The America We Knew: July 1975

[@toddglover1121]

I miss the America that I grew up in.

[@garyfrancis6193]

What do you think happened to change your country into what it is now?

[@collegeman1988]

Half a century ago, Walter Cronkite reported the news, and that’s all we needed to know.

[@johncasciello4123]

@Collegeman == read your comment of WALTER CRONKITE and he was all you needed and how about simple straight half hour news of 1970s== 10 minutes WORLD news***5 minutes LOCAL news==5 minutes WEATHER report***5 minutes SPORTS roundup***3 minutes commercial***1 minute COMMENTERY***

[@collegeman1988]

@@johncasciello4123 and NO BS 💩 rofl 🤪

[@dennythomas8887]

Summer of 75, I turned 18 lived in SoCal and that summer was all about surfing, the beach, drag racing, my girlfriend, back yard keggers, drive-in movies and great rock-n-roll. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

[@Dani92670]

You're very fortunate! I was 4 in summer of '75. By the mid 90s, I was very aware that I'd come too late to the party.

[@markscungio2996]

Covina High Class of 1980...I'd JOIN YOU in going back !!

[@mikenuyen4441]

Ditto except I was in SW Michigan

[@Classicrocker6119]

The summer of 1975 was literally laden with hits from the radio. I never got into trouble as a 13 year old back then. I was involved in many activities that made it a memorable time! Thanks again Fred!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, CR.

[@marshallrosen498]

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John and "I'm Not In Love" by 10 cc always come to mind.

[@ih8utbe]

I remember the summer of 75! Great music then! 😅😅

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I was in basic training in June and then at tech school in August in Illinois, listening to WLS. Good times.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

It makes me smile looking back and seeing a kinder and NORMAL world, thank you so much Fred 😊

[@FredFlix]

Maybe we didn't appreciate it at the time, Bridget, but the world MADE SENSE, whether we liked it or not.

[@jons.6216]

Cute! A young Valerie Bertinelli in the Wyler's commercial right around the beginning of One Day at a Time!

[@starmnsixty1209]

The 70s were great, no doubt of it. May be growing old now, but grateful to have been young then.

[@paullarimore8598]

Summer of '75!! One of my favorites!

[@billcain9249]

1975. Graduated high school in June, turned 18 in November. "High and alive in '75" was our motto. Was a good year

[@blossom1643]

👍 Same year for me too. Our motto was “you ain’t seen nothin yet”!! Great time to be alive! ✌️🇺🇸

[@ih8utbe]

My 2nd eldest sister graduated in June 1975. I was 6.5 yrs old.

[@NickvonZ]

We were FORTUNATE to have experienced those days! Now it's Paradise lost, unfortunately. FredFlix keeps us sane!

[@ih8utbe]

I miss the 70s. I wanna return to it.

[@Ij-jan]

My husband and I would go to Lums every Thursday night. I miss those days. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, lj-jan.

[@dougmorris9317]

Gee I miss Glen Campbell... and Walter Cronkite! What a great show, thanks Fred! 🎉😊

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Doug.

[@BELCAN57]

Looking back it was a great year. Just graduated High School and had my whole life in front of me.

[@georgehenderson7783]

Loved Morris the cat!

[@dgm2485]

I have never, until this moment, heard of Lums before.

[@douglasdixon524]

I'm from Miami, FLA origionally and I loved their fried shrimp. I'm pretty sure they were east coast only.

[@Ij-jan]

The Lums I went to in 1975 was in Massachusetts.

[@MishLaRue]

They had one in Midland Michigan but their claim to fame was hot dogs steamed in beer.

[@EricPetersen2922]

Started in Florida

[@ApartmentKing66]

Me neither.

[@MegaPianoplayer1]

I wish they still showed late night movies on TV instead of mindless talk shows and infomercials and all night news.

[@starmnsixty1209]

👍👍👍

[@ultimatevintagefan7747]

I remember this summer well! I was 13 and a family friend gave me my first job serving ice cream at a Dairy Queen. I only worked there in the mornings and the rest of the time I spent riding my bike across town with my friends, and always remembered to come home when the streetlights came on! Those were the days. Thanks Fred for taking me back to that time in my life!

