The summer of 1977 was a very special time for me. Those were great days.

I'm 65. 1977 was probably the most intense year of my life. A WHOLE lot went on. Love your channel 😁

@johnmackenzie3062

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in June that year

@orbitty1354

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in February 😃

@gado1327

2 жыл бұрын

October 1979.

@orbitty1354

2 жыл бұрын

@@gado1327 tail end of the X generation. Awesome

@TheDeepbloo27

Жыл бұрын

What were some of things that really stood out to you?

What a year for me!... graduated from high school, was deeply in love with my first serious relationship and had tons of friends.. life could not be better!

@julenepegher6999

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Everything you said was me!

I turned 13 in the fall of 1976 so 1977 was my first summer as an actual teenager. My biggest memory wasn't mentioned here and that was Smokey and the Bandit! I remember going with my mother and father to see it. The Pontiac Trans Am became an overnight hit and every kid wanted one! I also started earning money by mowing lawns in my neighborhood in 1977 which by the time I turned 16 I had earned enough money to purchase my first car.

Also in 1977... Rich Girl by Hall & Oates Dancing Queen by ABBA Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band Southern Nights by Glen Campbell Don't Give Up on Us by David Soul I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees Easy by Commodores Cold as Ice by Foreigner Black Betty by Ram Jam Telephone Line by Electric Light Orchestra The Things We Do for Love by 10CC

@djbigpean

2 жыл бұрын

I like,Rich Girl, Easy, and The Emotions, The Best of my love, also enjoyed Thelma Houston's hit Don't leave me this way.

@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

@@djbigpean Of course, Thelma Houston is not related to the late Whitney Houston.

@djbigpean

2 жыл бұрын

@@pernelldh really.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the best from 1977 include... You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone (#1 for 10 weeks from Oct. 15-Dec. 17) Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder (#1 for three weeks from May 21 to June 4) Got To Give It Up by Marvin Gaye (#1 on June 25)

I met my husband. He was 20, and I was 16. Married 7 yrs later. Still together ❤️

So many wonderful memories in this video. I was 11 that year and remember watching Charlie's Angels and Three's Company. I didn't see Star Wars until later and the same with Saturday Night Fever but you couldn't get away from the music of the Bee Gees. Great times!

That was enjoyable to watch, Thank You. After graduating High School on 05Jun77, in August I got a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE, 440 with a Torqueflite. $1700. One of the strongest cars I ever had around. Now if I only had the foresight to hang on to it after all these years.....

@julialane6645

2 жыл бұрын

Best Cars in those days.

1977 was a life-changing year for me. Went to my first Grateful Dead concert, took my first hit of acid, graduated high school, drove to Alaska with my 2 best friends, lost my virginity, cried when Elvis died, started my career as a newspaper photographer, started college, quit college. Wish I could do it all over again.

@toshiojohnston3732

Ай бұрын

Yes we lost the king almost 47 years.

Lynyrd Skynyrd was the best Southern Rock Band of all times.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today

Graduation year. Oh so many memories. Will never forget the loss of Elvis.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

@toshiojohnston3732

Ай бұрын

Yes August 16 2024 will make 47 years.

Crazy year. Some highs and definite lows. I will always remember going to see Star Wars for the first time with my dad. We were blown away!

@michaelmurphy6869

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that movie about a year later, there were still long lines then.. Great movie!! I too was blown away!

@MrDavidh4

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmurphy6869 Me, too! I saw it a year after it was released, wondering what the fuss was all about. After watching "Star Wars", I understood, and I was subsequently hooked.

@Tiffany-vj1tv

2 жыл бұрын

@J Carrington nope I have not seen it or any of the related ones and I am 58 🤷‍♀️does not interest me.

@msriddles66

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tiffany-vj1tv I think mostly guys are into Star Wars. I saw it, but was not impressed...

I turned 8 in 1977 and I remember when Elvis died and my mom took his death really hard. Thank you Recollection Road for sharing! 😊❤

These flashbacks are very interesting and very bittersweet... thank you again for a great video and content.

@poodtang2104

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

I was only 20 years old, and I was on my own. I was working at Hudson's Eastland Mall, and that was my second year anniversary of working for Hudson's Eastland Mall. I also remember when it snowed in Florida. I remember the movie Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. I even remember Disco Dancing back then. I am now 64 years old and retired. I also wished that videos were longer. About 20 to 25 Minutes would do.

