The America We Knew: February 1975 (a twice-weekly chronicle of our shared cultural past)

[@thatgirlmadge]

The Stepford Wives one of the greatest movies ever! Thank you for this!❤

[@pigoff123]

I have always loved Cher. One amazing lady

[@RobertR3750]

Ugh. I don't like her voice.

[@mcescher1957]

Seeing how everything today is literally falling apart...makes these videos much more endearing. Thank you for MY memories!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, mcescher.

[@kpetsche]

We can enjoy looking back without thinking everything today is awful. What's funny is that pretty much everyone back in 1975 thought things were awful, too.

[@tomklock568]

Thanks again Fred.

[@hunglikejesus6097]

I could watch these all day. It was just so much fun back then.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Thank you Fred! I was in first grade awaiting my birthday! I love the February's as I remember them as I loved my birthday!!!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Chantelle!

[@elwin38]

I was also in the 1st grade waiting for my 7th birthday(May 7).

[@TheStrmcliffae46]

Omg thank you for the memories!😊

[@ernestcruz6316]

Thanks for the memories of my teenage years Fred. Nice to see you still find ways to present new stuff to us, and we're all grateful.

[@FredFlix]

I enjoy making them, Ernest.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

This was a great episode well done loved every minute off it.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Rolf.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

thanks again fred. you never fail to take us back to what i think was a MUCH better time. see ya in the next one.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, S&D.

[@Borella309]

That's a lot of research and production work Fred, and the end result is very entertaining and enjoyable - Great work!

[@FredFlix]

Many thanks, Borella.

[@teresahooks3746]

I was 11 years old. Great time to be a kid.

[@twold4this]

Great video. I loved the Cher/Elton John *Bennie and the Jets* duet.

[@FredFlix]

Glad you did, 2O4T.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Sure glad I was up for this one Fred! I totally adore the 3 and 4 Musketeers. Awesome films (although they were filmed at the same time, which really ticket off the stars, many of whom sued Delaurentes). And, of course, all those comic books I had or at least read. Some of them are pure schlock, but who cares, lol. Great stuff Fred, as always.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Doug.

[@elifoust7664]

THANKS FRED

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Eli.

[@matthewbaduria]

The Stepford Wives is a great movie from the 1970s, very underrated. and so is The 4th Musketeers.

[@song8777]

Thanks!!

[@SeanNewhouse-mv9ez]

I've been doing this for years!!

[@luisreyes1963]

Those crazy comic books from back then! 😆 Thanks, FredFlix.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Luis.

[@NickvonZ]

YAY! Another trip to the past!

[@robertscott2210]

February, Woo-hoo, halfway through freshman year! I forgot Cher had a variety show post Sonny. Young Frankenstein still ranks as one of the greatest comedy's ever! Loving this series Fred, thanks for doing this for us! 👍👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

I'm enjoying it too, Robert!

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

I'm going to take a wild guess and say Rose Marie enjoyed a Marlboro or two. Great video Fred

[@FIREBRAND38]

Why? Because of her voice? Um, she always had that voice. In 1926 at the age of three, Marie started performing under the name "Baby Rose Marie". She was quoted as saying, "I had a deep voice, not like Shirley Temple but more like Sophie Tucker. I never sounded like a child so there were some people who thought I was really a 30-year-old midget."

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Buck.

[@ultimatevintagefan7747]

Love that 70s music!

[@douglasthompson9482]

Great memories….a better time for many.

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

I think I had a check from one of my first telephone bills from 1976. It was $3.17 for the months payment.

[@markshayler6309]

Cher's variety show premiered on CBS February 12th. Besides Elton John the guests were Bette Midler & Flip Wilson. It played again on VH1 in 1999.

[@russellmarsden6316]

Elton was king back then.Thanks for the clip.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Russell.

[@continentalgin]

Wow, Cher is great on Bennie and the Jets!

[@OofusTwillip]

7:58 - "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" promo - After Elizabeth Montgomery's death, it was discovered that she and Lizzie Borden were distant cousins, who shared a common ancestor who'd settled in MA in the 1700s.

[@garysiegel6125]

$1.29/lb for sirloin steak - need to build that time machine. Great stuff as always!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Gary.

[@dennisdeleo74]

…and who could forget…Tony Bill…? Thanks Fred, another great trip.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Dennis.

[@ernestcruz6316]

I think Tony Bill was better known as a director than as an actor, but he acted in movies too.

[@wheeler71]

Enjoyed memories 👍📺

[@Gobear1]

Great video, Fred! I was in 8th grade, getting ready to go to high school that fall. Although there's been so much change in America over the past half century, it's comforting that both Elton John and Cher (at 9:31) are still going strong, and Mel Brooks is still with us.

[@FredFlix]

So they are, Gobear...only they do everything more slowly now.

[@pigoff123]

I still have all our comics from the 70s. My brothers lost theirs over the years but even with my country hopping I still have mine.😊

[@thewatcher5271]

As Always, Thanks For The Memories Man! You Really Have The "Feel Good" Videos Down Pat! Thank You.

[@FredFlix]

My pleasure, Watcher.

[@dougmorris9317]

So awesome, man this brings back memories! Geez I don't think I've seen that Lizzie Borden movie in 50 years but I can still recall different scenes, Elizabeth Montgomery gave me the chills! I can also remember my mom being disgusted everytime that trailer ran for Shampoo, ah the good old days! Thanks Fred! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Doug.

