I remember my "weekly reader" declared 1961 the "upside down year". What I really remember though was 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I was born in 1953.
An issue of "Mad Magazine" commented on that with " No matter how you look at it, it's going to be another upside down year... The first upside down year since 1881, the last upside down year until 6009"
I know some of you will think I’m weird, but sometimes, I wish I could travel back to the late 50s/early sixties just so I can watch black and white television. I know I can watch reruns now, but there’s something magical about watching a show air for the first time.
As someone who was there at the time, only four years old in 1961, but still.. I have vivid memories of the 1960s, and I can tell you that the novelty of black and white television wears off in a hurry. There was no such thing as cable or satellite television, no VCR, no DVD and forget any sort of streaming..., if you watched television all, you watched what the powers that be wanted you to watch, when they wanted you to watch it. No pausing any program in progress for a snack run or washroom break. Now is much better on that front. Having said that, that era did have its charms.
@@batman5224 There were some quality programs that era, like Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Route 66, Checkmate and Death Valley Days, just to name a few.
Car 54 was my grandfather's favorite...he forever yelled "car 54 where are you" for no reason...mostly ticking everyone off..but now I smile remembering..
Both Fred Gwynne (Officer Francis Muldoon) and Al Lewis (Officer Leo Schnauser) went on to star together in the CBS sitcom "The Munsters" three years after Car 54's debut on NBC.
I graduated from high school in 1961, when the USA was still a country with confidence in itself and loaded with opportunity for a young man who had ambitions.
My parents had their own inauguration party in January 1961. 8 months and 28 days later, I was born (the youngest of 6). JFK will always be my favorite President.
I was 8 and it was a GREAT time to be a kid!! Would sleep over at the neighbor's house and we would watch the late night monster movies while snarfing down his Dad's roasted/salted peanuts. I was scared of nuclear war. Those duck and cover drills....ramped up the fear.
My Dad forbade the watching of the "you can survive the bomb" propaganda commercials. He didn't want his children terrorized, and given false hope. I bought a DVD set of those Civil Defense infomercials. Those are humorous and often contradictory. Just remember Bert the Turtle and everyone gonna be alright 😂
I want to thank you so much-- I actually cry when I review your great programs especially 60's and 70's +++ so many memories..thank you so much for these. I appreciate your programs more than you know.😀
I was 1 in 1961 and I am watching this well also watching my 4 year old grandson playing outside. I can only wish he had the same future freedoms that I had at his age. We now live in a sick world.
Has it ever dawned on you that many Americans had less freedom in the past? Minorities, women, indigenous people and homosexuals were greatly restricted. Also people with learning disabilities and mental illness were often isolated, shut out of any chance of a real life. The poor people of the Appalachians didn't fair so we'll either. Many were living a 1940s lifestyle in the 60s.
@@kina18 You need to remember history you need to reflect on history and the intelligent people don’t whine and cry about it they try to make sure it never happens again I don’t think it’s hard to figure out that you’re on the side that dose nothing but wanna cry about it
@@1dilligaf I know your history, you seem to be suffering from selective memoy. Do you think, for example, that era was wonderful for Native Americans? Their children being taken and sent to horrible boarding schools where many were murdered? Life was no doubt great for middle and upper middle income white suburban families not so much for many others. Imagine you couldn't even date or marry the person you love? Had to pretend to be someone you're not? Not everyone enjoyed the freedom you had.
I was born in December and live in Western Canada. I want to give a shout out to everyone else who came into the world in 1961. I hope that you are all healthy and taking care of yourselves and your families. We remain tough and resilient upon entering our golden years.
Thank you for the shout out! Turned 60 on June 29th. Ha ha, it does seem surreal. God bless you there in Canada! 🇨🇦 I've been to Alberta and British Columbia, and assume you're in one of those provinces since you said western Canada. Such beautiful country there! I hope you have a great birthday 🎂 in December of this year! 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
@@mr.majestic2667 Yes, we're going through a rough time here in America. 🇺🇸 Totally agree with you. I pray this will be remedied very soon. In spite of that, Have a very happy 60th birthday in September! 🎂
Barely recognizable?? I was 19 in '61 and see plenty of similarities. People had cars, lived in cities or suburbia, went to work, retirees had Social Security, people were born and died every day, US meddled in foreign countries, just like today, TV was in most homes, radio is still here.
I was 6 years old. We had just moved to La Habra, Ca. into a tri-level home near Lambert Ave and Imperial Hwy. Nothing but Orange groves and vacant fields. Independent Dairies sold milk and eggs. No malls. Just Ma and Pa specialty stores. Hardware, toy stores, and a 7/11 convenience store on the corner where I got caught stealing a 5 cent Hershey Bar.
