Bodhi: Its time for our special segment. Change Blew in the Wind!

Lets look back at some of

the biggest changes of the 60s, 70s, and today.
Adelaide: Well start with a story about music through the years take it away!
Adelaide: I was going through our stockpile of videos, and found one from the prime time of my
life: Beatlemania! <video cues up, playing silently> Look! <points at Lucy> Thats me right
there! Behind John Lennon himself! *embarrassed* I was quite a bit of a fan, but lets be real.
Who could resist the fun loving *winks* optimistic music? I remember blasting Sgt. Peppers
Lonely Heart Club Band at full blast, either dancing and singing along like a maniac, or crying
into my bathroom mirror. So inspirational *single tear*
Bodhi: Adelaide! Would you stop blabbering! John is about to start singing!
<anchors shut up, video starts talking>
Abby (John Lennon): How are you guys doooooing?!
Lucy: I LOVE YOU!!!
Abby: Im here to sing one of your favorite songs: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds! *Crowd
screams*
<Abby sings, sounding like a heavenly angel, only the chorus>
Bodhi: Wow, that sure takes me back. Here we have a guest speaker to briefly explain what
made the Beatles the legends they are today. Welcome to the studio, Debbie.
Amy: is wearing an i heart the Beatles shirt Hi Bodhi. As you can see *looks down at shirt* I
was, and still am, quite the Beatles fan. As the years have passed, Ive shifted away from the
fangirl I was in the 60s to the sophisticated expert that stands before you *is funny because
Debbie is anything but sophisticated w/ her crazy hair and Beatles shirt.* The Beatles kick
started a Rock-and-Roll revolution that opened new doors for emerging styles, such as disco.
Adelaide: Yes, after The Beatles broke up, a new era of music was introduced in America. 1970s
disco brought a whole new genre of freedom and unity. Disco night clubs were like none before.
Anybody could go just to let loose and enter into their own sophisticated world. It really made
everyone feel like one big family. Just listening to the music really uplifted my spirit. I remember
Id be partying all night at those clubs (sighs) Lets look at some old footage of Studio 54, one
the largest and most extravagant disco nightclubs ever created.
(Enter nightclub members, screaming and dancing)

Bodhi: C'mon everyone lets do the disco!

(Music starts, everyone does the disco)
(enters News Reporter)
Mahnaz: Well isnt it getting wild in here! . Mahnaz here, reporting live in New York. Were
at Studio 54 where hundreds of people come together every weekend to dance to their hearts
content. Lets go talk to some club residents to look at their experience here at Studio 54.
(Interviewer approaches women sitting at a bar)
Mahnaz: Excuse me maam, What's your favorite part of being able to come to these nightclubs?
Lucy: Oh coming here just makes me feel wonderful! I come here almost every week, to dance,
sing, and have the time of my life. Disco is a wonderful genre and this club just makes me feel
like a part of a great big family.
Mahnaz: Well thats great to hear! Would you say disco gives you a sense of freedom?
Lucy: Oh it sure does! After the birth control pill became legal, I thought I have never felt more
free in my entire life. But now this, a club full of music, laughter, and happiness, it really allows
me to be a free and independent woman...But you know, those darn protesters are just ruining my
fun! I hope these clubs never wear out. Disco creates plain healthy fun for us as well as our
younger generation. It in no way harms our youth!...but in fact does quite the opposite.
Mahnaz: Alright, thank you (steps away from her) Well there you have it. It is evident that disco
brings joy to Americans all over the country. Truly an art form that will be passed down for years
to come. Its time for a break, but keep watching, well be back soon.
Nene: Theres been a new craze sweeping the nation- and no wonder! The Rubiks Cube is fun
and a good way to challenge your friends!
Garrett: Buy a Rubiks Cube now at your local game store- get the addicting, wild, and totally
groovy cube today.
Bodhi: And were back! Well now talk to Lucy, reporting live from the Los Angeles riots.
*people marching around with sign*
Lucy: Thanks Bodhi. Im here reporting live from the intersection of Florence and Normandie.
The center of the riot. Disturbances in the neighborhood started just a few days ago after the

