TIMELINE 1975 - Evel Knievel, The Holy Grail And The Fall of Saigon

Weird History is hopping on the 1975 Timeline train and taking you on a trip. 1975 would be a crazy year with Gerald Ford narrowly missing a Manson Family Member, Wheel of Fortune's debut, and Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance. Hang on to your bell bottoms because '75 is gonna get funky. Timeline 1975 is going to fly over the cuckoo's nest.
#1975 #timeline #weirdhistory

[@WeirdHistory]

What do you think was the best/worst thing to happen in 1975?

[@TBMartin]

My pick, punk music in the UK. Around 1975, the scene really started to go somewhere.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Wonder Woman

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

I think was our military coming home from Vietnam. That was the best for me.

[@TeddyStrongBear]

The Best: Welcome Back Kotter and the Jefferson’s premiered this year!!

[@DutchVai]

KISS Alive !!

[@bluebear1985]

Here are the top 10 songs of 1975, according to the Billboard year-end singles chart: 10. One of These Nights- The Eagles 9. Laughter in the Rain- Neil Sedaka 8. Fame- David Bowie 7. Shining Star- Earth, Wind & Fire 6. Some Kind of Wonderful- Grand Funk 5. My Eyes Adored You- Frankie Valli 4. Before the Next Teardrop Falls- Freddie Fender 3. Philadelphia Freedom- Elton John 2. Rhinestone Cowboy- Glen Campbell 1. Love Will Keep Us Together- Captain & Tennille

[@jr2904]

One of these nights is my favorite from this list, followed by Shining star. I wasn't born until 89, so I'm jealous of all the great music back then. And it was popular back then, not like the pop music of today.

[@Joe_Dirt82]

eagles is the best of that list.

[@hadara69]

I turned 6 in '75 and remember how "Fame" actually scared me. Still a creepy song...but cool.

[@amymeyers9682]

I loved the music from the 70s….actually still do!

[@frandm1987]

And The Eagles' New Kid in Town came the next year.

[@Craig_Andrus]

I wish the narrator would do a "Weird History" video of himself, so we would finally know who he is, to both congratulate him and thank him for his dedication to this channel. Give him his flowers, while he is still here to appreciate them.

[@witness1013]

!Stalker alert!

[@angesvlogs6628]

Can do that WITHOUT knowing anything about him 🤦

[@doomi4055]

I like this Idea!

[@lawnside82]

I think the mystery makes him so cool.

[@Playername_Blue]

It would be neat, but I also believe he deserves his privacy as much as the rest of us do.

[@masiguru9982]

Graduated HS in 1978. I absolutely LOVE this series. I vividly remember everything you have included. Well done. Keep up the good work.

[@irakanis]

what were the 70s like for you. (class of 2021 here and very curious)

[@rochelleiscanadian]

I LOVED Wonder Woman! Watched on reruns in the 80s since I was born in 1974. This series is my favourite on KZbin 🐱❤🇨🇦

[@garycarpenter2980]

I've got it on DVD 📀 All three seasons

[@starmnsixty1209]

Lynda Carter will ALWAYS be Wonder Woman.

[@bluecreature39]

Everytime I visit my aunts, uncles and grandparents I watch a couple of these videos. If you bring up some of the more obscure and weird events of decades past, they love talking about it.

[@rusty_shakleford3395]

Yeah this is great but it's all pop culture. No real deep meat of what's going on. But I dig it. Lol

[@kgmlb2]

This is awesome. You're finishing up the 70s!!!! YES!!!

[@SweetAven00]

This is really my favorite thing to watch on Sunday morning now ❤

[@Franniiv3]

Always the perfect mix of Pop Culture, and History!

[@flicka25]

Great video as always! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I was 16 in 1975. I wish I could go back.

