The America We Knew SPECIAL: October 1970

First season of Monday Night Football, Janis Joplin's death, Reds/Orioles World Series, Winn-Dixie and cigarette commercials!

[@toastnjam7384]

54 years ago. Anybody else forget how long you been around. I was 19 in 1970. Too bad life doesn't have a reset button.

[@luislaplume8261]

By 1974 I had long hair, long sideburns and a mustache before I had a haircut and my mustache trimmed and sideburns shaved off for my high school yearbook. Me Luis Laplume, Class of 1974 Richmond Hill High School, Queens, NYC. 😊

[@briane173]

If it did I'd go back in a second. Several great memories from Fall of 1970 -- the music especially, but the life my family and I lived, which was heady and adventurous. VERY lucky indeed that my dad was a successful developer in the 60s and in 1970, because it afforded us a lifestyle and opportunities that few ever get to enjoy or even experience. So very grateful.

[@jstravelers4094]

You didn't go to Vietnam.

[@briane173]

@@jstravelers4094 Quite true, we didn't. In my case, I wasn't old enough. And I felt pretty fortunate, considering what I saw every night on the evening news from over there, and the treatment our own soldiers and sailors got from our own people when they rotated home - if they made it home alive at all. As I said, my vantage point couldn't have been more removed from the shit-show that was American politics - and even at the age of 14 at this time, I just could not wrap my head around the lunacy of our politics or our foreign policy. By 1970 I'd seen _four_ political assassinations take place, as a _kid_ -- and by the time I got to HS it was like meh, whatever, and by the time I entered adulthood Vietnam had played out and our entire country was _burned_ out. 1970 was ok from the safety of my little cocoon in L.A., but for a lot of folks they'd already been through hell on earth and I got to live with the consequence of that going into adulthood, and it wasn't pretty.

[@toastnjam7384]

@@jstravelers4094 You assumed wrong. Two deployments with the Navy. 70-73.

[@toddglover1121]

Now damn it, you got me all emotional and shit! I miss the America I grew up in. God bless the 70s.✌️

[@FredFlix]

Todd, these videos are bittersweet, to make and to watch.

[@toddglover1121]

@@FredFlix your the best my friend!

[@smith1958b]

The movie ads at 16:51 are all from the Twin Cities area. I been to most of them movie houses. But sadly they are all gone now.

[@toddglover1121]

@@smith1958b Minneapolis, Minnesota! 👍

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Man..I really like your work. And we share the exact same birthday.

[@Peter7966]

It's like we live on a completely different planet today. Maybe we do?

[@dogs6461]

So True.

[@tproudboomer5965]

After seeing the ad for the nicely marbled Delmonico steaks for $1.48 lb, I’m inclined to agree with you.😕

[@bige311]

Imagine what those steaks cost today :).. I wana go back and stay.. ​@@tproudboomer5965

[@BrodyJoeandBriars]

I graduated high school in 1970...I was terribly overweight, so that summer of '70 I ate only salads (not a great idea) and ran around our 40 acres every day of that summer...by the time I started junior college that fall, I'd lost 50 lbs., went from a size 42 jeans to a 28 jeans...all my high school friends didn't even recognize me! I was reinvented, lost my shyness, and had all the energy in the world! Those were the days!

[@FredFlix]

Wow!

[@misterwhipple2870]

You didn't get drafted, did you?

[@BrodyJoeandBriars]

​@@misterwhipple2870 No, the year I was eligible, the draft was lottery style and my birthdate number wasn't chosen...the night the number drawing was televised decided so many young men's fate forever...

[@MikeinVirginia1]

I was 17 in 1970. I was a junior in HS. I look back fondly on those times. I also drew a high draft lottery number and wasn't drafted. In late 1970 my parents came home in a new 1971 Pinto. I loved that car as it was so different. It got about 30 mpg!

[@jenniehakim7076]

Still wrapping my head around the fact that you could go to a newsstand in 1970 and buy an issue of "Crime Does Not Pay" with THAT cover

[@jameswood231]

The world was a very different place in 1970, that's for sure. 😮

[@Wolfinger1935]

Those were usually hidden in the back racks... near the porn. As kids, we had to work hard for our smut.

