CHiPs "Roller Disco" - The most Seventies scene in 1970s TV

[@McCrapweasel]

When I was little, I thought this is how the world had always been and always would be.

[@pattismith3200]

And still should be!!🙂

[@strawberryseason]

I hoped it would stay that way. Sad it changed.

[@jacquebixby1670]

Same!

[@maryellensherrod1411]

Oh my gosh- agree.

[@gregoryquint7653]

It is. Don't watch TV now

[@DH-uu5ps]

This episode won an Emmy for 'Most name-drops in a TV episode' in 1978. Fun times.

[@jimdolwick3759]

For those of you you didn't experience the 70s, this clip just about sums it up.

[@alucard624]

This was late 70's more than anything.

[@troylowe814]

It sure does. For extended cheesy 70s fun, watch Battle of the Network Stars.

[@MarkRabold]

Can confirm. Did roller skate every Friday night in the late 70s at Skate Palace. Was pretty much like this every night (minus the celebrity lineup). Won multiple shoot-the-duck contests for that sweet grand prize of a medium soda of my choice. AMA! ;)

[@AndysEastCoastAdventures]

@@MarkRabold Shooting the duck, haven't heard that expression in decades! I think I could still get down on one leg but not sure if I could still get up again anymore!

[@josebro352]

@@alucard624 and early 80s up until about 83

[@wvcricker5683]

I’m 54. I remember when this aired! I thought how cool it would be to be there.. I skated all the time and I still have my PF Flyer white skates complete with blue puff balls! ❤️

[@615AL]

I'm 53, me too. I even had a Ponch action figure, never had John but Ponch got along with my Fonzi action figure

[@antoinettehowes6964]

53 also and lived on my white skates and loved loved loved CHiPs ❤❤😊

[@timothyroskie5742]

53😊

[@justmeandthethree]

A long, long time ago I worked at a car wash in California, and part of my job was to drive CHP cars to get washed. Not flexing, just sayin'. Ok, maybe I'm flexible a little. I didn't have to do it all that often, and I didn’t have to drive them very far, but it was a major rush when I got to do it. I always wanted ti get in the radio and scream, "I am having a baby! Please send Poncherello!!" But I figured that would get me fired and then arrested and then probably beaten, and that would have been a very bad day.

[@Chris_L034]

54 is just the right age to skate this weekend.

[@curiousgemini]

If this clip got any more 70's, it would create a rip in the time-space continuum.

[@user-if3jr3ly8p]

time-space condominium

[@yardleyj9391]

😂😂😂

[@jamesanthony5681]

All it needed were some of the Welcome Back Kotter guys. Maybe they were there.

[@gerry-p9x]

Where's bj and the bear

[@Weshopwizard]

I looked down and I was wearing bell bottoms.

[@whutzat]

I feel so OLD that not only did I recognize all of the stars they named....I even recognized the ones they left out! Born in 1970 and it was a BLESSING.

[@flat6fever680]

Same. 68 lol

[@gertibell]

Born in "71". I think our generation had it the best. We had just enough TV, plenty of freedom, drive-in movies, & most of our moms stayed home with the kids. I could go on & on, but I'll just say thank God I'm not a kid today.

[@wildwest5436]

Same 71!

[@whutzat]

@@gertibell You are 100% correct on all. Just enough modernity and technology for things to be more fun and comfortable and convenient, but not so much that we became jaded and lazy and let it take over our lives....like now.

[@joebloggs2822]

Same . Born in ,67

[@sneekymee]

The Unknown Comic in the background near the end, skating along with his bag on. . Pure gold.

[@aacomp1]

I missed that, going back for it thanks

[@melvinsmiley5295]

Great catch…I just found it at 2:54 😂. I saw Grizzly Adams, Sam the Butcher from The Brady Bunch, Dude from Battlestar Gallactica, 8 is Enough cast, Different stroke Cast…how in the heck did they get so many in this? Was it a charity drive? So cool.

[@romanval69]

​@@melvinsmiley5295 Nah the banners and decor are for the TV show.. It was a time when the "big 3" networks (ABC CBS NBC) had a lot of clout since cable TV and VCRs weren't common. They all probably got paid an appearance fee since they didn't have to do any speaking roles.

[@never2late454]

It wouldn't have been complete without him .

[@billparrish3888]

I was in high school in 1978. That was 46 years ago. That would be like someone back then looking at a film from 1932 and getting nostalgic. When I was in high school, the 1930s seemed ancient…and that’s how people today would see this. Ancient. Damn, I feel old.

[@dariusanderton3760]

my grandfather was a soldier in WW II, and when I was a teen in the early 1980s that war seemed ancient to me. It was 40 years earlier. Now the early 1980s are 40 years ago., and it feels like "how is this possible".

[@michaelmapes4119]

Know how u feel...HS Sophomore...in about 4 more years this clip will be 50!

[@chuddlevideos]

Vietnam is like how WW2 was for us. Surreal.

[@jimsimpson1006]

I know exactly how you feel. 1932, between the two great World Wars!

[@blakkat4126]

I was also in high school in the late 70s. I remember starting to feel old when a local oldies radio station was playing music from the 80s.

[@rickintexas1584]

That brought a huge smile to my face. Especially Cindy Williams 😊

[@Dirty-Harry-Potter]

yea love her shirt!!

[@dpalaoro]

❤🎉

[@HC-cb4yp]

That may have been the entirety of her career following Laverne & Shirley.

[@jaengen]

Are you sure it was only to your face?

[@neneshubby]

Didn't notice it back then as a kid but now its obvious. Hardly any actresses on television seemingly wore bras back in the 70's.

