Just one more thing.. I won't lie.. While watching certain trailers, I got tears in my eyes. The icing on the cake was the last 15 seconds where I seriously wanted to cry. Certain family members were still alive, there were fun times as the fall brought the new semester, Thanksgiving, and Christmas vacations. Sorry for the rant..;-(
Wow listening to that movie of the week theme was like seeing an old friend you have not seen in years and u just want to give them a big hug. Boy I miss those days. They were magic. Not like now. Nightmare times.
I know , i was there , school was nothing but stress for me .Sunday was torture ,I lived in a small town so not even Sunday shopping to take my mind off MONDAY YUCK.
Konga 5000 agreed I can remember going to the butcher and then the candy store with my grand mother. On Sunday stores we closed as well as holidays you could hear a pin drop. Riding bikes, hop-scotch, skully, red light green light, handball, and stick ball. We had it good in Queens New York. Now we have Whole Foods (whole paycheck) and over priced hipster restaurants in Brooklyn I’m not happy.
@Konga 5000 In 1970-71, the White Front store on Hawthorne Blvd. was crowded then; that department store even did dry cleaners clothes for you! I think White Front, and my Wallach's Music City (near Artesia Blvd.) were torn down and long gone by 1980 ( or 1989, at the most)? I'm not sure anymore.
Yes, me too! It sounds more like the theme for a western than it does for a mystery but I love it! I didn’t become a Columbo fan until just about 3-4 years ago but I remember that classic opening! Always loved it! I wish MeTV in Chicago would show it complete with that 70’s opening!
Henry Mancini composition. Very similar in arrangement to his other TV theme included here, "Cade's County". He did album versions of both that were nice, too.
I had the new seeker single on 45 .. I was in 7th grade in 71. My social studies teacher (Mrs Howell) was talking to us about the (I'd like to buy the world a Coke) commercial and asked (when I mentioned that I had it) that I bring it in and she played it for class. The commercial was groundbreaking ..most had not seen such a diverse group of people together...I loved it.
How was it "groundbreaking"? The first masterpiece of tokenism? You don't really BELIEVE in Diversity, do you? Notice she said "buy" the world a Coke and not "give"; you'd think the hippies would have noticed. I was in 7th grade in '71, too, but it was a ghetto school. These days that school has a barbed-wire-topped fence around it, and a guard gate.
This is my very favorite theme, The NBC Sunday Night Mystery Movie. I would hold my breath until it announced COLUMBO! It really should have won the Freddie award! 😃
@Konga 5000 The 1979 movie "Tourist Trap" with Chuck Connors and Tanya Roberts was scary when I was a kid, now that I am older and see the copy cat parts from Psycho makes it creepy to me now.
My Old man, a nypd cop for 30 years, absolutely hated Howard Cowell. A local bar he frequented had a drawing once a month for 10 dollars (a respectable amount in 1971) as a buy in to win a monthly drawing. The prize? To throw a brick at Howard Cowell's face on tv during monday night football. The owner of the bar made so much money it went to two drawings a month. He went through a lot of tv sets but made mucho bucks. My old man won one of the drawings but refused a brick and pulled out his service revolver and put 2 rounds through the tv set. Everybody in the bar roared with laughter and my pop was in such a good mood he bought me a beer and a shot of jack daniels, even though I was only 11...good times. I wish I could go back to 1971 and stay there.
I turned 15 in late 1971. I remember seeing these shows and commercials back then and am so glad to see them now so I can review them as an adult. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought Columbo was the best of the trilogy and that Coca-Cola commercial was one of the best made. Back then, if someone said they had cable, you assumed it was porn. I had the the big three networks, PBS, and, since I lived in Los Angeles county, channels 5, 9, 11, and 13 as local stations -- lucky me!
@@alainrheault6579 If your rabbit ears or antenna were powerful enough to pick them up. WXIX in Cincinnati was nearly impossible to pick up clearly in Dayton without a roof aerial.
@@ChristopherUSSmith Exactly. As I learn about Metromedia Network (and it was the same with Dumont Network before), mainly channels of these networks were in UHF signal band (with exceptions like WTTG 5 in Washington). For pick up the signal, you also need a special antenna (you know, the round one !!!)😊😊😊😊 PS : Sorry for my late response ! Friendly
The Coke commercial (at 0:59) is timeless. I still cannot believe why there is still racial, religious and political tension today. We really have more in common than we think, any differences are superficial.
I graduated from high school in 1971, the world was my oyster. I loved Bobby Sherman. My choice of college was determined by how many friends were going there, how's that for maturity? :) I became a school teacher, then gradually moved into rehab and retired from the state in 2017.
@1:01 such a true classic coke commercial. I don't think they really knew the real impact it would have! If it was shared on ALL social media now perhaps people would know/remember what the true message was - or ended up meaning. SO 1970'S!!! I LOVE IT STILL. :) WORLD PEACE AND HARMONY. You are a fantastic great RUclipsr FredFlix.. I know I've said it before. thank you
ddoyle11 I seem to recall other worries like our troops dying in Vietnam, colleges campuses aflame with riots, hijackings of commercial civilian flights, the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, race relations, busing, the women's rights movement, and many other worries beyond pollution. It's easy to look back with fondness and forget the bad.
That is so true. And you know what kind of "therapy" we had to deal with these tragedies? Not the kind of mollycoddling you get with today's kids who are treated like delicate ornaments and are taught to be afraid of their own shadows. No, our "therapy" was simply, "That's life kid. Deal with it."
@@1964DB Yeah, True...It's human nature though. We (humans) always are thinking things today are so much worse than the past, But yet, Many,many things are better (and the past also sucked in many regards.) I don't like today's music. Ok, Fine! What ever I want to hear is a button way!!! would not have been a "thing" in 1971, If I didn't already HAVE those records from 1939-1959, TOUGH, I'd have to listen to whatever the radio had or to nothing. (Movies,TV too!). Also Regardless of what the 24hr news cycle tells us, There has NEVER in modern history been a more PEACEFUL period than NOW!!!. -I know that CNN,FOX,MSNBC won't say THAT (liberal or conservative..don't matter...) It's true!!! So too with crime. It was WAY more dangerous in NYC in the 1970's than today (Contrary to what 25 years of Law and Order taught, there's NOT mangled corpses littering Central Park daily.) NYC is statistically safer than Pittsburgh! (My hometown,witch is ALSO safer now than in the '70s!) And we have better medical science,Gays are not as afraid of being "outed",And regardless of how it's portrayed, MUCH better race relations now (I live in a 50/50 black/white neighborhood and no one really notices "race" if they are under 40.) Yeah, I would like to be back in 1971, for the music and the cars - But I'm not sure I'd leave today. I can always tune out today's music and today's TV - Using today's technology. - There was no GOLDEN AGE ,ever. We are just humans doing our own thing. - The Beat Goes On....!
My dad used to love "Cade's County" when it was on CBS. I remember him being pissed that it was cancelled and they were replacing it with some new show called "MASH".
My husband's dad and mine were Army and Air Force, respectively, and they loved MASH. We saw the final two hour episode with my father-in-law. We made a night of it.
@@judyjones5089 Which character did they like the most? From the 1st time they showed him (when the episodes were new, sponsored by Prudential ) I instantly did not like B.J. Hunnicutt, but then when Winchester came onboard, I liked him right away.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 Hi, Bobby, I don't know that they had favorite characters as much, as they related to the show itself. The military in all its bureaucracy and the snafus that can happen, yet be one of the best in the world. I remember Dad saying what a goofballl Hawkeye was, yet how serious he and professional he became when saving lives. All the tom-foolery took place between serious engagements, but everyone was very focused when it really counted.
@@judyjones5089 Actually, did you miss them, when the episodes were new and Col. Blake and Trapper John were replaced? I laughed alot more at the earlier episodes than the much later ones. But then, Frank Burns was on it awhile longer. Instead of being mean, the Burns character developed into a funnier character, at times.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 I actually watched the series off and on until its end. The 11 year span started while I was in college. By the time it ended, I had graduated and gotten a teaching job out of state, became engaged, moved, married, and changed careers, so MASH wasn't a weekly priority with me, but I liked all the characters. Harry Morgan did a great job as Col. Potter.
Ah, 1971...I was 11, my parents and grandparents were still alive, I had my first "girlfriend" (RIP Rosemary), I still had my G.I. Joes, Captain Action & Action Boy, and the Best of the West figures, my Matchboxes and Hot Wheels, and my friends would come over in the summer and we'd have fun outside in the yard...now it's more than 50 years later and I have arthritic knees...
8:37 Bob Landers was one of the all-time greatest commercial voice-over talents, and here he is for Norelco. He was a disc jockey on WNEW-AM in the early to mid 60s. 12:17 This Burger Chef voice-over is by George Coe. You might recognize his voice from Toyota spots he voiced in the late 70s through the mid 80s. He was also an actor, and he appeared in several skits during the first season of SNL. 32:07 John Facenda on the NFL highlights. 33:04 Ken Nordine for Levi's.
18:05 "Magical World of ABC" Saturday morning cartoon promo. The vocalists had a harmony sound very much like The Fifth Dimension, who were at the height of their popularity at that time.
These are great, brings me right back. That All in the Family opening was the second of four versions used throughout the series run. There was an earlier version used for season 1. It started with a disclaimer for the first few episodes, after that the words “From Television City in Hollywood”
21:57 The Best Ever McDonald’s Commercial of All Time!!! It’s 51 years old and I still can sing along all the words !!!! Mickey Dee’s first “Slogan Song!!”
This takes me back. 13:06 I remember watching "The Reluctant Heroes" on ABC's Movie of the Week, and ABC's Movie of the Weekend, Stephen Spielberg's "Duel",14:36.
The cost of those 20 "solid hits" from K-Tel comes to $25.28 in today's money, given the 533% inflation we've seen since then. That's $1.26 per song -- way more than a download costs today.
Fred, you are a winner. You are proving that mojo matters. It's missing from our era. Your collections show this. Something has been lost - male energy. The voices, the ambition, the confidence, the sheer masculinity (matched by fantastic femininity on the other side). Our society has turned itself into a 2017 PC kindergarten.
I'm afraid you're right, Eric. The mojo IS gone.The thing is, back in the day, when men were men and women were glad of it, most people didn't mind it. Those were the roles we played and it was OK. Sure, it NOT right if a woman is paid less than a man, doesn't advance and is sexually harassed. I get that. The changes have been long-needed. But we can still wax nostalgic about "the good old days." Those days were bad for some, but for many of us, they were DAMN good!
Arguably, masculine drive got us the moon landing, invention of the Super Bowl, and Clint Eastwood's entire career, but toxic masculinity got us the Cold War, the agony of Vietnam, and that day at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. One can't say it's an unalloyed good.
That Plymouth Duster commercial sold me on the vehicle. What a wonderful, wonderful ad! Also, I used to have that "ABC Movie of the Week" intro as my ringtone; that and the "star tunnel" intro for the ABC [x] Night Movie from the early '80s are two of the absolute best intros to anything EVER.
They not only came off the dealer's lot with all those engineering features, but with several square feet of free rust (which ended up killing 98 percent of them).
I loved that theme from ABC movie of the week. I would love to have as my ring tone it trip out so many boomers like me. That song is called Nikki written by Burt Bacharach in honor of his Daughter. It's an instrumental on one of his records.
I Remember Those 1970's Movies / TV too But My Dad Was Strict On School Nights ( 1969 - 1981 ) Until I Turned 18 On Feb 26 , 1981 , Had To Be In BED by 9 PM Sharp On School Nights , I Only Could Hear Little Bit Of TV in Bed .. Lol , After Feb 26 , ' 81 No Time Limit Since I Was 18 an Adult
What i remember fondly was the premieres of the Saturday morning cartoon line up. It began the Saturday after the 1st week of school. Also Corduroy dresses and slacks back then because September was colder than it is now 😊
@@willyboy6126 I was in 7th grade Junior High we did that Coca-Cola song as our part of the Christmas play and as I recall we did a pretty damn good job of it
20:56- taped on the "neighborhood block" at the Columbia Ranch {Warner Ranch}; where many outdoor "suburban" settings were seen in Screen Gems/Columbia sitcoms from the mid-1950's through the early 1970's.....that HAD been the front of "Tony Nelson's house" {"I DREAM OF JEANNIE"}.
Wow. You continue to impress. How did you manage to archive such significant stuff? My guess: Ex-ABC executive. :) You even included my childhood infatuation:The early 70's Miami Dolphins. Please keep it up man. There are many who appreciate this stuff
That's encouraging to hear, Adam. But no, I'm not an ABC-exec....just a long-time (40 years) video collector. But when I don't have something I need, I don't mind downloading it from RUclips itself. Whatever the source, I just want people to see it and remember those times.
The cinema was probably the go in the 70s, rather than the guff being served up on the telly. Not that the cinema would have done me with my somewhat discerning brief, but for anyone with broader tastes than me, then, yes, it would have been the big screen. They actually did have a real clue about movie-making in the '70s.
Yes I Remember Those 1970's Too , Movies / TV ..But My Dad Strict Schoolt Bed Time Was 9 pm Sharp It Only Was Lifted Once I Turned 18 Feb 26 , 1981 .. Lol , ... 9 PM SHARP so I Only Heard To Movie / TV after I Was In BED on School Night ( 1969 - 1981 , Before Feb 26 )
I remember it too. It was popular in 1971 -1972. Well at least it's on RUclips and it brings back memories of families and friends. I showed it to my teen aged son and he rolled his eyes and said "Ok Boomer!" I told my son in 40 years you 're gonna look back on present day commercials and wonder why your generation was obsessed with sex!
@donkique956 That Mexican Coke is available throughout the U.S. I buy it by the case from the only local market that has them...others offer singles or a 4-pack.
These shows, intros, soundtracks, commercials sure bring back a lot of good memories. In 2067, if someone compiles a list of 2019 TV, it just won't be the same.
I recall touring the Janesville, WI plant where they were building the 1971 "Big" Chevy cars. They took my camera away from me and wouldn't give it back till the tour was over. Otherwise I'd have gotten some awesome pictures! The coolest part was when they hoisted down from overhead the body of the car and attached it to the frame. They had two assembly lines one was devoted to the Chevy cars and the other to Chevy pickup trucks.
31:08 I first saw this commercial when I was a kid and I was amazed and shocked and dumbfounded. I have never forgotten it. For my money, I still think it is the most emotionally galvanizing ad ever created.
The fact that the actor ("Iron Eyes" Cody) was not actually a Native American does nothing to diminish the impact of the message - though such casting would be considered politically incorrect today. Nearly 50 years later, it still packs a punch. The narrator was actor William Conrad who starred in "Cannon" at the time.
You don't get how savvy people are; most of us are smart enough to know Archie Bunker is supposed to be a lovable bigot character who often got hoisted on his own petard and was sometimes outwitted by his ditzy (but even more lovable) wife Edith. Hell, there are generations of women who cheer Edith on to this day in the episode where she confronted her would-be rapist! You talk like young people aren't smart enough to get "All in the Family" when it was YOUR generation who know less about the world.
Wow! That Coke commercial. And that anti-pollution PSA, really nostalgic. And who were those guys that did all the narration? Funny to look at the demographics back then. TV shows where the stars were 40 and 50 years old. Now, if there is anyone that age in a tv show, they're the idiot dad or grandad played as an object of ridicule for laughs.
Yeah, nowadays the cast in a show is usually in their 20s with the same old storylines and woke ideologies. Back then it was realism that was dominant. Like William Conrad of the show "Cannon".
@@alanlinnell6817 woke is politics. This is nostalgia which is not. Better to be woke than counting sheep or being old and bitter. Remember Archie Bunker made fun of conservatives who STILL think like Archie except he wasn't bitter.
@@alangray9117 But aren't you tired of the same predictable storylines nowadays with political undercurrents like misandry and other tiresome material. Besides that, what about all the reboots, sequels, and remakes. They'll probably do the tenth reboot of the "Equalizer" before long. Originality and realism is the key to good storytelling.
Arthur Hill was so good in’71. He played in the Andromeda Strain. I think one of the best movies of that era. Cades county, with Glenn Ford, and uncle Joe.
In my house, you knew the holiday season had started when Santa came sledding down on the Norelco electric razor. Great memories.