[@pika23]

"The trade center can not become a towering inferno". Oh. Really???? 2001 would like a word.

[@namastemcl]

I was thinking the exact same thing 😮😮

[@donnaruckel1627]

Foreshadowing very surreal 😢😢😢😢

[@robertmartin9029]

Sadly no one even thought about someone being insane enough to fly an airplane full of passengers and fuel straight in to a building. Then it happened 3 times in one morning, with a 4th attempt en route until the passengers revolted against the terrorists.

[@djtforever1414]

Will you use Mad magazine covers? although there is no February 1975 issue because it was published 8 times a year back then.

[@FredFlix]

I certainly will.

[@GaryAa56]

Great year, great memories. I was in my second semester of Community college.

[@merce10554]

This upload is packed with a lot of wow stuff so I'll point at 9:31. 😮 A first timer for me! Thanks, Fred. PS: I've just looked it up and found it in full. Awe.some. ☺️💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

I keep finding these gems, Mercedes.

[@merce10554]

​@@FredFlixYou've said it. ☺️💜🤟

[@pigoff123]

I remember walking on base to the theater to see The Towering Inferno with my family. It was the only mivie we all went together to see.

[@trippontwowheels]

Thanks much for this Fred! I have a feeling we grew up about the same time. Born in 1961. You?

[@FredFlix]

'54. But we're in the same ballpark.

[@ChrisN1344]

Another fun one, Fred! I got my hopes up when Atlas Seaboard’s line of comics hit the spinner racks - like I would be in on the ground floor of something big. Alas, they didn’t make it for various reasons I’ve since read about. Goodwin and Ditko’s “The Destructor” was my favorite of the Atlas line. What a great time to be young.

[@FredFlix]

I had Destructor #1 for years, Chris.

[@gregggoss2210]

Another great one, Fred. Didn't know Adam 12 had their own comic book. Pretty cool. Would like to get ahold of one.

[@FredFlix]

It seems almost every TV show had a comic back then, Gregg.

[@fitzfitzgerald1110]

Good job again Fred! That was a great find, the World Trade Center news story.The WTC won't be a towering inferno.Freaky

[@FredFlix]

Totally!

[@markcornish2519]

I had a thing for linda ronstadt!

[@Peter7966]

Them library computers are so amazing. Push some buttons and... bingo... you can find a book. Imagine that. What will they think of next. And the Soviets want'em too.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

So, Soviet Russia sends *a team* over here to learn how to set up a library, but ten years hence, they won't allow one phone call to Quantico to try to stop Andrei Chikatilo? Hm. Looks like things are indeed f-ed up all over. Great video, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks for the comment, CAM.

[@jehobden]

Great job, Fred! 0:22 - That's my fav "Dexter Riley" movie. I have all 3, as well as "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit", on my Disney Kurt Russell DVD collection. 1:36 - I guess that was first of many WTC tragedies in its short lifetime. 4:40 - William Daniels as the dad there. His voice is more recognizable than his face.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks again, Jon.

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Loved those Kurt Russel teen movies...

[@lorimidwife]

I'd be happy with a daily video!❤

[@FredFlix]

Nice to know, Lori.

[@onefatstratcat]

My 15th birthday month! woo hoo!!

[@elifoust7664]

Remember the brave Firefighters,climbing to fight the dragon,..RIP

[@skipster900]

These Disney movies are what we would see at Saturday afternoon matinee. $1 to get in maybe. $.25 for candy unless you could splurge for the top row for $.50

[@Tricksofatrade]

Thanks Fred ! I remember Elton telling a story about Tina Turner. He was getting ready to go on tour with her and he started making comments and stuff. She should change right off the bat she walks off cancels the whole damn tour he said it taught him a lesson ! I guess she was not gonna take any more advice from a man lol !

[@FredFlix]

Interesting stuff, TOAT.

[@FIREBRAND38]

And that's 19-years old _Carrie Fisher_ at 7:36

[@RobertR3750]

The Stepford Wives is one of the most misandric movies ever made. Warren Beatty's character in Shampoo wasn't very far removed from how he was in real life. I had a friend in college who liked to dress like Alice Cooper. Always love the look back, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Robert.

[@Richard-od7yd]

In two months I'd be leaving for boot camp 😂

[@elifoust7664]

Spender in the Grass, to have some grass...WB

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

I forgot how HUMAN Cher once looked 😵.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

2:10 - ironic.

[@TheMapcrow]

Fake News '75

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Poor Rose Marie... she must have needed the money awfully bad to do a Pledge commercial !

[@elifoust7664]

DEWEY DECIMAL

[@robertgloeden5798]

Shampoo my Father said That Movie should have been called ShamShit

[@tomrhodes1629]

I happen to be the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah...and this video is a wonderful walk down memory lane...at a time when I have such an advanced understanding, and at a time when drastic changes are coming. It will get very bad, as in the pains of childbirth. But the "child" that will be born is worth the price. We are being taught to Lose Fear and Desire Truth: THAT is how you will obtain salvation. Salvation from what? Salvation from this realm of limitation, which is literally HELL. The "good news" is that this painful hell is self-imposed and is guaranteed to end, not with "death" (which is your current experience!) but when you rediscover limitless LIFE - by desiring Truth without prejudice. All important mysteries have been unveiled. Seek and ye shall find...

[@russellmarsden6316]

You need help.