[@danielroque8504]

I grew up in the best decades 70s/80s.....it was a blast...to all that survived into 2024, God Bless....keep on trucking~~

[@franciscofloresmunos1170]

Estoy en eso ...

[@Mitzi73]

Watching this in 2023 and something about this scene looks futuristic. Everyone seemed cohesive, happy, active.

[@whutzat]

We were. Totally peaceful and free.

[@e.l.norton]

We were. Until "our" kids went and fucked it all to hell.

[@wymotome]

People didn't realize how good it was back then.

[@sonquatsch8585]

the fact that it looks futuristic is very telling. utopic as well.

[@EV-wp1fj]

It's a television show. An edited, cast, carefully blocked, lit, and shot television show with cameo appearances. The other responders to your comment here need to get a grip. It's not time travel, people weren't one way or another. Life was as contradictory and complex then as it is now.

[@magenlipscomb1711]

No phones, no distractions, just people having a good time. Really living in the moment.🙏❤

[@SongJLikes]

I’ll take my phone over roller skates.

[@Peter-f2m]

@@SongJLikesthat’s why you have no personality.😢

[@SongJLikes]

@ - I put my personality into my Italian sportbike, instead 🤷‍♂️

[@chrisfaub4071]

some of us still do, we are still going to the rink over 40 years later and loving every minute of it.

[@theraven6836]

This is the most 70s TV clip I have ever seen, and I grew up in the 70s. Wow. Tina Louise AND Ruth Buzzie? Such star power.

[@alisterfolson]

Ikr? And the video is so clear!

[@Rukey1982]

Love Tina Louise and Ruth Buzzi!!!

[@markthomas6703]

Plus Joanne Worley!

[@diedonner299]

And Vivian Blaine lol

[@nequito718]

Cindy Williams. Antonio Fargas too. And I think I saw Robert Mandan

[@toybugcarl]

My god this video is practically an “in memoriam” clip now. So many great people from the 70s yet still feels like they were taken too soon.

[@simonjones7727]

Or, in a few cases, not soon enough...

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Don't know if any of them got obducted, but I'm sure quite a few of them have died since then.

[@finster1968]

Ruth Buzzi still kickin’. Also Tina Louise, Todd Bridges….

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Earl Holliman is 95@@finster1968

[@stevenburns8817]

They're alive in this clip and that's what matters.

[@christianc559]

This clip absolutely delivered as advertised, painfully exceeding expectations.

[@jaykay6387]

It was painful, but in a "good" way! Like one of those movies that's so bad it's actually good!

[@marsupius]

Back when you would schedule your weekday evenings around what night and time T.V. shows came on.

[@alitlweird]

and nobody really knew just how degenerate and sexually deviant hollowood celebrities were.

[@spiritualhammer392]

Unfortunately, yes - people did that. Didn't have much time for TV in our house.

[@marsupius]

@@spiritualhammer392 in many ways it may have been fortunate, not unfortunate.

[@dougmedina4619]

I always looked forward to late Summer/early Fall when they would show clips of the new T.V. Fall season. 😆🤷

[@kathleensargent9395]

And you had to hurry and take care of stuff during commercial breaks. If you got back to the TV too late, you took the risk of missing something fabulous.

[@lchambers56]

Yup. This is the most 70's thing I've ever seen. I'm honestly shocked Charo isn't in this clip, but then the universe might've collapsed in on itself had she been there. That might've been too much "70s" for one place.

[@Jellybean-xi3os]

HILARIOUS!!!

[@charlesmckinley29]

Different network probably.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

She had plenty of exposure back then, it seemed like she was on Merv Griffin just about every week.

[@wholeshebang1]

Cuchi-cuchi-cuchi! 💋

[@n8germ]

And Fonzie

[@ChristysChannelYall]

I was born in 1972 and I remember all of my friends having roller skating birthday parties in the 80’s. It was so much fun!

[@justinklenk]

It was ALL about the roller-rink birthday parties, wasn't it... ahh. 😢😊👍!!

[@bobbywoods684]

Bingo- 80's.

[@MIKERUPTION]

We had all those PTA fundraisers at the roller rink, too. lol

[@abaker2302]

Roller rink birthday parties are still a thing & they're still AWESOME!

[@neets7519]

Oh micky you're so fine...

[@Shuttle187]

All walks of life come together and have fun playing on roller skates. We need stuff like this back in our life.

[@josebro352]

Sadly nobody would be interested in this today. They're too focused on their phones and their social media accounts. My God the 70s and 80s were a fantastic time. So thankful I got to be young back then. Peace.

[@brainysmurf74]

@@josebro352 People (Millenials) are too focused on hating each other and degrading men.

[@ceciledeguire5114]

@@brainysmurf74 fortnite tik tok realty fake tv , like and radical lefties woke ideology to destroy all is whites ideas and political solution....... they love to hate everything from our american way of life and SPIT ON LAW AND ORDER so u can imagine these thuger love this almighty tv serie ? there a lot love to show their auto-destructive manner

[@DragonLuver44]

So true! So true! The best years of my life as a kid.

[@tricatfilms6136]

ditch the damn smartphones

[@troylindley2216]

Oh wow, ran across this at random. I remember watching this episode when it aired! I was happy to see Dana Plato in it. I'm the same age as her, and she was the main reason I watched Diiferent Strokes. I had a crush on her. So sad her life ended so tragically.

[@suzanne1430]

I liked Arnold and willis. ✌️💕

[@growlusnotneeded3251]

Probably the biggest network crossover without writing a script.

[@marshmutt8975]

Wonder if something like this would even be allowed to happen today with networks worried about their "brand" and whatnot?

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

@@mezzbHollywood is dead. Tom Cruise is the only star left.

[@MichaelMarquez-m3b]

They used to have an annual “Battle of the Network Stars” where the actors would compete in teams in athletic games.

