1972 the year I graduated high school, 50 years ago, can't believe I am still here!

@petegrillo4187

Жыл бұрын

ME 2. MICHIGAN HERE

@stubstoo6331

Жыл бұрын

@@petegrillo4187 mine was 78 how times have changed for the worst for our children and grandchildren.

@texasstardust6010

Жыл бұрын

...I as well..I graduated High School in 1972, just months before I turned 17.

@alanolson6913

Жыл бұрын

‘72 high school graduate here, too. It seems so distant, yet not that long ago at the same time. My brother had a ‘60 Mercury. We would cruise Van Nuys Boulevard, listen to KHJ radio, see our friends out on cruise night, watch Walter Cronkite give the news …..and wonder what we were going to do with our lives after graduation.

@petegrillo4187

Жыл бұрын

Hold the phone I'm a 1972 grad who is this

A friend of mine said I'm always talking about the past. Why not? It's the present I'm trying to forget.

@stellarocquie7957

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

The older we get, the truer this statement...

I was six years old, and 1972 was the last happy year in my life for quite a while. My father died in March of '73, leaving me in the hands of a religion-crazed mother who dispensed both physical and mental abuse freely according to the perceived ideals of those she surrounded herself with. My father had a Bardahl PAM clock hung in his shop, which I cherished above all else after he was gone. She destroyed it one day with ignorance and contact paper... because she didn't like it. I now have that clock (well, identical) hanging in my shop... and in near-mint condition, as I remember it, and indeed a lot of other things from that era. Sorry TMI... this video brought back lots of memories. Thank you.

@anthonychihuahua

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody with indifference made every attempt to ruin your happiness. You did what you could to restore some of them cherished memories and feelings. That is a form of achieved happiness. Good for you, my friend 💜

@robertmoir5695

2 жыл бұрын

1972 was really a great year for me scofab I miss 1972 Times are n t the same as they were then

@juliestrom412

2 жыл бұрын

Ah how smart you are.😢

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Try not to look back. Hope you’re in a better place 🙏🏻

@matthewjahnke6956

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmoir5695 Well, I was born then.

In June of 1972, Elvis Presley performed in concert for three nights at the Madison Square Garden in New York City after releasing his next album entitled "Burning Love."

Graduated HS in '72. Probably one of the best years of my life.

@inkey2

Жыл бұрын

I graduated in 1972 as well. Ohhhhhh only if I could go back I would do things so differently.

@petegrillo4187

Жыл бұрын

What school I'm servite detroit 1972

I was 17 and graduated from High school that spring of 1972 and had already brought a beautiful 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix months before and moved out on my own that June and had a ball that summer That year and 1968 to 1972 were the happiest years of my life just hoping I have some more as happy as them!

You forgot a momentus event: in March, the Vietnam era draft ended. That was something that had life changing effect on many of us.

@reneauvray3440

3 ай бұрын

The draft formally ended in 1973.

@vernmeyerotto255

3 ай бұрын

@reneauvray3440 the last numbers had just been drawn, and the announcement that the draft was ending occurred in the spring of '72. I remember this quite clearly because I was a high school junior at the time, facing the prospect of being drafted for the war the next year. Deciding what to do in the next 12 months was much at the top of my mind.

Also in 1972… Emergency! starring Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, and Kevin Tighe premiered on NBC.

@jrussellcase

2 жыл бұрын

17 years later, Tighe found additional paying work playing the owner of the Double Deuce in "Road House".

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

M*A*S*H (the TV series), starring Alan Alda (Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce), McLean Stevenson (Lt. Col. Henry Blake), Wayne Rogers (Capt. "Trapper" John McIntyre), Loretta Swit (Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan), Gary Burghoff (Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly), Larry Linville (Major Frank Burns) and Jamie Farr (Corporal Max Klinger), premiered on CBS on 17 September.

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

Randolph Mantooth also appeared as himself on the hit TV show "Diagnosis: Murder" on CBS.

@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently as a baby the opening of this show was my favorite thing. Also the reason for my 1st cuss word the 1st time I saw it. My Mom and Aunt told me I said with amazement "oh shit".

On 9/9,Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids debut on CBS Saturday Morning Line-up.