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

I graduated high school in 70. We buried our old football coach today. He outlived several of us.

[@knet914]

I was born Oct 1970. Great times to be in. The world SUCKS now. Full of disappointment and disgust. The Elite have really changed our lives and shame on us for allowing it for we outnumber the 1%. I have the Sugarloaf LP along with some vintage highfi equipment. Would be great if i had ALL of the things from my youth. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Kerrick.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

All that shit started in 1974 been going down hill from that point.

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

I have a bunch of 8 tracks, a vertibird, my GI Joe, Johnny West, Big Jim, Barbie Airliner, And lots of stuff. Wanna come over? I'm a girl with the cool toys.

[@hensmom6473]

@@dawnhasbroken6304Still have my barbies, their townhouse & airliner.

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

@@hensmom6473 You can come over too. We can have TV dinners and Shasta pop for lunch.

[@chriswright2250]

I was in the 3rd grade in 1970. The 70s were great time to grow up❤.

[@misterwhipple2870]

October 1970, the greatest Hallowe'en of my life! I brought home a quarter of a pillowcase of candy! Stretched it out, made it last, and saved the biggest and best chocolate bar for last (it was a jumbo something, but not a 3 Musketeers, but it was GOOD!) and ate it at the stroke of midnight while watching the ball drop, January 1, 1971. Great times!

[@sharonh2991]

Sounds like something I would have done 😂

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

1-1-71 The day cigarette commercials were banned fromTV.

[@misterwhipple2870]

@@michaelquinones-lx6ks Playboy had a great cartoon about that in the December 1970 issue: there was a husband and wife watching their big console TV in the living room, and he said, "Come, dear, this is our last trip to Marlboro Country!"

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

@@misterwhipple2870 Thank you very much for answering my comments, Also, Brings back memories doesn't it.

[@MidKid61]

October, 1970, fourth grade at a brand-new elementary school in a temporary classroom at a church in St. Charles, MO. Then and there I met a girl that would change my life forever.

[@scottbrooks3417]

I'm from St. Charles, MO originally! Which school was it?

[@MidKid61]

@@scottbrooks3417 Coverdell Elementary.

[@donjohnson3701]

RIP Janis Joplin, October 1970

[@jerrys4841]

And Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. All died at 27 years old. Also, Viet Nam was going hog wild.

[@jamesmathews1841]

One of the greatest female blues singers ever! Period

[@Agislife1960]

I guess if I could go back in time, it would be to the summer of 1970, I was 9 years old with my only concern being, not getting a flat tire on my Schwinn Sting Ray Bicycle

[@StudioZ7]

Better than having to worry about getting drafted.

[@broughmar]

I was 9 too. I had the same "concerns" too. I'd add stuff like Johnny Lightning racing car sets, Whizzers (they were spinning too things) and what Mom was making for dinner- me and 4 brothers. We were ravenous.

[@princesspiplaysbass]

I have as ten. Such a better time.

[@adamschwartz2656]

If we were around when these commercials were first shown, probably most of us would have been annoyed by having to watch them before our favorite show could resume............now, here we are watching these same commercials with a lot of nostalgia and not complaining and wishing for the old days ....well, that's me too !!

[@FredFlix]

I was annoyed, but the commercial breaks were only a minute or so. We didn't know how bad it would get.

[@jameswood231]

​@@FredFlixCable came with a "Promise" No Commercials??? Now we have "Streaming." Lol🤣🤣🤣. 3 minute commercials, 2 minute movie. What a racket. Thanks for the wonderful memories...🫶✌️

[@FredFlix]

@@jameswood231 You're welcome, James. The ridiculously long ad breaks are why I can't tolerate TV shows anymore.

[@broughmar]

Very true. Can't stand commls. but the old ones are all interesting time capsules now.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@FredFlix Yeah. They're not content to just show one or two commercials. I counted them once, and found I had to endure four or five before the program I was watching resumed. And the commercials today are so awful! Like some airheads make them up.

