@user-du2sk7pc9e: I'm 60 as well. Of course, the 70s were 'great' for me because I was ages 5 to 15. I do agree, for my part, that life was best in 1989...being 25 was awesome.
Great memories! I had just turned 20 years old that May. I got engaged the following August to my girlfriend, and married in January 1977. Yes, I got married young, but I had known her since 7th grade and we were in love. We're still married to this day. I can just see us back in 1976. Those were magical times. 😊
I was so glad to see this clip when I turned RUclips on my tv in my living room - I watch faithfully every other day to see your new videos and I hope you stay on the air and keep making these videos - they make my day every time and take me back to good memories - God bless you and keep up the great work!!!!! 👍😃
Fred, thank you for taking us back to 1976. That was a significant year for me as I had just moved to the other side of town and was in the 8th. grade. I had a terrible 7th grade (hard adjustment from grade school to Jr. H.S.), but things were looking better in 1976. I was in a school that excelled in athletics and if you had no athletic ability you felt left out. I tried out for the baseball team and was the last kid to make the team. From that year on, my life got a lot easier and fun. Made lots of new friends. Even the morning air seemed fresher, as I recall waiting for the bus to go to school, on one of many early September mornings. The future seemed so bright. But now, it seems like a dream as I wake up to the cold reality of this world in 2024.
Ah, memories of my middle school years, what a great way to start the week. Thanks Mr. FredFlix. And love that "New York Rocker" mag with Blondie on the cover. That was at least 2 years before their first big hit in the US, "Heart of Glass" was released in Jan 79.
Have been severely depressed, but every time I view one of these trips down memory lane(born in 1965, I was 😊) it always makes me feel better, if only for a little while 😊🐱 Thanks so much for posting, Fred!
@@sarahsilverlight2064 Could be the sweetener. Dr. P now sells at higher prices a flavor that advertises itself as "with pure cane sugar" supposedly harking back to more of the original flavor. I don't think it tastes at all like what it did in my day.
That was the summer of discovery that girl next door all of sudden wouldn't just a friend All of a sudden she had a figure that couldn't be ignored 😂 and I got my learners licence that summer and the game was on in both situations 😊❤
That was the summer that I realized I was homosexual, my Black Father despised me for it and threw me put of the house. A family friend took me in for 3 years until I finished High school.
Found myself singing along, especially to “More, More, More.” It was played so much on the radio (77 WABC, 66 WNBC, 97 DJ (WWDJ), et al. Movies, never heard of most. Fred, thanks for taking me back to 19 years old!!
A difficult time. I was saving to build a house for cash. Struggling but actually doing much better than I thought. In the Fall of that year my fiancee and I drifted apart. I was devastated. Five years later I met a beautiful young woman, and married just ten months later. We’ve been madly in love for more than forty years.
Wow! That 1976 “K Mart Graduation Sale Ad” had a transistor radio, watch, typewriter, calculator, AM/FM radio, wallet & alarm clock. Now, just buy the grad a smart phone!
There are no more Sears, so it was nice to see the commercial. Back then, comedians had the freedom to be comedians. It was great to see Red Foxx & Chevy Chase. I miss Ebony and Right On, and TV Guides magazines. I'm blown away, Reggie Jackson. 😀
I have no idea what "patrician politics" might be, but there's no reason to invoke false nostalgia about some imaginary "good ol' days" version of SNL -- they have always done politics.
Now, I would love to go back and return to those days, BUT NOT TO MY original childhood family, or house where I lived. I would like to visit, but maybe not stay too long. Still , I miss the culture and the merchandise of those days, along with the movies and TV entertainment. I do not miss my life at school or with the neighborhood where we lived.
Just watched "Deep Water Horizon" with Kurt Russell. What an underrated actor. In all the movies he's been in, you can't imagine anyone else playing him. He's Mr. Jimmy, Snake Pliskin all rolled into one.
Right before what is still my most favorite summer ever. Great time to be a kid. Great family vacations and the Marvel Comics that summer were tons of fun - The Man Called Nova and Jack Kirby’s Eternals - among others! 7-11 did Marvel ICEE Cups around this time, too.