[@bettysmith4641]

Same here. I was 15

[@molinalong3468]

Rest In Peace in 1975 Rod Serling Josephine baker Ozzie Nelson Susan Hayward

[@doomi4055]

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding and Ding

[@kmstins]

Seeing Larry & Moe took me back to the time my twin sister & I were banned from watching by our parents, because we were always hitting and poking each other in the eyes. Good times. 😁😄🤣👏

[@walls2ink]

Yet another awesome Sunday morning thank you

[@mercedeswoody8413]

The biggest moment from 1975?.. I graduated from high school, against all odds.

[@JimJones-gd2jy]

10 years old in 1975, awesome time to be a kid.

[@djartiec]

Anyone else waiting to see Timeline 1975 in the AM? 🙋‍♂️

[@bluebear1985]

Here are the major winners of Academy Awards for films released in 1975: Best Picture- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Director- Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Best Actor- Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Best Actress- Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) Best Supporting Actor- George Burns (The Sunshine Boys) Best Supporting Actress- Lee Grant (Shampoo)

[@TUCOtheratt]

I still remember that May day in 1975 when I watched Evel Knievel crash at Wembly Stadium.

[@evellegend]

Thank you for including my childhood hero and friend the Legendary Evel Knievel in this look back. Unfortunately Evel is often over looked in pieces like these, shamefully so. In reality Evel should be part of any year from 1967 until 1977. But some is better than none..

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

Jaws is still my favorite movie. Cookoo's Nest is great also.

[@yungmutt123]

Nurse Ratchet made me want to punch my TV screen lol. That woman was sadistic.

[@mp4370506]

I can’t believe we’re half way threw the decade

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Didn't you know that Angola gains it's independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975?

[@selfiekroos1777]

These are awesome

[@jamesmoss3424]

Jaws kick ass in theaters 🎥. 😀👍🦈

[@carlstanland5333]

Put the “Night Watch” painting behind protective glass Sideshow Bob.

[@jamesmoss3424]

R.I.P. Ron Stirling.

[@P.Hermano]

Could have mentioned the Golden State Warriors upsetting the heavily favored Washington Bullets with a sweep.

[@danemassie3750]

I grew up where Evil jumped at kings island north of Cincinnati, I was born in 79 and had no idea he did that

[@HumanBeing1974]

I loved Wonder Woman and Evel Knievel! TV was my Babysitter!

[@thedude7099]

The thing I remember most was the 1975 World series , Carlton Fisk hit a homer in game 6 that won it , Then the reds came back and took game 7 anyway , but I was a kid and a huge Reds fan.

[@livingood1049]

8:00 Sunday morning,,, really..?

[@jdtractorman7445]

JAWS is probably the greatest summer blockbuster movie of all time. Who can forget the tv series Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter had the best superhero costume ever.

[@mnhoss2100]

I was born March 3 75 so this was cool to see fir me. Thanks.

[@carleenwho]

You missed Bohemian Rhapsody, released on October 31, 1975

[@ilahildasissac1943]

As a child, I had tons of Welcome Back Kitter T shirts.

[@Menroth.]

I have a ring Faisal had gifted my grandfather who worked with him for a time. Crazy how long ago that was.

[@mayflowerpdx5706]

I love these❤

[@Daniel-gi3jo]

Monty Python's holy Grail, y'all should do an entire episode on it.

[@justas525]

As well as on Fawlty Towers

[@BakedRBeans]

@@justas525 We're fresh out of Waldorf!.......Don't mention the war!

[@yungmutt123]

I Fart in your general Direction!

[@jbstepchild]

I absolutely 💯 love these videos amazing

[@Rescue162]

A good year. I was 9. I remember some of 1975. Mostly being in grade school and a family vacation to Miami, Florida.

[@k-trashradio5163]

Well here we are the halfway point of the 70s we still have the bicentennial next year, the rise of star wars in 77 the rise of the slasher film with Halloween in 78 and the start of the alien series in 79

[@BrisLS1]

I went trick or treating at Halloween as Evil Kneivel ( In 1975 ). From this video, the good times for most people were all had watching TV. Kind of like now. I would remind fellow drunks that Prefontaine crashed his car because he was.. drunk. Thanks.

