If You Grew Up in the 1970s…You Remember This!

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The 1970s began as an extension of the sixties and then took a turn as Generation X grew into their own. There were so many contrasting things happening, from Watergate to the emergence of the Summer Blockbuster movie. It was certainly a time when escaping reality was necessary, and it ended up giving us so many memorable moments. So, let’s take a look back, and if you grew up in the 1970s, you may remember this!
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[@bobblowhard8823]

No cell phones, personal computers, or social media. We had each other. Face to face. We talked, laughed, rode our bikes, climbed trees, watched Saturday morning cartoons, and Saturday Night Live at night, roller skated or skate boarded, and danced to some of the best music ever made. We didn't even realize how good we had it until it was gone.

[@LauraTuller]

All true! Thanks for the memories! 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

[@wmarkdyer]

Yeah way better when there were only 6 channels and the whole family had to share 1 TV and bathroom

[@Treblaholland]

I am so grateful to have been born in '66. Life is a roller coaster and I cherish the high points.

[@CC-hv9ei]

we had MX bicycles and if you played guitar, you were a god.

[@markcab2055]

Yeah compared to those days, the day in age we live in now is a living hell.

[@lovly2cu725]

Watergate is nothing compared to now.

[@kristensorensen2219]

The gangster LBJ was much worse than Nixon; but never got caught! Vietnam is how I remember the early 70's!! 2024 is just as nuts with Ukraine v Russia!! Biden or Trump? WTF kind of choice is this?!! This Republic is over; as Franklin said: "If you can keep it"?!😢

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

That is for D*MN sure!

[@Nicksonian]

Richard Nixon was a Boy Scout compared to Trump. Nixon left office because he lost the support of his party. Those Republicans back then had some ethics…

[@wendyjones3586]

I was thinking the very same thing !

[@mayflowerpdx5706]

You got that right

[@mikehughes4969]

We really didn't understand just how good we had it. I'd do it over again in a heartbeat.

[@jcbulldog533]

I know same here

[@METALHEAD550]

100%

[@TXH1138]

If you were a kid in the 70's yep, but if you were draft age, not so much.

[@jaya.0069]

Absolutely would!

[@dieseldabberdoug8285]

Hell yeah brother!

[@lucken13]

70’s was fun and carefree! Graduated High School in 81! 70s also was the best decade for Rock music!!!!

[@seanbradley6691]

loved Three Dog Night!

[@pamelamays4186]

Casey Kasem kept us up to date with the top 40 hits every week.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Yes!😊

[@tutips7365]

American Bandstand is what I watched.

[@SusanWelte]

Watching The Brady Bunch everyday after school

[@sufiameen6093]

Yep! ❤

[@richlaue]

And Cousin Brucie in NYC

[@charleighh.990]

I'm a late stage Boomer (1959) and was 11 in 1970. I Spent my Whole Teen Age years in the 70's. Best Music, Best Friendships, Best Experiences in my Life.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

I was born in '58. Being a teen in those days was awesome! I bought Tiger Beat and 'Teen magazines. I had a huge crush on David Cassidy!

[@charleighh.990]

@@angelagoodwin5758 I read Cream and had Barbra Carrara on my wall. That and A Few of the Black Light Velvet Posters.

[@coldlakealta4043]

congratulations. you obviously never had a draft card like the 55000 young Americans who died in Viet Nam during the 70s. do you even remember them?

[@David-ri3hi]

@@coldlakealta4043 I was born in 1955, I'm a mid boomer it went from 1946 - 1965. I signed up for the draft as did all others born when I was. My number, via the draft lottery, was too high for the last three years of the war and then the war was over. So 1959 isn't a late stage boomer and was subject to the draft.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

The war was over in 73, so some one born in 59, would have been 14. I don’t think they drafted 14 year olds.

[@SusanWelte]

Wish I could go back to the 70’s. I had the greatest childhood ever. Born in 64

[@CC-hv9ei]

born in 61. We had the best looking women / men.

[@msbigdog1460]

I agree, born in 67. Miss the 70's and 80's. 😭

[@joemcconnell2674]

Kids today stuck indoors on their tablets or laptops. The internet is a good thing. But also a bad thing.

[@lexheath8276]

I was bred for farm labor. Don't miss that decade at all, but I do miss Granny. 1960 birth. I'm old enough now to give myself a childhood. Got all the toys.

[@aschule5684]

62' and I'd go back in a heartbeat, I miss the good old days 😔

[@michaelrosetti3677]

Who remembers “Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific” shampoo?

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

You can still get it from a company called Vermont Country Store

[@timsilva1944]

Or the sophomoric joke in response.

[@SusanWelte]

How about the Nair commercial…..”we wear short shorts “

[@thomashannan3006]

Or I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!

[@gailmorgan2556]

Two two two mints in one.

[@mikeywid4954]

The Midnight Special and Wolfman Jack! Oh Yeah!

[@billboggs6641]

Great show with live performances

[@Fat12219]

Midnight Special 😮

[@SusanWelte]

Loved that show

[@N-Scale]

There will NEVER be a show like the original shows and cast of Saturday Night Live

[@laurielenig9939]

Indeed

[@KB-ke3fi]

Yeah now it's a left wing political hit show.

[@platterjockey]

The original Not Ready For Prime-Time Players did things on that show that you couldn't get away with anywhere today, especially on the 1979-1980 season.

[@bobblowhard8823]

I can name every cast member from the original SNL. They were all brilliant, iconic actors and people. After the original series left, it only went downhill from there. May Gilda Radner and John Belushi rest in peace. We will always miss them.

