This was a truly horrible time in my life. I was a bully magnet at my middle school filled with uncaring teachers, girls who wanted nothing to do with me, bad at sports, mess going on at home, and basically friendless. Today, however, I can look back on something like this with a safe sense of distance, knowing that my life turned out to be so much better today.
I hear ya. I was in 6th grade and just discovering that I was no longer "cool". The next 3 years would not be a fun time at school for me. Luckily people seemed to be more mature when I got to high school and I had a good time. But for those middle school years, the radio was my friend.
@@Themaddprof i'm sorry you went through all that, but glad to hear things a're so much better for you now. I definitely got my fair share of taunting and bruises from bullies when I was that age too. At the time I never understood why they picked on me, and I have to admit that as an adult, while I understand why bullies often pick on people, I'm still not sure why I got singled out so often for their attention.
Bullies usually take out their own inadequacies on others. I had my own share of them to deal with, and am a happy person today. Some of them are either long gone, or "MIA". Karma is a real thing.
My most memorable era was 76-82 . Best six year stretch of my life . Or at least the time I felt the most optimism and wonder . I often think it’s not the trappings of that time that was so great but my outlook and sense of security and awe that I really miss
I miss siskel and ebert a lot they were great movie reviewers nd their showSISKEL AND EBERT at the movies was a must see we need more movie preview shows like that today .
Enjoyed their show ... as a Chicagoland native, and future newspaper guy, always enjoyed the intro of them working at, buying, then arguing over the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, where each of them worked as movie reviewer.
Little did we know what would happen to the World Trade Center when that advertisement was aired. Also little did we know about Bill Cosby and Robin Williams. I truly enjoyed this video. Thank you.😊
Every time I hear “Right Down The Line” it instantly brings me back to vacationing in the Bahamas in ‘78 with my family where it played every other minute. Incidentally Dire Straits was there at the same time recording their second album Communique which would soon be released (my RUclips handle is a nod to them, one of my favorite bands). Thanks Fred as always ✌️
October 1978 - great memories! I was a freshman at Ohio State - 2 months into it and just started to learn there's a great big wonderful world outside of the small town I grew up in ! Thanks for posting these '78 gems, Fred, was a very fun trip down memory lane!
This one really took me back. So many shows I watched growing up. Nice to hear Reminiscing by the Little River Band (the second concert I ever saw). That song could practically be the theme song for this channel. I still watch Halloween just about every year at the time of its namesake holiday, so that doesn't take me back as much, but still cool to see the commercial in the context of everything else coming out at the time. I had no idea there was a television commercial for Circus magazine, that's crazy. And I'm glad that you featured an image of Rock Scene magazine, which, if my memory serves me, was the first rock magazine I ever bought, which I picked up because Paul Stanley was on the cover, and at the tender age of 8, Kiss were becoming like superheroes to me, an impression that was helped greatly by watching Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park! I know the band is not too fond of that film, but if I could talk to them, I would tell them to think of it as the entry level for little kids to get into Kiss, because it definitely led to me becoming interested in their music. Hilarious to hear Ace say "Ack!" in the commercial, especially once you know the story behind it. When the writers interviewed the band members to get to know each of them, Ace apparently didn't do much to respond to them other than to occasionally say "Ack!" Maybe he was high at the time or something, I don't know, but that's why in the film he says it multiple times. They kind of made it his catchphrase which is hilarious. Apparently, as the filming went on and he started to realize that most of his lines were "Ack!", he started to complain and they started giving him some other lines. Anyway, thanks so much for including the commercial for it, Fred! Great video!
Even as a 4 year old I remember when KISS became a kids act. The WTC is so unreal to see….Right down the line and reminiscing were everywhere the fall of 78. So many preschool memories. I watched Sha na na every week!
🤣 I was never a big fan of KISS, but me and my best childhood friend at the time (who was a huge KISS fan) both watched "KISS Meets the Phantom" when it was 1st broadcasted, and he thought it was one of the best movies of the year. Thanks for including that KISS movie trailer, over the years I had forgotten when I first watched it. Enjoyed all your music montages too.
Thanks Fred for another Gem. We never want these videos to end. If they were an hour long we would watch them. Love going down memory lane. Reminders of some things we actually forgot about. Thank you! 🤠👱🌲🌲 🎼
Thanks Fredflix. As a Yankee fan I think their 1978 post season gets so overshadowed by their legendary marathon battle to win the AL East versus their now century plus long rivals the Red Sox. Highlighted by the first ever tiebreaker “play in” game in the modern MLB playoff era starting in 1969. The playoff wins versus both the Royals and a good Dodgers club (overcoming 2 games to O deficit in the World Series) is an afterthought in MLB/Pro Sports history. And finally as a then young early grade student in elementary school, Fall/October 1978 is the first tv season I have some vague memories. My family was regular viewers of then brand new hit shows “Different Strokes” and “Mork & Mindy.” Thanks for this Time Machine on news headlines and entertainment across the United States in Fall 1978.