Where have all the good times gone? 1950s to 1970s were the best . Look at this miserable time we live in now , I wish I had a time machine to go back. Oh wait I do , my 1966 Mustang , every time I drive this car I feel I am back in the 1960s blasting my 1960s to 1970s music in the car. It is better than nothing right?.
My favorite car is a 1965 Mustang but the 1966 was a cool car too. I told my late husband that I would marry the man that bought me a candy apple red 1965 mustang convertible. The next day he walked in with a little box wrapped so nice. When I opened it there was a 1965 candy apple red Mustang convertible model car. I married him a year later. ❤️
I grew up in the 70s, but this was all solidly in the "American Lexicon" then. Baseball fans would reference the 1961 homerun record, etc. I love American nostalgia.
I was born in 71 and as a kid I never realized how many carry overs were in my house growing up from the 50s and 60s. Such as our all metal ice cube trays In the down stairs spare fridge. Or the transistor radio that my Dad gave me in a leather case for me to listen to music on. The radio was that 50s real color and ran on one 9V battery. Just small little things I didnt realize back then and damn do I regret not keeping some of that stuff before my Mom and Dad would slowly replace old stuff with newer stuff as I got older.
1961 as a 9 year old 3rd grader- Life was great while Hershey bars and a pack of daisy b b' s were a nickel each and bazooka bubble gum were 3 for a penny ! One could ride their bike most everywhere and collect returnable pop bottles for 4 cents a piece ! Some days the pop bottles collected were plentiful enough to include a 10 cent Dr Pepper ( 4 cent deposit on the bottle) and still have change in my pocket. Several years later ( approximately 4 years) mini-skirts became the fashion which changed a young man's world FOREVER ! ! OH WELL -
Well done! A good mix of events and perspectives. As for me, 1961 was the year my life was set in motion, though I remember very little of it. In the spring of that year, as I was 2 and 1/2, my Mom finally told my faithless father she had endured all she could stand from him and the divorce happened. I remember us riding with my grandfather on a Greyhound bus from Indianapolis back to Mom's hometown, which became the town where I would grow up. I could not grasp what was happening, and I still think of 1961 in terms of Freedom Riders, Maris, Al Shepherd. Thanks for a great tour.
Some reason, I've been drawn to these reminiscent videos lately. I was in the BIG school that year (jr. high) and have vivid memories of most of these events. Even with all the angst of the Cold War and the other social issues in the news, we still maintained a sense of great confidence that we were still on the right course. Today, I am extremely grateful to have been born when I was and given all the opportunities that growing up then provided. I'm not convinced the kids today will be as fortunate.
I was in grade school then. I didn't really know the bad stuff was going on. Life seemed simple to me. All I seemed to care about was my bicycle and penny candy.
I remember January 20th 1961 because it was a school snow day on a Friday.The sirens went off about 7:00 AM which indicated the schools were closed. I was in Third grade. We got 23 inches of snow in North Jersey that day. I also remember most TV channels had the Kennedy inauguration.
We lived in Fairfield County, CT and I remember the snow that year because for some unknown reason, every time it was going to snow, I'd dream the night before about this house where I had lived. Probably some sort of sensitivity to atmospheric conditions. My father started believing my dreams over the weather forecast.
Agreed. I served. God help us. May not take a nuclear WW3 to end everything. Can you imagine Kennedy's and Reagan's words if they could speak to us today ?
LBJ Had John K killed he lured him to Dallas,Kennedy was a great man and I'm a conservative Republican Kennedy was plain smart!. Where are they today?...
Blame it on the parents. You wonder why the younger generations are fucked, look directly at the parents. Whole bunch of baby boomer and gen X parents completely screwed up.
I was 12 in 1961 it was the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. I watched the Inauguration of Kennedy on TV then the Freedom Riders, and Alan Shepard's recovery at sea when his space capsule landed in the ocean, That summer we vacationed in Miami Beach by way of Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. stopping at the Gettysburg Battlefield
I don't remember, because I was busy being conceived that week. Just learned it here for the first time. What a horrifying tragedy. I'm going to research that right now.
On Sunday night, September the twenty-fourth, 1961, "The Bullwinkle Show" made its debut on NBC-TV. It was originally titled as "Rocky & His Friends" and sometimes "The Rocket J. Squirrel Show" on ABC-TV two years earlier. Hokey smokes!!! Who knew!!!
The best thing about the sixties I was born and the Beatles came to the US and the Kennedy’s and Martin Luther King . So many things happened good and bad that changed America The TV shows like leave it to beaver my three sons so many wonderful family shows that meant something . Burger chef and drive inn theaters meant so much to families .
People had been building Fall-out shelters for years before 1961! Our neighborhood was full of them by 1957! I even spent the night in a few, as a sort of suburban "Campout"!
