I was 7 in 1977 and I totally remember when Star Wars was released. It was HUGE!!!! myself and all little girls everywhere wanted to be Princess Leah. I made my mom do my hair like hers too🤣🤣🤣🤣 and I had to have all the dolls of her too.
I too was 7. Star Wars was the first movie my mom kicked me out of the car and said “when it’s over wait right here”. 😂 And yes every one of us boys were captivated with Lea (from the other perspective).
The Dr Pepper guy is named David Naughton. He starred in my favorite movie “An American Werewolf in London”. This movie won awards for the best special effects. It has the best werewolf transformation without the use of any computer animation. If y'all haven't seen it it's amazing!! Moshi
These make me all rewatch the I Love The 70s/80s/90s shows on VH1, so glad there’s something like this being made for contemporary audiences on RUclips
I rewatched several episodes here on youtube... honestly, Weird History has got it beat. The comedians and actors are funny, but it can be a bit repetitive. Soooo much more gets covered on Weird History.
What's great about it is that it makes you want to look into these bite-sized stories. You can get an entire history lesson this way. And it is just a little more fun than reading a textbook.
There was also the infamous 1977 blackout in New York City, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back and chaos erupted over large parts of town. It was also the year of the World Series in the Bronx where an apartment building nearby was on fire, and Howard Cosell is misattributed as saying, “There is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.”
The greatest event of 1977 was actually a 1 2-punch of Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever. 2 great films and two of the most influential and popular of my generation. Heard the soundtrack to Saturday night fever in my cassette deck and just played skip forward and backward it was so wonderful.
1977 was my birth year. And as being born and raised in Seattle, I’ve literally been a Mariners fan my whole life. As well as a huge Star Wars fan. So I’m really gonna enjoy watching this. Thanks!!😊
My girlfriend (now my wife) and I saw the trailer for Star Wars while watching either the Rankin Bass Hobbit or Lord of the Rings animated movie, I don't remember which now. Everyone in the theater was blown away by the trailer. We had never seen anything like it. When Star Wars opened, there was a line a block long and we waited at least an hour, maybe more, to see the movie. We watched it several times after that, since we could get discount tickets because we were students. There was a line at every show so people would bring cards and games to play while we waited in line. Waiting in line for Star Wars became a social event along with the movie. It really was something special at the time. I look back at a New Hope now and realize how juvenile the movie actually is, Lucas admitted it was made for 12-year-olds after all, but no one cared then or now. The original Star Wars movies still hold a special place in my life and was a major factor in me finding the love of my life. I will always be grateful.
you might want to check your memories there, both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings came out after Star Wars (May 77 vs Nov 77 and Nov 78 for the Tolkien adaptations)
I was Born in 1977 and here is what people told me happened the year I was born. 1. Elvis Died 2. Star War comes out and changes the world. 3. Atari 2600 is released and changes video games forever!
Here is what the 70s were like: You could get paid the minimum wage and afford an apartment. Music was outstanding all the time. Film was great and people only watched TV at night and not every night because there was so much to do. There was no aids, no epidemics, no worries about wars. The boomers were in their 30s to 40s and it was all about peace and love. Cops were far less brutal and invasive than now. The usual evening was friends visiting smoking a little weed and listening to the latest albums. It really was - in the happiest sense - all about sex, drugs and rock and roll.
I was 12 in 1977. The 2 biggest events of that year for me was the NYC blackout and the Yankees winning the World Series. My dad was a huge Yankee fan back in the day. Thanks and keep up the great work!
I can't believe that "A New Hope" and "Close Encounters" are now 45 years old. I was too young to properly remember the hype, but I know various relatives who were absolutely obsessed with the costumes and characters!
Did you know that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had a friendly bet on which movie was going to be more successful, Spielberg bet on "Star Wars: A New Hope" while Lucas bet on "Close Encounters." I'm unaware of who "officially" won the bet. 😏😉
i was 7 when i saw star wars and was HOOKED! and with each new movie, all the more so. i've never seen close encounters in full. i've seen parts as an adult, but i don't like suspensful/scary movies.
@@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem fyi, "Close Encounters" is one of, in not the only film written/produced in which John Williams (composer) had direct input to the writing of the film as the film's climax involves a conversation between Earth humans and the Extra-Terrestrial visitors using musical notes. Funny to think that John Williams was the composer for both of these films. (Star Wars and Close Encounters).
