The America We Knew: June & July 1971

[@michaelrochester48]

Nothing brings back 1971 like Carole King. She was the soundtrack of 1971.

[@tubiephrank0707]

Along with Carly Simon (with all due respect).

[@mikedrown2721]

I turned 25 years old in 1971 and was driving my new Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

[@NickvonZ]

That was a fun time for me! A kid living that year in Charlotte, NC. The movie "Billy Jack" was a highlight that year.

[@tinydancer62]

Thank you! I really enjoy every one of these videos and appreciate them! They are a time machine to my childhood and adolescence. Love everything - the music, TV shows, commercials, movies, fashions. I was 9 in 1971. It was all about the Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, and Donny Osmond for me. I watched "On Any Sunday " a week ago. Great movie and great soundtrack.

[@FredFlix]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, TD.

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

June was my last month in James Madison high school, because we moved to the Bronx in July of '71. I loved that high school!♥️

[@yamil.343]

I was born in June of ‘71 😊

[@bigjohnsludge]

69, 70, and 71 were the best summers of my life.

[@Brunoburningbright]

I can't say they were the best, but for me they were the most intense. Those first cuts are the deepest.

[@johnward6699]

I'm a 9yr old boy listening to WLS out of Chicago on my sisters transistor radio in my tree fort

[@hiridavidfeign]

Your videos are great for reminding us of the details of our youths. So much I'd forgotten about politics, sports, movies, and Tricia Nixon lol. Thanks for the great work.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, HDF.

[@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1971]

Drug addiction was devastating in those days because there were no decent rehab centers back then!😶‍🌫️

[@judyjones5089]

I graduated from high school that year. For our senior trip we camped out several days in the sand dunes in Colorado. Michael Jackson started out so great with a good voice, sad he went the way he did with drugs. Dad retired from the Air Force that year, and I still have one of those photos. I loved the Carpenters - Close To You. They had such a clean sound. Our nineties kids also grew up with Willie Wonka movies. Ah! Carol King. My parents gave me the choice of business school or college. I chose college for the ridiculously immature reason that my friends were going, and picked the college and got a merit scholarship at University Of Northern Colorado, where most of my friends were going.

[@dennisdeleo74]

Another Winner Fred! The summer I was ready to start high school and entering the world as a young man. Great bands,great music,great movies,fast cars, and fast girls. As a side note, it was 13 years later that I picked up a’71 Mustang convertible. that monster was my baby for the next 18 years of my life. Waiting to hit the lottery so I can pick up another for my retirement years…

[@FredFlix]

What a sweet car, Dennis! I can only brag about owning Amazing Fantasy 15 (first appearance of Spider-Man) for 20 years, but it didn't attract girls!

[@mac55122]

@@FredFlix Nice Fred, I had a few other of the Key books (first Thor, Iron Man, Avengers) but never that one. And you're right, did nothing for attracting girls! 🙃

[@matthewbaduria]

The Courtship Of Eddie Father is a great show it's one of my favorites.

[@stevecrow3075]

Thanks for all the great memories Fred.👍😊

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Steve.

[@thankthelord4536]

I was 10. Loved the song "Want Ads" and " One Bad Apple". My first and only white boy celebrity crush. It lasted 3 yrs.

[@thetraveler2561]

Great video & music Fred. I have to watch some of those movies again. Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds what a tune.....my favorite was always Winners & Losers. He was very talented ....died too young.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, traveler.

[@tubekxb]

2 years before I was born, but music from singers such as Carol King still last over 50 years later.

[@bradbundy1471]

Another well done video Fred! I remember when Steve McQueen broke his foot in the race that day. We lived in Lake Elsinore when that happened. He was a beast of a rider on motorcycles Dirt/ Street, didn't matter. Remember seeing the way he handled them in the movie - The Great Escape - He was really cool and down to earth! Thanks Fred. 👍🤠🧑‍🦳🌲🌲 🎼

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Brad. Nice comment.

