The America We Knew: December 1976

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @bridgetmccracken1381
    @bridgetmccracken1381 4 месяца назад +51

    Thank you Fred for taking us away from the horror of todays messed up world and giving us the sweet memories of yesterday!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +6

      My pleasure, Bridget.

    • @gregggoss2210
      @gregggoss2210 4 месяца назад +5

      Amen to that!

    • @peternighswander9629
      @peternighswander9629 4 месяца назад +5

      Fredflix is like an unexpected check in the mail

    • @peternighswander9629
      @peternighswander9629 4 месяца назад +2

      It is interesting to note that back in 1976, many of us thought the world was pretty messed up and sought solace. If we only had a Fredflix equivalent back then

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +4

      @@peternighswander9629 I guess we just had old reruns like Sea Hunt and I Love Lucy.

  • @geraldscott4302
    @geraldscott4302 4 месяца назад +8

    I was 17 in December 1976, 18 three months later. I would give anything to go back to that time again. Thanks for the memories.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, Gerald.

  • @susanjohnson7679
    @susanjohnson7679 4 месяца назад +26

    This brought me back to a time where I knew of no horrors or sadness. I can literally relive it through these videos. They are so good, they’re almost painful for the longing of happier, more innocent times where we weren’t old enough to understand what evil there is in the world. Thank you 🙏 for these little mini vacations back in time ☺️

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +3

      I'm happy to do it, Susan.

    • @clifftanton8385
      @clifftanton8385 2 месяца назад +1

      Can't say it better myself love Elo

  • @BoinkBot5729
    @BoinkBot5729 4 месяца назад +38

    I love this channel so much. Thank you for all of the thought and love that go into creating each one of these time machine road trips.💗😺

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, PSF. I enjoy these trips as well.

    • @clifftanton8385
      @clifftanton8385 2 месяца назад

      Crazy I actually remember that Thunderbird commercial when I was around 11 crazy

  • @WilliamBone-j8l
    @WilliamBone-j8l 3 месяца назад +4

    Boy, do I miss Radio Shack! Thank you, Fred for the flashback!

  • @hughdavis8769
    @hughdavis8769 4 месяца назад +10

    Maybe we could just go back to this for a little while! This video is just perfect. Can we stay here forever?

    • @hughdavis8769
      @hughdavis8769 4 месяца назад

      Wow Wow Wow! Good vibes Fred.

  • @revolutionaryliberation9250
    @revolutionaryliberation9250 4 месяца назад +15

    Awesome!! Norellco Gliding Santa Was One Of My Earliest Memories.
    Was Born Early 1974, So Your Videos Help Me Go Back & See How Far My Memories Are.
    I Very Faintly Remember The Tall Ships At The Bicentennial.
    Thanks For Your Help, Dedication, & Excellent Work!!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, RL.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 4 месяца назад

      Don't you mean NÖELCO? 🎅

  • @Ij-jan
    @Ij-jan 4 месяца назад +7

    In December 1976 I was busy taking care of an infant. Thank you for the memories.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, Jan.

  • @elifoust7664
    @elifoust7664 4 месяца назад +11

    May we have Peace on Earth..soon

    • @PabloCruise1
      @PabloCruise1 3 месяца назад

      As long as there is a Muslim religion, there will be no peace.

  • @ronnieparker4311
    @ronnieparker4311 4 месяца назад +13

    Magnavox 🤘 my dad before he passed work for magnavox / Phillips all through the 70’s to 1991! He was always knowing before hand what new stereo’s tv’s , vcr’s and home recorder cameras was coming out! He told me and my mom back in the 80’s that everything was one day going to disc/ digital! So he knew ahead of the times ! I still have one of my tv’s and boombox from the 80’s I just can’t throw them away since he has been gone since 1991 🙏 Rock on Fred🤘⚡️space ace Ron ⚡️

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +2

      He sounds as though he was fairly young when he passed, like my dad (at 55), Ron.

    • @ronnieparker4311
      @ronnieparker4311 4 месяца назад +2

      @@FredFlixhe had turned 54 in July of 91 ! Aneurysm

    • @dwightpowell6673
      @dwightpowell6673 3 месяца назад

      Magnavox/Phillips wouldn't hire Black people.. why?