Great video as always... I had completely forgotten the TV guide commercials 😂 ... BTW could you by any chance run across the live action children's musicals about the bicentennial?
@4:15 Was it just me or did that "TV Guide music" make you think the nukes were inbound and we were all about to die? Duck and cover, get under your desk, like we were told to do at school in the guise of "earthquake drills". Even in primetime it was like giving kids a heart attack.
When that Ultra Brite ad aired, Reggie Jackson was in his one and only season with the Baltimore Orioles. By the end of the year, he was among the first of the high-end free agent signings, signed to the NY Yankees and about to give his controversial "I'm the straw that stirs the Yankee drink" interview in Sport magazine that upset most of the Yankee locker room, particularly team captain Thurman Munson and third baseman Graig Nettles. Of the members of the '77 Yanks World Champion team, only Reggie and starting pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter would be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Wow! To have seen Blondie in 1976 would have been so awesome (even though I was only 11) and Bad Company with Kansas opening....oh my. The truck crash of ammonia would have been terrifying (having worked with it in metal plating, just a whiff was terrible. That Blue Oyster Cult album I got for Christmas in 1977 (because it wasn't a Beatles album) and Jeff Beck's Wired in 1978. Oh how I long to go back. Well, at least we get trips back with you Fred. Thanks again my friend.
mitch ryan ! the black and white original "burke devlin" ! but thats 10 years earlier what a good role though i wonder if he did that bicentennial skit daily ?
On what planet should Chevy Chase beat out Tim Conway or Harvey Korman for an Emmy? Not this one. The 70s Emmy voters should have given their heads a shake...
I'm remember Mister Kurt Russel ! As beginning in Disney and as a fidel husband of Goldie, i'd admire them. I remember Dextrose Reily in Disney But is roles remember the Thing (1982) i remember Captain Ride. So thanks WFLS, chanel 6 in Charleston to remind our souvenirs, on media That's so important to preserve our media productions
I was 6 years old in May 1976. The entire Bicentennial year had a party like atmosphere. All the fire hydrants were painted red, white, and blue. Cement trucks were also painted. I remember you could still see some hydrants in neighborhoods still painted red, white, and blue around 1980 or 1981.
I remember that strange TV Guide theme during this era. Sounds like the soundtrack to "Andromeda Strain" or "2001" or something. Weird choice! On the movie front: Brando and Nicholson together sounds great, but it wasn't. Not really a fan of Bronson, but his movie looks much better (never saw it). This country could probably stand a reboot of This Day in History or whatever that was.
Now you're talking my kind of music, Fred. BOC. I've seen them at least 15 times in every conceivable kind of venue, including an airport runway! Got Buck Dharma's autograph at a little cabaret they played at. Got to open the door for the whole band as they entered an old movie theater they were playing at( the Colonial Theater where the Blob was filmed). I guess you can tell I love Blue Oyster Cult.
3:50 - Amazing how many times Julia was the title of a film. I thought this was the classic with Jane Fonda & Vanesa Redgrave, I thought it was odd that Sylvia Kristel would get top billing. 😆😆 Great job as always.
Awesome music and great memories! I bet more than a few baby girls born about '76-'78 were named Rhiannon! Don't know why, just a strange feeling I have! 😉 Anyway, thanks for the great video!😀
6:08: Johnny Rutherford becomes the first driver to walk into Victory Lane at Indy. That's because the race was cut short by rain for the second straight year.
This was the first time in my life that I was ever doing well for myself, a complete change from the previous year. Saw Blue Oyster Cult at a Day On The Green at Oakland Colosseum, went straight to Tower Records and bought that album. Jeff Beck's Wired, too. Ah, the ubiquitous slide carousel! They went on to haunt thrift stores and rummage sales until the end of time -- nobody wants to just throw them away. And speaking of thrift stores, I still have a fat roll of campaign stickers for "President Ford" that I found in a thrift decades later. Poor Gerald Ford (I share a birthday with him), I think Carter benefited from his pardon of Nixon even more than Nixon did! And Chevy Chase didn't do Ford any favors with his portrayal of the Ford stumble either. I voted for Carter, but tend to question my youthful judgement now. Still, he made a good EX-president, and he's still hanging in there.
