1970s Flashback - 10 Fads You've Probably Forgotten About (Part 1)

[@MagnaLume]

This is the Part 1 of a multi-part series. Part 2 is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OYoYGda9OKq5Y Were you around in the '70's? What were some of the fads that you remembered, liked or disliked? Not every fad from the 70's is represented in the film; there were tons more. Love to see your comments... Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed this '70's flashback retrospective!

[@AcEFilmsStudio755]

i am all 70's

[@dbcruser3133]

I still have clothes from the 70's, are you telling me they are out of style? My macramé plant hanger from the 70's is still brand-new, never could decide what plant I wanted to put in it!

[@snowwhite7677]

Hipsters were the WORST! Oh wait, that's now...

[@gingerelvira6587]

Extra Big Bell Bottoms

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

I remember the Big Wheel trikes, “Chrissy” dolls that had “growing hair,” the Screamin Demon & Evel Knievel toy bikes you ran a strip through, then set it on the floor. They ran briefly and then fell over. I also remember “Mr. Microphone” and its lurid commercial: “Hey, good lookin’! We’ll be back to pick you up later!”

[@pequena_ninera]

I grew up as a 70's kid. Playing outside in the summer and didn't have to worry about much, except to make sure I came inside to eat lunch and then go back outside to play and then come back when the street lamps came on. Those were the days.

[@dooglebee]

Ours was the house where all the neighborhood kids would meet up to play. I still remember how we'd all stop and listen when one or more of us heard a voice ring out from somewhere in the neighborhood. First one to recognize it would report it to the rest of us. "Your mom is calling you for dinner." Once dinner time was over, we'd all gradually meet up again and continue where we left off. The lines of communication we had back then we're far more effective than the ones they have now. lol

[@einwolfsrudel]

"When the street lights come on." That phrase brings back tender memories to me.

[@Anita_Backrub]

I was born in '66 so I came up in the 70's. It was such a nice time to be a kid.

[@DC-ei9vl]

@@Anita_Backrub Me too. Seems we got the best parts of the 70s and 80s.

[@DC-ei9vl]

We didn't have streets or street lamps. My biggest worry was snakes. Mom would warn me every time I went out.

[@juliecousin2695]

So many good memories from the 70s! Simpler and sweeter times. Dynamite 8 track player, golden harvest colored appliances. Brown and orange plaid furniture. Carefree summers and the best music of all times!

[@pietrayday9915]

Oh yeah, "golden harvest"! The '70s were almost monochromatically yellow, everything was a shade of "golden harvest", "avacado green", brown, orange, mustard yellow.... You might occasionally spot the occasional powder blue or red, but mostly it was yellows, oranges, and "puke" greens! I couldn't stand the clothing: I didn't want to wear anything but jeans and cotton t-shirts, but I outgrew everything too fast, and my parents could only afford hand-me-downs from my older cousins or stuff from garage/yard sales, so I was constantly getting stuck with awful polyester stuff with fly-away collars and freakishly big bell-bottoms... and it seemed like once every year I had to get a new rust-brown of powder-blue leisure suit to wear just once to a funeral before it got handed down to my younger brother because it would end up being a couple sizes too short a few weeks after wearing it. The long-sleeved fly-away-collar shirts were mostly in a country-western style and plaid, and had to be worn with sweater vests - you didn't argue with your parents about that one! But damn, the music was great stuff between the '60s, '70s and the '80s. They don't make 'em quite like they used to! I can find good music from almost any era, but I can always find something new to like about the music back then, even the stuff I didn't like at the time, like country/western, disco, R&B, or whatever (my family listened almost exclusively to rock at the time.)

[@eddarby469]

Riding in the family station wagon and "calling" for a window seat, and coming how to mom. Adults smoked everywhere but church. Open land where we could play. Walking or riding my bike miles away from home as long as mom knew when I planned to come home. Playing sports with the other kids without an adult anywhere around.

[@kevincostello3856]

​@@eddarby469yes, sounds like we grew up in the same small town, Camillus NY small Hamlet west of Syracuse NY. Yet you've described tens of thousands of small town whom grew up exactly as you've described. How I truly miss the 70s. Being a car guy I've collected some great old land yachts. 73 T-Bird, 78 Lincoln MK V , 71 Mercury Marquis 2 door Brougham, 1970 Mercury Marauder X 100 to name a few and when I drive one of these Im back in the 70s.

[@jerrygoodwin4077]

The seventies cannot be explained....only lived.Thank God I was there.

[@maryellenshock]

Agreed!

[@beverlyvansuch2303]

❤💯😎👍-Mee too 💯!!!!

[@jrnfw4060]

I was there, too, and wish I could go back. Loved the decorator colors and arts and crafts of that era. Mark my words -- that's going to return someday soon, as people get bored with the industrial look and only being able to get their appliances in white, black, stainless or almond. We're living in homes, NOT factories!

[@Andrea1542]

Does anyone remember "invisible dogs"? It was a wire leash connected to a wire collar that we would walk around with as though we had a dog on a leash. Yes, we actually paid for those!

[@Zebra_3]

one of my fave pets.

[@josephlalock8378]

yes, homer simpson had one

[@22lulublu]

I do, I do!

[@jonp3890]

@dan allen wow, ur invisible dog must be pushing about 350 in human years, lol.

[@jwhippet8313]

I had one.

[@morgansparhawk8410]

This video is great. Having been born in 65 I remember all these things as a kid. We really did have the best childhood.

[@afritzy4204]

Yup we sure did.

[@rickycoleman8841]

Yep we did .I was born in 66 . remember elevator shoes and elephant ear jeans.shell necklaces

[@ozziequinones584]

I agree, I graduated HS in 77 and I’m always wishing to go back and live it all over again.

[@LambentLark]

I'm glad they didn't have video when I was a teen. My dad would have wore my ass out had he seen some of the things we did. Plausible deniability is a dying concept.

[@michaelbarnes9255]

Being born in 1965 as well I agree... Not only did we get to witness the seventies but also the 1980's as well. Both good times

[@williamburke1731]

The single GREATEST decade of my entire life! God, if only I had a time machine!

[@mtaylor7307]

The variety in music was Dyn-o-mite!

[@captainskippy6622]

Agreed. I graduated high school in 1976. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s was incredible.

[@maureenmarks842]

Agreed, I’d go back in a heart beat!

[@Thejoeordinary1]

Amen! I hit my young adult years in the early 80’s and had a blast the entire decade but my growing up years were the 70’s and if I could go back to any decade it would be that one! Started them as a wide eyed innocent child and ended them as a very young man eager to find my place in the adult world! If you come across that time machine let me know!

[@robertknotoff3389]

The music from the 70s was so good . Today it just does not seem the same . Maybe it was our era .

[@debedwards1717]

As a child of the 70s, these bought back so many great memories.

[@robertseymour6095]

Paper future teller never thought I would see they on U Tube

[@luddity]

Chia pets were fun. We had several.

[@warshrike666]

Hahahah yup me to but was a little different for me as i grew up in Malaysia, was a Aussie Airforce brat i started school in Penang. :)

[@jennifersnipes4177]

The 70's definitely ruled!! Glad i grew up then♥️

[@judyvalencia3257]

I not only remember the 70's, but I remember the 60's and the 50's! I'm an oldie, but a goodie!

[@robbiefrentz9427]

judy valencia just well seasoned

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

@@robbiefrentz9427 exactly. She's taste too perfection.

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

Yes you are Miss Judy. ☺🎆💪

[@leenaysmith3672]

Well done.Not many people can say that they remember the 60'z. Well the late 60'z anyhow.You dig wot I mean.Yes?

[@judyvalencia3257]

Fred brant No. I never did get that.

[@Zeldarw104]

I just had to laugh my clackers forever lost to Mrs. James's desk in 5th grade, never to be seen, or played with again. 😂😁😭

[@elizabethcarpenter4313]

Nowadays parents would sue the teacher and the school district for psycho- damaging you for life!😒

[@Cissy2cute]

@@elizabethcarpenter4313 So could the clackers!

[@chuckleezodiac24]

my teacher tried to take my clackers and my ding-a-ling! but i've been playing with 'em ever since.

[@epic5945]

The poster of the cat hanging from a tree limb with the caption “Hang in there baby”, troll dolls, velvet posters that glowed in the dark and the Dorothy Hamil haircut.

[@ihaveinsomnia1]

I loved the 70s.

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

And don't forget the popular Farrah Fawcett hair style for women.