    • @ronnieparker4311
      @ronnieparker4311 3 месяца назад

      @@dwightpowell6673 go ask them!

    • @ronnieparker4311
      @ronnieparker4311 3 месяца назад

      @@dwightpowell6673 Magnavox 🤘

  • @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey
    @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey 4 месяца назад +12

    I turned 14 in 1976. It was a good year. A teenager year!

    • @Laine2539
      @Laine2539 4 месяца назад

      Turned 17.. last year of high school, graduation loomed ahead in May of 77.

  • @a1wireless1964
    @a1wireless1964 4 месяца назад +4

    Keep bringing back the memories of my happy place.

  • @Wolfinger1935
    @Wolfinger1935 4 месяца назад +2

    14:30. The great Bill Watrous and his Trombone and signature Dutch Boy haircut.
    December 1976 might well have been the best month of my life. Senior year in HS. Christmas with my family... most of them gone now.
    Like so many others commented... if only I could go back... even for a day.
    Thanks Fred, for keeping the memories alive.

  • @flicewatter
    @flicewatter 4 месяца назад +3

    I love all these videos, me and my wife watch every one of them. Then we always talk about " hey you remember this or that..?

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +2

      That's very encouraging, flicewatter.

  • @hiridavidfeign
    @hiridavidfeign 3 месяца назад +1

    From Dirty Harry to Debbie Harry. This hits home. I used to scan the Radio Shack ads religiously. How far we've come from the magical call of digital calculators and component audio systems lol. I worked as an usher in a movie theater in December 76, and so many of the movies on this video played there. I saw the endings over and over because I had to open the doors to the theater when the credits started. Great work as always. These are excellent memory-joggers. Thanks.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  3 месяца назад

      You're welcome, HDF.

  • @NickvonZ
    @NickvonZ 4 месяца назад +12

    Christmas time at 13 was a mighty happy time!

    • @Spunky3
      @Spunky3 4 месяца назад +1

      I was 10 in 1976 and remember the tv Christmas specials fondly,Thank you for these wonderful memories of my childhood!

  • @b-genspinster7895
    @b-genspinster7895 4 месяца назад +5

    When ever I hear ELO’s It’s a livin’ thing, I get visions of Boogie Nights in my head.

  • @ScottGrammer
    @ScottGrammer 4 месяца назад +12

    I was twelve. It was a good year.

    • @brewcrew5854
      @brewcrew5854 4 месяца назад +4

      i was 11 and Christmas was fun ! probably got an Evil Knievel rev um and race em toy ? or was it G I Joe ?

    • @ScottGrammer
      @ScottGrammer 4 месяца назад +1

      @@brewcrew5854 Got the Evil Knievel motorcycle! I wore that T-handle out in a month!

    • @sentforth5
      @sentforth5 4 месяца назад

      @@brewcrew5854 I was 11, too and I had the Evel Knievel as well LOL

  • @robroymenzies8641
    @robroymenzies8641 2 дня назад

    I was only 10 years old! I remember these so well!!

  • @Laura-i2r9r
    @Laura-i2r9r 4 месяца назад +4

    Just love these trips back in time month by Month through each year !! So nostalgic and very well made !! I was almost 11 years old at this point . A month away from 12 years old . Clearly remember the sights and sounds . The movies,music and TV shows . Also the teen magazines . I started buying them around 1976.lol😂 Laura in Canada . Love these posts❤😊🎉🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🏻👍🏻

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @RepentfollowJesus
    @RepentfollowJesus 2 месяца назад +2

    Ohh ELO. I was 13. Loved Rhoda and Bob Newhart . Loved Alice too

  • @RobertR3750
    @RobertR3750 4 месяца назад +6

    I think the ELO song gives me the strongest nostalgic feeling. There's just something about it.

  • @tperk
    @tperk Месяц назад

    Graduated from high school and realized the world was so much more than what I watched on TV. The time I spent in front of the set declined dramatically.

