Funny Things About The 1970s We All Experienced!

[@eleanormay729]

The 70's were a great time! I am so glad I was there to experience it.

[@gingerkloepfer1043]

Me too I was a teenager ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

It really was a great decade! Thank you for watching!

[@secondchance6603]

Born/raised in Scotland 1963, agreed 100%!

[@VelveteenRabbitinRedFern]

Me too!

[@SirManfly]

@@gingerkloepfer1043 Me too !

[@retirednavy8720]

We didn't know how good we had it until it was gone.

[@nbrown8464]

@@retirednavy8720 Exactly!

[@teebee9232]

​@@nbrown8464And we still have a good as boomers. Say goodbye to social security in 20 years

[@DJ-Illuminate]

It's gone? Crap. No one is getting my bell bottoms!😉

[@mikerepairsstuff]

1970s was a great decade to have been alive in. I remember the music was huge in my life. It was our lives actually.

[@teebee9232]

@@mikerepairsstuffabsolutely

[@deborahdicesare9042]

Literally the BEST TIME in all of history to grow up in. The BEST music for sure!

[@Jasmine215100]

I agree with you! I was 13 at the start of 1970 and 23 at the end of 1980! Really cool memories!

[@julenepegher6999]

I was a teen in the 70’s the best times ever! Exactly! The music made the decade!

[@pommiebears]

Yep! I literally yearn for the 70’s and 80’s. They are my most cherished memories, full of cherished long passed people, fun, and laughter. Bittersweet, I think.

[@steveharris9861]

Led Zeppelin physical graffiti was one of my main soundtracks for me in the 70s. Jammed to it in my 72 Datsun 240z 😊

[@deborahdicesare9042]

@@steveharris9861 It’s like you just described my teenage years. Of course the first song I learned how to play on the guitar was “Stairway to Heaven.” (didn’t everyone) Sitting in my candy apple red Mustang, (wish I still had it) smoking a joint, listening to the best music in history on the radio. Life was so completely different then, and I really miss those days sometimes.

[@Keepitsimple6784]

The 70s were absolutely the best time to be a kid!!!!

[@Snake-ms7sj]

Good times. I was a pre-teen in the 70’s. I remember the custom van craze of the late 70’s.

[@BrianMcKnight68]

@@Snake-ms7sj Boogie Vans!

[@paulsto6516]

The shaggin' wagon

[@firecloud77]

I customized my van in the 70's, but only used it for commuting and travel. But these days people are actually living in vans more than they did in the 70's.

[@Johnny2Bags47]

@@Snake-ms7sj I wasn't born until 1976 But nonetheless, I still like the custom vans that are still out there. Since I can remember, I have loved them. Still do and one day I'm going to have one. With a bed a little sink captain chairs a TV & a little refrigerator. And some other custom ideas that I see on Pinterest. We had a pretty fool van growing up and we'd use it to camp in and pull our boat to the river growing up.

[@Mike21127]

My neighbors across the street won a Mellow Yellow soda Custom Hot Rod Van in 77 or 78. It was the coolest thing. Can't even find pictures of it online.

[@julenepegher6999]

I Loved the 70’s!! The best decade for me as a teen! The best music ever made the decade!

[@michelles2299]

Take me back I miss the 70s so much

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

I remember when youd drive up to gas station a bell would ring when you drove over the air hose and the manager would come out, pump your gas, check your oil and wiper blades as he cleaned your windshield- all for about 35-40 cents per gallon!

[@deewaddle10]

I have to chuckle when I tell the younger generation about full service gas stations...'No way, really?'

[@bigbadjohnpesek9894]

GOD I remember those days.

[@Johnny2Bags47]

Here in Southern California at a uncalled 76 that I worked at in 1995 I still had to go uo to cars that came to the full service pumps. Self service, I didn't have to.

[@lisabailey6080]

Me too! And I hate pumping gas

[@Rob-d3n]

Vivid memories of that bell ringing.

[@nightcrawlerninja9737]

8-tracks, side burns, drive-in movies, riding in the bed of pickups

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching nightcrawlerninja9737!

[@UncleMilty]

@@nightcrawlerninja9737 And reverb units for cars! And Wolfman Jack!

[@sandragrant1785]

Mood rings. Iggy dolls.

[@kevinburke4544]

My friend had one of those dynamite 8 track player

[@craigcanoe3]

@@UncleMilty I loved reverb.................

[@joanrobinson9193]

I loved the 70’s as a teenager. I had so much fun!

[@RosemaryEdwards-g7k]

I was a teenager in the 70's! So glad I got to live at that age & that time!

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

Same!