Turned six in '72 .. this year was when I first started to become aware of culture and the world around us ... needless to say it was a much simpler and cherished time .. thank you

I was in the 5th grade in 72'. A kid could still safely walk to school by themselves. Mom & Pop candy stores were still in effect. And red dye #5 made cakes, donuts, and anything sweet taste like heaven. People burned trash out back in the alley. I could go on. Good year

@alexandermundy1172

2 жыл бұрын

I was in 6th grade in '72 and I totally concur! Everyone was burning their tongues on cinnamon toothpicks and bruising their arms with those cool clacker things that were actually legal at the time.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandermundy1172 😎

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

I was only 4 in '72 and cookies and some candies were still a penny in some of my local stores.

@bqkmg2037

2 жыл бұрын

1971-72 school year I was in 1st grade that time.. wow time flys fast 56 yrs old today.

@glutenfreejoe6099

2 жыл бұрын

@@bqkmg2037 Happy Birthday 🎂🎈🎉

I remember people hitchhiking during these years. It was a different time.

Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to win the world chess championship. Chess became front page headline news in 1972

I was 15 years old and in high school. I was born in 1957. Time really flies by, I am now 64 years old.

@MelodyAnn1957

2 жыл бұрын

I turned 15 in June 1972. You're right..the years have flown by. Seems like yesterday.

@tyronet.jackson7296

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelodyAnn1957 you both are spring chickens. I was a senator for 180 years and then VP for 36 years. Come on man. Not a joke.

@stellarocquie7957

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty scary, actually. I'm right behind you!

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

Me too...It was certainly one of the best times of my life...where is that time machine? I wanna go back!!

@doloresdemar2347

2 жыл бұрын

I was in Jr. High and I'm 63yo now 😙

I was a junior in H.S. in 1972. Great times. Thanks for the memories!

1972 was a stormy time for Great Britain, especially in Northern Ireland.

1972 was the year my brother was born.

@janetremsing6988

Жыл бұрын

👍😂I was born in '70, so I RULE!!😂

What a walk down memory lane for us older ones. I truly enjoy every video on Recollection Road.

I like these flashbacks. The 7+ minutes is the perfect length!

I loved game shows back then - they were really good then!

There was a great Rock show, called The midnight special, that premier that year.

It was in the early summer, that I left high school and enlisted in the U.S.Navy.. I was totally pissed off to listen to the body count that every news cycle brought.. I was and still am Proud to be a Veteran of the Vet. Nam.. Thank you all for the service and to those who never came home.. Best Luv...

@ceepersandenderdragonssvlo4812

2 жыл бұрын

@DonH Thank you for your service

@barbarachippel3142

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

@luisreyes1963

3 ай бұрын

Thank You For Your Service. 🦅

Please make these "flashback to" videos longer with more content. I'm really enjoying the walks through yesteryear. Thanks! I've subscribed.

@starmnsixty1209

2 жыл бұрын

Very good point, and well-put, Brett. They tend to make me feel my age, but are very nostalgic at the same time. I've subscribed, too.

@simonpearn479

2 жыл бұрын

We have a program over here in Britain called 'The Rock and Roll Years' which shows music and news stories from different years - so interesting!!!

@chuckinhouston9952

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the length is perfect.

I graduated from high school in 1972. It was a long time ago and very far away.

Great upload. You know, you could do a two-hour upload covering everything you could think of about a given year, and there are still going to be people who will pick the video apart about what you DIDN'T mention. Thanks for what you do.

Hurricane Agnes flooded my whole city . Wilkes- Barre PA. Also Wilkes-Barre was HBO's test city .

@barbarachippel3142

2 жыл бұрын

@ Just Mike My home city,too. I thought Service Electric was the first to have Cable TV.

Graduated from HS in spring of 1972. I had a draft number of 126 from the year's draft lottery. Literally dodged a bullet as the war ramped down that summer. Wilt Chamberlain was the GOAT. Glad that his team won the NBA championship.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

He won two NBA Championships (1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers and 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers)

@kwgm8578

2 жыл бұрын

Wilt the Stilt.

@scottodonnell7121

2 жыл бұрын

it wasn't his last year. The game they were talking about was the 1973 NBA finals against the Knicks.

@tubedude54

2 жыл бұрын

I also graduated in '72 and my draft # was 33. No matter what anyone says about Nixon he is forever my hero for ending the draft!