I was 12 years old then and remember most of these things happening. Best years of our lives even with the “Cold War” and many things going on. Use to play outside all the time and not afraid. I grew up in the 60s and of course later went to Vietnam. Loved the music coming from the Rock and Roll even before the Beatles. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley with Orange groves and dairies all around. Simple life then believe it or not. Wishing all good health and happiness!
There's a holdup in the Bronx Brooklyn's broken out in fights There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson heights There's a scout troop lost a child Khrushchev's due in Idewild Car 54 where are you? I was eight at the time. Still in my brain 60 years later.
I was 8 years old that year; liked to watch monster movies that scared the hell out of me, played little league, collected bugs and baseball cards, and watched Mercury 1 launch at school on a TV the nun who taught our class had setup. And I was listening to music on a crystal radio I grounded to a metal pipe outside. 😎
The Berlin Wall also went up that year: ( My Dad was stationed in Germany at the time and I remember my mother taking my sister and I to see it. She told us we should appreciate being Americans. Never forget that or the guards in the towers with guns, being told there were land mines in the dirt.
I am very much enjoying your channel! Thank you for all your work! I have to point out that you missed mentioning the debut of a very important sitcom - one of the greats, if not the greatest: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. Its first airing was on October 3rd, 1961. It recently celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Also memorable at Kennedy's inaguration: Robert Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" from memory, when the wind and the sun's glare made it too hard for him to read "Dedication", the poem he had written for the occasion. He was the first poet invited to read at a presidential inauguration.
As an American citizen. I say this now on July 24, 2021. Do not ask what can my country do for me. But rather ask, what can I do for my country. THIS IS THE AMERICAN WAY. Be a citizen. Not just a lazy bystander. Be retroactive. Be an American. The racial thing has always been a thorn in my side. If I was older back then, I would have taken a dark-skinned person by the hand and escorted them on the bus. Baseball bat on the other hand. I hate racism as bad as an infected, ingrown, but hair. For real. So, It's been 60 years and the advancement in the human race has been sketchy at best. My time is near. I wish the Human race a better future. I wish you well. Love one another.
My old man explained life and years to me when I was almost 4 and I was in the yard cleaning stuff. He didn’t go too far....just that it’s late 1960 and you’re almost four and I’ve been driving to an AFB where I work.
I find it difficult to believe that West Side Story is discussed without mentioning the composer. And I remember seeing the President of Viet Nam was often in Washington DC at social events.
Major professional sports championships in North America in 1961 MLB - New York Yankees defeated Cincinnati Reds, four games to one in the 58th World Series. NBA - Boston Celtics defeated the St. Louis (now Atlanta) Hawks, four games to one in the 15th NBA World Championship Series (including the BAA prior to 1949-50). NFL - Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants, 37-0 to win the 29th NFL Championship Game. AFL - Houston Oilers defeated the San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers, 10-3 in the second AFL Championship Game. CFL - Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-14 in the 49th Grey Cup. NHL - Chicago Black Hawks (now Blackhawks) defeated the Detroit Red Wings, four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Washington Senators (original) moved to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and became the Minnesota Twins. The Los Angeles Angels (later the California/Anaheim and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, before reverting back to its original name in the 2010s) and the second Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) began play in the American League as expansion franchises. The Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League moved to San Diego and became the San Diego Chargers, while the Minnesota Vikings began play as an NFL expansion franchise. The Chargers returned to Los Angeles after the 2016 season. The Chicago Packers (later the Chicago Zephyrs, the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, now the Washington Wizards) entered the NBA as an expansion team.
Ah yes. The Year 1961 in which I got to go all the way to California with my mom and dad and brother and sister just to have mom and dad decide that they needed to divorce. Such good times. Yes there is more to the story but you would have to look at my latest upload to hear about it on my TH-cam channel. Good times 😂😂
My sister was born november that year. Mom had been in america for 4 years at that point, come over from Italy. Mamina passed away exactly 1 year ago today. It's wrong, and all that was good back then is gone as well. And it's wrong.
I was born in 62 in the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. "We" came from Italy in 1912 and 24. My folks are gone too. Definitely not the America out parents knew...
And then Frick, the Baseball Commissioner at the time went ahead and declared Maris's record separate and distinct because he played in eight more games than Ruth, even though he had fewer plate appearances than the Babe. That BS notion stood until 1991 when MLB finally corrected the injustice but Roger didn't live long enough to savor it. If MLB had the cajones they would declare Bonds record (73) separate and distinct because he was juiced to the nines when he cheated his way to it. I don't care what anyone says, those HR records (season and all-time) belong to Roger and Hank. RIP fellas. I'm sure the guys in The Field of Dreams where you now hang out know what's what. And let's hope The Hall never allows any of those cheating SOB's in.