[@maret1729]

Moe "nyuked his last nyuk" I literally just spat my fried rice at the screen after hearing that. My digs thank you!

[@pbcoop62]

Born in 1975: Bradley Cooper, Drew Barrymore, Eva Longoria, Pedro Pascal, David Beckham, Angelina Jolie, Allen Iverson, Tobey Maguire, Jack White, Liz Truss, Charlize Theron, Marion Cotillard, Jason Sudekis, Kate Winslet, David Harbour, Ray Lewis, Casey Affleck, Taika Waititi, David Ortiz and Tiger Woods.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I found that this episode seriously distracted me from watching all seventy-two ads.

[@flamingocupproductions5329]

where do you get your background music tracks

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I miss commercials with jingles.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Betamax and VHS 📼 both debut. 😀👍📼

[@teresaredditt7327]

I miss this SNL group

[@isaacs3822]

Pearson pushed off.

[@seanrussell3298]

I was conceived in October 1975. So that's something.

[@Dan-vo5nl]

Thank you so much...great job, as usual.

[@radstorm]

Just love these timelines.. wish Weird History did them for the last 100 years and I'd still watch every one. Hats off to the narrator..his humor is amazing and well presented. :o)

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I agree The Timeline Series is 🔥 and I hope they do Timeline 2000s after Timeline 1970s

[@albertogonzalez2203]

I dont know how much money you guys make for making these videos... but I'm sure its not enough. I absolutely LOVE this series. And I hope you continue making them.

[@Unknowngfyjoh]

I've heard from a KZbinr that the average is $4,000 per million views for every 10 minutes of watch time. (In other words $4,000 per 10 million minutes of watch time)

[@jiaconis]

DEFINITELY!! This is my all time GOAT series! I was born in 1954 and this 70’ retrospective Is the best...

[@ratbastard3101]

@@jiaconis accurate?

[@francesbernard2445]

I agree. We need to watch documentaries like this one which get people like me too thinking more not less.

[@lionelnietzsche3917]

Lmfao. They have 4.5 MILLION subscribers. They're making _tons_ of money.

[@TetsuShima]

1975 was a very important year here in Spain, as it marked the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, who ruled the country for almost 40 years, and the beginning of the process that would create our current democracy.

[@scaryhandsome1960]

Franco was great for Spain. I'm so glad the nationalist won the civil war. Viva franco

[@theHardyMonster1984]

The Twilight Zone was WAY ahead of its time. Still pretty much holds up today.

[@crankychris2]

Twilite Zone debuted in 1959 and ended in 1964. It was a great series!

[@YousephTanha]

I love this TIMELINE series. Thank you for all the work and effort you put into them.

[@molinalong3468]

Alive in 1975 Michael Landon (39) Greta Garbo (70) Joan Crawford (70) Farrah Fawcett (28) Chad Everett (38) Tom cruise (13) Whitney Houston (12) Tom hanks (19) Cameron Diaz (3) Lucy Liu (7)

[@shawty7303]

Love this. My mom graduated in 75 so I had to show her this to see if she remembers. She got so happy. Thanks for this 😁

[@bobprescott]

now grama or great grama

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

@shawty7303, I suppose she even felt younger and remembered plenty of the year she graduated. In 1975, @ the tender age of 6, I experienced a life milestone of becoming an aunt to my oldest nephew 👶🏽💙 on 9/7/1975(Sun).

[@massey4business]

Something about January 6th and riots! 🤔 Long live the Mighty, Mighty Led-Zeppelin!

[@diversityhobbit]

You teach more accurate history than all US public schools combined.

[@MADDOXXXbr]

Exactly !