[@thomashugus5686]

I was in the army medic in Japan camp Zama. Soon to go to beautiful Vietnam!

[@kevinbrady4873]

glad you made it back alive

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Ah Scenic Vietnam! Brings back memories.... Noooooooo!

[@user-dz4jj1tp8i]

been there brother.

[@robertbirch5676]

My father had just come back from the war, great times I was 13

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

The 1970 World Series I remember watching as a kid. The games were in the afternoon.

[@billcain9249]

O's won

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

@@billcain9249 The 1970 World Series became other than that as the Brooks Robinson show. That series made me a young Baltimore fan back then with the exposure of that talented team in those awesome baseball caps and colors.

[@ultimatevintagefan7747]

I was pretty young at the time but I can still remember seeing a lot of these! Although these commercials would’ve been in black and white for me since we didn’t get a color tv until ‘74. Thanks Fred for making my Saturday morning more entertaining!

[@FredFlix]

Happy to oblige, UVF.

[@marshaharris4268]

Thank you Fred!!

[@smittykins]

“Look Mom, no holes!” -said no kid ever

[@jeffro5683]

There still full of holes 😂

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

I know, that was weird. Never saw that commercial or heard of that bread. Born in 64

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@@dawnhasbroken6304 Never saw that commercial either. Do remember the bread.

[@briggscharleton6139]

I was 6, so I was aloof to most of these films and current events. Friday night on ABC: The Brady Bunch, The Nanny and the Professor and The Partridge Family was my kid heaven. I saw Patton at a Drive-In on a double bill with With Six You Get Eggroll. I was obsessed with Winnie the Pooh. My Halloween was probably something from Ben Cooper.

[@jameswood231]

I was 6 as well. Lol 🤣🤣🤣. The Age of innocence, as a little boy. Miss my folks and those I remember well and loved so much during this time...😢

[@JC-ec7ey]

I was 5 and remember that Friday Night block of sitcoms on ABC that fall with Nanny and the Professor sandwiched between The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. That was must-see TV! I remember having crushes on Prudence Everett from Nanny (Kim Richards), Joy of The Bugaloos (Caroline Ellis), Marlo Thomas from That Girl, and all 3 Bradley sisters from Petticoat Junction 😆

[@jrnfw4060]

@@JC-ec7ey I recall Petticoat Junction. Those three sisters were cool, but I didn't care for their autocratic and often unfair mother.

[@tproudboomer5965]

I was six then as well. Exposed to so much great music from my parents home stereo and car radio.

[@dogs6461]

Great times. I was 14. Never would have thought things would change so much. Love your video FredFlix. Brings back such good memories. ❤😊

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, dogs. As I've combed through the culture of the times, I'm re-learning many things. I didn't think the '70s compared favorably to the '60s. But I was wrong. The decade was a blast!

[@marybruun9621]

I really appreciate and love this channel. It's interesting to see the cars, songs, prices, fashions, tv shows, etc. My older brothers had most of these songs on 45s. Thanx for your research and written you out into to do these videos

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Mary. It's a labor of love, I assure you.

[@jamesglass5402]

I was 18 with the whole world in front of me. I should say that those grocery prices sound great today but remember most working people brought home a little more than $100.00 a week.

[@lucky5853]

Good ol' days of my youth ❤😢 Thank you for posting 👍👋

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Gary.

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

What a wonderful time to be alive! Thanks again, FredFlix!

[@TheStrmcliffae46]

I was 12 years old, thanks for the memories, where 😊has the time gone!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome!

[@NickvonZ]

Age 7 was a good year for me. Thank you for the memories!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Nick.

[@guerralg63]

Me too. 1963

[@NickvonZ]

@@guerralg63 😸👍

[@jamesmack3314]

1970 was a great year. I’m going to Disneyland with my parents. I think I hitched for the first time even though I was 10 years old and music was all over the radio great great a.m. hits. It was a great time to be a kid no real knowledge of the turmoil surrounding me….just being a kid.

