One thing all these shows had in common. They ALL had great music

@kevinporter6426

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, very well-ochestrated, n thematic music, from an honest musician's point of view.

@danokerpoker1119

2 жыл бұрын

The Wrecking crew. You can check out documentary on NF about them. Very well done.

@marlenebrown2634

8 ай бұрын

Especially The Rockford Files which went onto the Top 40 in 1975.

I loved growing up in the 70s. TV was awesome.

@nickhill8612

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know the name of the show in the last clip? It reminds me of Young Sheldon.

@applcinamn

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickhill8612 The last clip is from a one-season show called "Lucas Tanner", starring David Hartman, shortly before he would become the first host of a new show called "Good Morning America" (yes, that GMA), where he stayed for over a decade.

I had forgotten how great the theme song for Chico and the Man was, and how beautifully it was sung by Jose Feliciano.

*The TV themes were gold back then.*

@timothysevers-jj7ri

7 ай бұрын

Yes indeed

Still makes me sad about Freddie Prinze. So talented! RIP

@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142

11 ай бұрын

Too much too soon would hurt anyone.

@alangray9117

Ай бұрын

He and Tony Orlando were best friends.

I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie. I'll never forget those good times.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I watched LHP and the Waltons sometimes (if my parents were watching it on our one TV in the living room), and growing up I had plenty of "good times" in the 70s, but I wouldn't associate the good times with watching shows like those.

How interesting was that? What a collection of important TV series. And Jose Feliciano singing "Chico and the Man" was fantastic. Oh for a time machine to take me back to October '74....

Rockford was the best, I used to stay home every Friday and watch Rockford and Quincy

@calvada1

5 жыл бұрын

Antonio S best P.I. in the business.

@philjamieson5572

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The Rockford Files is brilliantly paced, even by today's standards.

@mariekatherine5238

4 жыл бұрын

Antonio S I still like the Rockford Files.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

Everybody could relate to the Rockford files

@Alan-gi2ku

2 жыл бұрын

Loved Rockford Files

Good stuff. That intro to Chico and the Man by Jose' Feliciano is great. Takes me way back.

@steadfastcoward

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of the same team that created Welcome Back Kotter.

@jptaylor

6 жыл бұрын

scdevon Feliciano is/was indeed, fantastic singing that title song. Great vocal.

@thesilencer1969

5 жыл бұрын

I like how they show the citizens of the barrio all the way through the theme song !! That is unique !! We never actually see Chico , Ed , or Brown's Garage !!

@johnhofstetter2714

4 жыл бұрын

The song was the best part of the show

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

@@jptaylor he sang the theme song to Chico and the man. He also did a flamenco version of Light My Fire originally done by Jim Morrison and The Doors. He also sang the Christmas song Feliz Navidad.

Rhoda was one of the smartest comedies of the 70s. It faded in quality a bit during the last season, but an absolute classic.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I don't remember the show Rhoda, but I certainly remember the character (played by Valerie Harper) from the MTM show.

@adamw116

4 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 She succumbed to brain cancer August 30 of this year.

@jlmartinez8482

4 жыл бұрын

Season 3 was the Best !

@davidharrison7014

2 жыл бұрын

I had a crush on Valerie Harper back then.

@davidharrison7014

2 жыл бұрын

I remember Lenny.

Loved the Night Stalker! Scared me as a kid.....

@erickellogg8532

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Hannes. i liked the trevi collection episode with the mannequins

@ybrix101

7 жыл бұрын

I like how the theme takes an ominous turn.

@testodude

7 жыл бұрын

Yep. Really 2 theme songs in one. I always wondered what was sneaking up and startled him at the end. Vampire? Mummy?

@chucklehead2000

7 жыл бұрын

So do I. I used to watch with my mom. One of the coolest ever. serious warm-fuzzies on the night stalker.

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

Its on YT . One of my all time favorites

Watching these old TV trailers you realize how time has passed on and so have many of the actors.