[@chicagogrl2422]

Me too

[@JackieOdonnel]

Murals on the side panels of vans and cars! Suitcases without wheels. TAB cola. Jell-O desserts. Kool-Aid. Knowing everybody's phone number by heart. Calling the telephone operator to get directions or the time (haha!). Man, I miss those days!

[@shelleykeith5645]

@@JackieOdonnel Making Koolaid popsicles with plastic popsicle molds in the freezer. Lol 😂

[@starrtraveler3496]

Grew up in the 1970’s…. Had a pet rock shag rugs and macrame everywhere . And rode to school everyday senior year high school in a Pinto… good times

[@kevinburke4544]

@@starrtraveler3496 me too, 1974 tan pinto wagon, 4 banger, haha

[@pommiebears]

I’m English. We seem to have all grown up with the same. Apart from the pinto. We always had to walk to school, even in blizzards 😂

[@cherylmockotr]

In college I had that same white Pontiac Firebird shown in the opening scene of this vid. We called it the Pledge Mobile because we could fit all 8 of us in it to run around doing our pledge activities. Fun times that, sadly, today's college kids miss out on. Pledge activities are basically a thing of the past because the kids' feelings might get hurt.

[@sherwinstaudt1881]

I had a sex Rock, smooth on both sides with a hole in it LOL. Had a 1967 400 4-speed Firebird, still on it today, only the Nerds drove pintos lol.

[@Sue-xv8os]

Also the Gremlins. How ugly!

[@jeffwarren-o8z]

Being a kid in the 70's was great, times have changed, kids couldn't and wouldn't do what we did back then.

[@d.vaughn8990]

Ain’t that the truth! Undeniable proof there is a God - and he loves me!

[@tworivers491]

And, thankfully, no cell phones/cameras recording everything! 😅

[@lesbw356]

Loved the 70s

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching lesbw356!

[@ashurmom2969]

Born in ‘67, man I had so much fun in the 70s! Great decade to be a kid ❤

[@Seeklip196T]

@@ashurmom2969 born in 60. Saw Vietnam, Hendrix, MLK and both Kennedys get assassinated and Woodstock on the nightly news. What a time to be alive. Oh and U.S. astronauts never went or walked on the moon 🌙 🌚 🙄 in 1969.

[@jaym1244]

Born in 69, couldn't agree more. The 70s were an awesome time to be a kid but the 80s were even better as a teenager! We lived in the perfect time, my friend.

[@Keepitsimple6784]

Me too 67😊

[@Sue-xv8os]

Best year EVER for cars.

[@tressapet]

Born in 66 here

[@maha77]

We were and are so blessed to have lived in that time. What a ride it's been so far!

[@cherylmockotr]

Cramming 15 kids in to the back of some dad's pickup truck to go get slushies after a Saturday sports game... the combo of wind in your hair and the fear of falling out was fabulous!

[@killrmillr]

I miss the glass grapes that everyone had on their coffee table.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes, and some of them were even light fixtures. Thank you for watching and bringing that one up.

[@brian70Cuda]

Yikes! I just took mine to the dump the year before last:( Green with gold wire.

[@glennso47]

You know of course that you weren’t supposed to eat them.

[@jackgilchrist]

Us kids used them for marbles, along with actual marbles of various sizes.

[@Jen0714]

I lost my father four years ago and I actually kept the green ones we grew up with! I love them!

[@shnibby69]

Yeah, I used a rubber band to keep my Levi Super Bells out of the bicycle chain. Another great video, Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you shnibby69 and I appreciate you watching. I remember doing the same thing with my pants as well.

[@jerrys4841]

I tucked my pant leg in my sock so I could ride, ride, ride.

[@Jasmine215100]

I remember riding my bicycle back then and I had to tie up those bell bottoms! Great memories back then!

[@jchapman8248]

Did all those things to protect my bell bottoms. They eventually sold special expandable metal clips for that.

[@5deenie7]

I used a red bandana.

[@honeybeastie1]

Thank God I was a teen in the 70s!

[@Jasmine215100]

Best decade to grow up in!!

[@tammiebell7612]

For sure 🎉

[@pommiebears]

I was a teenager in the 80’s. I was a kid, riding my chipper, and drinking from the hose, in the 70’s. Was awesome 🙌

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Yes, Rhetty said “raking” the carpet. For those who may not know, that was a real thing. 😁

[@mkshffr4936]

Yep, Kirby had an attachment for their classic upright vacuums for that very purpose.

[@BrianMcKnight68]

@@mkshffr4936 they sure did! Mom bought a Kirby in the late 70's. She still had it when she passed away two years ago.

