Set wireframe only view In this tutorial, the author says to set the view to wireframe at 10:08. 

In blender 2.7, the menu looks slightly different. When I set to 'wireframe' I do not see the same results. 



How can I accomplish what the author is trying to do here?
That panel was shuffled around a bit since the tutorial was made. The option you want is now called Maximum draw type:



Also make sure Optimal display is enabled on the subsurf modifier.