I graduated from high school in 1979 and got married to my HS sweetheart the following year in Miami. He interviewed Henry Winkler for our school newspaper (of which he was the assistant editor)! We were married for 41 years before he died very suddenly and unexpectedly in August of this year. The memories in this video feel like they happened only yesterday. Life is short.
@sdmurphy202 жыл бұрын
My mom also graduated this year. Her and my dad started dating soon after 😊
@notyourconcern173062 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss. I was born this year, and is great to look back at what it was like back then. I have heard plenty of stories .
@tommyboy16532 жыл бұрын
1978 grad married 1981,and lost about 6 friends by different causes ,and sorry for your loss .Time goes by like the wink of an eye.
@ntvypr48202 жыл бұрын
Graduated 1978, Married June 1979. While you are living it mostly life seems to go at a measured pace, but I have to say the last 20 years were like lightning. All the guys I ran with in HS are gone. Far too soon, and most of my class is gone. Life IS short. It doesn't seem that way when you start but at the other end oh, can you ever see it. I am sorry for your loss.
@DanteVelasquez Жыл бұрын
My condolences 😞
@HerAeolianHarp2 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful series, and it gives me an adult perspective on the backdrop to my childhood.
@stillaboveground24702 жыл бұрын
1979 was a great year for me... I miss being young.
@JUVI95962 жыл бұрын
I was 5. I recall a few small things
@model-man78022 жыл бұрын
Except for Jimmy Carter 1979 was a great year.Lots of Memories. 👌
@charles-y2z6c2 жыл бұрын
@@model-man7802 I would even take Jimmy Carter back to be 23 again.
@model-man78022 жыл бұрын
@@charles-y2z6c me too.
@deborahchesser73752 жыл бұрын
I turned 13 that summer, one of the best.
@anthonypsomas11832 жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in June 1979. This was an excellent 8 minute summary that drilled down quickly of the events of 79. Thank you for the memories! Great series on all the years! Keep them coming!
@Afib952 жыл бұрын
I graduated 1879 too.
@MIMIDSH2 жыл бұрын
I started high school in Sept 1978, so the majority of my freshman year was 1979
@troylowe8142 жыл бұрын
This was the best year of my childhood. I can remember sitting in the backseat of my dad's monte carlo on a Sunday night after we left Sunday night church services. On the way home dad stopped at Kroger's to grab a few snacks for us to munch on while watching the NBC Sunday Night Movie, while waiting on dad my mom turned the radio on and "Minute by Minute" was playing. Never before or since did I feel more at peace. I miss my dad, my mom, the monte carlo and the peace I felt in 1979.
@kotysuefawcett65382 жыл бұрын
This channel ROCKS! Thank you. 👍🤗✌️
@sabrinapittsley23042 жыл бұрын
On April 9 , 1979, I started my long time employment with Martin Marietta which later became Lockheed Martin. I just retired from that job about 2 weeks ago.
@pegs16592 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@mmaranta7852 жыл бұрын
I worked at Lockheed in Sunnyvale from 1982 to 1988. I should have stayed longer.
@josephanderson72374 ай бұрын
Impressive. Do you know Robert Cock or David Cook?
@encompassvideo54292 жыл бұрын
I was 14 then and went from a small middle school to a large high school. That was tough for me. I was not prepared for this change. My grades were bad and my dad was pissed at me. He owned several businesses and was trying to support my whole family of 8 people. He was a shrewd guy and he succeeded. He died last year. We had a great relationship for most of his life. He was dedicated to his family and helped us all.
@warrenwhitman30052 жыл бұрын
Graduated High School that year. I remember that is snowed on May 9th on Long Island that year.
@LegendaryDCC7 ай бұрын
My birth year in the May of '79. Thanks for showcasing noteworthy events on that particular year. 👍
@Russ1132 жыл бұрын
I turned 18 in the military in 1979. I was on bivouac at Ft. Benning, GA. They brought me in from the field for KP duty, lol. I miss the 1970’s. Thank you for these videos.
@Blaze_19612 жыл бұрын
I was 18 in 79. What a generation to be part of, I wouldn't want to be a teenager in any other decade.