[@mkshffr4936]

@@BrianMcKnight68 IMO the old Kirby vacuums are the best uprights ever made.

[@mikeywid4954]

@BrianMcKnight68 How true. It's one of those "if you know, you know" things.

[@georgetubbs8211]

yes it was!!

[@pattii55]

Glad I grew up in the late 50's, 60's and 70's. Would not want to be a kid trying to navigate today's insane world. And we had the best music to top it off with.

[@markstevens1729]

Took a while then 😉

[@pattii55]

@@markstevens1729 born ‘55 so hit the more real adult range by mid 70’s I’d say. It does take awhile.

[@marlenepearson3936]

Thanks for that trip down memory lane, Rhett ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Marlene!

[@jons.6216]

Don't forget the beanbag chair fad! When my oldest sister moved she gave the family the one she had! Orange vinyl and in that pear shape they were made in. As they do, the little Styrofoam pellets inside mashed down and my mom went out and got a big bag of refills! I guess it was given up on due to how hot that non breathing fabric was and it was retired! Haha! We still got plenty of enjoyment out of it on the family room floor, though!

[@GothGuy885]

I remember plopping down into one too hard, and a hail of little foam pellets flying out everywhere😆 i thought it was so funny, but the people who owned it didn't, as they had the mess to clean up, and had to throw it out because of the large tear I made... I think the chair was on its last leg anyway. being the end of the 1970's, and it had seen may years of use, and was pretty much out of Vogue by then.....

[@scottthomas3792]

@@jons.6216 I had a bright blue one....in the summer, you had to put a beach towel over it, or it was uncomfortable....some sort of vinyl fabric, like car seats.

[@cindee1794]

The guy across the hall from me had a Doberman that used to love to come over and lay in my bean bag chair!

[@misskim2058]

Ya, and waterbeds. Also didn’t breathe.

[@itsme-rt7nz]

My sister and I had a big brown felt-covered one in the apartment we shared. We called it "the brown thing".

[@mikebon8352]

1970s Everything was allowed and everything was possible... no political correctness... everything was fun and new.

[@mikemancini3907]

Rhetty, great video. The 70s was the best time in America. Bell bottoms, Rock n Roll bands, shag carpet, Saturday night live, Pretty girls, face to face conversations, would love to go back in time 👍👍👍

[@UncleMilty]

High heeled shoes for guys 😂

[@darealGOAT-xj1eo]

Forgot the Midnight Special.

[@jwwj30]

I was in my 20’s thru the 1970’s & enjoyed every single day, a wonderful decade to be alive. I remember music was a big part, you could buy the latest LP for $1.99 at Tower Records, double LP’s for $2.99. My stereo system had 2 giant (3 ft.) speakers & they sounded great. Also the music of the 70’s was the best, no matter what genre you liked, there were plenty of bands to choose from.

[@mikebon8352]

1970s the Best Decade of that whole dmmnd Century...!!!

[@slactweak]

Depends on your point of view. For my money, it was the '60's. The social upheaval, political unrest, transition into the so-called s*xual revolution, the amazing proliferation of so many different musical genres and artists, the Space Race, MAD, ALL of that added up to make the '60's the MOST diverse, exciting, and BEST decade of the 20th Century.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on the decade Mike!

[@RevLeigh55]

I’m betting you were a kid /young adult in the 1970s. EVERYONE thinks the time when they were about 10-20 was the best decade. The 1970s are not the best decade for everyone. I was 15-24 years old during that decade. I’ve been happy in every decade of my 69 years.

[@jerrys4841]

@@slactweak I agree 100%. So much social culture, so much music, so much of everything new.

[@dangreene3895]

@@slactweak I liked the 70's better, people were tired of all turmoil of the 60's young people just wanted to have fun and not get into all the politics. leave that to our parents

[@MsDebbyWebby]

I remember this one time in school ( Mid-70's , Grade 4. ) We were to bring $5 for a field trip out of the city to Niagara Falls. I brought mine, the very next day. Everyone in class was excited to go! Well; on the day of the trip - I was in hospital. { Getting my tonsils out. } My Teacher came to see me that night and she Promised that she would take me as soon as I got better. { 😉She asked my Mom if we could keep it a secret.} 🥰 About a week or so later...She showed up at my home in her little red sports car!🤩 Was just me & my Teacher! Driving down the highway with the top down on a sunny Saturday morning! We had a WONDERFUL Time!!! She even got us to go on the Maid of the Mist, we went behind the falls. ( Two things she couldn't do with the class! )😍🥰🥰 Yes, 1970's were EXCELLENT!!💯 THANK YOU Ms. Smith. I have never forgotten your kindness to me.❤💯

[@NaturesCalendarClock]

I think tonsillectomys were over recommended back then. I know several kids that had them done. I don't think they do them nearly as often to kids today.