[@marcodamanlius]

I like thst but this event was a real life fundraiser event hosted by CHP and the show like idea and made into 2 hours special. Half truth half fake.

[@dennisdeal3323]

@@mezzb That we did have a closer connection. Even if the script was awful and poorly thought out. You could count on the stars of that time still trying to make it work and all to often it showed too. I remember critics panning a show, but praising the efforts of the actors trying to work with what they had in the script. Sad to say, you just do not find that quality of acting today a lot of times.

[@jffgtwn9114]

what's amazing is apparently everyone in the 70's knew how to roller skate

[@mbrow]

Yes, we did! :)

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

If you didn't you were an outcast

[@jerryflashatey6660]

Not the dude@ 2:02

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

​@@jerryflashatey6660that's Victor French, he probably never learned how

[@reneenordeen9447]

Yes, we did. You HAD to know how, or you were uncool!! Lol. Roller skating was a blast, many fun memories.

[@mattguest6326]

Man, I never realized how good Cindy Williams looked back then. RIP, Shirley Feeney.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Cindy Williams was at the height of her fame.

[@johnnyc5422]

She was absolutely adorable.

[@michaelterry1000]

She was not wearing a bra in this clip, that may have something to do with it.

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

​@@michaelterry1000what a beauty

[@jondunmore4268]

You mean bra-less Cindy Williams?

[@chuddlevideos]

Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie) 0:32 Nancy Kulp (Miss Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies) 0:34 Lee Meriweather (actress and model) 0:38 Robert Mandan (Actor - wearing coral button-up shirt) 1:28 Cindy Williams (Shirley Feeney on Laverne and Shirley) 0:44 Todd Bridges (Willis Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes) 0:48 George Preppard (Col. Hannibal Smith on the A-Team) 0:50 Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams - sitting down and wearing a white t-shirt) 0:53 Michael Cole (Pete Cochran on The Mod Squad) 1:00 Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes) 1:02 Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear on Starsky & Hutch) 1:06 Johnnie Ray (singer and pianist) 1:09 BarBara Luna (actress) 1:13 Earl Holliman (Sergeant Bill Crowley on Police Woman) 1:16 Vic Tayback (Mel Sharples on Alice - dark slacks and crazy button-up) 2:54 Jo Ann Pflug (actress - black t-shirt with lips) 1:33 Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo on Battlestar Galactica - white shirt and dark pants) 2:50 Gwynne Gilford (actress and Chris Pine's mom - purple blouse) 2:32 Peter Lupus (Willy Armitage on Mission: Impossible) NOTE: There's a guy who appears on the far right at exactly 1:39 just when Peter's name is called that *might* be him. Otherwise, I don't see him anywhere and he's pretty recognizable. Andrew Prine (actor - white t-shirt and suspenders) 1:28 Victor French (Isaiah Edwards on Little House on the Prairie - black shirt) 1:29 Madlyn Rhue (actress - Khan Noonien Singh's wife on Star Trek) 2:20 Peter Marshall (host of the game show The Hollywood Squares) 2:25 Jackie Joseph (actress - white blouse) 1:30 Jo Anne Worley (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - red pants and black shirt) 1:33 Tina Louise (Ginger Grant on Gilligan's Island) NOTE: Ginger is nowhere to be seen and I've been through this video frame by frame looking for her. Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) 2:39 Susan Richardson (Susan Bradford on Eight Is Enough - brown dress) 1:58 Dick Van Patten (Tom Bradford on Eight Is Enough) 2:42 Adam Rich (Nicholas Bradford on Eight Is Enough) 2:58 Brett Somers (game-show personality, actress, and singer - red pants) 2:04 Vivian Blaine (actress and singer - white blouse) 2:13 Dody Goodman (actress ) 2:49 (not called out by the emcee but present) Wesley Eure (Will Marshall on Land of the Lost - tan pants and white shirt) 2:32 Philip McKeon (actor and brother of Nancy McKeon from Facts of Life - white pants) 1:27 Connie Needham (Elizabeth Bradford on Eight Is Enough) 2:58 Richard Paul (actor - wearing suspenders) 1:35 The Unknown Comic (with a paper bag over his head) 2:54 Creepy dude eyeballing Cindy Williams' boobs 0:44

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

You could tell me what Michael Cole was wearing a toupee.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

@@chuddlevideos Thank you for taking the time to write the whole list of celebrities in this video. It was greatly appreciated.

[@Marcellodasilvarego]

obrigado. peter Marshall está com 98 anos .

[@chuddlevideos]

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc No problem! It seemed like something that should be done!

[@Marcellodasilvarego]

@@chuddlevideos sim eh eh . espero que ele passe dos 100.

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

My jaw was on the floor. This is the first time I've seen this! Every major celebrity in the 70s so was there.

[@natureboy1313]

Yea, Ruth Buzzi!

[@nkt1]

As a 40 something Brit, I only recognised George Peppard and Antonio Fargas, plus Larry Wilcox and Robert Pine.

[@hoibsh21]

I think I saw Karen Valentine somewhere in there.

[@MRY59]

Looks entertaining

[@paulkane7771]

For the one billionth time, WILL YOU PLEASE STOP EXAGGERATING!!

[@brendas1346]

Videos like this warm my heart. Brings back the innocence of youth during simpler times without all the technology and drama.

[@dennisdeal3323]

Less tech for certain, but still the drama was the same then as it is now. At least, in my opinion.

[@noahhyde8769]

You said it. The 'smart phone' -- and over-CGing every movie -- wrecked everything.

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

Drama always has and always will be

[@CC-xu2yz]

@@noahhyde8769 Social media is the devil.

