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    Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?

    Far Out SciFi Worlds of Sid and Marty Krofft
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    11/06/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Ah yes those were the days - 'Bigfoot & Wildboy', 'Electra Woman & Dyna Girl' and don't forget 'Dr. Shrinker'. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/06/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Somehow you always knew television of the 1970s was a Sargasso Sea of crazy...

    As a survivor of 70's TV, I can tell you it was more of a Dead Sea of deadly dull. The weed-hazed weirdness coming from Sid and Marty Krofft provided some of the few exceptions. How many bongs were named after H.R. Puffinstuff? #krofftsuperstore
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    i realize you liberals wont agree...but Carter was the reason Carter did not get a second term.

    Just like Barack is doing his best to ruin his own chances...which i would say probably isnt helped by the number of Ex-Carter Era administration officials he decided to hire....

    Stagflation here we come!
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    11/07/09

    @lonelybear_03: see, there are these things called "jokes," a story or statement with a humorous climax, and linking a marginal man-ape-themed kiddie show with a presidential...oh, never mind. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/06/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    I was born in 1976 so this show was fortunately off the air before I started watching TV. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    You know, I was once severely confused by an accidental exposure to an episode of this show and an unfortunate collision with memories of _The Six Million Dollar Man_. I swear, I stood in front of the TV for about ten minutes going "Wait, isn't he supposed to be a robot or something?" before the breakers tripped in my head.

    What *was* it with the seventies and conflicting Bigfoots? #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Vampirism is easily identified by black eyes. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Was there anything on American television in 1980 or so that didn't suck?
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    Image of Lincolnsbeard33 Lincolnsbeard33
    11/05/09

    @cletar: 80s yes 70s no #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Starlionblue Starlionblue
    11/06/09

    @cletar: Cheers? #krofftsuperstore
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    11/06/09

    @cletar: Battle of the Planets, but that was from Japan. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of commentotron commentotron
    11/06/09

    @cletar: Magnum PI. The A-Team. Knight Rider.

    Do not fuck with my choldhood. They were AWESOME. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of josecanUC josecanUC
    11/07/09

    @cletar: The Paper Chase, Lou Grant, and the Rockford Files, to name three. Respect your elders. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Malthian Malthian
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    So...how did the boy learn English if Bigfoot just speaks some crazy gibberish? #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/05/09

    @Malthian: See: Go Go Gophers. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of k4man k4man
    11/05/09

    @Malthian: I always wondered how he learned to drive a vehicle.

    Manual transmission too I believe. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Malthian Malthian
    11/05/09

    @k4man: Well he's a man, the ability to drive manually is encoded in our DNA #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/07/09

    @Malthian: The Romulan's destruction of the Kelvin altered the timeline, creating an alternate reality where everyone can drive a stick. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Malthian Malthian
    11/07/09

    @cletar: Even Japanese women? #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    So one day a writer goes and think that making a show about a bigfoot would be doable but it needs a little "human warm" so they give him a blonde tarzan. But how does one decides that they need to fight aliens and vampires?
    and when they show a footage in slow motion, does it mean that is actually faster? So weird #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Here's another great random snippet. "Suzy...Control box. Bigfoot...wait."

    Why, if that's not a metaphor for all male/female interaction I don't know what is. Who knew this show could be so poetic about the human condition. :) #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Is that the same BigFoot who made an appearance in a few episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman? #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/05/09

    @Roklimber: Seeing as how they were both ABC, they basically were. They certainly looked alike. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    @Dr.ClaytonForrester: They do, don't they? If they're not the same, maybe they're family members. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/05/09

    @Roklimber: And both working in TV, too. So proud.

    I wonder what the holiday parties were like at ABC around that time ...

    Now all they need is the Wookie cast of Star Wars Holiday Special to join them and they have a bonafide community here ... #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    @Dr.ClaytonForrester: No kidding. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of jamesryan jamesryan
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    Ah, the Kroft Kraziness...

    And as far as vampires in the 70s being sexier, two words: Hammer. Films. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of dmn2000 dmn2000
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    That's Kroft Supershow, not Superstore.

    You're just now watching it? You must not be a child of the 70's.

    Check out Electrawoman and Dynagirl. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/05/09

    @dmn2000: Oh right... let me fix that! #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/05/09

    In reply to Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?
    I thought it was "Galactica 1980" that doomed the Carter administration. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/05/09

    @cletar: It might've been Supertrain. #krofftsuperstore
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    Image of Brian Fowler Brian Fowler
    11/05/09

    @Dr.ClaytonForrester: Boy, is my face read.

    All this time, I was thinking it was because Regan sold out the embassy in Iran, and the "liberal media" sold Carter out to Regan. #krofftsuperstore
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    cletar promoted this comment Brian Fowler was starred Brian Fowler was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Brian Fowler: No, poor Carter was just trapped between the hammer of "Galactica 1980" and the anvil of "Supertrain."

    Oh, and of course, there was the vicious crotch-punch that was FootBoy and BigMan or Sasquatch 'n' Friends or whatever the hell that was. #krofftsuperstore
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