[@platterjockey]

@@bobblowhard8823 Same here! I can name all of them. Dan Ackroyd and favorite guest Buck Henry played the ultimate sleazebags. Once they were gone, the show was awful untol Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo came on. That was pretty decent until they left. I haven't really watched the show since. And, when I do see it, it's unfunny. Today, they even apologize when they do go over the line. Producer Lorne Michaels and the original cast never apologized for anything.

[@mikeshomin8144]

1976 was the best! Bicentennial, country wide patriotism! Not like today!

[@larsrodbok1285]

Bicenteial minute by Shell

[@MustangSally7259]

Got married in 71 and had a dumpy apt but loved every minute of it! Still married!!❤❤✌️

[@josephgaviota]

Congratulations to you and your missus!

[@fritz1990]

That's awesome! Congratulations.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Congratulations!

[@MelodyAnn1957]

Congratulations on your long marriage. We got married in 1974. We're having our 50th this month. I love the song "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett.

[@CC-hv9ei]

we had room mate construction workers in army coats and a wooden reel for a coffee table.

[@alfredo7843]

Spencer Gifts black light posters, muscle cars, smoke filled rock concerts, banana-seat bikes, Circus Magazine and watching Combat! That was my 70's and I loved it.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

There was nothing like the "back room" of Spencer's. Wall to wall blacklight posters and not a single colour that was found in nature. Boy, do I miss that store. It's unspeakably lame now.

[@ConnerKirk433]

I remember Spencer's, i have another living room downstairs and all of the walls have different blacklight tapestry and i leave the lights on all of the time ​@@cainealexander-mccord2805

[@josephgaviota]

When you mention "smoke filled" rock concerts, um, I think I remember what _kind_ of smoke. [edit: fix typo]

[@laurielenig9939]

mmMMM why yes...puff, puff, pass!

[@cindysue5474]

Cool incense burners brass water pipes boones farm wine custom vans hitchhiking across the US etc etc.

[@johnking6252]

It was great being 20 in the 70's , not so great being 70 in the 20's .... 🌎✌️🌍

[@cynthiacarter532]

That's my husband and me. Married in 1972 when I was 21. Looking at 73 this month.

[@johnking6252]

Congratulations, something seldom seen these days ✌️

[@boboren8246]

Isn't that the truth

[@woody5109]

Every car had a cigarette lighter, no one wore a seat belt, a bike helmet or checked their Halloween candy and yet, here we are, in our mid 60s and going strong.

[@PowerHouseWash]

You somehow reminded me of the Son of Sam. It must have been the Halloween candy (my mother did check it).

[@artiek1177]

I used to wear tube socks and now that I’m older I’m wearing something similar called compression socks🤣

[@tiffanyvalencia8415]

Just put stripes on the top of them!

[@artiek1177]

@@tiffanyvalencia8415 🤣

[@MultiSweener]

Born 62, and i had the very special time portal in life to go through elementary, intermediate, and high school all in the 70s. Wouldn't change a thing.

[@aschule5684]

I was born in 62 also 👍☮️

[@wknight5595]

Me too, and i'm sure none of us can even recognize what's happened to this country today, and not in a good way.

[@aschule5684]

@@wknight5595 isn't that the sad truth 😔 there's so much division and hatred and we all need to find a way to come together, strength in unity. Much peace and love to all my brothers and sisters out there ☮️❤️

[@bearforce187]

The 70's were a great time to be a kid. I miss those days hanging out with friends, going to Saturday Matinees and we were always outdoors on our bikes or playing games.

[@Fat12219]

Thing s 😢

[@momsher1]

Yes, always outside with our friends or going to friends house to listen to 45s and albums in their basement. Mom dropping us kids off at the matinee, roller skating on Saturdays, going back to school shopping for clothes at the Sears Dept store, drive in movies with our parents and the three of us kids in the back of the station wagon, eating popcorn we brought from home - I miss those days!

[@alisong2328]

Generation X was born between 1965-1980, so most were not even alive in the 1970's. Many boomers did, in fact, grow up in the 70's.

[@davidclark8543]

Many Gen X WERE alive in the 70s & had fond remembrances galore from 1973-79 if you were born in late 60s & early 70s

[@andyp91]

Pretty safe to say that the youth growing up now are much more troubled than we were back in the 60s and 70s

[@oreally8605]

70's kid here. I remember the news paper 📰 when Elvis died in 77.

[@ericdonner7199]

I was 23 in 77 an we heard about it on the radio at work.

[@juliejackman2649]

I remember us all in the car right after Elvis died and I remember how sad my Dad was.

[@Agislife1960]

and John Wayne in 79

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

I was watching a TV movie when it was pre-empted with the News Flash.......ELVIS IS DEAD.

[@josephgaviota]

I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of Elvis' death.

[@josephgaviota]

3:35 School House Rock vids were WONDERFUL. They should be run again nowadays.

[@laurielenig9939]

Considering my fear for our educational system they would probably learn more than what is being taught😤😡😠

[@patrick39432]

They are all available on KZbin. My grandkids enjoy them.

[@nobody1964-wc6bd]

Yes exactly. It should be shown again on Saturday am

[@starmnsixty1209]

No doubt better than what passes for today's educational system.

[@johnjay9404]

I have them all on DVD which I bought for my kids. I don't think it's available anymore.

[@Wawalsh1234]

Everything from the 70’s was eventually banned but we all survived it. What a great era!

[@splashpit]

Not all of us survived it but the ones that did are the ones that the younger generations shouldn’t fuck with !

[@sterling557]

Lawn Darts!

