When SNL was actually funny and worth staying up late for!
@vanillacreem8169 ай бұрын
Tell me about it! How a no talent dweeb like “ Pete Davidson” ever got famous is baffling
@musicmaster1589 ай бұрын
And Benny Hill!
@ThatAutisticBlackMan8 ай бұрын
when I was younger I didn't get SNL but now in my 40's I look forward to it and hate when they skip a weekend. My theory and I don't know your age, is that SNL has always had its age demographic and never moved outside of it, they just hired new talent that fit that group and when you age into it, it becomes funny. Kinda like how imaginary friends just stop showing up and you forgetting their names at some point. I watched Mad TV for a couple of seasons but aged out of it as the writers new cast didn't make me laugh like they once did. Just my theory on it.
@ps_nyisgone8 ай бұрын
70s SNL cast is best hands down!
@hrv49088 ай бұрын
Wasn't ruined by the left, just like most everything else.
@muffassa67399 ай бұрын
I met my husband in 1970 and he passed away 2023 in December. We loved the 70s. But I sure miss my husband more 😢
@louettesommers85948 ай бұрын
I’m very sorry for the loss of your husband. It’s so hard going on with half of yourself missing, at least that’s how it feels to me. Please accept my sincere condolences 💜
@bertblue96837 ай бұрын
I'm so jealous
@whatsit2ya2476 ай бұрын
@bertblue9683 Jealous that your spouse hasn't passed yet??!
@Les44511 ай бұрын
A great time to be a teenager!!!✌️❤️
@ps_nyisgone8 ай бұрын
glad there was no cell phone or internet no facebook or twitter/X. wouldnt want my teen years posted online for eterrnity.
@philovance19407 ай бұрын
It sure was.
@robertcampbell802711 ай бұрын
My wife and I got married March 20, 1971. Still together. Celebrating 53 years this year.
@davidmitchell687311 ай бұрын
I promise not to tell her about your many illicit affairs. Your secret is safe with me.
@jrnfw40609 ай бұрын
Congratulations Hubby and I were married in 1978 -- 46 years ago, and still together.
@victorwadsworth8215 ай бұрын
@@robertcampbell8027 congratulations which I had that
@Josiah-X3 ай бұрын
Me as a young person, age 37, it is so great to read comments like this. It makes me wish I was born much earlier. I would’ve had a better chance of finding someone to marry. These days is so hard to find a decent feminine woman.
@robertcampbell80273 ай бұрын
@@Josiah-X Not sure what “decent feminine woman” means. If in your mind it means subservience or obedience from her, it’s little wonder you can’t find a decent woman. My wife has been an avid feminist and active on the front lines of the Women’s Movement since college in the late 60s. Through her I got over my ridiculous male ego thinking I had to dominate and came to understand the importance of our partnership. I also realized the misogyny, racism, homophobia and xenophobia I grew up around was all bullshit. If you don’t want that, you’re not going to ever get what I have.
@joeheid277611 ай бұрын
Loved everything about the 70's. Oh the memories.
@saner688811 ай бұрын
Me too, it’s a wonder we survived, no helmets or elbow pads, just come home for supper, no real worries where we were in the mean time. Great time to be a kid. 💛🌻💛
@rogerstlaurent870411 ай бұрын
@@saner6888 Mercurochrome saved us kids back then
@saner688811 ай бұрын
@@rogerstlaurent8704 oh yes I remember the stains it left.
@mewregaurdhissyfit773311 ай бұрын
If I could turn back time...............
@mikamamma6 ай бұрын
Mercurochrome😂
@dad4ever-c9011 ай бұрын
In 1972, my parents took our family to Disney World. Travelling by car (without A/C) it was a 4-day round-trip. We spent ONE day in the park, which was long enough to ride every ride one time, as it wasn't that big yet. Good thing we did it that year, because the gas crisis kept us close to home for the rest of the decade. Now, more than 50 years later, I still have fond memories of that vacation!
@jeanbean139011 ай бұрын
We went to FL the year BEFORE Disney opened 🙄☹️
@saner688811 ай бұрын
71’-72’we lived in Cali while Dad was stationed there.. I was 9 with 3 siblings and we went to Disneyland almost every weekend for a year . To this day I can’t get “it’s a small world afterall” out of my head 🙉 good times! Ever go to La brea Tar Pits and Knotts berry farm? Also regular go to’s back then.💛🌻💛
@juliepoolie549411 ай бұрын
We drove to Disney from Wisconsin in 1974. I distinctly remember my Dad complaining about the gas prices. It was .54 a gallon . When I looked at the pump from my backseat window and saw .54 I thought it meant $54. (I was very young) . Great memories though.
@prevost868611 ай бұрын
We went about the same time. Our dad threw a mattress in the back of an old Ford truck with a camper shell on it. My brother and I rode back there because the old Ford was a single cab and didn’t have room for all of us in the front. We lived in central N.C. then so it was a pretty long ride without a/c. People in those days were not as reliant upon a/c because as a rule the population did more hard work and were not nearly as overweight as the population of today.
@kd5you111 ай бұрын
We were lucky enough to fly to California to go to Disneyland in 1973. We had stops in Phoenix and Las Vegas on the way to California.
@kimberley-xu8ff11 ай бұрын
The 70s had the best music 🎶
@julenepegher699911 ай бұрын
Yes! I agree . I was a teen. Best times. 👏
@ps_nyisgone8 ай бұрын
heck yes! for both classic rock and classic disco and R&B
@rowdyyates53458 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@drewblue11647 ай бұрын
If you consider disco and mostly folk music sounding songs as “the best music” then yeah. I bet the tunes sounded great on those 8 tracks compared to our CD’s and Bose speakers too. 😉
@jehudavis54227 ай бұрын
Late 70s rock into the 80s!
