No cell phones, personal computers, or social media. We had each other. Face to face. We talked, laughed, rode our bikes, climbed trees, watched Saturday morning cartoons, and Saturday Night Live at night, roller skated or skate boarded, and danced to some of the best music ever made. We didn't even realize how good we had it until it was gone.

@LauraTuller

19 күн бұрын

All true! Thanks for the memories! 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

@wmarkdyer

19 күн бұрын

Yeah way better when there were only 6 channels and the whole family had to share 1 TV and bathroom

@Treblaholland

19 күн бұрын

I am so grateful to have been born in '66. Life is a roller coaster and I cherish the high points.

@CC-hv9ei

18 күн бұрын

we had MX bicycles and if you played guitar, you were a god.

@markcab2055

18 күн бұрын

Yeah compared to those days, the day in age we live in now is a living hell.

Watergate is nothing compared to now.

@kristensorensen2219

20 күн бұрын

The gangster LBJ was much worse than Nixon; but never got caught! Vietnam is how I remember the early 70's!! 2024 is just as nuts with Ukraine v Russia!! Biden or Trump? WTF kind of choice is this?!! This Republic is over; as Franklin said: "If you can keep it"?!😢

@Nunofurdambiznez

19 күн бұрын

That is for D*MN sure!

@Nicksonian

19 күн бұрын

Richard Nixon was a Boy Scout compared to Trump. Nixon left office because he lost the support of his party. Those Republicans back then had some ethics…

@wendyjones3586

19 күн бұрын

I was thinking the very same thing !

@mayflowerpdx5706

19 күн бұрын

You got that right

We really didn't understand just how good we had it. I'd do it over again in a heartbeat.

@jcbulldog533

19 күн бұрын

I know same here

@METALHEAD550

19 күн бұрын

100%

@TXH1138

19 күн бұрын

If you were a kid in the 70's yep, but if you were draft age, not so much.

@jaya.0069

19 күн бұрын

Absolutely would!

@dieseldabberdoug8285

18 күн бұрын

Hell yeah brother!

Casey Kasem kept us up to date with the top 40 hits every week.

@angelagoodwin5758

19 күн бұрын

Yes!😊

@tutips7365

19 күн бұрын

American Bandstand is what I watched.

@SusanWelte

14 күн бұрын

Watching The Brady Bunch everyday after school

@sufiameen6093

12 күн бұрын

Yep! ❤

@richlaue

10 күн бұрын

And Cousin Brucie in NYC

70’s was fun and carefree! Graduated High School in 81! 70s also was the best decade for Rock music!!!!

@seanbradley6691

13 күн бұрын

loved Three Dog Night!

Who remembers “Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific” shampoo?

@edwardzarnowski5558

15 күн бұрын

You can still get it from a company called Vermont Country Store

@timsilva1944

15 күн бұрын

Or the sophomoric joke in response.

@SusanWelte

14 күн бұрын

How about the Nair commercial…..”we wear short shorts “

@thomashannan3006

14 күн бұрын

Or I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!

@gailmorgan2556

14 күн бұрын

Two two two mints in one.

I'm a late stage Boomer (1959) and was 11 in 1970. I Spent my Whole Teen Age years in the 70's. Best Music, Best Friendships, Best Experiences in my Life.

@angelagoodwin5758

19 күн бұрын

I was born in '58. Being a teen in those days was awesome! I bought Tiger Beat and 'Teen magazines. I had a huge crush on David Cassidy!

@charleighh.990

19 күн бұрын

@@angelagoodwin5758 I read Cream and had Barbra Carrara on my wall. That and A Few of the Black Light Velvet Posters.

@coldlakealta4043

19 күн бұрын

congratulations. you obviously never had a draft card like the 55000 young Americans who died in Viet Nam during the 70s. do you even remember them?

@David-ri3hi

19 күн бұрын

@@coldlakealta4043 I was born in 1955, I'm a mid boomer it went from 1946 - 1965. I signed up for the draft as did all others born when I was. My number, via the draft lottery, was too high for the last three years of the war and then the war was over. So 1959 isn't a late stage boomer and was subject to the draft.

@zekeonstormpeak4186

19 күн бұрын

The war was over in 73, so some one born in 59, would have been 14. I don’t think they drafted 14 year olds.

The Midnight Special and Wolfman Jack! Oh Yeah!

@billboggs6641

18 күн бұрын

Great show with live performances

@Fat12219

14 күн бұрын

Midnight Special 😮

@SusanWelte

11 күн бұрын

Loved that show

Wish I could go back to the 70’s. I had the greatest childhood ever. Born in 64

@CC-hv9ei

18 күн бұрын

born in 61. We had the best looking women / men.

@msbigdog1460

18 күн бұрын

I agree, born in 67. Miss the 70's and 80's. 😭

@joemcconnell2674

18 күн бұрын

Kids today stuck indoors on their tablets or laptops. The internet is a good thing. But also a bad thing.

@lexheath8276

17 күн бұрын

I was bred for farm labor. Don't miss that decade at all, but I do miss Granny. 1960 birth. I'm old enough now to give myself a childhood. Got all the toys.

@aschule5684

16 күн бұрын

62' and I'd go back in a heartbeat, I miss the good old days 😔

There will NEVER be a show like the original shows and cast of Saturday Night Live

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

Indeed

@KB-ke3fi

19 күн бұрын

Yeah now it's a left wing political hit show.

@platterjockey

19 күн бұрын

The original Not Ready For Prime-Time Players did things on that show that you couldn't get away with anywhere today, especially on the 1979-1980 season.

