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Follow up to Yesterday's post:

Goldie Hawn

Sherman Hemsley

Whoopi Goldberg

Ally Sheedy

Bobcat Goldthwait

Soleil Moon Frye

David Hasselhoff

Rue McClannahan

William Perry

Robert Englund

Tom Cruise

Arnold Schwarzenegger

This is a variant of the "who should host season 52" posts. In this one, we pick who would have been a good host for the 75-80 era (you can include people who hosted later). Here's some of my picks:

Carol O'Connor

Mel Brooks

Gabe Kaplan

Sylvester Stallone (hosted later)

Olivia Newton-John (hosted later)

Alice Cooper

any other suggestions (i'm planning on doing this for the 80s-2010s as well)?

I seem to remember a joke saying something like "If the election happened tomorrow, polls show that a lot of people would be confused". It sounds like a Kevin Nealon line from Update, but I'm not sure.

People claim that there was a 70s revival in the 90s, but was that really the case? Maybe for some of the fashions, but as it pertains to pop culture, I dont see it. The only 70s artists who got even more popular in the 90s that I recall were Aerosmith, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, and Tom Petty, all of whom were already popular beforehand, and other 70s rock artists failed to make much of an impact, while a lot of 70s pop was seen as kitch at best. As for movies and tv, there was almost no 70s influence there that I can see.

Ok, forget the fact that I compared them to the Ramones, lets talk about them as is. Thoughts? Their 70s albums are definite power pop gems, with tons of catchy hooks and lyrics that went beyond what other bands were singing about at the time (ie, Surrender, Dream Police) and they were definitely an influence on several different genres. Even their 80s AOR stuff had some classics (If You Want My Love, Mighty Wings).

This era isnt really discussed much on this subredddit. However, the Comedy Central reruns from this era were my introduction to SNL (aside from some 70s stuff I had seen in tv specials and such), and while 81-84 is definitely carried by Eddie and Joe, there's good stuff from Tim Kazurinsky (as corny and pun-filled as it is, I loved the Dr. Jack Badofsky segments on Weekend Update), Gary Kroeger, Mary Gross, and Julia Louis Dreyfuss, all of whom showed some excellent comedic chops and even some good character work. As for 84-85, the so-called "ringer" season (really, you could say the same about 85-86 or 94-95), even though they started relying more on pre-taped segments, Martin Short had some of his best work, and Billy Crystal proved that he could do sketch comedy just as well as stand-up (though a lot of his sketch work was basically talking and doing monologues like the do you know what I hate sketches). I will admit the show has a different feel than Lorne's show, but that allowed them (after the bumpy Doumanian season) to keep the show fresh and not just a re-hash of what they did in the 70s.

I'm listening to the Ramones right now, and every time I listen to them I wonder why they were never huge stars. I mean, to critics and fans, they're big, and their influence is definitely around in the punk and power pop world, but they never really went beyond cult status, despite having catchy songs that work as both rock and pop tunes. I mean, Cheap Trick and the Cars were around at this time with a similar sound, and they had successs so why not Joey and the boys?

What are some sketches that cant be found online (or at least on peacock/youtube) due to music rights? The Culps sketches are the first to come to mind, as is the sketch where Jon Lovitz plays a MTV contest winner who spends a year in a Alaskan cabin with Jewel, due to the sketch having Jewel (played by Ana Gasteyer) singing Who Will Save Your Soul constantly. I used to think the same thing about Goth Talk since every sketch opens with Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead, but one GT sketch has been uploaded with the original theme.

By forgotten I mean not even showing up on streaming sites and only remembered by die-hard fans. Of course there are all of the shows that Disney and HBO Max wrote off for tax purposes.

What would you say the most popular cartoon of every decade in general would be? Here's my picks:

30s: Disney (specifically Mickey Mouse)

40s: Looney Tunes

50s, ok I'm stuck on this one as Looney Tunes was still popular, but I dont know any other cartoons of the time that would qualify really.

60s: Either Bullwinkle or Huckleberry Hound

70s: Scooby Doo

80s: Transformers or Masters of the Universe

90s: Simpsons

2000s: Spongebob Squarepants

2010s: Either Adventure Time or Regular Show

2020s: So far, Bluey

What would you say are the best season finales? Jim Carrey's first and the Mick Jagger episode are my favorites.

What are some songs by pop artists that could be considered heavy metal or at least hard rock? Of course, we all know about the Michael Jackson tunes Beat It, Dirty Diana, and Give In To Me, and then there's Janet Jackson's Black Cat, but are there any notable examples, particularly more recent ones?

In the 70s there was that Anyone Can Host contest won by Miskel Spillman. Do you think they could do a similar contest with having an SNL fan host, or is the show too reliant on having big name hosts now?

I'm thinking that while 80s and later 90s nostalgia would still be a thing, Youtube helped it increase since you could actually see what you were reminiscing about. Plus, it increased awareness about the more obscure shows/movies/music, and even things like old commercials (retro commercials are extremely popular on youtube).

Who are some artists who are mostly known for their work on soundtracks. The first one who comes to mind is Stan Bush. Long career with several solo albums, but he's mostly known for his songs on 80s movie soundtracks (ie, The Touch).

TV Tropes said that Nickelodeon had a contest promoting the film Batman Returns where the winner would attend the London Premiere of the film. Due to complaints over the violence and darkness of the film it was cancelled. I asked around if a commercial for this aired, and someone said there was one that had an animated penguin upset over the Penguin being a villain. I'm not sure if this is true or not, have any commercials for this scrapped contest ever come up, or did anyone even know about it? I've searched a lot of 1992 Nick commercial breaks with no luck.