November 1977


Ahhh, for the days when Penney's sold more than just clothes.  But, honestly, the name "JCPenney" just didn't carry the same clout as "Sears" when it came to tires and batteries.

Family friendly entertainment on the tube after school. 
How ... quaint.

We're better than that low-rent "Five Points" Santa.  We've got Mickey Mouse and The Magic Kingdom.  Top that, Killer!

Oh yeah?  You slick mallrats can keep your Disney phonies.  I've got KRISPY KREMES. 
Hot doughnuts NOW!  Ho!  Ho!  Ho!

Meanwhile, from northeastward, sirens begin to wail.  "Roebuck Santa" has arrived on his shiny fire truck, ready to put out the fiery argument between Five Points Santa & Century Santa.
But suddenly a helicopter appeared over the battling Kringles.  "Oh no!It's EASTWOOD SANTA!!  We give up!"  (Good thing, because Sergeant Jack was fixin' to arrest the imposters).

And VHS tapes are an affordable $29.95.  Per tape.

It was about this time when movie theaters began using 
The Sorcerers' Apprentice as their business strategy.  Chop up a giant theater screen, and it creates 50 little-bitty screens.

BATTLE OF THE BUFFETS!!

Thanksgiving just isn't the same without deep-fried breading with a thin sliver of fish-of-unknown-parentage in the middle.





And last, but not least, how about some more '70s TV commercials:
DICK REESE ORGAN & PIANO STUDIO advertised, usually late at night, on Channel 6.  Mr. Reese himself delivered the commercial. 

Of note is WBRC's very primitive "Vidifont" graphics generator.

(Were they trying to save memory by dropping the space between "Green" and "Springs"??)
The Birmingham News
Fall 1977: Because we all like to be reminded just how terribly we dressed in the 1970s!

"THE NEWS is available when you are."
WAPI-TV "NEWSWATCH 13" PROMO
Late 1977: features a very young Pam Huff and Ken Snow, and on the news set at the end of the promo, you can also see two other memorable channel 13 personalities: sportscaster Gary Sanders and the lovely Rosemary. 

"Where people make the visible difference."

10/30/2007 -- 1153 PM EDT

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