[@ervicito77]

And this is way more entertaining! 😄

[@Alfredo412]

lol

[@awsomeboy360]

I don't think this is even true. He just focuses on year-by-year. School tends to focus based on events or people. Not year-by-year.

[@damienwilloughby]

@@ervicito77 🤣

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

I was 5 yrs old in 1975!! This was a really good one. Thank you so much Weird History ⚡️⚡️⭐️⭐️⚡️

[@AshGreen359]

Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. It released in the summer because of technical difficulties with the mechanical shark. It was believed that summer was a terrible time to release a movie until the producers of Jaws were pleasantly surprised.

[@codacreator6162]

I was 10. My mom decided it would be fun to take us to Jaws. I remember standing in a line that ran around the block from the Fox Theater, getting the snot scared out of me by the dead guy trapped in the sunken boat, and nightmares about sharks for weeks to come. Wouldn’t trade it for the world! 😎

[@lindamerchant123]

2years later1977 orca premiered hollywood s 70s obsession with sea monster like demonic films

[@starmnsixty1209]

My nephew and I saw it in the theater too. It was quite an experience.🦈🦈🦈

[@deantunkara1567]

Ouch! When I was 10 years old I used to wonder what the 'olden days' were like when people were not 'modern' and I used to ask my Nanny Gladys about it. This was in 1975. Forty seven years later, now I know. It is all annoyingly relative. Also, we had the same two wallpaper swatches, shown in the background of the TV in the vid, at my parents house. My, how time flies and where does it all go?

[@brodiesmith7957]

Biggest movies in the 70s Mash 1970 Patton 1970 The French connection 1971 A clockwork Orange 1971 The godfather 1972 Cabot 1972 West world 1973 The string 1973 The extorts 1973 saddles 1974 The godfather part 2 1974 One flew over a cuckoos nest 1975 Jaws 1975 Rockey 1976 Star Wars 1977 Annie hall 1977 The deer hunter 1978 Apocalypse now 1979 Rocky 2 1979 Jaws 2 1978 Klamer vs klamer 1979

[@lukesmale24]

Dont be forgetting Grease, Superman and Alien

[@sethkaicer319]

Weird history tied me up with a golden lariat and forced me to tell the truth.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I'm excited for the 1976 video! July 4 of that year, better known as the United States Bicentennial, marked our country's 200th birthday...

[@teresaredditt7327]

Barney Miller was mine and my grandpa's favorite to watch together

[@wrldnkaos76]

The best thing about 76 is I was introduced into the world 🌎 😊

[@chrishenderson9130]

So your dad raw dogged your mom in 75

[@SoapinTrucker]

No, the best thing about 1976 was all the Bicentennial celebrations we had! :)

[@phreapersoonlijk]

This is such an amazingly well made series ! Thank you.

[@tarnin]

I love the way these are put together. While the 70's is a bit too early for me (born in '74) it's kinda neat to see what was going on when I was too young to remember or comprehend.

[@jacktribble5253]

For my Family at least, the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was the most significant thing to happen that year. Best of Days to all.

[@jgkidd82]

I love this narrator!

[@SkyBlue-qn8me]

Unemployment was over 8% for all of 1975, something America had not seen since the Great Depression

[@tennesseemisty5073]

Been waiting for this one…1975~ My birth year!!! ✌️😎

[@chriswilliams8484]

Same here

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show debut. 😀👍

[@TeddyStrongBear]

Hell yes!! 1975 is when the 70s really got hip! 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽

[@jaygee6738]

This is about where I start to have some reliable memories from my childhood. Born in 1970 and I have loved this entire series of the 80s, 90s, and 70s!. Great work with this channel!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I agree The Timeline series is 🔥and I hope Weird History does Timeline 2000s after Timeline 1970s

[@ilahildasissac1943]

Same here, born in '67.