[@robertsmith1756]

I was in 1st grade and remember Dad coming home from Nam and being stationed at Myrtle Beach AFB…

[@ChrisN1344]

Terrific, Fred. Definitely captures the feel of the times when so much was changing so fast. Things I recall as a kid : 1) Thinking Vietnam would never end and wondering if I’d end up there one day; 2) Hearing the Carpenters and Carole King constantly at home or on radio - the Carpenters take me back to these years; 3) This was the summer I started buying comic books on a regular basis … specifically Marvel - or at least Dad got them for me. Remember loving Sub-Mariner, Spidey and Iron Man. 4) I was obsessed with astronauts. (And one other note - That first album by Curtis Mayfield is a powerhouse. If you love soul music like me it’s a must have!)

[@FredFlix]

Nice comment, Chris.

[@judyjones5089]

No one that I have seen has mentioned Johnny Carson. I loved the Tonight Show.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Another great look at the past, thank you Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Bridget.

[@c.draper1483]

Really good presentation!

[@antsforall]

My 6th and or 7th grade Jr. HS days.... Another awesome one and an unexpected double feature! Summer Camp.... Sorry can only give one thumb up, but I'll watch it twice! lol

[@kaymuldoon3575]

I was 10 years old that summer. I remember taking swimming lessons that year. To this day I have not seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[@mikamamma]

Omg! Why???!

[@Ij-jan]

This one especially brought back memories. Thank you.😊

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jan.

[@jeanblanco2717]

Excellent as always! Love the memories!!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Jean.

[@RexRoberts-hk3wj]

I’m watching this one three times I was 11 years old. This really hit home. Reminds me how much I was in love with music already at 11 years old.

[@FredFlix]

Glad you're enjoying it, RR.

[@johnjannereth2979]

Loved all the Bruce Brown movies All of them

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

Turned 14 in July and way happier than now.

[@bettyir4302]

Gloom, despair, and agony on me Deep, dark depression, excessive misery

[@markcornish2519]

12 year old summer! James Taylor in a movie? And Dennis Wilson of the beach boys! These were movies I was deemed too young to see, klute, carnal knowledge etc. have seen them since

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Thanks, buddy, it's appreciated..Summer '71 was one of my favorite summers of all time...I remember those National Lampoons...and I found the rabbit on the Playboy cover!

[@FredFlix]

I loved that summer as well, TJ.

[@sixbladeknife44]

So happy to see Moby Grape make an appearance, and in ‘71 no less…they were well off the radar by then, but huge fan here! Great music choices as usual Fred, another excellent episode! 👌

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, 6blabe.

[@louisb5563]

🌟The 1st song and the tune by Honey Cone had me bopping my head! This was special...I was only 5 but it's interesting to see some of the things I missed out on at that age. That marquee @1:00, WOW!✌🏻 Groovy baby🤭 @4:29 is that Danielle Brisebois? Wait, hold up now...@6:19 Sean Connery in a movie NOT as James Bond! Boy his hair shrunk 😉 Didn't know he sported a "Toupe"! Rated, "GP"?!?!?! What alternate universe is this?!?!?! 😆 @14:22 Grand Funk made it on Hit Parader but not to the Rock and roll Hall of Fame? 🤦🏻‍♂️ Thx for the memories Fred! 👍🏻😁⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@gregggoss2210]

@louisb5563, The Anderson Tapes is a great movie. GP was the new M rating. It eventually morphed to PG. The ratings changed several times over the years. Grand Funk was at the top of their game in '71.

[@FredFlix]

I enjoyed your comment, Louis.

[@louisb5563]

@@FredFlix ✌🏻

[@louisb5563]

@@gregggoss2210 I BARELY remember the M rating, that makes sense; thx for clearing that up! 🤜🏼🤛🏼 I'm getting closer to my home...✌🏻😉

[@lonrgrrl59]

The M movie rating had since become PG and later PG-13 in later years. @louisb5563

[@gregggoss2210]

This was a spectacular one Fred. Too many of my favorites to mention. The '71 Chryslers were awesome, especially the Satellite/Roadrunner. Two Lane Blacktop, one of my favorite movies. Willy Wonka. My first date movie. Of course I was too young to drive, so I had to have a chaperone, my cousin 🙄. Oh, and last but not least, Edith Bunker's hilarious line about Carnal Knowledge. " Oh Awchie, I thawt it was a religious picture. Cardinal Knowledge " Well done Fred 👍.

