Back To The 70's

[jt2003]

Dont know if am correct. A powerful earthquake hit Manila around April 1970 ba yun? I only remember then I was having lunch and watching ABSCBNs noontime show WINNER TAKE ALL hosted by ROD NAVARRO when the quake strucked. He said to the audience (live) to keep calm tapos when it became apparent that it was getting stronger, siya ang nanguna sa pagtakbo. But later on the TV showed the tower of ABSCBN swaying during the height of the quake. Good thing there was a general strike ng mga jeepney drivers then if not ang daming nabagsakang student at a school (nag collapse) near us.

That must have been what's often called the "Ruby Tower Earthquake" because of the collapse of the Ruby Tower. That must have been '68 or 69'. We were still so young at the time. My brothers and I were watching TV and so we kept joking about another earthquake, when suddenly there came a strong aftershock! The 1978 earthquake in Lanao was particularly gruesome because of the TV images of dead people, one of whom had his arms up, probably trying to hang on to something as the tsunami hit. BTW, I practically predicted the 1990 quake. I was talking to my Ninang and said we're due for one. Strong quakes in our lovely PI seem to happen in 10-year periods, give or take a few years.

Edited April 14, 2007 by jt2003

[flyingdutchman]

wow! :evil:

mid-70's....so contemporary nya sina Linda Lovelace and Marilyn Chambers hmmm...

 

I've been meaning to have these 70's porno flicks pero I dont know where to find them. Para sa akin mas magaganda pa yung mga x-rated nuon. Deep Throat, Behind the Green Door, the Taboo series, all those Traci Lords ficks, the Debbie series, etc..

 

Do you do bittorrents? Try searching www.torrentz.com.

 

Tiyagaan lang nga as with any p2p, typical full-length movies are around 700MB, and on my connection 100MB takes about an hour.

[photographer]

That must have been what's often called the "Ruby Tower Earthquake" because of the collapse of the Ruby Tower. That must have been '68 or 69'. We were still so young at the time. My brothers and I were watching TV and so we kept joking about another earthquake, when suddenly there came a strong aftershock! The 1978 earthquake in Lanao was particularly gruesome because of the TV images of dead people, one of whom had his arms up, probably trying to hang on to something as the tsunami hit. BTW, I practically predicted the 1990 quake. I was talking to my Ninang and said we're due for one. Strong quakes in our lovely PI seem to happen in 10-year periods, give or take a few years.

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No, its not the Ruby Tower thing. That earthquake occured at 4 in the morning. I vividly remember that as it was my first quake experience. Sikat na sikat pa nun si Rafael Yabut and Johnny Midnight. What I was referring to was the quake that occured around 1 in the afternoon. Now, I remember na, the P.Gomez High school near Central Market sa Manila collapsed but fortunately , O.D. Corpuz declared the day no classes dahil sa jeepney strike and they were protesting sa Plaza Miranda. It was the second major quake I have experienced in my life. The third was the terrifying 1990 quake. Inabutan ko sa work at 9th floor, Prudential Bank Building (yung bulok na building sa Ayala near the corner of Paseo de Roxas). Akala ko katapusan ko na. That where I felt na hopeless case na. Looked up the window and saw people in Ayala, nakatingala sa akin, ako naman naka dungaw sa kanila.

[bods1000]

Do you do bittorrents? Try searching www.torrentz.com.

 

Tiyagaan lang nga as with any p2p, typical full-length movies are around 700MB, and on my connection 100MB takes about an hour.

 

thanks pare...sa mga Amazon ba wala nito?

[portia]

Guadalupe Sanchez (Semi-finalist Binibining Pilipinas 1974 )

 

 

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/nostalgiamanila/places/phil_vill_hotel_74.jpg

[portia]

Exchange Rates > Philippine Peso per US Dollar

Frequency: Annual

Conversion: Average

Range: 1970 - 1979

 

1970 = 6.0246

1971 = 6.4317

1972 = 6.6749

1973 = 6.7563

1974 = 6.7887

1975 = 7.2479

1976 = 7.4403

1977 = 7.4028

1978 = 7.3658

1979 = 7.3776

 

 

* Bankers Association of the Philppines (BAP) reference rate from December 13,1984 to August 3,1992 weighted average rate.

Philippine Dealing System (PDS) starting August 14,1992

Source: Refrence Exchange Rate Bulletin, TD-BSP

 

http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/statistics_online.asp[/size]

Edited April 15, 2007 by portia

[sliderule]

By the way, the girl who played Debbie in Debbie Does Dallas, Bambi Woods, is gone too. "Debbie" was filmed in a real college campus in New York back in 1978. The movie's producers sought and obtained permission from the school administrators to film in the campus. Unbeknownst to the latter, it was a porn movie.

 

"Mister Greenfield !"

[sliderule]

now that's interesting...didn't know Leonard Nimoy was there too...