@kristie7146 Жыл бұрын
Me either. It was such a different time. My brother and I were saying the other day how blessed we were to grow up in this time. No cell phones no twitter or facebook. People actually talked face to face. I really miss those times. Also the best music ever !!!
@timothylawson3262 Жыл бұрын
Facts.
@jc43883 ай бұрын
I was 8 and daisy duke could have had any man in the USA in 79.
@Nieve_1231 Жыл бұрын
This is so fascinating to watch! I was born on New Year's Eve 1979!
@bearforce1872 жыл бұрын
I was 14 in 1979, what a year, met my first girlfriend then thought it had to be real love LOL. There were some things I would love to go back and change that year, but it was still a good year for the most part, Much simpler times, the Sony Walkman was high tech stuff back then. Part of me wishes to go back to those times.
@paposwing29252 жыл бұрын
My cousin from NY gave me his Sony walkman. And I tell you, I remember the incredible sound even from the foam covered headphones. I remember it was very solid and well built. As a stupid 16 year old, I let one of my friend borrow it and one of his "friends" end up stealing it. I was so mad. At first I thought he made that up. But I ran into him recently. He's a well know Real Estate agent, and he seriously confirmed that's what really happened. That guy end up in jail for stealing credit cards.
@jedidrummerjake2 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me!
@briansacksteder85242 жыл бұрын
Ah yes times were different then
@Sam-blackwidow7329 Жыл бұрын
very simple back then, not like today
@barrybebenek86912 жыл бұрын
I was 8 in 1979. I remember all of this. I so enjoy all these flashbacks on this channel. Right back to early seventies. 🇨🇦👍🏼
@TheValkryie2 жыл бұрын
I was age 8 too :)
@rr89602 жыл бұрын
I married the love of my life in 1979. #42YearsStrong. ❤️
@jimnoe4062 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in high school. Man to be young again
@timcarroll4902 жыл бұрын
1979 had a lot of different things. I was 13 and live near Pittsburgh and remembered Three Mile Island well. It was also the year my We Are Family Pittsburgh Pirates won it all. Willie Stargell was Mister Everything. It was also Disco Demolition Night At Comiskey Park in July. Sadly, also, we lost Thurman Munson of the Yankees on August 2nd that year. R.I.P. Thurman
@julenepegher69992 жыл бұрын
I was 20 in 79, I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, I was a big fan of the Pirates for most of the Seventies. Roberto Clemente was my favorite and Richie Hebner. Cheers to the good old days.
@dougthompson54492 жыл бұрын
I was there at the last WS game ever played in Pittsburgh.
@Mike4metal2 жыл бұрын
I was 14 Years old and Loving Life music and youth!🔥✨
@donnamarsh34742 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Mike4metal2 жыл бұрын
@@donnamarsh3474 Awesome!🔥🔥✨
@speckledhen4092 жыл бұрын
I was Twenty seven year old and I thought I was getting old. Didn’t know what old was,haha! I sure do now.
@jackforbes8262 жыл бұрын
I remember all this stuff. Inflation, out of control crime, Gas prices and energy crunches, Concert tragedies, OMG I am stuck in a time loop
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Sounds familar, right? There were even concert deaths recently (for an artist not comparable in greatness to The Who!)
@doloreshuntoon76982 жыл бұрын
In the spring of 1979, the late John Wayne made his final appearance and created an overnight sensation at the 1979 Academy Awards Ceremonies in Hollywood, California. Good times, baby, good times.
@footballlvnlady2 жыл бұрын
I moved into a new home that my husband and I helped build in January. That summer I found out I was pregnant with our first child.
@joebrown13822 жыл бұрын
I was 34 in 79. Your historical stories & videos should be required viewing by the young people of today.
@TheDhammond2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this.♥️ This was a very special year for me.
