The list for October 17, 1996
The Top 16 Signs Disco Has Returned
- Repetitive, mind-numbing, drum-machine dance music is replaced with repetitive, mind-numbing, synthesizer dance music.
- Lexus optional equipment for ’97 models includes 8-track tape player with quadraphonic sound.
- Nike comes out with a $150.00 “Air Boogie” Shoe.
- Impossible to rent a white suit in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on a Saturday night.
- People other than Ross Perot are hearing a giant sucking sound.
- Kids everywhere wearing 70’s fashions with no sense of irony or shame.
- Sixth grade teachers drop that “Ask not what you can do for your country…” quote in favor of the more historically interesting, “Voulez vous couchez avec moi?”
- The Captain and Tenille’s “Rent’s Been Late Since ’78” Tour.
- Big run on gold medallions at Chains’R’Us — and Al Sharpton isn’t in town.
- Bad polyester clothes, liquor, drugs & indiscriminate sex: It’s either disco, or happy hour at the Kennedy Compound.
- Maurice Gibb buying L’Oreal again instead of Suave.
- Out-of-shape “Flock of Seagulls” and “Aha!” hire personal trainers because they know THEY’RE NEXT!
- “Members Only” now more than just a Republican Party slogan.
- Denny Terio sublets the trailor home and heads back to Hollywood.
- Hootie & Co. nudged off the charts by K.C. and the Sunfish.
And the Number 1 Sign Disco Has Returned…
- After 20 years of daily ridicule, Dad once again finds himself on the cutting edge of fashion.
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CREDITS
Selected from 118 submissions by 35 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Dave George, Hollywood, CA — 1 (5th #1)
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 2
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 3
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX — 4
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 4
- Sterling Smith, Houston, TX — 5
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 6, 9
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 7
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 8
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 9
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 10
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 11
- Dennis Koho, Keizer, OR — 12
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 13
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 14
- Joel McClure, Sterling Heights, MI — 15
- Tom Louderback, Breckenridge, CO — 16
- Kris Kettner, Fond du Lac, WI — Topic
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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