Back To The 70's

[blow_gobi]

There was this one Japanese restaurant just off Roxas Blvd. which we used to go to in the early 70's. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of this restaurant.

As I recall it was located near the US embassy. I don't suppose you've been there or recall its name.

 

There's Furusato @ what's now Traders Hotel (used to be Holiday Inn before). Sugi was also originally along Mabini Ave. near Malate Church. Two Japanese restaurants my Japanese friend from the Japanese Embassy used to bring me once a month for 3 years.

[muttley]

There's Furusato @ what's now Traders Hotel (used to be Holiday Inn before). Sugi was also originally along Mabini Ave. near Malate Church. Two Japanese restaurants my Japanese friend from the Japanese Embassy used to bring me once a month for 3 years.

 

Furusato never reopened again after the fire two years ago. Sugi is still around in Greenbelt 2 (wala na yung Greenhills branch).

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Anybody remember Atami (not sure of the spelling) Japanese restaurant in Manila? It was on or near UN Avenue if I'm not mistaken. That was way back in the late 60's/early 70's

[sonnyt111]

I still remember when the lot where the present day Dusit Thani now stands used to be a "peryahan" especially during the Christmas holidays in the very early 1970s. The Quad hadn't even been constructed at that time. There was no need for multi-level parking lots back then because there were so few cars.

[Bugatti Veyron]

In the '70s the most powerful firecrackers were the whistle bomb, the five star, and the bawang. These have all been eclipsed today with much more powerful pyrotechnics such as the bin laden.

[sonnyt111]

There were two steak restaurants which were my favorite back in the 1970's. The first was Steak Express where Glorietta is now located. The second was The Shack which was along the north bound lane of EDSA in Makati. It was located between Buendia and Guadalupe.

[maxiev]

I clearly remember hearing this guy on DWRT way back in the 1970's. It's only now that I hear his name being mentioned again after all these years.

 

May he rest in peace.

 

https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/radio-legend-casey-kasem-dead-at-82-171146403.html

 

Radio Legend Casey Kasem Dead at 82

 

By Craig Rosen

3 hours ago

Yahoo Music

 

Casey Kasem, the man behind one of the most famous voices on radio and television from the '70s through the 2000s, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's and dementia. He was 82.

 

"Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken," said his daughter Kerri Kasem via social media. "The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our dad."

 

Kasem was best known as the host of American Top 40, the weekly countdown show that he co-founded in 1970 and hosted from 1970 through 1989, when he was succeeded by Shadoe Stevens. At the time, Kasem left ABC Radio Networks for Westwood One to host a new version of his weekly show re-titled Casey's Top 40 With Casey Kasem for a deal worth $17 million over five years, making him one of the highest-paid voices on radio.

 

He returned to AT40 in 1998 through 2004, after which Ryan Seacrest took the helm. His signature sign-off, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars," became legendary. He also hosted several similar spin-off countdown shows, including the TV show America's Top 10. After years of being one of the most popular and dependable voices in syndicated radio, he finally stepped away from the mic on July 4, 2009.

 

"When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?,' well, [i say] I'm not a radio personality," Kasem once told ABC News. "I am a disc jockey, and I play records. I play music for people to hear from 8 to 80."

 

Although radio was his first home, his voice was also heard frequently on television. He voiced the character Shaggy on the long-running cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo for four decades, finally retiring in 2009, but returned in 2010 to play Shaggy's father. His first stint as a voice actor was in 1968, as Robin, the Boy Wonder, in the Batman cartoon series. He reprised the role of Robin on SuperFriends from 1973-1985 and also appeared on several other cartoons, and he was a voiceover specialist on TV commercials for a wide variety of companies ranging from Chevron and Raid to Oscar Mayer and Dairy Queen. In addition, he made several TV and movie cameos over the years, including Hawaii Five-O, Saved by the Bell, Quincy, ALF, Charlie's Angels, and Ghostbusters.