[@BoydsofParadise]

it was "simpler." The world was simply in a deep sleep.

[@SteveDeHaven]

I think it's fair to say that Cindy Williams brought an extra dimension to this gathering.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Cindy Williams passed away earlier this year at age 75.

[@wellesradio]

Yeah, it’s a head-scratcher why she was there, maybe a favor to someone? She was probably the only one headlining a hit show that year. The rest of that crowd was in Hollywood career purgatory. Definitely the kind of stars who opened a supermarket or two that year.

[@jaykay6387]

Yeah, that "dimension" caught me by surprise, also!

[@pH7screwtube]

@@wellesradio No....... Lots of them were in hit TV shows at the time.

[@robynmasters335]

It would have been so cool if Penny Marshal had been with her.

[@Candide1776]

I was born in the 70s, but not old enough to experience it. What a neat decade. I'm all about the 80s, but I can dig why people would reminisce about this era.

[@suzanne1430]

I was a 70s kid and an 80s teen...🎉🎉

[@seattlescofflaws]

I watched this on tv when it was first broadcast. I still watch repeats. I look back on growing up in the 70s and 80s fondly.

[@Carolesoriginalpieces]

I was a teenager in the 70’s. I loved roller skating and dancing to disco music. Those were the days !!!👏🏻👏🏻

[@ebayerr]

Get down with the get down sound...

[@chevy4x466]

I think roller skating is making a comeback. Our kids like it, it’s just a cool dance party.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

I had the time of my life in the 70's.

[@ubertuber66]

I was a kid, just old enough to roller skate - it was a very cool, short-lived feeling of happiness and optimism. This scene really does capture the feel of a roller disco from that time.

[@andrewstallard6927]

I'm a '71 baby. What was most amazing to me is how much George Peppard aged between that time and in the the 80's when he was playing in The A-Team.

[@bobbyb7979]

Yeah many of these actors here are deceased now.

[@comicbookninja5268]

same here

[@anitacampos5657]

I thought he was still alive 😔 RIP George peppard..

[@theworldisavampire3346]

Born in 1963 and i feel blessed to have experienced the greatest decades of our country's history. I missed the fabulous 50s, but i got the honeypot of the 70s, 80s & 90s. Our most prosperous years. ❤❤❤

[@Victoryshout_nz]

I agree - I was born in 1963 too and think we've lived through the best decades. The 70s felt so carefree with a world of possibilities before us.

[@unclewalt1]

Yes. You know a country in prosperous when you've just picked up your unemployment check and you're waiting in line to buy gas.

[@Tex_Symbol69]

I’m born 64, I know what you mean . I live in Australia, and I feel blessed to have been as old as I was in the decades that was ! 😊

[@7CharlesV]

Except I think that the Sixties had the most awesome and influential music and bands. From pop to the "British Invasion"; and from Motown through to the end of that decade when prog rock and psychedelic music began to really make it's mark on the music scene. And I've got the vinyl to prove it! Hahaha.😄

[@grannym2880]

Snap! 63 was a good year. 😄

[@Coolestmovies]

In the 1970's, it was never a party until Nancy Kulp showed up.

[@txd2115]

Don't forget Vic Tayback!!

[@nsnopper]

Jane Hathaway was a babe. Jethro said so.

[@ArmyJames]

She was pushing 60 then.

[@beautykilledbeast]

@@txd2115 I think the announcer mis-identified Victor French.

[@phillipnelson-j1j]

😂

[@Tom53Tech]

I'm 26 in '79. Was finishing up my life experience with disco, having just spent two years EVERY Friday and Saturday at our local lounge dancing away the disco. I loved it.

[@DiscoMatty79]

Why did you finish it?

[@LannieLord]

@@DiscoMatty79 Because 1980 KILLED disco ducks. 👄

[@fattoria_di_bastoni]

So did I! What fun and gray exercise. Those were some fun times❣️

[@vinylman6580]

Keep on Stayin Alive my brother!🕺

[@bradlafferty6076]

@@LannieLorddon’t tell Rick Dees

[@reneenordeen9447]

This is the most 70s thing I've ever seen and i love it. ❤️

[@zanewoodward4822]

Life was sooooo good in the 70s I feel privileged to have been there !!

[@r.thompson2190]

I was only a toddler then

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes same here some of my greatest memories in my life were from those days, I would go back in a heartbeat. Miss them now more than ever before.

[@keithgriffiths9864]

Me too, i was a teen.

[@rene_mxo]

I wasn’t even thought of

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Roller skating rinks need to make a comeback. Here in 2023, the young people have nowhere to go to just have a good time, make friends and memories. There are some things about the past that need to be brought back, so these other generations can experience what we had. I'm 59 and still long for Disco to come back. My other wish, that Studio 54 in New York would open back up !!!😢😮

[@anitacampos5657]

Not from New York..but we have skating rings here in Ohio and they do have special days.. Violence is what..& why so many places close down 😢😢

[@sethstine4698]

​@@anitacampos5657teens

[@barbaragraceful]

Rollerskating was such wholesome fun,and exercise

[@jeffclaterbaugh6415]

Unfortunately they attract groups of troublemakers. You can't have anything nice.

[@TemporaryParticipant]

Hood culture DESTROYED roller rinks.

[@armoredsaint6639]

My nose is going numb just watching this!

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

It's sad that half of those celebrities are no longer with us .

[@CD-yr8tw]

It's a hellava drug.

[@stevedallas4942]

ROFLMAO! 👃

[@eileenmaher2101]

😂 and you know it was some super good sh#$ too. Lol

[@erinmalone2669]

😂😂😂

[@donnaemerson3313]

When everyone didn't hate everyone else. Bring back the 70s and 80s

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

It was nice to see the celebrities smiling and getting along.

