“Like a smaller, rougher Fonz!” http://minder.proboards.com/thread/900/9-3-uneasy-rider His first significant role was as the slovenly, unemployed Chunky – reprising the 1950s haircut and sideburns, along with leather jacket and skull-and-crossbones motif on his T-shirt – in Making Out (1989-91), the first of Debbie Horsfield’s comedy-dramas centred on groups of women. Chunky was married to Margi Clarke’s fiery […]
The Colourful Era
1970s The Confederate Teds and Rebels of Paris
One of the well-known groupings of rock’rollers in Paris were the teds of the 13th Arrondissement and Villejuif (Villefeuj in slang). Firstly look at 6:34 and especially from 7:24 onwards then at 9:25.
1972 ‘Beatle loathers return’
Jerry Hopkins was a blond-haired bearded journalist from New Jersey who in the late 1960s began to work for Rolling Stone magazine as their Los Angeles correspondent. He had a wide range of interests in contemporary rock and pop but in 1969 took time off to write Elvis: a Biography (1971) – billed as the […]
1975 ‘A Nous les Petites Anglaises’ and the Ramsgate teds
Part 1 The film ‘A Nous les Petites Anglaises’ (difficult to translate the commonest translation seems to be ‘Let’s get us those little English Girls’ although, apparently, the only – and limited – English release in 1977 translated the title as ‘English Girls – Wow!’) was a 5.7 million box office hit in France following […]
Were the 70s teds influenced by glam rockers?
I read here, there and a little bit everywhere on the web that the glam rockers like Showaddywaddy influenced the ted style. Some Edwardian Boys in the last few years have put this around too as another reason to shun the brash 70s ted styles. For any readers who need reminding, the Showaddywaddy look comprised […]