@bobblowhard8823

19 күн бұрын

I can name every cast member from the original SNL. They were all brilliant, iconic actors and people. After the original series left, it only went downhill from there. May Gilda Radner and John Belushi rest in peace. We will always miss them.

@platterjockey

19 күн бұрын

@@bobblowhard8823 Same here! I can name all of them. Dan Ackroyd and favorite guest Buck Henry played the ultimate sleazebags. Once they were gone, the show was awful untol Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo came on. That was pretty decent until they left. I haven't really watched the show since. And, when I do see it, it's unfunny. Today, they even apologize when they do go over the line. Producer Lorne Michaels and the original cast never apologized for anything.

Spencer Gifts black light posters, muscle cars, smoke filled rock concerts, banana-seat bikes, Circus Magazine and watching Combat! That was my 70's and I loved it.

@cainealexander-mccord2805

20 күн бұрын

There was nothing like the "back room" of Spencer's. Wall to wall blacklight posters and not a single colour that was found in nature. Boy, do I miss that store. It's unspeakably lame now.

@ConnerKirk433

20 күн бұрын

I remember Spencer's, i have another living room downstairs and all of the walls have different blacklight tapestry and i leave the lights on all of the time ​@@cainealexander-mccord2805

@josephgaviota

19 күн бұрын

When you mention "smoke filled" rock concerts, um, I think I remember what _kind_ of smoke. [edit: fix typo]

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

mmMMM why yes...puff, puff, pass!

@cindysue5474

19 күн бұрын

Cool incense burners brass water pipes boones farm wine custom vans hitchhiking across the US etc etc.

Got married in 71 and had a dumpy apt but loved every minute of it! Still married!!❤❤✌️

@josephgaviota

19 күн бұрын

Congratulations to you and your missus!

@fritz1990

19 күн бұрын

That's awesome! Congratulations.

@angelagoodwin5758

19 күн бұрын

Congratulations!

@MelodyAnn1957

19 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your long marriage. We got married in 1974. We're having our 50th this month. I love the song "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett.

@CC-hv9ei

18 күн бұрын

we had room mate construction workers in army coats and a wooden reel for a coffee table.

1976 was the best! Bicentennial, country wide patriotism! Not like today!

@larsrodbok1285

2 күн бұрын

Bicenteial minute by Shell

I used to wear tube socks and now that I’m older I’m wearing something similar called compression socks🤣

@tiffanyvalencia8415

19 сағат бұрын

Just put stripes on the top of them!

@artiek1177

8 сағат бұрын

@@tiffanyvalencia8415 🤣

Every car had a cigarette lighter, no one wore a seat belt, a bike helmet or checked their Halloween candy and yet, here we are, in our mid 60s and going strong.

@PowerHouseWash

12 күн бұрын

You somehow reminded me of the Son of Sam. It must have been the Halloween candy (my mother did check it).

It was great being 20 in the 70's , not so great being 70 in the 20's .... 🌎✌️🌍

@cynthiacarter532

15 күн бұрын

That's my husband and me. Married in 1972 when I was 21. Looking at 73 this month.

@johnking6252

15 күн бұрын

Congratulations, something seldom seen these days ✌️

@boboren8246

7 күн бұрын

Isn't that the truth

Generation X was born between 1965-1980, so most were not even alive in the 1970's. Many boomers did, in fact, grow up in the 70's.

@davidclark8543

6 сағат бұрын

Many Gen X WERE alive in the 70s & had fond remembrances galore from 1973-79 if you were born in late 60s & early 70s

The 70's were a great time to be a kid. I miss those days hanging out with friends, going to Saturday Matinees and we were always outdoors on our bikes or playing games.

@Fat12219

14 күн бұрын

Thing s 😢

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Yes, always outside with our friends or going to friends house to listen to 45s and albums in their basement. Mom dropping us kids off at the matinee, roller skating on Saturdays, going back to school shopping for clothes at the Sears Dept store, drive in movies with our parents and the three of us kids in the back of the station wagon, eating popcorn we brought from home - I miss those days!

Born 62, and i had the very special time portal in life to go through elementary, intermediate, and high school all in the 70s. Wouldn't change a thing.

@aschule5684

16 күн бұрын

I was born in 62 also 👍☮️

@wknight5595

11 күн бұрын

Me too, and i'm sure none of us can even recognize what's happened to this country today, and not in a good way.

@aschule5684

11 күн бұрын

@@wknight5595 isn't that the sad truth 😔 there's so much division and hatred and we all need to find a way to come together, strength in unity. Much peace and love to all my brothers and sisters out there ☮️❤️

You forgot beanbag chairs. 😮

70's kid here. I remember the news paper 📰 when Elvis died in 77.

@ericdonner7199

20 күн бұрын

I was 23 in 77 an we heard about it on the radio at work.

@juliejackman2649

20 күн бұрын

I remember us all in the car right after Elvis died and I remember how sad my Dad was.

@Agislife1960

20 күн бұрын

and John Wayne in 79

@mewregaurdhissyfit7733

20 күн бұрын

I was watching a TV movie when it was pre-empted with the News Flash.......ELVIS IS DEAD.

@josephgaviota

19 күн бұрын

I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of Elvis' death.

3:35 School House Rock vids were WONDERFUL. They should be run again nowadays.

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

Considering my fear for our educational system they would probably learn more than what is being taught😤😡😠

@patrick39432

19 күн бұрын

They are all available on KZread. My grandkids enjoy them.

