Agreed! I think it was 1999 when pharma ads were allowed and now it seems they are ALWAYS on😡 I graduated high school in 1977 so this was a great trip down memory lane ❤ thx Fred!
It's not really "big pharma," but a bunch of small fly-by-night companies that claim to make drugs, but are really just placebos and worthless supplements. Oh, and all the fucking CDB crap that should be banned.
@@lovelacetunes There was a band here in Canada called The Hanson Brothers, back in the eighties, made up of members from two punk bands called NoMeansNo and DOA, I think.
I was 7 in 1977 thanks for this flashback. My fondest memory of that year was watching Star Wars with my 4 brothers at the drive-in, sitting on the hood of my parents new 77 Impala.
I was 16 (going on 17) back then. Loved "Dancing Queen" and enjoyed watching "Tomorrow" with Tom Snyder. I remember when he had "The Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on his show before the premiere of "NBC's Saturday Night Live!"
Fred, thank you for another great video. I was in the 8th grade that year and it was a very good year for me. I remember being the last kid taken on the baseball team. The coach, a 350 lb. man who was a very tough coach, but a kind man inside chose me over 5 other kids, mostly for my speed. He clocked me running the bases faster than any other kid he coached. He nicknamed me "Elmo Golden Wheels", and that name stuck right threw high school. Whenever kids passed me in the hallway they would call me "Elmo". It was a great time to be a kid. Fred, Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Sounds like you had a great time, Stephen. I was fast too and played baseball very well though I was too small for little league. But I'll never forget when I was about 14 the guys from the neighborhood got together for a pick-up game. I was new and they didn't know what I could do and I was small so I was picked last. Well, we played the game and decided to play another one but the captains wanted to pick sides again. Well, the second time I was picked FIRST. I was so proud of that moment. And it wasn't the only time I was picked first after they got to know me.
I have a family friend who was known as the best baseball player in the neighborhood, mostly due to his ability to run really fast. He had the nickname “speedy Gonzales.” He said that the kids in the neighborhood used to play a baseball type game called “lines.” Has anyone else ever heard of this game before? I never have heard of anyone else who is familiar with it. I wonder if it could be just be a game kids used to play in that specific neighborhood or time period (my friend grew up in buffalo in the 50s & 60s).
@@FredFlix Fred, what a great story. I guess the team captains underestimated your ability. You proved them all wrong. They will never pick you last ever again. Good job, Fred!!!!
@@AlbertanorthernlightsI never heard of any baseball game called "lines". I went to a school that was very good at all the sports and if you were not athletic then you were an outcast. I always could run fast and my coach told me that he wanted me to steal any chance I got. Problem is I was on the bench most of the season.
Awesome stuff Fred, thank uou. Seeing Tom Snyder sure took me back to coming downstairs for a drink of water, and there was Mom with curlers in her hair smoking a Silva Thin, she loved staying up after Dad and us 6 kids were in bed 😊❤
Doug, was working night shift at the time, and if I got off a few minutes early and rushed home, I could catch the last 5 minutes of Snyder. Of course, by April I bought a Betamax so that was no longer an issue.
@@mrwoodandmrtin YES, my friend, he did. So did Jim Carrey and Gov. Jerry Brown.....lol. Great music from Ms. Ronstadt - brings alot of happiness to my life. Enjoy. Jeff
Bet George couldn't believe his luck! There was that time magazine cover with her on the front. A teenage boys Dreamgirl. Nature puts some people together in the most appealing way sometimes..
Well this one gets to me - as I knew it would. My first childhood dog - whom I had nearly since my birth in ‘ 65 - died that Feb. 5. I remember I had bought Daredevil no. 145 that morning - a Saturday. I read it the next day for comfort after crying all night. Jim Shooter wrote it … George Tuska drew it … and those guys have no idea what that story meant to a one broken-hearted kid in the South Carolina midlands. So I remember many of the events, music and ads in this video as a result … another great job, Fred, in capturing the feel of those times. Despite my little tragedy - it was a great time to be a kid.
You had it pretty rough that Saturday, Chris. I remember the line from "Mr. Bojangles" -- "his dog up and died. After 20 years he still grieves." Well, I lost my beloved Smutt in 1980 and after 44 years I still grieve.