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

July 75. I remember it well. I was a greeter/host at a Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour. Partied most Friday nights at a place called Frivolous Sal’s where lots of the music was the same stuff I heard all day working. Thanks for the Journey back Fred. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jeff.

[@markscungio2996]

Farrell's SO GREAT...miss that place!!

[@marniebaker-winnick2296]

I have a question for you...Which Farrell's did you work at? Was it the one in Woodland Hills, CA? And if it was, did you happen to work there in January of 1975? Please let me know, because I have a story for you!! 😱

[@ih8utbe]

I loved Farrell's Ice Cream. Birthdays were the best! A large bowl of ice cream was taken to the person having the birthday! I loved the candy shop.

[@Laceykat66]

That is another great post. Loved the "news report" on the San Diego Comic-Con from 1975. I went to it for quite a few years then worked it as a Booth Bunny sometime later (when I was old enough to do so). Thanks again for all the memories.

[@johnmccree8941]

It was a VERY good year. My first ✌️ love ✌️....got my drivers license... music was great...damn good year.👍

[@dennisdeleo74]

July 1975… right out of high school, Camp counselor at Creative Day Camp in Yonkers NY…250 dollars for 8 weeks, where I met Jody❤️. Great Times! And if I wanted to see the Yankees play baseball, I had to go out to Shea Stadium in Flushing Queens, the home of the Mets, because the original stadium was being renovated. Please God, let me live July 75 one more time…

[@jehobden]

Great job, Fred! 1:15 - Lums sponsorship here & having Milton Berle appear in its ads didn't save it. 6:55 - Will "Mr. Hooper" Lee showing his parental pride. 8:37 - More from the Vanderbilt News Archive. I'm glad the commercials were taped too. 9:53 - I'm glad I can feed my cat now with Sheba, 2 meals in 1 pack w/o having to scoop any out w/ a spoon.

[@tracymurray6840]

I thought the father was played by Bernard Hughes.

[@douglasdixon524]

Lum's had great fried shrimp.

[@FredFlix]

Berle might have helped end Lums early, Jon!

[@jehobden]

@@tracymurray6840 He does look like Barnard Hughes, but Will Lee's voice was a bit higher, I think.

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

I grew up with Mr. Hooper! Thanks for the memories 🎉❤

[@blossom1643]

Thanks for the cool videos!! Wonderful time to grow up I’ve got memories I wouldn’t Sell! ✌️

[@jedgar63]

Doc Severinsen, still going strong at 96.

[@ernestcruz6316]

More cool stuff. You never cease to amaze, Fred. There used to be a Lum's restaurant in Norwell MA, near the intersection known as Queen Anne's Corner, but I never ate there. I think that chain went belly-up sometime in the 1980s.

[@FredFlix]

Never went there either, Ernest.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Well i was glued too the screen again thnx Fred.

[@RobertR3750]

I like the "we can experiment with anything" attitude with 70s films. No DEI or any such rules about what filmmakers "have" to do. Famous Monsters of FIlmland! I visited Forrest J. Ackerman at his Hollywood mansion. His collection of memorabilia was awesome. Love the look back, Fred.

[@JeffDeWitt]

My late brother LOVED FM and monster moves, and he would would have been so delighted to meet Forrest J. Ackerman.

[@starmnsixty1209]

That was great, but would've been more difficult for me in the eastern US.

[@dougbrowne9890]

"Dr. Spock"???? smh Shel Dorf was one of the originators of the Detroit Triple Fan Fare, before he moved on to San Diego and set up what is now Comic Con. Man, I would have killed to be there in 1975. And for this video Fred, you get my undying affection for adding Sabotage to the video. I am a head banger of old and totally love that album by Black Sabbath. White Line Fever. I would have done anything to be with Kay Lenz, she was so pretty. You scored a hat trick with this one. Thanks as always Fred.

[@archstanton4365]

Sabotage is one of my top three favourite Sabbath albums, have you seen the Don Kirshner's Sabbath episode from '75 here on KZbin? Anyway, it's on here. Cheers!

[@Ewok009]

​@@archstanton4365same here!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Doug. My first comic con was the Marvel Con in NYC in 1976.