[@AlisaRed]

No internet. No AI take over,,no starring down on your phone..look at now,,,

[@audio3980]

Hate is a lucrative business for any government in the world. Having to “choose sides” is empowering for any politician.

[@Average_American0]

Thank Obama

[@PeiPeisMom]

Naw, we just hid it better back then.

[@LifesaBanquet]

Wow this took me back 😢. Thank you for sharing

[@lightingthedarkremoteviewi8086]

So much happiness in this clip. Hard to believe it actually was real

[@dlewis9760]

It wasn't. There were at least 2 junkies mentioned, one OD'd and died.

[@wholeshebang1]

It's hard not have fun, when you're wobbling around with 4 wheels attached to your feet, while hanging with your friends, "dancing" to disco tunes on a Saturday night! I did it back in the '70s, too, with my high school pals. Roller skates are having a comeback now, among teenagers and twenty-somethings, skating on concrete surfaces outdoors that are ice skating rinks in winter, while carrying small, Bluetooth speakers with their favourite dance tunes. I might try it out again, but with elbow & knee pads and my bike helmet. It takes longer to heal now. 😂

[@billhosko7723]

troll@@dlewis9760

[@mamawarrior7036]

Yep now we are fat vaccinated dumbed down, woke society- not all of us but too many, when we will people wake up

[@marshhen]

It was not real, it was a network event and all these people were coerced into showing up by the network and their agents to show up. You notice that Cindy Williams, is not even rollerskating, she is just chatting. They put in an appearance and left. They did not have social media or gigatic red carpets to walk for going to a basic charity event. This is all for show- all tv was. Nothing real about it.

[@jman4951]

I was born in 66, and this sure took me back. Loved watching Dan Haggerty in Grizzly Adams and Victor French in "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven." So many more.

[@jaymike3302]

Yes!!

[@BW-kv9wj]

I bumped into Dan Haggerty years back in a small little bar in Studio City California. I got to talking with him because my Dad was good friends with Dans car builder. Dan use to own several exotic race cars and lived in North Hollywood. We had a great conversation. He was very down to earth.

[@jman4951]

@BW-kv9wj that is so so cool. You're very lucky.

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

Grizzly Adams was the best

[@alfx5432]

Dana plato looked good skating

[@stormlemmington8436]

I was just about to turn this off thinking "what the hell kind of celebrity roller disco charity event doesn't have Ruth Buzzi" but then hell yeah, they called her name at 1:52! NOW IT'S A PARTY!

[@greenbrown7776]

lol

[@ElJefeNLA]

LOLL!!!!!!

[@greenbrown7776]

LOL AGAIN.

[@bobgomez9481]

This comment wins the internets for at least 17 years from now.

[@bee6684]

Love it!!!

[@fernandoparrello7716]

Oh those wonderful years when I was lucky enough to be a teenager and have a lot of fun 70´s style back in Houston. The most wonderful years of my life. Now I see how different the world and today´s teenagers are . we had a lot of real fun !!! watching this video made me re-live those magical years!

[@TheHomeExpert5]

This is the greatest scene I have ever seen in any show ever.

[@hollywoodartchick9740]

WOW - so many stars in such a short clip! And on wheels! What a great little time capsule.

[@cloudyspider8773]

wow!!! this is a treasure trove of 70's celebrities...you didn't state every single star as I recognize so much more

[@llraven6357]

This is a fantastic flashback!! 🎉 Anything seventies and I'm happy. Thanks, MeTV!

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen.. So many stars having fun.. What a great time to be alive.

[@zombiedodge1426]

Some are having fun, but you can tell the ones who are totally firing their agents as soon as filming has wrapped.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@zombiedodge1426 Although, to be honest, NO ONE looked good on their skates, not even the local skating talent.

[@Zebra_3]

@@zombiedodge1426 Cindy Williams?

[@whutzat]

It really was the best of times.

[@toddanthony6664]

A Soul Train line on roller skates is the most 70s thing ever. 2:10 Chester Tate was living his best life.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Robert Mandan, who played Chester Tate on Soap, was a good roller skater.

[@overworlder]

I was 10 in 1972 and this stuff was the wallpaper of my teen years. On a visit to Cali in the early 80s, driving back down the 101 to LA late at night our driver got dozy at the wheel and was pulled over by a ChiPs motorcyclist for crossing the lane bumps. We changed drivers and made it back safe. Thanks CHiPs!

[@susanowen1709]

I recognized waaaaaay too many names & faces, LOL. I feel so old! Seriously, though, this was a fun & nostalgic little clip. Thanks for sharing it with us all :-)

[@LAWoman323213]

That’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. 💃🏾

[@frankrossi6972]

I don’t save many videos to my Watch Later queue, but I saved this one. It’s not only nostalgic comfort food that brings back childhood memories, but it also is an oasis from today’s “reality” TV/reboot/rehash/streaming mess that TV has become (#oldmanrant).

[@ncavlleguy]

When kids were cool and the stars really were shining!!!

[@bradlafferty6076]

Eight is Enough was well represented

[@MilaMila20240]

46 years later. This episode on Chips is still iconic. Because all the stars of the 70s & 80s who has passed away. They're all in room one. It's rare. We all grew up watching these classic shows.

[@mathewgreen4099]

A fantastic scene, thanks for sharing it with us all.👍

[@johnny07652]

I think the whole Bradford family was there! I love this!

[@79dharv]

"Tonight you can boogie with Jo Ann Worley!"

[@mackermaldrill2656]

...and why not.

[@WilliamWallis]

Jo Ann was rocking skates without wheels, aka shoes.

[@lestersabados1306]

Chubby from joann

[@peregrino9154]

Words we all hope to hear one day.

