"I Love the '70s" (2003) TV series

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Release Date:

18 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Nostalgia | 1970s | Number In Title

Cast

John Amos	...	Himself
Loni Anderson	...	Herself
Tom Arnold	...	Himself
Sebastian Bach	...	Himself
Bob Balaban	...	Himself
Alec Baldwin	...	Himself
Jillian Barberie	...	Herself
Bob Barker	...	Himself
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself
Garcelle Beauvais	...	Herself (as Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon)
Fred Berry	...	Himself (as Fred 'Rerun' Berry)
Lewis Black	...	Himself
Michael Ian Black	...	Himself
Linda Blair	...	Herself
Todd Bridges	...	Himself
Robin Byrd	...	Herself
Karen Carpenter	...	Herself (archive footage)
Richard Carpenter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynda Carter	...	Herself
David Cassidy	...	Himself
Ellen Cleghorne	...	Herself
Didi Conn	...	Herself
Jeff Corwin	...	Himself
Anthony 'Treach' Criss	...	Himself (as Treach)
Molly Culver	...	Herself
Bo Derek	...	Herself
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself
Simon Doonan	...	Himself
Paul Doucette	...	Himself
Bil Dwyer	...	Himself
Rich Eisen	...	Himself
Erik Estrada	...	Himself
Dannah Feinglass	...	Herself
Miguel Ferrer	...	Himself
Lou Ferrigno	...	Himself
Greg Fitzsimmons	...	Himself
Dave Foley	...	Himself
Jorja Fox	...	Herself
Kim France	...	Herself
Doug E. Fresh	...	Himself
Jim Gaffigan	...	Himself
Leif Garrett	...	Himself
Kyle Gass	...	Himself
Peri Gilpin	...	Herself
Annabelle Gurwitch	...	Herself
Luis Guzmán	...	Himself
Sammy Hagar	...	Himself
Tom Hamilton	...	Himself
Rachael Harris	...	Herself
Tony Hawk	...	Himself
Isaac Hayes	...	Himself
Leslie Hope	...	Herself
Mark Hoppus	...	Himself
Scott Ian	...	Himself
Rick James	...	Himself
Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
Penn Jillette	...	Himself
Randy Jones	...	Himself
Nick Lachey	...	Himself
Bruce Lee	...	Lee (archive footage)
Carol Leifer	...	Herself
Lucy Liu	...	Herself
Donal Logue	...	Himself
George Lopez	...	Himself
Loni Love	...	Herself
Stephen Lynch	...	Himself
Justina Machado	...	Herself
Michael Madsen	...	Himself
Marilyn Manson	...	Himself
Constance Marie	...	Herself
Cheech Marin	...	Himself
Ziggy Marley	...	Himself
Benito Martinez	...	Himself
Edwin McCain	...	Himself
Darryl McDaniels	...	Himself
Kevin McDonald	...	Himself
Mark McKinney	...	Himself
Anne Meara	...	Herself
Bret Michaels	...	Himself
Leon Mobley	...	Himself
Colin Mochrie	...	Himself
Pat Monahan	...	Himself
Demi Moore	...	Herself
Jason Mraz	...	Himself
Sharon Osbourne	...	Herself
Ron Palillo	...	Himself
Joe Perry	...	Himself
Liz Phair	...	Herself
Lisa Marie Presley	...	Herself
Megyn Price	...	Herself
Greg Proops	...	Himself
Rachel Quaintance	...	Herself
Lionel Richie	...	Himself
Mo Rocca	...	Himself
Vin Rock	...	Himself (as Vinnie)
Nile Rodgers	...	Himself
Tracee Ellis Ross	...	Herself
David Lee Roth	...	Himself
Kelly Rowland	...	Herself
Jill Scott	...	Herself
Stuart Scott	...	Himself
Robert Shields	...	Himself
Pauly Shore	...	Himself
Mitch Silpa	...	Himself
Kurtwood Smith	...	Himself
Dee Snider	...	Himself
Kevin Sorbo	...	Himself
Hal Sparks	...	Himself
Joel Stein	...	Himself
Fisher Stevens	...	Himself
Jerry Stiller	...	Himself
Jeff Stilson	...	Himself
Teller	...	Himself
Rob Thomas	...	Himself
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson	...	Himself (as ?uestlove)
Tariq Trotter	...	Himself
Uncle Kracker	...	Himself
David Wain	...	Himself
George Wallace	...	Himself
Nancy Walls	...	Herself
Steven Weber	...	Himself
Kevin Weisman	...	Himself
Maggie Wheeler	...	Herself
Steve Whitmire	...	Kermit the Frog
Victor Williams	...	Himself
Dean Winters	...	Himself
Bernadette Yao	...	Herself
Rob Zombie	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:60 min (10 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

MTV Networks

Quotes:

Hal Sparks: James Bond had to get with the sistas to compete for that Shaft dolla.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967)

it becomes addictive

I Love the 70s, which has in the years following its first on-air release, spawned off I Love the 80s, 90's, and their decade's sequels, is a show that is not immediately accessible, or at least wasn't for me. But the more I watched it the more I got into it. Especially because, well, I do love the 70's, however in the sense of the films, (some of the) music, the pop-culture stuff at times. It takes a little getting used to, perhaps, because the commentators on the shows can be a little much at times, or maybe just not too funny. But there are just some comedians or lesser-than-A-celebrities that need some time to grow on a viewer. A prime example of this is Michael Ian Black, who started out with the crew from the funny show the State, and also did Wet Hot American Summer. Here is is without a doubt the most deadpan sarcastic of the commentators, and at first it's sort of not funny. Then the more times I've watched him since, on this and the spin-offs, he's become pretty amusing. The same goes for a lot of the others on the show, which include dozens of celebrities from the period to comment on the shows, the music, the fashion, the toys, movies, and news stories that changed the decade from Vietnam to Watergate to disco and Jimmy Carter and onward. It's not Ken Burns type documentary stuff, it's just goofy entertainment that becomes good, watchable junk food TV. But that being said, it's probably one of my favorite kinds of junk-food TV on now, and is certainly one of the only things worth checking out (at least once) on the VH1 station.