@LarryStewart-e4n10 ай бұрын
No internet no smartphones. I was in my twenties i really miss those days.
@marypalumbo10087 ай бұрын
As much as us boomers have adapted to smartphones and the web, some days I would just like to abandon them and go back to simpler times!!! Aaaggghhh!
@johnp1397 ай бұрын
Why?
@glennso47Ай бұрын
@@marypalumbo1008I am so used to being without a cell phone, I often forget that I have one. I don’t even miss it except if I am grocery shopping and my list is on my phone. Otherwise forget it!
@deeannsmith777511 ай бұрын
The 70s were awesome 😎👍
@jeanbean139011 ай бұрын
In 1980, I took my driver license test in my parents' '71 Pinto, 4-speed. Drove that car all through college. The good old days.
@hilltopmachineworks213111 ай бұрын
I would drive my friends Vega when I had my learners permit trying to get some road time in.
@d.shannon2617 ай бұрын
I took my driver's test in my mom's '73 pinto🎉🎉🎉 AVOCADO GREEN
@danielgriffith89116 ай бұрын
My Mom had a Gremlin... remember those?
@mariekatherine52386 ай бұрын
@@danielgriffith8911My cousin had a rust orange Gremlin with fake wood paneling.
@johnclifton807411 ай бұрын
Ah yes ! Tha 70's ! Loved that era ! Turned 14 in 1970 so the best.years of my life happened then ! The craziness ! The parties ! The music ! Loved growing up in those years ! Hated high school though !
@davidmann45334 ай бұрын
I could’ve graduated a year early but I knew life was never gonna be this easy so I stayed in high school for the whole four years
@marymacgregor6952Ай бұрын
I hated high school too. To think you could get a job so easily then. You didn’t need to go to college.
@delibakerytravel11 ай бұрын
I Look Forward To Your Channel, It Takes Me Away From This Cold World We Live In Now. Thanks 💗
@stephendacey876111 ай бұрын
Don't worry when Biden gets re-elected times will get even better😆😆😆.
@vicepresidentmikepence88911 ай бұрын
The world was much colder in the seventies, with Vietnam, Watergate, double digit unemployment, double digit inflation, gas lines
@RepentfollowJesus3 ай бұрын
People were warmer to each other. Helped each other. Talked to each other. Visited each other. The kids and teens still found a way to get candy money by turning in coke bottles found on the side of the road. And teens still went to drive ins and skating and found a way to get enough gas to go on dates. We enjoyed our music and just hanging out together. We would go walking for the fun of it. Talk on the phone for hours and had decent TV shows and movies and cartoons to watch. It was safe enough to sleep with doors or windows open. We went to the beach. Played games in person. Went to astroworld ( the theme park like disney) in Houston. Sea arama in Galveston. Kids rode bikes. Played outside. Made fun with simple things like running through the sprinklers or spraying with the water hose or shooting each other with water pistols . We used our imaginations playing cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians or played house. No internet or video games. It was great fun. @@vicepresidentmikepence889
@RepentfollowJesus3 ай бұрын
@@vicepresidentmikepence889and every older teen or young adult I knew could get a job any time.
@luisreyes196311 ай бұрын
For me, the 70's was mix of highs and lows. My best memory was when my father took me & my brothers to see Star Wars at the movie theater near where we lived.
@CraigP-n2h8 ай бұрын
The 1970's were the best time to be a teenager. Nothing compares to that!!
@jessewolf76497 ай бұрын
The 60s
@CEOkiller7 ай бұрын
The ‘80’s
@drewblue11647 ай бұрын
The 80’s!!!
@RT22-pb2pp7 ай бұрын
70s 80s kud here I liked 80s better but both great decades to bevteen.or young 20s
@Road_Runner25407 ай бұрын
@@jessewolf7649 unless you were drafted.
@markbrown710310 ай бұрын
In 1970 I was 17 years old. Out of high school and working. Bought my first car in 1970 and got my drivers license all in that same year. 1973 I bought a brand new Ford Pinto paid $2300 for it out the door cash money. That was tax license and everything. Also started playing guitar in 1974 and my brother and his wife had my nephew in 1974 and I turned 21 and 1974 I love the 70s, it was the greatest decade of my life. I really miss it. The 70s brought a lot of joy and happiness in my life. I’m still happy today but has the years melt away I do remember that decade and will always dearly love it. I think the reason for that is because all of my family we were all together back then, my mom and dad have long passed away and so as my oldest brother and I’m not getting any younger either. Has the sun say those were the days my friend I thought they would never end we would sing and dance forever and again. Thanks so much for the video. I truly love it.👍🏼👍🏼❤️🎸😁✌🏻
@SeaTurtle5159 ай бұрын
I turned 17 in 1972. Probably one of the best years of my life. So much excitement and promise of the future. My parents bought me a new Pinto in 1971 for $1995. Got rid of it a year later because it was a lemon. But yes, that was a great decade to be a teenager. Carol King was a positive influence on me at the time as a young woman. All us girls started wearing Levi jeans about that time and we loved how free we felt in them. 68 now and struggling with incurable stage four cancer; but I do like to reflect back on those happy days.
@noedgelines95659 ай бұрын
@SeaTurtle515 … Sounds similar to my 1970’s experiences, except for the Pinto. Never owned one. And don’t forget playing James Taylor albums in constant rotation with Carol King. Those were the days, weren’t they? Can identify with the serious health issues, also. Peace be with you.
@SeaTurtle5159 ай бұрын
@@noedgelines9565 Thank you for the nice response. So many artists in the 70’s that had a profound affect on us. Sorry about your health challenges. I hope you can feel better. 💕🌿
@SeaTurtle5159 ай бұрын
Great memories, Mark. You’re correct, it was a super special time for us that were teens and in our early 20’s in that decade. Every time I think back on it, I get a ‘peaceful, easy feeling…’!