One of my favorite years ever. Turned 9yrs old this yr(May7). One of the main things was my family moved in Oct. '77(we stayed at our previous home for 15yrs)and met new friends. Became a sports fan(NBA on CBS and the NFL today). The best Easter and Xmas ever(got all the gifts i asked for). I live in Memphis and i remember when Elvis died, it was hot and humid as hell that day, thousands of people were in front of his mansion(all of the local/national networks covered it). What i also remember is dozens of people were medivac to hospitals from heat exhaustion/stroke standing in front of Elvis' mansion. In spite of this, i loved/enjoyed '77!!✌🏾🧡

@marywaters7311

2 жыл бұрын

I was living in Memphis at this time also. I just happened to be having tires put on my car right down from Graceland. The crowds filled the streets. Took me alot longer than usual to get home. We had tickets to see Willie Nelson that night in Memphis. I'd never heard of him but my friend convinced me I'd love it. Jerry Lee Lewis made a surprise appearance in honor of Elvis. I'll never forget that day.

@teresarenee3829

2 жыл бұрын

I'm May 7, 1968 too!

@toshiojohnston3732

Ай бұрын

And the fans new younger ones are still coming.

What a ride that year was! Last one as a carefree teen for me. I was pregnant in 1978, in time for that "fabulous" blizzard. Thank you!🙏💜

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today

I was a '77 high school graduate! The winter of '77 was followed up by the blizzard '78! Boy,did it snow ❄! 3rd shift showed for work and never left for 3days!

"Roots" was shown in my 10th grade history class. I had already watched it on tv but that was my first experience with a VCR. Seeing the show again with commentary by my teacher really hit home and got me interested in history.

@HD-dw1cn

2 жыл бұрын

Alex Haley was sued 1 year before as quite a bit of it was plagiarized from a novel from 1966' titled The African

@staxoffunk1863

2 жыл бұрын

@@HD-dw1cn in addition several historiand have discounted his portrayal of slavery in America as sensationalizing it. if you see Joy Reid say hey girl for me.

I was 15 when I went to the theatre to see Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever. Best years.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

I was 11 years old at the time. I was living in Jacksonville Florida when it snowed. I clearly and vividly remember that day and was absolutely thrilled. We got about 2 to 3 in of snow. I'm also glad to learn that Carter pardoned the Vietnam draft evaders. They deserve pardoning. Should have never gone to Vietnam to begin with. I lived with my grandparents at the time, and I remember us watching the miniseries Roots on TV. And, of course, the news of the death of Elvis Presley was all over the news. A day that's impossible to forget; even as an eleven-year-old, the shock was superimposed for me, because of the fact that Elvis had just being in Jacksonville six months or so earlier, in concert. Several of my classmates went to the concert with their parents. I still remember walking down the street that day, thinking about it. And, of course, living in Jacksonville, everyone knew about Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash.

For me, 1977 was the summer of Star Wars. My grandmother took me to see it, just before it blew up and the lines became blocks long. It was a major moment in independence for me at not quite ten years old, I was allowed to ride my bike to our local theater. Every cent I could beg, borrow, earn, or steal went to Star Wars. I remember the other things in the video, but nothing could compare to it. And if you were there as well, you understand.

Elvis’s death had effected everyone in someway. I remember my parents went to buy his records . Store after store we’re sold out. Never saw anything like it since. Not even Micheal Jackson’s death could compare. Long Live Zee King.

@toshiojohnston3732

Жыл бұрын

Yes remember it well and now with Lisa gone it all comes back so much has changed.

@glennso47

Жыл бұрын

He was not a king. He said so himself. He was just a singer and Jesus Christ is the King! His own words.

@ajporter7487

Жыл бұрын

@@glennso47 Wrong King is a title you give to a man. Elvis Jesus was the son of god, much greater then any other King. The Roman soldiers were mocking him when they called him King of the Jews. I know he said that, 1.6 Billion records sold world wide makes him undisputed King!

I January 1977, I was in Kindergarten and it snowed in Temple Terrace Florida that morning on my way to school, first time seeing snow, it was awesome!