[@79dharv]

@@peregrino9154 I actually saw her in a stage musical years after this (and even longer after "Laugh-In"), and while the other veteran-TV-star actors were kinda...tired, she was AWESOME.

[@pjbudha]

I'm probably going to watch this a few more times.

[@VioletJoy]

So fun!!! That took me way back. It's great to see so many TV stars together. How cute to see Connie Needham and Adam Rich skating together at the end.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Most of the cast of Eight is Enough was there.

[@eugeneasbell9874]

OMG This brings back some memories. I was a little kid when this show was out and I remember this episode. Even as a boy I recognized many of those celebrities, especially Richard Hatch who played Apollo on my favorite tv show of all time- Battlestar Galactica. I loved watching Dif'rent Strokes so yeah i recognized Todd Bridges, too. And roller rinks were the place to be throughout the 70's and 80's on a Saturday night, especially for kids. And if the rink had an arcade, bowling alley, pizza parlor, and/or movie theater nearby, forget it. We kids wouldn't come home for the weekend. 😅😅😅. I mean we'd have slumber parties, birthday parties, graduation parties, back-to-school parties, you name it- any excuse to go skating. Hell, I'd even go to church when they were having skate parties just so I could go. lol

[@godspirate6250]

same here.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

It kills me that Todd Bridges and Dana Plato are 6 months apart in age but she's a foot taller than him. That's something they carefully don't show on Diff'rent Strokes.

[@peggyl2849]

Police Woman, Starsky and Hutch, Eight is Enough, all represented as well..... some great memories!

[@georgewernerjr9362]

Watching Earl Holliman (still alive!) on skates is everything.

[@HariSeldon913]

Brett Sommers was also on the original BSG, ok, it was only one episode but she's the only character that kissed Commander Adama. 😺😺😺

[@Jonsey-lm5sv]

So awesome. This was my world from about 1977-1981 (minus the celebrities of course). I lived in my roller skates and spent all my time and money at the roller rink with my friends. Greatest decade ever...with the greatest music!

[@writerforlifeify]

@Jo Face She lived in her skates from '77-'81 & Jimmy Carter lived in the White House. Those were my fave years, too. Best decade ever to be a kid!

[@josebro352]

@@writerforlifeify AHS 1984: 9x07 - Brooke & Donna go Rollerskating / Movie & TV Clips kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqGadoRvd92of5o

[@writerforlifeify]

Ok, Jose Bro, I'm back. Watched your clip. Now you watch an even better one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKHVi5uoe7N_lbc. Another cool one is 'So Electric' by Lifelike, kzbin.info/www/bejne/en3CgZZreZ16Y6s Notice something? Not a cell phone in sight! Just uninterrupted fun!

[@josebro352]

@@writerforlifeify You're welcome. It's a clip from American Horror Story 1984 which takes place in said year. The plot revolves around a murderer at a summer camp which is a total homage to Friday The 13th and the 80s but that's what the producers intended. I almost died when I saw this rollerskating scene for the first time. Brought back so many memories of growing up in the 70s and 80s. I sure miss those days. Peace.

[@josebro352]

@@writerforlifeify Thank you so much for sending me those!! I'm nearly in tears here from the nostalgia. My God what's happened to this world!?! Where have these fun, wholesome, innocent times gone. You would never see anything like this nowadays. Like you said people are too focused on their phones or their social media accounts. How far we've sunk. My God 2023 really sucks compared to the 70s and the 80s. Watching those videos really brought me back. I used to skate every Saturday night with my friends at a place called Spinoff in Boston. It was right across from Fenway Park. I still remember Foreigner's Waiting For A Girl Like You playing for couples skate. Such happier times. Thanks again. Oh by the way do you happen to know the name of the song playing in the second video? It's so 80s and so rad. Never mind I just realized the name of the song is the video's title lol. Thanks again!!

[@66MobileAutoRepair]

I drive an 86 truck, still roller skate and watch 70's movies -

[@jaminova_1969]

Far-out man!

[@3hooks781]

This is absolutely the moment Disco peaked in popular culture and I miss these days so much. These were the character actors we grew up watching virtually every night on any given channel, and they were all assembled in this moment. Clearly a few folks were...um..alert and happy to be there, LOL! So much going on in here: the sweaty guy trying to but into each conversation; Cindy Williams is like "WTF do you want?" 😂 Amazing clip and amazing times.

[@rotaxtwin]

That was a dose of 70s goodness!

[@philaman1972]

This was the culture in the late 70s. The TV shows of the time (ie. Dallas, Love Boat, Vega$, Bionic Woman/Six Million Dollar Man, Incredible Hulk, White Shadow, etc.) all had 70s culture infused in them. I was pretty young, but remember that it was a much simpler time. Fewer TV channels, the shows would repeat during the summer season, and more opportunity to foster creativity as a kid.

[@booth2710]

Yep. Every TV Theme tune was disco or certainly had a disco flavor ... many of which were better than what actually charts these days.

[@beepbeep3000]

In 1979 Milwaukee had six channels to view Ch. 4 WTMJ (NBC) Ch. 6 WITI (CBS) [now Fox] Ch. 10 WMVS (PBS) Ch. 12 WISN (ABC) Ch. 18 WVTV (Ind.) NOTE: Mainly reruns of past TV shows. Ch. 36 WMVT (PBS) New channels were added in the 1980s & cable came to Milwaukee in 1984. Brewers road games came out on Ch. 4 in the 1970s. Things were alot simpler back then.

[@sixsixxsixxxx]

Richard Booth nah u old

[@Mokkari77]

The Incredible Hulk had a disco-centric episode! It was everywhere!

[@ertfgghhhh]

Disco in 70s is like sm now.

