from the 1970s and today, a difference of thirty years that she emphasizes.
  • Gloria Gaynor, who sang "I Will Survive", presents the "survivors" of each year. Each segment begins by Gaynor citing three trends she "survived" that year.
  • Bob Eubanks, who hosted The Newlywed Game, presents "Songs to Make Whoopee To" from each year. Some of the song titles are fake, and merely read aloud; whenever he reads the title of an actual song, a clip of the song is played. The segment takes the form of an advertisement for an album, also available on 8-track and cassette.
  • Charo, who was a frequent television guest-star in the '70s, presents ideas of how she could have been introduced into the cast of a popular show from the time period. Each idea includes some reference to her "cuchi cuchi" catchphrase.
  • "It's time for Burt Reynolds' mustache," shows a picture of Reynolds from the relevant year, illustrating how his mustache changed over time (or, in at least one year, was gone from his face). The segment is introduced by several voices annoyingly chanting the segment's title and is followed by the same voices chanting "That was Burt Reynolds' mustache."
  • Peter Frampton presents the "guitar gods" of each year.
  • Christopher Knight of The Brady Bunch has a rant for each year over how he does not wish to be known as Peter Brady anymore. Each year features Knight drawing a contrast between a member of the show's cast and the character that actor portrayed.
  • John Waters features a segment entitled "Porn or Not Porn" in which he poses a small test to see whether or not three films, selected based on their suggestive titles, are either considered pornographic or not pornographic. He ends the segment by stating he found a vintage copy of a parodic pornographic film.
  • "Look Who's Got a Farrah Do" takes a look at each year to see what celebrity had a hairdo similar to that of Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett.
  • "What Dom Cooked For..." has actor Dom DeLuise telling viewers what food he would make for an actor, or some actors, and the name of the food would be based on a movie, TV program, etc. from the episode's year.
  • "That's No Jive Turkey" takes place near the end of an episode and would let a certain celebrity give one last opinion on a topic that was covered in the episode.
  • At the conclusion of each episode, there's a small puzzle being put together of a famous person named Joe, with the viewer's job being to "Guess this Joe" before the puzzle is finished and the identity is revealed. Some segments involve a celebrity with a related name, such as "Joey," "José" or "Joseph."

[edit] Topics covered by year

[edit] 1970

The Guitar Gods of 1970 were Duane Allman, Terry Kath and Jimi Hendrix.

[edit] 1971

The Guitar Gods of 1971 were Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia and Jimmy Page.

[edit] 1972

The Guitar Gods of 1972 were Neil Young, Steve Howe and Mick Ronson.

[edit] 1973

The Guitar Gods of 1973 were Ritchie Blackmore, Allen Collins & Gary Rossington and David Gilmour.

[edit] 1974

The Guitar Gods of 1974 were Alex Lifeson, Mick Ralphs and Eric Clapton

[edit] 1975

The Guitar Gods of 1975 were Billy Gibbons, Joe Perry and Jeff Beck.

During the segment on the The Hustle, a snippet from a news report was played. In the background however is the instrumental track of a disco song by Carl Bean titled "I Was Born This Way", recorded & released in 1977.

[edit] 1976

The Guitar Gods of 1976 were Ace Frehley, Keith Richards and Peter Frampton.

[edit] 1977

The Guitar Gods of 1977 were Mick Jones, Lindsey Buckingham and Ted Nugent. The "Guess this Joe" was Jose Feliciano.

[edit] 1978

The Guitar Gods of 1978 were Joe Walsh, Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen. The "Guess this Joe" was Joe Perry.

During the Billy Joel segment, a snippet of the music video to 1980's "It's Still Rock 'N Roll To Me" was played.

[edit] 1979

The Guitar Gods of 1979 were Angus Young, Glenn Tipton & K. K. Downing and Brian May. The "Guess this Joe" was Joe Cool.

[edit] External links

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VH1's I Love the... series
Series
I Love the '80s (2002) • I Love the '70s (2003) • I Love the '80s Strikes Back (2003) • I Love the '90s (2004) • I Love the '90s: Part Deux (2005) • I Love the '80s 3-D (2005) • I Love the Holidays (2005) • I Love Toys (2006) • I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006) • I Love the New Millennium (2008)
See also