T
he year was 1977 and
the movie, Network had
just swept the American
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
annual awards, with Faye Dun-
away, Beatrice Straight and the
late Peter Finch all picking up
"Oscars" for their performances
in the movie about a television
news anchorman gone mad.
The lead character, Howard
Beale (brilliantly portrayed by
Finch) used his anchor's chair
at the fictitious UBT network
to shake a fist at somebody,
anybody, everybody (it didn't
matter) who was responsible for
the maladies that were plaguing
these United States! We were all
"mad as hell!" And we needed to
let those corrupt rascals know
that we weren't "going to take it
anymore!"
What was so egregiously
wrong, you might ask? Well, just
take a gander at the March 30,
1977 issue of Cycle News for a
brief glimpse at the injustices
motorcyclists were forced to
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BY KENT TAYLOR
How time has changed! Perhaps
40-plus years from now, we'll
wonder how we managed to
survive with bulky GoPro cameras
and heavy carbon-fiber helmets.
PRODUCT
REVIEWS OF THE '70s
"I AM AS
MAD AS HELL!
AND I'M
NOT GOING
TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE!"