[@annchabassol5804]

Thank you Fred! This is almost the same as The Canada We Knew except we didnt have Winn Dixie, Belk or Hill Bros. 🇨🇦

[@chrischeshire6528]

Thanks Fred! At this time my wife and I were married for one month, We Only Just Begun was our song.

[@jameswood231]

Sweet Memory😂. Congrats!!!

[@kenk7451]

I was 8 years old in 1970, in 2nd grade. My parents had a 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 that was huge but it didn't like damp weather. We also had a 1961 Ford Falcon that my father said would drive to California and back! Those were the days...

[@six-pack1332]

I was 10 in October 1970. I can remember exactly where I was when I heard about the death of Janis Joplin. I was so sad.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Hearing the Little Fauss and Big Halsy theme by Johnny Cash for the first time in...(gulp) 54 years...was a real rarity. I was surprised that song wasn't on the Cash box set. I hadn't heard that song since 1970. Thanks man!

[@FredFlix]

Sure thing, Ernest.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

This was the perfect way to brighten this rainy day, thank you so much Fred, blessings 😊🙏

[@FredFlix]

I'm happy to oblige, Bridget. Seems I have found my calling.

[@moxiejim8495]

I got my draft notice in '70. I remember the things in most of your videos very well. I thank you Sir for uploading all of the videos 👍👍 Keep 'em coming

[@brewcrew5854]

i was 5 at the time but wonder if u dont mind me asking was it a young mans biggest fear going to the mail box duing that era ?

[@FredFlix]

Ouch! Draft notice. I was just young enough to miss that. Anyway, Jim, I'm glad you survived the military. As for this series, it will march, if you will, back and forth (but mostly forth) through '70s and well into the '80s.

[@moxiejim8495]

@@brewcrew5854 Yessir, after realizing that my number came up in the draft lottery, I was hoping that they would somehow mess up and not send me draft notice, but nope of course they didn't 😖, so yep, seeing the mailman made me queezy

[@moxiejim8495]

@@FredFlix I thank you so much. You're serving up alot of memories here

[@deirdre108]

@@brewcrew5854 Good question. When the lottery numbers were drawn mine came up #66. Then the next question was how far will they draft to--125, 200? My number was low enough that I knew I would would be drafted--my local draft board (draft boards were powerful in those days) made sure of that. The way I heard about it was that I got a phone call from my mother (I wasn't living at home) who sounded like she was crying her eyes out as she told me I'd gotten my draft notice--my "Greetings" from Uncle Sam. And that's how the draft letter started--Greetings! Ironic isn't it?

[@robertkeefer1552]

1970. The Bugaloos were in the air and everywhere. Caroline Ellis as Joy was a doll.

[@LNSmithee]

Caroline Ellis was the first to give me that funny feeling that I didn’t really understand but I knew I liked 😘😍🥰

[@JC-ec7ey]

​@@LNSmitheeI turned 5 in July of '70 and remember watching The Bugaloos on Saturday morning. I think the first time I saw Caroline Ellis, it was like "wow ... who is THAT??" Nearly 54 years later and I still remember her - and looks like a lot of us do, she left quite a lasting impression on us guys!

[@richardgrimes4440]

I was a junior in High School. Damn, those were such good days.

[@dougmorris9317]

Dang, I didn't want this to end! Great show Fred, thanks friend! I was 10 years old in Oct 1970 and it was even more hip then I remembered. 😊❤❤

[@FredFlix]

I felt the same when I made the video, Doug.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

@@FredFlix 1972 was the last hurrah after that everything after '72 would turn to shit as with the remainder of the 70's, That decade from '74 thru '79 really sucked.

[@FredFlix]

@@michaelquinones-lx6ks But it was still better than what's going on today, imo.

[@FredFlix]

@@michaelquinones-lx6ks PS: I would have loved to make this series about the '60s, but there isn't enough video material -- specific to the month -- to make long-enough videos.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

@@FredFlix No problem, I understand, And, Thank you very much for answering my comment.

[@garywright7826]

I was 12 ... going on 13 in November. Sweet memories . Thanks Fred .