@victorwadsworth8219 ай бұрын
Bought mine for $250.00, drove it till it fell apart.
@williamhild179311 ай бұрын
It's SO weird...I remember almost everything from the 1970s, a good share of the 1980s, bits and pieces of the 1990s, and almost nothing from the 2000s.
@tonycollazorappo11 ай бұрын
For some reason I can remember a lot from the mid to early 70s. As far as the 80s, not much, I graduated from high school in 1980. I was born in 1961, I guess in the 80s I was busy learning about the world, and it was all overwhelming I guess, lol.
@sleepingwithcats512111 ай бұрын
Same for me, hmm?
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
That reminds me of the hilarious saying about the 60s. "If you remember the 60s...you weren't there."😂
@glennso4711 ай бұрын
I don’t remember what I had for breakfast today but I remember the 70s the 60s and the 50s. I was born in 1947. My memories go back to about 1955 but even then it is a bit fuzzy. 😢
@glennso4711 ай бұрын
Remember the movie DUEL starring Dennis Weaver in 1971. It was so good as a tv movie that it was made into a theatre movie. You certainly missed that! It was one of the best horror movies ever made.
@coqui155011 ай бұрын
I was a young boy in Chicago during the 70s. Oh, the memories! I will never forget it. 😔
@cathyt50211 ай бұрын
ha ha, small world.... I was a teenager then and the 60s were so much fun as a child :) I still love this city.
@billmadison203211 ай бұрын
lol I grew up in Romeoville
@mikeosmolak18644 ай бұрын
Niles West '74 alum. didn't know how fantastic it was to grow up then!
@louettesommers859411 ай бұрын
My husband and I were married on Dec.2,1972. We met on October 9, 1972, we were married for 45 years when he passed away in 2017. 😢
@silverado546911 ай бұрын
Sorry y To hear of your loss. John in Ohio
@stephendacey876111 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to hear about your husband. It must of been love at first sight since you got married pretty quickly. Well, at least you had 45 years together. That says a lot in today's world.
@louettesommers859411 ай бұрын
@@stephendacey8761 I couldn’t agree more. Honestly there were times when I felt like the most beautiful woman ever. He treated me as if I were. Believe me when I tell you that I’m only pretty to those closest to me and love me. Beautiful I am not.
@louettesommers859411 ай бұрын
@@silverado5469 thank you for your kind reply.
@NeonZX411 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss. My wife and I were married in 2002. She passed away suddenly on our anniversary in 2021. I smile and feel good remembering all the great years we had together. She left too soon, but I’m married to a beautiful wife with wings. It’s the loneliness that’s the hard part. I wish you all the best, again my condolences.
@melaniexoxo11 ай бұрын
How time flies. It’s really crazy.
@tonycollazorappo11 ай бұрын
I agree, I was born in 1961 and it feels like it was yesterday...wow.
@earleneslay797711 ай бұрын
@@tonycollazorappo I was also born in 1961. I agree with you on this.
@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f11 ай бұрын
Time not only flys but it speeds up. My father use to tell me old age ain't for sissys. He was right.
@brenthaymon28011 ай бұрын
So true. I was born in 1960.
@carolynw360211 ай бұрын
No worries if you know the Lord, the "birth pains" described in the Bible are definitely occurring right now
@JasonSheppard-uy9ij11 ай бұрын
Great memories wish we were still there😢
@frankrizzo44607 ай бұрын
Yes same here, some of the greatest memories of my life were from those days. I miss them now more than ever before.
@Robnord111 ай бұрын
I was 17 in '71 and used to take my dad's Pinto street racing. The good old days, and the lucky days.
@lovly2cu72511 ай бұрын
ME TOO I HAD A GRABBER BLUE HATCH BACK
@pianomaly911 ай бұрын
I had the last of the Pintos, an '80 I bought in November '81 from a Hertz or Avis sell-off.
@chiaralistica11 ай бұрын
Ya, lucky for you nobody hit you from behind with that pinto 🔥
@RobShutt35711 ай бұрын
Street racing with a factory 4 cylinder 😂😂
@Robnord111 ай бұрын
@@RobShutt357 You run what you have. In the straightaways, muscle cars walked away from me. On twistie canyon roads, the Pinto could hold it's own.
@dbelex8 ай бұрын
Will never forget the 70s. This world needs it back
@RichardFowler871Ай бұрын
I fully agree with you
@frankwafer691911 ай бұрын
I remember most of these things...thanks for the trip down memory lane!💯💥👍!
@willhorting531711 ай бұрын
Growing up on a farm, I never knew about cable TV or HBO until about 1978 (or so), when my parents finally decided to get satellite TV... with one of those huge 6'-8' satellite dishes.
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
I grew up on a farm, and I don't suppose I knew about, or much about, cable or HBO till the very early 80s. And we never had cable growing up. And we never had one of the West Virginia state flowers planted in our yard (a satellite dish, lol).
@freedomrings142011 ай бұрын
@@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTERGrew up on a dairy farm in Upstate NY, 2 channels and had to climb on the roof to turn the antenna before we got a motorized turner. I had cable in the military off base in the early 80s.
@jarekstorm633111 ай бұрын
We were on a big rooftop rotary antenna until 1985 or so. No cable in our small town until then.
@flowerfaeri9 ай бұрын
I didn't even know HBO existed then! We lived in the country and didn't even have cable til the mid-70's so only got 4 channels. I still remember my mom trying to adjust the set when the reception wasn't good.
@KJ-of6lf11 ай бұрын
Let's not forget the AMC Pacer (the terrarium) and Gremlin (many of which were destroyed in the first Terminator film 1974).
@kimjohnson427811 ай бұрын
I bought a new Pacer in '75. I loved it. I was 19 years old.