[@FredFlix]

Ha! I had forgotten that line, Gregg.

[@jenniehakim7076]

16:26 That Dial "Dry" ad looks and sounds just like a Sesame Street cartoon!

[@americanidle76]

Jim Morrison died at 27, notwithstanding the newspaper.

[@NickvonZ]

I remember seeing On Any Sunday at the movie theater! I was 8.

[@merce10554]

From the opening tune of June, going on through "That's Life", and falling once again for "It's Too Late" to land in July with its opening tune, and reencounter myself with JT. 🎵🎶🎵 The shag, the Klute haircut I started college with. How not to. Fond memories, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

Fonda memories for you as well, Mercedes.

[@merce10554]

​@@FredFlixYou are kute, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

@@merce10554 You are kind (didn't have to change the letter).

[@merce10554]

​@@FredFlixNor anything. 🤗💜🤟

[@brewcrew5854]

james taylor in the hot rod "gasser" ! very cool i imagine with d wilson things were pretty wild on that set !

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

Totally awesome ❤❤❤❤❤ Fred thank you so much

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, friend Brenda.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

@@FredFlix can't wait to see what next thank you for everything

[@FredFlix]

@@brendajeanproffitt6919 Wait no longer, Brenda. I posted a new one just minutes ago.

[@stanleycostello9610]

My Dad had a '71 Electra 225. It had to be tuned up every single month to run properly.

[@elifoust7664]

My sisters sat on the porch in Mount Pleasant, SC,played that 45 ,45000 times,Want Ads

[@ronnieparker4311]

Ex. Afternoon down memory lane Fred! Rock on! ⚡️space ace Ron⚡️ 👍

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Ron.

[@continentalgin]

I think Sinatra was one of those guys who retired about 5 times. I still miss Johnny Carson, Ed & Doc.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Ah, summer 1971...The 11 year old me was fresh out of 5th grade and experiencing his first romance (thank you, Rosemary). Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo and Tommy Reynolds were members of the touring version of The T-Bones ("No Matter What Shape [Your Stomach's In]"). The group that recorded as The T-Bones were actually the studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. Carolyn Willis of The Honey Cone was the female vocalist on Seals & Crofts' 1976 hit "Get Closer".

[@FredFlix]

Great info, Ernest.

[@thankthelord4536]

Romance at 11? Lol.

[@ernestcruz6316]

@@thankthelord4536 Kissing, puppy love stuff. In 1971 that passed for romance for 11 year olds.

[@thankthelord4536]

@ernestcruz6316 I was 10 in 1971. But didn't have a kiss until almost 14 lol.

[@johnward6699]

I'm a 9 yr old boy riding his favorite bike on the back country rds in south east Wisconsin with not a care in the world

[@susanjohnson7679]

I wonder, do you get as nostalgic as we do while making these videos? The music always gets me and brings me back in time. I really felt this one. Thanks for all you do for all of us!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Susan. Yes, I do get nostalgic. That's the main reason I make them. Another reason is it gives me something interesting to do in retirement. And I enjoy finding gems that I had forgotten, plus I learn a lot from my research. Finally, I like bringing a knowing smile to people's faces.

[@stevehall383]

Many of the movie commercials in the 1970s showed the best parts of the movie and you felt like you wasted your money when you went to the theater and saw them.

[@b-genspinster7895]

I always heard “hear comes that baby cakes feeling again”. 😂

[@donnaruckel1627]

Started pushing the envelope culturally, and look where it got us today 😔😢😢😔😢😔

[@deeanna3335]

14:55 about Patty's baby, could it had been Sean Astin they were speculating?