  • @docadams7099
    @docadams7099 4 месяца назад +2

    I was twelve in 1976. Just a nice year for me and my loved ones.

  • @Josh-z4w
    @Josh-z4w 3 месяца назад

    Thank u Fred for taking the time out to do the research for showing the historical things of value. Including movie, posters, movie trailers, tv commercials, magazine covers,comic book covers and music all released during a particular month & year. This is my new favorite channel. Perhaps you could add some newspaper headlines and some more famous broadcast news stories.
    Would love to see some time period of the 80s & 90s. Thanks again

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  2 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Josh. The relevant newspaper headlines don't turn up in my searches as much as I would like. I run the TV news stories as often as I can.

  • @pntyhs
    @pntyhs 4 месяца назад +2

    Around Christmas 1976, Genesis released their eighth studio album, Wind and Wuthering, their second with Phil Collins on vocals and their last with Steve Hackett.

  • @daveerhardt1879
    @daveerhardt1879 4 месяца назад +6

    Times were better, simpler, and much cheaper then.

  • @tigre7739
    @tigre7739 4 месяца назад +2

    Thankfully remembering this as a wonderful, exciting, secure time, much thanks as always Fred!🤟😃

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, tigre.

  • @ericbarker1234
    @ericbarker1234 4 месяца назад +2

    Fred, as usual, you've taken a time from the past and put it back in the forefront of our minds. I remember the feeling the United States had as we celebrated our bicentennial. The patriotism, the pride, the togetherness, only 9/11 has brought us together like that since. I hate to think of what the feeling would be in our country now. Thanks for the great memories Fred!!!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Eric.

  • @drewjansen7825
    @drewjansen7825 4 месяца назад +2

    Another excellent production! Thank you, Fred.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Drew.

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez 4 месяца назад +5

    LOVED those Bi-centennial minutes!!

    • @peternighswander9629
      @peternighswander9629 4 месяца назад +1

      I did too. Extremely educational and I think we are the poorer for not keeping that up

  • @VernaCunningham-sz9uz
    @VernaCunningham-sz9uz День назад

    LOVED Rich Man, Poor Man, season 2!!!!!!!

  • @Classicrocker6119
    @Classicrocker6119 4 месяца назад +1

    I turned 15 on December 5. So many personal memories of school and outside activities which kept me busy and out of trouble! The Christmas season was one the best ever as well! The movie “Silver Streak” was filmed west of my hometown of Calgary Alberta Canada 🇨🇦. Thanks so very much again Fred from your long time subscriber (John) and it’s on to 1977!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Much appreciated, John.

  • @sarahsilverlight2064
    @sarahsilverlight2064 4 месяца назад +1

    Definitely one of my faves from you, Fred. You know a video is great, when you hate to see that it's finished. 76 was a wonderful year with fab memories and fun times. Ah, to be 11 again...

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton9701 4 месяца назад +1

    Fred-Thanks for this stroll down memory lane.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Scott.

  • @jessicagreene1773
    @jessicagreene1773 4 месяца назад +1

    The talent in music and movies in these years and prior I don't think will ever come back.

  • @popdesigner01
    @popdesigner01 4 месяца назад +1

    Seeing the Dodge truck ad remained me that my dad bought his first new vehicle in 1976. A stripped down Dodge D100. He drove it until 1987. Tough truck just like The Rifleman!

  • @collegeman1988
    @collegeman1988 4 месяца назад +1

    The 3:17 Ford Granada commercial about cars all looking the same is much more true in 2024 than 1976. I have a Nissan Altima that looks so remarkably similar to cars made by Honda, Toyota and GM that I’ve had people accidentally step into my car and sit down in the passenger seat next to me, and only realize a couple seconds later they got in the wrong car, which was parked next to their car. Another great video about things from our glorious past Fred. Thanks for posting.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, CM.

  • @ernestcruz6316
    @ernestcruz6316 4 месяца назад +2

    The highlight of this video (for me, anyway) comes at 17:10 - the Norelco Santa commercial! I think that's why Christmas doesn't seem the same anymore; you don't see that commercial in December to really ring in the season. Thanks Fred!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Watched it every year, Ernest.