My BFF and I listen to these while lying on the plush moss of my yard. We do this to relax a few times each week. We're Gen X. We like listening to US history documentaries that tie together our fragmented knowledge and experiences of events of all kinds. There were events in our 70's childhood that we heard of but didn't know much about because we we busy with our childhood lives and too young to have enough perspective. An additional series could be made about the "feel" of each year,including fashion, the country's finances, stressors like diseases and wars, hopefulness with new technology, etc. I remember the 70's mood as gritty, bitter, worry about killers, anger about Vietnam and Nixon, cutbacks in consumption, tacky TV. I remember the 80's as colorful, great tv, music, art, movies. Fun fashions, extreme stress over potential global destruction from nuclear war, suffering in Africa, fear because the ways AIDS weren't understood and most people died after diagnosis.
Movies released in 1977: •Star Wars: Epsiode IV A New Hope •Close Encounters of the Third Kind •Saturday Night Fever •Pumping Iron •A Bridge Too Far •Slap Shot •The Spy Who Loved Me •The Rescuers •Pete's Dragon •Exorcist II: The Heretic •The Hobbit •Eraserhead etc.
I came home after my first film experience, seeing "Star Wars" at a drive-in theater....I had a "spark" in me that I wanted to make my own films; I was 5.....It would be decades later, when screenwriting came into my life! THANK YOU, GEORGE LUCAS!!! :D
While the Fantasy Island pilot was in 1977, the actual series did not have regular episodes until January 20th, 1978. Eight is Enough also debuted in 1977!
Apparently, the last song Bing Crosby sang was 'Strangers In The Night'. A group of Spanish workmen at the Golf club recognized him and requested a song, and that's what he sang. According to Dearly Departed Tours, that is! xo
On a side note, I turned 18 and graduated from highschool in 1977. My English class teacher played the album Rumours during class one day. The class was an English elective class called "Rock Lyrics As Poetry. Rumours was my first exposure to "The Mac". It's still one of my favorite rock albums.
It always puts a grin on my face when I hear the notification for the next time line video and this was no exception. I was 8 years old for most of 1977 and although I'm a big history buff and Trivia guy there are still always tidbits especially the commercials that kick my butt the hardest. This time it was the one for Dr Pepper, And now the jingle is stuck in my head.☺️
@@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929 oh my gosh I loved that guy (except that I was 15 so I didn’t have a crush on him) but I loved the song; I thought it was so romantic and jazzy. Fast forward three decades and I actually listen to the lyrics of the song: it’s horrible! 🤣🤣🤣 it’s about a hitman and all the people he killed it’s just horrible.
Oh yeah. Mac the knife is a classic gangster crooner song. My sister's crush was a family joke. She was 8 and 9. She always ran up to the TV when those commercials came on and practically pressed her face to it. I figured she just thought he was cuddly as she still slept with stuffed animals.
1977 also marked the debuts of two legendary directors when Ridley Scott's The Duellists and David Lynch's Eraserhead hit screens. Terry Gilliam's first solo effort, Jabberwocky, also came to theatres. Also Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Slap Shot, The Hills Have Eyes, Pumping Iron, Cross of Iron (that would've made an interesting double feature), The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airport '77 (which the team that made TKFM would use as the basis for their next film Airplane!), Suspiria, The Gauntlet, A Bridge Too Far, Rolling Thunder, the first big screen adaptation of The Hobbit and of course, the cinematic masterpiece that stood head-and-shoulders above them all, The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Teachers from 1965 until June of 1977 in my hometown collectively breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the school district was rid of me. I was the first kid in the hamburger joint I worked for to get $3.35/hr! My first paycheck, two weeks later was over a hundred dollars!! I was hooked on this gravy train! I never got paid for the work I did before that! I decided then that the word "volunteer" was for chumps! It was just a little bit later that I heard the phrase, "trickle-down economics." Great Stuff, great video! A fun thing that didn't make the grade for this 1977 retrospective would be a lightening fashion show. I got deep into the look from The Great Gatsby from the film in '74. If there is a common thread in all of the diverse fashions in that decade, it was dressing up in costumes. It is a statement of how people felt in the 1970s. There were a lot of reasons to want to be from/in any other period than what we were living through. The American People were worn out by the 1960s and my generation had been threatened by annihilation for one reason or another and we were pretty much over having to drop, roll & cover. I don't think anyone in my generation understood that Saturday Night Fever was a comment on how much commercialization was warping this kid from Queens, what his ideals were, and the crowning moments he dreamed of at the beginning of the film were changed...or were they?
I remember 'Star Wars' being released. That really stayed with me. It seemed so magical and still is. I actualy think the first 3 movies are the greatest of the franchise. Keep these videos coming.....they bring back so many happy memories.
Well, let’s hope it was worth it to tunnel through the sooty-flecked snowdrifts of ’77 as a scrappy infant and then survive the Eighties, Nineties, and enough of a massively disappointing beginning of a brand-new Millennium in order to re-examine a year where Jurassic rock was getting stale and disco was still inexplicably going fairly strong but punk rock was kicking off like abrasive sonic dynamite amidst the bleary boring cultural wastelands of America & the UK - all on a device that has more computing power than either Voyager mission spacecraft had.
