The most 1977 thing
The 1977 markers include World War II's recency, always-on television, rotary phones, neighborhood streets, and whole milk.
In the discussion (6)
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- The story treating World War II as only thirty years earlier is proposed as a distinctly 1977 perspective. — Chris Ryan
- Roy leaving broadcast television on for hours to receive news is identified as a vanished media habit. — Sean Fennessey
- A McDonald's sign advertising only twenty-four billion served is singled out as a period marker. — Bill Simmons
- Rotary phones and neighbors gathering in the street are proposed as additional 1977 details. — Bill Simmons
- A three-year-old child named Barry is treated as a name choice unlikely to recur now. — Bill Simmons
- A pitcher of whole milk at the dinner table is the final period candidate.