[@kathybee3151]

@T.E.M. 4491 , I remember going to my gynecologist for the first time and seeing that cat poster hanging on the ceiling. Every time I saw that poster afterwards, I thought of the first time I saw it and I was TrAuMaTiZeD! Especially at the dentist. lol

[@thomask940]

Troll dolls...they were big for a while but never really got the recognition the creators were hoping for.

[@ceciliag2929]

T.E.M. 4491 I still have all my trolls 😂

[@Peachy08]

Was born in 59 and hit my teenage years in the 70s. Really great time to have been a teen!

[@Ironmikeblood]

LOL, same here but in West-Germany

[@raf1425]

Looked forward to getting the Sears Roebuck catalog in the mail each fall for Christmas present ideas. Not sure when that died out for good.

[@judeflowers2813]

The Internet killed catalogs.

[@nancydemoss8421]

Especially the toys section. I turned down the corner of nearly every page!

[@boobalafrancesco5774]

Oh yeah, us kids would get so excited waiting for that catalog.

[@toib.7143]

sigh, the good ol days, I also used to get the seasonal Spiegel and Montgomery Ward catologs, actually still get Montgomery Ward

[@GEMof72]

Me too

[@sarahnightwing2936]

My dad was a trucker back in the 70s.... When the trucks were TRUCKS and not mini-motel rooms lolol. He took me in a couple of his long-haul trips, taught me how to use the CB and the lingo and even gave me a 'Handle'... He's passed on now but I treasure those memories....he was St. Sebastion and I was Tiny Driver... Out of Newark NJ...

[@ericsmith8373]

I bet "Snowman" was asking your dad about the good-looking "seat cover".

[@woooster17]

sarah nightwing Same! In the late 70s/80s my dad was also a lorry driver, he even had a CB in his car.. he would allow me to say some things on it which always made me nervous I’d mess it up lol.. His handle was headbanger, and he gave me the name leatherneck.. which to this day I’m still unsure why..

[@irenemax3574]

Eric Smith Ah, I never heard “seat cover”. In Ireland we were called “smooth legs” which was very funny cos leg hair removal wasn’t a thing yet (at least not where I lived), and smooth or rough, we daren’t let a boy touch the legs anyway....

[@ghostofreagan3181]

Born in 62. I remember all of this. Including returning 32oz coke bottles for .25 each

[@ginkumpow3726]

recycling! You could walk along the roadside and pick up enough bottles to fuel your minibike for a day since gasoline was .25/gallon.

[@samanthab1923]

Ghost of Reagan My son & nephews didn't know how to use a bottle or can opener. Forget about reading or writing script.

[@lisalu910]

I was born in '62 also. And when I was 14 I shook Ronald Reagan's hand and spoke a few words to him at a campaign rally. He was my hero, and of course I voted for him at my first presidential election in 1980. Guessing you did too!

[@ethelnewberry151]

Ghost of Reagan: My girl friends and I would did that in the late 40's and into the 50's...Pop and Beer bottles, and take them into the beer store in a Red Flyer wagon, and an old black baby buggy. We would go in the alleys behind all the bars in the neighborhood where empties were in a huge wooden box with a lid on it to wait for the "Sheeny Man" and his horse that pulled the wagon. The store owner had a deal with the Sheeny Man, that the "SM" would sweep out the store twice a week for all the bottles, but we cut into their business arraignment until he caught us, and told our parents. Punishment was a "damn good beating," as it was called back in the day. Anyway, we all lived through it, and are still alive today and in our mid 80's. Yup!!! Those were the days that made so many memories for today's life. Thanks for your story...

[@mikefisher2673]

Born in 62 too, good times.

[@ronniebaker4549]

Remember paper football with a triangle shape folded paper you slid to the goal line and kicked field goals by flipping it through you opponent's "field goal: made by touching index fingers and pointing thumbs up?

[@agoogleuser4443]

YES! we got in so much trouble at school for those dumb things on our desks.

[@j.s.1816]

Yes, I remember.

[@davekogut4053]

Played with my children and plan to play with my grandchildren

[@lesabeaty7415]

Yep, I played it quite often at school and at home. A lot of people remember it. A local sports radio station where I live sponsors a Paper Football tournament each year during football season.

[@mattjohnson9743]

We kids had a good time in the early 70s. Remember running home to Batman. Saturday cartoons. American bandstand on Saturday at 12 noon. Columbia Record club. F.M. Radio years. Tarzan movies on Saturday. Pizza Hut restaurant and smelling burnt cheese. Roller skate rinks juke box’s.bottle top candy. Lick stick candy. and smokie and the bandit movie. Hundreds of things. Don’t forget duck and cover under your desks for nuclear attack

[@markbrown7103]

I was born in 1953. The the 70s Were Best Years of my Life Love that time of my life Started playing guitar to. Been playing ever since. 🎸🎵🎶😁

[@crankychris2]

Now we are both on Social Security... ;((

[@FondueBrothers]

Chopper Bikes, Frisbees, Tank Tops, Kung Fu, Stack Heel shoes, Sideburns, Afgan Coats, Glam Rock. The best ever decade!

[@vickrykayser3129]

Mine, too. I was born in 53!

[@jrnfw4060]

@@FondueBrothers As for sideburns, hubby has mutton chops, today. And he is 72.

[@tron3entertainment]

No one wore a leisure suit like Lee Majors. He looked like a "6 Million Dollar Man".

[@philcarpenter242]

Majors once said the most dangerous part of the show wasn't the stunts. He was afraid of tripping in the bell bottoms.

[@naedatanner8832]

I think my dad looked pretty good in one!💖✌🇨🇦

[@HappySunshineDay]

@@naedatanner8832 Yep! My older brother & my cousin used to get spiffed up in those leisure suits to go out dancing to meet ladies. They looked quite different than in their regular work clothes! Pretty snazzy!

[@franksworld9922]

@M Detlef but they couldn't make it better.

[@asylumchoir4586]

+1 My father could rock one like nobody’s business, except when he was in his vestments and collar. 😊 Miss ya, Dad. Love ya. (And, despite what anyone says, the ‘70s were great, because I can dig it!) Mom looked pretty damned snazzy herself, too! Miss ya, Mom. Love ya. ❤️

[@Iwtni06]

Plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is !! Remember that???

[@Zeldarw104]

Yeppers! 💯 "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." 😆

[@Zeldarw104]

Oh, Alka-Seltzer in the tall glass bottle with the screw off top. 😆

[@andreacarpenter8824]

@@Zeldarw104 "You ate it, Ralph!"

[@Nopeyou800]

My cousin is still doing that, lmao 😂😂😂

[@Nopeyou800]

And “Where’s the beef?!!”

[@TeamCat1128]

Calling Directory Assistance to get someone’s phone number. “City and state please.” Ah, the good times.

[@osananodal4544]

Ahhh.... the princess phones in pastel colors with rotory dial.....

[@marydevonshire4655]

One good thing, now, if you have friends and family overseas, an international phone call doesn't cost $100 an hour like it did back in the day. Now you don't have to say 'hi, love you, bye' and hang up. My husband was in Australia when we met in 2008, and after a month of phonecalls back and forth on our landlines, we both terrified to get our respective bills, remembering what it was like back in the day. It ended up being about $20 for both of us, thank God.

[@sandrapoulakos756]

Ha, ha! My first job right out of HS was with Pacific T&T, Oakland, CA, as a "information Operator!". Loved it. Became good friends with girl I trained with who was from Olympia, WA. Through her I met my sailor husband and moved to Atlanta, GA. Im still in Atlanta. Dial 411! "Good Morning, Information!" 🤗♥️

[@georgewilson1184]

I still use 411 directory assistance

[@justme8837]

yes and being able to call the operator to "cut in" on a phone call when the number was busy. We used to make up a lie saying we were broke down and needed to get a hold of our friend. We used to have a number for the time and temperature too, oh and party lines.

[@kayredburn930]

REMEMBER PUTTING CARDS ON YOUR SPOKES OF YOUR BICYCLE LOL. SO MUCH FUN BACK THEN

[@Hiwayman-zj1sh]

I did that one day in 1970 and some neighborhood kids stopped me and claimed that wasn't allowed. Told my Dad when he got home from work ~ he said get in the car. We drove to the kids house and Dad spoke to them at their front door. They didn't bother me anymore..lol

[@bartricky5894]

I was doing that in the 50's...

[@daveheel]

i remember those. was it to make a sound or was it just for decoration?

[@anotherhunkydory]

@@bartricky5894 it wasn't allowed in the 50s ... LOL..

