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.)
Evie Aronson, is Charlene Nelson Reilly
Dateline: August 14
1968- Montreal Expos officially become a member of Major League Baseball
2004-Montreal Expos officially not a member of the MLB. They get moved to Washington, and are now the Nationals.
1969- NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant
They were the miracle Mets.
1970- Steven Stills arrested for cocaine possession
If coke is an '80's drug, he was ahead of his time.
1971- France performs nuclear test
Trying to play with the big boys.
1972- Jay Manuel of America's Next Top Model, a Canadian make-up artist, is born
The seeds of reality TV were sprouting.
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