Like Odyssey offered escape for the characters – real and fictional – in the form of a place to dance to disco in SNF, Gilley’s offered escape for the characters – real and fictional – in the form of a place to do the two-step. And, as “Saturday Night Fever” ultimately leads to the oversaturation of disco and contributes to its downfall, something similar will happen to Gilley’s. “Urban Cowboy” brings countryish music and a glimpse inside Gilley’s to millions of people who were nowhere near Houston — making it so popular that the locals soon wanted no more to do with it when it became a haven for tourists…

Episode 40: Honestly Loving Olivia Newton-John

It was the early 70s, before there were laws about kids and seat belts and things like that, so when I went with my mom to run errands, I had to slide onto the bench seat in the front and if that seat was too hot from baking in the sun, I would kind of hover of the seat for a few minutes before lowering myself on it. If you know, you know. My view on these drives was the car radio, which was AM only but had these big silver knobs, one for tuning and one for volume. There were 5 or 6 push button presets and I was not allowed to touch any of this but the power my mom had, a twist of the dial here, a push of the button there and boom there she was…the soft rock queen, Olivia Newton-John.