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Gary.

[@Bob12369]

The month of Derek & the Dominos live at the Fillmore East.

[@jamesmack3314]

They were so good for that brief time

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@@jamesmack3314 Yes, Duane Allman was only in Derek and the Dominoes for three weeks! All the time he could spare from the Allman Brothers Band. But what indelible contributions Duane made to "Layla" (the high slide and the suggestion to speed up the main riff, make the song rockier). "Tell the Truth" (slide masterpiece) "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" (more brilliant slide, and co-lead)... "Anyday" {Hear Derek Trucks doing it great today}....

[@jamesmack3314]

I absolutely love that song any day. It’s just fantastic. What a jam but I’m also partial to let it rain and why does love have to be so sad. I like it when they up-tempo and rock it out. It sounds good blasted

[@stanleycostello9610]

I was 15. I can still remember the smell of Right Guard in the locker room after gym class. Stinky. I used Mennen Speed Stick. Strange how things pop up. Thanks, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, SC.

[@wesleyhackney]

What a timely video Fred, thanks! With all the crap going on in the world this is just what I needed to portal back to a more innocent time and I was 14. I loved seeing the Winn Dixie prices wow how costs have exploded. Again I really needed this little time capsule

[@FredFlix]

Happy to transport you, Wesley. Many more trips to come.

[@robertscott2210]

What a time it was Fred. I was 9, 4th grade had just begun and Broadway Joe Namath spent the off season after winning the superbowl making a biker action flick. The decade was about to get weird, and man, do I miss it! 👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

Me too, Robert. As I stated in another reply, I used to think the '70s did not compare favorably to the '60s. But after combing through the culture to make these videos, I realize now I was wrong.

[@robertscott2210]

@FredFlix The 60's were good too, Fred, I just don't remember them as well.

[@junkersish]

@@FredFlix From an historical standpoint the 60s is more interesting, thats the watershed decade. In many ways 1969 feels closer to 2024 than to 1959.

[@FredFlix]

@@junkersish Agreed re the '60s, junkersish.

[@ChrisN1344]

Great stuff, Fred. I had started kindergarten by this time … and was obsessed with astronauts and space after my father had gotten me up out of bed the previous year to watch Neil Armstrong’s fateful steps. Even at this age I was aware of the fast, changing times after the late 60s turned everything upside down - seems like trends and fads came and went like lightning during these years. All of these clips really demonstrate that well. No one had a clue where all of this was heading - nor cared! The 15 cent era is when I started buying comics, too. Up here in Columbia, Frank McGuire had the Gamecocks rolling on the hardwood. The Carpenters were common sounds in our household during 1970-73. My folks had the “Close to You” album and the next two that followed. When I hear them it takes me back to these times when my parents were just entering their 30s. Ok … you got my eyes wet.

[@FredFlix]

Nice comment, Chris.

[@gregggoss2210]

I was 10 in 1970. My first and last time ever leaving the country. Went to Niagara Falls and visited the Canadian side. Never been back. Funny, I don't remember too much about 1970. I do believe I remember going to see Airport at a theater down the shore. I do remember, sort of, one other thing that happened that year, but it's nothing I could ever talk about here. Thanks Fred for another memory jogging gem.

[@marcmaren1986]

Well you always remember your first time. 1970 was memorable for me as well. Mind you I was 15.

[@wendymartin6853]

Iam not American but iam Canadian We pretty much had the same things Sure do miss those days Thanks Fred what a great trip back I would turn 15 in November Miss those days

[@FredFlix]

Nice hearing from Canada and you, Wendy.

[@sparklecanada0112]

🤝 Same. The 70's were amazing in Canada back then. Everything from TV to Music to Fast Food and Children's Toys( which I had, since I was 10-19 😂). Where's the Wayback Machine?( Mr Peabody,please?!) 😂❤😊✌️

[@user-er2ys7jh7e]

Monday Night Football opened that way for years and years. In the Westinghouse ad featuring Frank Gifford, I wasn't sure what he was broiling. He said it was a steak, but, the old video made it look so green that it could have been ANYTHING!!😮😮😮😊😊😊

[@misterwhipple2870]

He was boffing Suzen Johnson on the side! Go and look at pictures of her! WOWWWWW!!!!!