@evierodriguez82 Жыл бұрын
My younger older brother and cousin were born in '79. Brother: New Year's Day. Cousin: New Year's Eve! ❤❤😘😘
@allan96032 жыл бұрын
1979 was an interesting year for me. I spent the majority of it in South Korea in the US Army. The nightclubs in the "ville" dancing to disco music, the long summer days of the monsoon season, the endless cold nights pulling guard duty on the DMZ, and 12-14 hour work days.., are all etched forever in memory. As I look back today, I would do it all again.., minus the hangovers!🤣👍🇺🇸
@mrdraper46332 жыл бұрын
I was 3 but living at Ft. Campbell, my birthplace, but spent the other half at Ft. Polk, LA. Thank you for your service
@Chilly_Billy2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, seeing Alien in a dark theater at all of 12 years of age... scary stuff for sure!
@starmnsixty12092 жыл бұрын
That's for sure! Did you know science fiction writer A. E. Van Vogt successfully sued Alien's makers for plagerzation of at least one of his stories? Settled for a ridiculously small sum considering all the revenue the "Alien" franchise has generated since 1979.
@randygreen0072 жыл бұрын
No kidding! My best friend and I were too young to drive so we convinced my mother to take us. She stayed to watch with us (needed an adult to get in plus my mom was just fun that way) but my friend and I went to the bathroom to smoke a cigarette right before the alien burst out of Kane’s chest. When we returned that scene was playing on the screen and my mother had her feet up on the chair with her head tucked between her knees screaming her lungs out. It took a whole lot of convincing just to get her to stay. She refused to take us to anymore movies like that though.
@Truly1Tom2 жыл бұрын
1979 was a great year for me. I was a teenager during the '70s. I believe we'll never see the like again. I know I'm old. I can remember when Michael Jackson was ⚫ black ⚫.
@jackson5116 Жыл бұрын
he was still black in the 80's!
@pdennis932 жыл бұрын
The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite show growing up and I was born in 1979.
@Kelle02842 жыл бұрын
I was born in 74. I didn't start watching it until the fall of 81. I caught up by seeing reruns later on.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1979 also. My younger brother Luke (born in 1981) was named after Luke Duke. I thought a lot about that show for about 18 years, it was really big on my area.
@timcarroll4902 жыл бұрын
By the way, loving your series also there, Recollection Road. This is so great especially restaurants and years, especially 60's and 70's. I watch a new one every day and can't wait for a newer one. I'm constantly checking in 😆
@Tiberius2912 жыл бұрын
I was 21 and went to my first concert to see Prince inside an auditorium, front row seats, Teena Marie opened for Prince. Huge fan of "This Old House" and Bob Vila. Travis Scott and "The Who" have something in common. "Alien" a great well acted movie i went to see with my girlfriend, i enjoyed 1979.
@matrox2 жыл бұрын
This Old House still in production after 43 years.
@danityvanityinsanity2 жыл бұрын
So famous musicians were doing Satanic sacrifices back then too.
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@danityvanityinsanity I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
@@matrox Is it? I am going to look that up, thank you for the reference.
@marywilliamson12602 жыл бұрын
high school memories-- THANK YOU!
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@Mary Williamson, These were the days, when, there were not soyboys, or snowflakes, or Karins' and every boy and girl, in America, knew which bathroom, to use
@paulakpacente Жыл бұрын
I remember it well. I was 25 years old... I lived in the Chicagoland area then and recall watching EVERYTHING about Flight 191. Such a tragedy caused by human error.
@anthonydio78292 жыл бұрын
I remember that plane crash at O'Hare. That plane barely missed a trailer park.
@starmnsixty12092 жыл бұрын
Yeah -- I was watching TV waiting for a series when the news of this terrible plane crash came on. Sadly, not all of our memories of the past can be good ones.
@Bigchet12232 жыл бұрын
I turned 9 in December of 79. I was playing with hot wheels and legos then and didn’t have a worry in the world.
@michaelblaine64942 жыл бұрын
Right on,that’s the month I was born
@FlyxPat2 жыл бұрын
My last year of high school. I remember thinking on the last day of school it was like stepping off a high-dive tower.
@equalopportunityoffender67322 жыл бұрын
Graduated in 1979; thought holy shit, now what ? What a strange ride it's been. I can see The End off the conveyor belt from here. Oh my !
@GuyPipili2 жыл бұрын
Was a freshman in high school. What a year. There was a teacher's strike my first year. As well as current events of the year.
@stealthyBLK2 жыл бұрын
this is a great series PLEASE DONT STOP!