[@MeadowFarmer]

Here are some other 70s things I remember, smiley face stickers, biorhythms, LED watches, clogs, Bermuda bags, rope bracelets, bell bottoms, dome hair dryers, foam curlers, halter tops, wood burning kits, plastic bug cooking pots, woven potholders, K-tel records, Cracked magazine, National Lampoon magazine, aluminum folding lawn chairs, aluminum siding, aluminum storm windows, ten-speed bikes, Pop Rocks, wallpaper was common, unleaded gas introduced, WIN buttons (Whip Inflation Now), Mark Spitz poster, Munich Massacre, many airplane hijackings, Apollo 13, Skylab, Skylab crash, Iran Hostage Crisis, Three Mile Island, Vietnam War/evacuation, Yom Kippur War, Earth Day, hippies, communes, streaking, OSHA, Clean Air Act. With "Ma Bell" long distance was expensive and phones had to be rented so most houses only had one phone. There were many small amusement parks Lincoln Park, Whalom Park, Rocky Point.

[@momsher1]

I remember streaking - was with my sister (2 years older) and her best friend and we saw 2 guys streaking while we were leaving a Steak n Shake. LOL I was probably 15

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Remember the things you'd light and they'd smoke and expand into long snakes of charred remains? And those little tissues filled with powder and iron that would explode loudly when thrown onto the sidewalk?

[@lbarmstrong1]

Puka shell necklaces. All the cool guys had one!

[@geraldlueker7933]

Keeping a dime with you all the time no matter what,In case you had to call home

[@hugoglenn9741]

Red Die #2, Califano, Jimmy Carter, Billy Beer, Mood rings, Pet rocks, Chia pets, those stupid sea monkeys in the back of the comic books, silk Italian shirts, velour pullovers. Dolly Parton, 1980s Dolly Parton, 1990s Dolly Parton, 2000s Dolly P, etc., etc. Then at then end it was Aliens, Punk Rock and Death of Disco riots

[@twistedtrails8128]

the 70s was a great decade to be a teenager! i was 10 in 70, so i had the full brunt of the decade!

[@carolynridlon3988]

Me too - that makes us late boomers not gen X! ❤❤❤

[@donnaawb]

Me too

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Me too !

[@verabeatrizraposodeabreu5171]

Me too. Born in 1960

[@laurielenig9939]

Yes you did, how awesomely cool lol

[@Joe-zt7ef]

I had tears in my eyes watching this, in this awful world we live in today its nice to go back and just see how good it really was, everybody helped each other, there was peace, and you could go anywhere without feeling threatend, kids today will never have this, im glad I was born when I was.

[@paulaward2075]

Generation X kid here! I was born June 18,1967. Loved the 1970's! Hello from Tyler Texas!

[@c.3655]

Same here. November of 67.

[@fredstockgate5029]

GO TEXAS! Just by chance stumbled onto this channel. Subscribed it of course. Born in 50's and enjoyed 60's 70's and most others. Fun memories 90% good. Grew up outside of Los Angeles and must have missed the racism. I didn't see any until later on when the Left and their Media started hard pushing it on us. I still don't see it with my eyes but they make sure my ears are full of it. Semper Fi USA and all the good memories.

[@zawjatsaid1]

July 30th 1967 here

[@marksmith6331]

From Houston born in December '69 so barely made it in the "60's". What got me was the Wacky Packages. I forgot all about them but I know in elementary school we boys loved those stickers. It was a flash back alright.

[@nobody1964-wc6bd]

Hello brother. Anyone born in the 1960's knows how great it was growing up when we did.

[@footballlvnlady]

Born in 57. Although 60’s was my grade school the 70’s was high school and marriage. Wide bell bottoms, earth shoes, mood ring, disco dancing on a lighted up floor, bf had a muscle car, mom had owl macrame wall hangings and plant holders, we had two rooms of shag carpet. One was black/orange and the other my sisters bubble gum room. Shag carpet mixed of three colors pink. My bf (future husband) loved Fonzie. He and buddies wore leather jackets. Then the end of the 70’s were many weddings. Every wedding the men had different colored tuxes.

[@Fat12219]

To start over again 😢😢😢

[@sprkl5d]

70’s were the best times of my life. Jr high and HS and 2 years of single fun after graduation then married in 79’. I wish I could go back and stay in the 70’s!

[@billnotice9957]

The thing I remembered about the 1970ies was the feeling of gratitude. Ww2 vets were still very commonplace. Any adult or authority figure was yes Sir/No ma'am. Now the gratitude feeling is replaced with " I DESERVE IT."

[@user-ps6gu2sg3t]

Yeah, I wish I had spent more time talking with the WW2 vets. Now I am a Desert Storm vet and as old as those WW2 vets were in 77

[@riprock23]

@@user-ps6gu2sg3t A friend of the family had been a bomber pilot in WWII. Probably early 1990's I tried to talk to him about that time. He told me what he flew but quickly changed the subject. I could tell by the look in his eyes he didn't want to remember and couldn't forget.

[@LauraTuller]

GenX here, I completely remember ALL these things! I cherish the 70’s and I’m so glad I got to be a part of it! 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

[@hugoglenn9741]

For Genx the 1980s were as good as the 70s. In 1980 Preppy destroyed everything 1970s

[@angelagoodwin5758]

American Bandstand, Soul Train, Midnight Special. We were always groovin', day and night!

[@michaelburton1924]

Also ‘’ in concert ‘’ on ABC friday nights.

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Puff the magic dragon, the banana splits cartoon & The Monkees!

[@provost5752]

What I'd give to go back in time

[@6258RB]

Great time to be a teen Graduated in 75 bought a 56 mustang installed a 8 trak craig tape player . Married my high school sweet heart and still her one and only. Now retired have 4 grand children life has been good . And the music was great.