[@CarlosHernandez-ml9wc]

I used plastic beverage in the spokes to make a moter sound

[@stevesnyder6191]

In 77 my dad was on crutches and the neighbor made him a macrame beer cooler holder for around his neck

[@MagnaLume]

That.... Is awesome! Can't get more 70s than that ✌️😃✌️

[@LizaLavolta]

lolol

[@jameswillis1742]

Lol thats hilarious! Would loved to have seen a pic with him wearing that

[@daphne4983]

Sweet

[@scottbc31h22]

Around the year 2000, I met a man who sold hemp fiber products; hats belts, etc. I bought a dog leash from him. He told me he got out his mother's old macrame books, and made the leashes himself. Each one unique.

[@margaretmcguire3241]

Thanks for the stroll down memory Ln. When the skies were blue, the creeks were a hot days play ground and a winter's outdoor ice skating rink, no skates required. Fishing was free, full service stations.. I could go on and on.. I think most can agree, life was much simpler & the world had morals, family had meaning & elders were respected & people could be trusted. Miss those days.

[@daschundloverable]

So true Margaret.

[@LPerry-fx2ou]

I really miss the full service gas stations.

[@margaretmcguire3241]

@@LPerry-fx2ou Me too! I think everyone had their favorite station & service man.. I know I did.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

We had smog alerts. I do not miss those, ha ha.

[@NonnysHouse]

You must have lived through a different 70s than I did... "the world had morals"? Watergate, wars in the middle east, Viet Nam, ... we humans have always had questionable morals.

[@fredmiddleton4814]

I remember David Niven remarking on the Oscar streaker that he was 'demonstrating his short-comings'.

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

Dr.Scholl's wooden slides with the toe grips and wood leather topped clogs.

[@charlesroberts3650]

That AND Birkenstock's!

[@anegol6892]

I loved my clogs

[@beanieb9668]

Gloria Stroedecke - I LOVED my Scholl's! God can you still buy em?

[@vivling999]

You know, in the last year or so, I was reminded of DR. Scholl's, and I was able to find them, and I did order--I guess in my youth I had forgotten how LOUD they were. And I suppose my feet have change a lot in 20-30 years ago, they were extremely uncomfortable! Oh well, they always say "don't go back", "they" are probably right.

[@allisonyoung4007]

@@vivling999 😅I had those too!

[@yolazerbeam3205]

Joey Ramone said it best...."The end of the 70s was the end of the century". There was a lot of truth to that statement.

[@AtZero138]

Long Live Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy..

[@stovepipe9232]

Do you remember lyin in bed with the covers pulled up over your head, radio playin so no one can see?

[@joeking1019]

Yeah, he was right, the decade was only spoiled by the political mafia, like always.

[@arikkthorn]

God rest Joey Ramones Soul. Great human being.

[@samanthab1923]

We didn't have cable til the 80's.

[@garydesarro2968]

How about beaded curtains, waterbeds, wall posters, bean bag chairs, and wooden cable spools used as tables?

[@ivorypenelope8444]

My waterbeds were made out of mahogany at my Dad"s House.My mother's family made Doodle Art Posters, macrame, and beaded curtains. I had a tan bean bag chair and a green corner group, compete with table and green tweed colors.

[@delboytrotter8806]

Lava lamps.........

[@andreacarpenter8824]

My husband bought a waterbed in 1975, when he moved here. We had it until 2013, when it finally fell apart. It was great for sleeping and temperature controlled for warmth or coolness. I just hated making iy because of its size (6'×7'--a California King-size; hubby was 6'4" tall.

[@lorettatayor5840]

I remember all of these.

[@leeallred4436]

Ad blow up plastic furniture..?

[@anthonywopaness2927]

I remember decoupage was all the rage back then, bell bottoms, headbands, black light posters, Banana bike seats with a sissy bar. choppers and of course Malls.

[@jaynestag95]

What was the name of the trousers that had loads of pockets and 2 deep ones on the legs?

[@jaynestag95]

Scratch n sniff T. Shirts 😊 space dust.

[@oldauntzibby4395]

@@jaynestag95 Cargo pants. Were those in the 70s or the 80s?

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

@@oldauntzibby4395 the 70's. Awful, uncomfortable and unflattering. Some people wear them today

[@lisagd22]

@@jaynestag95 Painter's pants? I had a pair in middle school. They were off-white with a bunch of pockets and even a loop on the side of one leg to hang your...hammer? I think?

[@jackallen6261]

Frisbee at the park, penny arcades, those rubber band powered airplane models, Estes model rockets until I caught the field next to our house on fire, lol. Mood rings, Saturday morning cartoons! Yep, it was a pretty cool childhood!

[@barbibutton9619]

It was the best. My 1993 born daughter always says I had the best childhood ever

[@jackallen6261]

@@barbibutton9619 My daughter was born in 1990. Slinkys too!

[@neilgibbons2532]

@@jackallen6261 those kabangers used to really hurt your risk when you mess up the hand rhythm

[@laurisstilllearning1483]

Skates

[@luisgomez7173]

What I remember from the 70s that I don't think has been said were the pull tabs from the soda cans we collected them and made them into a long chain. I also recall commercials for new cars selling for $1,999! They did all they could to keep it under $2,000. Thanks for the flesh back!

[@neilgibbons2532]

MOSTLY TOYOTA'S

[@Dan-tv1sm]

When I was discharged from active duty in 1970, I wanted to buy a new Pontiac Bonneville convertible for $3600. I ended up with a '64 Ford Fairlane for $400. Now I have a 2017 Malibu that cost close to $20,000. Times have changed.

[@austinklein1172]

My friends put the tabs back in the soda. And drink it.

[@SacredFire777]

@@Dan-tv1sm I rememer the long gas lines as a kid.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@austinklein1172 Yep til people started choking to death on them and the federal gubmint made the companies switch to the "modern" style pop top cans with the built in tab.... Later! OL J R :)

[@Cheryltwin2012]

I'm surprised you didn't cover mood rings. Those things were everywhere in the mid-70's.

[@misskim2058]

Yes, mood rings for sure! Those were a must!...and then there was fake puke and fake spilled drinks, a lucky rabbit’s foot, Sea Monkeys and Magic Rocks, cone incense, stick pins, gauchos...tight, fluffy sweaters, cowl neck sweaters, high heel sandals with carved wooden heels in flowers or lions, etc., Roman-style high-heeled sandals that laced up the leg to just below the knee, and Candies shoes, Zodiac boots, Jordache, Sassoon, and Bonnie Bell flavored lip gloss (Dr. Pepper was the most popular, you can still get it, too, though might be under another brand now, not sure)... and their essential white under-eye concealer makeup that went on underneath regular base/foundation, with a bit to highlight the center of the eyelid and the browline before the rest of the makeup went on, and hooker-blue eyeshadow (for some girls), and of course, short, skinny skateboards. Those took way more talent to master than the longer, wider, modern ones today. And 10-speed bikes. And most people were acclimated to being outdoors and in the sun, so tanning was common, and most people they didn’t marinate and then bake their skin with the chemicals in sunscreen. Cocoa butter and coconut oil was (and is) sufficient. Smells wonderful, deepens tan, and contrary to all the warnings and screeching of the sunscreen sellers... people who did that instead do not have leathery, aged skin. There’s a mild element of natural sunscreen in coconut oil without the cancer-causing chemicals that people have been slathering on their skin to “protect themselves“ “from the sun”. Some people recognized the stupidity of that and didn’t do it, and at some point they finally confessed that the chemicals that cause cancer so they “changed them“ and now have new chemicals to bake into the skin and soak into every cell. No wonder skin cancer rates keep going up...they keep putting that crap on their skin, their largest breathing organ. Funny how the entire plant and animal Kingdom has not needed the same “protection“ from the sun, rather, if they had such “protection“ from the sun, they would not get what they need from the sun...and they’d die. For the people that do burn, all they need is coconut oil and cocoa butter, with some lavender added, because lavender essential oil heals burns super fast (I’ve put straight Lavender essential oil on people with a bright red sunburn, and before the end of the day, they don’t have a sunburn anymore). If you have Lavender mixed into your coconut oil for being in the sun, it will heal the skin before you get a burn, *if it’s the real stuff* (I use Ananda Apothecary because they are not an MLM (MLM=ripoff), and they GCMS-test their oils AND post the results for every batch, and every bottle they sell has the batch number on it, so you can look at the exact chemical profile of every single oil you buy...before and after oh buy it). Add a little cold-pressed aloe vera and maybe some spring water and shake it up in a glass spray bottle, and you’ve got better sunscreen than any crap you can buy...and it smells better and actually has nutrients your skin needs and nothing that your body does not need. I don’t need the lavender, I don’t burn. I’m good with coconut oil and cocoa butter. Then there’s Dr. Demento, who played the song “The Streak“, as well as “Pencil Neck Geek“, “Fish Heads“, “Dead Puppies“, “They’re Coming To Take Me Away”, and other such songs...and the classic, cheesy, bleeding-heart, dead-or-rejected-loved-ones songs, like “Seasons In The Sun”, “Honey”, “The Night Chicago Died”, “Indiana Wants Me”, “Tie A Yellow Ribbon”, and “Diary”, “Time In A Bottle” , which was hands-down the “wedding song” of the 70’s, ...and dance/music shows like Soul Train...and American Bandstand.