Debbie Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” was the big song that year, but for me as youth, my favorite songs were “Blue Bayou” by Linda Ronstadt and “Nobody Does it Better” by Carly Simon from the Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Then there were all those Bee Gees songs from “Saturday Night Fever.” Of course, the biggest thing that year was STAR WARS. And Elvis Presley’s death.
Billy Joel - The Stranger ... legendary album. I heard if you play it together with Star Wars it syncs up with the scenes. (That's a lie... it doesn't.)
My Parents thought I was too young to see Star Wars when it first released so I had to wait 2 more years, luckily they re-released the movie up here in Canada a couple times. Oh and I love that Incredible Hulk thumbnail!! That show terrified me when I was 9 years old and the sad piano music at the end of each episode...I can hear it now as I type this. I'm so looking forward to all the other stuff young "me" wasn't aware of in this rocking year. :)
Here are the top 10 songs of 1977, according to the Billboard year-end singles chart: 10. Torn Between Two Lovers- Mary McGregor 9. Undercover Angel- Alan O'Day 8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher- Rita Coolidge 7. Don't Leave Me This Way- Thelma Houston 6. I Like Dreamin'- Kenny Nolan 5. Angel in Your Arms- Hot 4. Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star is Born)- Barbra Streisand 3. Best of My Love- The Emotions 2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything- Andy Gibb 1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)- Rod Stewart
It's important for people to realize how much garbage has always been around when they start bleating about "Call this music? Back in my day..." There's always been crap, there always will be and if you stick around long enough you'll sound just like your parents did.
@@hanknotchinaski8222 It's also important to note that when people say "Call this music? Back in my day...", they're most often comparing the best of both eras instead of the worst.
I was 8, in 1977, and the Hype over 'Star Wars' and was beyond belief! I first heard about the movie around the time it was released in America (UK release December 77) Watched the movie and just couldn't believe what I had just seen.
Graduated high school in 1977. I remember sitting in a classroom taking a history test when it snowed. We all poured into the parking lot and watched the snow fall. This was in Plantation, Florida, a Fort Lauderdale suburb. Everybody got into CBs that summer
Turned 11 halfway through the year .. such a great time to be a kid. The culture was glorious, unconditional and was meant to be enjoyed by all. I yean for those times to this day. Thanks for the vid ...
It doesn't matter what time of the year you turned 11 . . Just as long as you turned 11 that year . . . You were 11 that year no matter what month your birthday is in ... . you were 11 that year or you wasn't . . . If your birthday was December 31 you could still honestly say you were 11 that year . . . December 31 is just as much a part of that year as January 1st is . . It's still the same year either way . . . Never understood why people worry about saying oh this time of the year I turned whatever . . . Bottom line is you was 11 that year or you wasn't . First of the year or the middle of the year or the last of the year . . It's still the same year .
You missed two huge events, the NYC/East Coast blackout and the Yankees winning the World Series with Reggie Jackson's three homers in the last game. Also, technically the crash was in the Canary Islands, yes, a part of Spain.
I have a lot of memories of 1977 when I was only 19 years of age. For some reason I have this one memory of being outside on a warm June sunny afternoon and just feeling so good in my frame. I was super fit and lean and physically active all the time. For any young people reading this post and are fortunate enough to find themselves in a good state of wellbeing, embrace the moment. It may not seem that significant at the time but as life goes on and gets harder, it will mean more to you.
Got to meet one of Skynyrd’s roadies that survived the airplane crash, gave him a huge hug and said thank you, he has a RUclips channel now and tells his story it’s wild stuff that he made it out once you hear the details
This was also the year the highly underrated BBC show "The Eagle of the Nith", the first adaptation of the Rosemary Sutcliff's novel, was premiered. It absolutely deserves much more recognition than its 2011 adaptation.
I'm down for whatever decade Weird History decides to go over after Timeline 1970s But Considering Timeline 2020 I feel that the 2000s & 2010s deserve their recognition in the Timeline Series
@@chipskylark172 I don't mind that either bit you got subscribers who was born in the 00s that want to know more of the decade depending where in the 00s they were born in
One of the airplanes in the disaster on Tenerife was a Dutch one. That same day, before the disaster happened I flew back form Tenerife to the Netherlands.
Whoa. The weatherman in the Miami snow clip is Mike Rucker. He was the weatherman here in Tallahassee throughout my childhood. I was born in 1980 so it's trippy seeing him that young 😂😂😂
i was in the army in 76 as an e - 2 pvt . the base pay was 443.00 .. taxation on a single kid was heavy so we probably got home with 75 bucks a week . it didnt buy much hash -- especially when you had to repay loan sharks " 20 for 40 " .