[@dougbrowne9890]

Green Eyed Lady...what an awesome song! Brooks Robinson owned the Reds in the 70 WS. Always loved the look of the AMX Javelin. I listen to The Pink Floyd and Emerson, Lake and Palmer every day. Better than listening to radio. I was only 5 in 1970. I would go back and live it over in a heartbeat. Thanks Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Doug.

[@jamesmack3314]

So you were listening to Floyd and ELP when you were five years old? That’s impressive.

[@donaldsink8115]

Went to the local AMC dealer and bought the only Rebel Machine for around $3500 plus a 63 Ford Galaxy as trade. Wish I still had that one.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

9th grade. 1st girlfriend. Happy memories. Thanks for the rememberies flash back!!!

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I was 3 Years old but I started Kindergarten in 1971 , Cool Trip Down Memory Lane :) QC

[@johnward6699]

I was 9 yrs old...probably one of the best summers I can remember.

[@gplunk]

I love reading these memories. It's truly amazing what people recollect from the past. For me; as for many, the incredible music is what made it all so very great, but there was so much more to enjoy as well. America was really the place to be; especially if you were doing OK financially, but I guess that could be said for anywhere....

[@Jjf-ep3mf]

Best time of my life ❤

[@cynthiacrenshaw-martin9300]

I was 12 years old in 1970. I have seen a lot of change. While serving in the USAF, I was severely injured in the Munich Oktoberfest terrorist bombing on September 26,1980. Our American were held hostage in Tehran. I have definitely seen a lot of change in my life!

[@larryfreda5208]

Thank you for the thumbnail of the Collinson twins.

[@FredFlix]

Totally my pleasure, Larry. I saw them recently in Twins of Evil. There was brief nudity, but even with their clothes on they were gorgeous.

[@simonagree4070]

And R.I.P.

[@gregggoss2210]

Twins of Evil was a good movie.

[@thewatcher5271]

Aw Man, I Was 12! Yeah, I Have 'Green-Eyed Lady' On My Phone & I Need To Get 'Cracklin' Rosie'. Good Ol' Memories Keep You Alive, Don't They? (Like #554)

[@FredFlix]

That they do, Watcher.

[@Borella309]

Over here in Australia, we got a lot of this - the music especially, all those featured songs were major hits here as well. Great video again FrederickF!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Borella.

[@billcain9249]

I turned 13 in 1970. Teenage years were great

[@calvinballew5411]

Me too. 13 in October 1970. Being a teenager in the 70s was awesome. We started the 70s at thirteen and went into the 80s at 23. What a great decade

[@W1RMD]

The love of my life was born October 1970. She has all of her original parts, no implants or cosmetic surgeries of any kind. She was born a woman and still is, and is a total beauty queen! I'm a couple of years younger myself. I kid around about her being from this time period, but she's the best! She is my "green eyed lady". They just don't make them like that any more!

[@FredFlix]

I envy you.

[@W1RMD]

@@FredFlix Ha ha! I envy you and your time machine. Thanks for bringing us all of these wonderful memories! I went through hell before I met her, but I'm truly blessed!

[@FredFlix]

@@W1RMD That's nice!

[@donaldsink8115]

I had my first date with my future wife in June of 1970. Our first date we went to a Steppenwolf concert. If we live to June 24 of this year we will have been married 51 years. Time truly flies by if you're having fun. This video brings it all back like it was yesterday. By the way, she's still operating on the original equipment too. I must say doesn't look that bad. I believe in the automobile world she would be called a "Classic".

[@W1RMD]

@@donaldsink8115 Great story! Thanks for sharing and I wish you two many more great years.

[@duncanstone8758]

I turned 17 in October, 1970 and was a senior in high school. Thanks for the look back.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Duncan.

[@violetsprings470]

Hard to believe that people complained of high grocery bill back then lol!