Never watched the Hardy Boys during the 70's, but now at 64 I enjoy shows like that cuz the hair cars and clothes all remind me of when I was a teenager
The movie Star Wars was so awesome. When next visiting my parents, I talked them into going, and they liked it as much as I did. I bought the sound-track double LP and played it often. The musical score was so professionally done, in the days when musicians played hands-on real-life instruments that demanded talent, imagine that!!! :)
In February of ‘77 I was 2 months shy of turning 15, and went to live in a home for troubled adolescent girls until June. I never thought I would someday feel nostalgic looking back at that time, but here I am! As always, I enjoyed this video and am looking forward to the next one, Fred!
I was 22, and in jail waiting for court dates, six weeks, then a residential rehab run by junkies for another six weeks. It's amazing that I never got caught breaking any rule! Probation officer was soulless. But. I had fun, anyway & would go back in a heartbeat.
Only brand new car my father ever purchased (the rest all pre-owned, used) was a 1977 Monte Carlo. Same year our first color television. What a year to be a child.
I was well into my second year of teaching in southwestern Kansas. Loved the community. I remember the Ava song from the radio. I had a tiny plug-in one that fit perfectly in the chalk tray of the blackboard. Whenever I had studyhalls in my classroom, I would have that radio on low. The only AM station in the area played a mix of country and rock.
The year my little brother was born! Even though we tried to kill each other growing up, we are close now! Good old sibling rivalry! Thanks Fred! I always appreciate you putting this together for us. I also love the range of time periods you cover. Take care.
Wow!, more of my senior year in high school flashing before my eyes! Thanks, Freddie! **The only decent-styled car that year was the Pontiac Firebird TransAm, the rest,,,Yuch!
Nice job, Fred! 0:01 - This is around the first time I played at a bowling alley that had automatic scoring, in the basement of a shopping center in TN, where we'd recently moved. Before then scoring was always manual on a sheet. 7:17 - The CBS promos are from Feb. 1978. The calendar at the start looks like Feb. 1978, and I know that MAUDE episode is from the show's final season early in 1978. 11:03 - I didn't know Captain Kool & the Kongs were ever on a news magazine cover. I used to watch their show more for segments like "ElectraWoman & DynaGirl". The Kongs were downsized by one for the next season, dumping "Flatbush" (the guy on the far left).
I totally agree with Carlin that "hot water heater" is redundant. :) Weird to see Elvis, who only had about six months to live. Love the nostalgia, Fred, especially Dancing Queen.
I never really watched Tom Snyder, but saw enough jokes about him on Letterman that when that credit sequences started, I thought, "Is this Tom Snyder's show?" 😃
I’ll tell you I was so elated when dancing queen became number one. I was an ABBA fan since I was seven or so and I heard Waterloo on the radio. Our family also became big fans of the group. It was triumphant knowing they became number one and all my friends that were Kiss fans were picking on me and then they realized wow maybe this group has something to offer.
The good ole days, when I was going to the smallest school in the whole California school system Allegheny junior senior highschool. I was 16 almost 17 years old and going from freshman into sophomore. Boy what a year. But I wouldn't trade it.
I Dig the stuff you put up. I've kinda deciphered a lot of your time lines of your vids and I'm gonna guess that we're only a month or two apart in our birthdays (I'm Oct.54) and I'm gonna say, like me, you graduated when you were 17 in 1972. Could be wrong but Keep up the good work.
Hard to believe that AMF was making HARLEY-DAVIDSON motorcycles for a few years! My mother's previous husband built custom Harley choppers in the early to late 70s. It was a pretty rare thing at that time. His name was Byron Barry Bowles (B.B.) and he was top dog of the North Carolina chapter of the Outlaws MC back in the day. He was actually quite a good dude. R.I.P.
I remember reading that article about Linda Ronstadt, who I had a major crush on at the time ("Linda Ronstadt Torchy Rock"). At one point the articles stated something that in retrospect I find very amusing: "Linda is 30 now. Her face is flawed; her hair is streaked with gray". To think that 30 was considered to be somewhat old back then for a rock star! I'm 62 now, and I was about a month away from turning 15 when I read the article. I would love to be 30 again!
It does not feel like it was 47 years ago. I was just married, working my ass off at two jobs to make the house payment and pay bills and raise my Daughter. I blinked and missed it. Good video Fred.