[@billb6283]

Yes, don't you remember when Kirk teamed with the famous baby doctor to battle the Klingon's.

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@billb6283 I knew Shatner was hard up for cash for a while but selling baby wipes? LOL

[@paulaward2075]

I turned 8 years old June 18, 1975. My mom had just divorced my dad while we were living in Benton Arkansas. In August 1975, me, mom and my brother Paul moved back home to Tyler Texas. Paul and I have been living in Tyler ever since.

[@seththomas9105]

I was a 5 year old living the high life at mom and dads in 75. Playing with Hotwheels and riding bikes. Going to grandparents for Sunday dinner, riding on back of my cousins motorcycle (Mom was mad) and now wishing I could go back.

[@georgeford3687]

Turned 14 that August. Best year in music ever.

[@conniebauer4128]

I was 8 years old and such a big fan of Morris the Cat that i ordered his memoir from the back of one of those Scholastic magazines they made us read.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Dynamite right?😊

[@conniebauer4128]

@starmnsixty1209 yes, I think that was the name of it.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Good music! Love rhinestone cowboy and jive Talkin! Danced at the fair to both different years! Good memories Fred thank you!❤

[@FredFlix]

You're so welcome, Chantelle.

[@tsf5-productions]

There again, for me...What a great all-time favorite year for me in 1975! These media memories had intertwined with my own life. Literally all the best rock/pop hits I still have in the large collection of mine in Long-Playing records and 45s. I treasure them all! Got some of the '75 newspapers & magazines too. Loved the clothes style of then...especially, the "Earth Shoe" fade, which I had a couple of pairs. All in all...this era makes me wonder, What ever happened to my girl friend, Jill D.? She was "entertaining ".

[@asimplehorseman4648]

Thanks for the memories.......

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, SH.

[@joelcda6883]

About 10 years later, when I was in high school, they handed out Master combination locks for football lockers. My combination was 30-20-10 -- I kept that lock for years! Never tried to shoot it with a high-powered rifle, though.

[@djtforever1414]

11:28 good to see you included the mad magazine cover. I wasn't born in 1975 but i have memorised every cover from the '70s.

[@tomripsin730]

7:28 As a comic book enthusiast, I appreciate that Fred includes segments like this, as well as showing some of the covers.

[@Dani92670]

This is truly fantastic, like all of your content. I rarely comment but have been subbed since about 2017. As a side note, I can't believe this video is the first I've ever heard of the movies Return to Macon County AND White Line Fever?!?!? Apple Dumpling Gang, YES!

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

I was twelve and remember seeing JAWS that summer and the '75 World Series.

[@allisons3663]

I'd go back to that time in a heartbeat. The 21'st Century sucks.

[@jamesthomas7405]

I'm with you😊

[@shorsbigmouth]

Me too.

[@clifftanton8385]

Agree miss the 70 s my plastic army men hot wheels long John silvers drive Indy better days .

[@clifftanton8385]

And Kfctoo

[@donhosmer8159]

66 years young Within a couple of short weeks Graduation, turned eighteen, and boot camp All I can say is " What a long, strange trip it's been "

[@Dani92670]

Awwwh, forgot how wonderful the original Morris the Cat voice is.

[@aw-md6oi]

Was a good year, fabulous summer.Jaws and Apollo and Soyuz. Good tunes on the radio.Headed into my junior year of high school.

[@michaelrochester48]

This is the year that comic conventions started to pick up speed, but at this point, it was mainly comic books and comic book creators and not celebrities and musicians like they do now

[@robertscott2210]

Wow, how young was Don Johnson in that movie? He looked like a teenager! RIP Jan Michael Vincent 🙏 Another terrific collection of memories Fred! 👍👍👍

[@davek5027]

Absolutely dazzling video. Looking forward to the next one.

[@FredFlix]

Coming Thursday, Dave. And the series is planned out into the '80s and will backtrack to 1972 and perhaps earlier.