@@FredFlix Not to go off topic but a suggestion for future “America We Knew” segments. As a Younger Gen Xer born in the Early ‘70s any chance please you can post more especially in the 1985-1990 time period? Thanks
It's funny how a Playboy cover could be more tantalizing than all of the graphic porn of today. The Dolly Parton cover and later, the Goldie Hawn cover. And they weren't even naked!
A personal exciting time- great sports, personable athletes in cool uniforms, great music, record stores, fun with friends, and my first real serious girlfriend. What a delight. Lillian A. , may you be blessed wherever you are now.
October 1978, I had just started my sophomore year of high school and I mostly an outcast at a high school of cliques. I was 15 so I was too young to drive which meant getting around either on my bike or the city transit bus (but the buses stopped running for the day at 6:30 p.m.) The only income I had was from picking and selling aluminum soda and beer cans. 1978 was the year the Milwaukee Brewers suddenly became an exciting team in the very competitive American League East. Thus, when I could, I'd listen to Bob Uecker and Merl Herman call the play by play from Milwaukee County Stadium. I never that at the time I'd someday say this, but it really was a much different era. There were just three commercial TV networks: ABC, NBC and CBS. And on grainy UHF, the PBS station. If you lived in a large city, you probably had one or two independent stations. But in many medium-size markets there were no independent stations. There were still quite a few homes with black and white TV. Adult contemporary and Top 40 radio formats were still making the transition from AM to FM. A lot of new cars still came from the factory with AM radios.
I can't believe the ad for "Watership Down" considering how many Gen Xers who have said they were traumatized for life after seeing it. Thanks again for another great upload.
"Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel was a huge hit in the UK from this film. Here it unjustly fell on deaf ears. I haven't even seen "Watership Down" and the song makes me feel a monumental sadness.
I kind of appreciate that it wasn't Baker Street, actually. I like both songs, but I still hear Baker Street now and again, but I very rarely hear Right Down The Line, and I feel like songs that I hear less often these days, are more effective in taking me back to the time period, because if I still hear the song often these days, I don't associate it as uniquely with the time that it came out. Cool choice, Fred!
I loved Eight Is Enough. Was in my third year of teaching. I took my Spanish students to Mexico that summer, along with a teacher friend's Spanish group from Nebraska. We had wonderful parent sponsors that also came.
I still remember watching "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" the first time it ran. Gilligan found some metal disc and the Professor's weather instruments started working again. Professor was able to predict a hurricane was coming. And I won't spoil the rest.
Geez Fred, were you reading my mind when you put this together? Fondly remembering much here. And news stories that are still threading through today👍👍
Thank you Fred, this was great as always and I especially loved the music . The fall of my senior year, and Halloween was my birthday. Seems like 10 years ago, not 47! 🎉🎉😊
I was a junior in High school back than. I was 17 years old. It was a special year for me. The music, the tv shows. It was a wonderful time with the exception of Bob Crane being murdered. That was shocking.
Simple life ,simple times, great looking natural women, good food, and I wonder now do Bill Cosby remember what he said on Donahue Tv show?🤔🤔, thank you for these timeless classics you share👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I’ll say I still love the cheesiness in kiss meets the phantom still! Fred 👍 ⚡️space ace ron ⚡️ The guy that played Michael myers nick castle ! He was born in my hometown 🤘
"Kiss Meets The Phantom" was the talk of my school the week of the airing - then after it aired a lot of us were scratching our heads lol *Live At Budakan - lightning in a bottle
That magazine cover about Richard Dreyfus hit a bit close to home. I saw him about a month ago and I’m sorry to say his health has really gone downhill.
Thanks for this birthday month time capsule Fantastic Fred, 10 yr old me was enjoying the time, with all the sights and sounds, and no I wasn't traumatized by Watership Down, to me it was a good animated film, and along the same art lines as the Hobbit by Ralph Bakshi. My family had just moved that month, so a new school and new house to get settled into as well. The Yankees giving the Dodgers their second straight WS loss, was the next to last appearance for them (after losing the '81 series), even with the stars the Yanks had, throughout the 80s into the mid 90s, they wouldn't be back in the fall classic til '96! Oh, and the "Reggie" bar was just an oversized Turtle/Goo Goo Cluster. Lol
Another great video covering all the bases. Also, it was the first issue of the (then) new monthly LIFE magazine October 1978, after an almost 6 year hiatus.
