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Earl_N_Meyer t1_ivspwmi wrote

Reply to comment by No_Temperature_4265 in ... 1976 oh the 70's ... guy on the far left completes by gdhedmonds

I lived through the seventies and forgot that they had seven members. I assumed they could only spell four letter words. I had to look it up in their wikipedia article which also turns out to have this awesome bit:

With record sales soaring, Morali and Willis saw the need to create a permanent group. They took out an ad in a theatre trade paper which read: "Macho Types Wanted: Must Dance And Have A Moustache."

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footcandlez t1_ivv0ptz wrote

Yes! Their image was intentionally crafted to be common gay masculine archetypes, but it completely went over the public's head who saw them as just traditional masculine iconography.

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