[@BelievingRebel]

How could the Farrah hairdo be forgotten? So many of us tried to duplicate it and the Dorothy Hamill “wedge.”

[@RosemaryEdwards-g7k]

Yep! Feathered hair! I had it!

[@nebraskamalt6949]

My mom spent plenty cash at the hairdresser

[@sonjaroberts2723]

Yeah, I had the Farrah Fawcett hairdo.

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

"Music was actually made with instruments.." 😂Hilarious!! In the early 70s, my mom got her first pair of contact lenses. One of them became "lost" while putting them in her eyes. When she asked me to look at her face I saw the outline of a single lens up around her temple. I was freaked out and asked her if she now had X-ray vision. 😂😂I was a very clueless kid back then. Thanks, Rhett!! Great memories. ❤

[@jerryshay221]

That was a pleasant trip down memory lane.

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Growing up as a child in the 1970's was a GREAT time indeed😃I miss those days😫I still have a Lava Lamp😁We had avocado green appliances then too😆I saved my money and got my mom a Mood Ring, she said it would always be black🤣Yes, a lot of great Rock Bands during that time🎸Thank you Rhetty for History for ALL you do👍🏻Have a great weekendROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@garycarpenter2932]

'how many more times' can i think about how great it was growing up in the 70's.

[@garycarpenter2932]

'how many more times' can i think about how great it was growing up in the 70's..

[@jimrebr]

Ahh, the 70’s, what a wonderful time to be a teenager. I turned 15 in the 1970 & my favorite thing was going to concerts!! I grew up in Southern California and the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino had great concerts almost every weekend and me and my troupe of girlfriends went to concerts constantly, we had free concerts in the park downtown on Saturdays every summer. We had two Coffee Houses with excellent acoustic music played live every weekend. We also went to LA to the Greek Theatre, the Shrine Auditorium, the Palladium on Sunset Strip and The Whiskey A Go-Go, what a time to grow up, in 1975 I relocated to the Bay Area and the concerts and music continued to be huge in my life!!!!!!❤❤❤ I forgot, I had an 8-track in my shiny red Karman Ghia, I did macrame everything, I made sand candles, painted rocks, did a lot of collage, painted and furthered my career in Art, I had two beautiful looms and enjoyed weaving, I designed and sewed most of my clothes, I collected vintage clothes and wore dresses from the 30’s & 40’s. I loved the 70’s & I remember my husband and I didn’t want the 70’s to end, lol.

[@JohnPotts-kq7kk]

Anyone remember cutting the thread in bottom seam of flare leg jeans creating a fringe look? Also beads for curtains or hanging in doorways.

[@kevinburke4544]

Yes, and don't forget the corduroy pants

[@JohnPotts-kq7kk]

@@kevinburke4544 Oh, I had forgot about the corduroy pants, probably because I didn't care for them. and never owned a pair.

[@chrisybarra5000]

Great time to be alive! Born in 65 so I lived it! Feeling lucky 🍀. Can’t go back but I would love ❤️ to!

[@LisaVornhagen]

Same here!

[@Mrs.Futtlebuttle]

Do you remember how there used to be Gravel spots with picnic tables On the side of the highway and roads. It was for a sunday road trips that families used to go

[@Clara-ph7my]

As a child in the 70's I do recall more family time, get togethers as a whole. There were not many cars on the roads like now. If you had a car and landline phone in your house, you were doing well. Good warming heartfelt meals at the table. TV was limited to scheduled times. There was more of a routine in daily life.

[@lesliehackney7519]

My husband and I got married in 1970 and either experienced or owned just about everything in your video. Harvest Gold was my color of choice. I look back at pictures and they seem so amusing to see him in a leisure suit with platform shoes. Great video taking me down memory lane. Thanks, Rhett.

[@annseabolt6645]

My husband and I also married in 1970 and we got our first house in 1972 and it had harvest gold appliances and gold shag carpet.

[@jameshuban6515]

I remember the platform shoes. With the different shades of leather. They went with either my plaid suit or my corduroy jeans. I remember one day my heals caught the stairs at school and I ended up at the bottom of the stairs. Ouch. That was the end of that.

[@Overprotected1111]

Watch tv early am when no one was awake - cartoon n cereal time in a dark living room! YAY!!!

[@Sue-xv8os]

Saturday mornings were honored with Mighty Mouse cartoons. My hero!