@freedomring4813

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, and at 59 im right behind them. LOL

@elainelane1119

2 ай бұрын

​@freedomring4813 lol I was 17 in 1974 now I'm 67😮

Harry O was a great, great television series in its two years on the air. David Janssen could do wonders with a doleful and resigned body pose and Anthony Zerbe rightfully won an Emmy for his sarcastic, yet soulful Lt. Trench who was Orwell's champion/antagonist, depending on the latter's mood.

@rainbowtrout

4 жыл бұрын

Always remember how Harry-O would have some incredibly melancholy endings.

@danmseattle975

4 жыл бұрын

Harry O was originally filmed in San Diego. David Janssen even came to my hometown of Poway to film an episode. But the show moved to L.A. after the first season.

@gerrykulpa7228

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree Loved that show and it should have run FAR longer then it did

Aw, Chico and the Man. I wish that whole series was available on DVD.

@sadee1287

4 жыл бұрын

Used, but it's available on Amazon.

@tylercrockett2619

4 жыл бұрын

SA DEE That DVD only has 6 episodes. The full series has never been released for some reason.

I could watch the opening to Police Woman for two hours, and it would still be more entertaining than most of the junk on TV nowadays. Love that theme song!

@lakebay972

7 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about the "Chico & The Man" theme song

@wannawatchu66

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed!! I just listened to it several times in a row myself!

@joe-kz4bc

7 жыл бұрын

Rockford Files is good also. Back when t.v. shows intros had more substance then whole shows do today.

@speedracer1945

6 жыл бұрын

The Decade channel ran Police Woman for a weekend . Yeah I remember my friends and I all agreeing she was hot for a older woman . LOL

@demelof1913

5 жыл бұрын

Angie Dickinson!!!!

This was a good season! Rockford Files, Petrocelli, Rhoda, Little House on the Prairie. These were all excellent shows.

@testodude

2 жыл бұрын

The Manhunter was very underrated, too. I liked that show as a kid.

For me it was Sanford & Son , Chico and the Man, Rockford Files and The Night Stalker on Friday nights👍👍

@lynn1464

5 жыл бұрын

Those where great shows

@gianca60

4 жыл бұрын

Sanford and son made me cry for laugh. The "ghetto" humor was hilarious even here in Italy.

@farnumbp

4 жыл бұрын

Kolchak

The good thing about seeing this compilation is that it really takes you back, The bad thing is that you know TV will never be this good again, Not today.

My grandparents loved Rockford Files. I was too young, eleven, to appreciate it.

The Rockford Files he just seemed so cool from my home state where I grew up I think I watched the entire season

I remember most of these. But the one I'll never forget is The Night Stalker! Darren McGavin killed it in that role. I also quite liked Planet of the Apes, and Paper Moon. Good times.

10:40 The Rockford Files. There was never a better theme. Ever, Even the phone messages were hilarious!

@primateproductions126

4 жыл бұрын

G.P. D. It’s cool. A perfect example of how great 1970s television was.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

He had a touch-tone phone! I didn't know those were around in '74.

@stevedoggart2805

4 жыл бұрын

You want to see the Sweeny

@drjohnson98

4 жыл бұрын

It was great. I remember when it got play time on top 40 radio stations when the show first came out (WLS in Chicago for one).

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 they came around 1969, 1970. Mike Post did the theme song to The Rockford Files.

What a line up of shows. 1974 was a great year. I miss those days.

Boy I remember The Night Stalker. The show had a very cool opening.

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

I like that Darren McGavin narrated as if a real reporter . I thought it brought charm to an otherwise over the top series . One of my very favorites

@don4321

7 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see the 2 made-for-TV Kolchak movies that came out before the series? Those still hold up and are better then the series.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I never heard of this show, but at least I caught Darren McGavin in the 80s movie "A Christmas Story"

@themiddlekid1966

4 жыл бұрын

Loved it.

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

@@blacquesjacques7239 his car was a 1966 Ford Mustang convertible in primrose yellow and also wore a seer sucker suit.

Rockford Files -- great opening credit sequence and theme...

The 70's was a great decade for TV watching :)

I recognized Chico and the Man before they even put up Jack Albertson’s name.

@billlonee9470

4 жыл бұрын

Same, here! Funny how a single frame can bring back memories.