@chuckwadnofski714711 ай бұрын
The first terminator movie wasn't released till 1984, and the car that was wrecked was the 76 Cadillac El Dorado.
@GenXfrom7511 ай бұрын
My aunt had a blue Gremlin in the early 80s 😂
@johnclifton807411 ай бұрын
That 258- 6 lasted a long time though ! Bought a Jeep CJ7 in 78. It was a year old then . Paid 56 hundred for it ! That 258 went way over 300k and was still running when I gave it to some crazy kids in the 90's ! AMC put that motor in a lot of those weird cars back then !
@JF-ym8gm11 ай бұрын
I thought the Pacer was such a cool car to have.
@bridgetmccracken138111 ай бұрын
Ahh those purple socks were everywhere hahaha. This was a sweet look back, thank you!!!
@wayneandrews10227 ай бұрын
Little known fact: Prince cites his greatest influence as Donny Osmond’s socks…
@JanTraveler11 ай бұрын
Your channel is fab! Thankyou for the great memories! ❤
@xavierdraco3311 ай бұрын
The music and cars were the best things of the 70s
@eventhisidistaken6 ай бұрын
Late 60s, early 70s were the hayday of cars. By the late 70s, cars were already sucking.
@RT22-pb2pp6 ай бұрын
@@xavierdraco33 braless babes
@mikeosmolak18644 ай бұрын
Late 60's early 70s cars and music were the best!!!
@tedsadlowskiАй бұрын
And the women were cool.. And we knew what they were... Easier times back then
@summerrayne4211 ай бұрын
Growing up, we had rooms in the house that we couldn’t go into. The one room that was strictly off limits, was the piano room. It was carpeted (but not with shag carpet), but when you walked over it, you could see footprints in the carpet, and my mom hated it. So, if we did go in there, we had to take the carpet rake and rake out the footprints after we were done. It was so annoying 🙄! So glad that her and my dad moved out of that house! Also, I live a couple miles away from Donny Osmond 🙃
@Nerval-kg9sm11 ай бұрын
You left out the Bicentennial in 1976. I was 5, when it happened. It taught me about year dates and history for the first time.
@2afreedom609 ай бұрын
I lived in Lagrange Kentucky. Railroad ran down middle of mainstreet. I remember a festival at court house and watching the bi- centennial train coming through. It stopped because the whole town was there. I was 14. Special times.
@eventhisidistaken6 ай бұрын
I was 11, and I still remember the bicentennial vividly.
@steveambrose23492 ай бұрын
Took a solo trip on a dirt bike (Yamaha) during that ‘76 summer covering 8,000 miles, 13 states, two Provinces of Canada and grew my first beard. What a time!
@dawnyWestScotland11 ай бұрын
Such great memories loved this! 💙☀️
@joemarchinski91411 ай бұрын
I miss being a kid in the 70s...born in 69..thank you for all the road trips to the past Me. Peabody 👍🙂. Great content, love your channel
@noway9058 ай бұрын
The natural beauty of the young ladies in the 70s was simply awesome.
@eventhisidistaken6 ай бұрын
There has never been a shortage of amazing women, but I must say, I am drawn to the athletic look that was popularized in the 90s and early 2000s, but has now been shoved aside for all the trans and body positive nonsense.
@NeonZX411 ай бұрын
I remember all of this. I was a young boy going to elementary school and time seemed to stand still. I could swear I once saw a clock go backwards on the last day of grade 4 before summer break. I’m now 60 and would give anything to go back when time stood still and TV shows were pretty good. I can’t say the same for cars. The “ malaise “ era. Detroit was pumping out some real pieces of garbage that had a hard time getting up to 55mph on the highway. But they were still great years in the 70’s. Like everything else in life, we get used to it. I do own a new Corvette with 800hp and I smile when I think about going back in time and imagining the look on the face of the cop as I pass him in my Vette at a 160mph. That would be fun 😂 Thanks for the past memories. We had some good times.
@freedomrings142011 ай бұрын
LOL 😂, 64 here and 5 years in the military felt like eternity. Now 5 years goes by in the blink of an eye .
@NeonZX411 ай бұрын
@@freedomrings1420 So true. Maybe we should put a 55mph speed limit on time. The funny part ? Congress would probably make it law.
@timebong836611 ай бұрын
Ide pick the 70s over any decade today
@eventhisidistaken6 ай бұрын
I'd pick it if I were a teen again at that time. If I had to adult back then, I think it kind of sucked - between the Vietnam war, gas lines, stagflation etc.
@timebong83666 ай бұрын
@@eventhisidistaken 👍🏼👌🏼
@SkipMDMan11 ай бұрын
I met Lance Loud years after the show went off the air at a Mumps concert. We had a brief conversation and he seemed nice enough. I certainly had watched the show, looking forward to every episode.
@Danlandia111 ай бұрын
Richard Simmons dominated the 80’s in fitness too. No one ever gives Richard his proper credit.
@carolynw360211 ай бұрын
Also Billy Banks and Ti Bo, but that may have been the 80's
@chiaralistica11 ай бұрын
That sweating to the oldies was one of the first infomercials too.
@sonyafox327111 ай бұрын
Yeah, but Richard Simmons actually started his television career in the mid 70s, his first show that was on every morning and, before the 80s came is show was no longer on air and, he was off for a time and, then, the next thing you know when, infomercials got started there he was and, the next step was his cards and all those exercise albums! I never really knew about his PBS Shows but, at the time in the area of IN in which, I lived at the time it didn’t come in all that well, despite having cable! Well, it came in fuzzy , a lot of channels they never did get those small channels cleared up till the mid 90s!