@Exotic30002 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting!
@ShawnCaldwell112 жыл бұрын
I was born on October 11th, 1979. My dad would always tell me stories of the 70s and how good life was back then. Yes there were problems, but nothing like it is now.
@1954shadow2 жыл бұрын
Oct. 11, 1954 for me.
@matrox2 жыл бұрын
America's best days were over by 79' it was well on its way to being the sh!thole it is today.
@ShawnCaldwell112 жыл бұрын
@@matrox i couldnt agree more....
@ShawnCaldwell112 жыл бұрын
@@1954shadow NICE
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@matrox You have been reported for "hate speech" &" inciting violence", and your account will be banned & deleted, that is all, you are now dismissed
@mariamercy73172 жыл бұрын
One of my best years, if not maybe the utmost best! It was the year I ran to the alter of a church, to give my heart and my whole life to The Lord. I had gone through torture before that! Thank You Lord! God bless all of you here in this site ❤️
@deborahpellerito61172 жыл бұрын
Amen
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@deborahpellerito6117 I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay
@okd5212 жыл бұрын
I gave my life to the Lord that year as well, and actually studied for the ministry for a while. Thank God I grew out of my childhood fantasies.
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@okd521 You have been reported, for "hate speech" & "inciting violence", your account will be deleted and banned.
@robertwhite98982 жыл бұрын
Amen !
@dougmorris93172 жыл бұрын
This was the year I graduated high school, I remember this stuff like it was yesterday but I just turned 60 a couple weeks ago and it seems like a century ago too... time sure flies!
@donaldculp37592 жыл бұрын
Me too! What a great year! And 60 is pretty damn cool these days!
@mbankslje0nk2 жыл бұрын
I too was graduated in 79 and joined the Marine Corps.
@briankreezan78432 жыл бұрын
@@donaldculp3759 Yes it is was my year as well . " And can't believe it but two thirds of my life have gone by sentence." ( So keep that in mind all you out there thinking about quitting DON'T life is short )
@donaldculp37592 жыл бұрын
@@briankreezan7843 on my Harley vest..."Don't Fear Dying....Fear Not Living"
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@briankreezan7843 I will NEVER quit smoking cigarettes', my doctor, told me, in 1972, that they are great for my health, I've been smoking for 45 years, and I have never felt better.
@scratchdog22162 жыл бұрын
Born in '65. Great times growing up.
@davidsquires1542 жыл бұрын
I remember the year 1979, it was my 4th year of living on my own. It was also my 4th year of working for Hudson's Eastland Mall. I also remember the long gas ⛽ lines at the gas stations. The Dukes of Hazzard came on TV 📺. The Disco group The Village People. The TV 📺 Sitcom Good Times starring John Amos and Esther Rolle. Good Times was a spin off the TV series Maude. I was 22 years old at the time.
@DrumWild2 жыл бұрын
I was at The Who concert in 1979. It was my 15th birthday. Nobody was rushing in to get seats. Rather, it was a general admission show with no seating. The doors were opening late, the band stayed a sound check, too many people thought the concert was starting, and all hell broke loose. My feet didn't touch the ground the entire time.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Sounds wild.
@sonyafox32712 жыл бұрын
My dad could not miss and wouldn’t miss the Dukes of Hazard, on Friday night my mom bowled, but, my mom didn’t start till 9pm, my parents would socialize some before she got started and my dad would sit there and watch the clock, he’d go back home to watch the Dukes and return back to watch mom bowl once the Dukes went off.
@stanbertmotors68172 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the memories, 1979 is a special year for me since it was the year i came to the USA, i was 16 years old. so it was like a new beginning for me, i keep playing the play 4 lotto ( which i still have not won ) and the numbers are 1979. but you can count on it that soon i will win it.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, thank you so much for making it.
@jasoncataldi20532 жыл бұрын
Long live The Dukes. Really a shame , my favorite show growing up & can no longer watch it.
@jrussellcase2 жыл бұрын
John Schneider has a great KZbin channel. If you've never seen it, it's worth checking out.
