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Find the 3 things that don’t belong in 1970.

TipOpen one step at a time. The answer always asks twice, so nothing gets spoiled by accident.

1NudgeOpen

Cross off the decoys first. These look modern but were fine in 1970: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969), Sesame Street (1969) and Star Trek (1966).

2CloserOpen

One intruder is the Muppet Show: series premiered 5 Sep 1976.

Still to find: a yellow family and late-night comedy.

3AnswerAsks twice

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  • The Muppet Show · 1976
  • The Simpsons · 1989
  • Saturday Night Live · 1975
★Solved it? The story behind the datesContains the answers

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Everything in the document on one timeline. Yellow dots arrived too late.

  1. 1966Star TrekFine
    Premiered 8 Sep 1966; in reruns by 1970.Source: Wikipedia
  2. 1969Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!Fine
    Premiered 13 Sep 1969.Source: Wikipedia
  3. 1969Sesame StreetFine
    Premiered 10 Nov 1969.Source: UPI
  4. 1970 · the document is dated here
  5. 1975Saturday Night LiveNot yet
    Premiered 11 Oct 1975.Source: Smithsonian Magazine
  6. 1976The Muppet ShowNot yet
    Series premiered 5 Sep 1976.Source: Britannica
  7. 1989The SimpsonsNot yet
    Series premiered 17 Dec 1989.Source: Britannica

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