@Harbalz

2 жыл бұрын

It also snowed in Miami Florida back in the early 60s

Also that year: Movies "Close Encounters of the Third kind" and "Smokey and the Bandit". Aviation: Flight 242 crash landed in a wooded area in rural Georgia. The passenger airliner ran out of fuel and the pilots gallantly attempted land on a highway. The plane landed near a house which surviving passengers stayed in till help arrived. Music: The Commodores release their self-titled album which featured the classic hits "(She's A) Brickhouse", "Easy (like Sunday Mornin')and "Zoom".

Graduated high school in 1977 in South Florida. A very defining year for me

First record album I ever owned was Rumors. One of my biggest regrets is not taking better care of my vinyl collection.

@allenjones3130

Жыл бұрын

I have "Rumors" and "Tusk" on CD and LP. The late Christine McVie's 'Songbird' is lovely.

Rumors is a solid album. Lindsey Buckingham is underrated as a guitarist and Stevie, well what's not to love. I remember I was walking home from an audition with my guitar when I heard about Elvis. We were by a park so I broke out the instrument and we did a quick rendition of "That's Alright" in his honor. But 77 stands out for me because of an encounter I had with a stranger. This man used to come into the cafeteria where I bussed tables kind of frequently. Anyway, one day he asked me if I would join him on my break. I did and he asked me what the hell I was doing. I told him I was working and he said exactly. I was 16 and he said I should be in school doing kid stuff with other kids, not working all day. He went on to tell me about his life, how he started working when he was 13 and made his fortune by the time he was 30. He said one day he woke up and he was 50 and had nothing but money. He had no fond childhood memories to look back on. He told me he sold his business and was making memories now but they would always be old memories. Sometimes you just have to hear something at the right time. I decided he was right and told my boss I was going to start attending high school during the day instead of going at night like I had been doing. It was one of the best decisions of my life. I went back and had a blast, doing kid stuff with other kids and graduating on time. I didn't see him after that but I know God sent him to me that day. I hope when the time comes and I'm called home that I will meet the man who always wore a tie and whose shoes were always shined and thank him for setting me straight. Like the old adage goes, sometimes a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.

@stevestreet2825

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Wisdom and a caring empathetic eye are rare traits especially today. Hope you're paying it forward

@itinerantpatriot1196

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevestreet2825 Thank you for the kind words. I'm semi-retired now but I have always done my best to mentor young people and I still do my part when I can. Seeing them succeed has given me great satisfaction over the years and it continues to be the most rewarding aspect of any project I'm associated with these days.

@stevestreet2825

2 жыл бұрын

@@itinerantpatriot1196 You're a bright light amongst dim bulbs! Thank You! Steve

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Is this a twilight zone episode?

@johnguertin3884

2 жыл бұрын

Great post ....... i sent it to a couple friends of mine .I'm 62 and I really can relate not so much to the content of leaving work but the man talking about having no childhood memories which are extremely important and still are to my friends and myself many whom i still speak with and of course some are deceased already so it makes it that much more meaningful..the fact that the guy took the time to try and help a stranger see something he didnt....wonderful !!!!

I love the late 70s, I was just turning 12 in 1977 and started to pay more attention to the world outside my suburban house. This brings back so much of those feelings of both dread and excitement to me every day brought something else new. My parents did not let me watch Fantasy Island because 1) it came on at 10pm much too late for me to be up and 2) My mother swore it was the 'devils' show LOL! President Jimmy Carter was much too nice and peaceful of a person to be a world leader. To this day, he gives up his time and money to help others.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today

Saturday night fever was the life I lived. Loved it at 18 years old!!!!

@gregorycyr9272

2 жыл бұрын

I loved wearing the shiny polyester shirts from the 70's

@thomaschristopher8593

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregorycyr9272 i still got a couple of them in my closet. can't fit into them anymore though. LOL.

@Biker65

2 жыл бұрын

Had the whole suit. I was 12yrs old, so I only got to wear it to church

@julialane6645

2 жыл бұрын

Saturday Night Fever was a Great Movie and Album. Disco Clubs were the place to go on Weekends and dance. Everyone dressed nice and had a great time at the Disco Clubs. I loved the style of clothes!