[@johnfranklin5277]

I had a mood watchband on my wristwatch!!

[@clarkhoefle7152]

Any old stoners out there remember Ozium air freshener????

[@nicolabrooks1795]

Sure was I had one.

[@5jerry1]

~And black light posters. @רבקה

[@societyofroodest.590ad9]

Weird or not, I love the 70s, and would go there in a minute if I could.

[@josephcote6120]

I remember all these things. Other stuff? Avocado colored kitchen appliances. The Bicentennial craze. Weird hanging lamps with oil drops that dripped down wires. Lava lamps.

[@ant-1382]

avocado appliances with lemon yellow kitchen cabinets, and plaid vinyl on the chairs

[@gaywizard2000]

I was just talking about those lamps!!!! Lol

[@NightBazaar]

My bathroom has an avocado bathtub, sink and toilet. The refrigerator and electric stove were the same color (they're long gone). They just came with the house like that. Glad it wasn't pink or yellow. I also have a couple of lava lamps - red. Can't leave them on too long. They start looking like a mess. They now live in a storage box. The first hanging oil drip lamp I ever I saw was in a shop window in Burlingame, Calif, in the early 1970's. It looked like rainwater dripping down. It was a pretty unique looking knickknack. They had it priced at $150. I've seen a few around recently, mostly at garage sales or thrift shops.

[@kimmer6]

My mom put 6 of those oil rain lamps hanging from the ceiling in a corner in her place near Pismo Beach, Calif in 1976. She passed away at 90 years old in 2016 but we left the place unchanged. I changed the bulbs to LED's and topped the oil off with coconut tanning oil. They all work and smell great. There's a 1965 green Lava Lamp on the fireplace hearth and harvest gold appliances, yellow shag carpet still in there. AND.... Dick Smothers (of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Team) old Dodge Travco motorhome still sits parked behind the place. My dad bought it from him in 1968. The place is a time capsule from the 70's.

[@marylhere]

Joseph Cote we had a tv with a bicentennial motif. I graduated in 1976 so our entire yearbook was red white and blue....

[@godskid1100]

Remember bell bottoms so wide that when you walked in the snow they froze.loved it

[@samanthab1923]

Landlubber elephant bells

[@elainesmith7512]

@Debbie Ptak: And pants that didn't drag the ground and had wide legs like bell bottoms were called "high waters"? Those were the "good old days".🤔🤔🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Btw, I still have the pet rock my sister gave me back in 1975.😁😁

[@huckleberrychris]

They were called "flares"

[@Deborahtunes]

If the material for the pants was heavy, it always felt like someone was following you. Because the pant leg would hit the back of your ankle...😁

[@jeffreyash3802]

Frozen all day at school.

[@drfreud65]

I say, in my best southern drawl, "Don't look Ethel!" That used to be a family joke, that song, because my grandma's name was Ethel. 🤣

[@jeffgriffen7038]

same here (grandma named ethel) which is why when you drove into a gas station you always asked them if they pump ethyl, then hassled them when they said yes

[@ethelnewberry151]

My names Ethel...It's a very old English name. I can't think of the Guy who sang it.

[@DC-ei9vl]

@@ethelnewberry151 Ray Stevens. Did a lot of funny songs.

[@kellielaine5848]

.... but it was too late - she'd already had a free shot.

[@ethelnewberry151]

tdsm 1 9: And, thats my name, too!!! I hated it because people used to tease me by saying that to me. That is a very English name from long ago that was somewhat popular in the late 1890's. That was my Aunt Ethel's name. She was with my mother when I was born and helped with my birthing at home. When I was growing up I always said I would change my name...but when the time came to do it, life got in the way with marriage and having children. So I still have and use the name for legal purposes.

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

I remember when Cars HAD CHROME.. LOTS AND LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL , SHINY, CHROME ....!!!!!

[@vincedibona4687]

And they were made of metal. No plastic bumpers or any of that crap.

[@TaraConti]

❤❤❤

[@billtravis523]

At a glance one could tell what brand and model they were.

[@alabamatrixie7379]

Any gum chewers out there who remembers making chains/curtains with folded gum wrappers? Fruit stripe wrappers were the best!

[@stc-arts]

Oh yes! I had one that went completely around my bedroom ceiling! Still have a small piece of it tucked away... Also we made pop top chains from coke and beer cans!

[@Germatti13489]

Yes, one of my favorite things to do as a young girl.

[@alabamatrixie7379]

@@stc-arts So cool you saved a piece of your chain, and I totally forgot about the pop top chains!

[@alabamatrixie7379]

@@Germatti13489 The good old days!

[@alabamatrixie7379]

@Ivy Mossgarden The best!

[@robkocol5664]

Who also had a membership to the COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB??!!

[@speedracer1945]

For a penny a album . I used to count all the albums I had on the list .

[@50zcarsman]

I recently calculated what one of those K-Tel "Greatest Hits" compilation offers really cost, adjusted for inflation. It was, like, $2.20 per song -- vs. a few cents for an Internet download of any song today.

[@durasaxon6504]

I did too! 🎸 Great deals on vinyl albums. Get 12 (free / paid shipping) buy 5 or 6 more to fulfill Club requirements. Not a bad deal *Richard* 🍀 Great time period! Hands down! or High Five!. The best time/ Great Concerts/ Outdoors times! Clubbing or Bar hopping!

[@fredsanford3958]

Ya we were minors and figured out they couldn't prosecute for non Payment we got tons of free albums

[@elcabezon5487]

Ohh God that is old, I had one with BMG

[@ddwaters8100]

I just bought macrame plant hangers from Amazon. They are hanging in by backyard and look great.

[@ktrudy1]

Yes. I still like those. I have a small one on my porch. 😍

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

DD Waters : Love ❤️ it

[@loralu9420]

They're back in style!

[@pacluv]

Everything old is new again.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

pacluv : so true my daughter loves the 70s and 80s 😂 ( she’s 20 yrs old ) the music , movie and clothes .

[@Noelle0026]

Rotary phones, sponge hair curlers, Pinto car, drive in movies, Cartoon lunch boxes, requesting songs on the radio and then waiting for hours with a tape recorder to tape it, prank calling, TPing houses, party lines

[@tracyahrens4717]

Lived with or did that stuff except for the car and tp-ing houses. My grandmother loved prank calling (mostly her daughter's boyfriends) lol

[@johnhumer897]

You can't do prank calling today because phones have caller ID. Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

[@d.s7741]

@@johnhumer897 - ...well you better let him out! "This is the Electric Company. Is your refrigerator running?" (you better go catch it)

[@silzeppelin]

Those were the good ol days. As kids we would choose random names from the phone book and do crank calls 🤣

[@silzeppelin]

Is your refrigerator running? Why don't you go out and chase it? 🤣those were the prank calls. Gone are the days where we would call the pizza delivery for our neighbors and watch the pizza guy show up at our neighbors 🤣

[@curveballintx]

I'm 52 years old now, and I can still make one of those folded paper fortune tellers in about 10 seconds

[@deadname...]

I never knew how, but my sister could (rip). That's a lost art, you should do a video.

[@rontrepanier4471]

52 June 1967

[@weirdead829]

Watched the south Park the other night about those

[@richardkey4289]

We were in awe of those things, they always knew I was lying when I said I wasn't jonesing for that cute brunette across the classroom.and that blond .and that redhead , too

[@lovesmusic36]

@Becky Vickers I'm 3 months away from 70 and I make them for my 3-year-old granddaughter! It's the only form of art that I can do!

