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MADem

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5. I've been going down memory lane all day.

Reply to Number23 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 04:19 PM

Feb 2012

Those were some crazy times--even the clothes are unique to the era ... platform shoes for EVERYONE! And way too many people wearing hot pants/short shorts!

But the MUSIC...that's where it was at! And when the choice was maybe, six or ten stations if you were lucky and lived in a big market with both UHF and VHF programming, Soul Train was Must See TV!

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Don Cornelius is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [View all] MADem Feb 2012 OP

I'm shocked....... FrenchieCat Feb 2012 #1

He was an iconic figure in television history--not only was his show different from anything MADem Feb 2012 #2

We really don't know why he chose to go out this way..... FrenchieCat Feb 2012 #3

It also sounds like politicasista Feb 2012 #11

Oh no! Number23 Feb 2012 #4

I've been going down memory lane all day. MADem Feb 2012 #5

RIP Don Cornelius! nofurylike Feb 2012 #6

I loved these shows!!! onpatrol98 Feb 2012 #7

Hee hee--those early memories are the ones that stick with us most fondly, aren't they? MADem Feb 2012 #8

RIP, sir. SemperEadem Feb 2012 #9

I have memories of some fun impromptu "dance parties" in living rooms way too small to accommodate MADem Feb 2012 #10