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1960s POP CULTURE

1960s POP CULTURE. 60s SLANG. Bogart = to “hog” something Boss = a great/cool thing Bug out = irritate or bother Chinese Fire Drill = Stop at a red light and switch spots Chrome Dome =bald guy Church Key = can opener Cooties =illness to the “ uncool ”

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1960s POP CULTURE

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  1. 1960s POP CULTURE

  2. 60s SLANG Bogart= to “hog” something Boss= a great/cool thing Bug out= irritate or bother Chinese Fire Drill= Stop at a red light and switch spots Chrome Dome=bald guy Church Key= can opener Cooties=illness to the “uncool” Copasetic= everything is cool/excellent Duck Tail=male hairstyle with hair slicked back Fink=tattle tale/nark Fuzz=police Gnarly/Groovy=cool Jazzed=excited KYBO= bathroom (Keep Your Bowels Open) Lay it on me=tell me Meat=nickname for a jock/dumb guy Melvin=wedgie Primo=the best Scarf=eat really fast Skuzz bucket=ugly car Square=uncool person Suicide knob=used so that one could drive with one hand and have the other around their date Sweat hog=ugly person

  3. MUSIC • British Invasion: Referred to the mass movement of UK pop music to the US in the 1960s • In 1963 The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show launching this movement • The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Herman’s Hermits, The Kinks, The Who, Donovan, and many more • Woodstock: 3-day free music festival in the summer of 1969 in upstate New York with 500,000 people in attendance • Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana, CCR, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Jimi Hendrix

  4. SPORTS • Muhammad Ali: Famous boxer, political activist, draft dodger, “Sportsman of the Century” • "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong...No Viet Cong ever called me n*****" • OLYMPIANS • Wilma Rudolph (Track and Field), Peggy Fleming (Figure Skating), Arthur Ashe (Tennis) • BASEBALL STARS • Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron • FOOTBALL STARS • Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, “Deacon” Jones • BASKETBALL STARS • Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson

  5. OTHER… • Rat Pack: Originally led by Humphrey Bogart, the “Pack” consisted of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford who acted in films and partied together • Flower Power: Non-violent, peaceful movement by hippies and others • Drug Culture: Recreational, psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD, peyote, mushrooms, and marijuana were popularized by Dr. Timothy Leary, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and others • Charles Manson: led the “Manson Family” to murder at least 7 people • Moon Landing: Apollo 11 mission which landed the first man on the moon in July of 1969

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