Some awesome movies and some great music. Watership Down was probably my favorite movie that year. I don't think I would call that a children's movie though. Midnight Express was great too. Siskel and Ebert can kiss my 🫏. The Boys From Brazil was another good movie. Thanks for the lunchtime matinee Fred.
I remember never again wearing Kiss paraphernalia after Kiss Meets The Phantom . For the first time I felt like a loser for liking Kiss . The beginning of the end . I stayed a fan but you would not have known it anymore
Another event of October 1978 was the return of LIFE magazine as a monthly publication, with a modified version of the classic logo. The first issue featured hot air balloons on the cover. Price was $1.50, a little higher than most magazines at the time.
😢Fred-dy or not, a trip back for this soon to be twenty one year old…a haunting climb up the World Trade Center stairwell…could it be, trouble in the Mideast?…in my “stoner”years, I loved Circus magazine TSS,and King Karol. Belushi, Carter, and my favorite and most beloved Pope JP ll… and yes, my beloved Yankees, look real close and you’ll see me selling hot dogs out of field four…would you believe that we also sold Reggie bars …?
I'd recently aged into my teen years at this time and was trying to fit into a small private school in 8th grade. 0:02 - I didn't watch "KISS Meets the Phantom", but a lot of my friends & classmates did. 3 days later on Halloween, 2 kids at school & 1 of my best friends, who'd watched the movie, were going trick-or-treating as Gene Simmons. I think I pretended to be a drunk myself. This was my last year of trick-or-treating. 0:35 - RIP, WTC. I took a couple of pictures of it in July 2001 from just across the Hudson River in NJ, never knowing it would be gone in less than 2 months. 1:15 - I remember seeing "Human Feelings", at least the end of it. 2:55 - Since MNF was live to the whole country, I guess people in PT (game starting at 6) saw the special after the game and MT people (game starting at 7) saw it whenever. 4:08 - I guess Liz's past wasn't troubling enough for VA voters, as she soon became a Senator's wife and remained a Senator's wife for the rest of their 6-year marriage. He ended up staying in the Senate 30 years. 11:35 - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" could've been a great Sweeps movie for NBC in Nov., but from what I've read new NBC president Fred Silverman "didn't trust it" and split it into 2 hour-long Saturday night pieces. It still got great ratings & led to 2 more tv movies.
It's VERY weird for me to see the address of the Cooper theater at 5:04 listed as something other than the address of it in Denver. That theater was one of the original Cinerama houses, and it was great. Look at the ticket prices at 5:12! Wow! Never heard of Circus magazine. Love the song Boogie Oogie Oogie. Omni started out good, then devolved into mystical mumbo jumbo. What is it about the song Reminiscing that's so nostalgic? The ERA never was ratified. Love the look back, Fred.
1978, the year I joined the workforce. In your montage of album covers you included Killing Machine, the original UK title of Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest. Good show! Which is more than I can say about KISS Meets the Phantom...oy vey! My parents saw The Boys from Brazil at our local theater and weren't as kind to it as Siskel & Ebert were in their review. My mother was a huge Gregory Peck fan, and she was incredibly disappointed by that flick.
I was 6-1/2, so I vaguely remember some of the baseball highlights. Of course I remember snarfing down Reggie bars! I wonder how much Mr. Jackson made off them?
Can't wait for TAWK-Dec78 when we get clips from AM:LA, The Beatles: HELP, NYRE 79, NBC - Saturday Mornings Fever, and Grapenut Cereal w/Will Rogers Jr.
My mom would call it "Starship Galactica." I had to correct my mom... even to the point where she exclaimed, "I kept on gettin it wrong!" Maybe she would get it right these days? Like "Star Wars" but NOT with the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance. NOT made by George Lucas, either. But still worth watching. I can't believe how anyone would call "Watership Down" a film for the family! I've seen it when taken a free-elective course on Animation. I kinda liked it and was able to handle the blody-violent scenes. This is NOT a kids movie. Although, I heard that there were some kids who saw it and kinda liked it.