@nobody1964-wc6bd

19 күн бұрын

Yes exactly. It should be shown again on Saturday am

@starmnsixty1209

19 күн бұрын

No doubt better than what passes for today's educational system.

@johnjay9404

18 күн бұрын

I have them all on DVD which I bought for my kids. I don't think it's available anymore.

What I'd give to go back in time

Pretty safe to say that the youth growing up now are much more troubled than we were back in the 60s and 70s

Everything from the 70’s was eventually banned but we all survived it. What a great era!

@splashpit

15 күн бұрын

Not all of us survived it but the ones that did are the ones that the younger generations shouldn’t fuck with !

@sterling557

10 күн бұрын

Lawn Darts!

the 70s was a great decade to be a teenager! i was 10 in 70, so i had the full brunt of the decade!

@carolynridlon3988

20 күн бұрын

Me too - that makes us late boomers not gen X! ❤❤❤

@donnaawb

20 күн бұрын

Me too

@Nunofurdambiznez

19 күн бұрын

Me too !

@verabeatrizraposodeabreu5171

19 күн бұрын

Me too. Born in 1960

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

Yes you did, how awesomely cool lol

Born in 57. Although 60’s was my grade school the 70’s was high school and marriage. Wide bell bottoms, earth shoes, mood ring, disco dancing on a lighted up floor, bf had a muscle car, mom had owl macrame wall hangings and plant holders, we had two rooms of shag carpet. One was black/orange and the other my sisters bubble gum room. Shag carpet mixed of three colors pink. My bf (future husband) loved Fonzie. He and buddies wore leather jackets. Then the end of the 70’s were many weddings. Every wedding the men had different colored tuxes.

@Fat12219

14 күн бұрын

To start over again 😢😢😢

I had tears in my eyes watching this, in this awful world we live in today its nice to go back and just see how good it really was, everybody helped each other, there was peace, and you could go anywhere without feeling threatend, kids today will never have this, im glad I was born when I was.

70’s were the best times of my life. Jr high and HS and 2 years of single fun after graduation then married in 79’. I wish I could go back and stay in the 70’s!

Here are some other 70s things I remember, smiley face stickers, biorhythms, LED watches, clogs, Bermuda bags, rope bracelets, bell bottoms, dome hair dryers, foam curlers, halter tops, wood burning kits, plastic bug cooking pots, woven potholders, K-tel records, Cracked magazine, National Lampoon magazine, aluminum folding lawn chairs, aluminum siding, aluminum storm windows, ten-speed bikes, Pop Rocks, wallpaper was common, unleaded gas introduced, WIN buttons (Whip Inflation Now), Mark Spitz poster, Munich Massacre, many airplane hijackings, Apollo 13, Skylab, Skylab crash, Iran Hostage Crisis, Three Mile Island, Vietnam War/evacuation, Yom Kippur War, Earth Day, hippies, communes, streaking, OSHA, Clean Air Act. With "Ma Bell" long distance was expensive and phones had to be rented so most houses only had one phone. There were many small amusement parks Lincoln Park, Whalom Park, Rocky Point.

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

I remember streaking - was with my sister (2 years older) and her best friend and we saw 2 guys streaking while we were leaving a Steak n Shake. LOL I was probably 15

@HappyQuailsLC

11 күн бұрын

Remember the things you'd light and they'd smoke and expand into long snakes of charred remains? And those little tissues filled with powder and iron that would explode loudly when thrown onto the sidewalk?

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

Puka shell necklaces. All the cool guys had one!

@geraldlueker7933

10 күн бұрын

Keeping a dime with you all the time no matter what,In case you had to call home

@hugoglenn9741

9 күн бұрын

Red Die #2, Califano, Jimmy Carter, Billy Beer, Mood rings, Pet rocks, Chia pets, those stupid sea monkeys in the back of the comic books, silk Italian shirts, velour pullovers. Dolly Parton, 1980s Dolly Parton, 1990s Dolly Parton, 2000s Dolly P, etc., etc. Then at then end it was Aliens, Punk Rock and Death of Disco riots

American Bandstand, Soul Train, Midnight Special. We were always groovin', day and night!

@michaelburton1924

16 күн бұрын

Also ‘’ in concert ‘’ on ABC friday nights.

@yvonnelewis4888

6 күн бұрын

Puff the magic dragon, the banana splits cartoon & The Monkees!

Generation X kid here! I was born June 18,1967. Loved the 1970's! Hello from Tyler Texas!

@c.3655

20 күн бұрын

Same here. November of 67.

@fredstockgate5029

19 күн бұрын

GO TEXAS! Just by chance stumbled onto this channel. Subscribed it of course. Born in 50's and enjoyed 60's 70's and most others. Fun memories 90% good. Grew up outside of Los Angeles and must have missed the racism. I didn't see any until later on when the Left and their Media started hard pushing it on us. I still don't see it with my eyes but they make sure my ears are full of it. Semper Fi USA and all the good memories.

@zawjatsaid1

19 күн бұрын

July 30th 1967 here

@marksmith6331

19 күн бұрын

From Houston born in December '69 so barely made it in the "60's". What got me was the Wacky Packages. I forgot all about them but I know in elementary school we boys loved those stickers. It was a flash back alright.

@nobody1964-wc6bd

19 күн бұрын

Hello brother. Anyone born in the 1960's knows how great it was growing up when we did.

Dorothy Hamill was famous for the 'Wedge' haircut, not the bowl cut.