@johnboehmer6683

2 жыл бұрын

Despite the fact that Chamberlain was a bit before my time, I am also of the thinking he is the best. He just did so many things that no one else ever did, or has done since. No one dominated like him. I think people are just way too impressionable, and give way too much consideration to that which is before them on a more recent basis, the only reason I can think that guys like James, Bryant, or even Jordan are mostly the ones anyone really talks about as being the greatest.

Ah yes! The year I graduated high school. Last summer before college. What a different world. It just seemed to fly by.

@lacy.knickers146

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I graduated a year later.

@JohnDavis-yz9nq

2 жыл бұрын

I was in Austin Texas that summer visiting my cousin from New Mexico. I had never been anywhere and Austin seemed so modern compared to New Mexico which seemed like a century behind. I remember the good music on the radio. I would return home to finish high school but after graduation I returned to Austin . 1972 was the best year of my life. Driving a 1965 four door Chevrolet Impala car. Even to this day I ponder over the summer of 1972 with fond memories. Look at what we are having to live in nowadays. Michelle Obama said it best. The United States as already seen its best days.

@sanseijedi

2 жыл бұрын

@Martin Pennock Same here. Graduated high school in '72, my dad drove me to to USC in our '66 Chevelle station wagon & kicked me out the door at the dorm (there was no such thing as orientation in those days). I still have my draft card, BTW. The world after that just went faster & faster for me, as you say. Where were you, if I may ask?

@martinpennock9430

2 жыл бұрын

@@sanseijedi I was in Texas. Started at UT that fall. Went a year and ended up in the Marines. Got out, got married, finished school, went to work and BAM, here I am today! LoL 😂

@sanseijedi

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinpennock9430 Semper fidelis & good luck, from one old guy to another.

One of my favorite years. : )

I was 19 in 1972. Took my first trip alone to Europe, where I promptly had all my money stolen in Luxembourg and had to roam for 3 months living on the streets with other hippies. I learned alot tho! Will never forget getting to Toulon and running into crazy US servicemen on leave, rampaging around the streets. I was anti-war...but they ran up and hugged me, shook my hand, and bought me drinks just because I was American. Ill never forget their faces or their generosity and hope they are still alive today.

@coleparker

2 жыл бұрын

I hear you. I was 19 as well. I was going to a Junior College at the behest of my parents, waiting to see if I was still going to be drafted of if college became bust, following in fathers footsteps and join the Navy. I worked at a TV store delivering them, putting up antennas and other chores. I also volunteered to work for a Museum on an archaeological dig for a few weeks. In the end, I became a professional archaeologist.

@doloresdemar2347

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!:)))

@beenaplumber8379

2 жыл бұрын

I just love meeting people I consider my adversary in some way, only to find out how kind and human they are. I was also anti-war, and in general I still am, but I will by drinks for a US Marine any day.

I was in Jr. High school. I remember watching the Watergate hearings with my dad.

Best year ever ! I met the love of my life. It was magical! Unfortunately, I blew the relationship by the end of 1973 & have really never gotten over it. My 19-20 year brain had definitely not fully matured😞

@stubstoo6331

Жыл бұрын

@@inkey2 me to graduated in 78 probably blew mine in 77,man I still think about her.

@misterwhipple2870

8 ай бұрын

You dodged a bullet, pal. Hippie Chicks did not last.

@tonytribble2977

8 ай бұрын

@@misterwhipple2870 Not a hippie chick! She’s probably worth $40 million now, but I’d take her if she didn’t have a cent. Never let family money go to her head.

In June of 1972, one of the years biggest natural disaster, 'Agnes Flood' wasn't even mentioned. (?)

My high school was just a couple blocks from the beach and we had an 'open campus', so it wasn't unusual to walk to the beach and back, during the lunch hour. OK --- Sometimes we'd didn't go back to class after lunch. It was safe in that little beach town. Often on summer nights we'd get together, build a fire in the fire ring, set an old grill over the top and grill hot dogs. Someone would always have beer and a transistor radio. Sometimes we'd dance when a favorite song came on - sometimes we'd just kick back and watch the waves break on the shore. No one had much money, every kid I knew had some sort of job --- mowing lawns, baby sitting working at Jack-In-The-Box --- Money earned went towards the household budget and what little might be left over was what we used to buy our clothes, maybe go to a movie now and then. But we were free -- Free and safe. We had dreams and over the years some of them came true. Recently I was talking with a friend and we were looking back over the years of our youth --- Of dreams that came true, those that didn't--- good music, good friends, some who have died, the loves we'd known, moments of joy and moments when we thought the world had been turned upside down. Nevertheless --- It was a wonderful time to grow up in a wonderful place that was southern California, when it truly was the 'Golden State'.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

😎

@lacy.knickers146

2 жыл бұрын

We had an open campus also at my high school. Unfortunately the beach was 40 minutes away in Santa Cruz California.