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

Smokey and the Bandit was also released to theaters on Memorial Day Weekend as well as the horrible Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate Kentucky just south of Cincinnati where 165 patrons lost their lives

I loved Three's Company and The Love Boat. I began my senior year in high school. Star Wars was great but I was more a Star Trek fan.

Love the video and the comments. Fond memories of '77 myself as well. Glad we had those times to lean on now. What a wild world compared to that one.

I'm a 70's, 80's child. Before the video even started, 1977, first thing I thought was a HUGE snow storm in Washington, DC, where I still live and in the same childhood home. So ironic. I remember just about everything these videos are showing; movies, tv shows, music, events, clothing, etc. My older brother and I were in South Caroline with our grandmother visiting her relatives when Elvis Presley passed. Always remembered that. 😊😊😊

11 yrs old that year. We lost Elvis and every mother morned.

@toshiojohnston3732

Ай бұрын

Remember August 16 like it was yesterday.

I was 18 , I remember that year very well. My Grandmother died in that great Johnstown flood of 77 and my wife’s father passed later that year in December.

@MrJRD827

Жыл бұрын

I’m from Johnstown

@lifestudent2472

Жыл бұрын

We are the same age . How is retirement .

@cheaplaughkennedy2318

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJRD827 👍👌

I Feel Love by Donna Summer was released May 1st 1977 "I Feel Love" became popular during the disco era, influencing acts such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, the Human League and Blondie. The Financial Times credited it as "one of the most influential records ever made", laying the foundations for electronic dance music.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Giorgio Moroder

@angeleyes2cuwith759

2 жыл бұрын

@@samanthab1923 ...and Pete Bellotte were the producers.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Angeleyes2cuwith Yup. So funny I loved all his stuff with Donna Summer, Call Me by Blondie, theme from Midnight Express & Putting Out Fire by Bowie. Never realized he produced all of them! My son plays keyboard & likes him. How dumb am I smh 😂

Losing Elvis was probably pretty sad for his fans. I know my grandma cried when she heard. My mom was only 6 but she remembers it.

@felipehernandez-pedroza8288

2 жыл бұрын

I was three years old and I remember it.

@julialane6645

2 жыл бұрын

My Aunt and Uncle were friends of Col. Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager. They meet Elvis and wish I could have meet him.

@toshiojohnston3732

Жыл бұрын

Very intense year it was especially us elvis fans.

I was born July 30, 1977 and found this really fascinating to see what was going on in the world around the time I came into it.

@h.l.asolomonov7674

10 ай бұрын

Here November 77 😊

Maybe my favorite year ever, even with the loss of Elvis. Star Wars just blew away everyone it seemed. I recall Lynyrd Skynyrd's terrible plane crash, Threes Company, and so much more. Hard to believe how innocent life still seemed then, not to mention it's been over forty years ago now. Sigh...

@starmnsixty1209

2 жыл бұрын

Should also mention the original live action Wonder Woman TV series was on that year her second season I think. And the Bill Bixby/ Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk TV series, along with Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind in theaters late that year.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

I had seen Skynyrd that summer in Philly

@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Elvis is dead. Too many clues eluding to the contrary. Just saying.

Passed away ( who never mentioned) in that year Groucho Marx Joan Crawford Sebastian Cabot Charlie Chaplin Stephen Boyd Guy Lombardo

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

And not to mention, British-born actor Peter Finch, who posthumously won the Academy Award Best Actor for his portrayal of Howard Beale in the film "Network"

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

@dogscratchedoor

Жыл бұрын

I loved Joan Crawford's movies. I think at one time she was the queen of Hollywood. I remember Stephen Boyd from a lot of old movies we'd watch on Saturday mornings.

@dogscratchedoor

Жыл бұрын

Peter Finch was a Class AAA actor, imo

I sure wish you'd make these more in-depth and longer. 20 minutes might work. It's such a nice time to reminisce.

@runrafarunthebestintheworld

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the year is long and should keep the restaurant videos short.

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Well he is running out of years, he does 1 or two a week of years. How far do we recollect? Up to 2000? That gives him until about January. The restaurants are cool, but most people know maybe half of them. He needs to come up with a new concept. It must take a fair amount of research to find out all of this. I wonder what he did before this.

@shizuokaBLUES

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%

@shizuokaBLUES

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbaldo he needs to switch to Canada then. Millions are waiting !!