[@guerralg63]

People complain no matter what. Just wait till 1974!😬

[@kenk7451]

Great work as always. So many great, and not so great memories. I love the True cigarette commercial where the actor doesn't inhale. He sucks in a puff then blows it right back out! Thank you Fred! 🙂

[@tigre7739]

What a time, then, and looking back at it now! Beautiful Fred!!😎🤟

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Tigre.

[@karenhickson8848]

I was just starting junior high school in the fall of 1970 and had totally forgotten about begging my mom for the crinkle patent shoes!

[@peteyou2325]

I was 10 years old in 1970 and boy oh boy do I miss those days, especially my family, friends, sports and the music.

[@betsyj59]

I was 10 in 1970 too and remember the "hip" combo 5th grade/6th grade class I was in that year. The teacher played Procol Harem's White Shade of Pale and Cream's The Sunshine of Your Love in the classroom (both songs from 1967 - they must have been his favorites).

[@princesspiplaysbass]

So was I.

[@kolkishon]

This is such a great video. Frozen moments in time not seen in 54 years, unfrozen. This may be your best video ever.

[@FredFlix]

I'm definitely happy with the way it turned out, KK.

[@jaydouglas5847]

@@FredFlix With so many print images ie: the mag covers, circular ads to enjoy this vid really hit home , I pause on each print image and cover and read every single word(same as when you did the TV guide listings and I read every show description) and enjoy the feelings they bring back, I even look to decipher the upside down address labels on the mag covers. It's just something I enjoy and the fact that it doubles the pleasure as with all the pauses to read every word in the vid my viewing pleasure is extended, I got enjoy this vid for 35 minutes instead 16 minutes. Others have noted this one was just perfect, kind of like a band on tour and tonight's show they were totally on fire and gave a most memorable performance, such was this vid. Thanks Fred !

[@FredFlix]

@@jaydouglas5847 Wow, Jay, I'm happy you're able to get so much enjoyment from the magazine covers! They say a lot about our society back then, don't they? And thanks for the words of praise. They're very encouraging to me personally.

[@jameswood231]

​@@FredFlixGreat Job!!! 👏👏👏👍

[@paulaward2075]

I love your videos! I was three years old October 1970, my family and i were living in Benton Arkansas. My grandpa Ward died October 1970. I have no memory of my grandpa Ward, but my mom always spoke very highly of him! She loved him and always told me, your grandpa Ward was a good man, I wish you could have known him! Hello from Tyler Texas!

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

I remember most of those commercials within a year cigarette commercials would be banned from TV.

[@merce10554]

16. A HS Senior already. Windows on the World restaurant I got to visit 7 years later. WTC memories always wring my heart. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Great special, Fred. 💜

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Mercedes.

[@cherylschantz9893]

Janis’s death was senseless. I loved all the music!

[@anitaatkins8340]

Fred Flix I gotta tell you I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time and I compliment you very highly for bringing such memories back to this 66 year young grandma and since my husband of 47 years just recently passed a few weeks ago I’m watching them all over & over again to kinda “comfort” me, so to speak because my sweetie liked watching them with me!! Your clips are always appreciated my friend!! God bless you 👍👏🏼

[@frankwafer6919]

Thank you for these beautiful gems!😮💯💚💙🖤💥👍!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Frank.

[@continentalgin]

Groovy song, Green Eyed Lady.

[@choclochonclo]

How things have changed since then. So many memories.

[@bobcarter6869]

Thanks Fred I was in my 20s in the seventys it was a great decade for me such great memories keep up the good work

[@tgfoley1493]

Jeez great video and music. I was 7 at the time. What a great time to be alive. I'm right there with the rest of the old schoolers..please pass the reset button

[@t.j.payeur5331]

I had that issue of Playboy. Thanks, buddy, great work!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, TJ. I saw those gals recently in "Twins of Evil," and they sure were gorgeous.

[@joescambait]

I was four, Thanks for the Memories Fred

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, young'un.

[@5argetech56]

01:36 - Ah yeah! "Green eyed Lady" was my JAM! Never liked the radio edit version though! The full length version from the album was much, much better!