[@LauraTuller]

I grew up with my dad driving a ‘67 olive green Mustang convertible also with 8 tract tape player. 🙌🏼🤩🤘🏼

[@stevebobamerican8635]

There was no 56 Mustang

[@LauraTuller]

@@stevebobamerican8635 I think they meant ‘65? 😂

[@glennso47]

Got married in 1974. We had some pretty dumpy apartments and one place we had to do dishes before we ate because of the roaches. We had lots of sadness and hardship but stayed together until 2021 when my wife died.

[@donnabanks7656]

Crochet ponchos were very popular. Drive-in movies also.

[@laureencriss8220]

And iron-on t-shirt places in the mall. Band names, logos, sayings: "Hang in there, Baby!", "Keep on Truckin'!", "Peace"... ✌️

[@donnabanks7656]

@@laureencriss8220 EXCELLENT!

[@thelittlegreenball6813]

I loved going to the drive-in with my Dad! There is still one functioning near my home and I go sometimes.

[@donnabanks7656]

@@thelittlegreenball6813 very nice!

[@SusanWelte]

Wearing halter tops

[@cee8mee]

Dorothy Hamill was famous for the 'Wedge' haircut, not the bowl cut.

[@nickimontie]

I had that cut, then the follow-up version where only the edges were permed.

[@billboggs6641]

My wife was 21 and had that cut. Looked amazing

[@aschule5684]

@@billboggs6641 wedge haircuts are very attractive 🥰

[@michaelbarbuto]

Her hairdo was called the Hamill Camel if I recall correctly.

[@cee8mee]

@@michaelbarbuto No, that was her signature skating move.

[@domsalexa]

The best years of our lives! Grew up playing with my Matchbox cars, Tonka trucks & Viewmaster to name a few. Learned a lot from watching Sesame Street & Electric Company. Rockin those bell bottom pants & Hang Ten t-shirts! Turned 5 years old in 1970. 14 by 1979.

[@johnjay9404]

I put down my G.I. Joe's from the 60's and all of a sudden Evel Knievel was the man. I really got into bicycles and jumping them.

[@BufordTGleason]

Big Wheel!

[@josephgaviota]

9:40 We were poor, and my mom made a **LOT** of Hamburger Helper.

[@thegoldendog7991]

Don’t knock the helper lol. I enjoyed it.

[@elgato894]

same here,loved every plate of the helper

[@ericpetersen8155]

We were super poor. We managed, I got rich in the late 90’s. Funny how somehow now that doesn’t matter. Looking back the 70’s were better.

[@verabeatrizraposodeabreu5171]

The 70's were very interesting in all aspects. My pre teen and teenage years were all in the 1970's. AND I MISS EVERYTHING !

[@mindysmith3683]

Why ? Give up , because you were a kid , no responsibility. That's all every generation misses childhood . Not me .

[@Binkley-rj6gf]

The Midnight Special was special because all (or nearly all) performances were LIVE. That's right, no lip synching. It was the next best thing to going to a concert.

[@momsher1]

Love the song Midnight Special by CCR - from 1969! As teens we used to love watching the Midnight Special with friends.

[@1952jodianne]

I remember watching my first music video on Midnight Special, Alice Cooper's "Elected".

[@francesmartel7948]

Wolfman Jack!! LOL ❤!

[@lloydfurness414]

"We made Love in my Chevy van...."

[@kelly171a]

Great song!!

[@momsher1]

Sammy Johns sang it - love it!

[@althunder4269]

If this van's a rockin' don't come a knockin'

[@dad4ever-c90]

As a teen in the 1970's, we went to the local arcade to play video games for hours. When a friend got Pong, his home became the place to be. As basic as that game was, having it on a home TV felt like technology had reached its PINNACLE. What could be greater? Nobody imagined everybody would soon have games on their phones. Or even phones that weren't attached to a wall. Only in the world of the Jetsons!

[@jasonwomack4064]

I was born in 81, and have always been thankful that 70's teens were such a large demographic. It made their interests, TV shows (in reruns), and trends stick around longer. It made my childhood an interesting blend of the new, and the best parts of the previous decade.

[@sonyafox3271]

Heck, we had game rooms in the early 80s, me and, my friend always went every change we could get, ( lol, in the 80s I was in my pre-teens) and, sure enough older teenagers and young adults ended up getting them shut down because, they came in their and, started stealing and, they became in festered with drugs.

[@laurielenig9939]

My Favorite cartoon!

[@leejones7439]

I remember my sister and I getting crochet vests. They were all the rage. I loved shagged carpets, I still have them today. Mood rings, pet rocks, bike riding without a helmet, earth shoes, clackers, cartoons, Tiger Beat magazine, playing in construction zones (we knew to avoid the wooden planks with 6 inch protruding nails, no one had to warn us), going out on Halloween without an adult. We had freedom that no kid today could possibly imagine.

[@althunder4269]

We had blood red shag carpeting in our living room. It was quite a sight.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

Sometime in the early 2000s I bought Schoolhouse Rock on DVD so that I could share it with my kids. I found Bob Dorough's website, sent him an email thanking him, and that I was now sharing his masterpieces with my kids. I got a short reply back saying thanks.

[@phabulous1614]

I remember those clunky 8 tracks tapes being played in my family’s 🚘 car. 😆

[@brich6875]

70’s was an awesome decade to be a kid. 80’s was great for jr. High and high school. I still have my original Farrah Fawcett poster framed to this day 😍😍

[@bobblowhard8823]

I had that same poster. I would still love to have that poster today. May she rest in peace.

[@mindysmith3683]

I hope she rests in peace knowing that 😮

[@heartofjesusdj]

The mineral oil rain lamps. Does anyone else remember those?

