Streaking

By 1974, everybody seemed to be doing it  - From college campuses to downtown financial districts, people everywhere were shedding their clothes and going for a quick run.

A top-selling novelty single by Ray Stevens - simply called The Streak - served as a rallying cry, and the sudden appearance of various streakers lent a touch of absurdity to live performances by pianist Van Cliburn and dancer Rudolf Nureyev, The Tonight Show, many sporting fixtures, and even the Academy Awards telecast.

During the 1974 telecast of the Academy Awards, while David Niven was on stage presenting an Oscar, a man named Robert Opal streaked naked across the stage. Niven quickly noted "Isn't it too bad that the only laugh that man will ever get is by stripping off his shorts and showing his shortcomings?"