@stellarocquie7957

2 жыл бұрын

What a dreamy comment! I could really visualize what you were saying!

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

We, too, had "open lunch" and "open study halls" back then. We could be trusted to go where we wanted during those time periods, because we were always prompt and presentable on our return for classes. Can you imagine those same priviledges being bestowed on today's high schoolers?

17 Feb 72, first day of basic training in the Air Force. Retired March 92. Twenty years in the blink of an eye. Good times.

I was 11 years old in 1972. This was cool to watch, I remember it well.

@stellarocquie7957

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, me, too!

@momma3204

Жыл бұрын

I was 12 years old in 1972 and in Junior High School. Sweet times, life was so much simpler for everyone back then. In my opinion we grew up in a great generation, probably the last generation of kids who could play outside safely without the worry of being abducted by a predator. Great videos I watch all of them, you really take us back to so many happy times and memories 🥹☺️💕

The year I graduated high school and joined the Air Force.

@mariaellis2882

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. US army here, but I joined in 88 and got out in 98.

Great video and a nice change from the 1950’s. I was 19 years old in 1972 and this video brought back a lot of good memories. Thank-you!

Many don't know it but on Sanford and Son, Lawanda Page who played aunt Esther, who Fred Sanford hated so much was actually his childhood friend. They knew each other since about the age of eight as they grew up in the same neighborhood. They remained close friends their whole lives.

@Kevin-yh9yt

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best episodes was when she yelled to a man who claimed to be Lamonts father: "What did you say N***er. The audience went wild!!

@edgregory1

2 жыл бұрын

What you talkin' bout Willis?

At the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, Austrian figure skater Trixie Schubert won the gold medal, American-born Janet Lynn won the silver medal and Canadian-born Karen Magnusson won the bronze medal.

I turned 15 in October that year. It was a very memorable year. I was trying to find my independence lol then. I really did enjoy the 70's.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

Remember if you drank a coca cola out of the bottle too fast it would burn your nose? 😊

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

@@HD-dw1cn And your throat.😁 i was only 4 and sometimes that coke was so strong, it would burn.😉✌🏾

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

@@elwin38 😎

@kurtkauffman4326

2 жыл бұрын

So did Fran Drescher at the end of September.

1972 I started my wonderful full time job at Mountain Bell work with telecommunication for 34 years with a good stable benefit and pension they don't have career job like it ever anymore, I am so glad I have experienced a wonderful career and era thank you Jesus

@kitsiewr

2 жыл бұрын

And thanks to unions, too.

In 1972, right out of High School, I got hired as a stringer photographer for the Presidential Conventions in Miami Beach. I had my first published photo in Time Magazine. This July will be my 51st year working behind the camera.

I was in SE Asia, 12/71-5/73, so this is a revelation.

How could you leave out Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon? Launch 12/7/72. Moon landing 12/11/72. Lunar lift off 12/14/72 and splashdown on earth 12/19/72. And we haven't returned making Gene Cernan the "last man" on the moon.

@anthonychihuahua

2 жыл бұрын

@Tiny Taco all I know is I will be awaiting for the first filming of Tiny Taco making the KZreadz better place for mankind! Subbed, you little cutie! 😍🐶🤗

@anthonychihuahua

2 жыл бұрын

@Tiny Taco 😎 hehe, thanks! 😄

@areguapiri

2 жыл бұрын

Because they never really went to the moon.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

@@areguapiri Yeah; took my daughters to Smithsonian in 2006'; saw the lem, it looked like my mother's 71' Pinto.

Because of lots of reasons I won't go into, I always believed that the Seventies were really defined by 1972 to 1982. Cars, girls, tech, decor, etc. If you're over 60 years old you might know what I mean.

@edgregory1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and according to Mr. Bookman 1971 was a bad year for libraries........Lots of 60's overhang until '72.