@JamieWoods-go1cv8 ай бұрын
Richard Simmons in the 1980s had a daily exercise show on TV, usually run in the morning, often running on independent stations. Joanne G also had a 1980s exercise show called "The Morning Strech." A similar show "The 20-minute Workout." Aerobics was all the rage in the early to mid 1980s.
@bonsummers26578 ай бұрын
Richard Simmons dominated comical-cringe, that's all.
@JMyoutube111 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the great memories you give us. Your channel has become one of my favorite channels.
@tdscasanova742811 ай бұрын
I was not even a teen yet in the 70s yet i remember it very well due to the music i listened to.
@lie-berry11 ай бұрын
The shag rugs... my brother and I were playing jacks. We lost one of the metal jacks without realizing it. Later on, our dad was walking barefoot on the rug and he stepped on that jack. It had got tangled up in the shaggy rug. That was the loudest cussing I've ever heard.
@jcbulldog53311 ай бұрын
OMG he's poor foot!! Ouch
@flowerfaeri9 ай бұрын
Who knew you could still buy it! Why???
@jennifer73309 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@timroot420711 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@joeyank24515 ай бұрын
Absolutely The Best Decade Hands Down Just My Opinión.
@ronniewatkins11 ай бұрын
I remember it all!!😅
@chateaubullion256011 ай бұрын
Started college in 1971. Best decade of my life. I had frat brothers who drove Pinto, Gremlin and Vega. I thought Pinto was the best of the bunch if you didn't get BBQed.
@stephendacey876111 ай бұрын
I preferred the '72 Dodge Charger, myself.
@jons.621611 ай бұрын
My aunt used to rent Pintos when she would visit California and needed to get around! Speaking of Disney World, I always got a kick out of the All in the Family episodes where Archie and Edith are planning a trip there, but Edith is experiencing symptoms of menopause! In one instance she shrieks at Archie and yells "... I ain't going to Disney Woild or ANY OTHER WOILD WITH YOU..!" before running upstairs in tears! Haha!
@morganm904011 ай бұрын
And Archie gave Edith 30 seconds to change!
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
@@morganm9040 after all when Archie had his hernia he didn't make Edith wear the truss.
@TheEndsJustifyTheMemes11 ай бұрын
I was definitely not expecting my city's hockey team, the Canucks to be named dropped here.
@Paladin7011 ай бұрын
In the 70s I was in my 20s. Now in the 20s I’m in my 70s. Kinda weird how that flipped. 😁
@frederickbowman449411 ай бұрын
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@internationalsolartech9 ай бұрын
I'm 59 now and my elementary school years were in the early 70's in Queens, New York. Nothing will ever compare to the 70's, the music, clothes, cars and especially the people of that time. Our family was young and all together back then...and now we have the memories.
@ScottRandolph-dd7dr11 ай бұрын
🎉 retro greetings from coastal Mississippi. I am so glad l am the age l am. I remember ALL of these items and events. Thank you for the groovy memories 🎉
@user-is6de8pp7k8 ай бұрын
There will never be a better decade then the 70s.
@SamCreedT100011 ай бұрын
As a youngling in the 70s I strongly remember the hoopla building up to the America's Bicentennial. Everything was red white and blue. The country started cleaning it's roads, highways and streets leading up to it. Men were told they needed a Boflex to get strong so my older brother bought one only to never really use it. It wasn't the most user friendly piece of exercise equipment but they sold a lot of them.
@onecoolcat247811 ай бұрын
I too was a youngling in the 70's - born 12/69 btw, and I certainly remember the Bicentennial in '76. I lived in a small, clean town in Georgia. All the kids and teenagers were playing in the street with firecrackers.....my Dad and I walked the short distance to the "Battles Grocery Store" - where everyone went for groceries back in the day - to feast on hotdogs grilled outside courtesy of the store, and purchase balloons for the walk home. ❤❤❤ Sure do miss that decade......
@scottmcwave947911 ай бұрын
Six dollars a month for HBO! “Sorry son we can’t afford it”🙂
@elisagali11 ай бұрын
😅👍
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
Woke cable service would be too expensive for me if they paid me to take it!
@PBryanMcMillin11 ай бұрын
In the 70s $6 was a lot of money for something that people had never paid for before.
@pubmeatman9 ай бұрын
That was an outrageous sum back then. I remember rock concert tickets for $6.
@thecapone459 ай бұрын
Inflation? That would be almost $50 today! $6 for HBO was expensive!
@SeaTurtle5159 ай бұрын
I graduated high school in 1973. The only thing I was familiar with from this video was the Ford Pinto, because I had one. We got rid of it a year later because it was a huge lemon, constantly breaking down. We didn’t know anything about the gas tanks catching on fire until years later. Everything else you mentioned is news to me. I didn’t think I lived in a bubblle back then….😂
@jeremy135011 ай бұрын
The whole "Cable Box" tv age, had come to the Northeast (Connecticut) early in the 1970's. Because when we would travel back home to New Britain, my uncle John had a box in their living room. They had HBO and got those little HBO booklets that came in the mail with the broadcast schedule. We did not get the "Box" till 1979 or 1980, when we moved into our forever home in Miami. One of the first films we saw in Ct. at my uncles was JAWS. I don't remember when that was. But I remember my mother and aunt jumping off their chairs at one point. We used to get the little guide book as well, until they did away with them eventually.
@stephendacey876111 ай бұрын
I saw Jaws 12 times as an 11 year old in 1975. "I think we need a bigger boat", famous words from the movie.
@irishis311 ай бұрын
Prior to HBO was Key Cinema. It could be locked to prevent kids from watching racy movies. Needless to say we knew where the key was hidden so had access when the parents weren't home.
@marywinn89539 ай бұрын
I graduated high school in 1972. Miami, Florida. Fun times.
@thebackrooms751111 ай бұрын
Never been to Disney & have no desire too. We were the first family on our block to have cable & it was $7 per month.