This is legitimately one of the best series on RUclips, I look forward to it constantly
120,000%- I die for Timeline!! And when WH first started it I could not wait for the 70’s series and I’m loving it
I wholeheartedly agree.
@@PatsyClinesDaughter That's a lot of percents!!
Yeah I found it a while back and binged the whole series. The waiting is agonizing but totally worth it. I love it 💯
Facts ❤
I was 7 in 77 too.. such a wonderful era to be a kid at the emergence of Star Wars!!!!!!!
1977 the year i graduated high school. The 60s - 90s will always be special to me, i enjoyed those decades through the good times and bad times.
Same and agreed!
Same with me.
Born in77
I was 7 in 1977 and I totally remember when Star Wars was released. It was HUGE!!!! myself and all little girls everywhere wanted to be Princess Leah. I made my mom do my hair like hers too🤣🤣🤣🤣 and I had to have all the dolls of her too.
I was six, and my parents brought me - it was the first and last movie that I ever saw that had an intermission.
I too was 7. Star Wars was the first movie my mom kicked me out of the car and said “when it’s over wait right here”. 😂 And yes every one of us boys were captivated with Lea (from the other perspective).
It's the 1st movie I remember watching at 3 years old.
I was 7 as well. Remember that and Elvis died. 😢
The 70's was the best you guys!!❤️❤️❤️❤️‼️‼️‼️‼️
The Dr Pepper guy is named David Naughton. He starred in my favorite movie “An American Werewolf in London”.
This movie won awards for the best special effects.
It has the best werewolf transformation without the use of any computer animation.
If y'all haven't seen it it's amazing!!
Moshi
These make me all rewatch the I Love The 70s/80s/90s shows on VH1, so glad there’s something like this being made for contemporary audiences on RUclips
I rewatched several episodes here on youtube... honestly, Weird History has got it beat. The comedians and actors are funny, but it can be a bit repetitive. Soooo much more gets covered on Weird History.
I absolutely love these episodes!!! Born in 84 it's the best way to learn history
What's great about it is that it makes you want to look into these bite-sized stories. You can get an entire history lesson this way. And it is just a little more fun than reading a textbook.
Well, just US history. Still entertaining though.
I absolutely love the Timeline series. I look forward to every episode.
My favorite part of these Timeline segments is the (We'll Be Right Back) drops. It is straight from Saturday Morning Cartoon Breaks.
There was also the infamous 1977 blackout in New York City, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back and chaos erupted over large parts of town. It was also the year of the World Series in the Bronx where an apartment building nearby was on fire, and Howard Cosell is misattributed as saying, “There is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.”
Iirc it is given credit for rap music to finally get noticed.
@@theiggy1474 somehow everyone acquired sound systems *wink wink*
I'm shocked they didn't mention it
Woah dang who asked
That’s interesting
The greatest event of 1977 was actually a 1 2-punch of Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever. 2 great films and two of the most influential and popular of my generation. Heard the soundtrack to Saturday night fever in my cassette deck and just played skip forward and backward it was so wonderful.
And most of the cast of Star Wars was on the Muppet Show
I've never been more educated with this way of entertainment. Thank you and I love TIMELINE!!
I turned 7yrs old in January 1977, and I remember all of this. Core memories are definitely unlocked....
13:58 David Naughton from An American Werewolf in London is one of my favorite movies! I've said this before, I love these timelines!!!
1977 was my birth year. And as being born and raised in Seattle, I’ve literally been a Mariners fan my whole life. As well as a huge Star Wars fan. So I’m really gonna enjoy watching this. Thanks!!😊
Mine to we getting old
My girlfriend (now my wife) and I saw the trailer for Star Wars while watching either the Rankin Bass Hobbit or Lord of the Rings animated movie, I don't remember which now. Everyone in the theater was blown away by the trailer. We had never seen anything like it. When Star Wars opened, there was a line a block long and we waited at least an hour, maybe more, to see the movie. We watched it several times after that, since we could get discount tickets because we were students. There was a line at every show so people would bring cards and games to play while we waited in line. Waiting in line for Star Wars became a social event along with the movie. It really was something special at the time. I look back at a New Hope now and realize how juvenile the movie actually is, Lucas admitted it was made for 12-year-olds after all, but no one cared then or now. The original Star Wars movies still hold a special place in my life and was a major factor in me finding the love of my life. I will always be grateful.
you might want to check your memories there, both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings came out after Star Wars (May 77 vs Nov 77 and Nov 78 for the Tolkien adaptations)
I was Born in 1977 and here is what people told me happened the year I was born. 1. Elvis Died 2. Star War comes out and changes the world. 3. Atari 2600 is released and changes video games forever!
