1973 Norman Oklahoma

This is some old 8mm film I shot back in 1973ish. Mostly bandmates from the band Valhalla, old friends and way too much footage of where I worked at the time (Girlie Pancake House). Really random and boring but it does include Bob Evatt, Randy Brewer, Kerry Keim, Lane Steele, John Coley, Janet Fryberger (and her dog... and a frame of her mom), Carol Newsome, Popeye, Airplane, Pete Polsgrove and a cast of thousands. Youtube wouldn't let me upload any old band cover songs (copyright) so I have looped an old instrumental of mine.

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• Norman
• Oklahoma
• OK
• Valhalla
• Joe Montgomery

[vt500man]

I worked at Girlie Pancake in 1973-74, dishwasher, graveyard shift. Had a crush on the waitress in the black '59 Chev, can't recall her name, now. We would go down to the Canadian River after work to drink beer. Brenda Laney was manager, never gave me a hard time. The cook was an arab guy, I think his name was Mir. Don't remember you, Joe, what was your job?

[bobnighthawk]

@vt500man You may be talking about Julie Reid. I worked the morning shift 1974 so I probably stumbled in as you were leaving. I was kinda janitor/dishwasher/prep cook.. they had a dishwasher but I helped when things got busy. I spent the slower times chopping lettuce or cleaning bathrooms. Amazingly, I think back on this time as a great highlight... I had very few bills so even at minimum wage I had tons of spare cash to buy guitars. Guess minimum wage isn't the same anymore...

[AK47bandit]

If this was Norman, Oklahoma in 1973, where are all the drunk rednecks?

[bobnighthawk]

@AK47bandit

ahh but you see, in 1973, Norman was full of long haired hippies. Even the cowboys were growing their hair long. and all the footage was shot during the day. At night, everyone was either on campus corner drunk or out at Thundermud drunk.

[vt500man]

@bobnighthawk I agree! It was a wonderful place and a magical time. Was it you who supplied the radio that played in Girlie's kitchen? What a supreme privilege it was to listen to the Dr. Demento Show at work. Thank you so much for jogging my memory.

[macrent2]

Hippies!

[corbinhart]

from the younger generation of normanites, I loved this and it was very inspiring to think people like me have been here before and enjoyed the same type of memories I am making now.

[beowulven]

Great music.

[LordVindicator]

Its crazy to see how much this place looks the same after so much growth since then. I have lived her for ten or eleven years now, and it's still pretty much the same place from what I can see if your film, lol.

[soonerjh]

nice views of the ol Girlie Pancake House! I was the manager there in the mid 80's till it closed in 1987! thanks for posting this! John