officers that were caught on tape brutally beating Rodney King were found not guilty. Almost
immediately after the verdict people began looting, starting fires, and committing acts of
violence in protest of the courts decision. On the first full day of the riot, a white truck driver
named Reginald Denny was pulled out of his car and smashed in the head repeatedly with a
piece of concrete by a rioter. He barely survived. Korean store owners in the area have begun to
engage in gunfights with rioters to defend their stores. Even with all of this violence, police are
nowhere to be found after they withdrew from the riot days ago. Earlier today Rodney King
himself came on the air and asked the people of Los Angeles, can we all get along?" At this
point there has been 39 casualties.
Adelaide: Lucy is there anything you can speculate for us?
Lucy: Well some have speculated that approximately 3,500 military personnel could be sent in
for damage control, given the extent of the riot. Others are even calling for the resignation of
LAPD police chief Daryl Gates. And as of right now my sources are telling me repairing
property damages could cost up to $1 billion.
Bodhi: Some have been comparing this riot to the 12th street riot of 1957. Thoughts?
Lucy: These two riots have a huge connection. In 1957 Detroit, tensions between police and
African Americans were very high. The riot was sparked after a police raid of an illegal club in
the predominantly African American neighborhood of Virginia park. In a similar fashion to the
King riots, looting and fires began taking place immediately. Every cop and fireman in Detroit
was called on duty. Firemen who attempted to extinguish the fires were attacked. President
Johnson called in 2,000 paratroopers to control the violence. All of this begs the question: how
far have we come?
Bodhi: Thank you Lucy. Well now be transitioning to talking about a very different subject.
Adelaide: The 1980s are the years of the modern woman. Women now have jobs and raise
children, sometimes at the same time! What changed that?
Bodhi: Oral contraceptives- now called the pill. Adelaide, tell us about the history of the pill.
Adelaide: Todays most popular form of birth control are oral contraceptives- small pills that
women take once a day. The pills contains hormones that prevent women from becoming
pregnant during unprotected sex. They werent always popular, though- in fact, they were illegal.
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, helped start medical trials in 1956. After a
long battle, birth control was finally legalized in 1972. Many women have been on the pill for
much longer though, and this had a large impact in 1967- the summer of love.

Abby: In 1967, many youth began to question conformity, and were fed up with war,
materialism, and racial unrest. These hippies started a new culture and began gathering San
Francisco, particularly the neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. The Summer of 1967 became
known as the Summer of Love. Were here with Jane and Melody , who lived in Haight-Ashbury
at the time.
Abby: What originally drew you and others to San Francisco?
Mahnaz: Well, I know that many people came because of the events that happened there, the
human be-in in San Francisco was when I decided to go there.
Amy: and a lot of people came because of that. The media coverage also brought a lot of
publicity, I learned about the Summer of Love from all the advertising for music festivals.
Abby: What was unique about this summer and what was it like in Haight-Ashbury?
Amy: The Summer of Love was a revolutionary time, with new attitudes towards materialism,
music, and art. The thing that most contrasted from the ideas of previous generations was the
attitudes towards sex and drugs.
Mahnaz: Drugs were readily available - weed and LSD were sold in a store called the
psychedelic shop, and youth were much more carefree with them. The legalization of the pill
gave hippies much more liberty to explore their sexuality without getting pregnant.
Abby: How did the summer end?
Mahnaz: The Summer of Love started becoming more and more commercialized. It drew away
from the ideas it was originally created for, peace and love, and people were fighting.
Amy: yeah. Rival drug dealers were becoming violent, people died from LSD, and the immense
overpopulation of people who came to San Francisco caused a lot of homelessness and a lack of
food. In that fall, the hippies remaining in Haight-Ashbury burned a coffin that said the Summer
of Love to represent the death of the movement.
Adelaide: Thank you Abby, Jane and Melody!
Bodhi: We now look back to the 70s and early 80s to review the times of gay activist and San
Francisco Board of Supervisors member, Harvey Milk, and the early stages of the AIDS
epidemic. Gay rights activist, Cleve Jones, and a government official, discuss Harvey Milk and if
the gay rights movement had an impact on the AIDS epidemic.

Garrett: So, Mr. Jones, what say you to the short term of Dan White, the man who killed Harvey
Milk?
Nene: I believe it completely outrageous that a cold blooded killer can get so little punishment
for a capital offense, especially for the killing of such a public figure like Harvey Milk! The first
elected gay official in the US! The only reason this man was released far too early was because
the man he killed was gay! Our justice system is flawed beyond repair if a manAmy: The man was driven insane!
Nene: Insane! His defense was that he was driven insane by twinkies! Twinkies I tell you and IGarrett: Now, now, let's not get too heated.
Nene: All Im saying is the man deserved more than he got. Only 6 years for murder when the
law says at least 8.
Amy: White died after his time in prison. I think he got more than what he deserved.
Nene: He committed suicide because he was so distraught over what he did. As he shouldve
been.
Garrett: Alright, moving on. Mr. Jones, you have previously stated that the federal government
has ignored the recent AIDS epidemic sweeping the nation. Do you stand by this?
Nene: Yes I do. You see, as many people already know, AIDS is a syndrome that is most
prominent in homosexual men. Because of this, the government has done little to nothing about
it. In fact, when asked of what the government had been doing about HIV/AIDS, Secretary
Speakes here, responded, and I quote, Whats AIDS? and then proceeded to crack jokes about
a fatal illness, then admit that neither he nor the president had any knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
Garrett: What say you to this, Secretary Speakes?
Amy: I I No comment.
Nene: Ah ha! You see? They didnt even have the decency to acknowledge our struggle!
Amy: Look! Homosexuality is a disease plaguing American citizens, and I believe you gays are
responsible for this so-called AIDS epidemic!
Garrett: Secretary Speakes!

Nene: Like I said. The government doesnt care about us.

Bodhi: Thank you Mr. Jones, Mr. Speakes, and Garrett for that scintillating interview. Thats all
we have for todays segment of Change Blew in the Wind. Stay tuned for Richard Simmons
jazzercise routine- coming right up!