The Missouri Breaks was a terrible, misguided movie with a very nice music score by John Williams in between Jaws and Star Wars. the song More More More (instant nostalgia) was recorded by the XXX porn '"actress" Andrea True. Ah, how I miss the 70s
The 70s were great...so thankful I grew up then. It all collapsed in 1990. I'm 60.❤
So did I, true
@user-du2sk7pc9e: I'm 60 as well. Of course, the 70s were 'great' for me because I was ages 5 to 15. I do agree, for my part, that life was best in 1989...being 25 was awesome.
actually everything fell apart under obama
The 70s were the best years ever.
Great memories! I had just turned 20 years old that May. I got engaged the following August to my girlfriend, and married in January 1977. Yes, I got married young, but I had known her since 7th grade and we were in love. We're still married to this day. I can just see us back in 1976. Those were magical times. 😊
I assume you are Caucasian? Where did you live after you after you got married.
@dwightpowelwhy do you assume he's Caucasian?
@@teresahooks3746, I am, but I didn't understand why that mattered. 😕
You're so lucky !
LOL!! OMG!! I have that exact same Sears bedroom set right this minute!!
I had that, too! 😁👍
Turned 10 years old in may 1976😊 great year
I was at the end of 4th grade but I still remembered virtually all of this still Fred. ❤
Not gonna lie...that TV Guide commercial soundtrack still kinda creeps me out fifty years later...
I agree! Very Techno.
Yup, that commercial scared us as kids.
I was so glad to see this clip when I turned RUclips on my tv in my living room - I watch faithfully every other day to see your new videos and I hope you stay on the air and keep making these videos - they make my day every time and take me back to good memories - God bless you and keep up the great work!!!!! 👍😃
DiDO
Nice of you to say that, Anita. I plan to be here for the long haul.
Ahhhh... two months later was the Bicentennial. I remember it well. I was 17 and in Boston. The Tall Ships came in. Beautiful!
Fred, thank you for taking us back to 1976. That was a significant year for me as I had just moved to the other side of town and was in the 8th. grade. I had a terrible 7th grade (hard adjustment from grade school to Jr. H.S.), but things were looking better in 1976. I was in a school that excelled in athletics and if you had no athletic ability you felt left out. I tried out for the baseball team and was the last kid to make the team. From that year on, my life got a lot easier and fun. Made lots of new friends. Even the morning air seemed fresher, as I recall waiting for the bus to go to school, on one of many early September mornings. The future seemed so bright. But now, it seems like a dream as I wake up to the cold reality of this world in 2024.
It's still a beautiful world, Stephen, even if we don't much care for all that's happening in it.
May 1976, graduated 8th grade and was looking forward to heading to high school.
Watershed year for 70s,wounded but recovering,promise and hope,we dropped the ball in 48 years.
I was 8 in ‘76, 56 now and remember it all!
Another great video from a great year, Fred. And '76 was a great year! Thank you for all these! 👍👍👍👍👍
You're welcome, Robert.
you never fail sir. takin us back. thanks again.
You're welcome, S&D.
Thanks Fred some of ,my favorite
You're welcome, Virgil.
God I miss the 70's!
Ah, memories of my middle school years, what a great way to start the week. Thanks Mr. FredFlix. And love that "New York Rocker" mag with Blondie on the cover. That was at least 2 years before their first big hit in the US, "Heart of Glass" was released in Jan 79.
Thanks, Dwayne.
Ahh Fred, you put a smile on my face once again so thank you 😊. Loved the Tim Conway clip!!! Also those TV Guide clips brought back the memories😊
Thanks, Bridget.
Have been severely depressed, but every time I view one of these trips down memory lane(born in 1965, I was 😊) it always makes me feel better, if only for a little while 😊🐱
Thanks so much for posting, Fred!
Hey! My parents must've shopped at the Sears sale! My father bought the Open Hearth bedroom set. I still have it.
Thank you for another road trip in your time machine.
You're welcome, Nick.
That's when Dr.Pepper tasted like Dr.Pepper
Rumored to be flavored with prune juice.
