MUSIC
HONORING THIS RHS QB’s SOUTHERN-REBEL ROOTS, THIS ANTHEM BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL THEME SONG VOCALIZED ON THE TEAM BUS AFTER EVERY RAMSEY RAMS FOOTBALL WIN
"RAMBLIN' MAN"
SPRAY-PAINTED ON THE BACK SHED, AN EPITHET, LATER SET TO THE RIFF FROM "AQUALUNG," IMMORTALIZED TWO RHS STAFF: ONE'S NASAL PROCLIVITIES, AND THE OTHER'S LEGGINGS
JOHN DAYNER AND MARY P. FORAN
THE FILM PLAYING IN LECTURE HALL WHEN BRENT KELLY UNLEASHED HIS 135dB EXPLETIVE
ON THE BEACH
HE ENVISIONED HIMSELF AS BATBOY OF THE 1994 WORLD CHAMPION PLAYBOY BUNNIES SOFTBALL TEAM IN HAWAII
BOBBY NOWELL
CLASSMATES RIPPED THE LAST 3 LETTERS OFF THE FIRST WORD OF THIS LOCAL LANDMARK SIGN IN FEBRUARY 1978
MOTEL ON THE MOUNTAIN
THE NAME OF THE RHS MUSICAL WHOSE MOST FAMOUS SONG WAS LATER RENDERED BY HOWARD STERN'S FATHER, BEN (Audio Daily Double: https://youtu.be/25978t-6fc8?t=163; 2:43 into the clip)
CAROUSEL
THE ORIGINAL “CRUSTY JANITOR” PROTOTYPE, WHOSE COARSE UTTERANCES ECHOED THOSE OF EVERY SCOOBY-DOO VILLAIN ("I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT, TOO, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU MEDDLING KIDS!")
NELSON HEMION
WHERE ANDY O'HEARN FELL OFF A 30-FOOT ICY EMBANKMENT IN FEBRUARY 1978, THE SAME LOCATION WHERE THE SOPRANOS "PINE BARRENS" EPISODE WAS ACTUALLY FILMED
HE FINISHED THIRD IN THE 1982 IC4A OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS DECATHLON, AND STILL HOLDS SEVERAL LEHIGH UNIVERSITY TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS
KENNY JONES
THIS SELF-EFFACING CLASSMATE WAS VOTED IN BY THE HIGHEST RHS STUDENT GOVERNMENT WRITE-IN ELECTION LANDSLIDE EVER
STEVE JONES
ORIGINALLY SIMPLY KNOWN AS "THE COWBOY SONG," SOME SECTIONS FEATURED 180 SEPARATE OVERDUBS ... NEARLY SIX MINUTES LONG, IT WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER 1975
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THIS LEGENDARY RHS TEACHER AND FORMER RUTHERFORD COUNCILMAN ALMOST DIED WHILE HIKING IN GRAND CANYON, LATER THROWING HIMSELF A "WAKE" PARTY THE DAY BEFORE HE DID DIE (2/27/12)
AL NOTE
JULY 28, 1978, WAS THE RELEASE DATE OF THIS EPIC, RHS ’79-DEFINING FILM (MEMORIALIZED BY A ONE-TIME RHS EVENT NOVEMBER 2, 1978)
"ANIMAL HOUSE"
SHE SCORED 1,183 POINTS AS A FEMALE RHS BASKETBALL PLAYER IN 1979
NANCY BRADY
AT THIS CLASSMATE'S HOME BIRTHDAY PARTY, HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF TWO GIFTS: THE "BOSTON" DEBUT ALBUM ... AND THE RACY FARRAH FAWCETT POSTER
LEE QUALLS
THIS “EXCITABLE” ARTIST'S THIRD ALBUM PROMPTED HOWLS OF PROTEST WHEN HIS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON JANUARY 18, 1978
WARREN ZEVON
THIS RHS COACH'S NAME WAS OFTEN SUNG ALONG TO THE CHORUS OF HANDEL'S "HALLELUJAH"
GORDON BEDFORD
THIS LEGENDARY TV SHOW DEBUTED ON OCTOBER 11, 1975, WITH GEORGE CARLIN AS ITS FIRST HOST
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
THE NAME OF THE NY GIANTS KICKER WHO GOT BAGGED IN THE HEAD BY A FOOTBALL FROM JIM FINN, WHO WAS PRACTICING EXTRA-POINT KICKS FOR THE MEADOWLANDS FOOTBALL GAME
JOE DANELO
AFTER HIS PROM DATE YAKKED ALL OVER HIM, THIS CLASSMATE, ECHOING THE PROM THEME SONG, "WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN," COMMENTED, "I SURE [BLEEPING] HOPE NOT"
BOB ABBOTT
THIS EPIC ALBUM TOOK MORE THAN 14 MONTHS TO RECORD, WITH 6 MONTHS ALONE SPENT ON THE TITLE SONG ... IT WAS RELEASED JUST DAYS BEFORE OUR FRESHMAN CLASS BEGAN IN 1975
BORN TO RUN
IN THE EARly ‘70s, LOCAL SUPERMARKET CHAIN A&P IMPLEMENTED A WAREHOUSE ECONOMY OUTLET APPROACH (WHERE ECONOMY ORIGINATES) THAT BECAME THE CATCHPHRASE FOR THIS RHS COACH
RICH LIO
1974. AVERAGE HOME PRICE JUST UNDER $11,000. GALLON OF GAS – 55 CENTS. AVERAGE NEW CAR PRICE -- JUST UNDER $4,000. DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED AT 616 … AND THIS COMEDY SHOW DEBUTED FOR THE FIRS TIME IN THE U.S. (ON PBS)
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS
THIS 6'8" ALLENDALE LOCAL DID NOT REQUIRE STICKUM OR A 42" VERTICAL LEAP TO JAM "HUBBARD LEAGUE" HOOPS, LONG BEFORE HE WAS GUMMING UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
JIM COMEY
WHILE RHS CLASSMATES WERE WATCHING A JERRY LEWIS TELETHON, HIS NAME WAS SURREPTITIOUSLY CALLED IN FOR A $100 DONATION, WHICH THEN SCROLLED ACROSS THE TV SCREEN, TO HI UTTER DISMAY
JOE MAISCH