That '70s Show 

A comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.

Creators:

Mark Brazill, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Stars:

Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 13 wins & 77 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Mila Kunis	...	Jackie Burkhart 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Danny Masterson	...	Steven Hyde 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Laura Prepon	...	Donna Pinciotti 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Fez 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Kitty Forman 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Kurtwood Smith	...	Reginald "Red" Forman / ... 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Don Stark	...	Bob Pinciotti 200 episodes, 1998-2006
Ashton Kutcher	...	Michael Kelso 183 episodes, 1998-2006
Topher Grace	...	Eric Forman 179 episodes, 1998-2006
Tanya Roberts	...	Midge Pinciotti 81 episodes, 1998-2004

Storyline

Eric Forman is a typical high school student growing up in Wisconsin in 1976 with his family and his friends. Together, they have the same kind of joys and sorrows that just about every teenager has while growing up. This show parodied many of the attitudes, events and fads of the 70s, along with those who grew up at the time.

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Plot Keywords:

wisconsin | 1970s | rascal | basement | teenager | 

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Taglines:

Be Groovy. Be Very Groovy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Carsey Werner site Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Feelin' All Right

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Carsey-Werner Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min (200 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eric's Spider-Man bedsheets seen in season two are actually merchandise from the Spider-Man cartoon that aired on FOX in the 1990s. The typeface used was created for that series.

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Goofs

It would be possible for the Forman's address to be 416 Marie Drive with the Pinciotti's at 853 Marie Drive and still be next-door neighbors, if it was the result of a street expansion.

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Quotes

[Red has a heart attack when he learns that Fez and Laurie got married]
Red: [to Kitty] If I don't make it, kill the foreign kid.

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Crazy Credits

The Halloween episode "Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die" featured a special font for the credits, and the theme had organ music playing in the backround.

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Alternate Versions

When the series finale originally aired on Fox, there were no opening credits, just the cast names fading in on the bottom of the screen, however on later reruns and DVD releases, there were opening credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley (2008)

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Soundtracks

That '70s Song (In the Street)
(uncredited)
Based on "In the Street" by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell
Performed by Cheap Trick
(Season 2-8)

User Reviews

The only show I'll watch...

Along with reruns of "Seinfeld", of course, and maybe some "Friends" reruns.

We all know the plot by now: life in the 70s. My mom says that some of the characters actually remind her of people she knew when she was in high school then.

Lots of great pokes at the decade here, from disco to streaking to Star Wars to Charlie's Angels (and yet no jokes about TV's "M*A*S*H"), and all the usual coming of age jokes (men VS women). The beautiful red haired, deep voiced, 5-foot-10-inch Laura Prepon, who plays Donna (and was also the main reason I started watching this show), is probably the most normal character on the show (the only time she ever really got colorfully bent out of shape about something was when she found another woman's underwear in Eric's car, which is understandable for any woman, only to find out that her mom and dad were back there one night) with Topher Grace's Eric in second place. Danny Masterson is great as the dead pan conspiracy theorist Hyde. I don't see what's so great about Ashton Kutcher, but I will give him credit for giving his all in the role of the male bimbo, same to Mila Kunis (who's finally making the transition from simply cute to actually being beautiful) as the self-absorbed Jackie and Wilmer Valderamma (or however you spell his name) as Fez. However, this show has ruined my ability to enjoy the 1987 hit "Robocop" because I've come to enjoy Kurtwood Smith so much in the role of Eric's cranky dad Red Foreman that I can't stand to see him as the evil Clarence Boddicker who helps mutilate Peter Weller's Murphy in "Robocop". It's a shame they had to replace Lisa Robin Kelly as Lori, even though the new actress Christina Moore is prettier.

I will say this though: the show has now exhausted and run all good ideas, and yet it's still more endearing than TV's "M*A*S*H". Here's the rule for watching the reruns: if Donna's mom Midge (former Bond girl Tanya Roberts, who rallied a few other former Bond girls together for an episode) is there, you're good. However, if Eric and Donna have broken up, change the channel immediately (it's just not right, those two not being together) or if Donna is sporting blonde hair, or if Eric and Kelso just aren't there at all, also change the channel. The fifth season shows where Jackie starts dating Hyde are pretty much reliable. But all in all, it's a great watch, certainly a lot better than current "Friends" and "The Simpsons".