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
Same here. No Disney "anything", nor cable. Quadruple especially since they've all gone Woke. Huge swathes of formerly American businesses have decided to go broke by going Woke.
@freedomrings142011 ай бұрын
Over 30 years in Florida, many only an hour away fromDisney. No desire either.
@carolynw360211 ай бұрын
Especially when you learn about the sick symbolism they use in their movies
@julenepegher699911 ай бұрын
I’ve never been there either, and don’t care to ever go, I’m from Pittsburgh we have Kennywood! Hahaha
@johnp1397 ай бұрын
*to
@Ticky66MN11 ай бұрын
Yup, played a alot of Space Invaders in the entryway of KMart back then.
@pubmeatman9 ай бұрын
Life before social media. I feel bad for today’s kids.
@philovance19407 ай бұрын
Me too. I considered myself ‘rich’ if my bike was riding great and I had couple bucks in my pocket. We had one wall- mounted phone and a cord that stretched 30 feet.
@hilltopmachineworks213111 ай бұрын
I was 10 years old when Jaws came out. I remember seeing it in the movie theater and scaring the crap out of me.
@ronm658511 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@wolfhodgkinson686611 ай бұрын
Whenever people are talking about the Pinto they forget about the Chevy Vega. GM's answer to the need for a sporty compact had its major issue too: the engine liked to come from together. With a "revolutionary" aluminum block and a steel head, the dissimilar materials reacted to heat differently, causing the engines to first leak, then in extreme circumstances, seize or explode. I had one. I loved it at first, then grew to hate it like everyone else.
@Mick_Ts_Chick11 ай бұрын
My good friend had a Vega. It was a POS. 😂
@frederickking16609 ай бұрын
And some of those aluminum blocks had holes in them from casting flaws.
@robmatlock767511 ай бұрын
I traded my 76 Pinto for a 74 Vega, both were terrible. My parents didn't get a color TV or cable (With HBO) till I joined the US Air Force, they said I ate too much to afford it before that. Charlie made a statement, I used to watch Hee Haw and he would appear from time to time, Hee Haw jumped the shark in 1975, once String Bean and Buck Owens guitarist died, it lost a lot of what made it good, however, C&W official died when George Strait retired and George Jones died, became pop music and lyrics about pickup trucks (Except for Toby Keith, RIP). I anger an Apple salesman in 1978, I asked how much the TV was, he said it was a monitor for a computer, he showed me a little of how it worked, I told him I could do my banking at the bank, he turned red, I left. Video arcades replaced the pinball halls where my brother and I used to hustle people at foosball for gas money, I still love pinball better than video games. I have one of those exercise bikes in my garage, it was here when I moved in, I guess I could set it on the curb for the trashman to take. The girls in my 6th grade class thought I looked like Donny Osmond, till my mom sheered me for the summer. Great episode, thanks for posting!
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
I've also owned both Vega and Pinto while I agree both were crap, I did find the Pinto more reliable and used less oil. Both were gutless on the hills and were embarrassing to be seen in however both beat the hell out of a pair of sneakers.
@robmatlock767511 ай бұрын
@@johnharris3362 Especially in the rain, my pinto would not climb an on ramp with the AC (For the 6 months the AC actually worked) on. My Vega has a manual trans, so I could wind it up in 2nd till I got to the top, I still had to hope someone would let me in, cause in both cases I was trying to enter the highway at 30 mph.
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
@@robmatlock7675 Now that I'm thinking about it, I remember a old man I had painted one for had a v/6 and was quite impressed how snotty a pinto could be with the right engine.
@robmatlock767511 ай бұрын
@@johnharris3362 My brother was a vehicular wizard, he could diagnose and fix any problem on a car. In the 10th grade his auto shop teacher in cahoots with his English teacher made him a proposal. The English teacher had a Country Squire Pinto, and he wanted to trade his no power 2300 cc engine for a 289 ci V8. For this service my brother would receive a "B" (no one would believe my brother could go from a D- to an A). With a welder and a couple of adapter kits he squeezed it in, the AC and wheel wells were removed, but it fit. My brother put chrome valve covers and a Lynx air filter on the engine, it looked beautiful! The school paper's photographer took some pics, and sent them to "Hot Rod Magazine", 3 photos showing the car, one with the English teacher standing next to the open hood, none of my brother, in a mid-magazine B&W spread. My brother had that spread in a frame on his wall for years. I don't know how it drove or handled, but that was the only cool pinto I ever saw.
@scottdiehl5656 ай бұрын
Born in the mid 60's, remember the great tv shows, schools with paddles, handball courts, bubble yum, cabbage patch cards, summer fun at the pool or beach, Disneyland, James Bond, Barry Mannalo, Bee gees, collect coke bottles for deposit refund, bike racing and jumping. Too much. Just a great time.
@dew6666611 ай бұрын
I was a kid in the 70s, say the words metric system to me and I get PTSD 😄😄😄
@JamieWoods-go1cv8 ай бұрын
At least some US schools taught fourth and fifth graders the metric system in the early to mid 1970s. I remember watching the 1972 Olympics and wondering what a meter is. When I learned the metric system a year later in science class, my thought was why isn't this in use in the USA. It's a decimal system, much easier than the SAE fractions of an inch.
@mark-xx1lt5 ай бұрын
I can relate. Every few weeks (& then into months) the teachers would tell us get ready it's coming. They kept saying it's going to be hard. Yeah, that day never came but they did a great job in making us panic.
@kh003411 ай бұрын
I loved to play Space Invaders! My cousin and I played on one that we could sit down opposite each other. One time, we were doing so well there was a crowd of onlookers! Good times😁
@larryinNH11 ай бұрын
I remember when they were first installing cable in my town when I was a kid. When we asked what they were doing, one of them said , It’s the Pepsi generation kid. You’ll get Pepsi delivered automatically now. 😂😂😂 . I think we actually believed him .
