Are you old enough to remember 1979? Let me help your memory.
The revolution in Iran. The beginning of the hostage crisis. Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of Britain. The USSR invaded Afghanistan.
Three Mile Island.
U.S. Federal Debt was $829.5 Billion. Median household income was $16,461. A stamp was 15 cents.A Mercury Cougar XR7 was $6430 brand new. A Toyota Corolla was $3698. The Ford Pinto!
The Sony Walkman was introduced.
The snowboard was invented.
Rubik's Cube.
Let's not even start on fashion ...
Movies - Superman, Every Which Way But Loose, The 
Deer Hunter, Kramer Versus Kramer, Alien, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, The Tin Drum, Breaking Away.
Television - WKRP in Cincinnati, Welcome Back Kotter, Mork and Mindy and The Rockford Files, all in prime-time!
Y.M.C.A. - The Village People. Heart of Glass - Blondie. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels. The Wall - Pink Floyd. Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Segar.
Bob Segar, of course is from Michigan. And something else was happening in Michigan in 1979.
In March of 1979, a local television magician/celebrity and veteran teacher from Livonia schools, Larry Thompson, together with two partners, founded Mobile Ed Productions! With a brand new science assembly featuring way cool special effects, Mobile Ed came into existence and has steadily grown ever since. 
Today, Mobile Ed is one of the largest ( and we think the best!) school assembly companies in the country, sending science assemblies, portable planetariums, live animal assembly programs, historical school assemblies and you name it from our home in Michigan into schools all over the nation! For 2011 we are adding three exciting new programs, continuing to grow and find new ways to serve schools all over the country!
Last week, in a small celebration here in our Redford office the staff gathered to honor Larry and the companies 32nd year of operation! May 32 more be just as successful and bring the light of learning to thousands more children in the years to come!
Dave Mitchell, our math school assembly presenter (and ever the clown) sent in a special “Happy Anniversary” card, featuring himself in one of his characters holding a special number card he created just for the day. Check it out! Add any four numbers in a straight line and it adds up to 32! Happy 32nd Anniversary Mobile Ed Productions!
Here is some additional information about Ohio and Michigan school assemblies!
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN