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Just one more thing.. I won't lie.. While watching certain trailers, I got tears in my eyes. The icing on the cake was the last 15 seconds where I seriously wanted to cry. Certain family members were still alive, there were fun times as the fall brought the new semester, Thanksgiving, and Christmas vacations. Sorry for the rant..;-(
No problem, LC. (I was waiting for you to write: Uh, one more thing...)
@@FredFlix You know it..! LoL..:-)
No problem with ranting. I too think of all those that were still alive back then too.
No problem, I'm with you 100%😊
Wow listening to that movie of the week theme was like seeing an old friend you have not seen in years and u just want to give them a big hug. Boy I miss those days. They were magic. Not like now. Nightmare times.
"Nightmare Times." Great description.
2020-2021 would like to have a word with you.
@@videosuperhighway7655 yes
@@videosuperhighway7655 I'd like to have a word with 2020-2021... The shows today are puzzling to me, not like the early seventies.
Yes, it is nightmare times. Weak men create bad times.
I was 6 in 1971! I'm getting emotional! God i miss my childhood!! 😢
thomas washington ditto 😞
Same here. Me too.
Yup
‘65 babies. What an amazing childhood.
thomas washington same
The end of another stressful week and I'm watching this wishing it was a Friday in 1971 and the most stressful thing I had was homework.
I know , i was there , school was nothing but stress for me .Sunday was torture ,I lived in a small town so not even Sunday shopping to take my mind off MONDAY YUCK.
Konga 5000 agreed I can remember going to the butcher and then the candy store with my grand mother. On Sunday stores we closed as well as holidays you could hear a pin drop. Riding bikes, hop-scotch, skully, red light green light, handball, and stick ball. We had it good in Queens New York. Now we have Whole Foods (whole paycheck) and over priced hipster restaurants in Brooklyn I’m not happy.
@@breakingdragon22 I'm with you on Whole Foods/Paycheck. Bohack's they ain't.
This is a hodgepodge of old tv shows, but do you ever look for individual episodes of Columbo, Movie of the week, or The FBI?
@Konga 5000 In 1970-71, the White Front store on Hawthorne Blvd. was crowded then; that department store even did dry cleaners clothes for you! I think White Front, and my Wallach's Music City (near Artesia Blvd.) were torn down and long gone by 1980 ( or 1989, at the most)? I'm not sure anymore.
I still love watching Columbo on DVDs but I really miss that classic opening that they had on TV as part of the Mystery Movie weekly show.
Yes I pull it up on youtube and listen to it regularly, brings back a lot of good memories
Yes, me too! It sounds more like the theme for a western than it does for a mystery but I love it! I didn’t become a Columbo fan until just about 3-4 years ago but I remember that classic opening! Always loved it! I wish MeTV in Chicago would show it complete with that 70’s opening!
Henry Mancini composition. Very similar in arrangement to his other TV theme included here, "Cade's County". He did album versions of both that were nice, too.
I had the new seeker single on 45 .. I was in 7th grade in 71. My social studies teacher (Mrs Howell) was talking to us about the (I'd like to buy the world a Coke) commercial and asked (when I mentioned that I had it) that I bring it in and she played it for class. The commercial was groundbreaking ..most had not seen such a diverse group of people together...I loved it.
How was it "groundbreaking"? The first masterpiece of tokenism? You don't really BELIEVE in Diversity, do you? Notice she said "buy" the world a Coke and not "give"; you'd think the hippies would have noticed. I was in 7th grade in '71, too, but it was a ghetto school. These days that school has a barbed-wire-topped fence around it, and a guard gate.
I have that commercial saved on my phone😊
This is my very favorite theme, The NBC Sunday Night Mystery Movie. I would hold my breath until it announced COLUMBO! It really should have won the Freddie award! 😃
It's a great theme!
9yrs old and not a care in the world, thanks for the '71 flashback.
"Duel" directed by a very young Spielberg, is a landmark, in the "made ror television" genre.
@Sharon Cinna Stephen King? "Duel" was written by legendary horror writer Richard Matheson and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg also directed the very first Columbo episode.
Birth of a legend.
Oh , god. The memories this brought back. Including how Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" scared the crap out of me.
The intro was enough for me...
@Konga 5000 What do you think of Kolchak: The Night Stalker?
@Konga 5000 The 1979 movie "Tourist Trap" with Chuck Connors and Tanya Roberts was scary when I was a kid, now that I am older and see the copy cat parts from Psycho makes it creepy to me now.
@Konga 5000 the did and it was very short, but Johnny Depp wants a try at it now...I have heard
Me too
Omg
I was 7 years old that’s Columbo” intro struck a nerve and got me emotional 😭 how I loved these days !🙏🙏😍😍🥰🥰🙌🏼🙌🏼💕💖
Nostalgia Alert Warning ! Watching this could make you long for the good old days. 🚨
Absolutely.....
Clinton Pough Na, The good old days weren’t all that good.
Paul Lee: Not saying it was perfect but good enough for me. 📻 ☎ 📺
@paullee7467 "And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems"
These commercials are great and refreshing to watch ! 😊Thanks for sharing .
My Old man, a nypd cop for 30 years, absolutely hated Howard Cowell. A local bar he frequented had a drawing once a month for 10 dollars (a respectable amount in 1971) as a buy in to win a monthly drawing. The prize? To throw a brick at Howard Cowell's face on tv during monday night football. The owner of the bar made so much money it went to two drawings a month. He went through a lot of tv sets but made mucho bucks. My old man won one of the drawings but refused a brick and pulled out his service revolver and put 2 rounds through the tv set. Everybody in the bar roared with laughter and my pop was in such a good mood he bought me a beer and a shot of jack daniels, even though I was only 11...good times. I wish I could go back to 1971 and stay there.