 

He was born Kemal Amin Kasem on April 27, 1932 in Detroit to Lebanese Druze parents, who had immigrated from Palestine to Lebanon before settling in Detroit. He attended Wayne State University and began his radio career in the early '50s after he was drafted in sent to Korea, ending up as a DJ on the Armed Forces Radio Korea Network. From there, he landed several radio jobs, first in Flint, Mich., and later in San Francisco, Oakland, Buffalo, and Los Angeles, where he was a regular on KRLA for nine years before launching American Top 40.

 

Even after Kasem retired, his voice was still heard on radio, as Sirius Satellite Radio and Premiere Radio Networks began airing taped episodes of the show from the '70s and '80s.

 

His final years were somewhat tragic. He struggled with the effects of Parkinson's disease, while his second wife, 59-year-old actress Jean Kasem, publicly feuded with his three adult children, including radio personality Kerri Kasem, over visitation rights with their ailing father.

 

In May, the situation came to a head when Kerri Kasem reported that the radio legend had gone missing. He was later located in Washington state. In late May, a judge awarded Kerri visitation rights to see her father for the first time after Jean Kasem had taken him out of a Santa Monica, Calif., care facility and had him moved to Washington, without informing his adult children from his first marriage.

 

The judge also ruled that 41-year-old Kerri Kasem could take her father to be checked out by a doctor and hospitalized if needed. In a court hearing at the time, Kerri Kasem said that a physician hired by Jean Kasem said that the elder Kasem was suffering from lung and bladder infections and had bed sores.

 

The situation took an ugly turn on June 1, when Kerri Kasem arrived at her father's home with an ambulance to transport him to the hospital, but the ambulance attendants were not initially allowed inside. After someone inside the house called 911, a fire truck and a second ambulance arrived on the scene. Then, the situation grew bizarre when Jean Kasem came out of the home and hurled a pound of raw hamburger meat at Kerri Kasem, according to reports.

 

After paramedics were finally allowed in to take the elder Kasem to the hospital, Jean Kasem claimed she was following a Bible version when she tossed the uncooked meat at her stepdaughter. "In the name of King David, I threw a piece of raw meat into the street in exchange for my husband to the wild rabid dogs," she told NBC News.

 

On a happier note, Kasem stepped down from American Top 40 he offered a bit of the "keep reaching for the stars" optimism that he shared with his listeners each week. "Rather than feeling sad about leaving American Top 40, I feel that there is a challenge ahead of me," he said in 2004. "I am happy doing what I am going to be doing, and I am happy having done what I did."

[maxiev]

i havent been born yet but i heard that bee gees are very popular then

They were. Their popularity flew off the charts when their music was used in the very iconic and popular Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. That was also Travolta's springboard to the bigtime in Hollywood.

[maxiev]

Just before Saturday Night Fever was released to the public, John Travolta was sort of an extra in the horror movie "Carrie.". He played a supporting role in that early movie.

[the_sentinel]

Travolta was also Vinny Barbarino in the hit TV comedy show, "Welcome Back Kotter" shown on RPN 9 back then. He was the cool, tough dude that was part of a brat pack that caused mayhem in school. Their teacher, Mr. Kotter, was essayed by Gabe Kaplan.

 

Apart from that, another film that introduced Travolta to me was "The Boy In The Plastic Bubble." I remember seeing this on RPN 9 as well as the network normally showed an American film at around 11PM nightly. Travolta performed the hit song "What Would They Say?" as part of the soundtrack of this movie about a boy with a weak immune system and who had to live a life protected by a plastic bubble.

 

Of course, Travolta became a superstar when he came out in Saturday Night Fever in 1977. The person who taught him to dance as well as choreograph the dance sequences in the movie was Deney Terio, the same host of "Dance Fever," the dance contest featuring amateur pairs from all over the world. Our very own Mike Monserrat (who came out on Penthouse 7 and was a co-host of Dance 10 with Ray-An Fuentes in the early 80's) actually participated in this contest and placed first runner-up. One of the songs they performed to was the hit disco track, "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartmann. Dance Fever was shown on GMA7 every Saturday night at 7:00PM, just before "Little House On The Prairie."

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Travolta was also Vinny Barbarino in the hit TV comedy show, "Welcome Back Kotter" shown on RPN 9 back then. He was the cool, tough dude that was part of a brat pack that caused mayhem in school. Their teacher, Mr. Kotter, was essayed by Gabe Kaplan.