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park...Urrrrgh. I was 16 back then, and was a huge KISS fan, as far as their music was concerned. So when I heard about this show, since we only had the one TV (in the front room), I had to talk my mom into watching it. Let's just say, their music was better than their acting, and even Anthony Zerbe (as the so-called "Phantom") was probably bored. Granted, Gene Simmons got better at acting later on, but this was not a feather in their cap. Even I was embarrassed to have begged my mom to watch it with me. She was cool about it, but...yeah. At least the magazine I bought for it was kinda cool...to a 16-year-old :)
The ABC announcer's voice just screams late 70s. The Boys From Brazil- a good bad movie especially for Gregory Peck's over the top performance. Olivier was even nominated for an Oscar for this. (for real) The Wiz is...none of those things in the ad. Thanks as usual Fred. Scott
@@FredFlixit was real good & funny , “watch-a talking about Willis” 😂 good learning lessons for the youth. Too bad in real life the pretty sister was into coke as a teen …sad 😬😵💫😢
This was a truly horrible time in my life. I was a bully magnet at my middle school filled with uncaring teachers, girls who wanted nothing to do with me, bad at sports, mess going on at home, and basically friendless. Today, however, I can look back on something like this with a safe sense of distance, knowing that my life turned out to be so much better today.
I hear ya. I was in 6th grade and just discovering that I was no longer "cool". The next 3 years would not be a fun time at school for me. Luckily people seemed to be more mature when I got to high school and I had a good time. But for those middle school years, the radio was my friend.
@@Themaddprof i'm sorry you went through all that, but glad to hear things a're so much better for you now. I definitely got my fair share of taunting and bruises from bullies when I was that age too. At the time I never understood why they picked on me, and I have to admit that as an adult, while I understand why bullies often pick on people, I'm still not sure why I got singled out so often for their attention.
@@davidkenner-rb8go yes, the radio and the tv both could provide a lot of company for a lonely kid.
Bullies usually take out their own inadequacies on others. I had my own share of them to deal with, and am a happy person today. Some of them are either long gone, or "MIA". Karma is a real thing.
It was for me. My mom was a drug addict for the first five years of my life. Damaged me immensely
Thank you brother.. Whenever I'm just trying to find a feeling of "at peace", your videos do the trick... Respect to your work
That's nice to know, Joseph.
The Little River Band really brings back the memories.
My most memorable era was 76-82 . Best six year stretch of my life . Or at least the time I felt the most optimism and wonder . I often think it’s not the trappings of that time that was so great but my outlook and sense of security and awe that I really miss
I miss that kid so much . Looking at all of this nostalgia helps me get back in touch with him .
@@ApothecaryGrantSame.
I miss siskel and ebert a lot they were great movie reviewers nd their showSISKEL AND EBERT at the movies was a must see we need more movie preview shows like that today .
Enjoyed their show ... as a Chicagoland native, and future newspaper guy, always enjoyed the intro of them working at, buying, then arguing over the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, where each of them worked as movie reviewer.
Awe “Reminiscing” on the 📻 as kid , is so frk’n nostalgic ❤ 70’s music
Little did we know what would happen to the World Trade Center when that advertisement was aired. Also little did we know about Bill Cosby and Robin Williams. I truly enjoyed this video. Thank you.😊
So true thinking the same thing all the people who were on those stairs absolutely surreal😢😢😢😢😢😢
Every time I hear “Right Down The Line” it instantly brings me back to vacationing in the Bahamas in ‘78 with my family where it played every other minute. Incidentally Dire Straits was there at the same time recording their second album Communique which would soon be released (my RUclips handle is a nod to them, one of my favorite bands). Thanks Fred as always ✌️
Thanks for this, Fred . 78 was a good year in a good time in my life. Only sad thing is, we cant go back -- but these videos are close.
I was 6 then., and loved Mork & Mindy and Diffrent Strokes! Love thd music too. It was a good time to be a kid.
I totally agree. I remember the music, movies and comics!
Pam Dawber was super cute.
October 1978 - great memories! I was a freshman at Ohio State - 2 months into it and just started to learn there's a great big wonderful world outside of the small town I grew up in ! Thanks for posting these '78 gems, Fred, was a very fun trip down memory lane!
You're welcome, Nunetc.
I was a freshman at University of Illinois 😊
I was starting my Junior year in high school. Great memories from that time.
Another great compilation! 1978 was such a great year.
Thanks, MW&M.
@@FredFlix wheres 1979 ? 1980?
@@jimwalsh2548 Going in order (every Monday) with the late '70s into the '80s. Next is Nov. '78.
@@FredFlix right on! nostalgia time
This one really took me back. So many shows I watched growing up.
Nice to hear Reminiscing by the Little River Band (the second concert I ever saw). That song could practically be the theme song for this channel.
I still watch Halloween just about every year at the time of its namesake holiday, so that doesn't take me back as much, but still cool to see the commercial in the context of everything else coming out at the time.