Here is what the 70s were like: You could get paid the minimum wage and afford an apartment. Music was outstanding all the time. Film was great and people only watched TV at night and not every night because there was so much to do. There was no aids, no epidemics, no worries about wars. The boomers were in their 30s to 40s and it was all about peace and love. Cops were far less brutal and invasive than now. The usual evening was friends visiting smoking a little weed and listening to the latest albums. It really was - in the happiest sense - all about sex, drugs and rock and roll.
Born in 77? You're just a baby! Lol
And Studio 54 opened, plus the Lynrd Skynyrd plane crash.
@@Rochelle1985 My boomer mom had't heard of studio 54 and didn't know it even exised until the movie about it. As for lynrd - not one of her bands.
Elvis dying was what I remember. It was a shock.
I was 12 in 1977.
The 2 biggest events of that year for me was the NYC blackout and the Yankees winning the World Series.
My dad was a huge Yankee fan back in the day.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
I can't believe that "A New Hope" and "Close Encounters" are now 45 years old. I was too young to properly remember the hype, but I know various relatives who were absolutely obsessed with the costumes and characters!
Did you know that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had a friendly bet on which movie was going to be more successful, Spielberg bet on "Star Wars: A New Hope" while Lucas bet on "Close Encounters."
I'm unaware of who "officially" won the bet.
😏😉
i was 7 when i saw star wars and was HOOKED! and with each new movie, all the more so. i've never seen close encounters in full. i've seen parts as an adult, but i don't like suspensful/scary movies.
@@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem fyi, "Close Encounters" is one of, in not the only film written/produced in which John Williams (composer) had direct input to the writing of the film as the film's climax involves a conversation between Earth humans and the Extra-Terrestrial visitors using musical notes.
Funny to think that John Williams was the composer for both of these films. (Star Wars and Close Encounters).
Yea it's crazy
I know, right?!? I'm feeling my age 😂 Happy Sunday 😊
My BFF and I listen to these while lying on the plush moss of my yard. We do this to relax a few times each week. We're Gen X. We like listening to US history documentaries that tie together our fragmented knowledge and experiences of events of all kinds. There were events in our 70's childhood that we heard of but didn't know much about because we we busy with our childhood lives and too young to have enough perspective. An additional series could be made about the "feel" of each year,including fashion, the country's finances, stressors like diseases and wars, hopefulness with new technology, etc. I remember the 70's mood as gritty, bitter, worry about killers, anger about Vietnam and Nixon, cutbacks in consumption, tacky TV. I remember the 80's as colorful, great tv, music, art, movies. Fun fashions, extreme stress over potential global destruction from nuclear war, suffering in Africa, fear because the ways AIDS weren't understood and most people died after diagnosis.
I was excited when "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" aired. I love these videos!
I graduated high school in 1977.
The "Be a Pepper" guy (13:56) is David Naughton, he of "An American Werewolf in London" fame.
And a one hit wonder with his song Making It
Movies released in 1977:
•Star Wars: Epsiode IV A New Hope
•Close Encounters of the Third Kind
•Saturday Night Fever
•Pumping Iron
•A Bridge Too Far
•Slap Shot
•The Spy Who Loved Me
•The Rescuers
•Pete's Dragon
•Exorcist II: The Heretic
•The Hobbit
•Eraserhead
etc.
Star Wars is The Greatest Franchise Ever
Slap Shot is such a classic
I screenshot list for future viewing gonna get some popcorn and remember when 😊
I've seen 4 of those movies. I loved the rescuers as a kid in the 90s
I’ve actually seen all of those.
Hotel California, Fly like an Eagle, Jet Airliner. I graduated from High School, and saw Star Wars 8 times at our historical theater.
I came home after my first film experience, seeing "Star Wars" at a drive-in theater....I had a "spark" in me that I wanted to make my own films; I was 5.....It would be decades later, when screenwriting came into my life! THANK YOU, GEORGE LUCAS!!! :D
I was just 5 years out of high school...seems like just yesterday.
I remember all these things so clearly--thanks for the memories!
This makes Hulk happy
While the Fantasy Island pilot was in 1977, the actual series did not have regular episodes until January 20th, 1978. Eight is Enough also debuted in 1977!
I was 18 in 1977. Great time to be teenager. Went to alot of Grateful Dead concerts that year😜🥳
I can remember the day Elvis died, I was six that year. My best friend next door told me, and I accused him of lying.
One of my favorite years of my 56 years of life so far.
