It's loosely inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In a TV show that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network, according to Wikipedia. I thought it'd be fun to take a look at what was happening in the time period by taking cast member birth dates and looking up the news of the day (courtesy historyorb.com.) Reading the events of the day, historyorb makes some of the days back then seem quite depressing. I tried to pick the best and most up beat news.
Sam Katz as Moon Walker
Dateline: November 9
1968- "Led Zepellin" lead singer Robert Plant (19) weds Maureen Wilson
19!
1969- The birth of Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)
One of the games we play in vIRTE Go-Go! is called Partyline!
1970- Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins
It turned into the Seattle 7 when one took off for California. They were never found guilty of inciting to riot, but served three months in prison for contempt of court. Hilarious.
1971 - John List kills family & moves to Colorado
Ugly. At least he didn't go to Disney World afterwards.
1972- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Doing the research for these blog posts, it starts feeling like every day was a good day for a nuclear test.
Get down and boogie with vIRTE Go-Go!
Time: Saturdays, June 14, 21, & 28 at 8:00pm.
Location: The Producer's Club
358 W 44th St
New York, NY
Between 8th & 9th Ave
Tickets: $10 on-line or at the door.
OMG -- why didn't you tell me! In 1972, I was 17 ... the only one in the cast who was a fully formed adult -- then or now! WTF!?
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