On this date in the United States: February 1977 was only 1 Month Before PBS stations around the country including my local PBS station: KPBS from San Diego, California All Conducted the Festival '77 Membership Pledge Drive from Sunday March 6th through Sunday March 20th, 1977 with National Host and Spokesperson: Flip Wilson (Actor-Comedian) via videotaped pledge messages and from the 13-city tour around the country, Festival '77 premiered many NEW Specials including "Bar Mitzvah Boy", "Sesame Street At Night?", "Rock Follies (A five part musical drama series)", "The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 1976", "All-Star Swing Festival (A 1972 big band concert special)", "Blithe Spirit" starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond and Margaret Rutherford", the world premiere of "Scenes From A Marriage" starring Liv Ullmann and written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, Asmat: Cannibal Craftsmen of New Guinea, "Pleasure at Her Majesty's: A Monty Python Comedy Special", "Austin City Limits: Country Music and Then Some", "The Epic That Never Was"-A behind the scenes look of the unfinished production of "I, Claudius", "Live From The Met: La Boheme" starring Luciano Pavarotti and Renata Scotto, The Andersonville Trial (Hollywood Television Theatre) returns, "The Glory of Their Times narrated by Alexander Scourby, all 3 parts of "Yankee Dynasty" on The Way it Was, and MUCH MORE Specials and Regular Favorites!! Some Great Things to See on Public TV: It's Festival '77!!
Greatest sports comedy: Slapshot next to Bad News Bears - I played both sports at the time. The great decline in American television begins. The best Cheap Trick album is released.
I was 16, man that time just flew bye, I think we worked to much, I had a job when I was in my 20's that required me to work 6 days a week. Never gave it much though, liked the money, got out of work at 2 on Saturdays didn't need to go back till Monday, thought I still had all weekend to party and play. Now I realize, didn't have much time at all
We weren't just watching programs... we was being programmed. TV and the media in general sure seemed much more benign back then. Today... not so much. It's sweet to look back. But it's also a reminder of how powerful the mass media is, particularly TV and video. Me, I'm still looking for a Time Tunnel portal to get me back to my younger more innocent days. Get me out of this 2024 Death Star. Thanks Fred for this portal.
Ahh, nothing like starting off a Monday morning with a FredFlix trip down memory lane. I gotta say though, Elvis didn't look so good. But it's probably nothing, I'm sure he's got plenty of time left 🙏🤔
Originally titled, "War Wizards" but the "war" was dropped from the title due to another film due out from a certain Mr. Lucas later that year also from Fox.
I wish they would bring back the original scent of Herbal Essence ! They came out with Conditioner, Lotion, and maybe powder too. If they had made a perfume, i would have worn it. I dont like the new scents so much. I think girls would use it these days ,so would those of us from back then.
Slap Shot, the greatest sports film of all time. It has the best single line about Jackie Robinson in film history. ABBA.....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤! It is a shame George Carlin is gone. I constantly wonder what his take on wokeism would have been. Considering which side of the spectrum it is coming from, he might not have said a word. What an awful event in Chicago. As can be seen in the ad, The Six Million Dollar Man had already jumped the shark by this time. Twilights Last Gleaming was such a dud. Chris Evert....best pair of legs in professional tennis history. Cute as a button too. I was too young to stay up for Tom Snyder, but I wish I hadn't been. Great show. Thanks Fred.
I was winding down my junior year of high school and learning to play those cool guitar licks off the popular rock songs, mostly to impress girls who otherwise wouldn't have given me a second look. It worked too, but I got bored with them and kept trying instead to improve as a player. By the way Fred, Steve Miller previewed "Fly Like an Eagle" on a 1974 episode of Midnight Special, although that version was a bit different from the better-known hit version.
The comic book covers are a nice touch, but please toss in more of the big ones like X-Men, Superman, Captain America, etc. as well as the "pop culture" comic books like Star Wars, Mohammed Ali versus Superman, KISS comic books, etc. (as examples).
Personally, I would have dozens of comic book covers each episode because I was a comic book geek when being a comic book geek wasn't cool. But there has to be a balance. If I used as many comics as I wanted, the car buffs would feel slighted. In reality, only a small percentage of my viewers know or care about comics. Having said that, I try to hit the keys and the great covers when I can (and remember to do so).
