That '70s Show Stuff

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE SIXTH EDITION OF "THE BEAU ZONE" ON THE HARD ROCK HEROES WEBSITE FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2005.

This is becoming a regular Beau Zone feature! Well, now I know That '70s Show is totally screwed. Remember when they did the talking yearbook photos gag two seasons ago? It showed "1978" at the top of the yearbook page and the gang had one year of high school left at that point. So the next year they graduate high school, except for Jackie, who, remember, is one grade behind. I think we found that out during the first season of the show. So it must be 1979 at that point, right? Now it's a year later, and over the course of the past year they did that episode where the gang goes back to high school for Jackie's dance. Okay, makes sense. Most recently, on another episode, the show starts off with the gang all walking into Eric's basement and Jackie's wearing a grad cap. she takes it off and proclaims, "Boy, am I glad to have finished high school." So that means it now must be THE SUMMER OF 1980!!!!! But it's not, of course: in the show they're still in the '70s, even though it's now two years past the summer of 1978. How does that make any sense?