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

@@shizuokaBLUES The story would be the same every year. "During the big snowstorm they ......."

I was 13 and in Homestead, FL when it snowed in Miami. To me 77 was a very good year.

Also in 1977: "Rich Girl" reached #1. The first of six #1 hits for Daryl Hall and John Oates. "Second Chance", the precursor to "Press Your Luck", premiered and cancelled after 95 episodes. Marquette won their first and only NCAA men's basketball championship. Groucho Marx died (same day as Elvis Presley).

@alantoon5708

2 жыл бұрын

I auditioned for U.S. Army Bands that day. Did 20 years active and Guard after that..

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Alfred James McGuire (1928-2001) coached the 1976-77 Marquette Warriors (now the Golden Eagles) basketball team to their only men's title. After which, he became a college basketball commentator for NBC and later CBS.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Rich Girl was Hall & Oates' only #1 hit of the 1970s (the other five would come during the 1980s)

Just discovered this channel like literally a couple of days ago and these short historical videos are so cool for a history buff like myself especially being able to see things that happened during my childhood that I was too young too remember or from my parents childhood.

My mom had Roots on the TV in the hospital while giving birth to me. I must have caught the spirit because I fought the process. Got turned around in the womb, foot caught in her ribs and the cord wrapped around my neck!!

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Roots definitely made a star out of LeVar Burton

@dogscratchedoor

Жыл бұрын

We watched this series like it was the best thing we'd ever seen. We had hours of discussions about it.

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

I remember standing in line for hours wiyh my brother to see Star Wars. I fell in love with Star wars and am still a huge fan of it.

I remember most of thost things happening.I was 8yo, so Star Wars was the big thing for me that year.

Graduated high school in 1977. The 70's were something else. Neglected to mention, however, the capture of David Berkowitz, Son of Sam, in NYC, where I grew up. Berkowitz was captured August 10th, less than a week before Elvis died. Oh yeah, also the Blackout in NYC, July 1977.

I was a freshman in High School in Miami when the snow came... it was hilarious. I also worked at the Turnpike drive -in and remember the ABSOLUTE CRAZINESS of Star Wars. Our co-owned sister theater on the other end of town, with two screens turned the movie down, (opting instead for Annie Hall and Smokey and the bandit) because the owner said: "Who wants to see a space picture?" within 10 days both theaters were showing the movie on all three screens twice a night in a "held over" status. We ran star wars for 6 weeks.

The year I finish highschool. The inaugural year of the ride Space Mountain at Disneyland, which I rode on Grad Night one week before my 18th birthday. Mark Hamill had briefly attended my highschool a few years before I started. My Mom was in the early years of her RN career, helping to bring public health clinics to our community. My oldest brother was in his second year at Princeton University on a full scholarship. And, sadly my Dad passed away three months after my highschool graduation. 1977 was quite a year indeed. Oh, also I began college that year.

@aeroscottmodelenginerepair2830

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Pamela, we may have been in the same ride lines at DL on grad night 77. My wife graduated Arcadia HS that year. Lost my Grandpa soon before. Yes, a bitter sweet year for us both.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

So cool. I graduated in 77 also. Had gone down to Disney my sophomore year & they were still building Space Mtn.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today???

It was a busy year for sure. I got married that year when I was 19. I didn't realize how young we were lol. It lasted 20+ years. We hooked a sled up to his Fairlady and took turns driving and sliding in the ice and snow. We went to see Star Wars and loved it! At the end of the year I turned 20 and was so glad I wasn't a teenager any more.😂

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

Also in 1977... Closed Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon was released. Fun With Dick and Jane starring George Segal and Jane Fonda was released. The Rescuers starring Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, and Joe Flynn lent their voices was released. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown was released. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo starring Dean Jones and Don Knotts was released. Rollercoaster starring George Segal, Henry Fonda and Timothy Bottoms was released.

@dalethelander3781

2 жыл бұрын

Rollercoaster in Sensurround. Martin Landau must've made the film right after returning from London where he filmed Space:1999.

