It explains 80% of the reason I venture into the Wild West-Meets-Idiocracy world that is Twitter: @Super70sSports. Featuring a hilarious mix of sports clips, ads and a mélange of pop-culture references from the 1960s-to roughly the mid-1990s, the account, started by Moraine Valley Community College, sociology professor Ricky Cobb, is simply the best follow on the Twitter device.
Cobb built a cottage industry out of an account that conservatively, is good for at least four or five laughs a day. It’s a must-follow for anyone who remembers Howard Cosell and the Battle of the Network Stars, the American Basketball Association, Newport cigarette ads, 1980s video games and William Shatner-as-T.J. Hooker hood rolls.
And yes, Cobb hits the music notes hard. Nowhere else can you find pictures of Paul Lynde with the Osmonds and Fleetwood Mac takes split with a picture of Steven Tyler looking like your Aunt Clara.
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