 

now what happened to Martin Landau after his Oscar-winning turn in ED WOOD? Saw that movie again in HBO and it was sure fun. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE was voted in a book as the worst movie ever! Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi in ED WOOD was simply outstanding...

 

 

Oo pareng Bods, ang sagwa talaga nung Plan 9...pero d ba mas masagwa yung "Glen...or Glenda"???

[storm]

Welcome to the thread portia. Keep on posting.

 

Hi Tita Guada.

[sliderule]

Which TV ad did these lines come from -

 

"Every morning a hairy monster is born.

And every morning it must be tamed."

 

Teka teka...alam ko yan....yan yung Gillette blade razor d ba?

Naging model pa dyan ay yung NBA player da galing dito kasama si Walt Frazier at Randy Smith...si Geoff Petrie yata yun

Tama ba Pinoy?

[jettison_last]

tamang-tama yung handle mo . . . "sliderule" hehe. the 70s saw the end of the sliderule when calculators slowly replaced it. unang mga models malalaki and green led yung display. then towards the end of the 70s, panipisan and lcd na yung display. i remember one calc model parang "skyflakes' ang nipis niya.

 

sikat ang sinumang may gamit o dalang calculator noon, especially sa school.

[Mandrake]

This is white rook, over.

 

nadali mo, bro. THE GALLANT MEN tried to match COMBAT but the squad of Sgt. Saunders and Lt. Hanley (tks. to vergaman for that photo)just had a huge following among us kids then...halos makipag patayan pa ako sa Lucky 7 Club para sa t-shirt ni Vic Morrow.

 

Thrilla in Manila in 78 (?)... :cool:

Edited April 16, 2007 by Mandrake

[flyingdutchman]

thanks pare...sa mga Amazon ba wala nito?

 

Did a quick search yesterday and found Deep Throat. Malaman meron din nung iba.

[flyingdutchman]

Remember the assassination attempt on Imelda? It's on youtube.

Just search Imelda Marcos. You might also want to check out

her bloomberg interview. She allegedly pulled some strings to

yank it from airing. Some really strange statements.

[photographer]

nadali mo, bro. THE GALLANT MEN tried to match COMBAT but the squad of Sgt. Saunders and Lt. Hanley (tks. to vergaman for that photo)just had a huge following among us kids then...halos makipag patayan pa ako sa Lucky 7 Club para sa t-shirt ni Vic Morrow.

 

Thrilla in Manila in 78 (?)... :cool:

 

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Ako rin! padala ako ng padal kay Uncle Bob for pictures of Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. Good thing is Uncle Bob honors all letters pati mga classmates ko napadalhan. May autograph pa nga. Dinikit ko sa wall ng bedroom ko pero di ko na alam kung anong nangyari, di ko na makita. Di ko alam may t-shirt din pala. Batman naman yung sticker nun, na kailangan mo pang basain ng tubig sa likod para dumikit sa school bag ko

 

By the way, sana post naman kayo memorable moments nyo during SUMMER 70s.

[pinoy_strigoi]

Teka teka...alam ko yan....yan yung Gillette blade razor d ba?

Naging model pa dyan ay yung NBA player da galing dito kasama si Walt Frazier at Randy Smith...si Geoff Petrie yata yun

Tama ba Pinoy?

 

 

Di ko kasi natatandaan. Baka Gillette or DEP. You guys remember DEP?

 

Naalala ko pang mga ads sa Buhay Artista. Caronia - with its cheesy song, Vonnell, Jet detergent, RC cola, Apple Sidra, Kaminomoto o-ban, and Tancho Tique. Yung mga sinehan noon sa Manila, ipahid mo lang ang buhok mo sa sandalan, may libreng pomada.

 

Guess who the gentlemen in my avatar is. Kilala niyo iyan. Buhay pa. Siya ang boses ni Mermaid Man sa Sponge Bob.

[Mandrake]

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Ako rin! padala ako ng padal kay Uncle Bob for pictures of Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. Good thing is Uncle Bob honors all letters pati mga classmates ko napadalhan. May autograph pa nga. Dinikit ko sa wall ng bedroom ko pero di ko na alam kung anong nangyari, di ko na makita. Di ko alam may t-shirt din pala. Batman naman yung sticker nun, na kailangan mo pang basain ng tubig sa likod para dumikit sa school bag ko

 

By the way, sana post naman kayo memorable moments nyo during SUMMER 70s.

 

Pare, halos sambahin natin yang si Vic Morrow. But I was quite dis-appointed when we saw him at the Airport wearing a Hawaian flower dotted polo shirt when many of us kids were expecting him to be wearing a soldier's outfit. But that did not stop us from seeing our idol at Uncle Bob's Lucky 7. Kupas na at umurong na sa kasusuot ang Combat shirt ko, i treasured it with my life...until finally I had to accept the fact that it has turned into a "basahan". :upside:

 

I always wished my folks would give me a toy machine gun Sgt. Saunders always carried with him. Because it was too expensive then, they bought me a cheap German Luger handgun toy instead.