[@AL-T]

Gas stations always had stickers to give out if you asked. I have many Esso tiger tails still, used to have one on my bicycle! 😸

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah I wish I had some of those old stickers like that. Especially from the ones that are no longer around. Thank you for watching AL-T!

[@Clara-ph7my]

🤣 I know stickers were massive back then to us kids. You would literally beg for a box of cereal, just for the sticker or glow in the dark item inside.

[@tonyt8805]

H&S Green Stamp....😉

[@Tommy.461]

You could go into a gas station and get a map of your state or city. Gas station, not convince store.

[@ct3po776]

I liked the stations that sold the inflatable guitar, plane, and other things hanging between the 2 gas pumps of regular leaded gasoline. My parents never had the money to buy me one, but I still liked watching them wave on the line in the wind!

[@mikes03ss]

I remember going to my cousin's house and playing pong for the first time, about every other weekend we go and visit family, times where different back then and it was such a simple time. Truly some great memories.

[@MicheleHill-wv2wc]

Play 1970s was a fantastically great decade. People communicated with each other and they socialize with each other. 😊

[@tonys7845]

Thanks for the memories. It was a great time to be alive.

[@tobesocourtney]

I would absolutely love to have avocado green appliances.

[@TH-hy9kr]

I miss appliances with colours. Stainless steel shows all the fingerprints and dog nose marks. 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

I've seen one brand offering some colors on appliances but it seems to be more of the front covering rather than the whole appliance. I do miss the variety that we used to have. Thank you for watching tobesocourtney!

[@samanthab1923]

@@tobesocourtney We had Harvest Gold with matching wall phone

[@charlesbabcock1530]

The 70's borrowed colors from 60's bowling alleys...

[@jerrys4841]

@@charlesbabcock1530 Haha. yep.

[@ZMAN_420]

Excellent Content, your voice is just perfect for Narration. SNL was at it's best from 75-79 in my opinion. Thank You for these masterpieces that you release every Saturday!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@que-stead-que1717]

Crocheting was popular too, and Duncan yo yo’s.

[@walcoman]

Remember the one that you had to put batteries into it so it would light up when you played with it?

[@jonsmith7063]

Remember yo yo man on the smothers brothers?.

[@jrnfw4060]

We have a lot of yo-yos in office, today. Not to mention turkeys, skunks, weasels, snakes and a lot of spineless creatures. Biggest yo-yos of all are the voters who keep re-electing these Bozos.

[@Sue-xv8os]

I was so in awe of kids who could make their yo yo's "walk".

[@kevinogracia1615]

I just turned 65 and... I remember forking out my Sting-Ray and getting a sissy bar on the back of the banana seat emulating Captain America in "Easy Rider." Good times. Peace on earth.

[@stevehill6062]

Not only riding in pick up beds, which still seems completely natural, but having to sit in the "way back" of the station wagon in the rear facing seat, usually reserved for me and my 2 brothers. As we evolved into a van family, we had to sit in the seats directly behind Dad, so that he could easily reach us with a knuckle to the head. Amazing how the worst things in our young lives have changed into fond memories!

[@samanthab1923]

Puka shells were the big thing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. Every so often those seem to make a little comeback. Thank you for watching samanthab1923!

[@Sarika38]

My Mom’s family is from Hawaii, I still have several Puka Shell necklaces from when I was little! Those things are 41 years old now,I’m surprised they are still in one piece!😂😂

[@samanthab1923]

@@Sarika38 You got the good ones! Mine were too. My BF at the times parents bought mine in Hawaii.

[@jrnfw4060]

I still have my puka shell necklaces. Wear them, occasionally, when they complement the rest of my outfit.

[@jchapman8248]

Yes, indeed! Many of the kids at my HS wore those. Plus Lee, Wrangler and Levi jeans with hang ten shirts, wide leather belts and wallabees or earth shoes!

[@zzizahacallar]

❤ the nostalgia and the good times. Thank you for your channel.

[@jayalexander3356]

Anyone remember the dripping oil lamp with the naked woman in the middle? We didn't have one but some neighbors did and I always wanted one.

[@scottthomas3792]

They became bug traps...a neighbor had one, and it got full of bugs in a hurry. This was in Florida, around '77..

[@PoesRaven73]

The catalogs were filled with various models of that lamp! We never had one, but I would watch them when my mother took us to the department stores.

[@jayalexander3356]

​@@scottthomas3792ewwww! Ok maybe I'm glad we didn't have one.

[@jeffbroders9781]

They're called rain lamps. I picked one up at a garage sale for $5.00 and refurbished it because my wife wanted one. I change the oil about once per year.