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
😂
@stephendacey876111 ай бұрын
Speaking of soft drinks, I loved the Coke commercial with all the teenagers from different countries, singing on the side of a mountain in Italy. The 70's had good music, even in commercials.
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
@@stephendacey8761 The video of the "Hilltop ad" is on KZbin in various places, and various qualities of recording. "I Want To Teach The World To Sing (in perfect harmony)" is the song title. It was also released by various groups, among them, The Ray Conniff Singers, The Seekers and The New Seekers. Also all on KZbin. Also I think the commercial was re-released in the 90s with children of the original singers, and their parents.
@jcbulldog53311 ай бұрын
Yes,I definitely remember that jingle from the Infamous Coke Commercial..My Mother who wasn't from this country even was able to sing it,she enjoyed that Commercial as we all did!!! I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect Harmony
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
@@stephendacey8761 I left you a KZbin link to the video, but the evil and stupid KZbin Censorcrats deleted it. And it was their OWN damn video! 😡
@GenXfrom7511 ай бұрын
My mom had a Ford Pinto 😅… used, obviously, so the recall didn’t stop people from buying them!
@redheadedwomenlover11 ай бұрын
The recall involved 6.00 in parts to shield the gas tank from hitting the rear axle and rupturing. They knew about it before the cars were released, but the bean counters did the math on doing it right vs the cost of a few lawsuits..bad math on their part and for the poor victims who burned to death..😢
@mikewatts14509 ай бұрын
@@redheadedwomenloverI did the recall work on the Pinto it was a drill bit and a template to move filler a 1/8 inch forward yikes 😬👍!!
@Markimark15111 ай бұрын
I remember the Loud Family reran in the 1980s on PBS, it was the first reality show centered on a family, and it inspired many lowbrow reality shows. Also my elementary school was pushing hard to learn the metric system, but their efforts failed and we had to learn the American measurement system since pounds, miles, and gallons are used in many businesses.
@brian70Cuda11 ай бұрын
Thank you, I always love the vids you make. I did forget a LOT of what you mentioned, I had a Pong thanks to my Dad and still have it:)
@tobiojo646911 ай бұрын
Interesting video
@kathleenevans120111 ай бұрын
I haven't been to Disneyland since 1989. I don't plan on EVER going back.
@runrafarunthebestintheworld11 ай бұрын
Laughable. 😅
@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER11 ай бұрын
They've gone Woke, and now they must, and will, go broke!!
@brenthaymon28011 ай бұрын
I have never been to Disneyland or Disney World. I have no desire to go.
@kathleenevans120111 ай бұрын
@@brenthaymon280 Good for you! Poor Walt would NEVER approve of what his beloved company is doing now. It's disgusting.
@Mick_Ts_Chick11 ай бұрын
We took my daughter in the late 90s. It was fun for her but it was so hot and miserable I hated it. The line for Space Mountain was 2 hours. I'm a southerner but Florida just kills me with the humidity, and I hope never to go there again. 🥵
@GenXfrom7511 ай бұрын
I was born in ‘75 but some of this carried over into the ‘80s ❤
@zsigzsag11 ай бұрын
He mentioned the "Pinto", but what about all the great "Muscle" cars of the 70s?. I still love the movie, "Vanishing Point", with Barry Newman and Cleavon Little. No other "car chase" movie tops that. That 1970 Dodge Challenger was iconic.
@redheadedwomenlover11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, we also had across the board compression ratios dropped, cadillac(catalytic) converters that would set your yard on fire if you parked over grass, and really bad was the push to the 5mph bumpers on cars which ruined design aesthetics😢 look and compare the front end of a split bumper 1973 Z28 Camaro vs a 1974😢😢😢😢
@igoromelchenko348210 ай бұрын
Short shorts must come back 😅
@danerogers905811 ай бұрын
I hated shag carpet, it looked ugly and was a real pain to clean spills from.
@redheadedwomenlover11 ай бұрын
But it was great in my brother's 1976 E150 conversion van...orange for the walls and brown for the floor in front of the water bed..heavy duty Monroe shocks in the rear..if the van was a rocking, don't come knocking..😉😉🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣
@willhorting531711 ай бұрын
People always talk about the Pinto. But it's "sister" car, the Mercury Bobcat, never gets mentioned. I knew two people (well, technically three) who owned and drove Bobcats. One of my classmates. And the parents of one of my girlfriends. It was the daily driven car that her mom drove.
@buickinvicta28811 ай бұрын
I had a Chevy Vega 🤭🤭
@brenthaymon28011 ай бұрын
I had a 1975 Mercury Bobcat station wagon with an 8 track tape player.
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
@@buickinvicta288 I'm sorry.
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
@@brenthaymon280 8 tracks is certainly one thing I don't miss.along with disco, leisure suits, gutless American made 4 cylinder cars, just to name a few.However I do have fond memories in the backseat of a pinto.
@redheadedwomenlover11 ай бұрын
Of course you forgot to mention all 3 had station wagon versions, some with the rear port holes!
@cindyeisenberg327311 ай бұрын
I grew up mainly in the 70’s. It was difficult to have emotional problems. My parents had good insurance and got me help. I’d rather focus on the good times. Like seeing my cousins, our pool and all of the pool parties and the friends I had when I lost weight. My family were all alive, then and they gave us a great life. In the late 70’s I learned how to drive. I remember being a candy striper until I became a health service aide and became a nursing aide. I loved being able to take care of the car and buying clothes on a baby sitters salary. I had a great job at the end of high school. I also remember Christmas Eve with my parents friend who owned a farm.
@annettereichert69265 ай бұрын
We grew up in the best of times!!!
