BIRMINGHAM REWOUND remembers October 1977

October 1977

The competition was beginning to thicken. "Price" and "Pride" couldn't take the pressure. A&P would be gone from Birmingham by 1980, although they stuck around in smaller Alabama cities well into the 1990s. Evergreen was the last A&P store in the state to close, I believe it was 1998.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 30 years later, CFA hasn't changed a bit. As good now as it was then. (I'm guessing the Brookwood Village store wasn't participating in this promotion?)

	The restaurant is long gone, but a billboard lingers on. This can be found along old US 280 west through "The Narrows." It was downgraded to a county road after 280 was realigned to its current four-lane route in about 1981. And, out-of-sight and out-of-mind (except for some vandals), the fisherman still waits for sea sustenance. (Photos by Russell Wells, 10/06/2007)
Why was a FORD dealer co-sponsoring this "concert"? I thought The King liked Caddys....
	See all the scary ghosts and goblin--- What the--??? How did WSGN's DJs get in here?
.	Luke, I am your plagiarizer.
	Kentucky Fried Movie is notable as the first film by the comedy team of Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker, who would be most famous for Airplane! in 1980, and for The Naked Gun movie series. KFM is a true 'midnight cult classic' ... it's not so much a movie as it is a series of movie, TV and commercial spoofs all strung together. It includes as its 'main feature' a brilliant and spot-on parody of Bruce Lee films ("A Fistful of Yen").

	See it in action!!