[@robinmorris5416]

Lol, I had that exact red 8 track player that J.J. Evans was advertising. It was one of my favorite things ever, and I remember wearing out my Vanhalen 1, and my KISS " rock and roll over" tapes! Thanks for the thrill of just letting me see this thing again that brought sheer joy to a 10 year old in the good old days, when real people were your friends, and you had to communicate face to face!

[@carlpatterson1521]

Yep, ya mentioned Van Halen, what a time my friend, I thought they'd never end. Thanks for your comment.

[@michaeljoesmith3977]

Saw a pair of Earth Shoes in the opening scenes. My trendy brother-in-law had a pair of those. Also recall swag lamps and shag carpet and mirrored walls.

[@bgone4265]

Yep, the mirror and cork walls, sure made a room smell funny

[@womanofsubstance8735]

And Birkenstocks in the late 70s.

[@michellelambert8729]

@@bgone4265 I never noticed and we had a whole room with cork walls plus one wall that was covered in mirror tiles with a smoked pattern on them.

[@LynxSouth]

I miss Earth shoes. I've never understood human aversion to wearing shoes shaped like our feet. What a concept!

[@gsp49]

Bead doors.

[@jamespelkey8150]

The Farrah Fawcett poster in her red body suit poster,,that was on many teenager's bedroom walls.

[@katherinea.williams3044]

I’m not gay, but I have one. Stunning! She was simply gorgeous (and it turns out, a decent actor). LOVE that poster! Love & Light from Miami🦚✌🏼 Stay safe everyone🌎🙏🏼

[@josephcontreras8930]

And cheryl tiggs and loni anderson

[@DrummerGrrrl]

I AM a lesbian and I remember those Farrah Fawcett posters. I would stare and stare at her when my male cousins weren't looking. LOL.

[@dannyarmstrong2013]

What do you mean was ?

[@davidallen5776]

At the time, nearly every girl wanted Farrah Fawcett's hairdo! And most of us guys wanted to date the girls that had one!!

[@zendyk]

When I was a kid (in the 70's) I never heard the phrase "paper fortune teller". They were called "cootie catchers", but they did exactly what's shown here.

[@pueblodove]

yea, that's what we called them too!

[@danae1326]

We called them fortune tellers

[@generalyellor2187]

That's right! We called them that, too. I wonder if the name for them was a regional thing.

[@fgentry1148]

Fifties.

[@JackHaveman52]

I remember them in the sixties when I went to school. I graduated grade 12 in the spring of 1970.

[@schollsnsocks]

The 70’s a great decade. High School was great in the 70’s.I wore the Earth shoes,My girlfriend wore Dr.Scholls sandals with skirts & tights,jeans & socks,shorts in the summer,my wife still does too !! Great music too,Lead Zeppelin,The Who,Rolling Stones etc..car radios with tape cassettes,great cars too...

[@moeball740]

I have vivid memories of when certain songs first came out. When I first heard Stairway to Heaven my mind was blown!

[@justme8837]

I remember and had Earth shoes when I was in 6th grade and knee high laced white boots when I was in second grade.

[@generalyellor2187]

Birkenstock sandals, too.

[@glennso47]

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass?

[@glennso47]

@@moeball740 When other kids were OOOing and AAAHing the Beatles, I was enjoying the Tijuana Brass, Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, country music when it wasn't cool to like it. I also got hooked on "Jesus music"

[@robkocol5664]

Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill (Ripple) or even MD 20 / 20?

[@fuzzyarmadillo1320]

OMG! Major flashback! Also, sloe gin. And in our area we primarily drank Busch beer as this was in Missouri. My bff and I were just talking about how when we were teenagers in high school the guys that had already graduating would rent a place with a band and kegs. The place would be crawling with drunk and stoned teenagers out in front of God and everyone and we never got caught!

[@naedatanner8832]

Lemon gin!✌🇨🇦

[@Zeldarw104]

Boone's farm strawberry Hill those were the days. 😏

[@shantyirish7564]

ANNIE GREENSPRINGS ! In a decade of gag-worthy culture , those wines were leaders! Don't forget Cold Duck !

[@naedatanner8832]

@@shantyirish7564 And Moody Blue, Lonesome Charlie

[@nate_d376]

Man, this takes me back. Even though I was quite young, all these things and more, made an indelible mark on my brain! I miss those days. Heck I miss the 80s too.

[@mandymayne8759]

I grew up in the 1970’s and remember all of those things. I even made macrame plant hangers! Other fad products: bean bag chairs; painting (on velvet) of dogs playing poker; hanging strings of beads in interior doorways instead of doors; dark wood paneling on interior walls.

[@David-xi7jj]

Oh yeah! A blue velvet painting of Elvis (he had to have a bead of sweat running down his face). The deluxe version had a quartz clock in the upper corner. Very tasteful.

[@lynnwest4307]

I remember my mama had the macrame plant holder with the three bowls and in those bowls was Fake Plastic fruit

[@baldy194859]

I remember those things too ! remember the 8 track player in your car ?

[@Tsiri09]

my sister made me a macrame bridle and reigns for my horse.

[@NonnysHouse]

Ugh...wood paneling... I totally forgot how popular that was. We had one paneled wall in our living room. And green shag wall-to-wall carpeting. What a memory... LoL

[@y-mefarm4249]

My mom refused to buy me a pet rock. Told me to go dig up as many pets as I wanted for free. She probably just remembered my disappointment from the Sea Monkeys ordeal. Lol

[@beckybohot5480]

I got the same answer

[@afritzy4204]

ha ha ha that is funny.

[@m.susandenton1077]

I thought that was so stupid back then. 😂

[@lorettalynndavis9695]

Mine too, but I didn't really want one. Even as a kid I knew it was stupid...

[@Cissy2cute]

Can't believe that a guy becomes rich thinking up this stupid idea. Or rather that so many bought into it. How can it be a novelty item when all one has to do is go outside and take your pick for free?

[@keithb3178]

Oh yeah tube tops and halter tops

[@765respect]

Until someone tried to pull them down, lol!

[@bajemo359]

And hopefully not worn together.

[@bobpeters61]

Or girls wearing an unbuttoned shirt tied in a knot at the solar plexus.

[@bgone4265]

And don't forget Hot Pants

[@JamesSmith-jx1sh]

TUBE TOPS!!!! LOVED SEEING CHICS WEARING THOSE.

[@lindaway5889]

I loved the music of the 70's! As a matter of fact, I still do!

[@kathystefanidis2203]

Me to👍👍👍

[@michaelyucon588]

My teen years were lived through the 70s was a great time to be a teenager

[@inactivejonadenz-hamilton2117]

LOL--unless you ran out of gas or missed a favorite TV show.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

They were nothing compared to the previous 60s. Boomers know.

[@anotherhunkydory]

74 to 81 was mine

[@anotherhunkydory]

@Mike Grayson.. ...you should have volunteered to go then they wouldn't let you. If you didn't want to go they made you.

[@loriverner3029]

ABSOLUTLY ! It was the BEST times. ! Keep on truckin'✌️

[@KDL861]

Yep. I remember Earth Shoes! Everyone had a pair. And we made so many macrame plant hangers. My great friend streaked across our football field. My dad wore a lime green leisure suit to my wedding. Never had a pet rock, but mood rings were everywhere. CB radios were in all my guy friends cars. Never did the hustle! Ugh! Paper fortune tellers were a staple with all girls. My mom still has her 8 tracks, I played Carol Kong’s Tapestry till it broke. The 70s were crazy! Fads are all around, even today. Thanks for the upload! Good times!

[@MagnaLume]

I enjoyed making the video and glad to know you had fun watching it! Thank you and everyone who took time to leave comments and share their experiences!!!!

[@OrganizeCreateDecorate]

Earth shoes one day, platforms the next. Rough on the calves. Painful actually.

[@kaeireland4555]

😃Tapestry was the first tape I bought with my own money

[@inactivejonadenz-hamilton2117]

My husband saved a pair. You can still get them. earthshoes.com/‎

[@stephenpowstinger733]

The Earth Shoes (I had a pair) were supposed to stretch out your calves and be a more natural walk. Actually they did, but got uncomfortable quickly. RadioShack practically survived selling CB. Never did the Hustle but enjoyed watching it. That’s Carol KING, a song writer who finally broke out with her own album. 😲

[@chellybabyme]

Dripping hot melting crayons over Michelob bottles to make candle holders or vases in some cases

[@evelynwaugh4053]

Or over chianti bottles.....and Lancer wine was `fancy' wine:)

[@afritzy4204]

@Don canine Same here, never heard of melting crayons.