I have no idea why the announcer bothered to mention that Car 54 premiered on net week TV that fall, as it barely made the Neilson ratings and only lasted two seasons. A much better voice would have been the Dick Van Dyke show that not only was a huge hit but helped launch the careers of both DVD and MTM - who later got to star in her own show.
@@loveandfaith6517 John Kennedy almost started ww3 by putting missiles in Turkey in 1961 which resulted to the soviets putting missiles in Cuba. Not such a smart plan by President Kennedy. It was also the first time in history we went to defcon level 2. This is history for anybody who didn't know. But JFK did a great job with racism.
The following year, 1962, I finally got around to seeing Westside Story -- a real stinker by modern standards despite winning a slew of Oscars. As I was getting up to leave, the second movie began with an earsplitting sound of a full orchestra blasting the first sounds of what became the "007" theme song, I sat mesmerized for the next two hours watching Dr. No. It was FABULOUS!
My old man made a killing building backyard bomb shelters for terrified families. Later in 73 I was working with him building fireplaces after the Arab oil embargo, Good times.
My uncle built a house next to my grandfather that year and added built a bomb shelter. The Cold War was getting started and most anyone building a house added a bomb shelter. Car 54 was one of the programs I remember. I think Route 66 came out around the same time.
I was born Sept 21 of that year. Young people used to freak out when they found out. I was alive when JFK was president. Even though I was a baby and toddler way back then.
I remember that we had airraid drills in school, where we all had to go out into the hallway and lean up against the wall, facing the wall, with our hands behind our heads.
I was born Oct 18 1961 I lived thru the Vietnam war riots hippies Sychedelic music the Beatles the stones Cream yardbirds Led Zeppelin the birds Pink Floyd Jefferson Airplane the Who Blue cheer bt most of all The legend Jimi Hendrix and many others wow that was fun ✌️
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My grandfather was 36 in 1961 my age now. It's amazing to see how different the world was.
I will never forget 1961. It was the year I was born. If you will flip it over, it will still read 1961.
So funny to hear others did that! I turned seven-years-old at the end of the summer. Also remember flipping the 1961 over to see it read the same.
Know wonder why I have built in Radar.
I remember my "weekly reader" declared 1961 the "upside down year". What I really remember though was 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I was born in 1953.
An issue of "Mad Magazine" commented on that with " No matter how you look at it, it's going to be another upside down year... The first upside down year since 1881, the last upside down year until 6009"
I wish o could go back to 1963 and correct my mistakes but there is no DeLorean from back to the future
So wise the world was as simple and loving as then. Born in 1952. Peace and love to all. RIP to all who died in Vietnam.
I was born in 1961. The 60's were happy childhood memories.
Born in 52, once again thank you for the memories !
I know some of you will think I’m weird, but sometimes, I wish I could travel back to the late 50s/early sixties just so I can watch black and white television. I know I can watch reruns now, but there’s something magical about watching a show air for the first time.
As someone who was there at the time, only four years old in 1961, but still.. I have vivid memories of the 1960s, and I can tell you that the novelty of black and white television wears off in a hurry. There was no such thing as cable or satellite television, no VCR, no DVD and forget any sort of streaming..., if you watched television all, you watched what the powers that be wanted you to watch, when they wanted you to watch it. No pausing any program in progress for a snack run or washroom break. Now is much better on that front. Having said that, that era did have its charms.
@@MarinCipollina Since I enjoy 90 percent of the programs that were on at the time, I don’t think it would be a problem.
@@batman5224 There were some quality programs that era, like Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Route 66, Checkmate and Death Valley Days, just to name a few.
The tubes heating up in a wooden cabinet...
Only 4 channels and a lot of it snow. Spent most of your time fiddling with the rabbit ears to get a decent picture.
Car 54 was my grandfather's favorite...he forever yelled "car 54 where are you" for no reason...mostly ticking everyone off..but now I smile remembering..
Both Fred Gwynne (Officer Francis Muldoon) and Al Lewis (Officer Leo Schnauser) went on to star together in the CBS sitcom "The Munsters" three years after Car 54's debut on NBC.
I love that show! You can watch it on utube:)
@@pinkrose5796 thanks for the tip...did not know that
Very well done and very interesting.
I graduated from high school in 1961, when the USA was still a country with confidence in itself and loaded with opportunity for a young man who had ambitions.
How old are you?
@@nunziodepalma5944 77 or 78
As did I...
I was born in 1961
@@nunziodepalma5944 You remind me of another thing that has gone to crap since then: basic math skills.
Ànother great one, thanks.
My parents had their own inauguration party in January 1961. 8 months and 28 days later, I was born (the youngest of 6). JFK will always be my favorite President.
I was 8 and it was a GREAT time to be a kid!!