[flix]

ako, naalala ko pinaplantsa ko yung printed plastic bag ng chichirya sa sando ko para may print! heheheheh.........

[flyingdutchman]

Di ko kasi natatandaan. Baka Gillette or DEP. You guys remember DEP?

 

Naalala ko pang mga ads sa Buhay Artista. Caronia - with its cheesy song, Vonnell, Jet detergent, RC cola, Apple Sidra, Kaminomoto o-ban, and Tancho Tique. Yung mga sinehan noon sa Manila, ipahid mo lang ang buhok mo sa sandalan, may libreng pomada.

 

Guess who the gentlemen in my avatar is. Kilala niyo iyan. Buhay pa. Siya ang boses ni Mermaid Man sa Sponge Bob.

 

Ernest Borgnine?

[pinoy_strigoi]

Ernest Borgnine?

 

 

Tumpak! A cigar for the gentleman. Favorite ko kasi ang McHale's Navy at Gilligan's island. One of the few shows we could watch on Saturday morning on Channel 7. Kasi wala naman tayong 24 hr cartoon channel. Isa pang naaalala kong palabas - "Training you to train your dog" hosted by Blanche Saunders.

 

Tapos naaalala ko rin yung wrestling on 7 - napaka-fake and just as fake as the wrestling we get nowadays.

 

You guys liked Rat Patrol? Outer limits? Twilight Zone? Space Family Robinson? (baklang bakla talaga si Dr. Smith), and the lame cartoon adaptation of the Three Stooges, plus the Funny Company and Beany and Cecil (Dishonest John). Yung Beany and Cecil, medyo intellectual pa ang mga one-liners niya -parodies. I remember one episode na sinabi ni Beany na papunta silang No- Bikini Atoll (Bikini Atoll was the test site for a nuke bomb).

[jt2003]

Tumpak! A cigar for the gentleman. Favorite ko kasi ang McHale's Navy at Gilligan's island. One of the few shows we could watch on Saturday morning on Channel 7. Kasi wala naman tayong 24 hr cartoon channel. Isa pang naaalala kong palabas - "Training you to train your dog" hosted by Blanche Saunders.

 

Tapos naaalala ko rin yung wrestling on 7 - napaka-fake and just as fake as the wrestling we get nowadays.

 

You guys liked Rat Patrol? Outer limits? Twilight Zone? Space Family Robinson? (baklang bakla talaga si Dr. Smith), and the lame cartoon adaptation of the Three Stooges, plus the Funny Company and Beany and Cecil (Dishonest John). Yung Beany and Cecil, medyo intellectual pa ang mga one-liners niya -parodies. I remember one episode na sinabi ni Beany na papunta silang No- Bikini Atoll (Bikini Atoll was the test site for a nuke bomb).

I may be wrong on this, but I think that Space Family Robinson was better known on TV as Lost in Space. It's just that I remember that Dr. Smith belonged to Lost in Space. So did that wonderful robot. "It does not compute."

 

Speaking of Ernest Borgnine. He played a cynical cop in Irwin Allen's "The Poseidon Adventure," which also starred Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Stella Stevens, Leslie Niesen, etc. I still haven't seen the remake, which puts in a twist to the capsizing of the Poseidon. The Poseidon Adventure was to the 70s what Titanic was to the 90s.

 

From Gene Hackman, the reverend: "I said I'll get you out, and by God I'm going to do it!"

[mason_rod]

Ang haba na ng thread na ito, but has anyone mentioned MASH?

 

Comedy Vietnam war series associated the popular song Suicide Is Painless.

 

Suicide is painless

It brings so many changes

But I can take or leave it

If I will

[jt2003]

"MASH" was mentioned and discussed in the sister thread, 36&Up. Hawkeye, Trapper John, Radar, etc. Thing is, MASH was never really big in our lovely PI. Unfortunately. I think it was because many Filipinos couldn't understand the humor. Perhaps the networks executives themselves couldn't.

[jettison_last]

Ang haba na ng thread na ito, but has anyone mentioned MASH?

 

Comedy Vietnam war series associated the popular song Suicide Is Painless.

 

Suicide is painless

It brings so many changes

But I can take or leave it

If I will

 

 

I think the setting was North Korea, not Vietnam.

Korek ba ko?

[jt2003]

I think the setting was North Korea, not Vietnam.

Korek ba ko?

Yes, it was Korea, but South Korea. One of the frequent target of jokes, especially by Hawkeye and Trapper John, was MacArthur. I remember one episode where the doctors, nurses and orderlies kept waiting for a North Korean pilot who would try to bomb them... but kept missing. So they made bets on where the next bomb would land. Hawkeye loved his martini. I think every episode had him drinking a martini.