[@stanleysox6113]

I miss those shows those were great show

[@LilMissSmartyPants.922]

the70s were a more fun time than the entire 2000s

[@jasmineraine1516]

so was the music

[@raiderfan71269]

I was 10 that year and Chips along with The Incredible Hulk and The Dukes of Hazzard were 3 of my favorite shows.

[@richsleyster2656]

Friday night on CBS was Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazard, and Dallas

[@raiderfan71269]

@@richsleyster2656 yup and I watched them every Friday. Watched dallas with my dad.

[@jamesrichey2434]

I was 9 and you got it exactly right! Then Dallas and Dynasty was in there too I think lol

[@DragonLuver44]

The Duke of Hazzard was my Friday nights

[@josebro352]

@@DragonLuver44 Same. The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazard, and Dallas. Friday nights in the 70s and 80s!!

[@ephtea614]

I was 9 yrs old in '79 and already in love with Cindy Williams.

[@g.ecoleman5910]

This brings back so many tv memories. Damn, A lot of these people are gone now.

[@Jeff98177]

This is one of those clips that you don't watch straight through without constantly pausing to see who else was there that was not mentioned. at 1:04, that's Phillip McKeon with Dana Plato, he was in the TV show Alice and died a couple of years ago. His sister Nancy played Jo in The Facts Of Life.

[@whutzat]

I remember when "acting siblings" was a thing....Phillip and Nancy McKeon, and Kristy and Jimmy McNicol were all over the magazines at the time...Tiger Beat, etc.

[@foreverbeloved8956]

Thank you so much. I was trying to place him and for the life of me I couldn't remember.

[@kwebster62]

He died in December 2019 at age 55. I never caught if they mentioned his name. Personally, I never liked his performance in Alice. His sister Nancy did a better job.

[@whutzat]

@@kwebster62 OMG!...I didn't know he died fairly young and recently. I think either Nancy was just more talented/charismatic as an actor, or maybe he didn't like the business and bailed?

[@ravenhull]

Was smiling watching all the stars of my youth, then got a sad seeing Dana Plato...

[@chameleonvoice]

Miss Dan Haggerty

[@stirlwm]

With Phillip McKeon (also RIP) who they didn't even mention...

[@mrchopsticks3]

Whenever I think of roller disco, Vic Tayback and Earl Holliman are the first people I think of.

[@rangerdave1973]

I thoight i was the only one

[@stephaniebaker1542]

And Victor French...Mr. Old Dan Tucker, fine old man...washed his face with a frying pan

[@russellclaycomb146]

And Nancy Kulp... can't forget her!

[@troylowe814]

Vic Tayback FTW

[@alexdrake9931]

I'm a little pissed that the cast of Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller weren't there

[@BobbyBoca]

I was born in 78 so never had the chance to experience this era. The 80’s were amazing but the 70’s must have been great …

[@babysprinklesandangel9275]

This was just on last week and i noticed that as well ! Only the Oscar's would have hosted more celebrities ! Great video save !

[@beepbeep3000]

I remember seeing this in the late 1980s. Even though it came out in 1979. I was very little during that time. I'll watch CHiPs anytime, better than reality shows that make no sense.

[@CityGirlCountry]

The one comeback that we need. I experienced it in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and it was heaven on earth.

[@mmal7982]

Just found this. Nov 2024. I was about 7 or 8 for this. Awesome times.

[@dontrockwobble]

The Unknown Comic! The only 70s icons missing were Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. This is simply glorious.

[@hifijohn]

They were more 60's than 70's.

[@DeanStrickson]

They need Rip Taylor too! Maybe they didn’t want all the confetti clogging up the skates.

[@mikesternmike]

They forgot Avery Schreiber

[@CM-zq1is]

Please dear Lord, bring the 80’s back. 💕

[@writerforlifeify]

You mean the 70s! The 80s I don't miss...not the same vibe at all post-1981.

[@josebro352]

​@@writerforlifeify You're absolutely right. 1980 and 1981 were just like the 70s. Once 84 and 85 rolled around things started changing.

[@writerforlifeify]

@@josebro352 I lived through the 70s so I recall exactly (as a child) when the 70s yielded to the 80s in terms of the general zeitgeist of the times. Happened late (Dec)1981 to early 1982. I could literally feel the winds of change & I didn't like it. Everything just felt more artificial, restricted, banal, excessive yet hollow, soulless. And I remember that at some point in June of '79, for the first time, punk rock/funk or non-disco songs began to overtake the Top 40 which had been completely dominated by Disco up to that point, especially in the wake of the SNF soundtrack release. Some peeps say the 80s basically spanned the 5 years b/w '82 to '87, peaking in '84-'86. Listen to the difference b/w the theme songs of 2 popular tv police dramas: Hart to Hart (from 1980-81, disco-flavored) & Miami Vice (1984, synthesizer-driven). I much prefer the Hart to Hart theme (real instruments). But the best has be the funky Baretta theme courtesy of Sammy Davis Jr.

[@josebro352]

@@writerforlifeify Don't go to bed with no price on your head no no!! LOL I loved Barretta when I was a kid. Same goes for Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew. All shows from my childhood!! I miss the 70s and early 80s so much. It was such a different world back then. Nothing like today. I miss the music, the hairstyles, bikes with banana seats, roller rinks, Star Wars when it was just one movie, disco, and everything else 70s!! I see what you mean though about the change in music tone. Hart to Hart definitely had a more disco like beat to it and leaned more toward the 70s.

[@joedimaggio3687]

Back then people including celebrities were much more down to earth

[@pjposullivan]

The organisation to get all those people together must have been incredible. I love it when a plan comes together.

[@krell2130]

It was much simpler than you think. The words, "free bar" was all that were needed.