@misterwhipple2870

8 ай бұрын

I would say that the 'Seventies REALLY began in October '73, with the Yom Kippur War and OPEC. That's what REALLY brought the Hippie Party to a screeching halt.

*Woohooo!! 🎉🎇🎊* *1972 BABIES RULE!!* The rest of you drool, lol! 😋

On 9/4,3 new Game Shows debut together on CBS,Joker's Wild,Gambit,& The Price is Right.

Huge fan of Recollection Road! The piano accompaniment is so beautiful, and soothing. Please share title and artist info with us. I'd love a recording.

At the beginning of the week when John and Yoko guest hosted his show, in honor of them, Mike Douglas actually sang John's composition, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. It was an interesting rendition.

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Mike Douglas. Even though he was encouraged, man times, to move his talk show out of Philadelphia, he never did. We saw some great shows at his studio. Even got to meet the late actor, Barry Newman (who starred in the mid-70's drama, "Petrocelli"), one day as he was hailing a cab after appearing on his show.

It was my birth year. I'm surprised so much happened then.

I was 13 in 1972 and my teacher from Wardlow elementary school would brief us on the Watergate hearings the next day. He said our children will ask us about it. History just made it a footnote and my kids never asked about it. Sadly, we lost him last year and the school a few years earlier and made it into homes. Many in my class and alum were asked to name the streets after teachers. Paul "Slayback" has a street named after him in Huntington Beach California. We have a picture of him under one of the street signs named in his honor.

@doloresdemar2347

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I was 13 in 72 as well 😄

Our family saw the 2 giant pandas, Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo in the Summer of 1972. The waiting line just to see the pandas was long, it took about 45 minutes, if I recall correctly.

@ChristopherSobieniak

2 жыл бұрын

Had the same situation when Toledo had pandas at a zoo in 1988.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

That’s nothing today. How cool.

The Watergate break-in happened in 1972 but didn't become a major news story until 1973-74.

1972 was my first year of life. I remember absolutely nothing about it but it was obviously a great year because I had arrived! 🙂

The Paul Lynde Show debuts on 9/13.

@tracyisbest

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I'm so sorry that I had such a long-winded response to your Split Second post up above. Turns out, you care a lot about TV shit that doesn't matter and CERTAINLY has no place in a timeline video. Please, carry on!

@jpeek1009

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that show! I loved Paul Lynde.

@kurtkauffman4326

Жыл бұрын

@@jpeek1009 He was laid to rest since 1/10/1982.Will be remembered but not forgotten.

The year I was born. What a great year!!!

I turned 18 in 72 and got wilder than I was in 70 and 71 at 16 years old and 17 years old... A great time to grow up was the 70s!!!

Also in 1972… Maude starring Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy, and Conrad Bain premiered on CBS. What’s Up, Doc? starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal was released. Next year, the film will be having their 50th anniversary.

@darrylh1971

2 жыл бұрын

And PBS stations premiered in January 1972 "Zoom" produced by WGBH Boston.

I was in 1st grade in that infamous year of '72. Also, Happy 50th Anniversary to the last network game show still on TV, The Price Is Right.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Olson - (name of studio audience member) COME ON DOWN!!!!! You're the next contestant on the Price is Right!

@beenaplumber8379

2 жыл бұрын

They were running a lot of them on prime time and calling them reality TV, but they were game shows - like Fear Factor, Weakest Link, American Idol, and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. The main difference was for each question or challenge there was about 3 minutes of supposedly suspenseful music before a person could answer. It was all about the buildup. That's the only reason they were an hour long.

A very interesting year in my family. Besides turning 4yrs old, my older brother graduated from Gustavus Aldolphus college in MN and got married soon after and one of my sisters graduated from high school.

@misterwhipple2870

8 ай бұрын

I went to Saint Peter High and wanted to go to Gustavus, but I could not afford it. It's a Commie Woke dump now. Whaddya expect from Swedes?

@elwin38

8 ай бұрын

@@misterwhipple2870😆😳

Class of '72 and I just turned 18. So, on my birthday I signed up for the draft and then walked right across the road and signed up for the Marine Corps. I figured if I was going to be sent to Viet Nam I was going to get the MOS (job) that I wanted. Neither happened. My MOS was in clerical (I wanted supply) and while I was in basic training (Parris Island) they started pulling Marines out of Viet Nam. I didn't get the MOS I wanted, but I didn't have to go to 'Nam either!