I had no idea there was a television commercial for Circus magazine, that's crazy. And I'm glad that you featured an image of Rock Scene magazine, which, if my memory serves me, was the first rock magazine I ever bought, which I picked up because Paul Stanley was on the cover, and at the tender age of 8, Kiss were becoming like superheroes to me, an impression that was helped greatly by watching Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park! I know the band is not too fond of that film, but if I could talk to them, I would tell them to think of it as the entry level for little kids to get into Kiss, because it definitely led to me becoming interested in their music. Hilarious to hear Ace say "Ack!" in the commercial, especially once you know the story behind it. When the writers interviewed the band members to get to know each of them, Ace apparently didn't do much to respond to them other than to occasionally say "Ack!" Maybe he was high at the time or something, I don't know, but that's why in the film he says it multiple times. They kind of made it his catchphrase which is hilarious. Apparently, as the filming went on and he started to realize that most of his lines were "Ack!", he started to complain and they started giving him some other lines. Anyway, thanks so much for including the commercial for it, Fred! Great video!
You're welcome, Jeff, and thanks for your comment.
Even as a 4 year old I remember when KISS became a kids act. The WTC is so unreal to see….Right down the line and reminiscing were everywhere the fall of 78. So many preschool memories. I watched Sha na na every week!
🤣 I was never a big fan of KISS, but me and my best childhood friend at the time (who was a huge KISS fan) both watched "KISS Meets the Phantom" when it was 1st broadcasted, and he thought it was one of the best movies of the year. Thanks for including that KISS movie trailer, over the years I had forgotten when I first watched it. Enjoyed all your music montages too.
Thanks Fred for another Gem. We never want these videos to end. If they were an hour long we would watch them. Love going down memory lane. Reminders of some things we actually forgot about. Thank you! 🤠👱🌲🌲 🎼
Ahh my beloved Steelers doing a tire commercial 😊. Thanks for the blast from my Senior year of high school Fred, you simply ROCK!!!
Thank you, Bridget. I hope your Steelers can stop their losing streak as they head to the playoffs.
@@FredFlix There is a small sliver of hope left in me lol
Thanks Fredflix. As a Yankee fan I think their 1978 post season gets so overshadowed by their legendary marathon battle to win the AL East versus their now century plus long rivals the Red Sox. Highlighted by the first ever tiebreaker “play in” game in the modern MLB playoff era starting in 1969.
The playoff wins versus both the Royals and a good Dodgers club (overcoming 2 games to O deficit in the World Series) is an afterthought in MLB/Pro Sports history.
And finally as a then young early grade student in elementary school, Fall/October 1978 is the first tv season I have some vague memories. My family was regular viewers of then brand new hit shows “Different Strokes” and “Mork & Mindy.”
Thanks for this Time Machine on news headlines and entertainment across the United States in Fall 1978.
@@americangiant1003 You're welcome, AG.
@@FredFlix Not to go off topic but a suggestion for future “America We Knew” segments. As a Younger Gen Xer born in the Early ‘70s any chance please you can post more especially in the 1985-1990 time period? Thanks
Too much! You're like Scotty on Star Trek! You just beamed us all down to the year 1978... Thanks, FF
But I need more dylitheum crystals, ants....
HOLY SMOKES!!!
That playboy issue with Dolly on the cover!! I spent many a night going blind with that.
Ahhh....the memories!!❤
At that moment in time I would put her as one of the 10 most desirable women on the planet.
@FredFlix yes sir. I agree!! I shouldn't have made such a raunchy comment.
She always has been a very attractive and graceful lady!!🙂🤔
@@palerider964 And funny and honest.
It's funny how a Playboy cover could be more tantalizing than all of the graphic porn of today. The Dolly Parton cover and later, the Goldie Hawn cover. And they weren't even naked!
A personal exciting time- great sports, personable athletes in cool uniforms, great music, record stores, fun with friends, and my first real serious girlfriend. What a delight. Lillian A. , may you be blessed wherever you are now.
"Love Is In The Air" was produced by George Young (of The Easybeats) and Harry Vanda, the same duo that produced AC/DC's albums up through 1978.
October 1978, I had just started my sophomore year of high school and I mostly an outcast at a high school of cliques. I was 15 so I was too young to drive which meant getting around either on my bike or the city transit bus (but the buses stopped running for the day at 6:30 p.m.) The only income I had was from picking and selling aluminum soda and beer cans.
1978 was the year the Milwaukee Brewers suddenly became an exciting team in the very competitive American League East. Thus, when I could, I'd listen to Bob Uecker and Merl Herman call the play by play from Milwaukee County Stadium.