  • @debbiebarnhardt1590
    @debbiebarnhardt1590 4 месяца назад +2

    Great music to listen to on a rainy Fla morning

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Rain's in SC too, Debbie. But you're getting the brunt of it.

    • @debbiebarnhardt1590
      @debbiebarnhardt1590 4 месяца назад

      Where in SC. Used to live in Clinton

  • @Agwings1960
    @Agwings1960 4 месяца назад +3

    Love your videos Fred, but they leave me sad when I realize how good we had it in the 70's and how complicated and political things have become now.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      I hear you, Agislife. But it's going to get worse so appreciate whatever we have left now.

  • @tubekxb
    @tubekxb 4 месяца назад +3

    It was one month since Ford lost the election, but he understood his responsibilities, and marked the end of the bicentennial as a president should.

  • @dougbrowne9890
    @dougbrowne9890 4 месяца назад +12

    That last "200 Years Ago Today" choaked me up. Listening to Ford ask to keep the Spirit of `76 alive hurts my heart. The USA is a rotten turd burger today. Seems more "Americans" hate the USA than love it. This is the only reason I am glad Pop and all my other relatives are gone. They would all be crying and angry because of what the USA has become. But don't worry Fred. We all love what you do and will never stop watching. God bless.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +6

      I feel the way you do, Doug. Unfortunately, it will get worse before it collapses altogether. So try to appreciate what's left.

    • @mickieg1118
      @mickieg1118 4 месяца назад +8

      There are plenty of people who still love this Country. We've been through tough times before, The Civil War, The Great Depression, two World Wars, Vietnam and the '60s radicals, 70's gas shortages and inflation, The Cold War, 9/11 terrorists etc. Our Country will survive and prosper. We are Americans, you can't keep us down.

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 25 дней назад

      @@mickieg1118 That’s the spirit!

  • @shanesmith6941
    @shanesmith6941 4 месяца назад +1

    December 76 I was in the 6th grade in Weaver Elementary Alabama. Seems so long ago. Thanks for the great memories!

    • @ThomasGidley-kv2uj
      @ThomasGidley-kv2uj 4 месяца назад +2

      I'm about 6 or 7 mile from there now. Was mostly in Etowah County in 1976.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, Shane.

  • @richardgazinia5482
    @richardgazinia5482 4 месяца назад +1

    The Norelco and Budweiser ads take me right back to my childhood. Those ads played well into the 1990s during NFL games in December.

  • @cunn9305
    @cunn9305 4 месяца назад

    Christmas '76 .. nothing but good memories .. thanks

  • @dawnjensen5615
    @dawnjensen5615 4 месяца назад +2

    I turned 5 that month..
    Still love that Norelco Christmas commercial.

    • @angeliqueluvsbastet3406
      @angeliqueluvsbastet3406 4 месяца назад

      I turned 5 as well! The happiest memories I have were of being a kid in the 70’s

  • @Bobby_OWilliams
    @Bobby_OWilliams 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you so much for this. After your great video here I'm remembering the bicentennial year when I was age 21 and sure yearning for that uncomplicated, more innocent time.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Same age, same yearnings, Bobby.

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 3 месяца назад

    Eighth grade. Did a lot of growing up in 1976. The prospect of entering high school next year was looming large on my horizon and my young mind worked hard to live up to that maturity.

  • @susanclark6987
    @susanclark6987 4 месяца назад

    I graduated high school that bicentennial year.... Your videos just keep getting better and better Fred... Thank you so much for the great memories...

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Much appreciated, Susan.

  • @dwaynecoy1871
    @dwaynecoy1871 4 месяца назад +3

    A changing of the culture was happening. Great video of an early "Blondie" appearance on stage (likely a NYC club) while Elvis had about 8 months to live.

  • @johngardner4379
    @johngardner4379 4 месяца назад

    A real blast from the past; thank you for this. I hope you youngsters realize the original TV broadcasts were more clear and crisp than these aged second and 3rd generation BETA and VHS recordings.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Thanks for that reminder, John.

