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Legends never die! RIP champ

27/12/1999

My mom always had this on in our house when I was a kid. I can still remember her always baking cookies and donuts and my dad and brother and me would trim the tree. As hokey as it sounds, it was really like that. The 80s were different. Neighbors would come over. They’d just walk over and everyone enjoyed everyone’s company. Times have changed. Humanity is broken

I was alive in that year

I remember Christmas eve we listened to it

40 years later the France Olympics games is a joke today I was born in August of 1984

The Olympics were much better during the Cold War.

I was 17 that year and for all the people who think of the 90's as great times I hate to tell you but the 90's is what ushered in a lot of bad stuff in America, the last true great decade was the 80's, by the 90's things were starting to suck...just being honest

Remember it well watched it in Sundance Saloon Vail RIP Bill

I also recorded this treasure in 1989,but I paused through the commercials.

So, SO Strong!!!! Have relished GAWKing at "The Twins" since they were 8--playing with the mountain, brimming w fearless gusto and joy.

I was born in 1990 and it gave me nostalgia watching this video on what happened in 1990 😃 thank you mom I know it must of been tough

Wild, thanks.

this sucks. you missed the best, showing the worst.

Dang. A lot of stuff happen this year.

the champion should've been STENMARK, not these two stupid american clowns

Fun to see again. Ron and Judy

INCREDIBLE!!!! I remember watching this, Very Impressive!

I'm in my mid 20's. I grew up in a small town, a little behind in the times and a lot of people were stuck in 70's and 80's culture. So outside of some things still being somewhat relevant, I've learned, seen and heard about all the late and great of the 80's. It was a cool time to be alive. At times I wish I was raising my family over 30 years in the past... Life is amazing now, yet so sad and desperate. Technology has exceeded our capacity as a society. We are on the edge. It's the life I was given though. I am blessed to have the knowledge and appreciation of what came before me.

It's literally 1984

Putting the baby at the end of the video spoke to me. I was born December 97' lol

I had this too. The problem was the car kept getting stuck in the curves. It seems like it did not have the power to make it all the way through. In the commerical it worked great but not so much in real life. I remember my dad being really pissed off about it and wanting to return it. He called it a piece of junk.

97 baby here 🎉

I was 10 years old watching this live on Tv Ljubljana (SLO national TV). Everybody here was happy he was able to beat the Austrian

Unbelievable to think that this was playing in our living room 39 years ago when I was a 14 years old kid. If someone would have told me that I'd be 53 years old and watching this on my phone/computer using something called KZbin I wouldn't have been able to process the thought. But here we are and for all the so called innovations since then I wish it was 1983 again. A much simpler, safer, and quiet world back then.

Fondly remember watching this-It was outstanding from start to finish.

This is way better than what’s on the TV for it right now! 🫤

3:44 only here for Him

My dad passed away in 97 and from there, that was a crazy year with so many changes.

Same film used for WPHL-17 Philadelphia.

To this 15 year old in 1984, Bill Johnson was the coolest guy on the planet.

I was 10 years old that year

I see the year of my birth had a lot going on.

It saddens me that I am the only one commenting on this video. This was when the games were still pure. I great moment of the United States

1990 doesn't seem that long ago to me, but it obviously is a long time ago now!

1:07 where was it?

Great moment I was 14. Time stood still.

Fun fact - the 90's is when things started to suck , the 80's was the last great decade

In that season he won not only the olympic downhill race but also 3 World Cup races, among them the one in Wengen. So, he must have been a good skier/racer

The IRA had sympathizers all over!

Recently saw Bill on an old Johnny Carson show. So sad, but an American hero nonetheless. Amen brother Bill, God bless you in heaven. Bo

I still remember this run as a 10 year old. What a story!!

played for hours with this when i was 4 or 5, still remember it very well. best game i had. im now 60.

We don't see truly great stories like this in sports anymore. True, strong characters get politicked out along the way anymore. RIP Bill Johnson. A TRUE American legend.

It's not how or even when you die that matters, it's what you do when you're here on earth that counts. He was a thing of beauty on skis, with an in your face, devil may care attitude, when America and the Olympics were great. No one ever looked better in the air. I love Billy the kid.

Bill and his father in law taught me how to build houses. Man, the memories. Thanks Bill and Dennis! RIP Bill.

seems more official with Mayor Ben

When skiing slalom was like a great fight and required true athleticism. Today's racing is so robotic and unexciting by comparison.

And in 2022, all of these events in the video will accomplish the 25th 'anniversary' role