I never that at the time I'd someday say this, but it really was a much different era. There were just three commercial TV networks: ABC, NBC and CBS. And on grainy UHF, the PBS station. If you lived in a large city, you probably had one or two independent stations. But in many medium-size markets there were no independent stations. There were still quite a few homes with black and white TV.
Adult contemporary and Top 40 radio formats were still making the transition from AM to FM. A lot of new cars still came from the factory with AM radios.
I can't believe the ad for "Watership Down" considering how many Gen Xers who have said they were traumatized for life after seeing it.
Thanks again for another great upload.
You're welcome, Thomas.
It was traumatizing? I'm Gen X, but I've still never seen it, surprisingly. Now I'm kind of intrigued...
"Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel was a huge hit in the UK from this film. Here it unjustly fell on deaf ears. I haven't even seen "Watership Down" and the song makes me feel a monumental sadness.
My favorite year in the 70s is 1978. Just had a certain style, groove, feeling to it.
Wow, thanks for the great Jerry Rafferty song a true classic!
You're welcome, Michael.
Well now I'm pissed because it ain't Baker Street so now I gotta go hear that somewhere else. 🎶 🎵 🎼 🎹 😏
@@tracyisbest I think he did Baker Street on another video in for 1978
I kind of appreciate that it wasn't Baker Street, actually. I like both songs, but I still hear Baker Street now and again, but I very rarely hear Right Down The Line, and I feel like songs that
I hear less often these days, are more effective in taking me back to the time period, because if I still hear the song often these days, I don't associate it as uniquely with the time that it came out. Cool choice, Fred!
@@JeffPattawi-Gamlin Thanks again, Jeff.
I loved Eight Is Enough. Was in my third year of teaching. I took my Spanish students to Mexico that summer, along with a teacher friend's Spanish group from Nebraska. We had wonderful parent sponsors that also came.
Love it . I had just graduated high school and was treating my county college as if I were in Animal house back then. Awesome Fred!
Thanks, Bob.
Thanks, Fred. I have been meaning to reach out to you for some time and ket you know I look forward to these everyday. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that, William.
I was watching your previous videos again waiting for this!
Good to know, iscariot.
Fred… Always a great video! Got married in 1978 and still with my same wife. 🤪
That's great, John.
Awe 🙌🏼
Thank you so much for all the work you do compiling these treasures - a public service if there ever was one!
I appreciate that, Laura.
I love your videos, very comforting with my childhood memories. The WTC commercial was so sad to see.
Thanks, discod.
I turned 32 years old in 1978
I turned 20 years old September 29, 1978. 🤍🤍👍🏾🎊
I was 23! My 2nd child was born in Oct. 1978💙
So did my mom
I was 8 in ‘78 going on 9 Oct.31st Halloween 🎃 baby. One good thing , many friends remember my bday 😅 would usually dressed up like a 🧙
Thanks for taking the time putting these together. Brings back memories good & bad
I enjoying doing it, Mark.
I was only a year old in October 1978. nice to see what was happening and hearing the great music again. Keep up the good work.
I remember all of this!!!
I still remember watching "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" the first time it ran. Gilligan found some metal disc and the Professor's weather instruments started working again. Professor was able to predict a hurricane was coming. And I won't spoil the rest.
The last film under the NBC SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES title (debuting in 1961)
Geez Fred, were you reading my mind when you put this together? Fondly remembering much here. And news stories that are still threading through today👍👍
Yes, I can read your mind, LLT. Soon, you will think of food...
@ 😀. Wholesome Burgers please 🙏
Wonderful Fred thank you very much ❤
You're welcome, Eric.
Right on time as usual, best way to start my work week,thanks
You're welcome, Shawn.
I had finished high school in 1976 and was negotiating my entry into the Air Force.
Thank you Fred, this was great as always and I especially loved the music . The fall of my senior year, and Halloween was my birthday. Seems like 10 years ago, not 47! 🎉🎉😊
Seems like 11.5, Doug. But that's me.
I was a junior in High school back than. I was 17 years old. It was a special year for me. The music, the tv shows. It was a wonderful time with the exception of Bob Crane being murdered. That was shocking.
Simple life ,simple times, great looking natural women, good food, and I wonder now do Bill Cosby remember what he said on Donahue Tv show?🤔🤔, thank you for these timeless classics you share👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Tank You My Friend
Great video fred.
Thanks, Brett.
I’ll say I still love the cheesiness in kiss meets the phantom still! Fred 👍 ⚡️space ace ron ⚡️ The guy that played Michael myers nick castle ! He was born in my hometown 🤘
Thanks, Ron.
