11.pa America's Trucking Craze (Flex - Trend)
You had to be there. This lasted for what felt like about 2 weeks in the late 70s, but that two weeks was wall to wall, nonstop, truckin'. Of course it was a much longer phenomenon, arguably starting in 1973 with
a local bread commercial, running right through 1975's smash hit
Convoy and winding down in 1983 with the cancellation of the Dukes of Hazard TV show (although you might argue Cannonball Run II was the final death knell in 1984, you could safely say the trend had jumped the shark by then). The pinnacle of this novelty trend had to be 1977's Smokey and the Bandit, featuring Jerry Reed's classic
Eastbound and Down. Whether it was CB Radios, cross country racing, outrunning smokies in your bitchin' Camaro -er, Firebird, or big cheezy Burt Reynolds mustaches, this craze birthed countless novelty trends that burned so brightly they're still enduring anachronisms to this day.
Pav's Novelty Draft Roster (Round)
Toy: Magic Snake (8)
Toy:
Toy
Frozen: Pudding Pops (2)
Frozen:
Frozen
Song: Another One Rides the Bus (1)
Song: Witch Doctor (3)
Song: Camp Granada (10)
Trend: Pogs (5)
Trend: Palm Pilot (6)
Trend: Fantasy Football (9)
Flex The Monkees TV Series (4)
Flex Ronco Pocket Fisherman (7)
Flex America's Trucking Craze (11)