Back in the days when every other commercial wasn’t big pharma and a Ford Maverick was a car, not a truck. 😊
Agreed! I think it was 1999 when pharma ads were allowed and now it seems they are ALWAYS on😡
I graduated high school in 1977 so this was a great trip down memory lane ❤ thx Fred!
I got rid of my tv 17 years ago, but I still see big pharma ads on Facebook. Disgusting, all the side effects!!!
Yeah, this current *thing* is not a Maverick. It's a goofy truck thing.
It's not really "big pharma," but a bunch of small fly-by-night companies that claim to make drugs, but are really just placebos and worthless supplements. Oh, and all the fucking CDB crap that should be banned.
Embrace holistic medicine
Slap Shot was my #1 favorite of 1977.
@@jkeegan154 The Hanson Bros 😀 If I had to choose between going to an “unprofessional “ or an NHL game, I’d pick the small time stuff every time!
@@lovelacetunes They all actually played pro hockey, one in the NHL.
Still great!!
Great movie. I heard it was loosely based on the Flyers ( Broad Street Bullies ).
@@lovelacetunes There was a band here in Canada called The Hanson Brothers, back in the eighties, made up of members from two punk bands called NoMeansNo and DOA, I think.
I never realized how much I'd missed of tv in '77 while not having a minute of free time in college and working.
pretty much me from the late '70s to early 80's. but i did catch the miracle on ice - almost by accident.
Another really good year for me as I can remember. Thanks so much.
You're welcome, HLJ.
I was 7 in 1977 thanks for this flashback. My fondest memory of that year was watching Star Wars with my 4 brothers at the drive-in, sitting on the hood of my parents new 77 Impala.
Me too
Thanks for making this Monday morning a better one, Fred!
My pleasure, Angela.
I was 16 (going on 17) back then. Loved "Dancing Queen" and enjoyed watching "Tomorrow" with Tom Snyder. I remember when he had "The Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on his show before the premiere of "NBC's Saturday Night Live!"
I was in my element in 1977 & my first car was a 2 door maverick thank you so much for sharing this ahh sweet days of youth lol 😂😢
You're welcome, Sandra.
Yeah you were 🎉
Fred, thank you for another great video. I was in the 8th grade that year and it was a very good year for me. I remember being the last kid taken on the baseball team. The coach, a 350 lb. man who was a very tough coach, but a kind man inside chose me over 5 other kids, mostly for my speed. He clocked me running the bases faster than any other kid he coached. He nicknamed me "Elmo Golden Wheels", and that name stuck right threw high school. Whenever kids passed me in the hallway they would call me "Elmo". It was a great time to be a kid. Fred, Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Sounds like you had a great time, Stephen. I was fast too and played baseball very well though I was too small for little league. But I'll never forget when I was about 14 the guys from the neighborhood got together for a pick-up game. I was new and they didn't know what I could do and I was small so I was picked last. Well, we played the game and decided to play another one but the captains wanted to pick sides again. Well, the second time I was picked FIRST. I was so proud of that moment. And it wasn't the only time I was picked first after they got to know me.
I have a family friend who was known as the best baseball player in the neighborhood, mostly due to his ability to run really fast. He had the nickname “speedy Gonzales.” He said that the kids in the neighborhood used to play a baseball type game called “lines.” Has anyone else ever heard of this game before? I never have heard of anyone else who is familiar with it. I wonder if it could be just be a game kids used to play in that specific neighborhood or time period (my friend grew up in buffalo in the 50s & 60s).
@@FredFlix Fred, what a great story. I guess the team captains underestimated your ability. You proved them all wrong. They will never pick you last ever again. Good job, Fred!!!!
@@AlbertanorthernlightsI never heard of any baseball game called "lines". I went to a school that was very good at all the sports and if you were not athletic then you were an outcast. I always could run fast and my coach told me that he wanted me to steal any chance I got. Problem is I was on the bench most of the season.
Really love that you always manage to include rare Elvis footage
Good to know, robhigh. Not sure I did that every time but the videos have already been completed up through August of '77.
I very well remember 1977,those were some fun times being a kid
Thanks for the memories
I was 10 years old. Wonderful time. Life was fun everyday.