  • @peternighswander9629
    @peternighswander9629 4 месяца назад +2

    Oh you went and done it. Playing ELO Livin Thing. I love you Fred and Fredflix and that’s official 😊

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      It's a FredFlix thing, PNW

  • @Shawn666Hellion
    @Shawn666Hellion 4 месяца назад +2

    This was awesome, thanks for the great memories

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, Shawn.

  • @nongthip
    @nongthip 4 месяца назад +10

    Hands-up if you were a product of 1970s USA. It was a very troubled time with failed politics, unjustified war, crappy cars, and post-60s stoner mentality, but also produced a lot of great rock/disco music and hilarious big-hair fashion, and Fonzie-Ayyy! No "smart phones", no "social media" and making a difference meant getting off your ass and going outside to face reality. Glad to have come of age during that crazy decade.

  • @humbleevidenceaccepter7712
    @humbleevidenceaccepter7712 4 месяца назад +20

    Recording TV shows on tape? That'll never catch on.

    • @NickvonZ
      @NickvonZ 4 месяца назад +3

      Same thing they said about the automobile, airplanes and the internet. 😅

    • @robertscott2210
      @robertscott2210 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@NickvonZ
      It's just a fad, lol 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jackmorgan8931
      @jackmorgan8931 4 месяца назад +3

      And I still have my old Beta machine down in the basement, yes, packed away, but I still got it....

    • @iscariot666
      @iscariot666 4 месяца назад +2

      But no one said that.

    • @arielfilmsinc1926
      @arielfilmsinc1926 4 месяца назад

      Don't forget Rock n Roll

  • @stevezilla1961
    @stevezilla1961 4 месяца назад +1

    I have come to love this channel more and more

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Much appreciated, Steve.

  • @allisons3663
    @allisons3663 4 месяца назад +5

    I wish I could go back to the 70's and escape the clown world we're in now.

  • @peterpaul231
    @peterpaul231 3 месяца назад

    Here's a fun story about the 1976 King Kong. When it was filming, there was an article or ad in the newspaper saying that there would be filming at the World Trade Center on such and such a date, and if you show up you might be in the movie! Being about 14 and living on Long Island, I convinced my parents to take us. When we got there, there was a giant dummy of the dead King Kong at the bottom of the WTC for the final scene. It was very impressive. Filming however, was going to take place at night, and we were there in the day and didn't want to stay that long. We did however to to the top of the WTC, which was very cool in itself. A great day!

  • @SR-se3qw
    @SR-se3qw 3 месяца назад +1

    I was 17 and at Navy boot camp in San Diego.

  • @merce10554
    @merce10554 4 месяца назад

    The Livin' Thing had to wait about 10 months to become part of the soundtrack of my life. 🎶🎵🎶 Thanks, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      I was slow as well catching up with ELO, Mercedes.

    • @merce10554
      @merce10554 4 месяца назад

      ​@@FredFlix My personal circumstances had a lot to do with it. But yeah, that happens. 🤗💜🤟

  • @timothymccarthy4704
    @timothymccarthy4704 4 месяца назад +1

    While watching December 76, I came across a commercial for the Ford thunderbird 1977. That was my dream car. I had one from February 84 to January 87. I kick myself for selling that car.

  • @ricknibert6417
    @ricknibert6417 4 месяца назад +1

    King Kong opened December 17. Eight days later WUAB Cleveland aired the original King Kong as a Christmas Day special.

  • @sixbladeknife44
    @sixbladeknife44 4 месяца назад +1

    Another stellar FredFlix production 👌

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      Many thanks, 6blade.

  • @deeanna3335
    @deeanna3335 Месяц назад

    Hey, I was ar that Steelers-Bengals game! It snowed like crazy and I froze my behind off lol.

  • @davek5027
    @davek5027 4 месяца назад +1

    15 about to turn 16. Thanks for the fond memory jog.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, Dave.

  • @antsforall
    @antsforall 4 месяца назад +1

    Great way to start the week!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Thanks, ants....