[@Cocobeachhippie]

I remember scribbling crayons onto wax paper then folding & ironing it to make...well I don’t remember what it made but it was pretty lol

[@afritzy4204]

@@Cocobeachhippie I used to do that with left over craft paint, sure could come up with some pretty neat abstract thingys. lol I did mine on card stock.

[@chrisg6351]

@@Cocobeachhippie done that in the 80s early 90s

[@sonicamy4518]

I was a teen in the late 70's and I can honestly say I miss it sometimes! Things were so simple and the rules were simple. It was rare to get grounded and if you did it was short lived because your working parents needed help, lol!

[@kellielaine5848]

Parents were busy so we "fended" for ourselves - we all survived.

[@elttabykcir]

"That's the way it was and we liked it!" (Dana Carvey, Saturday night live.)

[@pinningformichigan8120]

Puca shell necklaces, iron on transfer shops, black light posters, pinball machines everywhere....

[@jackallen6261]

Yep, I remember all those as well, and I was in Bay City Michigan for 1st through 5th grade. (I noticed your ID)

[@pinningformichigan8120]

@@jackallen6261 Oh, brings up another one...the seventies boy band: Bay City Rollers. :)

[@jackallen6261]

@@pinningformichigan8120 Oh yes I remember the Bay City Rollers!! I was never a fan really but yes, I remember them.

[@pinningformichigan8120]

@@jackallen6261 Me neither, but my cousin from the Det area was into them, couldn't figure that out either with all that real rock around her. Ahhh youth!

[@jackallen6261]

@@pinningformichigan8120 Well, boy band and she is a she, lol. There ya go! Kinda like Leif Garrett. I suppose.

[@shellyskiles9520]

Oh, remember the Budweiser commercial with the Clydesdale horses and Dalmatian dog? It was even on the "close encounters" movie. I miss the 70's.

[@ezcondition]

their Christmas commercials were great around the holidays

[@sunflowerdisabilty]

i miss that decade too. and i did like my disco polyester fashions too😊

[@samanthab1923]

Saw a doc about Close Encounters, Spielberg said Disney was doing so badly that he was able to use Wish upon a Star ⭐️ not today!

[@moeball740]

@@samanthab1923 Close Encounters was also a part of a bizarre scandal taking place at Columbia studios in the late 1970s. David Begelman was riding high as a top executive at the studio because Close Encounters was his baby. He was the one who pitched the studio on undertaking the film and when it became a big hit it made millions for the studio and resulted in huge bonuses for several people including Begelman. So he was a very popular guy at the time. When he started embezzling money from Columbia and engaging in other bizarre behavior such as forging actor Cliff Robertson's signature on checks, some at the studio didn't want to press charges against Begelman because he was making everyone rich. There was a huge battle among the top executives at Columbia before he was finally fired.

[@briankelley7918]

Tube tops, Gloria Vanderbilt designer jeans, and feathered hair. And, do the bump..lol

[@agoogleuser4443]

Almost every girl in my yearbooks from 6th to 10th grade had feathered hair.

[@Cherryberrygirl89]

My mom said she made her own lol. She turns 60 this year

[@maryannecoco929]

I loved doing the bump. 🤩

[@bluesky4568]

I had the feathered hair.. the hip hugger bell bottoms

[@samanthab1923]

Brian Kelley Streaking! 🎶Do the streak🎶

[@terrymasters1176]

At 5:09 the song "Convoy" started playing in my head.

[@hensonlaura]

"This here's the Rubber Duck".

[@R.M.MacFru]

@@hensonlaura "...and I'm about to put the hammer down."

[@danacampbell8331]

Fondue pots. Everybody had a freaking fondue pot.

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

Only the nudists

[@teptime]

The were a substitute for hot tubs at "swinger parties".

[@thecelticcrone7927]

Dana Campbell MELTED CHEESE!!!!!!

[@TheGuy030770]

Dana Campbell, my sister is a hippie, and she still has a doggon fondue pot.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

@My Name is JAFO For wedding gifts they were right up there with salad shooters, back in the day!

[@thefollowing8127]

The many great comments from "the peanut gallery" made this such a great read. We know how much fun these times were and how funky . Alot of water under the bridge but still a fun era.

[@MrDarren5012]

Pooka shell necklaces...lol...famalari wave shoes..cinnamon toothpicks

[@Teobi1]

Hubba Bubba, rollerskates and jumpsuits

[@robinsss]

male jumpsuits: I thought would be big but never took off

[@anegol6892]

Keith Partridge made pooka shells very popular.

[@Bill23799]

David Cassidy really boosted the Pooka Shell Necklace craze.

[@BlueGoat682]

Turquoise jewelry... especially rings

[@judy4792]

Dolls that grew hair you just pulled it out the top of her Head then turned a knob on her back and dialed it back short again..cool

[@zazuzazz5419]

Judy Beautiful Crissie!!!! Respect! My little sister gave her doll’s luscious red retractable tresses a permanent trim!!! ✂️ 💁‍♀️ 😂

[@joywebster2678]

Loved and wanted beautiful Chrissie

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

Was I the only one that pulled that hair as hard and fast as I could to make that mechanical clickety noise?

[@conleykat]

@@dgeneeknapp3168 I did that too. I had the Velvet doll.

[@heatherfadden7278]

I remember all of these. Lol

[@undecidedgenius]

I remember people at malls making hand dipped, ornamental candles

[@speedracer1945]

I used old wine bottles to burn different color candles on um..

[@undecidedgenius]

@@speedracer1945 How did you use bottle to make candles?

[@speedracer1945]

@@undecidedgenius you just use a wine bottle and burn different color candles on it and the melted wax builds up on top of it .

[@andreacarpenter8824]

@@undecidedgenius the bottles were used luke candlesticks.

[@JohnSmith-mw2hh]

Milk carton candles too

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

People used to talk to one another back then,my life in rural NC was so simple.

[@emeraldknight3610]

So was mine. It was a nice time to grow up. I'm also from NORTH CAROLINA. Alexander Co NC.

[@agoogleuser4443]

Me too! Forsyth County.

[@vmoonbeam6571]

A Google User hey! I’m from Davie County. Small world huh

[@CaneloBowWow]

Mecklenburg County. Mint Hill.

[@RT-fe1mu]

We knew every one in the community now i don't hardly know anyone yeah those were the days

[@lisalindsey277]

Lava lamps, water beds, boogie vans, tie-dye etc

[@j.rbry.8990]

Still got a water bed

[@tednugent8501]

@@j.rbry.8990 I had mine until 2000.

[@jameslyons3381]

Still have my lava lamp

[@danieldilger9203]

Been sleeping in my waterbed 29 years.

[@j.rbry.8990]

@@jameslyons3381 me too but the light blew out, haven't got a new one yet.

[@vickiladu6755]

I was a teenager and young adult throughout the 70’s. Great decade for me!

[@iamvevee]

Awwwww the memories. Clackers was my favorite toy along with sea monkeys jumping beans and of course when I wanted a pet and kept bugging them well they bought me a pet rock. Boy I’m old but grateful that I grew up in the late sixties 70ies and really enjoyed the 80iies. Life was simple and we had true friends (in person) not all this cyber stuff cell phones ect

[@glitzyglam7827]

Ve Vee me too! I wouldn’t trade growing up in the 70s for the world !

[@firelordazulaa]

I wish I was born in those days 😭

[@lisahorsepony]

I had sea monkeys and Mexican jumping beans. Remember pogo sticks? We had one of those and my sisters and I got really good at keeping our balance jumping around. I remember counting over 300 jumps one time when I was using the pogo stick.

[@drfreud65]

My brothers used clackers as weapons and taught me how also. Basically, they used them like nunchucks, lol

[@livinginvancouverbc2247]

Denim vests. If you were anti-Disco you were a Rocker and you had to wear a denim vest. My high school year book (1977) is 30% to 40% denim vests. And mullets. Awesome mullets.

[@karaamundson3964]

O gawd. Mullets were 100% early '80s!

[@elcabezon5487]

I had a vest with rock bands patches

[@charlesroberts3650]

We NEVER saw a mullet ("business out front, party in the back") until the 80s. Long hair down to our asses, navy surplus peat coats, army surplus rain coats or Levi's jackets with the fake fleece. I'd rather get a crew-cut than a mullet.

[@karaamundson3964]

@Todd Foret totally what I recall... 11 yo in 1976

[@kjbuchanan63]

Farrah Fawcett hairdos....

[@dewaynemiguel3349]

I lived near rail road tracks we had lots of undomesticated rocks they were hard to tame they were verry wild would atack windows and mean kids

[@slactweak]

Heh, I see what you did there.