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

In the summer of 1977, Walt Disney released "The Rescuers." It featured the voices of Eva Gabor as Bianca, Bob Newhart as Bernard, Michelle Stacy as Penny, Jim Jordan as Orville the albatross, Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa and others too numerous to mention. Another animated cartoon movie "Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Musical Adventures." It featured the voices of Didi Conn as Raggedy Ann and Mark-Linn Baker as Raggedy Andy. The Peanuts Gang's third animated movie "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!!!" was also released.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Annie Hall was released in the spring of 1977, and would go on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Woody Allen) and Best Picture at the 50th Academy Awards.

I was living in South Florida at the time when it snowed, I remember going to school that morning and my Dad couldn't believe it he put his jacket on the hood of the car to see the flakes. It didn't last long only for a few moments but it's something I'll never forget 🤔

really miss those days 😢

I was surprised but pleased to see Christa helm mentioned. They should make a movie about her life.

Great memories, thank you.

HEY! The Wausau Daily Herald was our old hometown Newspaper! Thanks for doing these "Timelines" Love them!

On May 29th probably the most famous automobile race of the 20th century was run at the annual Indy 500. During qualifications that year driver Tom Sneva turned the first 200mph laps at the famous track and then Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for...and drive in the 500. On race day itself the legend A.J. Foyt became the first driver in history to win 4 Indy 500s!

I was sitting in the car in town at the cottage. My mom always stopped at the bakery to get fresh bread on the way. I was listening to radio and the news came on about Elvis. Elvis turned out to be my JFK moment.

Also in 1977... Shoot for the Stars hosted by Geoff Edwards premiered on NBC. Busting Loose starring Adam Arkin, Barbara Rhoades and Jack Kruschen premiered on CBS. It's Anybody's Guess hosted by Monty Hall premiered on NBC. Lou Grant starring Ed Asner premiered on CBS. Man from Atlantis starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda J. Montgomery premiered on NBC. The Betty White Show starring Betty White premiered on CBS. The New Mickey Mouse Club premiered on Syndication. The Fantastic Journey starring Jared Martin, Ike Eisenmann, Carl Franklin, Katie Saylor and Roddy McDowall premiered on NBC.

@darrylh1971

2 жыл бұрын

And for 1977 TV: The first 2 hour Saturday morning cartoon show - "Scooby's All Star Laff a Lympics" premiered on ABC Saturday mornings in September 1977.

@dalethelander3781

2 жыл бұрын

The Fantastic Journey got the Friday night short-shrift from NBC.

The best timeline yet because on November 10th 1977 was the day I was born. You're channel just keeps getting better and better.👍👍

I remember Reggie’s 3 home runs that year

Every sat night love boat n fantasy island 70s great yes I grew up in it remember all these points

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today????

Been waiting for this one the year I was born 11-14-77

@pegs1659

2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday in a couple of weeks.

@pamelaaverrett5848

2 жыл бұрын

Same🙋‍♀️

@Joshua4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@pamelaaverrett5848 same day?

@Joshua4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@pegs1659 thank you

@pamelaaverrett5848

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua4658nope just ‘77. Happy Birthday!

I started kindergarten in 1977. I remember all the TV shows you mentioned in this video. I especially loved "Three's Company." TY for these great videos!

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

I was 18 years old. I went to see "Star Wars" with my father, "Saturday Night Fever" with my girlfriend. I was at my older brother's house when news of Elvis Presley's death was announced on television, i believe we were watching "McCloud". " Roots was riveting television, great series. Every year has it's good, bad, ugly.

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

LOL...i was 9yrs old and watching The Brady Bunch reruns when the news of Elvis was announced.

@Tiberius291

2 жыл бұрын

@@elwin38 😊 👍

Notice the night and day difference from the 60s to the 70s. Just as I remember it. Everything rolled down hill from then on.

@clydegray9714

2 жыл бұрын

Yesterday, all my troubles seem so far away. Yesterday when I was young, life was sweet, had just begun. Knocking on the ole mans door. These days. I didn't ask for this life, though I damn sure lived it. A burden to none, not much of a help either. Lost faith in humanity. I was right all along.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

@@clydegray9714 hello, how are you doing today???