@nickimontie

20 күн бұрын

I had that cut, then the follow-up version where only the edges were permed.

@billboggs6641

18 күн бұрын

My wife was 21 and had that cut. Looked amazing

@aschule5684

16 күн бұрын

@@billboggs6641 wedge haircuts are very attractive 🥰

@michaelbarbuto

12 күн бұрын

Her hairdo was called the Hamill Camel if I recall correctly.

@cee8mee

12 күн бұрын

@@michaelbarbuto No, that was her signature skating move.

Crochet ponchos were very popular. Drive-in movies also.

@laureencriss8220

19 күн бұрын

And iron-on t-shirt places in the mall. Band names, logos, sayings: "Hang in there, Baby!", "Keep on Truckin'!", "Peace"... ✌️

@donnabanks7656

19 күн бұрын

@@laureencriss8220 EXCELLENT!

@thelittlegreenball6813

18 күн бұрын

I loved going to the drive-in with my Dad! There is still one functioning near my home and I go sometimes.

@donnabanks7656

18 күн бұрын

@@thelittlegreenball6813 very nice!

@SusanWelte

14 күн бұрын

Wearing halter tops

9:40 We were poor, and my mom made a **LOT** of Hamburger Helper.

@thegoldendog7991

19 күн бұрын

Don’t knock the helper lol. I enjoyed it.

@elgato894

18 күн бұрын

same here,loved every plate of the helper

@ericpetersen8155

18 күн бұрын

We were super poor. We managed, I got rich in the late 90’s. Funny how somehow now that doesn’t matter. Looking back the 70’s were better.

GenX here, I completely remember ALL these things! I cherish the 70’s and I’m so glad I got to be a part of it! 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

@hugoglenn9741

9 күн бұрын

For Genx the 1980s were as good as the 70s. In 1980 Preppy destroyed everything 1970s

"We made Love in my Chevy van...."

@kelly171a

15 күн бұрын

Great song!!

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Sammy Johns sang it - love it!

@althunder4269

11 күн бұрын

If this van's a rockin' don't come a knockin'

Got married in 1974. We had some pretty dumpy apartments and one place we had to do dishes before we ate because of the roaches. We had lots of sadness and hardship but stayed together until 2021 when my wife died.

The thing I remembered about the 1970ies was the feeling of gratitude. Ww2 vets were still very commonplace. Any adult or authority figure was yes Sir/No ma'am. Now the gratitude feeling is replaced with " I DESERVE IT."

@user-ps6gu2sg3t

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, I wish I had spent more time talking with the WW2 vets. Now I am a Desert Storm vet and as old as those WW2 vets were in 77

@riprock23

2 күн бұрын

@@user-ps6gu2sg3t A friend of the family had been a bomber pilot in WWII. Probably early 1990's I tried to talk to him about that time. He told me what he flew but quickly changed the subject. I could tell by the look in his eyes he didn't want to remember and couldn't forget.

As a teen in the 1970's, we went to the local arcade to play video games for hours. When a friend got Pong, his home became the place to be. As basic as that game was, having it on a home TV felt like technology had reached its PINNACLE. What could be greater? Nobody imagined everybody would soon have games on their phones. Or even phones that weren't attached to a wall. Only in the world of the Jetsons!

@jasonwomack4064

20 күн бұрын

I was born in 81, and have always been thankful that 70's teens were such a large demographic. It made their interests, TV shows (in reruns), and trends stick around longer. It made my childhood an interesting blend of the new, and the best parts of the previous decade.

@sonyafox3271

19 күн бұрын

Heck, we had game rooms in the early 80s, me and, my friend always went every change we could get, ( lol, in the 80s I was in my pre-teens) and, sure enough older teenagers and young adults ended up getting them shut down because, they came in their and, started stealing and, they became in festered with drugs.

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

My Favorite cartoon!

The best years of our lives! Grew up playing with my Matchbox cars, Tonka trucks & Viewmaster to name a few. Learned a lot from watching Sesame Street & Electric Company. Rockin those bell bottom pants & Hang Ten t-shirts! Turned 5 years old in 1970. 14 by 1979.

@johnjay9404

18 күн бұрын

I put down my G.I. Joe's from the 60's and all of a sudden Evel Knievel was the man. I really got into bicycles and jumping them.

@BufordTGleason

18 күн бұрын

Big Wheel!

Great time to be a teen Graduated in 75 bought a 56 mustang installed a 8 trak craig tape player . Married my high school sweet heart and still her one and only. Now retired have 4 grand children life has been good . And the music was great.

@LauraTuller

19 күн бұрын

I grew up with my dad driving a ‘67 olive green Mustang convertible also with 8 tract tape player. 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

@stevebobamerican8635

18 күн бұрын

There was no 56 Mustang

@LauraTuller

18 күн бұрын

@@stevebobamerican8635 I think they meant ‘65? 😂

At least there was a Republican Party that held Nixon accountable!!

The 70's were very interesting in all aspects. My pre teen and teenage years were all in the 1970's. AND I MISS EVERYTHING !

@mindysmith3683

18 күн бұрын

Why ? Give up , because you were a kid , no responsibility. That's all every generation misses childhood . Not me .

Damn you! As soon as I saw "School House Rock" I started singing Conjunction Junction.😅

@coldsamon

19 күн бұрын

Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right. 😂🤣

@angelagoodwin5758

19 күн бұрын

😄

@DebZaragoza

17 күн бұрын

I still show School House Rock videos in my classroom! Grammar Rock, Multiplication Rock, America Rock...it's all good for teaching! 🤣😂

@aschule5684

16 күн бұрын

"he was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear, so I whipped out my adjectives" 😂

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

@@DebZaragoza Me too! Always gets a laugh from my adult ed/GED students.