Betamax..wow! I remember those..The Boys from Brazil..a guilty pleasure! I loved the score by Jerry Goldsmith! Thanks for the memories, I was 11.
You're welcome, Russell.
thank you very much Fred for another great trip down memory lane. it was my junior year in FDR high School in Brooklyn NY. those were the days ❤❤
You're welcome, Domenick.
Another excellent video Fred 📹
Thanks, Gary.
Gotta say, "Dolly looked pretty good as a Bunny".
The Steelers of that day were down right brutal.
Thanks Fred
You're welcome, ASH.
"Kiss Meets The Phantom" was the talk of my school the week of the airing - then after it aired a lot of us were scratching our heads lol *Live At Budakan - lightning in a bottle
That magazine cover about Richard Dreyfus hit a bit close to home. I saw him about a month ago and I’m sorry to say his health has really gone downhill.
Very bittersweet, seeing the World Trade Center.
I was in USAF Basic Training during Oct 78.
22:26 sighhhh the men of the 1970's. How I remember.
Thanks for this birthday month time capsule Fantastic Fred, 10 yr old me was enjoying the time, with all the sights and sounds, and no I wasn't traumatized by Watership Down, to me it was a good animated film, and along the same art lines as the Hobbit by Ralph Bakshi.
My family had just moved that month, so a new school and new house to get settled into as well.
The Yankees giving the Dodgers their second straight WS loss, was the next to last appearance for them (after losing the '81 series), even with the stars the Yanks had, throughout the 80s into the mid 90s, they wouldn't be back in the fall classic til '96!
Oh, and the "Reggie" bar was just an oversized Turtle/Goo Goo Cluster. Lol
Thanks a lot, Steve!
Another great video covering all the bases. Also, it was the first issue of the (then) new monthly LIFE magazine October 1978, after an almost 6 year hiatus.
Thanks, Bob.
Great thanks WONDERFULL I DONT TJINK A VIDEO CUOLD RETRIEVE MY LIFE THIS IS
Some awesome movies and some great music. Watership Down was probably my favorite movie that year. I don't think I would call that a children's movie though. Midnight Express was great too. Siskel and Ebert can kiss my 🫏. The Boys From Brazil was another good movie. Thanks for the lunchtime matinee Fred.
You're welcome, Gregg.
I remember never again wearing Kiss paraphernalia after Kiss Meets The Phantom . For the first time I felt like a loser for liking Kiss . The beginning of the end . I stayed a fan but you would not have known it anymore
I remember right then growing out of Kiss and getting into Van Halen and Boston rock groups music.
Take me back!!!!
Another event of October 1978 was the return of LIFE magazine as a monthly publication, with a modified version of the classic logo. The first issue featured hot air balloons on the cover. Price was $1.50, a little higher than most magazines at the time.
Do a Jimmy Carter montage!
😢Fred-dy or not, a trip back for this soon to be twenty one year old…a haunting climb up the World Trade Center stairwell…could it be, trouble in the Mideast?…in my “stoner”years, I loved Circus magazine TSS,and King Karol. Belushi, Carter, and my favorite and most beloved Pope JP ll… and yes, my beloved Yankees, look real close and you’ll see me selling hot dogs out of field four…would you believe that we also sold Reggie bars …?
You make me wish I was there, Dennis.
I'd recently aged into my teen years at this time and was trying to fit into a small private school in 8th grade.
0:02 - I didn't watch "KISS Meets the Phantom", but a lot of my friends & classmates did. 3 days later on Halloween, 2 kids at school & 1 of my best friends, who'd watched the movie, were going trick-or-treating as Gene Simmons. I think I pretended to be a drunk myself. This was my last year of trick-or-treating.
0:35 - RIP, WTC. I took a couple of pictures of it in July 2001 from just across the Hudson River in NJ, never knowing it would be gone in less than 2 months.
1:15 - I remember seeing "Human Feelings", at least the end of it.
2:55 - Since MNF was live to the whole country, I guess people in PT (game starting at 6) saw the special after the game and MT people (game starting at 7) saw it whenever.
4:08 - I guess Liz's past wasn't troubling enough for VA voters, as she soon became a Senator's wife and remained a Senator's wife for the rest of their 6-year marriage. He ended up staying in the Senate 30 years.
11:35 - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" could've been a great Sweeps movie for NBC in Nov., but from what I've read new NBC president Fred Silverman "didn't trust it" and split it into 2 hour-long Saturday night pieces. It still got great ratings & led to 2 more tv movies.
From the looks of it, I don't think I was missing too much. JS. 🤷🏽♀️
And yes, love was in the air. Definitely. 🎶🎵🎶
Nice, Fred-ssi. 💜🤟
As far as the media, you missed nothing, Mercedes-ssi.