[@GaryAa56]

I want a 1971 Plymouth satellite!

[@benjaminwilson4558]

Fred, you SERIOUSLY have ths "GENRE" on Lockdown!!!!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, BW.

[@margaretgarnto6272]

FredFlix forgot about The Abominable Dr. Phibes, the movie with Vincent Price, being released in movie theaters in June or July of 1971.

[@FredFlix]

It came out in May.

[@margaretgarnto6272]

​@@FredFlixSorry about that. I thought The Abominable Dr. Phibes came out in the summer of 1971 because the syndicated Steve Allen show had a full week of the movie's premiere in Los Angeles in the month of June of that year.

[@OofusTwillip]

10:48 - Plymouth Satellite - Voiceover by William Shatner. "The car's a Satellite, so let's get Captain Kirk for the voiceover."

[@RobChi2154]

9:41 “Sesame Street: How well has it worked?” Well, I would start kindergarten a couple years after this issue was published and at the first Parent-Teacher conference, our teacher confessed that she had to tear up her curriculum because we students were already beyond what she was used to teaching at that level. And she blamed that on Sesame Street. 😅

[@OofusTwillip]

08:22 - My brother's hamdwriting is nearly identical to Jim Morrison's. Graphologists would be puzzled by this, because Jim and my brother are complete opposites.

[@tubiephrank0707]

10:48 -- That voice! Was that Mr. Space The Final Frontier himself ?????? 14:37 -- Chuckle, Chuckle, Alfie !! 15:13 -- Just W-H-O did the awesome narration for that film trailer?

[@dawnjensen5615]

Born December of that year

[@danityvanityinsanity]

What no Osmonds or Jackson 5?😢

[@OofusTwillip]

4:54 - The optimistic idealism of "New World Coming" turned into crass commercialism when it was used in commercials, with lyrics extolling Dial soap.

[@jerome2022]

I never heard the Carpenter song before

[@robertclark9]

Figures the newspaper got Jim Morrisons age wrong. He was 27, and in the club sadly.

[@elifoust7664]

😢Double barrel ,Thanx

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Eli.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

Within a year 'GP' would become 'PG' the rating system is what we still use today.

[@Mic420m]

My parents divorced in 71 . I was two. But on a good note., My wife was born in 71

[@RobertR3750]

I recently got the 4k of Willy Wonka. Looks great. How funny that the NY Times was all hot and bothered to publish secret papers back then, but now they despise anyone who reveals secrets. How well I remember Lee Trevino. Sounds like Shatner doing the Satellite car commercial.

[@wheeler71]

👍🌍🇺🇲

[@elifoust7664]

When Carnal Knowledge was in crime books.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Isn't that Shatner doing the Plymouth Satellite ad?

[@FredFlix]

I believe it is.

[@herbcraven7146]

I love that Dial commercial trading on the Sesame Street "Jazzy Spies" segments (sung by Grace Slick). Great finds all around, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Herb

[@nexttime960]

Thought Jim Morrison (Doors) made it to 27, newspaper clip showed age 25

[@kennykruger5866]

Fred did you get a license for the song's in the video

[@jenniehakim7076]

18:26 Don't those Hefty Scrap Bags seem wasteful now?

[@luisreyes1963]

All of this (including Sinatra's farewell concert) happened as i just turned 5. Thanks, FredFlix. 🧒

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Luis.

[@garywright7826]

Hey Fred...Is that your personal 45 in the beginning of the presentation? Looks like my old ones sitting in the basement . 😂

[@FredFlix]

Naw, everything is downloaded from the net.

[@arielfilmsinc1926]

If he hadn't hurt himself how would McQueen have done And Captain Kirk(William Shatner selling cars

[@elifoust7664]

Who shot JR?

[@acatal2919]

HA Ha Ha...America was never that good nor great country.

[@FredFlix]

That's beside the point. These videos merely reflect the culture of the America we knew as opposed to today.

[@peterpaul231]

Does anyone believe the NY Times anymore?