@edwardkierklo97577 ай бұрын
In my 20's back then and think that a lot more things were going on than we realize. Music was eclectic and moved fast. Laid the groundwork for subsequent decades we do not fully comprehend yet.
@whip576 ай бұрын
The toys and bicycles were great in the 70's, so many cool things from Hot Wheels, frisbees, super balls to the Schwinn Krate bikes.
@MarkTurner-vs7uc9 ай бұрын
I remember. Impossible to forget.
@althunder426910 ай бұрын
I had a 1977 Pinto with the all glass hatch new in 77. I liked it.
@eagle2D26 ай бұрын
I turned 10 in 1970. In the following years I remember that there was a little store a few blocks from our house, and my brothers and I would walk the streets and find pop bottles and took them to that store and trade them in for candy. My mom would send me to that store to buy her Chesterfield cigarettes, I was like 12. It was a great decade!
@talfacprez11 ай бұрын
One major thing that happened in the 1970s was when the US government passed legislation to leave our clocks on daylight savings time and the max speed we could drive was 55.
@frederickking16609 ай бұрын
Oh 55 on the interstates. But alot of the vehicles were geared low so anything over 55 they were really screaming and guzzling gas.
@josephschuster14942 ай бұрын
The 70’s was the BEST decade…cars, clothing, music, and much more! 😊❤
@MustangSally725911 ай бұрын
I watched The Loud family, crazy real life!
@VhanTrezo6 ай бұрын
Another forgotten detail from the 70’s, a girls smile, it lit up a room!
@johnulmer67156 ай бұрын
This is the biggest thing about the 70s that is forgotten, men actually had a set of balls. They don't nowadays.
@TerryTitus-w1s5 ай бұрын
I'm sure not going to check.Mine are still there!
@arobatto8 ай бұрын
The Osmond Brothers, are you kidding me? Not in my seventies. I was listening to the Allman Brothers, Yes, Hendrix, Aerosmith, Grateful Dead, Neil Young and the list goes on.
@I.M.A.Panther36198 ай бұрын
Those great fun groups, bands, were different …. Today tickets cost $300.00 and up. In the 70s, I remember concerts that attracted all kinds of people, at a price that was affordable to everyone. That’s what I remember. Things change. For better or worse.
@amandakropen32738 ай бұрын
My first car was a "73 Maverick. Went cruising down Central every weekend. Sure miss those days!
@jeffreygonzales80719 ай бұрын
Surprised there were no Glow in the Dark products in this video. We had so many Glow toys; balls, frisbees, silly putty…. We had Glow in the Dark paint to put on T-shirts & shoes. We had to hold up to a light for a while to get em to glow for 20 - 30 minutes, but was fun times!
@mathewfullerton857711 ай бұрын
Just wanted to let you know that it is appreciated that you put the ad at the end of the video with just a quick bit early on. Too many channels put an ad from their sponsor that lasts 2 minutes or longer right in the early to middle of their video. Irritating.
@socoman9911 ай бұрын
In 1971, I had an English Ford Cortina and it had a 1.6 liter, 4-cylinder, overhead valve engine. When Ford introduced the Pinto, they used the same engine that was in the Cortina. They later added additional engine options, such as the 2.0 liter Overhead Cam engine that was also in the Mercury Capri and later Cortina's. From 1969 to 1977, I had four English Fords; a 1961 Ford Anglia, two 1968 Cortina's ( one after another as the first one was totaled in a collision ) and a 1965 Lotus Cortina with right hand drive. Sure miss those days...
@lovly2cu72511 ай бұрын
THE CAPRI WAS THE MERCURY VERSION OF THE MUSTANG
@socoman9911 ай бұрын
Yes, Ford of Europe was developing a European version of the Mustang for sale in Europe, with the export version in the US going under the Mercury banner. It was basically the Cortina/Escort in a different body style. @@lovly2cu725
@johnharris336211 ай бұрын
@@lovly2cu725 not until the late seventies ,the early models were a completely different car, I had a 72 Capri that would have fit under the hood of a 72 mustang.back then Mercury version of a mustang would have been a cougar.
@Paladin7011 ай бұрын
My best friend in high school got a new ‘68 Cortina during our junior year. Great car, lasted him all through his college graduation.
@slim-oneslim801411 ай бұрын
Never knew about the Osmonds colored clothing. Interesting. I watched "The Donny and Marie Show" as a kid. I rarely admit to it now. 😂😅l
@saner688811 ай бұрын
Me neither but I was more of a Bobby Sherman fan in the early 70’s. Don’t hear much about him.
@mathewfullerton857711 ай бұрын
The high school I attended (graduating in '79) had a commons area that had two foosball tables, and two of the large commercial arcade games, Pac Man and Space Invaders. Gotta say, those diversions made high school a lot more bearable.
@provost575211 ай бұрын
Had no idea HBO came out that long ago.
@carolynw360211 ай бұрын
I know, I thought it came out in the 80's with MTV
@jcbulldog53311 ай бұрын
Actually I had no idea it came out in the 70's either!! Obviously I knew no one that could afford to have it
@provost575211 ай бұрын
@jcbulldog533 Yeah the 5 or 10 bucks back then they were charging was alot of money.
@rickforespring483411 ай бұрын
out here the first subscription service was showtime...i remember watching "the swarm" on it lol
@JamieWoods-go1cv8 ай бұрын
In the early 1980s supermarkets went to bar code scanners. Department stores would do this in the mid 1980s. In 1990s big box stores figured out they can make more money having 20 checkout lanes, but only three registers open. Then in the 2000s and 2010s grocery stores and discount department stores went to self checkouts.
@joeychick90459 ай бұрын
Waiting for midnight special and Don Kirshners rock concert to see kiss at 8 years old. Also watching my two older sisters with those platform shoes n going to well I have to say it. Disco clubs lol. Just an amazing time.