I owned a 77 Caprice, and the 305 was junk. 77 was a bad winter.
Thanks Fred 👍
You're welcome, Gary.
the 350 in the Impala that year was also bad., we had one
2nd grade 1976/77. Miss it. Things were easier for us kids then.
Awesome stuff Fred, thank uou. Seeing Tom Snyder sure took me back to coming downstairs for a drink of water, and there was Mom with curlers in her hair smoking a Silva Thin, she loved staying up after Dad and us 6 kids were in bed 😊❤
Doug, was working night shift at the time, and if I got off a few minutes early and rushed home, I could catch the last 5 minutes of Snyder. Of course, by April I bought a Betamax so that was no longer an issue.
Fred, God Bless you!!!! You have my idol, Linda Ronstadt, included....beautiful time to grow-up in. ❤❤❤
Always happy to include Linda!
@@FredFlix George Lucas also had an interest.
@@mrwoodandmrtin YES, my friend, he did. So did Jim Carrey and Gov. Jerry Brown.....lol. Great music from Ms. Ronstadt - brings alot of happiness to my life. Enjoy. Jeff
Bet George couldn't believe his luck!
There was that time magazine cover with her on the front.
A teenage boys Dreamgirl.
Nature puts some people together in the most appealing way sometimes..
Thanks loved Abe Vigoda miss the 70s
Well this one gets to me - as I knew it would. My first childhood dog - whom I had nearly since my birth in ‘ 65 - died that Feb. 5. I remember I had bought Daredevil no. 145 that morning - a Saturday. I read it the next day for comfort after crying all night. Jim Shooter wrote it … George Tuska drew it … and those guys have no idea what that story meant to a one broken-hearted kid in the South Carolina midlands.
So I remember many of the events, music and ads in this video as a result … another great job, Fred, in capturing the feel of those times. Despite my little tragedy - it was a great time to be a kid.
You had it pretty rough that Saturday, Chris. I remember the line from "Mr. Bojangles" -- "his dog up and died. After 20 years he still grieves." Well, I lost my beloved Smutt in 1980 and after 44 years I still grieve.
@@FredFlix Absolutely! I definitely relate. What an accurate lyric that is!
There's Johnny Carson again, I loved The Tonight Show. "Hot Water Heater" indeed! I never had thought of the ridiculousness of that phrase, LOL!!
Never watched the Hardy Boys during the 70's, but now at 64 I enjoy shows like that cuz the hair cars and clothes all remind me of when I was a teenager
I remember that was a very cold winter growing up in Wisconsin
Aren't they ALL in Wisconsin?!? 😅
Lancaster Wisconsin back then..
Thank you once again for another wonderful trip down memory lane fred. nostalgia can sometimes be painful because today is so bad .😊😊😊😊
In February of 1977 i had just turned 5. I can remember a lot of these people and events ❤ My early memories. 😊
The movie Star Wars was so awesome. When next visiting my parents, I talked them into going, and they liked it as much as I did. I bought the sound-track double LP and played it often. The musical score was so professionally done, in the days when musicians played hands-on real-life instruments that demanded talent, imagine that!!! :)
Oh Fred, this really brought back memories of being 15 going on 16 that year!! Thank You for these posts.
I was 5 and now in my 50sI love the profound wisdom of Fish.
In February of ‘77 I was 2 months shy of turning 15, and went to live in a home for troubled adolescent girls until June. I never thought I would someday feel nostalgic looking back at that time, but here I am! As always, I enjoyed this video and am looking forward to the next one, Fred!
Sounds as though you came through those troubled times OK, UVF.
@@FredFlixI did the best anyone could in the situation I was in.
I was 22, and in jail waiting for court dates, six weeks, then a residential rehab run by junkies for another six weeks.
It's amazing that I never got caught breaking any rule! Probation officer was soulless. But. I had fun, anyway & would go back in a heartbeat.
Only brand new car my father ever purchased (the rest all pre-owned, used) was a 1977 Monte Carlo. Same year our first color television. What a year to be a child.
I was well into my second year of teaching in southwestern Kansas. Loved the community. I remember the Ava song from the radio. I had a tiny plug-in one that fit perfectly in the chalk tray of the blackboard. Whenever I had studyhalls in my classroom, I would have that radio on low. The only AM station in the area played a mix of country and rock.