Barry Manilow usually sang the jingle but that wasn't him in this one.
In the 60's, it was Intern Pepper.
And Yoohoo tasted like Yoohoo! Now, not so much😔
@@sarahsilverlight2064 Could be the sweetener. Dr. P now sells at higher prices a flavor that advertises itself as "with pure cane sugar" supposedly harking back to more of the original flavor. I don't think it tastes at all like what it did in my day.
That was the summer of discovery that girl next door all of sudden wouldn't just a friend All of a sudden she had a figure that couldn't be ignored 😂 and I got my learners licence that summer and the game was on in both situations 😊❤
That was the summer that I realized I was homosexual, my Black Father despised me for it and threw me put of the house. A family friend took me in for 3 years until I finished High school.
This was the month and year I was born. So cool to see the things and commercials going on when I came into the world. Thanks Fred.
O cool! This is the month that I graduated from high school.
Found myself singing along, especially to “More, More, More.” It was played so much on the radio (77 WABC, 66 WNBC, 97 DJ (WWDJ), et al. Movies, never heard of most. Fred, thanks for taking me back to 19 years old!!
My pleasure, Jeff.
A difficult time. I was saving to build a house for cash. Struggling but actually doing much better than I thought. In the Fall of that year my fiancee and I drifted apart. I was devastated. Five years later I met a beautiful young woman, and married just ten months later. We’ve been madly in love for more than forty years.
48 years and I'd totally forgotten about that creepy TV guide music. That had to be a parting gift from Rod Serling.
Wonderful ❤❤❤this Fred thank you so much
You're welcome, friend Brenda.
@10:53 Jeff Beck / Wired, Aerosmith / Rocks, Steve Miller Band / Fly Like An Eagle. I bought all three of those albums that year. Good time for music.
Another classic. Perfect image of George Kennedy persona created a stir.
Glad you enjoyed it, Steven.
Friend of mine had one of those Chevy Monza’s. What junk, I think only car worse ever built is the Yugo . I graduated’78, great times.
Turned 8yrs old on May 7!!
👍👍👍👍Motown and Diana Ross killed it with that smash back in the summer of 76.
Wow! That 1976 “K Mart Graduation Sale Ad” had a transistor radio, watch, typewriter, calculator, AM/FM radio, wallet & alarm clock. Now, just buy the grad a smart phone!
I had a big collection of the horror comic magazines Creepy and Eerie. Good stories and artwork.
just got my drivers license. Passed driver test at the RMV in Woburn, Mass.
There are no more Sears, so it was nice to see the commercial. Back then, comedians had the freedom to be comedians. It was great to see Red Foxx & Chevy Chase. I miss Ebony and Right On, and TV Guides magazines. I'm blown away, Reggie Jackson. 😀
Great memories thank you Mr.Fredflix i was alive in the 90's,but this video is part of history.
That was back when SNL stayed away from politics and concentrated on comedy
Yeah, and seeing Gerald Ford depicted as a clueless, accident-prone dimwit week after week had absolutely NOTHING to do with the election.
Nope, try again. Chevy Chase did a whole lot to undermine Ford with his impression.
@@simonagree4070 Lots of comedians did impersonations without engaging in partisan politics
I have no idea what "patrician politics" might be, but there's no reason to invoke false nostalgia about some imaginary "good ol' days" version of SNL -- they have always done politics.
Never knew about that ammonia truck disaster in Dallas until now.
Thanks for the history lesson, FredFlix. 🤓
You're welcome, Luis.
LOVE THESE
I almost missed this one! Thank you for another great video.😊
You're welcome, Jan.
Seems like yesterday to some of us. Before you take office, Jimmy Carter, just remember this, okay... I Can't Drive 55!
I will never forget this!☮️💟
Ppl were better then. Families were stronger and together.
"Historic Minutes"! I'd all but forgotten about those! Haha!
They might come back this fall to prepare for our 250th anniversary.
Entertaining as always 😊
Thanks, Moonbeam.
I got my drivers license in May when I turned 16. A great time to be a teen ager.