The Midnight Special was special because all (or nearly all) performances were LIVE. That's right, no lip synching. It was the next best thing to going to a concert.

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Love the song Midnight Special by CCR - from 1969! As teens we used to love watching the Midnight Special with friends.

@1952jodianne

11 күн бұрын

I remember watching my first music video on Midnight Special, Alice Cooper's "Elected".

@francesmartel7948

20 сағат бұрын

Wolfman Jack!! LOL ❤!

The mineral oil rain lamps. Does anyone else remember those?

@cynthiamurphy3669

19 күн бұрын

Lord, yes. You brought back a memory! I found the lamp in the early 80s at a church rummage sale after I'd bought myself a house. My dad hung it for me, and it actually worked. I also bought a glass and metal etagere (a 4-shelved open thing) to match. I eventually sold the glass stuff at a garage sale. I grew up with the Early American furniture in the 70s and actually prefer the warmer woods even now, the stuff that was made well back then. (I truly don't like much of the modern furniture I see, seems like it's just crap, ditto the modern appliances).

@heartofjesusdj

19 күн бұрын

@@cynthiamurphy3669 I agree. By the way if you ever need a replacement motor for the lamp, Amazon sells them.

70’s was an awesome decade to be a kid. 80’s was great for jr. High and high school. I still have my original Farrah Fawcett poster framed to this day 😍😍

@bobblowhard8823

19 күн бұрын

I had that same poster. I would still love to have that poster today. May she rest in peace.

@mindysmith3683

18 күн бұрын

I hope she rests in peace knowing that 😮

Sometime in the early 2000s I bought Schoolhouse Rock on DVD so that I could share it with my kids. I found Bob Dorough's website, sent him an email thanking him, and that I was now sharing his masterpieces with my kids. I got a short reply back saying thanks.

@phabulous1614

17 күн бұрын

I remember those clunky 8 tracks tapes being played in my family’s 🚘 car. 😆

Generation X kid here! Born on the 5th of July, 1969!!!!!!!!! We had a Pet Rock lol!

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Me too and a lava lamp and shag carpet in my bedroom and a ton of 45s to listen to - wow those were such fun times!

12:35 I remember waiting in line on odd/even days, to buy gas for 42¢ a gallon (in So. Cal.).

@coldsamon

19 күн бұрын

I remember my parents wanting in line for gas here in central California.

@laureencriss8220

19 күн бұрын

Same in Seattle, Washington. I was just 10 sitting in the passenger seat in a long line around the block for a limited number of gallons.

@ericpetersen8155

18 күн бұрын

@@coldsamonI was in Tracy ca

@mindysmith3683

18 күн бұрын

Protest

@coldsamon

18 күн бұрын

@@ericpetersen8155 I was and still am in Oakdale.

I remember my sister and I getting crochet vests. They were all the rage. I loved shagged carpets, I still have them today. Mood rings, pet rocks, bike riding without a helmet, earth shoes, clackers, cartoons, Tiger Beat magazine, playing in construction zones (we knew to avoid the wooden planks with 6 inch protruding nails, no one had to warn us), going out on Halloween without an adult. We had freedom that no kid today could possibly imagine.

@althunder4269

11 күн бұрын

We had blood red shag carpeting in our living room. It was quite a sight.

You forgot about lawn darts. If you had a lawn dart and some clackers you were armed and ready for battle. And Dorothy Hamill did not have a bowl haircut. She had the Wedge. They were a bit different.

@lovly2cu725

20 күн бұрын

The wedge haircut. I had it

@broederbond60

19 күн бұрын

DEFINITELY. I still own two sets of lawn darts, fun game.

@sonyafox3271

19 күн бұрын

That and, we had not only the lawn darts but, we also had ring around the daisies! The day, we got our own tether ball pull set up in our back yard, that’s one of the things,I loved about the 70s and, playing with my baton, I so, wanted to go out for our local baton group and, because, of the outfits they wore, my mom flat out said, no! In the 80s, I was going into my teens and, we moved and, my mom got me 2 from a sports store that were straight, that really just made things better. So, I kept trying to push and, it was just no use!

@laureencriss8220

19 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying that about Dorothy Hamill's haircut--the wedge. This is the 2nd video of his where he has made that mistake. Not a big deal. He brings us some great memories!

@laurielenig9939

19 күн бұрын

Dew I couldn't remember the name of the haircut!!😉

Mork And Mindy

@yvonnelewis4888

6 күн бұрын

Don’t forget ALF!!

I remember every bit of the 70s there will never be another time like it one of my favorite memories is as simple as going to the mall and getting a slice of pizza and yes I had a pet rock Fred

@bobblowhard8823

19 күн бұрын

I hope Fred is still doing OK, wherever he may be.

@starmnsixty1209

19 күн бұрын

Is Fred still with us?

@hannahlong763

19 күн бұрын

@starmnsixty1209 I would imagine but where who knows 😆

Conjunction Junction was sung by Jack Sheldon, trumpet player on the Merv Griffin Show.

@jeanbean1390

19 күн бұрын

I think he also sang "I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill"

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Conjunction Junction what's your Function? Love it!