@noble6042 жыл бұрын
Maybe you’ll consider getting the entire DVD set. It’ll take you right back. 🙂
@ShiftingDrifter2 жыл бұрын
You missed a lot of influential events that defined the year - Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall made #1 on billboard charts, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a drug overdose, John Wayne died that year of cancer, and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
@briansacksteder85242 жыл бұрын
wow pretty heavy for a year, miss the simpler times. i was in the late 80's
@BrianRetro2 жыл бұрын
July 12th brought us Disco Demolition Night at Chicago's Comiskey Park. It is widely known as the beginning of the end of the popularity for Disco music.
@luisreyes19635 ай бұрын
It was a great moment in Chicago history. 😁
@brett42642 жыл бұрын
Wish these were longer and more detailed...
@Lyle_9182 жыл бұрын
11 June 79: John Wayne passed away at age 72. News hourly via AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio & Television Service) at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece.
@MidKid612 жыл бұрын
MAJOR MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR 1979: Man of the Year (Time) = Ayoatollah Khomeini Playmate of the Year (Playboy) = Dorothy Stratten Pet of the Year (Penthouse) = Cheryl Rixon Sportsman of the Year (Sports Illustrated) = Terry Bradshaw and Willie Stargell Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Buick Riviera Turbo Coupe Import Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Datsun 280ZX
@morganbrittany39622 жыл бұрын
My husband Jack Gill was the stunt double for John Schneider in “Dukes”! He drove the General Lee and did those incredible car jumps. Great times.
@donnamarsh34742 жыл бұрын
Wow! Awesome!!
@dwaynecoy18714 ай бұрын
This was the height of my "mixed tape" era. My best friend had a huge record collection and a great stereo system, which I had none of. I would get him a bunch of blank tapes and he would load them up with music from his collection of LP's. Also the year I graduated from HS, great times.
@paulwicklund50442 жыл бұрын
My dad bought a 1979 Chevy Malibu station wagon new for $6,000. Gave me his 1970 Dodge Dart . President Reagan came to Luther North high school and filmed a TV commercial for his campaign. He's in my high school yearbook. Jane Byrne became Chicago's First women mayor after the city of Chicago got over 90 inches of snow.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Was that your high school?
@johnblaze52522 жыл бұрын
I was 11 years old .. I would give up all the technology in my life if I only could just for a one way ticket back to 1979.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Just curious, why do you prefer that year?
@djbigpean2 жыл бұрын
I remember that album, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, I was four at the time, listening to it over my cousin's house. Great year for Pittsburgh, the Steelers won the super bowl, and the pirates won the world series.
@model-man78022 жыл бұрын
I bought that album too,I was 18.
@veronicagallo20352 жыл бұрын
Our Ma ma actually took all 4 of us kids to see ** The Jacksons* that yr a few months b4 Off the Wall hut the charts with A BuLLET !! EVERY song on there was just superb ! Saw RodStewart Barry Manilow and many more that yr also thanX to a great Mom who took us all to many shows , plays etc🤗🤗💖💖Yes , even besides music 😁📻 79 was one great year ☮️✨🌛 Beach in daytime 📻😃Drive Ins st night all bundled cozily + Very happily into our* beach wagon* ! WaitAminut I still do the same thing now come to thinking it but 79 WaS one GREAT YEAR! 🎵📻✨🌛
@1985OldSkool2 жыл бұрын
The number 1s on the US Billboard Hot 100 during 1979: 1/6-13 The Bee Gees - "Too Much Heaven" 1/20-2/3 Chic - "Le Freak" (also #1 on 12/9 and 12/23-30 in 1978) 2/10-3/3 Rod Stewart - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" 3/10-17 and 4/7 Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" 3/24-31 The Bee Gees - "Tragedy" 4/14 The Doobie Brothers - "What a Fool Believes" 4/21 Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" 4/28 Blondie - "Heart of Glass" 5/5-26 Peaches & Herb - "Reunited" 6/2 and 6/16-23 Donna Summer - "Hot Stuff" 6/9 The Bee Gees - "Love You Inside Out 6/30-7/7 Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" 7/14-8/11 Donna Summer - "Bad Girls" 8/18 Chic - "Good Times" 8/25-9/29 The Knack - "My Sharona" 10/6 Robert John - "Sad Eyes" 10/13 Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 10/20-27 Herb Alpert - "Rise" 11/3 M - "Pop Musik" 11/10 The Eagles - "Heartache Tonight" 11/17 The Commodores - "Still" 11/24-12/1 Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer - "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" 12/8-15 Styx - "Babe" 12/22-29 Rupert Holmes - "Escape" (also #1 on 1/12/1980)
@williamshea44252 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Great music memories.