[@user-vd8oc1it2h]

Moses Lake, Washington waiting for dad to return from Nam. 3rd grade.

[@cunn9305]

Great show mate ..

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, cunn9305.

[@Ij-jan]

As always another great video! Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jan.

[@alanmorris7669]

Life is not a dress rehearsal. If you don't get it right the first time, there won't be a second. I'm 58-years-old now, and I've had as many failures as I've had accomplishments.

[@landiahillfarm6590]

In October 1970 I was only 7 years old, but I am stunned by the number of these things I remember. I may not have understood half of them but I do remember!!! LOL

[@sandrabeld8965]

I love watching your videos check your channel everyday for new videos & I really miss the America I grew up in it was awesome!!

[@FredFlix]

It's encouraging to know my work is appreciated, Sandra.

[@sandrabeld8965]

@@FredFlix very much appreciated

[@RichardG0linsky]

Born in 68 poor snuck in the green tree drive in every weekend in summer walked to the swimming pool walked every where party's in the cemetery life was so much better better we didn't know

[@jameswilhoite8150]

Another gem home run , Fred

[@Everette-wz8hj]

1970 I was 13. Great times love to go bacj

[@dogs6461]

Mercury Comet commercial where the bull getting ready to charge while people sitting on the ground. Rushed to get in the car to escape danger. Now days people don't care they try to take selfies along with the bull.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Sending love to you Fred! And many thanks!❤

[@FredFlix]

Accepted with joy, Chantelle.

[@user-dz4jj1tp8i]

graduated in late 60s, went ito nam. loved the 70s.

[@user-er2ys7jh7e]

Oh those 1970 prices...😢😢😢😢😢 GONE WITH THE WIND.

[@tomklock568]

Thanks Fred! Loving these looks back, I was 12 that year I think. The 70s were an incredible decade.

[@FredFlix]

Certainly better on hindsight, Tom.

[@tomklock568]

@@FredFlix absolutely.

[@loveisfarout]

this is so great.. much love

[@FredFlix]

Thank you!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Cool fred flix and you tube shows these classic america we knew episodes

[@gsnfan]

I turned 3 that month.

[@donaldsink8115]

The song played after the CC and Company, Green Eyed Lady. The first time I ever heard it, I was in a bar in Colorado Springs in October, 1970. I can still see the GoGo dancers in the cages above the bar. I was stationed at Fort Carson at the time.

[@larryanderson2766]

Year and month I was born. Thanks dude

[@ggoldie604]

Love your vids.

[@FredFlix]

Thank you, ggoldie.

[@JeffDeWitt]

I remember so much of this. In some ways the world is so much better off, but in other, important ways things are far worse. My Dad had a 1970 AMC Ambassador, it was a really nice car (and the first car I had an accident in!), we shopped at Winn-Dixie and once in a while Belks. (Both still around, although WD is no longer here in North Carolina). So long ago… my parents, grandparents, and I still had both my brothers. In some ways the future is beyond the wildest dreams I had back then, but in other ways it’s a huge disappointment… what happened to Luna City and flying cars? Thanks for this Fred, you are doing some great work with these videos.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jeff. A thoughtful comment from you.

[@marthawelch4289]

* Lots of magazines in the video that were never in our home. No teen heart throbs. No TV Guide because "the listings in the Sunday paper have all the info anybody needs." * Lots of movies in the video that I couldn't go to. * Monday Night Football. I really liked Howard Cosell and Dandy Don. "Turn Out the Lights the Party's Over". More good stuff, Fred. Guess I'll watch the next video YT suggests for me on the screen - Not Necessarily the Best of Fred Flix #8.

[@FredFlix]

I think you'll like it and thanks for the comment. Girl, you had a lot of rules in your house. TV Guide was a MUST for us every week.

[@betsyj59]

There were no teen heart throb magazines (or the others) in our house either. But I sure did make a beeline for the magazine section of the grocery store every time I went with my mother. Sheer bliss standing there reading about Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy, David Soul, and Jack Wild in Tiger Beat and its like.