Show Notes Episode 357: Oh Yes, They Call Him the Streak

This week Host Dave Bledsoe offers to go Full Monty if that will reduce the amount of his latest bartab. (They told him they would wipe out the entire thing if he promised to keep his clothes ON) On the show this week we head back to the heady and hirsute days of the early 1970’s when a generation of Boomers took up jogging in their birthday suits for some reason no one really understands. (Except maybe for this on Professor we quote extensively in the show.)

Along the way we learn about that one time Dave went bare on a dare and how the lingering memories of that trauma impact everyone today.  (Even at six, no one thought Dave should be nude) Then we dive right into the surprisingly long and colorful history of streaking, from Medieval times right up until a future congressman’s nude dash across campus.We do talk about what happened at the Oscars, but it was the Oscars in 1974.  Finally we examine whether streaking was “political”. (Hint: A lot of the time it was.)

Our Sponsor this week is Maude’s Modesty Masks, when you want to show the world what you got, but not ALL of what you got, choose Maude’s.  We open the show with a news report detailing the new streaking fad and close with Ray Stevens and his wife Ethel.

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Citations Needed:

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television

https://youtu.be/_ggLZWIcPgc

Streaking

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/211358

Kirkpatrick, Bill. "'It Beats Rocks and Tear Gas': Streaking and Cultural

Politics in the Post-Vietnam Era." Journal of Popular Culture (forthcoming, 2008).

https://www.billkirkpatrick.net/resources/Kirkpatrick_Streaking_Web.pdf

The 1974 Oscars Streaker: Stealing The Show By Showing His 'Shortcomings'

https://groovyhistory.com/oscars-streaker-1974

The Life, Death and Legacy of Robert Opel, the Bisexual Oscar Streaker

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/2014/03/26/life-death-and-legacy-robert-opel-oscar-streaker?pg=1#article-content

The life and tragic death of infamous Oscars streaker Robert Opel

https://nypost.com/2020/02/09/the-life-and-tragic-death-of-infamous-oscars-streaker-robert-opel/

The naked, surprising, and tragic truth about the 1974 Oscars streaker

https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/20/oscar-streaker-robert-opel/

Uncited Additional Reading: 

https://nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/fads/streaking/#:~:text=Streaking%20first%20appeared%20in%20the,broken%20and%20re%2Dbroken%20daily.

https://www.metv.com/lists/why-was-the-country-so-obsessed-with-streaking-in-the-1970s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking

https://www.americanheritage.com/streaking-fad

https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-04-18/the-glory-days-of-streaking-in-the-1970s

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-10-hottest-streakers-of-all-time/

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/4/7/273658/The-Memorable-Streaking-Craze-Of-The.aspx

https://insidesources.com/holy-cow-history-the-skinny-on-streaking/

https://magazine.washington.edu/streaking-fad-of-the-70s-once-ran-through-uw/

https://boomermagonline.com/?p=3929

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