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

@@jeanbean1390 Yes he did

I remember my mom raking the shag carpeting and using it to detect when any of us kids went in the front room where the entire room and furniture were only used for guests. My behind hurts just from that memory. Lol

Saturday Night Live debuted just when I started college. I’ll never forget sitting in the packed dorm TV lounge, all of us roaring in laughter.

@leejones7439

17 күн бұрын

I was 11 when SNL came on. I was sleeping over at a friend's house and her parents let us stay up to watch it. I saw the very first episode!

I remember when we got cable TV in the 1970's. We got stations that had afternoon movies, late night movies, late-late night movies, morning movies and noon-time movies. It was great having the ability to watch movies form 1940's to late 1960's.

Brings me back to a simpler time. 😪

I still think about the movie Jaws every time I get into the ocean. That movie ended our tourist season eight week early. No one was going into the water !

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Saw that movie with my BF (now husband) along with Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, The Omen, Beyond the Door, Car Wash, The Goodbye Girl (my fav). and so many more.. So many good movies in the 70s!

Last Oct I went and looked at a house in Missouri of which the previous owner had passed away. It was like a time capsule from 1976, and brought back so many memories! Earth tones everywhere, orange/rust colored shag carpeting in every room but the bathroom, hanging lamps over the kitchen counters, which were orange, multi colored wallpaper, a giant TV and stereo set encased in real wood that must've weighed 200lbs, avocado green cabinets and appliances, ( all from Sears) the biggest microwave I've ever seen ( you could easily fit a big turkey in it) with dials, not touch pads and so much more. Fun fact, I still recall going with my dad to a gas station in 79 and paying over a dollar per gallon for the 1st time for regular (leaded) fuel. He was so flabbergasted, he kept the receipt.

Born in 58. Great time to grow up….

Our carpets were rust brown and orange countertops in the kitchen. 3 channels on the TV. We watched Waltons as a family and Mom watched Carol Burnett and Sanford and Son for comedy.😊

Born in 1962 and I grew up in the 1970's . I love it!!!!!!! I wore hip hugger bell buttem jenes and clogs and I carryed a mental lunch box, I went to the drive in movies with my mom and dad and a friend of mine. Boy did I love growing up then. Lol, we watched that movie up in Alaska. My dad kept putting his hands over my eyes and it wasn't until I was a lot older that I found out why, scary as heck. I miss those days.

Garret Morris screaming: "And now the news for the deaf." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@morganm9040

19 күн бұрын

Jane, you ignorant slut. It just goes to show you, it’s always something.

@mayorb3366

18 күн бұрын

LOL! Yet another bit of comedy greatness that would be a career-ender these days.

@Always_there99

17 күн бұрын

OMG - had me laughing at that - I was 15 in 75 and Saturday Night Live was amazing

@althunder4269

11 күн бұрын

Back when SNL was funny.

1970's had great disaster films like Earthquake, Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, Airport, Airport '75, Black Sunday just to name a few.

@SusanWelte

19 күн бұрын

I remember Poseidon Adventure in my parents station wagon at drive in very good movie

@aschule5684

16 күн бұрын

Never forget The Poseidon adventure at the movie theater, that giant wave capsizing the boat! I didn't see it until a few years after it came out but the very scary "The Exorcist" also came out in the early 70's 😬 I believe it came out in 73 but I don't think I saw it until 76 or so

@althunder4269

11 күн бұрын

I remember that Poseidon Adventure song: "the morning after."

@karlfonner7589

9 күн бұрын

Don’t forget Charlie and the chocolate factory. And the movie the Cowboys with John Wayne and Bruce Dern

Remember the band Bay City Rollers😂

@slysmilincat2828

10 күн бұрын

Saturday night 🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶😄

Don't forget the plastic that coverd the sofa, love seats and chairs!!

@user-ps6gu2sg3t

5 күн бұрын

Remember that plastic in summer with no AC

I loved the 70's! So many wonderful memories of much younger days.

Sir: Just wanted to say how very much I enjoy your channel. As someone who as born in the mid-1960s, you have allowed me to look back fondly, even wistfully, on past decades when America wasn't gripped in the insanity it struggles with today. Thank you for what you do.

I was born in May of 1967, so I remember all of this and more. I had just turned 10 when "Star Wars" was released. I'll never forget it. I collected everything about the movie, and I still have all my old Star Wars action figures (including the original telescoping lightsabers). I also collected Wacky Packages, and later Star Wars cards. Kids road Big Wheels and Green Machines but when you got old enough, you had a bike. And for a real blast from the past - Sears and Kmart were a big deal! Now, good luck finding one. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Van Halen...so many great rock bands.

Besides Mad magazine there was a similar one called Cracked. My small rural hometown did not have a disco, but we had a country music radio station that played all the greats from that time. I would get in dad’s car sometimes and listen to the CB, and try to call my uncle who went by the handle of Cannonball.

Thanks for mentioning the bicentennial this time. I think many people didn't even know what it was when I mentioned it in the comments last time. That's kind of sad very sad

I had a Friend who had a van in highschool. It was a beautiful looking red "perp van" with matching red shag carpeting and hippie decor. You could fit 8 and go to the drive in. Then go to Lucky Burgers. Those were awesome times.

American Band Stand. Having a stereo with a stack of records or Cassette or 8-track tapes. Black light posters, bed spreads and rugs. Model cars, trucks and air planes, drink can pull tab chains hang from rear view mirror were popular in the 70s.

@williamwilkins3084

14 күн бұрын

I still have my old stereo from the 1970s that my parents bought me for Christmas, the stack record changer, 78-speed, and all.