@williammoseley172 жыл бұрын
The year I graduate High School. Was the best of times with nothing matching it since.
@MisterMikeTexas2 жыл бұрын
I turned 16 in November of 1979. I remember much of those events.
@timjohnson2186 Жыл бұрын
Well done
@allisonchancey75902 жыл бұрын
On June 29, 1979 I married the love of my life. Being young and in love, we thought nothing of driving to Miami Beach for our honeymoon. Gas rations and lines were just unusual things we remembered to tell our children. This was one of the best years of my life!!
@robertabrams85622 жыл бұрын
Wow…I was 19 in ‘79 - thanks for the recap 👏🏼
@Madness8322 жыл бұрын
Now I'm gettin' anxious; you're closin' in on the 80s!
@bostongirlsandy2 жыл бұрын
I won a Walkman in an art contest in '96. The only thing I have won to this day. It was a drawing of Rio de Janeiro.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Like winning a piece of history. Cool prize.
@zymaymyn2 жыл бұрын
Also in 1979: Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans beat Larry Bird's Indiana State Sycamores to win the 1979 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. The "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1979 World Series. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl earlier that year as well. Christopher Cross released his self-titled album. Contains the hits "Ride Like the Wind", "Sailing", "Never Be the Same" and "Say You'll Be Mine". It won an 'album of the year' Grammy. ESPN was born. Disco Demolition Night forced the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers.
@darrylh19712 жыл бұрын
And CBS debuted the game show "Whew!" hosted by Tom Kennedy (April 1979).
@1985OldSkool2 жыл бұрын
As of November 2021, it was the last time that an MLB game was forfeited in the American League.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
ESPN being born is really important today.
@davecerrillo41862 жыл бұрын
I Always Say 1979 Was The Last Great Year on Earth ❤️
@luisreyes19635 ай бұрын
Could have been, thanks to 3 Mile Island...☢️
@JT-19692 жыл бұрын
I was a 10 year old kid in Indiana when that plane crashed, every time something came on the news I wanted to watch. I’m sure this has some influence on me becoming a pilot. When you look at 1979 and 2021 it’s strange how much they have in common?
@jrussellcase2 жыл бұрын
I was a smidgen younger, I turned 8 in '79. I also found myself paying WAY too much attention to the news for a kid that age. That hostage crisis hit home for us, one of them was from our small city.
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@jrussellcase I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
There is a lot in common. We had gas lines recently and are certainly in a recession (soon to be a depression).
@briansacksteder85242 жыл бұрын
what is that plane crash @ 3:20'sh?
@Lousybarber2 жыл бұрын
Another 1979 event from Chicago was disco demolition night at Comiskey Park. A promotion that went horribly wrong and caused lots of mayhem.
@robertshaw37112 жыл бұрын
Another event that year was an accident at the final day of the Texas State Fair when two gondolas collided and fell to the ground killing one man and injuring a few others. People were stranded for as long as three hours before they could be rescued. The fair was forced to close six hours early. The gondola ride was then dismantled and never used again.
@doloreshuntoon76982 жыл бұрын
What a pity!!!
@pameladunn77852 жыл бұрын
. Thanks for the memories! On my birthday March 28, three mile island happened. That was right after the movie The China Syndrome came out. Scary stuff!
@alexpeters35482 жыл бұрын
1975 / 1979, The bestest time ever, Good people, friends, laughs, smiles and pretty girls. and a kegger or 2 for good measure
@doloreshuntoon76982 жыл бұрын
In the spring of 1979, Kiss released their next album which was entitled "Dynasty." It featured two hit songs including "I was Made for Loving You, Baby!" and "I Sure Know Something." Then on Halloween night of the very same year, the four original long-haired kabuki guys appeared on NBC-TV's "The Tomorrow Show" which was hosted by the late Tom Snyder himself.