@beenaplumber8379

2 жыл бұрын

My stepdad enlisted in the US Navy and was "promised" the MOS of computer operator - something like that. After boot camp they assigned him to the engine room of a destroyer and sent him to Vietnam, where his ship mostly shelled the coastline to draw return fire so the aircraft would know where to strike enemy installations. My uncle enlisted in the Army in 1966 and asked for Southeast Asian Theater, infantry. They sent him to Germany and assigned him to the quartermaster corps. He applied for transfers twice after that, but he was refused. He was the only one who understood their system and who could actually program their new computer to do what they needed it to do. He wanted to go to Vietnam because the rule at the time was only one sibling could serve there, and he was worried about his younger brother Dick. Sadly, in 1969 Uncle Dick was drafted, and after a month in-country his APC was destroyed by an anti-tank mine, and he didn't make it home. From 1969 till the end, our forces were undergoing "Vietnamization," which was Nixon's word for not replacing US troops who rotated home or who were killed, reducing our forces by attrition, while expecting the ARVN troops would somehow become ready on their own to pick up the slack. (They didn't.) Meanwhile the units still in country had a job to do, and they were all short-handed, so they were getting killed at a higher rate. I was in contact with a few of the guys from my uncle's platoon a few years ago, and that was a complaint I heard again and again. By mid 1972 I expect our regular ground forces were pretty minimal, and they were completely gone by the end of the year. I wouldn't have wanted to have been among them though.

Thank you so much Recollection Road for uploading this great video, I appreciate it!

In December of 1972, "I Dream of Jeannie's" star Barbara Eden had her very own first & only Christmas special aired on ABC-TV.

@stellarocquie7957

2 жыл бұрын

With or without her belly button, LOL?

I was 19 in 1972. Went on my very first date on a Friday night to a roller skating rink near Springfield, Virginia.

I was 17 in 1972 for for the final Vietnam draft.

@edgregory1

2 жыл бұрын

I was 13 in 1972 for my final year of innocence.

I was in Germany on my first overseas tour. I attended the Olympic games in Munich. Tragic how it ended.

Speaking of Popeyes, hope Recollection Road would do a story and History of Popeyes Fried Chicken 🍗.

@jrussellcase

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Excellent idea.

@lacy.knickers146

2 жыл бұрын

I love Popeye’s chicken.

@vernwallen4246

2 жыл бұрын

@@lacy.knickers146 Eat the bird,carry the word.🐔🐓🐓

I was 3 going on 4 that year, enjoying cartoons, creature feature, and my racing set.

72 was a tough year for me.. we moved out in the booneys. Took this city kid quite a long time to adjust. The age of 12 is a terrible age to rip a boy from all the friends he grew up with.

@areguapiri

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience at age 14. I was miserable for a year until my parents decided to move back to our hometown. I could enjoy life with my friends again.

@jimsmith6547

2 жыл бұрын

72 had the opposite for me. As a 8 year old we went from living in the 3 third largest city to a very rural area. Population less then 50 .

@johnnoone4323

2 жыл бұрын

I experienced the same as a military brat. In retrospect, being pulled away from a neighborhood and a school after junior high going to high school is still something I wished never happened - and that occurred in 1967.

I was 14 wow great memories

Yep, my parents never went with us trick or treating 🎃🎃

one year mash was the only show i allowed myself TV time for as i studied medicine

1972 ahh the year I would turn 10. I love it.

*No mention of the horrible flooding from Agnes in June. From Elmira, NY to Wilkes-Barre, PA was inundated, reported by Cronkite nightly.*

September of 1972, Canada and the Soviet Union were witness in an international hockey war known as the Summit Series, or the Series of the Century. Paul Henderson was made a national hockey hero when he scored the Series winning goal for Canada in the 8th and final game of the series with just 34 seconds to go.

@AdamL994

2 жыл бұрын

Most underrated/ under reported/ under talked about sporting event of all time.

@beenaplumber8379

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamL994 I'd have to agree. This is the first I've heard of it. It sounds like while the US was engaged in ping pong diplomacy in China, Canada was pursuing something similar with the Soviets. I'm American, so it makes sense that it would receive less coverage here, but it seems like something I should have heard about somewhere.