Now, I would love to go back and return to those days, BUT NOT TO MY original childhood family, or house where I lived. I would like to visit, but maybe not stay too long. Still , I miss the culture and the merchandise of those days, along with the movies and TV entertainment. I do not miss my life at school or with the neighborhood where we lived.
Hey Man, I Turned 18 That Month & Joined The Musicians Union & Yes, I'm Still Starving, Ha Ha! But I Have The Memories Thanks To You. (Like #307)
You're welcome, watcher.
Mitch Ryan --- Dark Shadows 😊🦇😊
Yep, awesome! 🦇
Just watched "Deep Water Horizon" with Kurt Russell. What an underrated actor. In all the movies he's been in, you can't imagine anyone else playing him. He's Mr. Jimmy, Snake Pliskin all rolled into one.
I'm a little late for this one Fred but excellent work as always 👍
Linda Purl .. had crush on her back then at 9 years old ... still do today :)
Great content.
Loved the Chevy Chase clip! Excellent find Fred! Thank you!
You're welcome, Chantelle.
Alright... what was Telly Savalas doing on the cover of Ebony?
Great songs.
Thanks Fred 👍
I'm not from the USA and I was born in 1975... 🙄 but I loved your video!! 😊 You won another 👍
I appreciated that, jn48.
I forgot all about those 200 years ago today clips, they were informative.
Right before what is still my most favorite summer ever. Great time to be a kid. Great family vacations and the Marvel Comics that summer were tons of fun - The Man Called Nova and Jack Kirby’s Eternals - among others! 7-11 did Marvel ICEE Cups around this time, too.
Ah, The Eternals...before the awful movie!
@@FredFlix I refuse to watch that …. Lol
Nice look back, Fred. That is a TIGHT outfit at 10:39. :)
Looking a little like Diana Rigg in that.
Great video as always... I had completely forgotten the TV guide commercials 😂
... BTW could you by any chance run across the live action children's musicals about the bicentennial?
Well, it would be too late because I've already made videos for all of 1976.
👍📺🎞 some better times
@4:15 Was it just me or did that "TV Guide music" make you think the nukes were inbound and we were all about to die? Duck and cover, get under your desk, like we were told to do at school in the guise of "earthquake drills". Even in primetime it was like giving kids a heart attack.
When that Ultra Brite ad aired, Reggie Jackson was in his one and only season with the Baltimore Orioles. By the end of the year, he was among the first of the high-end free agent signings, signed to the NY Yankees and about to give his controversial "I'm the straw that stirs the Yankee drink" interview in Sport magazine that upset most of the Yankee locker room, particularly team captain Thurman Munson and third baseman Graig Nettles. Of the members of the '77 Yanks World Champion team, only Reggie and starting pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter would be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Thanks for the info, Ernest.
Munson should have been inducted posthumously.
@@ricknibert6417 I think Willie Randolph may get in one day through the Veterans' Committee. Munson's not out of the question either.
I was 14😁❤
Wow! To have seen Blondie in 1976 would have been so awesome (even though I was only 11) and Bad Company with Kansas opening....oh my. The truck crash of ammonia would have been terrifying (having worked with it in metal plating, just a whiff was terrible. That Blue Oyster Cult album I got for Christmas in 1977 (because it wasn't a Beatles album) and Jeff Beck's Wired in 1978. Oh how I long to go back. Well, at least we get trips back with you Fred. Thanks again my friend.
I've already punched your ticket, Doug.
The month I turned 11. 😊
mitch ryan ! the black and white original "burke devlin" ! but thats 10 years earlier what a good role though i wonder if he did that bicentennial skit daily ?
On what planet should Chevy Chase beat out Tim Conway or Harvey Korman for an Emmy? Not this one. The 70s Emmy voters should have given their heads a shake...
Tim and Harvey split the vote. Chevy was the rising jerk, er, star.
I was truly mystified by the rise of Chevy Chase as he has no discernable talent.
I’m still angry that “The Quest” was canceled before the brothers found their lost sister!
True, but they were never going to find her as long as the show was called "The Quest."
I'm remember Mister Kurt Russel !
As beginning in Disney and as a fidel husband of Goldie, i'd admire them.
I remember Dextrose Reily in Disney
But is roles remember the Thing (1982)
i remember Captain Ride.