@clydegray9714

Жыл бұрын

@@henrygerfingerfinhenry I haven't been asked that in a long time not with interested intention unknown. I read my comment as well. Hard to put your finger on it. Time and place can only tell. You cant step in the same water twice. I appreciate you reading between the lines. Perhaps my 15 minutes of fame has presented itself, imagine that. Fly me to the moon let me reach upon the stars. Just having a moon is more than most recognize you know. I never met a Henry I disliked. It's good that you can see so far. I guess it's all about perception though. I'm still working on it, myself. Gotta go Henry

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

@@clydegray9714 I see. Sound good beautiful woman it seems you have been in a relationship before nice meeting you where are you from??? I have been busy since I'm sorry for the late reply I'm a honest and God fearing man??

Major Professional Sports Champions during 1977: MLB (74th World Series, Oct. 11-18) Yankees def. Dodgers 4 games to 2. NBA (Championship Series, May 22-June 5) Trail Blazers def. 76ers 4 games to 2. NFL (Super Bowl XI, Jan. 9) Raiders 32, Vikings 14. NHL (Stanley Cup Finals, May 7-14) Canadiens 4, Bruins 0. WHA (Avco Cup Finals, May 11-26) Quebec 4, Winnipeg 3. ALSO - Seattle Slew wins the Kentucky Derby (May 7), the Preakness (May 21) and the Belmont Stakes (June 11) to become the 10th horse to win the Triple Crown. Jean Cruguet was the rider of Seattle Slew.

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

I will never forget the 77 NBA finals. Dr J and the 76ers vs Bill Walton and the Blazers. My 1st finals i watched and it was a classic.🏀🏀

@davidpearson3304

2 жыл бұрын

That 76/77 Canadians team is probably the greatest team ever assembled.

@thedreadtyger

2 жыл бұрын

Who could forget Seattle Slew, the horse who never lost?

@Milordvega

9 күн бұрын

Pele and the NY Cosmos won the old NASL title in the Brazilian soccer legend’s final year as a player! But I mostly remember 1977 sports for Doctor J and Reggie Jackson. Too bad only one won the title.

Great content. Thank you!

No mention of the blackout in NYC or anything about the Son of Sam, David Berkowitz ?!

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Those were my big memories that summer. All my mom's family are from Yonkers NY. Being 17 & never watching the news I head into the city by train the day after the black out! Insane. Get to Grand Central & no trains are running. Take a bus to Bronxville & then a cab to their house. Pretty good for a sheltered NJ suburban teen. Let the party begin. I'm staying at my aunt & uncles. He's a Lt. Detective in the Yonkers PD. He overheard my cousins talking about a party at Untermeyer's Park. All he sad to me was DONT. Cops are raiding that place. OK lots of other trouble to get up to. Son of Sam was caught outside his apt. In Yonkers later that summer in Aug.

@luisbohorquez7096

2 жыл бұрын

Hillside Strangler..LA..

@msriddles66

2 жыл бұрын

Keeping it on the brighter side!!

@michaelt.wardlespider2496

2 жыл бұрын

More events would be cool. Time constraints??? Lack of personal interest???

@rodcook9949

Жыл бұрын

They discussed Son of Sam in the 1976 recap

1977 was one of my favorite years. I graduated that year and spent that summer down the shore. I had a lot of fun. Great memories.

What I remember most vividly about that era were two things: The ubiquity of Disco Music (which you heard _everywhere,_ you literally couldn't escape it) and the feathered, "Farrah" hairstyle among young women, particularly the teenaged girls I went to school with. It was so common that I'd say at least 3/4 of the girls had it, with the remaining quarter being roughly evenly split between adopting the Dorothy Hamill 'wedge' cut or a a bizarre frizzy/crimped perm look that, thankfully, didn't last long & quickly faded to footnote obscurity...

I grew up in Johnstown, PA. I lived on top of the holl in the background of the Main St photo shown here in the video. My neighborhood was called Westmont. I was 6 years old the night of the storm/flood and I was terrified because there was so much lightning and thunder. We lost power and my mom said I fell adleep around 1030 pm. My dad woke me up in the morning and we drove the couple minutes to the top of the Inclined Plane and looked down over the city. All the destruction was very clear. I remember telling my dad that cars weren't supposed to float (I was very confused by that). Thanks for mentioning our flood story.

A lesser known event in 1977: Radio DJ George Gilmarc started a radio program in the Dallas-Fort Worth Texas area named the Rock and Roll Alternative. The radio show, which did get syndication nationwide, is the origin for the term alternative music.

The music was the greatest.