@@FredFlix Hm. That's what I thought. 💜🤟
Radio Cassette Recorders.. portable sound. 6:27. You took "em everywhere.
Was it just me or was Baseball better in the seventies ? It was the last time I really cared .
First! ❤
It's VERY weird for me to see the address of the Cooper theater at 5:04 listed as something other than the address of it in Denver. That theater was one of the original Cinerama houses, and it was great. Look at the ticket prices at 5:12! Wow! Never heard of Circus magazine. Love the song Boogie Oogie Oogie. Omni started out good, then devolved into mystical mumbo jumbo. What is it about the song Reminiscing that's so nostalgic? The ERA never was ratified. Love the look back, Fred.
Thanks, Robert.
1978, the year I joined the workforce. In your montage of album covers you included Killing Machine, the original UK title of Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest. Good show! Which is more than I can say about KISS Meets the Phantom...oy vey! My parents saw The Boys from Brazil at our local theater and weren't as kind to it as Siskel & Ebert were in their review. My mother was a huge Gregory Peck fan, and she was incredibly disappointed by that flick.
I remember being so stoked to see the KISS movie, and how bad it actually was! LOL. I watched it again recently and it was even worse 🤣
The month i turned 21
I was 6-1/2, so I vaguely remember some of the baseball highlights. Of course I remember snarfing down Reggie bars! I wonder how much Mr. Jackson made off them?
Turned 10 then.
Can't wait for TAWK-Dec78 when we get clips from AM:LA, The Beatles: HELP, NYRE 79, NBC - Saturday Mornings Fever, and Grapenut Cereal w/Will Rogers Jr.
There were a lot more dance songs for couples dancing back then .
Can we talk about the baby cooking on the grill!!!😂 Time Stamp 17:27
My HS daze! 🤪
My mom would call it "Starship Galactica." I had to correct my mom... even to the point where she exclaimed, "I kept on gettin it wrong!" Maybe she would get it right these days? Like "Star Wars" but NOT with the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance. NOT made by George Lucas, either. But still worth watching.
I can't believe how anyone would call "Watership Down" a film for the family! I've seen it when taken a free-elective course on Animation. I kinda liked it and was able to handle the blody-violent scenes. This is NOT a kids movie. Although, I heard that there were some kids who saw it and kinda liked it.
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park...Urrrrgh. I was 16 back then, and was a huge KISS fan, as far as their music was concerned. So when I heard about this show, since we only had the one TV (in the front room), I had to talk my mom into watching it. Let's just say, their music was better than their acting, and even Anthony Zerbe (as the so-called "Phantom") was probably bored. Granted, Gene Simmons got better at acting later on, but this was not a feather in their cap. Even I was embarrassed to have begged my mom to watch it with me. She was cool about it, but...yeah. At least the magazine I bought for it was kinda cool...to a 16-year-old :)
The ABC announcer's voice just screams late 70s.
The Boys From Brazil- a good bad movie especially for Gregory Peck's over the top performance. Olivier was even nominated for an Oscar for this. (for real)
The Wiz is...none of those things in the ad.
Thanks as usual Fred. Scott
You're welcome, Scott.
@ 16:52. Flugel horn solo by Bob Vernier...
Weird seeing The World Trade Center in the beginning
22 ,Continuing my Federal service.
@ 12:26 the character in that scene smokes big ultra thick *Player's* Plain Cigarettes Version 4 1988-1996 S-25-B!
2nd
Quick turnaround on Popes
Chiffon margarine. Lol!
Watership Down family entertainment or nightmare fuel. You be the judge.
BRIGHT EYES
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The Boys from Brazil deserved the skewering Siskel & Ebert gave it . I totally agreed with them that the movie was over acted dreck
NO
I remember the autumn of 1978 very well. Awful songs & cheesy, awful television programs. This video is a true reflection, nonetheless.
That's what I aim for, Rachel.
God, the 70s were terrible.
A lot better than now
THE WIZ ! ✨️
I never got to see KISS Meets the Phantom. If you know a search engine where I can watch this, please let me know. Thanks,Fred!
I don't know, Michael.
@FredFlix Keep me posted.
Google Internet archive Kiss Meets The Phantom. It's there free on the internet archive.
Hated "Diff'rent Strokes" with a passion back then, and still do today. God, what a horrible show.
Agreed!
@@FredFlixit was real good & funny , “watch-a talking about Willis” 😂 good learning lessons for the youth. Too bad in real life the pretty sister was into coke as a teen …sad 😬😵💫😢