[@davek5027]

@@FredFlix Can’t wait!👌🏻

[@davidrudolph1102]

All those bang, bash and crash car movies reminded me of the CB radio craze. If I remember correctly I think in '75 we were just at the cusp of the craze. It's with great fondness that I remember the C.W. McCall song "Convoy"! Great tune that I still like! In fact, I remember my older brother installing a CB radio in his car. I don't think he used it much; it was more of a novelty than anything else. But it was fun anyway! Thanks for the memories!😄

[@ChrisN1344]

Ah - mid-summer 1975. I had to attend a summer football camp in hot, humid rural South Carolina and was absolutely miserable being away from home. I remember how happy I was when dad picked me up. On the way back home, I remember hearing the “Theme from The Rockford Files” and “Jive Talkin’” on Dad’s blue beetle car radio. However - I was even happier when I got home and got to my bedroom. There on my bed sitting on the pillow was a gift from dear Dad - a brand new copy of “The Origins of Marvel Comics” by Stan Lee. I was elated. I still have that copy that Dad signed to me. Bless you Dad - you are missed. And btw … love those Carl Barks duck books!

[@FredFlix]

I remember buying the Origins book, Chris. And of course I LIVED in rural SC, so I know what you mean!

[@ChrisN1344]

@@FredFlix Better seal up those collections in some Mylar, right Fred? Lol. That SC humidity will yellow ‘em for sure!

[@luisreyes1963]

A restaurant know for its beer-boiled hot dogs, sponsoring the Apollo-Soyuz space mission. How apropos. And, Thanks for the Hustler cover art, FredFlix! 😁

[@FredFlix]

Yes siree, Luis.

[@seththomas9105]

@@FredFlix LOL!

[@dave3657]

Back when Disney made family entertainment with no political agenda. And back when you could advertise cigarettes but not lawyer or big pharma. Those were the days.

[@ih8utbe]

I watched The World of Disney on Sunday nights at my grandma's as a kid in the 70s

[@starmnsixty1209]

You got that right about Disney for sure.😢

[@abbagodz]

Another great video Fred. The first issue I ever saw of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' was the All Japanese Monsters issue in 1976. I was 11 years old. It was fate...lol

[@jimkuna8687]

I was little back then but your videos unlock so many Memories because I used to watch tv a lot I guess all kids my age did better times then now wow that's the secret they dont tell you you have to figure it by the time you do it to late lol thanks.

[@timbrook7810]

Have a Blessed day Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You as well, Tim.

[@jimhyman8544]

“Is Ann-Margret in love with Elton John?” Maybe, but he probably wasn’t in love with her.

[@BELCAN57]

Well, if anyone could do it, Ann-Margeret could !

[@ApartmentKing66]

But Bernie Taupin would have a different story to tell.

[@gregggoss2210]

Loved White Line Fever. Slim Pickens got his just desserts in that one. Return To Macon County was not as good as Macon County Line. Had a little crush on a girl I met while on vacation that summer. I still wonder how she turned out and wonder where she lives now. Great summer that was.

[@Lance-fh1vt]

The best time of my life

[@ricknibert6417]

My mother tape recorded a country-music awards show with the Wyler's commercial included. VCRs hadn't come out yet.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I was 15, it was a great era to grow up in, i was always outside, i was naive, although i thought i knew everything.

[@floridapmi]

Seemed like every movie we saw in the 70's had car jumps and chases.

[@sonnytoo9077]

Thanks Fred 👍

[@dace938]

Oh Fred, what would we do without you. Utube is my go-to after dinner viewing; you lighten the load.

[@FredFlix]

Happy to hear that, Dace!

[@swami1]

This was right in the middle of my favorite year. All was great. The Red Sox were winning, Ali was champ and I got my license.

[@frankwafer6919]

🙂Thank you!😮💯💥👌👍!

[@merce10554]

Golden memories.💜🤟

[@summerz8867]

Thanks so much for these🎶✅

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, summerz.

[@wheeler71]

Always remember 📺👍

[@mikenuyen4441]

I turned 18 in early July of 75. Michigan drinking age was 18. Pot and girls were abundant. Then I hit college.

[@mikenuyen4441]

Remember Death Race 2000 playing at the drive in?

[@Agwings1960]

Lots of big Rock albums came out in 75 Aerosmith, Bad Company, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd it was really the start of the whole 70's Rock music graze

[@Foxonian]

I remember Wyler's juice drinks. They were really good because they had a lot of sugar in them. Always fun when you are a kid.