@julenepegher6999

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was!!

1977…Yes!!!!

Well it looks like I'm not the only one who had a ruff time in 1977, but I just love seeing these videos from yester year. Thank you for sharing. 👍😀👍

We had taken my 6 year old nephew in to raise that year and I remember buying him every Star Wars toy for Christmas I could find.

I think it’s kind of a disservice to Fleetwood Mac to say that the album was based on breakups and drugs without mentioning that it was the biggest selling album at the time and is still one of the top 10 albums of the 20th century

@julialane6645

2 жыл бұрын

True, I went to a Fleetwood Mac concert in Nashville in 1973. We were a few feet away from the stage. The concert was fantastic!! Genuine music!! Stevie Nicks voice is beautiful and her performance. I did not realize at the time I was fortunate to witness Lindsey Buckingham in Concert and the original Fleetwood Mac.

@lanceash

Жыл бұрын

@@julialane6645 Buckingham and Nicks didn't join Mac until near the end of 1974.

@julialane6645

Жыл бұрын

@@lanceash Well, the concert I attended was in 1974.

I saw Star Wars in Baytown, Texas at the Brunson Twin Theater. Old fashioned theater with huge screen. I remember Elvis' death. Atari 2600 was the 2nd video game we had. I still preferred to play outside.

I was 12 that year, remember most of these things, Star Wars was just so amazing at the time, loved the old TV shows like Three's Company and Love Boat. Hard to believe it has been over 40 years since all of this stuff.

The year 1977 was NOT the first time that snow fell on Miami; it had fallen the night I was born, in 1934!

@waterheaterservices

2 жыл бұрын

So you was born just past the depth of the Depression, 1932. Whenever I think things are rough now I think of the families that endured that, and think we got it pretty easy these days. My father was born in 1927 and began working at age 8 picking cotton around 1936 in east Texas, for 50 cents a day, sun rise to sun set. I suppose that's about 8 or 9 dollars in today's money. I can only imagine what millions of children went through in those years.

I had graduated from high school and off to college. I had so much Fun! I was on my own and felt so grown up.

I was only 3 and my dad took me to see Star Wars and it was the first movie I could remember seeing at a theater

Holy crap! I remember snow in Florida!! Didn’t know when it was… Thanks TIMELINE!

Miss those days

Every day that summer, I’d read the NY Post or Daily News about the Son of Sam murders. The whole city was on edge. It was also the summer of The Black Out in NYC. Crazy time, 1977.

I turned 8 years old in October of this year and was devastated when Elvis died. It was my grandmother’s birthday and I was so angry they were celebrating when Elvis was dead… 💔

@ronniemeeks6166

Жыл бұрын

You were 8 years old in 1977 regardless of what month you were born . . Even if you was born the last day of 1977 December 31. 1977 . . You can still say that you was 8 years old in the year 1977 . . January 1st or December the 31st the point is you turned 8 years old in 1977 . . . You said you turned 8 years old in October of 1977 . . The magic word here is you are 8 years old in the year 1977 . . It's the year that counts and not the month or today . . So anyway you look at it you were 8 years old in the year 1977 and what month and day doesn't change that fact .

Also in 1977... TV Special, It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown premiered on CBS.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget CHiPs started a six-season run on NBC in September

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today???

I remember so much of this.

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today

Draft Dodgers! I'm 59 and volunteered in 1980 for service in the US Marine Corps!

Love this channel

@henrygerfingerfinhenry

Жыл бұрын

Hello, how are you doing today

LOVE YOUR VIDS!!!

Turned 16 in 76 got my driver's license in 77 was a junior and the world was a little cra cra, we really didn't know what to expect next. But great movies and greater music left great memories .

Was ten years old then. The best year of my life. A year later mental illness hit me and been fucked up ever since. Age 56 man child still 11 years old. I want to go back and relieve the summer of 77

Well that ended on a dark note... yowza. Good job as always, thanks.

0:50 Fun fact! Much of Fantasy Island was filmed at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including the famous "Da Plane! Da Plane, Boss!" from the series' intro.

three's company absolutely loved the show and still do to this day I have the dvd collection. I wasn't a star wars geek lol. the good old days. it was sad when the singer of lynyrd skynyrd and the other members passed away. and the king of rock and roll Elvis left the building