@pjimmbojimmbo1990

2 жыл бұрын

So did I, though I would always change the channel when it came on, so I never saw more than a few seconds of it.

@tulinfirenze1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@pjimmbojimmbo1990 Me too - there was just something about it that was kinda downbeat and depressing.

@pjimmbojimmbo1990

2 жыл бұрын

@@tulinfirenze1990 I always called it what MAD Magazine did, Chico and the Ham

But my all time favorite show at 9 was The Night Stalker !

@nickhill8612

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@breeinatree4811

3 жыл бұрын

Loved that show.

"You're under arrest, SUGAR"

If you were not there its hard to grasp how good television was in the 70's. The depth, variety and quality of the programs was simply amazing.😎

70s were awesome

I remember David Hartman. He was the host of Good Morning America for some years.

@davidharrison7014

2 жыл бұрын

I remember MARY Hartman, too!!!

This video makes me appreciate just how difficult it is to create a hit television show, because no matter how things "work" on a television sound stage, how much television network executives believe in their programming, the ultimate gauge of success comes from the television viewing public. And no one just never knows what they'll like/dislike with 100% accuracy.

The Night Stalker was the one of the best shows ever made...it can never be redone because it occurred atthe right moment in time. Toobad it didn't last a few more seasons

@testodude

2 жыл бұрын

Kolchak was an excellent character. He faced crazy, supernatural perils just to pursue the stories--- lots of crazy stuff happening in Chicago, and he'd track it down in his beat up Mustang. I mean, he essentially worked for the wire service and his stories ended up in a tabloid-- he wasn't getting rich or famous or loads of women. He wasn't even looked at as a hero -- most people thought he was nuts or a liar. He was just tenacious and pretty tough because it was his job. Great tone, great show.

@jessicajujubean5004

2 жыл бұрын

My dad used to tell me how great that show was. Years later I watched it and he was absolutely correct

@jonimichalski9193

Жыл бұрын

That was because of Disputes about the scripts that Darren Mggavin and His wife Assistant Actress Katie Brown Mggavin were having with ABC at the Time they were co producer s of the show with ABC and writers for the show that's why the original only lasted one season .ps wish it would have lasted longer to a few years ago ABC tried to Do a reboot with the lead character being Kolchak Nephew and having team of reporter s working with him. It didn't last very long Either this time because of poor Rating s guess you can't Top and Original

@dorothydromgoole8040

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. I will be 61 this year and even I remember watching the Night Stalker. Wish it was still on. Love from Marysville, California

@PharoahGreggers

8 ай бұрын

I watched the first episode of the reboot. Best thing was they added the original kolchak in a office scene with a kinda cut and paste edit.

I used to keep all the TV Guides from '69-'80. Wish I still had them.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Did you at least sell them on eBay or something?

What I remember about that season is that there were 2 Female Cops on TV, One Black , One White,(Did I leave out the fact that they were both smoking hot??) One was on NBC, The other on ABC.

Thank you so much for doing these! Such a lost piece of Americana. TV shows back then had such great theme songs. So much heart. Chico and The Man by Jose Feliciano, forget about it!

@davidharrison7014

2 жыл бұрын

Which begs the question: Will someone PLEASE tell me WHY TV programs today no longer have theme songs???

@RudeDude2140

Ай бұрын

​@davidharrison7014 Money. They don't have to hire somebody to make a theme song. They also can sell the time taken up by the theme song to advertisers.

1974 was a good year for TV.. Rhoda, Night Stalker, Friends and Lovers, Little House.., Petrocelli, Rockford Files (Greatest theme ever), Harry O, Police Woman, Paper Moon... that's my entire teenage years summed up.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

The version of the Rockford Files theme that played here sounds a little different than I remember it, but anyway I didn't think it was anything special as a theme song. There are plenty of good ones out there.

My cousin worked his first TV show doing set decoration on RHODA...others, eventually CHiP's, then HUNTER.

Personal favourite out of all shown is "The Night Stalker". Imo it (along with Rhoda) is the one that holds up the best..still entertaining in 2019!

I still watch Kolchak regularly! I've even started on a digital art fan fiction.