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

Hey dewayne since you lived near the tracks have you ever put a penny on the tracks and watch it get flattened I did that once on the Berkley springs railroad tracks and most 13 yr olds in 2020 wont do it and I'm 13 right now

[@truckertriesfarming9792]

I reckon that every town has a thriving population of feral rocks, of varying of breed and size.

[@michaelknapp8961]

My third grade teacher in 1976 was a little bit of a hippy and she filled the classroom with macrame plant holders. I remember bell bottoms and girls with the Dorthy Hamill hair style.

[@craftykez]

Macrame is back in atm

[@judgedredd3568]

Did we go to school together lol

[@joolsfreeman4359]

Slinky springs that walked down stairs and squirmels the weird caterpillar things you pulled around with fishing line!

[@johnerwin9024]

dude, they made slinky dog, train & caterpillar-from commercial

[@gentlegiant6585]

I had a few slinky's when I was little. I really wanted one of those catipiller string things 👍😁!

[@kimifw58]

Could never get those dumb things to go down stairs.

[@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln]

Ahhh yes...my childhood. Funky clothes & good music. What a great,& weird times... Go 70s go!!

[@valerieannrumpf4151]

Sounds like my childhood too.

[@sarahnightwing2936]

SAME SAME SAME ✌

[@GoodVideos4]

I also grew up in the 1970's.

[@LynxSouth]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned: the King Tut craze, with the exhibit touring the US (as well as other countries), Steve Martin's song King Tut, and the dance the King Tut Strut. Although I don't remember any of them, there were King Tut jokes, for children and adults. Thanks for the peek back in time. I enjoyed it.

[@neilgibbons2532]

It was rumored that if you visit the king tut exhibitions you'll get the king tut cursed, ie you will soon die in some mysterious way 😐😑

[@baskervillebee6097]

I flew all the way to New Orleans and joined their Art Museum to not have to stand in enormous lines to see King Tut.

[@karensiegel6669]

"Stand in line to see the boy king!"

[@MajorSeventh]

"Buried in his jammies."

[@Bubba1960.]

The 1970's were, and always will be my favorite decade. The fads, the music, cars, girls, drugs, concerts, you name it, I loved it!

[@gidmalu]

Anyone remember 'wacky pack' parody stickers? We were trading them like mad in the late '70s.

[@agoogleuser4443]

Yes! I still have a few of them stuck to an old 3 ring binder I had from grade school. I kept it for nostalgia.

[@kamuelalee]

Those puffy stickers that kids kept in binders on a folder. Very popular in the early to mid 70s.

[@jeffgriffen7038]

guess I was too old by then, never heard of them

[@billylambert9650]

I still have a shoe box full of them.

[@yourlifematters1762]

I loved those!!!

[@diannemc4840]

I remember it all. Loved the 70’s!! P. S. We still use cb radios in our semis FYI😊

[@elcabezon5487]

Yes we know,but the craze was. Average Joe's using it

[@70sstreetracergal61]

Breaker Breaker Sweet Pea here watching for the Bears in the air! Yall boys be careful out there! We out!

[@ussling]

Saturday morning cartoons and the insanely funny "Soap".

[@jackiebrown7229]

Soap was brilliant! Sadly the lady who played Jessica passed away last year. Loved this crazy show.

[@slactweak]

Right? Soap was the joint. I have all of the episodes of 3 of the 4 seasons and the first half of the 4th. Not a lot of folks remember it but there was another seriously off-beat show called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It only lasted 2 seasons and it was WAY darker than Soap but it was pretty funny in its own way.

[@anotherhunkydory]

@@jackiebrown7229 soap with just ABCs ripoff of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman with a laugh track though...and my station didn't carry it at first.

[@shananalexander9789]

ussling My favorite Saturday cartoon was Scooby-Doo. I also loved the comedy “SOAP”. That’s one of my favorites.

[@einwolfsrudel]

If you watched Saturday morning cartoons you must remember the "Banana Splits," "H. R. Pufnstuf" and the educational show "Hot Dog."

[@lukesmith2725]

K Tell records! All the hits and all the stars! I still have my Hit Machine LP record!

[@lynnkanerva4519]

K-tel ? I didn't know anyone else remembered that. In never bought the records but l ordered a couple 8-traks, then a bunch of cassette tapes in the early to mid 80s.

[@pietrayday9915]

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Well, TURN IT UP! :D K-Tel records had all the hits and all the stars, on 8-track, LP, and (later) cassette! Call now, operators are standing by! Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

[@rba5567]

I remember ordering ktel records every time they came out. Most popular songs on one album. The world's first original mix tape. Anyone else remember Dr demento on Sunday nights?

[@robertmasina4610]

I recall that myself. A song would be on the radio and months later it would be one of about 20 songs on a K Tell album.

[@lindaallen9721]

@@rba5567 I loved Dr. Demento! “Fish Heads” and “DeadPuppies” were my fave songs…..they were groovy! Lol

[@beanieb9668]

Ya gotta love the louvre doors with the old burgundy flock wall paper, drinking a can of TaB reading Disco 45......

[@francesjarvis3479]

I seem to remember egg shaped panty hose containers!

[@josephcote6120]

L'Eggs. My mom bought those.

[@briannotafan3368]

a friend put one of those eggs under my car seat a 71 gremlin at huntin camp

[@thedrunkmonkey2254]

@@josephcote6120 Our L'Eggs fit your legs they hug you they hold you they never let you gooooo lol

[@allisoncorona8162]

Drunk Monkey: as for your description of L'eggs, I will translate the description thusly; so tight that you can't even breathe lol!!!

[@tomryan914]

Switched from plastic eggs to cardboard. Bio-waste issues

[@jimphayre]

Buying new albums and reading the jacket covers while listening to them. And the posters that sometimes came with them!

[@MagnaLume]

That was something I truly missed about releases of albums on vinyl when they were overtaken by cassettes and CD's; The artwork and liner notes in a larger format size that you could hold and examine closely. The experience just seemed more substantial and vital. We really lost something when that went away. Yes, I know vinyl is 'back', but its just not the same. Really loved the artwork commissioned by bands like Pink Floyd from Hipgnosis. Classic stuff!

[@teresalabere7316]

Cool

[@teresalabere7316]

So glad records are making a comeback!!👍

[@dmdohse55]

and food wasso much cheaper back then like dqueen 5cents for a cone and the penny candy at the drug store back then

[@danieldaniels7571]

I still do that now

[@edwardcowardin4014]

I turned 10 in 1970 and remember all these things. Yes this definitely brought back some memories. 😁

[@JohnGalt1960]

I turned 10 in 1963. Good times.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@JohnGalt1960 I turned 13 in 1963. Miserable time!

[@Saints0611]

I remember the “painter’s pants” fad in the mid to late 70’s.

[@inactivejonadenz-hamilton2117]

I thought Murphy Brown made those painter overalls big in the '90s. In the '70s it was denim overalls--farmer-style.

[@mhern57]

@@inactivejonadenz-hamilton2117 I had a couple pair of bush jeans. Deep pockets and small button pockets.

[@janes5119]

Michaile Broadnax I wore Carters or OshKosh with “work boots” like Timberlands. Lol.

[@twofiveb]

I had a pair of painters pants. I wore them only once when I went as Alex from 'A Clockwork Orange" on Halloween in '86

[@wheatifer]

My painters pants were Lee and they were pastel pink. They grew and wrinkled up as the day went on.

[@mjrussell414]

Yes, macrame was everywhere. I remember Bay City Rollers knee socks a friend's older sister had.

[@maryannecoco929]

Yes, loved the Bay City Rollers. ❣❣❣

[@Lengsel7]

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y....NIGHT!

[@agoogleuser4443]

God I still like their music. My mom went with us to their concert in 77 and had as much fun as we did!

[@weirdead829]

S A T U R D A Y. NIGHT

[@weirdead829]

@@Lengsel7 lol... I texted the exact same thing before I saw yours

[@pooter5961]

This took me back. Haven’t thought of these things in 50 years! Very cool!

[@JT-py9lv]

I remember wearing a leisure suit and platform shoes to church when I was a teen in the 1970's. Then the disco scene hit. It was Angel Flight Slacks and silk shirts.

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

The ONE thing about living thru the 70's , is not one person had a Cell Phone or Internet and we all Survived.....

[@annedavis6090]

You could tell where your friends were, their bikes were all parked in front...smh

[@livejay9062]

You all survived? Might want to try again!