 

Apart from that, another film that introduced Travolta to me was "The Boy In The Plastic Bubble." I remember seeing this on RPN 9 as well as the network normally showed an American film at around 11PM nightly. Travolta performed the hit song "What Would They Say?" as part of the soundtrack of this movie about a boy with a weak immune system and who had to live a life protected by a plastic bubble.

 

Of course, Travolta became a superstar when he came out in Saturday Night Fever in 1977. The person who taught him to dance as well as choreograph the dance sequences in the movie was Deney Terio, the same host of "Dance Fever," the dance contest featuring amateur pairs from all over the world. Our very own Mike Monserrat (who came out on Penthouse 7 and was a co-host of Dance 10 with Ray-An Fuentes in the early 80's) actually participated in this contest and placed first runner-up. One of the songs they performed to was the hit disco track, "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartmann. Dance Fever was shown on GMA7 every Saturday night at 7:00PM, just before "Little House On The Prairie."

Welcome Back Kotter was one on my favorite comedy programs back then. I even have a dvd with a couple of episodes which I bought on a trip overseas a couple of years ago.

[the_sentinel]

If I'm not mistaken, WBK was shown every Saturday late afternoon on RPN 9. Can't seem to recall exactly but I think this went back to back with Happy Days. Ron Howard and Henry Winkler's show came in around 5PM, Kaplan and Travolta's WBK was at 5:30PM.

 

Trying to remember the shows aired on Saturday night at GMA 7, Discorama came in at 5:30PM, followed by Dance Fever at 7PM, Little House On The Prairie at 7:30PM and Combat at 8PM. Can't recall the shows aired between 8:30 to 10PM but I remember the sitcom SOAP starring a very young Billy Crystal aired at 10PM followed by Benson at 10:30.

[sonnyt111]

If I'm not mistaken, WBK was shown every Saturday late afternoon on RPN 9. Can't seem to recall exactly but I think this went back to back with Happy Days. Ron Howard and Henry Winkler's show came in around 5PM, Kaplan and Travolta's WBK was at 5:30PM.

 

Trying to remember the shows aired on Saturday night at GMA 7, Discorama came in at 5:30PM, followed by Dance Fever at 7PM, Little House On The Prairie at 7:30PM and Combat at 8PM. Can't recall the shows aired between 8:30 to 10PM but I remember the sitcom SOAP starring a very young Billy Crystal aired at 10PM followed by Benson at 10:30.

You have a great memory. I do remember Combat being aired on Saturday nights but I have no idea what time. I do recall, though that Vic Morrow and Rick Jason were invited to Manila by Bob Stewart. They were met at the Manila International Airport by Filipino fans who treated these actors as celebrities. T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc. bearing the faces of Vic Morrow and Rick Jason and the tv program Combat! were sold on the streets.

[the_sentinel]

You have a great memory. I do remember Combat being aired on Saturday nights but I have no idea what time. I do recall, though that Vic Morrow and Rick Jason were invited to Manila by Bob Stewart. They were met at the Manila International Airport by Filipino fans who treated these actors as celebrities. T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc. bearing the faces of Vic Morrow and Rick Jason and the tv program Combat! were sold on the streets.

 

M*A*S*H was another TV show that had a war setting. Combat! featured World War 2 while M*A*S*H depicted the Korean War. Here's a YT clip of the show's opening. It features the track, "Suicide is Painless" sung by Ken Prymus and composed by Johnny Mandel.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHQpbv3KjI

 

 

Here's Combat's opening:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfYXXaOK74

 

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

M*A*S*H was another TV show that had a war setting. Combat! featured World War 2 while M*A*S*H depicted the Korean War. Here's a YT clip of the show's opening. It features the track, "Suicide is Painless" sung by Ken Prymus and composed by Johnny Mandel.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHQpbv3KjI

 

 

Here's Combat's opening:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfYXXaOK74

 

Rick Jason and Vic Morrow were my idols when I was growing up in the 1960's. Both actors met tragic ends. Rick Jason committed suicide while Vic Morrow was killed in a freak accident involving a helicopter while he was filming many years ago. May they rest in peace.