The year my little brother was born! Even though we tried to kill each other growing up, we are close now! Good old sibling rivalry! Thanks Fred! I always appreciate you putting this together for us. I also love the range of time periods you cover. Take care.
Thanks W1RMD.
Good times and good memories and music in 1977. I was in the 9th grade. Miss those times 😢.
👋😊
I was at the wonderful age of 11 1/2 🎶🤩💕
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. The world was so different. It was so much better than today. As a 10 year old I roamed a major city without a care .
This was awesome nostalgia. Thanks very much!
You're welcome, HB.
Thanks Big brother Fred! Another warm and fuzzy flashback to simpler times.
You're welcome, 5arge.
Wow!, more of my senior year in high school flashing before my eyes! Thanks, Freddie! **The only decent-styled car that year was the Pontiac Firebird TransAm, the rest,,,Yuch!
Car styles were definitely on the decline, ants....
Thanks Fred, this really cheered up my crappy day today.
Glad to help, 6blade.
I never heard of the movie Wizards lol. Thank you Fred this was a fun video
I loved that movie! I was only 7 though.
You're welcome, Bridget.
Thank you for another great video. 😊
You're welcome, Jan.
My birthday month! Sweet! 👊❤️👊
Thanks Fred my sister dressed me up as a vampire it was in 78 thouhy roamed around every place safe i was 13 good times you are special to all of us
Thanks, Cliff.
Nice job, Fred!
0:01 - This is around the first time I played at a bowling alley that had automatic scoring, in the basement of a shopping center in TN, where we'd recently moved. Before then scoring was always manual on a sheet.
7:17 - The CBS promos are from Feb. 1978. The calendar at the start looks like Feb. 1978, and I know that MAUDE episode is from the show's final season early in 1978.
11:03 - I didn't know Captain Kool & the Kongs were ever on a news magazine cover. I used to watch their show more for segments like "ElectraWoman & DynaGirl". The Kongs were downsized by one for the next season, dumping "Flatbush" (the guy on the far left).
Thanks for pointing the CBS promo error, Jon. I must need new glasses!
I totally agree with Carlin that "hot water heater" is redundant. :) Weird to see Elvis, who only had about six months to live. Love the nostalgia, Fred, especially Dancing Queen.
Thanks, Robert.
Hot off the Fred press!
Dude, thanks for the reminder that saner times really did exist!🤘
You're welcome, LLT.
Thanks for ABBA Fred!
I never really watched Tom Snyder, but saw enough jokes about him on Letterman that when that credit sequences started, I thought, "Is this Tom Snyder's show?" 😃
Totally awesome Fred
Thank you, friend Brenda.
I’ll tell you I was so elated when dancing queen became number one. I was an ABBA fan since I was seven or so and I heard Waterloo on the radio. Our family also became big fans of the group. It was triumphant knowing they became number one and all my friends that were Kiss fans were picking on me and then they realized wow maybe this group has something to offer.
Hmmm. ABBA became big for me when I moved to Europe. They were really famous in Spain. Happy feel good songs in general. 🎶🎵🎶
Nice, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟
Thanks, Mercedes.
The good ole days, when I was going to the smallest school in the whole California school system Allegheny junior senior highschool. I was 16 almost 17 years old and going from freshman into sophomore. Boy what a year. But I wouldn't trade it.
I Dig the stuff you put up. I've kinda deciphered a lot of your time lines of your vids and I'm gonna guess that we're only a month or two apart in our birthdays (I'm Oct.54) and I'm gonna say, like me, you graduated when you were 17 in 1972. Could be wrong but Keep up the good work.
George Carlin is my personal hero.
WOW!!!!!!!!!! My almost best movie of all time!! SLAPSHOT! Thank You Mister Flix for the cover shot !!!!!!
My pleasure, LL.
ABBA Dancing Queen ♥️
1977 last year of High School for me. 66years of age now,where did the time go?
Fish was underrated! A great situation comedy
Abe Vigoda was amazing who lived to be 94
I remember back in '77 at the end of January and into early February there was the infamous Blizzard of 77 in Western New York!
I was in the 2nd grade, great time to be a kid.