I love these Timeline episodes. Keep them coming
Apparently, the last song Bing Crosby sang was 'Strangers In The Night'. A group of Spanish workmen at the Golf club recognized him and requested a song, and that's what he sang. According to Dearly Departed Tours, that is! xo
I love your work. Honestly, the gold standard for what RUclips has to offer in terms of docutainment
Love me some Timeline! Time to get Groovy baby.
On a side note, I turned 18 and graduated from highschool in 1977.
My English class teacher played the album Rumours during class one day. The class was an English elective class called "Rock Lyrics As Poetry. Rumours was my first exposure to "The Mac". It's still one of my favorite rock albums.
me too
Rumors is the absolute best album ever recorded and released! Wore out a couple 8 track and cassette
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It always puts a grin on my face when I hear the notification for the next time line video and this was no exception. I was 8 years old for most of 1977 and although I'm a big history buff and Trivia guy there are still always tidbits especially the commercials that kick my butt the hardest. This time it was the one for Dr Pepper, And now the jingle is stuck in my head.☺️
I had a crush on the Dr Pepper guy. 😂
My little sister had a crush on that moonheaded McDonald's mascot from the late 80's.
It happens.☺️
@@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929 oh my gosh I loved that guy (except that I was 15 so I didn’t have a crush on him) but I loved the song; I thought it was so romantic and jazzy. Fast forward three decades and I actually listen to the lyrics of the song: it’s horrible! 🤣🤣🤣 it’s about a hitman and all the people he killed it’s just horrible.
Oh yeah. Mac the knife is a classic gangster crooner song. My sister's crush was a family joke. She was 8 and 9. She always ran up to the TV when those commercials came on and practically pressed her face to it. I figured she just thought he was cuddly as she still slept with stuffed animals.
Also born in 77. Had the Tin Can Alley game. Loved that thing.
1977 also marked the debuts of two legendary directors when Ridley Scott's The Duellists and David Lynch's Eraserhead hit screens. Terry Gilliam's first solo effort, Jabberwocky, also came to theatres.
Also Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Slap Shot, The Hills Have Eyes, Pumping Iron, Cross of Iron (that would've made an interesting double feature), The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airport '77 (which the team that made TKFM would use as the basis for their next film Airplane!), Suspiria, The Gauntlet, A Bridge Too Far, Rolling Thunder, the first big screen adaptation of The Hobbit and of course, the cinematic masterpiece that stood head-and-shoulders above them all, The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Teachers from 1965 until June of 1977 in my hometown collectively breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the school district was rid of me. I was the first kid in the hamburger joint I worked for to get $3.35/hr! My first paycheck, two weeks later was over a hundred dollars!!
I was hooked on this gravy train! I never got paid for the work I did before that! I decided then that the word "volunteer" was for chumps!
It was just a little bit later that I heard the phrase, "trickle-down economics."
Great Stuff, great video! A fun thing that didn't make the grade for this 1977 retrospective would be a lightening fashion show. I got deep into the look from The Great Gatsby from the film in '74. If there is a common thread in all of the diverse fashions in that decade, it was dressing up in costumes. It is a statement of how people felt in the 1970s. There were a lot of reasons to want to be from/in any other period than what we were living through. The American People were worn out by the 1960s and my generation had been threatened by annihilation for one reason or another and we were pretty much over having to drop, roll & cover.
I don't think anyone in my generation understood that Saturday Night Fever was a comment on how much commercialization was warping this kid from Queens, what his ideals were, and the crowning moments he dreamed of at the beginning of the film were changed...or were they?
These are addictive. 👌🏼 I was 15 in high school in 1977. It was a glorious time to be young in Florida.
I remember 'Star Wars' being released. That really stayed with me. It seemed so magical and still is. I actualy think the first 3 movies are the greatest of the franchise. Keep these videos coming.....they bring back so many happy memories.
These are my favorite, thank you!! But I love everything from "Weird", you all are the BEST!!
I was born in the blizzard of 77 I've been waiting 45 years on this one
.best Sunday ever!!!! Thank you 😊
Well, let’s hope it was worth it to tunnel through the sooty-flecked snowdrifts of ’77 as a scrappy infant and then survive the Eighties, Nineties, and enough of a massively disappointing beginning of a brand-new Millennium in order to re-examine a year where Jurassic rock was getting stale and disco was still inexplicably going fairly strong but punk rock was kicking off like abrasive sonic dynamite amidst the bleary boring cultural wastelands of America & the UK - all on a device that has more computing power than either Voyager mission spacecraft had.
@@x77punk77x I miss the 80s and 90s ....but overall yes it was worth it... I like living
Absolutely LOVE these timeline videos!