[@hopewonderly2810]

correct. They are dub.

[@clockworkdave9850]

Exactly

[@Fran-tl6bx]

Heck we played outside during the late 60 all summer , we were free range kids would you come in for lunch, drink out of the hose, god forbid go in the house and grab a bottle water from the fridge, in the afternoon we were back out til dinner ( not sure how we knew what time it was) then back outside til lights came on. No phones, no pagers, no nothing.

[@jeanettecole8146]

Grew up in 70 s that's when we had fun and happy carefree days

[@ijustlovebritcoms]

Jeanette Cole I remember most of the million fads listed here in comments. I was born in 1955, so in the 70s I was age 15 to 25. Some of the best and worst times of my life occurred during that decade. But when I think of the fads, I try to focus on the memories of fun and good times rather than the bad.

[@jeanettecole8146]

@@ijustlovebritcoms I've had my share of bad also

[@suzilindblad5207]

And the 70's were pretty much the end of the fun and carefree days.😔

[@dmdohse55]

@@ijustlovebritcoms i did too

[@telmo7414]

I remember all of these. Do you remember.."you bet your sweet bippy" troll dolls😂. Don't forget those cool paper dolls too.

[@judeflowers2813]

I am a Med Asst in a Dr office and I have a nurse troll doll on my desk. Big pink hair and all! LOL.

[@dmdohse55]

i have my paper bride dolls i think they are 50 yrs old

[@fireangelz7902]

And don't forget colorforms. Those were awesome. Bright colorful background scenery and all kinds of characters and items to go with them. A kid could make up new pictures and create their own story to go with them. The last one I had was a Smurfs one when my kid was young. Wish I still had it but it got lost.

[@timbajwolf5709]

Paper dolls go back to at least the 30’s.

[@michelemoneywell5474]

Laugh In! Goldie Hawn. Rowan and Martin. The guy on the tricycle. Very interesting!

[@nazfan01]

Man do I remember the 1970s so well. My mom would buy me stuff and surprise me with gifts just about every weekend. She loved going to Spencer's Gifts. One time my mom bought me this bedspread, it was a brown hairy bedspread. She would buy those motion lamps, they were a 2-piece lamp when you turn the lamp on the inside cylinder had vents on top and the heat of the bulb would make it turn and it would have this motion affect on the outer cylinder. I had lots of black lights in my room and tons of crushed velvet "black light" posters. My mom bought me this set of colorful boxes that look somewhat like speakers boxes. When you played music it was sound activated and these many different colors would flash with the beat of the music. I remember when my mom bought me those "elevator" shoes which must have had 4" high heels. Then she get those bell bottom pants. Seems like there were lots of silk shirts in those days as well. Remember the laugh box? Those usually came in an orange bag and you press the button on the box and some guy would be laughing. As for 8-track tapes, I still have a bunch of them and still play them on a 8-track stereo system..... believe it or not. Remember the Atari PONG video game? That was a start in video game but to me I thought that was a bit boring. Also there is one thing I do remember the most, seemed like everything in the kitchen including the fridge was avacado green, even the tupperware

[@MagnaLume]

Thank you for the great comment and for sharing your 70's memories!

[@janinemonetta4224]

Wish I was back in the 70's when life was awesome!!!

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Me too, sounds like it was a lot of fun

[@mariewylie8373]

And it really was fab...I'd go back in a heartbeat just for a day...

[@nene3857]

Except the going to school part, or dealing with parents.

[@nene3857]

I miss my metallic gold banana seat bike. I named him Butch. I wish I still had him or at least a picture of us.

[@mr.2cents.846]

The 80's were also great.

[@MorganJServices]

Personal Transitor radios on a chain shaped like a ball. Farrah Faucet hair. Drive-in movies. Home phones on the wall with 25' coiled cords on the handset. Velvet art hung on walls that became 3D with black lights. Mini skirts worn with knee high socks.

[@Cissy2cute]

Wasn't Farrah Faucet hair an '80s thing?

[@charlesroberts3650]

Those telephone chords always got "telephone cord syndrome" and ended up tangled because most people are RIGHT HANDED and turned the receiver in one direction when hanging up. THEY WOULD NEVER FIGURE IT OUT, dumb as pet rocks.....

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@Cissy2cute 70's. I just looked it up. The iconic Farrah poster came out in 1976, as did Charlie's Angels.

[@Cissy2cute]

@@JeffDeWitt I stand corrected. Thank you.

[@nuttybar9]

Cissy2cute The 70's including the shampoo.

[@donnamuller6460]

Anyone remember the tiny dolls called "Liddle Kiddles" by Mattel? Many were based on storybook characters, came with fancy hair and teeny beautiful gowns or costumes. I'm 61 and still have mine. They came with names like Peter Paniddle, Sleeping Biddle, and Cinderiddle.

[@a.salmon8193]

Oh yes, I wanted them all.

[@samanthab1923]

Oh yes, I think my younger sis might have had them. I was more of a troll girl.

[@roseannwachowski5450]

Omg yes, I remember Liddle Kiddles. I had a few of them. I'm 61 also and I wish I still had mine!!

[@kellielaine5848]

and Lucky Locket Kiddles you wore on a necklace (in a bubble)

[@georgecundari2]

Those were from the '60s. My sister had them.

[@yfjfujcuufif9207]

I had a blast growing up in the 70. As a kid I collected rocks-frogs-turtles-butterflies-and everything else! Love watching cartoons and eating a big bowl of cereal on Saturday morning!Would love to go back to the past and have a blast again if I could! It was totally awesome!

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

The older I get, the more I realize I was a birth year lottery winner. My years of youth straddled the 70s and 80s. I got a good taste of the 70s, a nibble of the 60s, and a full helping of the 80s. As Chic sang then, _Good times, these are the good times..._

[@wolfgangandrewx2416]

yes, i got a nice double hit - the 70's and 80's growing up . just 4 years of the 60's so that don't count.

[@CryptidWalks]

Born in 64, I remember hippies when we went to Grass Valley and Nevada city, Ca. Also at Sacramento city park. I had angel flights in the 70’s, cruised the Birdcage walk in the 80’s. Had a CB in my 74 Blazer, and no back seat.🥰Great memories.

[@PoodleParti]

@@CryptidWalks Hey I live in Grass Valley now. I didn't move here till 79 though. But I was born in 63. There were plenty of hippies where I grew up in SanFernando valley. Including my parents of course.

[@MillionthUsername]

I always liked that line from the Carly Simon song where she sings, "These are the good old days." Turns out she was right.

[@deejay8403]

Ditto! Man, what a carefree decade the 70s was! I miss it so much

[@rosemaryedwards1888]

OMG! I lived my teens in that era! No joke! You could have kept going!

[@dsan2509]

Rosemary Edwards yes me too I recall them all. Had a powder blue leisure suit and CB radio. 10-4 good buddy

[@bobpeters61]

Me too. I was a little let down he didn't mention dickies. That fake turtleneck of the 70s that saw a minor re-appearance on "The Big Bang Theory" as the signature style of the character of Howard Wolowitz.

[@defleppard-lover6298]

D San ....ya got a copy there candy legs. Lol

[@chellybabyme]

@@dsan2509 LOL, I think they only came in powder blue and tan. OMG, you said powder blue. What Memories. My dad had that.

[@JohnGalt1960]

It was great,wasn't it?!!!😊

[@shantyirish7564]

Well, you nailed it. Dumb fads , horrid clothes ...and I was an eye-witness (and Ah hailped!(Shake and Bake) . That was great...thank you. Don't forget "The Bump", Gremlin/ Pintos, the dogless leash,Granny dresses... well ,you know your business. You have a wonderful voice. Kind of like the midnight jazz man on a newly-minted ( or pirate ) FM radio station c. 1974. Raise your hand if you remember vests and floppy-brimmed hats made of beer cans crocheted together ? Maybe it was a regional thing...I remember Olympia and Rainier cans. I' m glad someone finally took Grandma's needles away...ah, the 70's.

[@MagnaLume]

Thank you for the comment and reminiscences! I do remember the crocheted beer can hats! Fun! Rainier Beer?! Yes. There is a photo of Janis Joplin holding a can of Rainier Beer. (search for it) Thanks for the comment about the narration voice. I try and keep it 'tight & bright' as they say in radio.

[@dalethelander3781]

I forgot about those beer can hats...until now. 🤪

[@judeflowers2813]

I had a Gremlin, a Pacer, a Cricket, a Vega and a Mustang II. Was I cool or what?!? LOL!