That's my mama I watched that show every week I was 10 years old when these Shows first aired on TV Takes me back to my childhood The same with Rhoda Valerie Harper died this year what a shame

James Garner handsome, down to earth, intelligent. ❤

@voodoo49

3 жыл бұрын

Good role model for kids ... good natured guy .. liked him since first seen as Maverick.

@jeansenn2831

2 жыл бұрын

My mom adored James Garner.

chico and the man -great theme song.

Great new shows for 1974 but there is one GLARING new show that was missing from this collection - Happy Days (1974-1984). Although it was a spin-off from "Love American Style", it had it's own spin-offs like "Laverne and Shirley", "Mork and Mindy", and "Joanie Loves Chachi". Thought it might be worth a mention. :o)

@RwDt09

7 жыл бұрын

Happy Days premiered as a mid-season replacement in January '74.

@Camman010

5 жыл бұрын

Happy Day's was a spinoff of the movie American Graffiti.

@edwinthomasr

5 жыл бұрын

@@Camman010 And the original Fonz? Harrison Ford!!!!

@Camman010

5 жыл бұрын

@@edwinthomasr The Fonz character was played by Paul Le Mat as John Milner.

@videox222ify

5 жыл бұрын

@Konga 5000 One Day at a Time isn't considered a mid season premiere, it was just a very late premiere in Dec. of '75, if it started in Jan. '76 that would be more of a mid season

Thanks for uploading. This video is like a time machine back to my childhood. I'd forgotten about That's My Mama - anyone else think that could have been the inspiration for Barbershop?

1974 TV season was probably the first one that I was really excited to see as a kid, for The Night Stalker and Planet of the Apes shows. And my first heart broken for a season too as neither was given a second season.

@shaner743

5 жыл бұрын

CArchivist ... And even though they only lasted a season, they were so well liked that there still shown in reruns. Still not a bad legacy.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I assume that Planet of the Apes was originally a movie that was made into the TV show?

Memories are so bitter sweet. Life is so strange.

Man....wow! The memories, seemed like a lifetime ago. Life for me was innocent I guess ignorance wss bliss. To quote the phrase if I knew then what I know now....of course being a child in the single digits during the 1970s Saturday morning cartoons, Schwinn muscle bikes, no computers or cell phones. Playing outside then watching TV, we thought we had hit the big time when we got a 19 inch color Quasar wow! Going out to eat was going to Burger Chef, McDonald's, Burger King, and it happen 1 to 2 times a month and I got to drink a Coke a cola and was a real treat! I played with toys and used my imagination no battery where the toy can play by itself today. What a great time and then becoming a teen in the 1980s. The radio and music was the soundtrack of my life always growing up and memories being made. Sadly time marches on and the only constant that there is changes every day.......

This brings back wonderful memories. Thank you💕

I was fourteen then, first year of high school. It was a wonderful time to be coming of age. I have the best memories of my dad laughing at Chico and the Man, when every night T.V. was fun to watch.

Night stalker was a great show

Little House on the Prairie Intro, always gives me a nice feeling..

@calvada1

5 жыл бұрын

5argeTech /\ my granddaughter used to hum along whenever I started the first couple of notes. She would hum it right to the end.

Planet of the Apes had me on the edge of my seat as a kid. I also remember watching Little House on the Prairie and wondering why lol. I was a rugged sports-playing kid but the show's opening always made me feel good and little Laura Ingalls was so darn cute that I had to watch (Michael Landon was pretty good too :).

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

I was very surprised that planet of the apes went from a movie to a TV show. The show only lasted one season. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Kurt Russell in a show I’ve never heard of ever!

@tomryan914

4 жыл бұрын

"Yumpin', Yiminny !"

@allenjones3130

Жыл бұрын

That show, ,"The New Land", was beaten in the ratings by the hit "All In The Family".

Feeling old, I was born during this exact fall.t.v. season... almost 47 years ago.

I’m glad they had the original opening for The Night Stalker.

oh my God I could watch these videos all night

Movin On and the movie Duel was the reason for me driving a big rig for the past 20 years and at 55 yrs old I still drive a semi day cab every day .. and still a million mile driver since 2011.. was 9 in 1974.But who cares.