@mikeyvicious23992 жыл бұрын
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@okd5212 жыл бұрын
I had a friend at that time who really liked kiss and the band thin Lizzy and meatloaf. I thought they all sucked but I never said anything!
@aliceinchainz3003 Жыл бұрын
im 55 yrs old so i was 11 in 79 when all this was goin on i remeber most of it like it was yesterday cant help but feel sad a lil bit my mom was my best friend and she was the best mom a fella could ever have i miss her every day. and just to let u guys know whos moms are still alive with ya! u learn to live with it..u have too but that heart felt pain never goes away its just stored away.. in the basement.
@pernelldh2 жыл бұрын
Also in 1979... WRTV and WTHR in Indianapolis, Indiana had swapped networks. WRTV formerly an NBC affiliate, now ABC affiliate. WTHR formerly ABC affiliate, now NBC affiliate.
@davidperry72712 жыл бұрын
I turned 16 in 1979 and started driving fun year had a job making pizza and went to voc - tec for automotive wich I still do
@redwandennaoui45082 жыл бұрын
Very informative documentary on 1979, thanks
@doloreshuntoon76982 жыл бұрын
On Sunday night, December the sixteenth, 1979, movie & TV star Joseph Bottoms became the caped-crusading superhero himself called Major Effects on NBC-TV's "Disney's Wonderful World." It also featured Cybil & Tricia Barnstable (from the short-lived science-fiction comedy series "Quark") as themselves.
@booth27102 жыл бұрын
If there was a door with a sign over it saying 1979 I would go through that door in a shot
@jackieortegadesigns326 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1979, great to see the events happened during the time I was born.
@MikeBrown-ii3pt2 жыл бұрын
Catherine Bach (the REAL Daisy Duke!) was my first love! She was too old for me though so I married my second love in 1987. We were both 18 and we're still married!
@jasoncataldi20532 жыл бұрын
Met her at Dukes convention at Cooter’s in Nashville for the 40th Anniversary of the shows debut. She is still a beautiful , sexy, charming woman. A dream come true.
@joshct94262 жыл бұрын
Really love these shows about each year
@tomjonas73842 жыл бұрын
Love the 70s so much simpler than now
@charles-y2z6c2 жыл бұрын
In 1979 Michael Jackson was still black.
@smorgasbordtv40922 жыл бұрын
MJ was always black it was a disease that turned him white
@randygreen0072 жыл бұрын
@@smorgasbordtv4092 you’re absolutely right. It’s called vitiligo and it really sucks. My mother has it and it’s pretty tough psychologically.
@Chilly_Billy2 жыл бұрын
From an economic standpoint, 2021 feels an awful lot like 1979. Lots of "malaise" both years.
@tearosy2 жыл бұрын
Inflation, high gas prices too. I was 23 in 1979. Now I'm 65 and on what my dad called Social Insecurity.
@Paramount5312 жыл бұрын
You aren't kidding, I feel the same sense of rage over current events that I felt in 1979 and 1980, Jimmy's recession was brutal and it took me years to recover. Hopefully, we will have the same result in the election of 2024.
@fenian1232 жыл бұрын
@@Paramount531 Ronnie's 82 recession was far worse than 79
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Yes, very similar.
@RichardinNC12 жыл бұрын
I worked at a gas station during the gas crisis and crazy price increases. Our family moved from cold snowy northern Ohio to North Carolina and I headed off to college. I’ve been in NC ever since. I loved the Dukes of Hazard. Not just for Daisy but for the car chases and corny southern humor (since that was new to me). Surprisingly, my mother was a fan of The Village People.
@starmnsixty12092 жыл бұрын
Watch what you're callin' "corny," my man!
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@starmnsixty1209 You have been reported for "hate speech" &" inciting violence", and your account will be banned & deleted, that is all, you are now dismissed
@saminaneen2 жыл бұрын
@@starmnsixty1209 I was born in 2021 I still remember when woman wore fedoras and men wore pink gloves when they dressed up for church. My Mexican family was lower income, but I remember my early childhood world as very cozy and safe and gay
@SoapinTrucker2 жыл бұрын
1979, 10th and 11th grade days, yup, a BLAST!!!!!! :)
@pamelamays41862 жыл бұрын
Catherine Bach should've taken out a patent or trademarked those shorts! Roscoe was at first mean, but Jim Best wanted him to be more comical.