The good ole days!! 40 years from now they'll be looking back to reality TV and they'll say what garbage. Then again, we do that now!!
Good Lord, the kids today have no clue!!!
I *LOVED* the Coca Cola commercial....and to think those young people are around 70-ish now. Don't be in a hurry to grow up kids! ; )
I turned 15 in late 1971. I remember seeing these shows and commercials back then and am so glad to see them now so I can review them as an adult. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought Columbo was the best of the trilogy and that Coca-Cola commercial was one of the best made. Back then, if someone said they had cable, you assumed it was porn. I had the the big three networks, PBS, and, since I lived in Los Angeles county, channels 5, 9, 11, and 13 as local stations -- lucky me!
Don Drapers swan song. That coke commercial
I was 9 in 1971 and this brought back good memories. I loved McMillan and Wife.
Long ago when there was only 3 maybe 4 channels there was ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS AND TV was cool to watch such nostalgia and RIP
Don't forget Metromedia Network too !!!!😉
@@alainrheault6579 If your rabbit ears or antenna were powerful enough to pick them up. WXIX in Cincinnati was nearly impossible to pick up clearly in Dayton without a roof aerial.
@@ChristopherUSSmith Exactly. As I learn about Metromedia Network (and it was the same with Dumont Network before), mainly channels of these networks were in UHF signal band (with exceptions like WTTG 5 in Washington). For pick up the signal, you also need a special antenna (you know, the round one !!!)😊😊😊😊
PS : Sorry for my late response !
Friendly
@@alainrheault6579 No problem. We only had the little UHF loop, which was not very effective without a power booster
Lucky if two came in clear . In my city there was a CBS and ABC affilliates but NBC was 60 miles away and PBS 80 miles in the opposite direction .
The Coke commercial (at 0:59) is timeless. I still cannot believe why there is still racial, religious and political tension today. We really have more in common than we think, any differences are superficial.
I was 10 years old. "The Partridge Family" was my favorite show. I had a crush on David Cassidy.
Me too! In sixth grade and skidding toward puberty! Loved the blue eye shadow and long straight center parted hair!
I had a crush on Susan Dey. Fifteen years later when I saw her on L. A. Law, I said to myself: what was I thinking???
I turned 4 years old June 18, 1971. I had a HUGE crush on David's half brother Shaun during the late 1970's!
ABC certainly used contemporary, informal graphics and more youth oriented programs to make a niche to compete with the then bigger networks.
I so remember that first intro. I was always so happy when they said Colombo.
lambchopxoxo, Columbo was always my favorite.
Big medicine hammer.
I liked "McCloud" and "Quincy M.E.," too.
You said it. I bought the complete
series so that I can watch any
episode whenever I want.
Columbo is the best.
Columbo
I miss the Norelco Christmas commercial
I MISS THOSE DAYS AND TV SHOWS! THE BEST!
I graduated from high school in 1971, the world was my oyster. I loved Bobby Sherman. My choice of college was determined by how many friends were going there, how's that for maturity? :) I became a school teacher, then gradually moved into rehab and retired from the state in 2017.
I'm making a wild guess here: you are not a Republican.
That Coke ad was Don Draper's crowning achievement.....
Loved it! :D
Who ?
Who is Dan Draper
@@dwightpowell6673 You and Andrew have never seen MAD MEN?
The wonders of a new age retreat.
@1:01 such a true classic coke commercial. I don't think they really knew the real impact it would have! If it was shared on ALL social media now perhaps people would know/remember what the true message was - or ended up meaning. SO 1970'S!!! I LOVE IT STILL. :) WORLD PEACE AND HARMONY. You are a fantastic great RUclipsr FredFlix.. I know I've said it before. thank you
Thanks Don Draper
Spawned two top 40 hits, one reaching #13 and the other reaching #7. Great memories.
How I long for the days when pollution was the worst thing we had to worry about.
ddoyle11 I seem to recall other worries like our troops dying in Vietnam, colleges campuses aflame with riots, hijackings of commercial civilian flights, the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, race relations, busing, the women's rights movement, and many other worries beyond pollution. It's easy to look back with fondness and forget the bad.
That is so true. And you know what kind of "therapy" we had to deal with these tragedies? Not the kind of mollycoddling you get with today's kids who are treated like delicate ornaments and are taught to be afraid of their own shadows. No, our "therapy" was simply, "That's life kid. Deal with it."
@@1964DB wasn't degeneracy also out of control? Pedophilia wasn't as much of a big deal as it is today.
@@1964DB Yeah, True...It's human nature though. We (humans) always are thinking things today are so much worse than the past, But yet, Many,many things are better (and the past also sucked in many regards.) I don't like today's music. Ok, Fine! What ever I want to hear is a button way!!! would not have been a "thing" in 1971, If I didn't already HAVE those records from 1939-1959, TOUGH, I'd have to listen to whatever the radio had or to nothing. (Movies,TV too!). Also Regardless of what the 24hr news cycle tells us, There has NEVER in modern history been a more PEACEFUL period than NOW!!!. -I know that CNN,FOX,MSNBC won't say THAT (liberal or conservative..don't matter...) It's true!!! So too with crime. It was WAY more dangerous in NYC in the 1970's than today (Contrary to what 25 years of Law and Order taught, there's NOT mangled corpses littering Central Park daily.) NYC is statistically safer than Pittsburgh! (My hometown,witch is ALSO safer now than in the '70s!) And we have better medical science,Gays are not as afraid of being "outed",And regardless of how it's portrayed, MUCH better race relations now (I live in a 50/50 black/white neighborhood and no one really notices "race" if they are under 40.) Yeah, I would like to be back in 1971, for the music and the cars - But I'm not sure I'd leave today. I can always tune out today's music and today's TV - Using today's technology. - There was no GOLDEN AGE ,ever. We are just humans doing our own thing. - The Beat Goes On....!