@nickhill8612

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that's cool. I remember no matter how many times we went outside to turn the antenna we couldn't pick up NBC. No BJ and the Bear or anything like that. The only way I could watch NBC was to stay at my friends house.

Loved chico and the man

Very fun. Love the Minimoog on the Rockford Files theme.

Of these shows I think only Little House, Rockford and Paper Moon made it to Sweden. I remember my 9 year old self really enjoying Paper Moon.

Every last episode of Kolchak the night stalker is here on KZread for free,I just finished binge watching both seasons . Of every show here my favorites were #1 Little house on the prairie and my wife's was #2 Police Woman .

@don4321

7 жыл бұрын

Kolchak only lasted one season, unfortunately, before collapsing in a cascade of inevitable unbelievability...

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was just called The Night Stalker, I didn't see the name "Kolchak" during the opening theme.

@leeannsellers6147

2 жыл бұрын

To this day I pick up a ring and put it on my finger. 😳

I love watching your videos with my mom & dad. We watch alot of these shows on Cozi,MeTv, & Antenna Tv. I'm 12 & my mom & dad have me loving the classics like u show on your videos. Thanks for the cool channel.

Chico and the Man was a great show with a great theme.

Weird how Little House lasted so long, but nobody's ever heard of New Land

@haileyshannon7548

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregorywhitten2824 did some research and it turns John Denver sang the New Land theme song, that could have been some kind of draw or was he not that famous yet?

@jeanmarcks6269

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I thought the same thing

@sadee1287

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregorywhitten2824 Likely because they were too similar. Two shows from the same time period....one had to go. Michael's had better ratings and so succeeded.

@mrled8555

2 жыл бұрын

Was that Kurt Russell in that show?

@JayEmAy

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrled8555 yes

I was 16 in 1974. I saw most of these shows on our 19 inch state-of-the-art black and white TV. No sissy remote control in those days. If you wanted to change the channel you had to actually get up off your ass and walk across the room. Sometimes my dad would drink too much beer and he'd be too tired to change the channel. I'd walk into the living room and he'd be sitting there bleary-eyed watching "Cecil And Beanie" or "Josie And The Pussycats."

@coachb2766

7 жыл бұрын

remember tin foil around a coat hanger used as an antenna? T.v. trays holding 'Swanson's t.v. dinners? The barcode screen that appeared when all programming ended early in the moning? Saturday morning t.v.? Happy, simple times man. I think I could live without a lot of the tech today. Does 600 channels of endless programming really make us happier?

@ldchappell1

7 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I could easily live without today's tech toys. I don't even own a smart phone. The 60s and 70s were good times. Watching Saturday morning cartoons with a big bowl of cereal while the parents slept . School was fun and you didn't have to worry about mass shootings. In those days you could turn on the radio and hear great music that was timeless and meaningful. Not like the forgettable crap you hear today. I truly feel sorry for kids that are growing up these days and I'm grateful that I was alive to experience those happy and innocent times.

@coachb2766

7 жыл бұрын

👍

@caliden3785

7 жыл бұрын

ldchappell1 omg that was my dad.my mom worked nights and I always would wake up to him in front of the TV with that ending song with the flag,passed out.

@blacquesjacques7239

7 жыл бұрын

Pfft , we had a remote . It worked by giving me a nudge with your foot then saying change the channel

"That's My Mama" and "Night Stalker" were pretty good shows.

@clintonflynn815

5 жыл бұрын

I liked That's My Mama. too. As I recall it was up against Happy Days in the time slot. All the kids in my grammar school class would ask the next day, "Did you see Happy Days last night?" Only one other kid watched "Mama" and we would talk about it.

@HailAnts

4 жыл бұрын

Clinton Flynn - _That’s My Mama_ was also on ABC so it wasn’t on against _Happy Days_ . Thought it starred Mabel King but that must’ve been _What’s Happening_ ...