Would sleep over at the neighbor's house and we would watch the late night monster movies while snarfing down his Dad's roasted/salted peanuts.
I was scared of nuclear war. Those duck and cover drills....ramped up the fear.
My Dad forbade the watching of the "you can survive the bomb" propaganda commercials. He didn't want his children terrorized, and given false hope. I bought a DVD set of those Civil Defense infomercials. Those are humorous and often contradictory. Just remember Bert the Turtle and everyone gonna be alright 😂
I loved those days as well. Everyone interacted with each other like real people. 😀
N O different from. Today ..mass fear mongering I was too young to know but born that year too
I want to thank you so much-- I actually cry when I review your great programs especially 60's and 70's +++ so many memories..thank you so much for these. I appreciate your programs more than you know.😀
I was 1 in 1961 and I am watching this well also watching my 4 year old grandson playing outside. I can only wish he had the same future freedoms that I had at his age. We now live in a sick world.
Has it ever dawned on you that many Americans had less freedom in the past? Minorities, women, indigenous people and homosexuals were greatly restricted. Also people with learning disabilities and mental illness were often isolated, shut out of any chance of a real life. The poor people of the Appalachians didn't fair so we'll either. Many were living a 1940s lifestyle in the 60s.
@@kina18 You need to remember history you need to reflect on history and the intelligent people don’t whine and cry about it they try to make sure it never happens again I don’t think it’s hard to figure out that you’re on the side that dose nothing but wanna cry about it
@@1dilligaf I'm not even an American so you'd be wrong. I think both sides are too extreme.
@@1dilligaf I know your history, you seem to be suffering from selective memoy. Do you think, for example, that era was wonderful for Native Americans? Their children being taken and sent to horrible boarding schools where many were murdered? Life was no doubt great for middle and upper middle income white suburban families not so much for many others. Imagine you couldn't even date or marry the person you love? Had to pretend to be someone you're not? Not everyone enjoyed the freedom you had.
@@1dilligaf Talking about it isn't whining and crying. Stop with gas lightning bs.
The year I graduated high school. Thanks for the memories.
I was born in December and live in Western Canada. I want to give a shout out to everyone else who came into the world in 1961. I hope that you are all healthy and taking care of yourselves and your families. We remain tough and resilient upon entering our golden years.
We hear you rocker born in Sept 1961, your country seems more peaceful then ours we are being taken over by a band of idiots.
Thank you for the shout out! Turned 60 on June 29th. Ha ha, it does seem surreal. God bless you there in Canada! 🇨🇦
I've been to Alberta and British Columbia, and assume you're in one of those provinces since you said western Canada. Such beautiful country there!
I hope you have a great birthday 🎂 in December of this year! 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
@@mr.majestic2667 Yes, we're going through a rough time here in America. 🇺🇸 Totally agree with you. I pray this will be remedied very soon.
In spite of that, Have a very happy 60th birthday in September! 🎂
@Classicrocker6119. Born in November of 61 .. . how are we 60??? Seems like yesterday we were in our 20s loving the 80s!!
I am still hear and working, I think we have to work till 67 and 10 months
Your videos are appreciated
God bless those freedom riders, they are still at it. Talk about true patriots!
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I was lucky enough to own a 1961 Ford Thunderbird for about 20 years. It was the best car I've ever owned.
How radically our country has changed in the last 60 years, barely recognizable from 1961.
Damned if that's not the truth
i imagine things looked just as radical in 1961 compared to 1901.
Not for the better....
Yup. I was born in '61. Born into a good and free country. Not anymore.
Barely recognizable?? I was 19 in '61 and see plenty of similarities. People had cars, lived in cities or suburbia, went to work, retirees had Social Security, people were born and died every day, US meddled in foreign countries, just like today, TV was in most homes, radio is still here.
I was 6 years old. We had just moved to La Habra, Ca. into a tri-level home near Lambert Ave and Imperial Hwy.
Nothing but Orange groves and vacant fields. Independent Dairies sold milk and eggs. No malls. Just Ma and Pa specialty stores. Hardware, toy stores, and a 7/11 convenience store on the corner where I got caught stealing a 5 cent Hershey Bar.
lol
Not too far from Monte vista and azusa and LA puente!
awesome,i was eleven and was born and raised in Whittier,California....
Empty fields in S/Cal are a rarity now.No blue in 22!
My aunt sparky had a horse ranch in LA habra on I want to say Monte vista? And a hardware store called sakett& peters is loooong gone!
Where have all the good times gone? 1950s to 1970s were the best . Look at this miserable time we live in now , I wish I had a time machine to go back. Oh wait I do , my 1966 Mustang , every time I drive this car I feel I am back in the 1960s blasting my 1960s to 1970s music in the car. It is better than nothing right?.
