I didn't intend it that way. I was honestly just stunned that something this dull could find its way onto national television.Gosso wrote:Did we just get RickRoll'd MediumTex'd?MediumTex wrote: Below is a 10 minute clip from one of the Presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.
The thing about this clip that is interesting is actually what you can't see. What's happening in this clip is each candidate has been armed with a new weapon called "The Charismannihilator", which shoots a beam that neutralizes every spark or shred of charisma in the person the weapon is being aimed at.
What's happening is that right before each candidate begins speaking, the other candidate bathes him in rays from The Charismannihilator, and quickly puts the weapon away before the camera moves back to him, at which point the other candidate begins returning fire.
When the journalists are speaking both candidates are firing their weapons simultaneously at the panel.
You can just barely make out this dynamic as you watch, but once you begin to see it it's impossible to miss. Notice how when one of the candidates appears to wake up a little or have some trace of emotion, a deadness suddenly washes across his face--that's a textbook Charismannihilator side-effect. What a devastating weapon.
Check out the female journalist getting a double barrel shot at :48 into the clip.
http://youtu.be/11TbR5odqTQ
If you want something to clear your 1970s palette, how about a little "Bicentennial Charleston" from Lawrence Welk (2:42).
http://youtu.be/EZXyE4bFvJ8
Or maybe some "Bobby and Cissy" (2:13).
http://youtu.be/gJtILlIqCR8
I first heard "Windy" in the opening segment of that episode of "Breaking Bad." Here is a very nice version of Windy from Lawrence Welk (2:24). Think about how many acid trips in the 1970s must have been wrecked by someone innocently flipping channels and coming across one of these Lawrence Welk segments.
http://youtu.be/Y9mYpa2RBlI