You lived in a cardboard box apparently.
K-Tel with all the “new hits”...the 70s were great!!!
Want to watch a good parody of K-Tel, look for SCTV's "Stairway to Heaven" album. Oh it is so funny!!! SCTV was awesome!
"SCTV" was the forerunner to "Saturday Night Live", and "Monty Python's Flying Circus" was the forerunner to both.
I am 56 I still cry at Brian's Song
That movie was so heartbreaking and impactful and we definitely talked about it at school among friends and in the classroom.
I was 12 when I first saw it and cried like a baby
It was on decades the other night and I watched it what a good movie
the mashed potatoes 🤗
It was good for race relations for awhile.
Had no idea Penny Marshall did Hertz commercials!!! Nice to see her in it!
.....and Don Adams.
She and Farrah did a Head & Shoulders ad...
Holy Crap she was ugly!
I was 11 years old in 1971 and remember most of t his.
The first part of Columbia struck a nerve I was only 5 and I remember how beautiful life was
Miss my family RIP❤️
I just shared it on some of my "social media" :) just cause I love it so! 1971 what a year
Can you imagine what social media would have been like if had been around in 1971?
One 19in TV in the house and I used to hate all these programs my father watched but they now give me a certain nostalgia for that simpler time
I love these!!! I thank you for your hard work so we can enjoy the blast from the past!!
You're welcome, Bear P.
I'll bet when that Movie of the Week music came on, parents across the Nation were yelling, "kids, hurry UP, the movie's on!" 👍
My dad used to love "Cade's County" when it was on CBS. I remember him being pissed that it was cancelled and they were replacing it with some new show called "MASH".
My husband's dad and mine were Army and Air Force, respectively, and they loved MASH. We saw the final two hour episode with my father-in-law. We made a night of it.
@@judyjones5089 Which character did they like the most? From the 1st time they showed him (when the episodes were new, sponsored by Prudential ) I instantly did not like B.J. Hunnicutt, but then when Winchester came onboard, I liked him right away.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 Hi, Bobby, I don't know that they had favorite characters as much, as they related to the show itself. The military in all its bureaucracy and the snafus that can happen, yet be one of the best in the world. I remember Dad saying what a goofballl Hawkeye was, yet how serious he and professional he became when saving lives. All the tom-foolery took place between serious engagements, but everyone was very focused when it really counted.
@@judyjones5089 Actually, did you miss them, when the episodes were new and Col. Blake and Trapper John were replaced? I laughed alot more at the earlier episodes than the much later ones. But then, Frank Burns was on it awhile longer. Instead of being mean, the Burns character developed into a funnier character, at times.
@@bobbyfrancis8957 I actually watched the series off and on until its end. The 11 year span started while I was in college. By the time it ended, I had graduated and gotten a teaching job out of state, became engaged, moved, married, and changed careers, so MASH wasn't a weekly priority with me, but I liked all the characters. Harry Morgan did a great job as Col. Potter.
I have great memories of the shows and ads of that time.
1971 has got to be my favourite year of television. A time of change was in the air. So many excellent TV programs.
I loved watching McMillian and Wife at night back then!
That was awesomely entertaining filled with great memories growing up during that year.
Glad you liked it, Wayne.
6:30- "From TELEVISION CITY, in Hollywood......."
Ah, 1971...I was 11, my parents and grandparents were still alive, I had my first "girlfriend" (RIP Rosemary), I still had my G.I. Joes, Captain Action & Action Boy, and the Best of the West figures, my Matchboxes and Hot Wheels, and my friends would come over in the summer and we'd have fun outside in the yard...now it's more than 50 years later and I have arthritic knees...
"Adorn hairspray, nothing holds my hair longer." Oh honey.......just wait until Aqua Net comes along!!
Both products were on the market at the same time
That commercial featured the late Phyllis George, the 1971 Miss America! Rest in peace, Phyllis.
Wow, Amaxing. Thank You FredFlix. It took me back to my childhood.
You're welcome,.
8:37 Bob Landers was one of the all-time greatest commercial voice-over talents, and here he is for Norelco. He was a disc jockey on WNEW-AM in the early to mid 60s.
12:17 This Burger Chef voice-over is by George Coe. You might recognize his voice from Toyota spots he voiced in the late 70s through the mid 80s. He was also an actor, and he appeared in several skits during the first season of SNL.
32:07 John Facenda on the NFL highlights.
33:04 Ken Nordine for Levi's.
Bob Landers, Dan Ingram, William B. Williams and Scott Muni all excelled as New York deejays and as commercial voiceover announcers on television.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Excellent point! All great on the NY radio airwaves and as v/o announcers.
18:05 "Magical World of ABC" Saturday morning cartoon promo. The vocalists had a harmony sound very much like The Fifth Dimension, who were at the height of their popularity at that time.
The Hertz ad w/ Don Adams and Penny Marshall.
Little did we know it was Don Draper behind that Coke ad 😉
These are great, brings me right back. That All in the Family opening was the second of four versions used throughout the series run. There was an earlier version used for season 1. It started with a disclaimer for the first few episodes, after that the words “From Television City in Hollywood”
The song went all the way back to the first pilot in 1968, titled JUSTICE FOR ALL (the Justice family)
This is a timeless theme song!! I watched these shows as a young kid at the age of 10, 11, 12 and on.!
