TV Quote of the Day (‘Taxi,’ With a Late ‘70s NYC Snapshot)

Mrs. Greta Gravas (Latka’s attractive widowed mother, played by Susan Kellerman): “Hear much about New York City. Many things want to see.”

Alex Reiger (played by Judd Hirsch): “Yeah, like what?”

Mrs. Gravas: “Garbage strike, blackout, urban blight.”

Alex: “I'll find out when the next tour is.”

Mrs. Gravas: “Also want to see Yankee Dog Stadium.”—Taxi, Season 1, Episode 19, “Mama Gravas,” original air date Feb 27, 1979, teleplay by Glen and Les Charles, directed by James Burrows

TV Quote of the Day (‘Freaks and Geeks,’ on How to Figure Out Who Was Stoned in the ‘70s)

Millie Kentner (played by Sarah Hagan): “You're high!”

Lindsay Weir (played by Linda Cardellini): “How could you tell?”

Millie: “I know what high people look like. I went to a Seals and Crofts concert last summer.”— Freaks and Geeks, Season 1, Episode 13, “Chokin' and Tokin',” air date March 20, 2000, teleplay by Judd Apatow, directed by Miguel Arteta

Quote of the Day (Bebe Buell, on the ‘Cannabis Eye’ of the '70s)

“Everybody’s eyelids were very heavy. I used to chuckle to myself, thinking, ‘That’s the cannabis eye, the quaalude eye’ — the look people get when they’re feeling no pain.” —Bebe Buell, singer, girlfriend of musicians, and onetime frequenter of Max’s Kansas City back in the day, quoted in Ruth La Ferla, “The ’70s Are Back. Again,” The New York Times, March 19, 2015