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Just when I think, “I fully and completely grok the sublime weirdness of the 1960s and 70s,” I discover something more. Another level (of which there are, as we all know, seven). In the future, historians will conclude, “Everybody was absurdly high. All the time.”
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I saw the Bert Parks clip on Twitter. Someone used it as an example of superior Anglo Saxon culture promoted by the “America First” Caucus.
The 1970s were full of moments like this, but Bert Parks wins the award for Most Uncomfortable Mashup of Old and New Showbiz.
Disco? Rock critics hated Disco, but that beat survived and evolved into all sorts of interesting genres. It’s eclipsed Rock ‘n Roll.
That was hilarious and cringe worthy at the same time! Bert Parks was a hot mess! Haha!
I wonder if Paul ever saw that?
That was borderline creepy. Bert Parks was doing his best, at least through his facial expressions, to channel John Wayne Gacy–and I don’t say that trying to be funny. If that had been a robot we would be deep in uncanny valley territory.