21:57 The Best Ever McDonald’s Commercial of All Time!!! It’s 51 years old and I still can sing along all the words !!!! Mickey Dee’s first “Slogan Song!!”
You deserve a brick today . . . My brother worked at Mickey-D's in those days and he hated that f*ing song.
I was 8 in 1971. Most o f the programs were aimed at adults, or aired after my bedtime,
"Back When Girls were Girls and Men Were Men"
Or else they got the shit kicked out of them. I remember. No thanks.
And everybody pulled thier weight....no welfare state....
@@DanaTheInsane Well, at least we knew what bathrooms to use and we were not forced to participate in the delusions of others.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great......
Those Were the Days
This takes me back. 13:06 I remember watching "The Reluctant Heroes" on ABC's Movie of the Week, and ABC's Movie of the Weekend, Stephen Spielberg's "Duel",14:36.
The cost of those 20 "solid hits" from K-Tel comes to $25.28 in today's money, given the 533% inflation we've seen since then. That's $1.26 per song -- way more than a download costs today.
Yeah,but it was worth it!
The Glenn Ford show “Cade’s County” was replaced by a little show called “M.A.S.H.”.
DoctorShocktor how bout the theme song by Henry Mancini that’s a neat one
That's okay... they basically rebooted on Netflix and called it, "Longmire." ha
And MASH was replaced by a little show called afterMASh.
@@maxi-me Ahhhhh, Don't Doooo That.....I dang near forgot!!!!😜🤣
Excellent! There’s nothing like these now as there is a lack of imagination! Thank you so so much!
Thanks, Anna.
Great memories! You could fit a while Girl Scout troop in one of those Chevy station wagons...and we did!
I'm watching this again! 😆
Yes, those were the some of the best days, to grow up in. Ah, me to see these ads again bring back good memories for this 62 year old.
Fred, you are a winner. You are proving that mojo matters. It's missing from our era. Your collections show this. Something has been lost - male energy. The voices, the ambition, the confidence, the sheer masculinity (matched by fantastic femininity on the other side). Our society has turned itself into a 2017 PC kindergarten.
I'm afraid you're right, Eric. The mojo IS gone.The thing is, back in the day, when men were men and women were glad of it, most people didn't mind it. Those were the roles we played and it was OK. Sure, it NOT right if a woman is paid less than a man, doesn't advance and is sexually harassed. I get that. The changes have been long-needed. But we can still wax nostalgic about "the good old days." Those days were bad for some, but for many of us, they were DAMN good!
@@FredFlix , that's the fairest assessment I've ever read!
@@ladyi7609 Thank you ladyi7609.
Arguably, masculine drive got us the moon landing, invention of the Super Bowl, and Clint Eastwood's entire career, but toxic masculinity got us the Cold War, the agony of Vietnam, and that day at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. One can't say it's an unalloyed good.
Masculinity died after we landed on the moon in 1969. In fact America died then too. July 20th, 1969.
I remember most of these, we've lost so many of these stars.😍❤🇺🇸
1971 I was 11 and loved all in the family, Columbo, Hawaii 5-0, FBI, the Jeffersons, good times, so many. Thank you for video
That Plymouth Duster commercial sold me on the vehicle. What a wonderful, wonderful ad! Also, I used to have that "ABC Movie of the Week" intro as my ringtone; that and the "star tunnel" intro for the ABC [x] Night Movie from the early '80s are two of the absolute best intros to anything EVER.
They not only came off the dealer's lot with all those engineering features, but with several square feet of free rust (which ended up killing 98 percent of them).
I loved that theme from ABC movie of the week. I would love to have as my ring tone it trip out so many boomers like me. That song is called Nikki written by Burt Bacharach in honor of his Daughter. It's an instrumental on one of his records.
Dear God, I miss Burger Chef. Never got a chance to try their food.
They had a build your own burger bar. Went there a few times as a kid.
Burger Chef and Big Boy
Hardee's still offers the Big Shef in some areas...
I never go the chance to eat at Burger Chef either, Luis. If I ever did, I certainly don't remember it.
Watched these in 1971. Watching this in 2019.
I Remember Those 1970's Movies / TV too But My Dad Was Strict On School Nights ( 1969 - 1981 ) Until I Turned 18 On Feb 26 , 1981 , Had To Be In BED by 9 PM Sharp On School Nights , I Only Could Hear Little Bit Of TV in Bed .. Lol , After Feb 26 , ' 81 No Time Limit Since I Was 18 an Adult
What i remember fondly was the premieres of the Saturday morning cartoon line up. It began the Saturday after the 1st week of school. Also Corduroy dresses and slacks back then because September was colder than it is now 😊
I love your videos! I turned 4 years old June 18, 1971. My family and i were living in Benton Arkansas.
Turned 13 in 1971, thanks for taking me home again!
You're welcome!
I liked the co cola commercial it brought people together!
...in perfect harmony.... ; )
@@willyboy6126
I was in 7th grade Junior High we did that Coca-Cola song as our part of the Christmas play and as I recall we did a pretty damn good job of it
20:56- taped on the "neighborhood block" at the Columbia Ranch {Warner Ranch}; where many outdoor "suburban" settings were seen in Screen Gems/Columbia sitcoms from the mid-1950's through the early 1970's.....that HAD been the front of "Tony Nelson's house" {"I DREAM OF JEANNIE"}.
Not that the Partridge's house was a stranger to Chevrolet wagons...