Hard to believe that AMF was making HARLEY-DAVIDSON motorcycles for a few years!
My mother's previous husband built custom Harley choppers in the early to late 70s. It was a pretty rare thing at that time.
His name was Byron Barry Bowles (B.B.) and he was top dog of the North Carolina chapter of the Outlaws MC back in the day.
He was actually quite a good dude. R.I.P.
That's good to know, Nick.
Another great one Fred. I loved Fun With Dick and Jane and The Cassandra Crossing. George Segal was great. Loved him on The Goldbergs. Thanks Fred 👍.
You're welcome, Gregg.
I remember reading that article about Linda Ronstadt, who I had a major crush on at the time ("Linda Ronstadt Torchy Rock").
At one point the articles stated something that in retrospect I find very amusing:
"Linda is 30 now. Her face is flawed; her hair is streaked with gray".
To think that 30 was considered to be somewhat old back then for a rock star! I'm 62 now, and I was about a month away from turning 15 when I read the article. I would love to be 30 again!
Same here.
Thanks for the Cheap Trick shoutout.
You're welcome, Jean.
Only February and already two movies (Cassandra Crossing, Twilight's Last Gleaming) with scores by the great Jerry Goldsmith. What a composer.
Halloween 78 Safe remember Cassandra Crossing great thanks Fred and thanks for Rockford Files you the man
It does not feel like it was 47 years ago. I was just married, working my ass off at two jobs to make the house payment and pay bills and raise my Daughter. I blinked and missed it. Good video Fred.
Thanks, Tom.
On this date in the United States: February 1977 was only 1 Month Before PBS stations around the country including my local PBS station: KPBS from San Diego, California All Conducted the Festival '77 Membership Pledge Drive from Sunday March 6th through Sunday March 20th, 1977 with National Host and Spokesperson: Flip Wilson (Actor-Comedian) via videotaped pledge messages and from the 13-city tour around the country, Festival '77 premiered many NEW Specials including "Bar Mitzvah Boy", "Sesame Street At Night?", "Rock Follies (A five part musical drama series)", "The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 1976", "All-Star Swing Festival (A 1972 big band concert special)", "Blithe Spirit" starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond and Margaret Rutherford", the world premiere of "Scenes From A Marriage" starring Liv Ullmann and written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, Asmat: Cannibal Craftsmen of New Guinea, "Pleasure at Her Majesty's: A Monty Python Comedy Special", "Austin City Limits: Country Music and Then Some", "The Epic That Never Was"-A behind the scenes look of the unfinished production of "I, Claudius", "Live From The Met: La Boheme" starring Luciano Pavarotti and Renata Scotto, The Andersonville Trial (Hollywood Television Theatre) returns, "The Glory of Their Times narrated by Alexander Scourby, all 3 parts of "Yankee Dynasty" on The Way it Was, and MUCH MORE Specials and Regular Favorites!! Some Great Things to See on Public TV: It's Festival '77!!
I remember that tragic accident that happened on the CTA elevated train downtown that very year.
Thanks, FredFlix 😲
You're welcome, Luis.
Greatest sports comedy: Slapshot next to Bad News Bears - I played both sports at the time. The great decline in American television begins. The best Cheap Trick album is released.
Tom Snyder, Johnny Carson... R.I.P. chain smokers!
I was 16, man that time just flew bye, I think we worked to much, I had a job when I was in my 20's that required me to work 6 days a week. Never gave it much though, liked the money, got out of work at 2 on Saturdays didn't need to go back till Monday, thought I still had all weekend to party and play. Now I realize, didn't have much time at all
Alright Fred! Another insight of things to come…Put on your seat belts, it’s gonna be a crazy year!
You said it, Dennis!
I saw the Cassandra crossing at the Garrison cinema as a kid I was 13 in1977
A movie version of COVID-19
Back when hub caps were still in style. Thanks.
I was born on 22 that month and year 👍
Fly Like An Eagle was our car's 8-track staple.
Man, I loved Wizards!
We weren't just watching programs... we was being programmed. TV and the media in general sure seemed much more benign back then. Today... not so much. It's sweet to look back. But it's also a reminder of how powerful the mass media is, particularly TV and video. Me, I'm still looking for a Time Tunnel portal to get me back to my younger more innocent days. Get me out of this 2024 Death Star. Thanks Fred for this portal.