Dr. Scholl's wooden sandals and Coty Sweet Earth Perfume and DIY candles ( you got a jar, a wick and three different scents of wax chips to layer as you pleased.) The scents were sandalwood, grass, hay, patchouli, and fruit ones like strawberry, melon, tangerine and others. There was also a green apple perfume in a glass decanter . ( Their slogan was "wear it and he'll bite!) I remember in Science Class one day ( after most of the girls came in late from trying to run to class in chunky platform shoes 🙂) our teacher said " It's smells like fruit salad in here " and all the girls pulled out their little portable perfume packs and started naming their favorite scents! My room was wallpapered in bright pink and orange flowers and full of posters that I bought for ten cents and my brother put up in my room all these psychedelic glow in the dark black light posters. An era of hair, hot pants and hippies. Everyone was into the Bicentennial with colonial furniture, granny maxi dresses, the Bicentennial star logo was everywhere. Midi skirts and minis, and boys prom tuxedos were baby blue, yellow, peach and ruffled. Bright colored clothes were everywhere and embroidered jeans and ponchos. Space was big too as we all watched the rockets blast off. They televised the first Earth Day celebrations all day. I can still remember watching a group of people throwing a giant Earth Ball around. My Dad and older brother waiting to buy gas every other day when allowed. We had the rust brown shag carpet too and TV trays to eat your TV dinners on to watch all the sitcoms on then. And I finally admit it, I had a BIG crush on Bobby Sherman from " Here Comes the Brides." Days were spent outside, bike riding, playing with super balls, trading Wacky Packages and reading Seventeen, Mad and Glamour magazines. Glamour gave the instructions on how to do the Hustle.

@gailmorgan2556

13 күн бұрын

Yes trading wacky packs! A huge activity with the neighborhood gang. Loved them!🎉

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

I remember the original Herbal Essence shampoo - smelt so good, also Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo. As far as incense - love the patchouli - I buy Tyler Candle Company's wax melts in the fragrance "Hippie Chick" and it takes me back to the 70s!

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

Remember Gunne Sax, those godawful prairie dresses that were promoted for prom and other special occasions? Our generation (I was born in '61) got SO ripped off. When our bodies were great, we had to hide them. Wearing a dress like our kids wear today to prom would never have been allowed!

Leif Garrett, and then came Kiss. Best looking guys, great music, and freedom to roam with out worry. Wish we could bring it all back.

@starmnsixty1209

19 күн бұрын

Yeah for certain.

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

I am old enough to remember David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman posters! LOL

@hugoglenn9741

9 күн бұрын

Come on, you can’t say Leif without mentioning Shaun Cassidy and Christy McNichol in the same breath.

John Travolta. He started out on Welcome Back Kotter then made 2 blockbuster movies in a row, Saturday Night Fever and Grease. And Elton John. I remember he was the first white person to perform on Soul Train. I believe he sang Philadelphia Freedom. Imo, the best decade for movies was the 1970s. SOOO many classics were made in the 70s

@valerierice3046

19 күн бұрын

3 in a row, Urban Cowboy right after Grease.

I remember chasing the mosquito truck down the street on my bikes with my friends and running home from school and watching Dark Shadows.

@aschule5684

12 күн бұрын

Wow 2 memories I remember well, every summer the mosquito truck and Dark Shadows 😳 Barnibus Collins 😬 not your average soap opera

@momsher1

11 күн бұрын

Yes loved Dark Shadows!

Remember midnight special! Loved it!!

@patcurrie9888

20 күн бұрын

They're available on DVD, I have them.

I was a Junior in high school in 1970. Two years later I was in the Marine Corps. But, I remember the 70's quite well and did a lot of growing up back then!

@JaxNole61

20 күн бұрын

Semper Fi!

I was definitely obsessed with Star Wars when it came out.

@johnjay9404

18 күн бұрын

Star Wars came to our little town and played at the drive-in theater. My school buddy and I parked in the front row and layed in the grass, high as hell, looking up at the huge screen and watched the movie.

I'm from Northborough, Massachusetts, -about 33 miles west of Boston. I grew up during this time. I'll be 60 in August. I can definitely state that almost nobody from my generation wanted to look like Adam Rich, and we certainly did NOT beg for a stupid "bowl cut," haircut! My parents were very liberal, but, when it came to haircuts , there were choices of barbers in our town, one of which was a retired Marine, who'd ONLY cut a boys hair in the USMC traditional ,"High and Tight, " fashion. Every male that walked in that barber shop would walk out with a quarter inch on the very top of his head, and absolutely baby slick sides and the back of their head. And, this barber actually retired in his 70s having earned a very comfortable middle class income from his barber shop, and ,having followed the book, "The Millionaire Barber," he actually did retire a multimillionaire! Being in the mid-decade, our tastes in music did very much despise disco! Boys weren't about learning dances like the hustle, or the chicken dance! They were excuses to leave the floor at the Rollerskating Rink, which, we did NOT call roller discos! These entertainment facilities owners were retired Marines & Police Officers, - my favorite place, Spinaround, was owned by the very conservative Former US Marines, - State Police Leiutenant, Mr. Crocker, and his brother, Boston Police Captain Crocker & their families. The young men of my generation hated Former president Jimmy Carter, for his support of the Ayatolla against the Shah of Iran in the Iranian revolution, AND we hated the Muslim extremists who truck bombed the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beruit, Lebanon, in 1983, - prompting many of us to head to our nearest Marine Corps Recruit Station! We wore Mickey Mouse flipping the bird, t shirts, which stated: F**k Iran, and showed our patriotic support for the hostages Iran took by supporting Ronald Reagan for President in 1980! The democrats did so much harm to our returning troops from Vietnam, we had to support a conservative to restore the Republic, which is exactly what Reagan did!