My favorite car is a 1965 Mustang but the 1966 was a cool car too. I told my late husband that I would marry the man that bought me a candy apple red 1965 mustang convertible. The next day he walked in with a little box wrapped so nice. When I opened it there was a 1965 candy apple red Mustang convertible model car. I married him a year later. ❤️
This is my favorite music. It really tugs the nostalgia heartstrings.
Yes it most certainly does.
And it’s not too loud. Just right!
I grew up in the 70s, but this was all solidly in the "American Lexicon" then. Baseball fans would reference the 1961 homerun record, etc. I love American nostalgia.
I was born in 71 and as a kid I never realized how many carry overs were in my house growing up from the 50s and 60s. Such as our all metal ice cube trays In the down stairs spare fridge. Or the transistor radio that my Dad gave me in a leather case for me to listen to music on. The radio was that 50s real color and ran on one 9V battery. Just small little things I didnt realize back then and damn do I regret not keeping some of that stuff before my Mom and Dad would slowly replace old stuff with newer stuff as I got older.
1961 as a 9 year old 3rd grader-
Life was great while Hershey bars and a pack of daisy b b' s were a nickel each and bazooka bubble gum were 3 for a penny ! One could ride their bike most everywhere and collect returnable pop bottles for 4 cents a piece ! Some days the pop bottles collected were plentiful enough to include a 10 cent Dr Pepper ( 4 cent deposit on the bottle) and still have change in my pocket.
Several years later ( approximately 4 years) mini-skirts became the fashion which changed a young man's world FOREVER ! !
OH WELL -
61 the baby of my family was born.. the last of 7 children. I was 9.. just starting to realize the world around me.
thank you... RR!
Well done! A good mix of events and perspectives. As for me, 1961 was the year my life was set in motion, though I remember very little of it. In the spring of that year, as I was 2 and 1/2, my Mom finally told my faithless father she had endured all she could stand from him and the divorce happened. I remember us riding with my grandfather on a Greyhound bus from Indianapolis back to Mom's hometown, which became the town where I would grow up. I could not grasp what was happening, and I still think of 1961 in terms of Freedom Riders, Maris, Al Shepherd. Thanks for a great tour.
Some reason, I've been drawn to these reminiscent videos lately. I was in the BIG school that year (jr. high) and have vivid memories of most of these events. Even with all the angst of the Cold War and the other social issues in the news, we still maintained a sense of great confidence that we were still on the right course. Today, I am extremely grateful to have been born when I was and given all the opportunities that growing up then provided. I'm not convinced the kids today will be as fortunate.
They need to bring back top hats for presidential inaugurations.
It was because of JFK that men stopped wearing hats at all!
Everything today is "Monkey see, monkey do", isn't it?
Hat for the ladies too..
I was only 2 but my brother was born that year in January. Turned 60! Still the person I'm closest to.
I was born Feb 1961. Hi to your bro...and you!
June of 61 here.
Nov 61 here🥳
@@julielewisizame Hi, I'm June 13th of 1961, Nice to meet you! : )
@@HelenTudor-Douglas 9th here. Good year yes? Very nice to meet you 😊
WOW, look at the comfy plane interior! LEG ROOM!
First Class.
I was in grade school then. I didn't really know the bad stuff was going on. Life seemed simple to me. All I seemed to care about was my bicycle and penny candy.
Thank you for this episode.
I remember January 20th 1961 because it was a school snow day on a Friday.The sirens went off about 7:00 AM which indicated the schools were closed. I was in Third grade. We got 23 inches of snow in North Jersey that day. I also remember most TV channels had the Kennedy inauguration.
We lived in Fairfield County, CT and I remember the snow that year because for some unknown reason, every time it was going to snow, I'd dream the night before about this house where I had lived. Probably some sort of sensitivity to atmospheric conditions. My father started believing my dreams over the weather forecast.
"Ask what you can do for your country" these new generations would not do anything, i hope we never have ww3
Agreed. I served. God help us. May not take a nuclear WW3 to end everything. Can you imagine Kennedy's and Reagan's words if they could speak to us today ?
LBJ Had John K killed he lured him to Dallas,Kennedy was a great man and I'm a conservative Republican Kennedy was plain smart!. Where are they today?...
The USA populists sure proved that to be true.was waa waa me me me, never thinking of others.
Blame it on the parents. You wonder why the younger generations are fucked, look directly at the parents. Whole bunch of baby boomer and gen X parents completely screwed up.
@@sloppyjoe400 You could not be more correct!
I was 12 in 1961 it was the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. I watched the Inauguration of Kennedy on TV then the Freedom Riders, and Alan Shepard's recovery at sea when his space capsule landed in the ocean, That summer we vacationed in Miami Beach by way of Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. stopping at the Gettysburg Battlefield
Born in this year, in Pontiac Michigan. Still going strong!
