The 70's Buzz Podcast

How many Michael Lee Smiths did you know growing up in the seventies? Chances are you did because it was the most popular name for boys. Listen in and check out all interesting facts about the names of the 1970's.

Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours is arguably the greatest of the 1970's. Heck some might call it the greatest album of all time. Listen in as we dive into little known facts and stats about the pop rock album. Let us know which album you'd pick for the greatest of the 70's.

Holy moly there were a ton of male heartthrobs in the 70's and we have a feeling we may have missed one or two. Let us know if we missed one of your favorite male heartthrobs of the 1970's.

Karen Silkwood was a young whistle blower that worked for the Kerr/McGee company. At the time Kerr/McGee was the largest employer in the state of Oklahoma. When Silkwood became aware of some safety issues she brought it to the attention of a New York City newspaper reporter. On her way to meet the reporter November 13th 1974 her car mysteriously left the road and she was killed in the accident. Th...

Oh my gosh! There are so many iconic people that died in the 1970's. So many of them were way too young! Listen to these tragic stories of our favorite people in the 70's.

Listen in as we visit about the Amazing Mary Tyler Moore. Not only was she the face of women in the 1970's but her show spun off three other TV shows and the entire cast went on to star in their own TV projects.

Remember when we would "Pretend" to drive in those crazy driving simulators that didn't even work! Remember when the school football coach would take us out, throw us to the wolves and make us drive cold turkey! WE DO!

The classrooms of today are very different from the classrooms of the 70's. Gum and candy in the classrooms was unheard of. Swaps were an ever present threat! We wrote in cursive. We passed notes to the cute girls and much, much more. Thanks for listening to "The 1970's experts"

How did we ever survive being a kid in the 70's. According to the experts we should all be dead, from riding in the front seat of parents car with zero restraints to breathing all the God forsaken second hand smoke from all the grown ups around us, how did we survive!

Our Canadian buddy Dave Ball joins us again to explore one of the most iconic songs of not just the 70's but of the 20th Century. But we 70's guys get to claim it as our own!

A funny episode describing our bedrooms in the 70's. How cool was your bedroom? We visit about all the cool stuff and things that were ours and ours alone. Our bedrooms were off limits to siblings and hopefully our parents would stay out as well!

The King of "Junkado" music in the 1970's Harry Wayne Casey better known as KC called in and visited with Todd and Curtis about his new tour and more importantly life in the 70's. Because as you all know the 70's "WAS THE GREATEST DECADE KNOWN TO MAN"

It was a great year for music, Elvis was in Hawaii, the speed limit was 55 mph, The VietNam war was over, Watergate scandal was in full swing, the cell phone was introduced and much, much more.

As we were growing up, goofy songs were our bloodline! Some songs we listened to for ours. Here are some pretty outrageous songs that will bring back some fun memories. After recording this episode we realized we missed two huge songs. Anyone catch what we missed!

It was a groundbreaking movie for the times! Not so much for it's great story line, or out of this world acting. But for it's irreverent subject matter! Listen as we talk about Cheech and Chong's "Up In Smoke".

The 70's was the beginning of the "Cola Wars" when Coca-Cola was the Real Thing and Pepsi dared us all to take the "Pepsi Challenge". Dr Pepper held its own while RC Crown Cola, Shasta, 7-Up, Sprite, Cragmont Colas and others filled in as the other sodas, pops and cokes.

The Summer time was the best time to be a kid in the 70's. From riding bikes all over town to catching tadpoles in "Boggy Creek" it was the best of times! Listen as we take a trip down memory lane and remember how care free our childhood was in Enid, Oklahoma.

Some were catchy, some were quirky, some were silly but most were memorable. Listen in as we dive into the best of the TV commercials of the 70's

Where are your favorite 70's sitcom actors now, some have passed away but some many have gone on to do great things in media! We delve into MASH, Brady Bunch, All In The Family, Three's Company and more.

We talk about and describe our favorite album cover art from the 1970's. Everything from Gothic art to great photographs. We also discovered a few themes to 70's album covers in the 70's.

This episode was fun and different. Dave Ball sent in 25 trivia questions to test our knowledge of the 1970's. Check it out and see how we did! Answer the questions yourself and let us know how you did!

The 70's brought us The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman! The strongest, sexiest couple of the decade! We have special guest Gerald Lange on the podcast to talk about both shows.

Its the podcast episode "You can't refuse." Curtis, at the age of 56, finally watches The Godfather! Listen to our take on this 70's classic known as the best movie ever made.

All Right, All Right, All Right! May 28, 1976 the last day of school for a bunch of kids in Austin, Texas. Listen in as we relate to the movie "Dazed and Confused" and remember the fashions, cars, music and characters.

Some pretty cool stuff happened in 1972, check out what we remember about 1972. What did we forget? You know we forgot something!