[@robertwalls5794]

I'm 54 now so as a kid the shows like this rocked. Takes me back to being a kid in the "cheesy" days.

[@Fifury161]

Wow - looks like so much fun, sadly I don't think you'd ever get to experience something like this now, such innocent times back then!

[@robertsharp3238]

You won’t believe it but there are still roller discos, they are few and far between, but there is a core group of enthusiasts who were either too young or not even born at the time, that are keen to experience the euphoria.

[@Fifury161]

@@robertsharp3238 Sadly it's not the same thing - much more innocent times back then... (I have to admit I have been to a few recently, however the event organisers insisted on everyone wearing body armour and of course the music was contemporary - which kinda ruins the effect!) Cancel Reply

[@HYPNOTOAD291]

The 70s were pretty special. A lot of good music came out of the 70s. I wasn't a fan of disco, though. Wasn't me.

[@davidkeel4543]

Ponch and John had more hobbies than anyone I know.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox had a temporary feud.

[@samanthabloggins1775]

That was fun seeing all the stars from that time period thanks

[@northernsoutherngirl]

This just appeared in my timeline today, 12/22/23. I ❤ the MeTV channel. This clip brings back so many tv show nostalgia!😊

[@t.h.8475]

I grew up in a rural community in Indiana. We were lucky enough to have a skating rink. I loved it. This clip has a lot of stars in it. Not sure how i missed it back then.

[@fractalelf7760]

I was only a kid going to early teens but man I miss that period so much now.

[@lynettenasseri753]

The 70's with Sat night at the local disco, hitting the skating rink with friends and a bunch of us hanging out in a friend's basement playing pool , watching tv and listening to music. Those were the fun and carefree times of true enjoyment!

[@marcofalancia9553]

And now, our youth stare into a screen. Sad, but it's not their fault. Advertising wrapped in technology has taken the fun out of life for our young people.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

I miss playing ping pong in the basement 😂 We had some serious game back then😂

[@judithshelton5655]

I used to skate at Billy Barty’s Roller Fantasy in Fullerton, CA. Such great times. I miss skating. 😢

[@taraniso]

Nancy Kulp AND Jo Anne Worley roller disco-ing? Epic.

[@justmeandthethree]

Namcy Kulp and Joanne Worley in the same building? I bet all the men had to quickly sit down when those babes showed up.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

@@justmeandthethree ...LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP IT!!! : )

[@MikeOnTheHomestead]

It is amazing how fast celebrities can be forgotten...

[@jaengen]

I haven’t forgot any of them. I am building a shrine in my living room to 70’s tv stars. The centerpiece is Cindy Williams and Dick Van Patten on skates!

[@MikeOnTheHomestead]

@@jaengen they must have had a profound impact on your life

[@AvitalShtap]

Fantastic HD upload, THANK YOU for the glorious quality!

[@mdenmark604]

When will we all feel this type of glee, carefree feeling and togetherness again?

[@joaquinalexander9]

Probably, never. 😪

[@jacksilver930]

Those times are gone, unfortunately. They won't be coming back again.

[@hoibsh21]

@@jacksilver930 Aww, don't be so negative. History goes round in circles, those times will come back!

[@josebro352]

@@hoibsh21 Yes but it wouldn't be the same if these things came back today. Number one we're all older and number two people today would be skating around and taking selfies so they can post it on social media. They'd have to step off the rink mid skate to check and see who's texting them. Not to mention the roller rink would probably be the setting for a gang fight. Welcome to 2023. I know it's sad and depressing but unfortunately it's our reality now. Oh how I wish I could go back to the 80s.

[@11dsw]

@@josebro352…nothing about this video is 8os…nothing. 7os.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I worked at a television station, early mornings. I would take a break around 10 a.m. every day, and one of our channels showed reruns of "The Bionic Woman" every day at that time. I managed to make it through the entire series run. Almost every episode was centered around some 70's phenomenon. Disco dance contests, like "Saturday Night Fever". Mechanical bull riding like "Urban Cowboy". 50's nostalgia like "Grease". The Bermuda Triangle. Bigfoot. A rock band in KISS-like makeup. Jogging.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

My favorite episode of The Bionic Woman was Jaime Vs the Fembots.

[@mrsean1999]

Any episodes about inflation or gas shortages? It actually sounds Amazing. I should watch some episodes.

[@dariusanderton3760]

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc oh my god I think I remember that. When the robots faces got pulled off there was a bunch of primitive looking electronics, big eyeballs and very fake looking wigs.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

@@dariusanderton3760 The fembots were stronger than Jaime.

[@robertsharp3238]

I don’t remember too much about the seventies, I wasn’t born until 1971, but I do remember the first time I seen Chips, it was sometime in 1978 and used to watch it regularly. There was something alluring about the shows and movies of the late seventies, the car chases and stunts were real, no CGI back then.

[@keithgriffiths9864]

I loved Charlie's Angels❤

[@amst27]

Thank you for sharing this Chips TV series clip. It has brought a smile to my face and much needed joy and positivity. 😃🥰💖👋👏👍🎊🎉🎆🎇🎈✨️🔥

[@MSchichinitsa]

I was a teenager in the seventies and used to roller skate to disco music. We thought we were so cool. Lol. It was an amazingly fun time. Sometimes wish I could go back and relive those moments. I feel sorry for anyone who never experienced that special time in history.

[@texaswunderkind]

I used to host an annual Xanadu party at my house. You know, because it combines the three most important aspects of a good movie: 1) roller disco, 2) hand-painted album cover posters, and 3) Greek gods. People were a little unsure at first, but its popularity grew. Mostly I served a lot of alcohol and ignored the fact that most people weren't watching.