[@cynthiamurphy3669]

Lord, yes. You brought back a memory! I found the lamp in the early 80s at a church rummage sale after I'd bought myself a house. My dad hung it for me, and it actually worked. I also bought a glass and metal etagere (a 4-shelved open thing) to match. I eventually sold the glass stuff at a garage sale. I grew up with the Early American furniture in the 70s and actually prefer the warmer woods even now, the stuff that was made well back then. (I truly don't like much of the modern furniture I see, seems like it's just crap, ditto the modern appliances).

[@heartofjesusdj]

@@cynthiamurphy3669 I agree. By the way if you ever need a replacement motor for the lamp, Amazon sells them.

[@korbell1089]

Damn you! As soon as I saw "School House Rock" I started singing Conjunction Junction.😅

[@coldsamon]

Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right. 😂🤣

[@angelagoodwin5758]

😄

[@DebZaragoza]

I still show School House Rock videos in my classroom! Grammar Rock, Multiplication Rock, America Rock...it's all good for teaching! 🤣😂

[@aschule5684]

"he was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear, so I whipped out my adjectives" 😂

[@lbarmstrong1]

@@DebZaragoza Me too! Always gets a laugh from my adult ed/GED students.

[@IBM29]

Conjunction Junction was sung by Jack Sheldon, trumpet player on the Merv Griffin Show.

[@jeanbean1390]

I think he also sang "I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill"

[@momsher1]

Conjunction Junction what's your Function? Love it!

[@momsher1]

@@jeanbean1390 Yes he did

[@hannahlong763]

I remember every bit of the 70s there will never be another time like it one of my favorite memories is as simple as going to the mall and getting a slice of pizza and yes I had a pet rock Fred

[@bobblowhard8823]

I hope Fred is still doing OK, wherever he may be.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Is Fred still with us?

[@hannahlong763]

@starmnsixty1209 I would imagine but where who knows 😆

[@4WheelerinMiami]

Generation X kid here! Born on the 5th of July, 1969!!!!!!!!! We had a Pet Rock lol!

[@momsher1]

Me too and a lava lamp and shag carpet in my bedroom and a ton of 45s to listen to - wow those were such fun times!

[@Nicksonian]

Saturday Night Live debuted just when I started college. I’ll never forget sitting in the packed dorm TV lounge, all of us roaring in laughter.

[@leejones7439]

I was 11 when SNL came on. I was sleeping over at a friend's house and her parents let us stay up to watch it. I saw the very first episode!

[@dew66666]

You forgot about lawn darts. If you had a lawn dart and some clackers you were armed and ready for battle. And Dorothy Hamill did not have a bowl haircut. She had the Wedge. They were a bit different.

[@lovly2cu725]

The wedge haircut. I had it

[@broederbond60]

DEFINITELY. I still own two sets of lawn darts, fun game.

[@sonyafox3271]

That and, we had not only the lawn darts but, we also had ring around the daisies! The day, we got our own tether ball pull set up in our back yard, that’s one of the things,I loved about the 70s and, playing with my baton, I so, wanted to go out for our local baton group and, because, of the outfits they wore, my mom flat out said, no! In the 80s, I was going into my teens and, we moved and, my mom got me 2 from a sports store that were straight, that really just made things better. So, I kept trying to push and, it was just no use!

[@laureencriss8220]

Thank you for saying that about Dorothy Hamill's haircut--the wedge. This is the 2nd video of his where he has made that mistake. Not a big deal. He brings us some great memories!

[@laurielenig9939]

Dew I couldn't remember the name of the haircut!!😉

[@garyjohnson7133]

I still think about the movie Jaws every time I get into the ocean. That movie ended our tourist season eight week early. No one was going into the water !

[@momsher1]

Saw that movie with my BF (now husband) along with Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, The Omen, Beyond the Door, Car Wash, The Goodbye Girl (my fav). and so many more.. So many good movies in the 70s!

[@randyronny7735]

I remember when we got cable TV in the 1970's. We got stations that had afternoon movies, late night movies, late-late night movies, morning movies and noon-time movies. It was great having the ability to watch movies form 1940's to late 1960's.

[@josephgaviota]

12:35 I remember waiting in line on odd/even days, to buy gas for 42¢ a gallon (in So. Cal.).

[@coldsamon]

I remember my parents wanting in line for gas here in central California.

[@laureencriss8220]

Same in Seattle, Washington. I was just 10 sitting in the passenger seat in a long line around the block for a limited number of gallons.

[@ericpetersen8155]

@@coldsamonI was in Tracy ca

[@mindysmith3683]

Protest

[@coldsamon]

@@ericpetersen8155 I was and still am in Oakdale.

[@dmh54321]

1970's had great disaster films like Earthquake, Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, Airport, Airport '75, Black Sunday just to name a few.

[@SusanWelte]

I remember Poseidon Adventure in my parents station wagon at drive in very good movie

[@aschule5684]

Never forget The Poseidon adventure at the movie theater, that giant wave capsizing the boat! I didn't see it until a few years after it came out but the very scary "The Exorcist" also came out in the early 70's 😬 I believe it came out in 73 but I don't think I saw it until 76 or so

[@althunder4269]

I remember that Poseidon Adventure song: "the morning after."

[@karlfonner7589]

Don’t forget Charlie and the chocolate factory. And the movie the Cowboys with John Wayne and Bruce Dern

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

Born in 1962 and I grew up in the 1970's . I love it!!!!!!! I wore hip hugger bell buttem jenes and clogs and I carryed a mental lunch box, I went to the drive in movies with my mom and dad and a friend of mine. Boy did I love growing up then. Lol, we watched that movie up in Alaska. My dad kept putting his hands over my eyes and it wasn't until I was a lot older that I found out why, scary as heck. I miss those days.