Debbie Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” was the big song that year, but for me as youth, my favorite songs were “Blue Bayou” by Linda Ronstadt and “Nobody Does it Better” by Carly Simon from the Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Then there were all those Bee Gees songs from “Saturday Night Fever.”
Of course, the biggest thing that year was STAR WARS. And Elvis Presley’s death.
The year graduated HS. Turned 18. Started college. Great year for me.
I was born in '77, its fascinating to see the events happened around the time I came into this world.
I graduated high school in 1977, I remember all of these.
Consistently some of the best "content" being made. Actual production value goes a long way.
RUclips videos are actually referred to as content, so there’s no reason to be put it in quotation marks. 🤷♀️
@@carastone3473 the quotes were for emphasis, as I don't think there's much, actual content in a lot of content being made.
Of all the songs that came out in 1977, I have to admit, Foreigner's Cold as Ice is one of my absolute favorites. Don't ask why😂.
because you smoke meth.
@@joejoe2658 interesting theory, but I'm afraid that is not why.
Billy Joel - The Stranger ... legendary album. I heard if you play it together with Star Wars it syncs up with the scenes. (That's a lie... it doesn't.)
Why was Foreigner's cold as ice one of your absolute favorites?
I was born in this year and Bob Seger - Night Moves and Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle stand out for me but your song i like too :)
My Parents thought I was too young to see Star Wars when it first released so I had to wait 2 more years, luckily they re-released the movie up here in Canada a couple times. Oh and I love that Incredible Hulk thumbnail!! That show terrified me when I was 9 years old and the sad piano music at the end of each episode...I can hear it now as I type this. I'm so looking forward to all the other stuff young "me" wasn't aware of in this rocking year. :)
A major time trip i love this series,my life is realized and full.Talk about good times.
Look forward to these every Sunday, thanks for keeping us all entertained 👍🏼
My favorite 70s jam is Boston's More than a Feeling and Blue Öyster Cült's Don't Fear the Reaper and of course FREE BIRD by LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Freebird was actually released in 73, you got the decade right..
Running late on the upload I been all 😱😱😱 waiting for this!!!😂
The last show for Elvis was in Market Square Arena, with no THE in front. Anyway, love this series!
This is my favorite series on RUclips! I hope you guys keep going after the 70s is over!
Here are the top 10 songs of 1977, according to the Billboard year-end singles chart:
10. Torn Between Two Lovers- Mary McGregor
9. Undercover Angel- Alan O'Day
8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher- Rita Coolidge
7. Don't Leave Me This Way- Thelma Houston
6. I Like Dreamin'- Kenny Nolan
5. Angel in Your Arms- Hot
4. Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star is Born)- Barbra Streisand
3. Best of My Love- The Emotions
2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything- Andy Gibb
1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)- Rod Stewart
It's important for people to realize how much garbage has always been around when they start bleating about "Call this music? Back in my day..."
There's always been crap, there always will be and if you stick around long enough you'll sound just like your parents did.
What about You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone? It was #1 for 10 weeks!
@@hollyking2580 Looks like it was on the year-end chart for 1978.
@@hanknotchinaski8222 It's also important to note that when people say "Call this music? Back in my day...", they're most often comparing the best of both eras instead of the worst.
@@hollyking2580 so glad it wasn’t there! Was soooo overplayed
I graduated in 1977. it was Star Wars and Fleetwood Mac
for me
I will always remember that year. Other than me being 13, it was a terrific year. ☮️💟
I was 8, in 1977, and the Hype over 'Star Wars' and was beyond belief!
I first heard about the movie around the time it was released in America (UK release December 77)
Watched the movie and just couldn't believe what I had just seen.
the Bible, Star Wars, Timeline...pretty high company. Sad to see all the icons pass in '77. I passed on to college at 17
I remember it like yesterday, now I have trouble remembering yesterday (ha, ha), I was 21, great times to be young.
The “Pepper Guy” David Naughton was a one hit wonder with his song Making It in addition to starring in An American Werewolf in London.
and i still watch american werewolf every halloween
Great year, Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, etc
My mom was 10
Very nice taking that trip down Memory Lane. Cheers!
Best series on here. Thanks guys. Cheers from 🇨🇦✌️ Go Jays!
My new favorite RUclips Channel !!!, This is my Nostalgia on every level, thank you so much for sharing real history with the WORLD! 🙏🏽
Ah, "Star Wars"! I saw it three times in the theater, not to mention the many viewings in subsequent years.🤩Still one of my favorite films.
Graduated high school in 1977. I remember sitting in a classroom taking a history test when it snowed. We all poured into the parking lot and watched the snow fall. This was in Plantation, Florida, a Fort Lauderdale suburb. Everybody got into CBs that summer
me too
Class of 77
Dr. Pepper guy played The American Werewolf in London!