So thanks WFLS, chanel 6 in Charleston to remind our souvenirs, on media
That's so important to preserve our media productions
You're welcome, Alain. (You remember one of my old video closings!)
Almost the end of my Junior year in high school!
The Spirit of '76 class was graduating.
❤❤❤❤❤
I was 6 years old in May 1976. The entire Bicentennial year had a party like atmosphere. All the fire hydrants were painted red, white, and blue. Cement trucks were also painted. I remember you could still see some hydrants in neighborhoods still painted red, white, and blue around 1980 or 1981.
I remember that strange TV Guide theme during this era. Sounds like the soundtrack to "Andromeda Strain" or "2001" or something. Weird choice! On the movie front: Brando and Nicholson together sounds great, but it wasn't. Not really a fan of Bronson, but his movie looks much better (never saw it). This country could probably stand a reboot of This Day in History or whatever that was.
Now you're talking my kind of music, Fred. BOC. I've seen them at least 15 times in every conceivable kind of venue, including an airport runway! Got Buck Dharma's autograph at a little cabaret they played at. Got to open the door for the whole band as they entered an old movie theater they were playing at( the Colonial Theater where the Blob was filmed). I guess you can tell I love Blue Oyster Cult.
Great memory, Gregg.
3:50 - Amazing how many times Julia was the title of a film. I thought this was the classic with Jane Fonda & Vanesa Redgrave, I thought it was odd that Sylvia Kristel would get top billing. 😆😆 Great job as always.
Thanks, LK.
I was 10.
Wait, you had a magazine called "High Times" in the US in the 1970s?? 😁
Promoted Canibas Sativa
Yup, I still have one issue with Santa Claus on the cover, smokin' a bowl.
@@simonagree4070 😂🤣
Those 8track tape days 1976-79
At 9:45 We created a Line Dancing choreo to that song. It was a blast. 🎶🎵🎶💜🤟
Can I go back in time? 🤨
Awesome music and great memories! I bet more than a few baby girls born about '76-'78 were named Rhiannon! Don't know why, just a strange feeling I have! 😉 Anyway, thanks for the great video!😀
You're welcome, David.
Carter is a brilliant man (Nobel Peace Prize) w/a warm heart, but what he did to Florida, screwed that state FOREVER
Fred where do you find some of this stuff... so much awesomeness! Thank you! 🎉🎉😊
just hope you wait til July 2026 to do the Jul 1976 one
Why 2026? It's planned for THIS July 4.
Kurt Russell is looking good!
6:08: Johnny Rutherford becomes the first driver to walk into Victory Lane at Indy. That's because the race was cut short by rain for the second straight year.
Back when women sported a full fro down there.
This was the first time in my life that I was ever doing well for myself, a complete change from the previous year. Saw Blue Oyster Cult at a Day On The Green at Oakland Colosseum, went straight to Tower Records and bought that album. Jeff Beck's Wired, too.
Ah, the ubiquitous slide carousel! They went on to haunt thrift stores and rummage sales until the end of time -- nobody wants to just throw them away. And speaking of thrift stores, I still have a fat roll of campaign stickers for "President Ford" that I found in a thrift decades later. Poor Gerald Ford (I share a birthday with him), I think Carter benefited from his pardon of Nixon even more than Nixon did! And Chevy Chase didn't do Ford any favors with his portrayal of the Ford stumble either. I voted for Carter, but tend to question my youthful judgement now. Still, he made a good EX-president, and he's still hanging in there.
Fonzie is a flash in the pan and Henry Winkler will never get another role in any TV show or movie he's stuck as Fonzie for the rest of his life.
The Missouri Breaks was a terrible, misguided movie with a very nice music score by John Williams in between Jaws and Star Wars. the song More More More (instant nostalgia) was recorded by the XXX porn '"actress" Andrea True. Ah, how I miss the 70s
Those Shell Historic Minutes, did they start specifically for the Bicentennial?
Yes, every day through 1976.
@@FredFlix I can only hope 2026 is as hype as 1976 was.
Why we lost America - in order - 9/11, Obama, pandemic, Biden.
Hot Dr.Pepper..for what ails yu