[@huntingtonbeachsasquatch]

In 1975 Linda Carter was filming Wonder Woman in the Long Beach Harbor on a yacht when I was 8. when she was done filming my sister got a picture of Wonder Woman and myself, she even put her arm around me for the picture. .....Nice!😊😍😍😍🥰😘

[@joesantos2455]

You made the word brawl rhyme with Manila, Cassius Clay! Love what you did there!

[@sinzianabalaji5112]

Really amazing video as always!!! Can't wait for 1976!!!🤩🤩😍😍💖💖

[@Pr0f1tPr0ph3t]

I love this series. love the channel. splendid work

[@julianaylor4351]

Altogether now.... Wonder Woman!!! The rubber shark in Jaws was nicknamed Roger by the cast and crew of the film. The UK had a hot summer in 1975, little did us Brits know 1976 would be hotter. First highly successful music video Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was released, in the UK, in time for the song to be the UK Christmas number one. Altogether...I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche will you do the Fandango?...🎶❤️

[@adeyemiilugbuhi6230]

The shark in Jaws was named Bruce, I believe.

[@Thatssomebadhatharry1]

Jaws shark was called BRUCE after Spielberg’s lawyer

[@PurelyJimbo]

Riot broke out? January 6th? Broke into a building and trashed the place? Too soon, 1975, too soon.

[@KateColantuono]

@weirdhistory will you please add a little “HBD to Brett! 🎉” on April 9th in your 1976 video? Brett (my husband) is my favorite thing about the ‘70s 😊 We love your Timeline series and are always excited for the next years to come! TY! 💜

[@PheOfTheFae]

Commenting just to boost this because that's sweet. :)

[@KateColantuono]

@@PheOfTheFae 🥰🥰🥰

[@brodiesmith7957]

Biggest movies in 1975 Jaws One flew over a cuckoos nest

[@jp3813]

9:28 Almost the same exact injuries that Jackie Chan suffered in the 6-storey pole slide stunt of Police Story (1985).

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Wow 75 was an extremely eventful year in every category

[@navret1707]

“Tis but a flesh wound.”

[@Viper-tn5jz]

You forgot to mention that The Bionic Woman made her debut in 1975.

[@msjsq1966]

Man do I love this channel! Thank you!!!

[@candiceyoung8244]

It was such a fantastic year.

[@josiea5musings]

This is fun!! I Love these videos.....any hope for the early 2000s? Thanks

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Best songs of 1975: •Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen •Shining Star by Earth, Wind & Fire •I'm Not In Love by 10cc •Jive Talkin' by Bee Gees •That's The Way I Like It by KC and the Sunshine Band •December 1963 (Oh, What A Nighy) by Frankie Valli etc.

[@witness1013]

No.

[@erwinkamp7758]

Queen 👑❤

[@boondocks8002]

As a kid I lived next door to band member Richard finch of kc and the sunshine bands brother Earl Finch. He use to talk about him a lot. Earl was quit a bit older maybe 10orr 12 yrs. He called him little brother

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Why didn't Weird History mention the release of Queen's famous album, "A Night at the Opera"?

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

Look, if there are more 1975 songs to find, I'll edit my comment.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I'll be excited for whatever decade Weird History decides to go over after the 1970s But I feel that Weird History should complete the 1970-2020 Timeline Chain with the 2000s & the 2010s before completing the rest of the 1900s

[@NewMessage]

Rough year for me.. potty training began. We all have our Viet Nam, man...

[@MADDOXXXbr]

Linda Carter will always be the best Wonder Woman

[@starmnsixty1209]

👍👍👍👍

[@tylerhackner9731]

Very interesting year! Much more than just a year before the bicentennial

[@chrisguardiano6143]

1975 was also the year soccer began taking the first steps towards becoming a major sport in the US when the greatest soccer player of all time Pele signed with the NY Cosmos on June 10th. Even though the NASL would only last until 1984, the impact it had thanks to Pele on American soccer would eventually lead to the US hosting the 1994 World Cup & the creation of MLS two years later.