@jdtractorman74452 жыл бұрын
I don't know if Catherine ever did, but she sure should have. Denim jean shorts for the ladies have even been deemed "Daisy Dukes" for the most part. Who can forget the image of her in those shorts, high heels and suntan pantyhose😘. Roscoe and Boss Hogg should have won Emmys for their comical humor, I miss those two guys. Even my grandfather used to laugh at them.
@dustbunee20072 жыл бұрын
The location of the Who concert tragedy is the RiverFRONT Coliseum, not Riverside. The venue is now called US Bank Arena.
@1985OldSkool2 жыл бұрын
Correction...it is now Heritage Bank Center (they name was changed in November of 2019). U.S. Bank chose not to renew the contract.
@UserHunca2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this year. I appreciate the acknowledgment of the American Airlines crash in which my father lost his life. That was May; in August, I was in a terrible car accident which led to emergency surgery that rebuilt me sans the bionic parts. That surgery led to the life-threatening disease of subglottic tracheal stenosis which affects me to this day. My uncle died of a brain tumor in December. My grandmother lost two of five sons in the same year. Our lives were completely changed in 1979.
@donnamarsh34742 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your tragic losses.😢
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Must have been a rough year.
@billhonn27012 жыл бұрын
Loved the dukes of hazards 1979 i also graduated high school in may
@Bigchet12232 жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin released their final studio album in through the out door in 1979. Pink Floyd also released the wall.
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
I love both of those bands. Led Zeppelin is my favorite band but I am still trying to find a way to accept that album.
@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary2 жыл бұрын
In 79 I was in Middle School.. How the world has gone down hill from there.. Sad..
@thinkingoutloud67412 жыл бұрын
In ‘79, we only thought government was evil. Looking back from today, after witnessing an evil government for real, ‘79 wasn’t so bad at all.
@okd5212 жыл бұрын
Tell me you've been a lifelong Republican, without using the words I've been a lifelong Republican!
@thinkingoutloud67412 жыл бұрын
@@okd521 I’ve been a life long Independent.
@Rescue1622 жыл бұрын
1979 was my favorite year. I was 13. I remember it well for Donna Summer, the Sony Walkman, the Iran hostage crisis, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers being champions.
@algray79512 жыл бұрын
We talked about the hostage crisis almost every day in American history class in 8th grade then
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
Ever hear the song "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins?
@gletube31092 жыл бұрын
Will you be going up to 2000? Will you go back to 1900? Can't wait for the 80s!!!
@aegisofhonor2 жыл бұрын
Funny irony about Dukes of Hazzard, there were 39 brand new shows networks premiered during the midseason in early 1979, there were quite a few that networks thought for sure would be hits, and one they thought would NOT be a hit was Dukes of Hazzard. Not only was Dukes of Hazzard a huge hit, it outlasted every one of those new series from early 1979 mid season (considered one of the most disasterous mid seasons in TV history based on average longevity of a series and the sheer number of new series that were canceled very quickly after their premier); the vast majority never making it past that same mid season and only 4 others even making it into 1980 and on the Duke Boys made it to 1983.
@pernelldh2 жыл бұрын
Also in 1979... The Facts of Life, a spin-off of 'Diff'rent Strokes' starring Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields premiered on NBC. 240-Robert starring John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon and Joanna Cassidy premiered on ABC. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo starring Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin and Mills Watson premiered on NBC. Archie Bunker's Place starring Carroll O'Conner and Danielle Brisebois premiered on CBS.
@cnance19722 жыл бұрын
Loved Archie
@1985OldSkool2 жыл бұрын
Cable sports television network called the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (better known as ESPN) was launched on Friday, September 7, 1979
@btetschner2 жыл бұрын
There was a show called Live in Front of a Studio Audience (aired on December 7th this year) where celebrities acted straight from a script from an episode of The Facts of Life.