Wow. You continue to impress. How did you manage to archive such significant stuff? My guess: Ex-ABC executive. :) You even included my childhood infatuation:The early 70's Miami Dolphins. Please keep it up man. There are many who appreciate this stuff
That's encouraging to hear, Adam. But no, I'm not an ABC-exec....just a long-time (40 years) video collector. But when I don't have something I need, I don't mind downloading it from RUclips itself. Whatever the source, I just want people to see it and remember those times.
thanks for bringing this all back for the memories unfortunately my father passed in 1971 some were good shows that only lasted one season.
I LOVE TO GO BACK IN TIME!
Don Adams & Penny Marshall for Hertz.
I remember sooooo many wonderful times from the awesome 70's ..Thx for the great memories..
The cinema was probably the go in the 70s, rather than the guff being served up on the telly. Not that the cinema would have done me with my somewhat discerning brief, but for anyone with broader tastes than me, then, yes, it would have been the big screen. They actually did have a real clue about movie-making in the '70s.
Yes I Remember Those 1970's Too , Movies / TV ..But My Dad Strict Schoolt Bed Time Was 9 pm Sharp It Only Was Lifted Once I Turned 18 Feb 26 , 1981 .. Lol , ... 9 PM SHARP so I Only Heard To Movie / TV after I Was In BED on School Night ( 1969 - 1981 , Before Feb 26 )
How well I remember the Coke spot! I'm 54 now, so that made me around 8 then.
Gary Kerns I was in size 1 (cloth & safety pin) diapers.
Sadly, it’s no longer the real thing. They replaced sugar with high fructose corn syrup.
Marie Katherine lucky for me I live a hop skip and a jump away from Mexico. Original formula to include real sugary diabetic goodness.
I remember it too. It was popular in 1971 -1972. Well at least it's on RUclips and it brings back memories of families and friends. I showed it to my teen aged son and he rolled his eyes and said "Ok Boomer!" I told my son in 40 years you 're gonna look back on present day commercials and wonder why your generation was obsessed with sex!
@donkique956 That Mexican Coke is available throughout the U.S.
I buy it by the case from the only local market that has them...others offer singles or a 4-pack.
Henry Mancini could sure make those songs...
Love the shows back then😁
You do an awesome job with these videos! Thank you!
You're welcome, Randy.
These shows, intros, soundtracks, commercials sure bring back a lot of good memories. In 2067, if someone compiles a list of 2019 TV, it just won't be the same.
Yeah, but they won't know it.
Yes.. because it's all garbage
I recall touring the Janesville, WI plant where they were building the 1971 "Big" Chevy cars. They took my camera away from me and wouldn't give it back till the tour was over. Otherwise I'd have gotten some awesome pictures! The coolest part was when they hoisted down from overhead the body of the car and attached it to the frame. They had two assembly lines one was devoted to the Chevy cars and the other to Chevy pickup trucks.
31:08 I first saw this commercial when I was a kid and I was amazed and shocked and dumbfounded. I have never forgotten it. For my money, I still think it is the most emotionally galvanizing ad ever created.
The fact that the actor ("Iron Eyes" Cody) was not actually a Native American does nothing to diminish the impact of the message - though such casting would be considered politically incorrect today. Nearly 50 years later, it still packs a punch.
The narrator was actor William Conrad who starred in "Cannon" at the time.
Love that mission impossible theme song! And Uncle Joe was really moving slow in Cade's county!
Best time growing up.was hatched in 63..loved all shows
No Way All in the Family would be on today. Just about anything poor Archie said would be considered an insult to somebody!
You don't get how savvy people are; most of us are smart enough to know Archie Bunker is supposed to be a lovable bigot character who often got hoisted on his own petard and was sometimes outwitted by his ditzy (but even more lovable) wife Edith. Hell, there are generations of women who cheer Edith on to this day in the episode where she confronted her would-be rapist! You talk like young people aren't smart enough to get "All in the Family" when it was YOUR generation who know less about the world.
That,s because people had more important things to do then,instead of complaining about bullshit all the time.
Now Archie Bunker is held up as the model MAGA 'Merican.
I was 6 in 1971.
How quickly 52 years flew by.
Very sweet. Great memories-- thanks.
The legend of D.B. Cooper still lives on...
Yeah, but it sounded like he said D. A. Cooper.
Wow! That Coke commercial. And that anti-pollution PSA, really nostalgic. And who were those guys that did all the narration? Funny to look at the demographics back then. TV shows where the stars were 40 and 50 years old. Now, if there is anyone that age in a tv show, they're the idiot dad or grandad played as an object of ridicule for laughs.
Yeah, nowadays the cast in a show is usually in their 20s with the same old storylines and woke ideologies. Back then it was realism that was dominant. Like William Conrad of the show "Cannon".
@@alanlinnell6817 woke is politics. This is nostalgia which is not. Better to be woke than counting sheep or being old and bitter. Remember Archie Bunker made fun of conservatives who STILL think like Archie except he wasn't bitter.
@@alangray9117 But aren't you tired of the same predictable storylines nowadays with political undercurrents like misandry and other tiresome material. Besides that, what about all the reboots, sequels, and remakes. They'll probably do the tenth reboot of the "Equalizer" before long. Originality and realism is the key to good storytelling.
It's inconceivable that Coke could have a top 40 hit but I was rocking to it at 10 years old
Arthur Hill was so good in’71. He played in the Andromeda Strain. I think one of the best movies of that era. Cades county, with Glenn Ford, and uncle Joe.
Ahhh, those early 1970s fonts that ABC used to use. Classic. Now I wanna watch “Rachel, Sweet Rachel”.
Never noticed the non-English Coke bottles before. Wish they had focused on more of them.
I was One year old and probably sleeping when these shows came on.