I was nine in 61,life was fun 🤩
I grew up during these times thanks for the upload.
I was just four years old then so this video does fill in for my lack of memory from that time ;-)
Great memories I was 10 years old in 1961.
I had never heard about the crash of the plane carrying American figure skaters .What a tragedy ☹️
Nancy Czar, one of the skaters did not make the flight...she went on to appear in pictures with Elvis, and the unforgettable Arch Hall Jr
Me too
Yes I'm the same. I have no words. 😥❤
I don't remember, because I was busy being conceived that week. Just learned it here for the first time. What a horrifying tragedy. I'm going to research that right now.
Neither had I?
Born this year! Great year
I was in first grade in 1961. All of the kids went to the cafeteria and watch the Mercury flights takeoff.
On Sunday night, September the twenty-fourth, 1961, "The Bullwinkle Show" made its debut on NBC-TV. It was originally titled as "Rocky & His Friends" and sometimes "The Rocket J. Squirrel Show" on ABC-TV two years earlier. Hokey smokes!!! Who knew!!!
Dolores Huntoon - I think " The Bullwinkle Show " was also filmed in color.
The year of my birth quite an interesting year....
Loved "Car 54"!!!!!! 💜
Me too:) You can watch some of the shows on utube for free:)
WTH on that skating story 1st time I've ever heard that what a loss.
same here for me.
It was a dark day in 1961.
So sad. The plane crash where the skating team died.😔
Yes, I had heard about that plane crash for the first time not too many years ago. Very sad and tragic!
God bless America
nicely done. it would be nice to include significant or new automoibles from each year. Love those 1961 Pontiacs.
My birth year, I always like to say I was born during Camelot and the birth of the Space Age.
I was born during the hottest part of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Used to love to razz Mom by telling people I was born in the hospital bomb shelter 😝
My birth year too
Thanks much
The best thing about the sixties I was born and the Beatles came to the US and the Kennedy’s and Martin Luther King .
So many things happened good and bad that changed America
The TV shows like leave it to beaver my three sons so many wonderful family shows that meant something .
Burger chef and drive inn theaters meant so much to families .
The number 1 rock and roll record was "Standby Me" by Ben E. King.
People had been building Fall-out shelters for years before 1961!
Our neighborhood was full of them by 1957! I even spent the night in a few, as a sort of suburban "Campout"!
I was 12 years old then and remember most of these things happening. Best years of our lives even with the “Cold War” and many things going on. Use to play outside all the time and not afraid. I grew up in the 60s and of course later went to Vietnam. Loved the music coming from the Rock and Roll even before the Beatles. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley with Orange groves and dairies all around. Simple life then believe it or not. Wishing all good health and happiness!
Buck Roo - Thank you for your service!
It was a very good year...🤗
Great video.
Who here remembers the catchy theme song...."Car 54...where are Yooo?😁😆
There's a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn's broken out in fights
There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson heights
There's a scout troop lost a child
Khrushchev's due in Idewild
Car 54 where are you?
I was eight at the time. Still in my brain 60 years later.
@@svkeeley I remember it as, "Scout Troop 40's short a child". It's been playing in my head ever since it was mentioned in the video.
I was 10 yrs old and do not remember the skating group but remember most of the rest.
I vaguely remember watching Car 54 as it was broadcast Sunday nights on the NBC television network.
We knew a family of whom the father was a NYC Police Officer, and he strictly forbade his kids from watching that show!
@@vincentperratore4395 - L.O.L!!!!!!! I wonder what the officer thought of the " Police Academy " movies in the 1980s?
Just before Bonanza.
Opposite Car 54 was Ed Sullivan on CBS.
I remember the one guy was always going “Oooh Oooh!”
Nice job...can see how much your channel has grown. Congrats!
anyone know the name of the tune ? its so relaxing i watched this video 3 times ,good work R.R. I was 3 yrs old in 61 !!
I am shocked about the skating team as I have never known about this devastating tragedy. RIP ❤Amen.
I did not know either but then again I was 6.
I was 8 years old that year; liked to watch monster movies that scared the hell out of me, played little league, collected bugs and baseball cards, and watched Mercury 1 launch at school on a TV the nun who taught our class had setup. And I was listening to music on a crystal radio I grounded to a metal pipe outside. 😎
Watched Shepards ROCKET pass by on his flight.
The Berlin Wall also went up that year: ( My Dad was stationed in Germany at the time and I remember my mother taking my sister and I to see it. She told us we should appreciate being Americans. Never forget that or the guards in the towers with guns, being told there were land mines in the dirt.