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

Wow, glad to see you saw the light despite having liberal parents! But back then, liberals still did love America. It wasn't like today when the entire democrat party has given way to globalism, communism and some kind of weird corporate totalitarianism. I'm a Marine wife btw, and glad to hear the Marine barber made some $ in the 70s!

@carlrodrigues6919

7 күн бұрын

Reagan debt ceiling 18 times ,aids union buster dead economy trickle down bs cocaine great job Ronnie..FTD

When SNL was funny.

Our bathroom was pink with matching pink toilet paper.

I still remember the smell of those lunchboxes.

2:07 Somehow, in my area, they were called "Klik-Klaks" ... and yes, they were _very_ popular.

@patcurrie9888

20 күн бұрын

Klick Klacks were acrylic. I had a purple pair. Oh the forearm bruises!

@markcollins2666

19 күн бұрын

@@patcurrie9888, they just made a comeback here in the Philippines. They must have improved on the acrylic, and they now have a plastic A-frame, that the string fits in at the centerline with a hole on top for a finger or thumb. A 4 year old can clack like an expert!

@mikeorahood9867

18 күн бұрын

Popper knockers!

I was born 1965, and I had so much fun!! I actually still have a good amount of elementary/junior high school memories, but the mid 70s and 80s were awesome times!! I'd 100% go back if I could - I have no regrets about anything really, and even though there were bad times, I doubt I'd change anything drastically except not wanting to hurry up to become a "grown-up" lol Excellent decade 🥰

@lisajohnson4715

12 күн бұрын

Coincidentally I was born in July 1965 & my name is Lisa Lynn!😂

@lisalynnmarie2448

12 күн бұрын

@@lisajohnson4715 How very cool, and I'm January!! Happy early birthday to ya!! 🥳🎂 How many times in school were you called on using the first letter of your last name? Lisa W was me, but was the only one that started with a W. Also, at least 4 or more other Lisa's were in each class 🙄 lol

@lisajohnson4715

12 күн бұрын

You will not believe this, since there were at least a million girls named Lisa, in all my 12 years of school, there was only one time in the 4th grade where there was another Lisa. And the teacher called us little Lisa & big Lisa! But that's in Augusta GA, where do you live?

The 70s seemed like a chill decade. I became a young adult in 2000. I always wondered what it would be like to be a young adult in the 70s. All the restrictive barriers from the silent generation were breaking and people of all groups were becoming closer and pushing for peace. The music alone is what I wanted to experience. Hearing all of those classic R&B tracks as new releases had to have been memorable.

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

Yup, almost all the songs were about love, making love, being in love and getting along. Oh you had a few "revolution" songs, but mostly it was "Moonlight.... is right..." Not like today's rap music, where chaos and violence is celebrated.

@hugoglenn9741

9 күн бұрын

The 1970s was a binomial decade. Some still continued to buy in the 1960s decade, others never bought in in and were moving along in their own style

Midnight Special was the best…

I used to love bench seats in cars...it was like sitting on a sofa while u drove around Edit: born in 1962, the 70s were the BEST!!!

@laureencriss8220

19 күн бұрын

Yep! You could sit close to your sweetheart while he (she) was driving. My boyfriend had a Dodge Dart Swinger in green. 😊 (born in 66)

@OohMyHead

12 күн бұрын

The closer you sat, the more you liked him 😊

@laureencriss8220

12 күн бұрын

@@OohMyHead 😍

Point of contention: We didn't ASK for bowl cuts, we were GIVEN bowl cuts, lol! 😅

Did you realize that when you showed the boys with the bowl cuts that the boy on the right was Ben Affleck when he played CT Granville in The Voyage of the Mimi. That show ran on PBS around the time of 3-2-1 Contact and The Electric Company. My son watched them all but especially loved The Mimi. We recorded all the episodes on VHS and watched them for years. When my son was 6 we went to Gloucester where the Mimi was moored and since my brother was friends with the owner Peter Marston (who played Captain Granville) we got to go aboard and I got pictures of my son at the wheel. He was in 7th heaven! Mr. Martson's wife and daughter gave us a tour of the Mimi.

The annual family vacation was a long road trip using paper maps where you didn’t know if your family car would overheat or break down when you got there (both happened to us, on separate trips). Flying was a special treat where you actually used the barf bag during turbulence. It was the best of times. 😊

Yeppers, I did indeed grow up in the 70's, I graduated high school in 1978, I surely miss those days for sure! Thanks for the Blast from the Past!

@lbarmstrong1

10 күн бұрын

Saying things like "yeppers!" Best regards and smiles...

@carlrodrigues6919

7 күн бұрын

1977

Pretty spot on grouping. With the platform shoes, bell bottoms were a HUGE fashion, even with Earth shoes.

@johnjay9404

18 күн бұрын

Our fashion was bell bottom jeans with patch pockets, like the sailors wear. Hiking boots with red laces. And just a pocket t-shirt. Or bib overalls.

I had sheets just like the ones on the waterbed in this video----LOL

The 70s makes today feel like an absolute nightmare.

I was. Elementary school age in the 70s. I remember watching the Partridge family. Loved Saturday morning cartoons and school house rock had catchy tunes.

@SusanWelte

14 күн бұрын

Don’t forget The Brady Bunch