[@Dave17101]

I remember my mom raking the shag carpeting and using it to detect when any of us kids went in the front room where the entire room and furniture were only used for guests. My behind hurts just from that memory. Lol

[@gilbertdubay6297]

At least there was a Republican Party that held Nixon accountable!!

[@nissanman1983]

Brings me back to a simpler time. 😪

[@adamtrombino106]

Last Oct I went and looked at a house in Missouri of which the previous owner had passed away. It was like a time capsule from 1976, and brought back so many memories! Earth tones everywhere, orange/rust colored shag carpeting in every room but the bathroom, hanging lamps over the kitchen counters, which were orange, multi colored wallpaper, a giant TV and stereo set encased in real wood that must've weighed 200lbs, avocado green cabinets and appliances, ( all from Sears) the biggest microwave I've ever seen ( you could easily fit a big turkey in it) with dials, not touch pads and so much more. Fun fact, I still recall going with my dad to a gas station in 79 and paying over a dollar per gallon for the 1st time for regular (leaded) fuel. He was so flabbergasted, he kept the receipt.

[@Zirsillius]

I loved the 70's! So many wonderful memories of much younger days.

[@gregwasserman2635]

I was born in May of 1967, so I remember all of this and more. I had just turned 10 when "Star Wars" was released. I'll never forget it. I collected everything about the movie, and I still have all my old Star Wars action figures (including the original telescoping lightsabers). I also collected Wacky Packages, and later Star Wars cards. Kids road Big Wheels and Green Machines but when you got old enough, you had a bike. And for a real blast from the past - Sears and Kmart were a big deal! Now, good luck finding one. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Van Halen...so many great rock bands.

[@davelafferty605]

Sir: Just wanted to say how very much I enjoy your channel. As someone who as born in the mid-1960s, you have allowed me to look back fondly, even wistfully, on past decades when America wasn't gripped in the insanity it struggles with today. Thank you for what you do.

[@pslm23]

Our carpets were rust brown and orange countertops in the kitchen. 3 channels on the TV. We watched Waltons as a family and Mom watched Carol Burnett and Sanford and Son for comedy.😊

[@serinachilders74]

Leif Garrett, and then came Kiss. Best looking guys, great music, and freedom to roam with out worry. Wish we could bring it all back.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Yeah for certain.

[@momsher1]

I am old enough to remember David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman posters! LOL

[@hugoglenn9741]

Come on, you can’t say Leif without mentioning Shaun Cassidy and Christy McNichol in the same breath.

[@joer1678]

Born in 58. Great time to grow up….

[@cyclenut]

American Band Stand. Having a stereo with a stack of records or Cassette or 8-track tapes. Black light posters, bed spreads and rugs. Model cars, trucks and air planes, drink can pull tab chains hang from rear view mirror were popular in the 70s.

[@williamwilkins3084]

I still have my old stereo from the 1970s that my parents bought me for Christmas, the stack record changer, 78-speed, and all.

[@maryanncsech6964]

Dr. Scholl's wooden sandals and Coty Sweet Earth Perfume and DIY candles ( you got a jar, a wick and three different scents of wax chips to layer as you pleased.) The scents were sandalwood, grass, hay, patchouli, and fruit ones like strawberry, melon, tangerine and others. There was also a green apple perfume in a glass decanter . ( Their slogan was "wear it and he'll bite!) I remember in Science Class one day ( after most of the girls came in late from trying to run to class in chunky platform shoes 🙂) our teacher said " It's smells like fruit salad in here " and all the girls pulled out their little portable perfume packs and started naming their favorite scents! My room was wallpapered in bright pink and orange flowers and full of posters that I bought for ten cents and my brother put up in my room all these psychedelic glow in the dark black light posters. An era of hair, hot pants and hippies. Everyone was into the Bicentennial with colonial furniture, granny maxi dresses, the Bicentennial star logo was everywhere. Midi skirts and minis, and boys prom tuxedos were baby blue, yellow, peach and ruffled. Bright colored clothes were everywhere and embroidered jeans and ponchos. Space was big too as we all watched the rockets blast off. They televised the first Earth Day celebrations all day. I can still remember watching a group of people throwing a giant Earth Ball around. My Dad and older brother waiting to buy gas every other day when allowed. We had the rust brown shag carpet too and TV trays to eat your TV dinners on to watch all the sitcoms on then. And I finally admit it, I had a BIG crush on Bobby Sherman from " Here Comes the Brides." Days were spent outside, bike riding, playing with super balls, trading Wacky Packages and reading Seventeen, Mad and Glamour magazines. Glamour gave the instructions on how to do the Hustle.

[@gailmorgan2556]

Yes trading wacky packs! A huge activity with the neighborhood gang. Loved them!🎉

[@momsher1]

I remember the original Herbal Essence shampoo - smelt so good, also Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo. As far as incense - love the patchouli - I buy Tyler Candle Company's wax melts in the fragrance "Hippie Chick" and it takes me back to the 70s!

[@lbarmstrong1]

Remember Gunne Sax, those godawful prairie dresses that were promoted for prom and other special occasions? Our generation (I was born in '61) got SO ripped off. When our bodies were great, we had to hide them. Wearing a dress like our kids wear today to prom would never have been allowed!

[@sdv23100]

Mork And Mindy

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Don’t forget ALF!!

[@TerryCloth]

John Travolta. He started out on Welcome Back Kotter then made 2 blockbuster movies in a row, Saturday Night Fever and Grease. And Elton John. I remember he was the first white person to perform on Soul Train. I believe he sang Philadelphia Freedom. Imo, the best decade for movies was the 1970s. SOOO many classics were made in the 70s

[@valerierice3046]

3 in a row, Urban Cowboy right after Grease.