[@matthewbaduria]

This is when 1975 was the changing year. and this one is no exception.

[@freddysamson1]

What wouldn't we give to relive "75?"

[@thewatcher5271]

I Haven't Seen Morris In, Forever & Is That Eve Arden At 9:24? Thanks For The Memories!

[@FredFlix]

Yep, that's Eve.

[@classiclife7204]

I didn't go to Comic Con till the early 80s - 75 was a bit early for me - and not much had changed from the footage seen here. At some point in the 90s, it all became a Very Big Deal and it went to the large downtown convention center, rather than the "mini" one in the suburban area, as here.

[@OofusTwillip]

9:22 - Imperial Margarine - with Eve Arden (of "Our Miss Brooks", and "Grease").

[@MatthewPoplawsk]

The original S.I. cover had Zonk giving the cameraman (and then-Dolphins owner Joe Robbie) THE FLYING FINGER OF FATE(the middle finger for those who didn't get the Laugh-In reference). Zonk was made to do it over(this is what made most newsstands. HOWEVER...a few of the original covers got out to the public. They're,now, considered a collector's item).

[@EricPetersen2922]

Morris was the best 🐈

[@remmymafia3889]

Ahh! the old sign off on TV. if I recollect, it segued into the National Anthem with video of a rocket launching. Good memories.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

And on one channel they signed off with The Lord's Prayer

[@5argetech56]

Apollo-Soyuz was a big deal in July 1975. Oh BTW 06:56 - That's Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street in the XEROX commercial!

[@OofusTwillip]

6:56 - Xerox - with Will Lee (Mr. Hooper of "Sesame Street").

[@Dani92670]

OMG, thank you...was driving me nuts trying to place this familiar man.

[@remmymafia3889]

July '75? Two months into my 20th year of life, and four months into my first real relationship. Oh, and the Rolling Stones that month at the LA Forum. Life was good.

[@simonagree4070]

The Berle burger had a huge piece of sausage on it.

[@melindakinnaird]

Was that Valerie Bertinelli in the Wyler's Lemonade commercial?

[@Dani92670]

Yes, someone confirmed this in a comment.

[@jedgar63]

Without a doubt.

[@bennetfox]

Ooo can we watch Mary Jane grows up??!?!?!

[@garyjones2582]

The year after I got out of the Military... Good year...

[@LtJackboot]

Captain Kirk and Doctor Spock-🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RJS1974]

Is Ann-Margret in love with Elton John? 😂lol

[@nolarobert]

Star Trekkies and Dr. Spock??? I can't believe that reporter didn't Grok Spock. I remember staying up late to watch the coverage of Apollo-Soyuz. It was a highlight of that summer. Hard to believe these events happened nearly 49 years ago.

[@mikestanislaus1107]

Wouldn't remember any of that, I was four months old lol!

[@bobhill5791]

You bring back some great memories and I'm grateful for you Fred. Can we bring back a real journalist like Walter Cronkite? I doubt it these days. In July 75 I would have been 14. Jaws was only the second movie I was allowed to go to twice ( My parents paid) The other coincidently was also a shark movie.....Blue Water white death. Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Bob.

[@elifoust7664]

One day at a time.

[@GaryAa56]

What is this Comic Con thing, you think it will catch on?

[@OofusTwillip]

9:51 - 9 Lives - Morris the Cat voiced by John Erwin (the voice of He Man).

[@Dani92670]

Really?? I learned something new, ty! I always loved his voice. I wasn't into He Man, lol.

[@jamesthomas7405]

Don Johnson and Nick Nolte in Maco County.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

That looks like Jan Miner (Madge in the Palmolive commercials) at 09:30 .

[@ih8utbe]

Eve Arden

[@douglasdixon524]

1:54, Being from Miami origionally, I loved Lum's restaurants. They're long gone and I don't know anyone else where I live now who heard of Lum's. They're fried shrimp was my favorite as a kid in the 1970s.

[@ucruci]

4:39. Don Johnson before he became Sonny Crockett. Did not know he made a movie with Nick Nolte. 7:38 San Diego Comic Con was far different back then from what it has become today.

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

"Dr. Spock?" Didn't know a child expert was on the Enterprise.