I dread to say this, Peter, but we may soon wish it was 2024 again. So appreciate whatever we have still going on for us.
Classic Steve Miller band fly like an eagle a matter of fact that whole album is good 👍🥁🥁
This was 3 months prior to the release of Star Wars, then the whole world changed.
Ahh, nothing like starting off a Monday morning with a FredFlix trip down memory lane. I gotta say though, Elvis didn't look so good. But it's probably nothing, I'm sure he's got plenty of time left 🙏🤔
Ouch! Yeah!
Those were the good ol days. You think we'll look back 45 years from now and think "man, those were the good ol days"???
I'd be 115, so, yeah.
@@1701echopapa Godspeed
The great George Carlin on Johnny Carson
I don't know what we'd do without ya, Fred. Thanks for reminding me of two movies I need to rewatch - wizards and fun with dick and Jane.
Much Love
Thanks, Mic.
Neat 🥰🥰
Wizards was a weird but cool film!
Originally titled, "War Wizards" but the "war" was dropped from the title due to another film due out from a certain Mr. Lucas later that year also from Fox.
Tom was great and he was the last guy who smoked on TV
I knew Tony Randall switched networks but always thought it was in the fall of 1977.
I wish they would bring back the original scent of Herbal Essence ! They came out with Conditioner, Lotion, and maybe powder too. If they had made a perfume, i would have worn it. I dont like the new scents so much. I think girls would use it these days ,so would those of us from back then.
Slap Shot, the greatest sports film of all time. It has the best single line about Jackie Robinson in film history. ABBA.....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤! It is a shame George Carlin is gone. I constantly wonder what his take on wokeism would have been. Considering which side of the spectrum it is coming from, he might not have said a word. What an awful event in Chicago. As can be seen in the ad, The Six Million Dollar Man had already jumped the shark by this time. Twilights Last Gleaming was such a dud. Chris Evert....best pair of legs in professional tennis history. Cute as a button too. I was too young to stay up for Tom Snyder, but I wish I hadn't been. Great show. Thanks Fred.
You're welcome, Doug. I think Carlin would have had a field day with wokeism.
George Carlin is the greatest philosopher ever.
@@FredFlix Yeah, can't see him wasting a good opportunity.
The CBS promos are from February 1978...
Oops!
Fun with Dick and Jane was so funny! I saw it on HBO. They tried to remake it. It was a dismal failure. You just cant beat the 70s.
Fred, I was in high school and all the cute females, got Farrah Faucet hairdos and Frampton was playing everywhere.
Fawcett/Frampton sort of define that period, David.
@@FredFlix Fred, they really did I lived it.
I was winding down my junior year of high school and learning to play those cool guitar licks off the popular rock songs, mostly to impress girls who otherwise wouldn't have given me a second look. It worked too, but I got bored with them and kept trying instead to improve as a player. By the way Fred, Steve Miller previewed "Fly Like an Eagle" on a 1974 episode of Midnight Special, although that version was a bit different from the better-known hit version.
I might be using that preview in an upcoming 1974 video, Ernest.
Watched the Krofft Supershow every Saturday, loved their live action shows better than the cartoons.
Women dressed better then. I remember gaucho pants, midi skirts with boots, cowl neck sweaters, vests, western style clothes.
The comic book covers are a nice touch, but please toss in more of the big ones like X-Men, Superman, Captain America, etc. as well as the "pop culture" comic books like Star Wars, Mohammed Ali versus Superman, KISS comic books, etc. (as examples).
Personally, I would have dozens of comic book covers each episode because I was a comic book geek when being a comic book geek wasn't cool. But there has to be a balance. If I used as many comics as I wanted, the car buffs would feel slighted. In reality, only a small percentage of my viewers know or care about comics. Having said that, I try to hit the keys and the great covers when I can (and remember to do so).
@@FredFlixThe vast majority of those comics I had. Too bad I had to sell off my collection during the recession.
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How popular was slapshot? Young kids still dress as the Hanson Brothers for Halloween.😂
Newman as a 52 year old hockey player. Now that's acting.
Back when O.J. Simpson only _acted_ in bizarre dramas.
Hmm.. No Star Wars 🤔
Not until May.