[@PoesRaven73]

@@jeffbroders9781 THAT’S what they were called! Thanks for jogging my memory!

[@apatriot4220]

you forgot roller skating..

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes that was huge and it really isn't as popular as it used to be. The disco roller skating was huge. Thank you for watching apatriot4220!

[@samanthab1923]

@@apatriot4220 Couldn’t stand it. Always got blisters. Ice skating was cooler

[@Slane583]

Funny enough during the 90's & early 2000's roller skating was replaced with roller blading. Sadly even that isn't as popular as it used to be. I loved roller blading when I was younger sadly my town isn't pedestrian friendly. So I only got to do it in a roller rink.

[@Rositasparks]

I still roller skate! 🛼 great video Rhetty! ❤

[@sabraeast]

@@apatriot4220 why are they a “funny thing”?

[@brianquilty687]

I remember our house having Avocado fridge and stove. Another solid video Rhett. Thanks.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Brian. That was definitely a popular color. I miss the variety we had. Thank you for watching!

[@janedee6488]

Thanks for this. I’d forgotten many of these things. I miss the suede fringe vests and purses. We had wall-to-wall shag carpet. So unhygienic!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

My dad’s first car (was Lincoln, I think), had an 8 Track player which were at their peak in popularity in the Seventies. While dating, my parents would drive around if gas stations had fuel that day just listening to music. They hated not being able to repeat a song because you had to wait for it to loop and come back to the song you wanted to listen to again. In fact, my dad says he still remembers the Engelbert Humperdinck 8 Track cassette that was stuck in the player in the car when he drove my mother and I home from the hospital (from my birth) in ‘77.

[@brendapeterson4637]

I Loved the 70's !!! Best time in my youth.😊😊😊😊

[@farrierette5216]

So lucky to have been born in 1970 and seen so much as a 70's kid and seen so many changes since. I miss not having all this technology sometimes.

[@teresewecker]

I remember in 1975,, Me and my sister. And ten of my friends went to the kiss concert in my parents station wagon,, They were at the salt palace in utah,, I will never forget that as long as I live,, Good times!!!!

[@rogertemple7193]

Here in Oklahoma during the 70's there were a lot of funny things to experience and miss all of them. as always Thanks for the Memories. 🇺🇲👍🇺🇲

[@brandiwynter]

My family of six had a huge Oldsmobile family truckster station wagon and a Pinto. My childless cool aunt had a Corvette. I guess that's the trade-off.

[@JF-ym8gm]

The Pinto was affordable, which is why they were so popular.

[@samanthab1923]

@@brandiwynter That’s funny. We had the wagons, 5 kids, Uncle had 11 & other one had 3. Baby bro had the Vettes.

[@jerrys4841]

@@JF-ym8gm I had a Chevy Vega, The worse car ever made.

[@gregwasserman2635]

To go along with the shag carpet, lots of people of wood paneling and wall paper (that usually had colors to match with the kitchen appliances). Many boys had a baseball card (always a "double" of an average player) attached to their bike tire spoke to make a flapping sound. Does anyone remember the hair perm rage? You always knew where people were hanging out when you looked out the door and saw where the bikes were at.

[@pattii55]

My husband often laments about the baseball cards he ruined on the spokes of his bicycle that would be worth a LOT of money today!

[@angelabluebird609]

We used regular playing cards.

[@gregwasserman2635]

@@angelabluebird609, I seem to recall people using as well. Most playing cards had a waxy finish that gave a slightly different sound that a baseball card. And they lasted longer!

[@pattii55]

@@angelabluebird609 I did too, because I didn't collect Baseball Cards. I did have Beatles Bubble Gum Cards but I NEVER would have used them for THAT! In fact I still have them!

[@neildewitt2869]

Frozen orange cans for hair rollers!

[@Cheezyquackers2]

Drinking from the garden hose in the summer😂 Hearing your mom yell, "What are you doing in the house!?" When she heard the screen door slam!😂 OK maybe that was the '60s, I'm really old!😂😂😂

[@Jen0714]

You covered it well, as always, Rhetty! I so miss those days! Thank you and hope you guys are hanging in there! 🙏😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Jen! I miss these days as well!

[@Larryw-o2k]

to many bad memories wish i could forget being in the early 70s it sucked and sucked so bad its still a place in time that i wish would go away sorry to be so down but yall are forgetin a place called vietnam some of us cant but thats life

[@douglasbeattie5945]

I totally remember getting my pants caught in the chain and the resulting oil stains. And, on the topic of bike mishaps/memories, who can forget riding their bike bare-footed only to "STUB" their toes on the road!

