The Panther
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Please do not continue with what you did next...I was in high school and being a silly teenager I pulled down my pants and sat in my underwear for at least the first part of the movie.
Please do not continue with what you did next...I was in high school and being a silly teenager I pulled down my pants and sat in my underwear for at least the first part of the movie.
It wasn't released until January, 1980 in the USA. (Not sure about Canada.)Everyone is forgetting the most significant fact of 1979.
London Calling was released.
Please do not continue with what you did next...
Not only are your parents not typical baby boomers, they aren't baby boomers at all. Your parents were born in '42 and '43 or so if your math is correct. Both years are near the end of the silent generation.my dad is a baby boomer and he was 37 and my mother was 36 and they were the typical baby boomer.
Why will there not be?It’s too bad there won’t be any fans in the building for it.
Don't' give Disney the credit for the transformation of NYNew York City was very different than what is is now.
Times Square in 1979 was a rather sleazy place with lots of adult shops, high crime, as well as presence of well known mafias and drugs dealers. Not exactly a place you'd take your family to
Since Disney bought a significant share of the land in the mid-90s, it is now a primary tourist destination.
NYC subway was deemed as "world's most dangerous transit" from the 70s until the early 90s as crime was high and graffiti was scribbled all over the trains.
Today, the NYC subway is one of the safer transportations in America.
Indeed. Orr played only 6 games that season, after sitting out the previous year entirely.Bobby Orr's final season
This was so long ago Chelios wasnt even in the league yet!
One if the few ways Toronto is ahead of Montreal is head-to-head in the finals. Toronto is up 3-2, or 4-3 including pre-NHL.
Sorry. You're right. The first two were not pre-NHL, but back when the Stanley Cup wasn't exclusively NHL.The Toronto Arenas did come into being until the 1st year of the NHL.
It is true though, that the vast majority of Habs Cup wins, did not come against the Leafs
Sorry. You're right. The first two were not pre-NHL, but back when the Stanley Cup wasn't exclusively NHL.
Berlin, Germany is another interesting one. It was virtually destroyed after WWII and today, it's one of the most robust cities in Western Europe
It says NINETEEN 79.I was 21 and ‘79 was a great f***ing year.
It's been 42 years since this iconic match-up actually budded heads in the postseason and for many fans like myself, this is the first time its happened in my lifetime. The world was an unrecognizable place the last time these two Canadian O6 teams squared off in the playoffs way back in spring 1979.
In hockey:
- There were only 17 teams in the league
- Only one active NHL player (Chara) was alive then
- Gretzky had yet to play his first NHL game
- The WHA was still its own entity
In sports:
- ESPN did not exist
- The 3-point shot in basketball did not exist
- Pro athletes couldn't compete at the Olympics
- Moses Malone was the NBA MVP
- Kevin Keegan won Ballon D'Or
- New York Cosmos with Pele, Cruyff and Beckenbauer were still in existence
- Steelers won their third SB in 5 years
- Muhammad Ali was still an active boxer
- Bjorn Borg was the number one men's tennis player
In entertainment:
- Heart of Glass by Blondie was the number one song
- "Alien" was the top grossing movie
- The Matarese Circle by Robert Lundlum was the top selling book
- Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won best actors and actresses, respectively
- Michael Jackson released his first solo album
- Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right were in its early seasons; Jeopardy with Alex Trebek was still years away from launching
- Three's Company was the most popular TV show in America
In business/technology:
- Apple II discontinued 2 years after release (this company will never make it )
- Space Invader's was the top selling video game
- Toshiba Blackstripe was the most popular TV model
- Oldsmobile Cutlass was the top selling car in America
- Typewriters were still commonly used (way more than a personalized computer which was a rare luxury)
- Cell phones, internet, and social media was not even in the picture (the only phone available was the one hanging on the wall)
- DNA testing was in its infancy
World news/politics:
- Only 8 countries were in the EU
- China passed the one child policy
- Jimmy Carter was the US President
- Voyager I captures Jupiter
- Smallpox was declared as fully eradicated
- HIV had yet to be discovered
- Canada's Charter of Rights & Freedoms was still 3 years away from being established
- USSR goes into Afghanistan
- Thatcher elected as first female prime minister in UK
It's quite literally been several generations in the making, hopefully this will be an entertaining series despite no fans being in the building!
New York City was very different than what is is now.
Times Square in 1979 was a rather sleazy place with lots of adult shops, high crime, as well as presence of well known mafias and drugs dealers. Not exactly a place you'd take your family to
Since Disney bought a significant share of the land in the mid-90s, it is now a primary tourist destination.
NYC subway was deemed as "world's most dangerous transit" from the 70s until the early 90s as crime was high and graffiti was scribbled all over the trains.
Today, the NYC subway is one of the safer transportations in America.