[@deenak79]

Don't forget the plastic that coverd the sofa, love seats and chairs!!

[@user-ps6gu2sg3t]

Remember that plastic in summer with no AC

[@Gus_Magnus]

The 70s seemed like a chill decade. I became a young adult in 2000. I always wondered what it would be like to be a young adult in the 70s. All the restrictive barriers from the silent generation were breaking and people of all groups were becoming closer and pushing for peace. The music alone is what I wanted to experience. Hearing all of those classic R&B tracks as new releases had to have been memorable.

[@lbarmstrong1]

Yup, almost all the songs were about love, making love, being in love and getting along. Oh you had a few "revolution" songs, but mostly it was "Moonlight.... is right..." Not like today's rap music, where chaos and violence is celebrated.

[@hugoglenn9741]

The 1970s was a binomial decade. Some still continued to buy in the 1960s decade, others never bought in in and were moving along in their own style

[@TheGhostPlanet]

I remember chasing the mosquito truck down the street on my bikes with my friends and running home from school and watching Dark Shadows.

[@aschule5684]

Wow 2 memories I remember well, every summer the mosquito truck and Dark Shadows 😳 Barnibus Collins 😬 not your average soap opera

[@momsher1]

Yes loved Dark Shadows!

[@philpartin8618]

You forgot beanbag chairs. 😮

[@aaronlopez492]

I had a Friend who had a van in highschool. It was a beautiful looking red "perp van" with matching red shag carpeting and hippie decor. You could fit 8 and go to the drive in. Then go to Lucky Burgers. Those were awesome times.

[@fleendarthemagnificent7372]

I was born in 1971. I remember all of this and wish I could go back! Back then, no cell phones, no internet, email or social media. If you wanted to talk to a friend, you called them on your "land line" and then rode your bike or had your parents drop you off. Great memories!

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I was a Junior in high school in 1970. Two years later I was in the Marine Corps. But, I remember the 70's quite well and did a lot of growing up back then!

[@JaxNole61]

Semper Fi!

[@JeffMeadowsOutdoors]

Besides Mad magazine there was a similar one called Cracked. My small rural hometown did not have a disco, but we had a country music radio station that played all the greats from that time. I would get in dad’s car sometimes and listen to the CB, and try to call my uncle who went by the handle of Cannonball.

[@lisalynnmarie2448]

I was born 1965, and I had so much fun!! I actually still have a good amount of elementary/junior high school memories, but the mid 70s and 80s were awesome times!! I'd 100% go back if I could - I have no regrets about anything really, and even though there were bad times, I doubt I'd change anything drastically except not wanting to hurry up to become a "grown-up" lol Excellent decade 🥰

[@lisajohnson4715]

Coincidentally I was born in July 1965 & my name is Lisa Lynn!😂

[@lisalynnmarie2448]

@@lisajohnson4715 How very cool, and I'm January!! Happy early birthday to ya!! 🥳🎂 How many times in school were you called on using the first letter of your last name? Lisa W was me, but was the only one that started with a W. Also, at least 4 or more other Lisa's were in each class 🙄 lol

[@lisajohnson4715]

You will not believe this, since there were at least a million girls named Lisa, in all my 12 years of school, there was only one time in the 4th grade where there was another Lisa. And the teacher called us little Lisa & big Lisa! But that's in Augusta GA, where do you live?

[@rf159a]

Garret Morris screaming: "And now the news for the deaf." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@morganm9040]

Jane, you ignorant slut. It just goes to show you, it’s always something.

[@mayorb3366]

LOL! Yet another bit of comedy greatness that would be a career-ender these days.

[@Always_there99]

OMG - had me laughing at that - I was 15 in 75 and Saturday Night Live was amazing

[@althunder4269]

Back when SNL was funny.

[@vlrissolo]

Thanks for mentioning the bicentennial this time. I think many people didn't even know what it was when I mentioned it in the comments last time. That's kind of sad very sad

[@user-ch6lc1gs9x]

I'm from Northborough, Massachusetts, -about 33 miles west of Boston. I grew up during this time. I'll be 60 in August. I can definitely state that almost nobody from my generation wanted to look like Adam Rich, and we certainly did NOT beg for a stupid "bowl cut," haircut! My parents were very liberal, but, when it came to haircuts , there were choices of barbers in our town, one of which was a retired Marine, who'd ONLY cut a boys hair in the USMC traditional ,"High and Tight, " fashion. Every male that walked in that barber shop would walk out with a quarter inch on the very top of his head, and absolutely baby slick sides and the back of their head. And, this barber actually retired in his 70s having earned a very comfortable middle class income from his barber shop, and ,having followed the book, "The Millionaire Barber," he actually did retire a multimillionaire! Being in the mid-decade, our tastes in music did very much despise disco! Boys weren't about learning dances like the hustle, or the chicken dance! They were excuses to leave the floor at the Rollerskating Rink, which, we did NOT call roller discos! These entertainment facilities owners were retired Marines & Police Officers, - my favorite place, Spinaround, was owned by the very conservative Former US Marines, - State Police Leiutenant, Mr. Crocker, and his brother, Boston Police Captain Crocker & their families. The young men of my generation hated Former president Jimmy Carter, for his support of the Ayatolla against the Shah of Iran in the Iranian revolution, AND we hated the Muslim extremists who truck bombed the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beruit, Lebanon, in 1983, - prompting many of us to head to our nearest Marine Corps Recruit Station! We wore Mickey Mouse flipping the bird, t shirts, which stated: F**k Iran, and showed our patriotic support for the hostages Iran took by supporting Ronald Reagan for President in 1980! The democrats did so much harm to our returning troops from Vietnam, we had to support a conservative to restore the Republic, which is exactly what Reagan did!