I could binge watch these shows for an entire year, or maybe a decade.
The Iconic quintessential year of the decade
Born in '72, I'm finally starting to recollect some of these. Love your channel.
Turned 11 halfway through the year .. such a great time to be a kid. The culture was glorious, unconditional and was meant to be enjoyed by all. I yean for those times to this day. Thanks for the vid ...
It doesn't matter what time of the year you turned 11 . . Just as long as you turned 11 that year . . . You were 11 that year no matter what month your birthday is in ... . you were 11 that year or you wasn't . . . If your birthday was December 31 you could still honestly say you were 11 that year . . . December 31 is just as much a part of that year as January 1st is . . It's still the same year either way . . . Never understood why people worry about saying oh this time of the year I turned whatever . . . Bottom line is you was 11 that year or you wasn't . First of the year or the middle of the year or the last of the year . . It's still the same year .
Year my oldest cousin was born. I love these Timeline videos. Look forward to them every other Sunday AM.
You missed two huge events, the NYC/East Coast blackout and the Yankees winning the World Series with Reggie Jackson's three homers in the last game. Also, technically the crash was in the Canary Islands, yes, a part of Spain.
Mr Lou Ferrigno! (Hrrrrgh!) 💚😁
This is my year! Graduate of 1977 and ready to take on the world. Amazing job on this video. Still my favorite RUclips channel!👍🏼😉♥️🦋
Star Wars still has a huge pop culture impact ✨️
I still have not seen it...Really.
I'm 54 now & in 1977 I was 8 yrs young STAR WARS !!! To this DAY it's My favorite movie of All TIME!!🌠✨💫☄️🌌🤖🦿🦾🛸🚀👾📽️🎥🙂
I was born May 30, 1977 ( 4 days after Star Wars came out ) I love 1977!!!! The Best Year in History!!
I was born May 27, 1977 - Cheers to 1977 Gemini babies!
I have a lot of memories of 1977 when I was only 19 years of age. For some reason I have this one memory of being outside on a warm June sunny afternoon and just feeling so good in my frame. I was super fit and lean and physically active all the time. For any young people reading this post and are fortunate enough to find themselves in a good state of wellbeing, embrace the moment. It may not seem that significant at the time but as life goes on and gets harder, it will mean more to you.
I didn't know that about, Cat Stevens. Interesting fact.
Got to meet one of Skynyrd’s roadies that survived the airplane crash, gave him a huge hug and said thank you, he has a RUclips channel now and tells his story it’s wild stuff that he made it out once you hear the details
This was also the year the highly underrated BBC show "The Eagle of the Nith", the first adaptation of the Rosemary Sutcliff's novel, was premiered. It absolutely deserves much more recognition than its 2011 adaptation.
It was a rough year , I was Upset about Elvis . I had a nice 10th Birthday in 1977 :) QC
Had no idea so much happened in the year of my birth. Thank you for putting that together!
I'm down for whatever decade Weird History decides to go over after Timeline 1970s
But Considering Timeline 2020 I feel that the 2000s & 2010s deserve their recognition in the Timeline Series
Same I was hoping for the 00s timeline after the 99 timeline wrap but hopefully the 2000s will be next
I kinda hope they do the 1960s 🤷🏾♂️
@@chipskylark172 me to
@@chipskylark172 I don't mind that either bit you got subscribers who was born in the 00s that want to know more of the decade depending where in the 00s they were born in
@@thenewjord50 Not to mention people around my age including myself want to relive the 2000s because that was our Childhood/Teen Years
Love the Timeline series hope more decades are on the way would love to see the 60s
One of the airplanes in the disaster on Tenerife was a Dutch one. That same day, before the disaster happened I flew back form Tenerife to the Netherlands.
Thanks for this! 🌟 #WeirdHistory #Timeline #the70s #1970s
Whoa. The weatherman in the Miami snow clip is Mike Rucker. He was the weatherman here in Tallahassee throughout my childhood. I was born in 1980 so it's trippy seeing him that young 😂😂😂
Every morning that starts with a timeline video is a good morning 👍
Great work from the Weird History team (again!) - Thanks and much appreciated and enjoyed!
You guys should have included Seattle Slew’s winning the Triple Crown!
Graduated high school in '77; turned 65 in March. Where the h*ll did that go?!
The best bumper sticker I ever saw said, KEEP THE CANAL, GIVE AWAY STATE DEPART.
Where's the New York blackout
i was in the army in 76 as an e - 2 pvt . the base pay was 443.00 .. taxation on a single kid was heavy so we probably got home with 75 bucks a week . it didnt buy much hash -- especially when you had to repay loan sharks " 20 for 40 " .