[@GothGuy885]

reminded me of an old TV ad for stain remover, "Shout it out! 😀

[@RhettyforHistory]

I can't tell you how many times I did that but I know it was a lot! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Douglas!

[@monkeymojo073]

freeway travel in the back bed of a pickup truck was always fun.

[@glennso47]

Traveling through a corn field in a pickup truck.

[@RhettyforHistory]

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[@bigbadjohnpesek9894]

This brings back soooo many memories. I was born in 63 so i spent my teenage years in the 70's. I remember everything.

[@pegs1659]

Remember POW bracelets in the early 70's? Mushroom foot stools?

[@BobbyMidnightRocks]

Evil Knievel, Kiss, Mad magazine, Godzilla vs the Smog Monster, Paul McCartney and Wings, Cheap Trick and so much more. Everyone was friendly and nice.

[@cj57]

Sneaking into Spencer's Gifts while my folks were shopping. But they knew where I'd been because I smelled like incense 🤭 Love your videos, Rhett!

[@jeffgray7922]

Man, I remember our ride from Oklahoma to California in 1983. Talk about a looooooooong drive, especially for a kid like I was at the time. We used to play "The alphabet game" by spotting the letters A to Z on billboards, signs and whatever. We played the same couple of cassette tapes over and over again on the drive until we had memorized every song just through repetition. One of those albums was Styx "Paradise Theater" and is still my favorite Styx album today.

[@Jen0714]

That is one of the best albums ever and definitely the best Styx album! ✌️

[@chrisk7626]

I was born in 1971 I considered myself a 70s child I remember all the great things. I felt safe everywhere I went because people were normal back when my mom told me if there's a problem just wanted to someone's door and they'll help you and that was true. There was a real sense of community and taking care of each other there was a real sense of the neighborhood. I knew all the names of my neighbors up and down the block and for a great distance. We had block parties where someone would take their giant 60s or 70s car and block the end of the street so we could put picnic tables and barbecues out in the middle of the street and have fireworks🎉 all you had to do was walk up and down the street to be fed🎉 brings a tear to my eye thinking about it compared to the way we live today.

[@jkxelor1295]

Great times in America!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching!

[@brendakrieger7000]

I love lava lamps! 🌋💡 Oh yeah we had avocado green🥑😂💚 I have a confession to make: I still very much enjoy listening and dancing to Disco🎵🎶 In fact I've already decided that I'm going to lay down the boogie and play that funky music til I die😹

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Hi Rhett 🙋🏽. This brings back memories.(good memories) . I wish we could bring the 70's back ‼️ life WAS so much easier. People were more loving and caring for each other. Oh yeah, I never liked hairy chests and backs.😅😄😂🤣😆🤷🏽. LOL 🤣😆 LOL.

[@martinfurlong1071]

Throwing a Frisbee with friends Saturday evenings until Saturday Night Live came on, and we'd all gather around the boob tube and laugh at anyone that had to pee and missed the "fake" commercials! GREAT TIMES!!! 😂

[@megastick9324]

We had THEE coolest bikes in the 60s-70s, bar none.

[@kpkp6322]

You left out one of the biggest craz ! Was skating boarding ! I can't remember how many times I fell off and scrape my knees ! Great time with friends ! Great video !

[@itsme-rt7nz]

I was a kid in the 60s, but the 70s were a great time to be a young adult too. Best time of my life!

[@cynthiacronin2794]

I have a lava lamp and a mood ring. Turn the lamp on once in awhile. Don't wear the ring. Mine never turned colors. Kinda worried me.😂

[@samanthab1923]

They make mood nail polish. I’ve gotten it on occasion

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

I have a lava lamp and 3 mood rings!! Lol!!

[@nickthompson4978]

Don’t let that lava lamp get too hot

[@mkshffr4936]

You maybe a psychopath if your mood ring never changes color.😲😇

[@mantis10_surf85]

My Evel Knievil stunt cycle was badass

[@dogsareprecious4842]

I'm sad that I didn't realize how AWESOME the 70's were when I was living in them as a child. Looking back at all the (yellowing---ha!) photos, there are SOO many things I wish were still around....especially MUSIC !!!!!! Genuinely TALENTED musicians who played instruments---no computer-edits, just pure TALENT.

[@megastick9324]

Drive in movies were one of the biggest things in 60s-70s. Throw the whole family in the station wagon with your Jammie’s on, or, later on, take your sweetie.

[@pattii55]

Yes, my sister and I would go in my 1970 Pontiac Tempest. We'd take the dog with us. Made popcorn for us, and brought a box of Milk Bones for the dog.