  • @jehobden
    @jehobden 4 месяца назад +1

    Great job, Fred! This was a big month of transition for my family, as at the beginning we moved about 1200 miles, changing schools midyear for myself and my older sister & brother.
    4:45 - I think this is Paul Burke, but I'm not certain.
    5:13 - The next commercial confirms that it is. My first memory of him is seeing him playing an older love interest for Julie McCoy on LOVE BOAT.
    7:00 - He was gone just 8 months later.
    7:53 - This became VISA just a few years later.
    9:45 - Wasn't Odyssey the same as Pong?
    13:30 - My favorite Pink Panther Movie! This has other great highlights like an animated opening, "Does your dog bite", and Clousseau fighting a moat to get into a castle.
    14:42 - I got to see this movie at the theater. I remember poor Ned Beatty's character was knocked off on the train. I think that's "Jaws" throwing Wilder's character off the train.
    18:20 - I loved this Disney film. I had the book read to my class. It had a lot less action than the movie, but they were both great. The movie's been remade a few times since.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      That is Burke, but I forgot to identify him. Thanks again, Jon.

    • @dwightpowell6673
      @dwightpowell6673 3 месяца назад

      Miss the Norelco Shavers Christmas commercials

  • @matthewbaduria
    @matthewbaduria 4 месяца назад

    Freaky Friday is a great movie, it's one of my favorites, and I'm a huge fan.

  • @gittes98
    @gittes98 4 месяца назад +2

    original motion picture of all time. Big talk for a remake of a way better movie more than 30 years earlier
    Bound for Glory, a terrific movie that deserves to be better remembered
    Barney Miller -one of the all time greats

  • @thomasbryant6512
    @thomasbryant6512 4 месяца назад

    The only thing I cared about in December of 1976 was getting my temps, since it was when I turned 16. Thanks for the memories, Fred.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Thomas.

  • @ChrisN1344
    @ChrisN1344 4 месяца назад +1

    Probably my favorite Christmas in many ways … appropriate as 1976 is probably still the most enjoyable year of my life (doesn’t say much for my adult life I know, but… lol). Comics, TV, music, sports … everything was so much fun that year. Loved Kirby’s take on 2001.
    The one thing I DIDN’T love from that year is that dreadful version of King Kong. Went to see it with my dad at a downtown movie theater (as they still had those!) - and Dad always rated the 1933 Willis O’Brien version as his favorite film. We left the theater kind of shaking our heads. New Hollywood gritty realism just didn’t work for Kong - though to be fair, I don’t think the 1933 version can ever be equaled in my eyes … so I’m kind of biased towards it. I miss my Dad … sigh.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      I agree completely about Kong, Chris. The 2005 version was a vast improvement, though.

    • @ChrisN1344
      @ChrisN1344 4 месяца назад

      @@FredFlix Agreed. That one at least had some fun sequences.

  • @tomklock568
    @tomklock568 4 месяца назад +1

    At last the month I turned 18! Thanks Fred!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Tom.

  • @docadams7099
    @docadams7099 4 месяца назад

    I remember December of 1976 very well. The Reds were world champs. Tony Perez was traded away to Montreal. On Christmas Day we had a little snow and I got a pewter key ring with the autographs of all the 1976 Cincinnati Reds on it, including Perez. I also got a couple of beautiful records with nice music. The Waltons aired "The Best Christmas" that year.

  • @jasonspaulding3949
    @jasonspaulding3949 4 месяца назад +1

    What a day for me I was born on the 12 of the month 1976

  • @Maiden...24FM
    @Maiden...24FM 4 месяца назад +2

    would rather live in those days then 2024

  • @brendajeanproffitt6919
    @brendajeanproffitt6919 4 месяца назад

    Wow totally ❤❤❤❤it amazing my friend Fred thank you so much

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome, friend Brenda.

  • @Laine2539
    @Laine2539 4 месяца назад +1

    K-Mart cooked ham. My Grandma would pick up a couple pounds of sliced ham and make sandwiches and potato chips for a light Sunday night supper ❤

  • @dantuttle3463
    @dantuttle3463 4 месяца назад

    A Magical , Wonderful Time !!!