I got drafted into the army and I sort of missed all this but I got to see all this when I got out

Ahh 72, the year the only undefeated NFL team won the Super Bowl. We still follow the Dolphins and sure miss Shula may he Rest In Peace

I remember I was in eighth grade and lived about five miles from Laurel Maryland where that shooting took place . It was an open air mall and it’s still there .

The Waltons debut on 9/14.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

I have all 9 seasons on dvd 😎

@kurtkauffman4326

2 жыл бұрын

@@HD-dw1cn Congrats!

@jpeek1009

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I can’t believe he forgot this one. The Waltons were a huge hit when it debuted. My favorite show growing up.

I graduated from high school in 1972 and remember connecting to a DEC PDP 8 computer via a modem and teletype machine.

Awesome!! Great work !!

I was entering or in my senior year in high school, the three biggest things I remember was , the Olympics because of the slaughter of Israels athletes , Nixons trip to China, and the draw down of the Vietnam war. Little did I realize how many of those things that happened in 72 / 73 would still be relative today.

@orangehoof

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the attack on the Israeli Olympic team was a pretty big miss, as was the controversial end of the basketball competition.

@andyrob3259

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I thought it strange It was left out. Pretty huge event given the Olympics were centre stage and a lot of the hostages event was televised - probably the first ‘live’ terror attack on TV.

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

@@orangehoof That incident essentially "destroyed" the Summer Olympics for alot of people. It was a sad event in an otherwise fantastic, memorable 15th Summer for me...

One of the things that happened that year was that I turned 10. I miss growing up in that decade.

I was 10 years old in 1972. For me it was indeed the best of times and the worst of times.

Enjoyed Thanks much

Love these flashback videos, keep them coming now that I'm subscribed please! ;-)

Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers won the 1972 NBA title against the Knicks. His last game was in 1973.....

The year my hubby was born, eleven years later I was born🥰🥰

1972 was a darned good year for me back then. No vegans, no vegetarians, no animal rights activists, and NO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. I had lots of fun on this beach back then--Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada. We all stuffed ourselves with the best tasting burgers and shakes imaginable and swam to our hearts content.

@dogsense3773

2 жыл бұрын

Any heart attacks ?

@brianzybura8633

2 жыл бұрын

@@dogsense3773 To you Dog Sense, the answer is no.

My family was living in Germany, father stationed there from 69-73

On 9/9,"Runaround" debuts on NBC Saturday Morning line-up.The late,great Paul Winchell was the Host.Kenny Williams was the Announcer.

This is the best year for me because it was the year I was born ❤❤❤

1972. I was serving drinks at Mr Henryʻs on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Met all kinds of fascinating people.

The year I was born! Great video

1972 was 50 years ago that's crazy

The year I was born …Happy 50th Birthday 🎂 to all that was born in 1972

The US Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles during 1972: 1/1-8 Brand New Ket by Melanie (also #1 on 12/25/1971) 1/15-2/5 American Pie by Don McLean 2/12 Let's Stay Together by Al Green 2/19-3/11 Without You by (Harry) Nilsson 3/18 Heart of Gold by Neil Young 3/25-4/8 A Horse With No Name by America 4/15-5/20 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack 5/27 Oh, Girl by the Chi-Lites 6/3 I'll Take You There by the Staple Singers 6/10-24 The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation 7/1 Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond 7/8-22 Lean On Me by Bill Withers 7/29-8/19 and 9/2-9 Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan 8/26 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by the Looking Glass 9/16 Black and White by Three Dog Night 9/23-10/7 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me by Mac Davis 10/14 Ben by Michael Jackson 10/21-28 My Ding-a-Ling by Chuck Berry 11/4-25 I Can See Clearly by Johnny Nash 12/2 Papa Was a Rolling Stone by the Temptations 12/9 I Am Woman by Helen Reddy 12/16-30 Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul

@birdsfan57

2 жыл бұрын

And I still have most of those 45's in my collection. What a wonderful time to be a teen. Such diversity in our music, but it was ALL GOOD!!

I was trying to do the best I could to make our world a better place back then. But I was only a baby. I continue to march forth and carry on. 👍 Sanford And Son is the show.

@jeffaller6190

2 жыл бұрын

You may not have made the world a better place back then, but your comment made this comment section a better comment section.

I eas a kid. I remember thus stuff! Back then all i wanted to do was grow up and be cool like teenagers & twenty spmethings! It was a interesting & exciting time for sute. ☮️💟