Disco

Disco was a dance craze which was popular between 1974 and 1979.  Its name is derived from discotheque, a French word meaning a library of vinyl records, usually in a nightclub. Notable recording acts who were popularly associated with disco music included The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Chic, and Sister Sledge. Disco's popularity also paved the way for the success of the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever. Some Hanna-Barbera cartoons made references to disco at times.
Disco's popularity peaked in July 1979 when a major disco backlash occurred - during a baseball game in Chicago, of all events - and sparked a riot on the field, and destroyed disco's popularity. As a result, radio stations discontinued playing disco records, which in turn took big drops on the charts, and by August 1979, a surge of adult contemporary, punk rock, and country-crossover hits were dominating the pop charts until MTV launched two years later.
== Disco-Themed Hanna-Barbera Episodes ==
* The All-New Popeye Hour (1978) - "Spinach Fever"
* Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1978) - "Disco Cavey"
* Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979) - "The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!"
* The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) - "Disco Dawg" (Dirty Dawg segment)
* Shirt Tales (1983) - "Saturday Night Shirt Tales"
== Hanna-Barbera References ==
* In every episode of Galaxy Goof-Ups, Yogi Bear and his allies interrupted their mission to dance at a disco.
* The Season 2 opening to Shirt Tales has a disco beat, but no disco dancing was performed by any characters.
* In the Richie Rich segment "Young Irona", Richie and Gloria Glad were seen disco dancing on a circular platform raised by Irona while she is vacuuming the carpeting.
** Also, in the Season 4 segment "The Snowman Cometh", Jackie Jokers was playing a disco record at a beach party for Richie and his friends, in which Dollar the Dog imagines mimicking John Travolta's dance moves from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, and performed crazy dance moves which resulted in him winning first prize in an unannounced dance contest.
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