Relax, Laugh and Remember with Reminisce Magazine. Each issue is a "time capsule" of life from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's filled with reader-written stories, pictures from the past, embarrassing moments, ads from the Old Days and much more!
Our cover story this month commemorating the 120th anniversary of Cadillac generated an enthusiastic response from readers. I was struck by the varied backgrounds of these luxury-car owners. In contrast to the rarefied world the company perpetuated in its advertising (see Vintage Ads, page 44), our Cadillac lovers are from every walk of life. We heard from Luke Miller (page 30), whose first car was a used Caddy convertible that he got as a teenager. And we have Robert Boyd (page 25), who grew up in a Cadillac family where the daily driver was a Caddy that Dad loved so much, it prompted him to buy another one and another one. And more again. We even have a former missionary, Pat Cochran (page 31), who was lucky enough to drive…
HEADY ESSENCE Yves Saint Laurent launches Opium, a spicy fragrance inspired by imperial China. The name is controversial, but the perfume is an instant hit, and soon defines disco culture, especially at New York’s famed Studio 54. FIVE UP TOP In the Los Angeles Dodgers’ last game of the regular season, against the Houston Astros, batter Dusty Baker slams one out of the park, achieving a milestone: four members of the same team hitting 30 home runs each in the same season. Dodgers teammate Glenn Burke holds his right hand up as Baker, crossing home plate, stretches to slap Burke’s open palm. The high-five is born. APPLE SEEDED On Jan. 3, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs form Apple Computer Corp. Soon afterward, they move operations out of Jobs’ parents’ garage…
By any logic, Saturday Night Fever should have been a flash in the pan. Based on “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,” a 1976 New York magazine article by Nik Cohn that depicted Brooklyn’s discotheque scene, the movie was a showcase for a sitcom star—John Travolta—and a musical trend—disco—that both peaked in the 1970s. There is no reason the film should entertain audiences today. And yet it does. From the opening shot of Tony Manero (Travolta) strutting to the beat of the Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive,” this 1977 cinematic artifact still delivers. Making the movie’s entertainment value even more unlikely is the fact that the story is surprisingly downbeat. One of Tony’s friends falls to his death, another tries to prove her worth with sad attempts at seduction,…
■ Two couples pooled their resources to buy the big-bodied horse with a small tail at a yearling sale in 1975. Karen and Mickey Taylor and Jim and Sally Hill spent $17,500, which was $2,500 over their budget. ■ His right front foot curved outward, which made him sway to the outside while running. But it didn’t slow him down. At his first race at Belmont in 1976, Slew won by five lengths. ■ Seattle Slew cut his mouth at the start of the Kentucky Derby. Bleeding and in 14th place, he gradually overtook the field to win by 1¾ lengths. ■ One of just two undefeated Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew was the first auction bought horse to win the Crown. He died May 7, 2002, the 25th anniversary…
The sexual revolution of the 1960s and ’70s reshaped hairstyles, leading to longer, fuller coifs for both women and men. The carefree look of figure skater Dorothy Hamill’s popular wedge cut and the natural, feathery layers famously worn by actress Farrah Fawcett were in fact high maintenance, requiring extensive blow-drying (and gobs of styling product). Merriam-Webster gave blow-dried an entry in 1977, the year after Hamill’s Olympic championship and Fawcett’s single season on TV’s Charlie’s Angels. For more, see “Good Hair Days,” page 44.…
1956–2016 Long before Carrie Fisher became the female lead of the Star Wars universe in 1977, she was born into the rarified air of Hollywood royalty. Her parents, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, were known as America’s sweethearts before scandal ended the marriage. Carrie Fisher found her own kind of fame, best known, of course, for her role as Princess Leia Organa. And like her movie character, she learned to speak up, sharing the realities of her life with humor and grace. She hated the buns “To put more hair on either side of a round face is going to make it even wider,” Fisher said. “So that was my problem with that.” She didn’t finish high school Fisher dropped out of Beverly Hills High in 1973, moving to England…