  • @tompotter5981
    @tompotter5981 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow 727s and DC-8s. Practically all are in the salvage yard now.

  • @melaniemills4505
    @melaniemills4505 6 дней назад

    Ah, the Noelco razor Christmas commercials...Santa likes to get close to the ladies at Christmas time. 🎄 ❤

  • @robertscott2210
    @robertscott2210 4 месяца назад +7

    Thus ends the bicentennial year. 😢 And you've unofficially launched the Christmas season with this one, Fred, which I'm sure will probably be in full swing by Labor Day, judging by the Halloween candy and decorations I've seen in the stores already. 😡 Next up, 1977, the year of Meatloaf, Star Wars and the passing of Elvis!😢

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +2

      I've got it all covered, Robert...well, maybe not Meatloaf so much.

  • @frankwafer6919
    @frankwafer6919 4 месяца назад +2

    😮Thanks for this wonderful gem - made my day!💯💜🖤💥👍🤍!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      My pleasure, Frank.

  • @jenniehakim7076
    @jenniehakim7076 4 месяца назад +2

    Wasn't the Double Mac the predecessor to the George Foreman grill?

  • @jashary15
    @jashary15 4 месяца назад +1

    I turned 16 in December 1976.

  • @rolfsinkgraven
    @rolfsinkgraven 4 месяца назад

    Ho ho ho a nice one again Fred thnx.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Rolf.

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 4 месяца назад

    To think The Price Is Right is the only game show still on the air weekday mornings on network TV.
    Thanks, FredFlix. 📺

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome, Luis.

  • @SteveDow-ic4pp
    @SteveDow-ic4pp 4 месяца назад

    I was a senior in high school in December ‘76 - just 6 months to go until graduation!!!

  • @stargirlzx
    @stargirlzx 2 месяца назад +1

    The prices of new cars and trucks ..
    🤣

  • @johnward6699
    @johnward6699 4 месяца назад

    I remember that summer was the best July for a 14 yr old boy

  • @jlthomps1
    @jlthomps1 4 месяца назад +2

    If only cars cost that today.

  • @joelcda6883
    @joelcda6883 3 месяца назад

    Alex Trebek rockin' the 1970s hair on the Double Dare game show!

  • @JetScreamer_YT
    @JetScreamer_YT 4 месяца назад +1

    My sister was a bicentennial baby.

  • @dennisdeleo74
    @dennisdeleo74 4 месяца назад +1

    Merry Christmas Fred…as we complete our BiCentenial year…without one bison 🦬…!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад

      Well said, Dennis.

  • @theoddfather8782
    @theoddfather8782 4 месяца назад +2

    $4088.00 for a car??? Where’s my Time Machine?

  • @arielfilmsinc1926
    @arielfilmsinc1926 4 месяца назад +1

    Here's a fun fact Blondie Debrah Harry was a voice actress in the Phantom 2040 animated series as .................well a singer

  • @evansmith7969
    @evansmith7969 4 месяца назад +2

    I forgot how bad Thunderbird was that year.

  • @iscariot666
    @iscariot666 4 месяца назад

    One magazine seemed to have slipped past the editor. 😉 Regardless, thank you for what you do, brother!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 месяца назад +1

      You're welcome!

  • @dr.hookyeah2883
    @dr.hookyeah2883 4 месяца назад +2

    The month I turned six years old. My older brother had a king Kong lunchbox the graphic was identical to the poster in your video. I don’t remember the TV shows as first-runs anyway. What can I say? I had to go to bed at 8:30

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 25 дней назад +1

      My sons loved that King Kong lunch box, which I bought in a junk barn along with other vintage finds. “Fun With the Metric System” was probably the nuttiest.

  • @bettyir4302
    @bettyir4302 4 месяца назад +2

    Hey, look at that. Walkie Talkies are still the same price!
    What a concept, men boxing men instead of beating up women.
    IIRC, Blondie said she didn't remember the entire decade.
    The Spirit of '76. Better times.

    • @edgarcook9607
      @edgarcook9607 4 месяца назад

      Blondie is the band, Debbie Harry is the singer!