@georgelee43211

3 жыл бұрын

@@HailAnts that's my mama,and happy days were both abc-tv shows,and what's happening debut spring 1976,it must have been ''good times''[spinoff from maude] on cbs-tv which was in it's second season.

Thanks so much for compiling this. I'm struck by the diversity of these series--not just ethnically, but also in terms of concept, genre, location, time period. So many of these shows I would love to watch now. Network TV seems to lost a lot of this willingness to take risks.

Starting with the 1974 model year, Rockford would get a new model-year Pontiac Firebird each year throughout the series. The Firebirds used had an identical "copper mist" color with the Esprit's exterior and interior. Although the Firebirds were badged as Esprits, they were actually the higher performance "Formula" model without the twin scoop hood. Garner needed Rockford's car to look like the lower tiered "Esprit" model, a car Rockford could afford, but have the performance necessary for the chase sequences in the show. To achieve this, the show featured Pontiac Firebird Formulas re-badged and re-hooded to look like the "Esprit" model. The "Formula" model was developed to provide the performance of the top level "Trans Am" in a less ostentatious form. Formulas didn't have the Shaker hood scoop, side vents, graphics or lettering used on the Trans Am, but they had the same higher horsepower engines and drive trains, larger front and rear anti-roll bars, stiffer springs and shocks, and a twin scoop hood. (Sharp-eyed car connoisseurs can spot the twin exhausts and rear anti-roll bar on the cars used on the show, options that were not part of the "Esprit" package, as well as spot the different model year cars used in various chase scenes that differed from those in an actual episode, especially in later seasons). Although the series ran until early 1980, no Firebird was used past the 1978 model year as Garner reportedly was displeased with the restyled front end of the 1979 and later Firebird models and as such did not wish them featured on the show (although an answering machine message in one episode in the final season indicated his car was a 1979 Firebird).

Stone cold Rockford!

Little House was one of the greatest series in human history!

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Meh...

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

One of the three successful series with Michael Landon.

@kenhernandez8128

4 жыл бұрын

Greatest family TV show of all-time

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

@@kenhernandez8128 a year after Bonanza left the air.

@mariekatherine5238

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Silver My niece loved Little House on the Prairie.

It was interesting that Police Woman only had one main female actor in the whole show,given the title. Loved The Night Stalker,Planet Of The Apes,Born Free,Sierra,Lucus Tanner.

Amazing flashbacks with this....Wow. Thank you even though it took awhile to make it to my feed!

I never realized they tried to make a series of Paper Moon. I wish I could see the episodes even though it didn't last long. Loved the opening of Police Woman. I never see reruns of that series on cable.

Really love Angie in Police Woman.....

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe the show itself was better than the intro, which I thought was kind of pathetic in terms of trying to portray Dickenson as an actual cop.

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

A spin off of Police Story.

@tomryan914

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankdenardo8684 I remember Stallone as a cop's sidekick on P.S. .

That’s a great collection of shows. Rockford Files, Harry O, Paper Moon, Night Stalker, Police Woman…

I absolutely LOVED Rockford Files and The Night Stalker

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I watch the night stalker, I had to sleep with the lights on. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

I wanted to comment on all of them bit i had to stop on this one Freddie Prince. What a sad loss RIP suicide is no answer or solution to any problem

Born in 63 and only seen episodes of three of these, luckily I played outside a lot as a kid

Watching the intro about the first show, they give the background of the barbershop, and introduce the various characters that come to the barbershop, and make it clear that the Barbershop is the center of the show. The barber pole is prominent in the title credits. I would have expected the show to be called "Oscar's Barber Shop", but nope it's called "That's my Mama" who was introduced at the last minute and nothing was said about.

"Get Christie Love" started as a great 2 hour movie, Theresa Graves had charisma and a star quality and beauty unfortunately the actual series didn't live up to it.

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

That intro was hard as hell to follow, in terms of what she was doing in the action shots, because there were 3-4 of them on the screen at any given time! Also the letters in the title were all mashed together.