[@lbarmstrong1]

Wow, glad to see you saw the light despite having liberal parents! But back then, liberals still did love America. It wasn't like today when the entire democrat party has given way to globalism, communism and some kind of weird corporate totalitarianism. I'm a Marine wife btw, and glad to hear the Marine barber made some $ in the 70s!

[@carlrodrigues6919]

Reagan debt ceiling 18 times ,aids union buster dead economy trickle down bs cocaine great job Ronnie..FTD

[@bravobravoh1344]

I was definitely obsessed with Star Wars when it came out.

[@johnjay9404]

Star Wars came to our little town and played at the drive-in theater. My school buddy and I parked in the front row and layed in the grass, high as hell, looking up at the huge screen and watched the movie.

[@moso299]

The annual family vacation was a long road trip using paper maps where you didn’t know if your family car would overheat or break down when you got there (both happened to us, on separate trips). Flying was a special treat where you actually used the barf bag during turbulence. It was the best of times. 😊

[@lagodifuoco313]

I remember EXACTLY where I was when I was told that Elvis was dead. My mom came down the street to tell me and my friends. I was 10 years old and a huge Elvis fan. We were riding our bikes in Chino Hills, California. The news was shocking to us kids as he was larger than life to us at the time.

[@trish5556]

Did you realize that when you showed the boys with the bowl cuts that the boy on the right was Ben Affleck when he played CT Granville in The Voyage of the Mimi. That show ran on PBS around the time of 3-2-1 Contact and The Electric Company. My son watched them all but especially loved The Mimi. We recorded all the episodes on VHS and watched them for years. When my son was 6 we went to Gloucester where the Mimi was moored and since my brother was friends with the owner Peter Marston (who played Captain Granville) we got to go aboard and I got pictures of my son at the wheel. He was in 7th heaven! Mr. Martson's wife and daughter gave us a tour of the Mimi.

[@richardvful1]

Yeppers, I did indeed grow up in the 70's, I graduated high school in 1978, I surely miss those days for sure! Thanks for the Blast from the Past!

[@lbarmstrong1]

Saying things like "yeppers!" Best regards and smiles...

[@carlrodrigues6919]

1977

[@harrykeel8557]

There will never be an era such as the seventies. And we survived!!!!!

[@proverbsthirty-one6531]

I was. Elementary school age in the 70s. I remember watching the Partridge family. Loved Saturday morning cartoons and school house rock had catchy tunes.

[@SusanWelte]

Don’t forget The Brady Bunch

[@ericdonner7199]

I still listen to disco music sometimes. Didn't care much about star wars. My brother was is vietnam from 68 to 1970, thank god he came back ok. I miss those tmes , people were nicer an we actually talked in person an wrote letters . None of the woke an racist crap today an not getting shot at the resturant, school or music events.

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

Glad your brother returned. I miss 70s and 80s!!

[@coldsamon]

Anyone remember the beads that were hung in doorways and in windows? The bathroom in my (inherited) home has beads in the window. Been up since 1974. I will never take them down. I guess they became somewhat popular in the 60s 🤷‍♂️

[@laureencriss8220]

Yeah, I saw a fair share of them at friends' houses. Greg Brady also had them when he had his room in the attic (I think).

[@SusanWelte]

We had them on our bedroom door frames

[@karlfonner7589]

Yep, I still have some in the 70s double wide that I own. It also has the gold color countertops and bathtub.😂

[@michaelriebandt6754]

I was born 1965, I remember having Schwinn Varsity 10-Speed Bike, Dark Green. I also had Honda 1975 Z-50 Mini Bike in Yellow. Use to organize baseball games with my Friends in Neighborhood at school Diamonds in Summer, all day. I remember bell bottom pants. Cars were big, remember my friend's parents had early 70's Station Wagon back seat faced back of car, coolest seat in car, window rolled down, driver touched a button.

[@dylswife8048]

I used to love bench seats in cars...it was like sitting on a sofa while u drove around Edit: born in 1962, the 70s were the BEST!!!

[@laureencriss8220]

Yep! You could sit close to your sweetheart while he (she) was driving. My boyfriend had a Dodge Dart Swinger in green. 😊 (born in 66)

[@OohMyHead]

The closer you sat, the more you liked him 😊

[@laureencriss8220]

@@OohMyHead 😍

[@patcurrie9888]

Pretty spot on grouping. With the platform shoes, bell bottoms were a HUGE fashion, even with Earth shoes.

[@johnjay9404]

Our fashion was bell bottom jeans with patch pockets, like the sailors wear. Hiking boots with red laces. And just a pocket t-shirt. Or bib overalls.

[@jlthomps1]

When SNL was funny.

[@erinmalone2669]

I collect metal lunchboxes because they remind me of childhood. I have over 100 displayed by affixing neodymium magnets to the wall so I don’t need shelves. It’s the whole wall with the TV. Gray wall and rows and rows of perfect pop art!

[@momsher1]

I have an old Roy Rogers one that was my Mom's

[@karlfonner7589]

Do you have a lunchbox from TVs show kung fu?

[@erinmalone2669]

@@karlfonner7589 heck yeah! 🤗

[@chrisnemec5644]

One of the nice things about the internet is that a lot of the TV shows you wanted to watch back in the day but couldn't because another show was on that you wanted to watch even more are now available online. The Midnight Special now has its own KZbin channel.

[@MustangSally7259]

Remember midnight special! Loved it!!

[@patcurrie9888]

They're available on DVD, I have them.