[@GalaxyIsADork]

Hi Rhetty ❤i was born in 71 and I remember the cash register that had the big buttons and no moving belt😅i miss being little with me parents 😢🎉

[@thrillho7267]

Same here about the cash register. I remember being amazed on how the check out lady never looked at the machine as she ran through our groceries came down the belt.

[@GalaxyIsADork]

@@thrillho7267 exactly 💯 we used to go to a store here in California called Mayfair and the counter kind of turned in a half a circle but it was not a conveyor belt and I remember that 😄

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Ah yes, the velvet black light posters, those “wave” lava lamps, and the constantly moving “sand picture” things. Plus, everyone had some kind of “perpetual motion “ thing on their desks and tables…which weren’t perpetual motion at all 🤣🤣

[@ZMAN_420]

My Father worked at a gas station during the gas shortage. He said it was very hectic. That's back when gas station meant Full Service. Check oil, fluids, top off washer fluid, check tires and so on. It was a "Purple Martin" gas station. I guess they went out of buisness over 40 years ago. Anyone reading this ever hear of that gas station brand.

[@Wil_Liam1]

One of the fun and quirky things about the 70s was kids didn't talk back,weren't rude to adults,didn't try to force the world to bend to their way of thinking,didn't need safe spaces,didn't go ballistic and scream because they didn't approve of adults ways,didn't steal,didn't go out of their way to insult one another unless they were best friends and only joking with one another,didn't grab a gu n and sh oot up a school,or any of the stupid,ugly things kids today do... Hell, we didn't even want our pictures taken or spend hours taking selfies or posting non stop on social media about every single thing happening...

[@OmarLopez-yh2lx]

You said everything I was going to say 👍

[@Larryw-o2k]

we had vietnam and riots they pissed on vetrans did some pretty nasty shit to them what realy sucked was you had no chioce but go ,drafted but people scorned you for being forced to go to war like we had a choice and we did jail leave the country or go to war damn what a life free love free getting shot and your country poisonig you and your children and childrens children for who knows how long or does dna ever heal ??

[@believeitornot.1370]

The today's kids are owns...

[@MJrocs1309]

Born in'53 would love to go back and live the 70's over again especially if I knew what I know now.

[@yochannaelishevashawlach8064]

This brings back memories. I actually spent most of the 70s in and out of the hospital recovering from a wreck when I was 12.5 years old.

[@shannondore]

Best time to be a kid. Bell bottoms and bike chains were not good friends. I had to keep rubberbands in my pockets to rap around my jeans so they wouldn't get stuck. And I still have my mood ring, wore it all the time. It always stayed blue.💍😂

[@Beth9228]

My mother had a Ford Pinto from 1977-1980. It was my grandfather’s car. I think that both of my parents bought it from my grandmother. I just don’t remembered that much on it except going to my aunt’s house to picked it up in Milwaukee.

[@ShmuckOnWheels]

I was 5-15 years old from 1970-1980. Just about the perfect age for that era.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

I recall those avocado 🥑 green 💚 appliances, as well as a few other colors. Flip clock ⏰️ radios 📻 were one of my favorites.The Dukes of Hazzard and Chips were shows I knew in the 1970's. So was Fantasy Island 🏝, and Gilligan's Island. Life was so GREAT then. Before cell phones and the Internet. Your friend, Jeff.

[@virginiabotha3545]

"Music was played with actual instruments..."😂😂😂😂Too true❤❤❤❤❤

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

I did some carpet installation as a young man (very hard work; not recommended) and I tore out a lot of those avocado green and harvest gold shag carpets in the'80s. You probably wouldn't be surprised at the amount of dirt and sand that gets filtered through those things over the years. Not just difficult to keep clean. Impossible.

[@morgansparhawk8410]

I was born in Dec of 65. I'd go back to the 70s in a heartbeat.😊

[@leesashriber5097]

I loved my Pet Rock, my mood ring (still have them). I remember colored toilet paper. My grandparents always used it. Our shag carpet always shocked me when I went to change the TV. SNL was awesome back in the 70's to the mid 80's. The Hustle was the dance! The Pinto and the Gremlin were hideous. 😂 Thank you my friend. Another trip down memory lane that I enjoy and even miss the decade. 😊

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I thought the Pacer was uglier than the Pinto or Gremlin. Now that hideous Tesla truck thing is the absolute ugliest vehicle ever made. 🤮

[@bigshot0987]

I really wish I grew up in the 70s I would've loved to experience everything you had to offer, but the 80s was good enough to lol 😂😂😂 thank you for another awesome upload Rhett