@dayokefentse8228

2 жыл бұрын

As a Black woman who follows TV and pop culture, why am I only hearing of this show now. Wondering if it's because she never had kids that her legacy seems stunted. This needs to change. More should be said and done about her contribution to television history. /d

@danielreed3370

2 жыл бұрын

I I R C Theresa Graves became a Jehovah Wittness during this time, and wanted her show to be less violent. She left acting, became a bus driver and died in a fire

@jerrywoods4066

Жыл бұрын

​@@danielreed3370wow I didn't know that

@RJS1974

Жыл бұрын

True that she became religious during the first season. She refused to do the show as it was being written. The show was actually popular enough to keep going after the second season but it was canceled because Theresa Graves didn’t want to do the show any longer and she impeded the production with her complaints. She lost her good looks and ended up poor living with her mother in South Central LA. A space heater caught fire and she died from smoke inhalation in a few years back.

That's My Mama was a wonderful show. I had the privilege to have watched every episode of the show on dvd from Netflix. The humor still works today.

Awsome collection ! Thanks for the memories .

The year that the amazing Rhoda show was born.

This is as bad (bad in a good way) as listening to music from the era of our youth. I cant seem to stop watching when I come here .Memory Lane

Kolchak The Night Stalker!

I remember these so well. I was 8 and TV was way different then it is today. You watched one of 3 channels. 2,4,7 those were the big 3

@donnakaye2015

4 жыл бұрын

I was 10. I was also my Dads remote control for the 5 channels we had. I also had to adjust the aluminum foil wrapped antenna.

I loved a lot of these shows, but the one that brings back the most memories is Little House on the Prairie. I’ll always remember sitting in the den, where the color tv was, with my whole family, watching the pilot of that show. I was not quite eight and had been reading the books, so the tv show was very much anticipated!

I kind of remember watching Little House in the 80's...great show

Wow, blast from the past. Was 10 just starting the 5th grade and just starting to notice "girls". Angie Dickinson - woa! Start of season 2 for Happy Days. So long ago.

I would rather watch 1974 tv than today's reality crap.

@julymiller2308

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@not-so-smartaleck8987

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@christopheralton-moonn2097

4 жыл бұрын

1974 the best year

@danmseattle975

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Reality TV is the worst cultural trend of the last 25 years

@sadee1287

4 жыл бұрын

Watching paint dry would be more entertaining than today's so called "reality" crap. "Dr. Pimple Popper" FFS.....

Loved all them shows back then nothing like this crap that’s on TV nowadays never even watch it. Thanks for showing the great memories.

TV shows back then were so much more fun to see then what is on today.

I was 1 year old when these shows debuted. I miss the decades of the 70s and 80s.

74 was good year for long lasting shows

Son of a gun, in 74 I was listening to John Prine out in the real world but had no idea he was providing the theme to a TV show. Well maybe if the show had been about POT I would have watched it back then. LOL

Recently watched the entire Rockford Files series. It held up well through its entire run.

@harperstacey9604

2 жыл бұрын

James Garner was always getting beat up by bad guys on every episode. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

1974 looked like a great year for new shows. Little House on the Prairie and Rhoda... just two of many good ones still remembered to this day.

@anthonyriche552

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I didn't know Rhoda went back that far. And I remember Planet of the Apes all too well because it scared the heck out of me lol.

This is when TV was GOOD, Today TV is all a bunch of HORSESHIT!!!!

@hespheiden1

4 жыл бұрын

Uh, sorry, but 90% of this is horrible crap too. I've been watching these videos starting with 1967 thru this one, and most of it is horrible crap. Take this year, for instance. Besides Rockford, LHOP, and Night Stalker, what have you got? Crap, unless you're into bad writing and acting. 'Rhoda' wasn't just not funny, it was unfunny. Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur in 'Born Free'? Please. Can you stand a bad actor like Angie Dickinson as the star of a show? If so, more power to you I guess. I admit 'Paper Moon' looks pleasant enough (I never watched it because it was very short-lived). The rest of this crap never made it past Christmas.

@deejay8403

2 жыл бұрын

@@hespheiden1 I’d take practically every so-called “horrible crap” show of THIS era over the crap that’s thrown in our faces today. Pretty much all there is today is “reality TV” and politically correct garbage that tries to ram liberalism down everyone’s throats.