Here's a good movie about pre-berlin wall in germany."123"w/James Cagney🗽👍
Breakfast at Tiffany's was released on October 5th 1961
I am very much enjoying your channel! Thank you for all your work!
I have to point out that you missed mentioning the debut of a very important sitcom - one of the greats, if not the greatest: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. Its first airing was on October 3rd, 1961. It recently celebrated its 60th anniversary.
That was the year I started high school.
i so look forward to your videos,great work Cheers
Great times sinple
Also memorable at Kennedy's inaguration: Robert Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" from memory, when the wind and the sun's glare made it too hard for him to read "Dedication", the poem he had written for the occasion. He was the first poet invited to read at a presidential inauguration.
As an American citizen. I say this now on July 24, 2021. Do not ask what can my country do for me. But rather ask, what can I do for my country. THIS IS THE AMERICAN WAY. Be a citizen. Not just a lazy bystander. Be retroactive. Be an American. The racial thing has always been a thorn in my side. If I was older back then, I would have taken a dark-skinned person by the hand and escorted them on the bus. Baseball bat on the other hand. I hate racism as bad as an infected, ingrown, but hair. For real. So, It's been 60 years and the advancement in the human race has been sketchy at best. My time is near. I wish the Human race a better future. I wish you well. Love one another.
Right on!
Thank you so very much!!!!!
Thank you
Growing up, I heard the JFK quote all the time from my father, “Ask not what your country can do for you … “
June 14th 1961 I graduated from high school
Isn't it something how we remember dates of that kind!
I graduated grade school on the 25th of June!
My old man explained life and years to me when I was almost 4 and I was in the yard cleaning stuff. He didn’t go too far....just that it’s late 1960 and you’re almost four and I’ve been driving to an AFB where I work.
I find it difficult to believe that West Side Story is discussed without mentioning the composer. And I remember seeing the President of Viet Nam was often in Washington DC at social events.
He definitely could afford it 🙄
Major professional sports championships in North America in 1961
MLB - New York Yankees defeated Cincinnati Reds, four games to one in the 58th World Series.
NBA - Boston Celtics defeated the St. Louis (now Atlanta) Hawks, four games to one in the 15th
NBA World Championship Series (including the BAA prior to 1949-50).
NFL - Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants, 37-0 to win the 29th NFL Championship
Game.
AFL - Houston Oilers defeated the San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers, 10-3 in the second AFL
Championship Game.
CFL - Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-14 in the 49th Grey Cup.
NHL - Chicago Black Hawks (now Blackhawks) defeated the Detroit Red Wings, four games to two
in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Washington Senators (original) moved to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and became the Minnesota Twins. The Los Angeles Angels (later the California/Anaheim and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, before reverting back to its original name in the 2010s) and the second Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) began play in the American League as expansion franchises.
The Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League moved to San Diego and became the San Diego Chargers, while the Minnesota Vikings began play as an NFL expansion franchise. The Chargers returned to Los Angeles after the 2016 season.
The Chicago Packers (later the Chicago Zephyrs, the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, now the Washington Wizards) entered the NBA as an expansion team.
Ah yes. The Year 1961 in which I got to go all the way to California with my mom and dad and brother and sister just to have mom and dad decide that they needed to divorce. Such good times. Yes there is more to the story but you would have to look at my latest upload to hear about it on my TH-cam channel. Good times 😂😂
My sister was born november that year. Mom had been in america for 4 years at that point, come over from Italy.
Mamina passed away exactly 1 year ago today. It's wrong, and all that was good back then is gone as well. And it's wrong.
I was born in 62 in the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. "We" came from Italy in 1912 and 24. My folks are gone too. Definitely not the America out parents knew...
Yes, anniversaries of the loss of loved ones are difficult. God's peace to you!
And then Frick, the Baseball Commissioner at the time went ahead and declared Maris's record separate and distinct because he played in eight more games than Ruth, even though he had fewer plate appearances than the Babe. That BS notion stood until 1991 when MLB finally corrected the injustice but Roger didn't live long enough to savor it. If MLB had the cajones they would declare Bonds record (73) separate and distinct because he was juiced to the nines when he cheated his way to it. I don't care what anyone says, those HR records (season and all-time) belong to Roger and Hank. RIP fellas. I'm sure the guys in The Field of Dreams where you now hang out know what's what. And let's hope The Hall never allows any of those cheating SOB's in.
I was 5 and just started Kindergarten...I have an older brother and a younger sister and we are very close with each other...
I have no idea why the announcer bothered to mention that Car 54 premiered on net week TV that fall, as it barely made the Neilson ratings and only lasted two seasons. A much better voice would have been the Dick Van Dyke show that not only was a huge hit but helped launch the careers of both DVD and MTM - who later got to star in her own show.
My birth year.
John Kennedy's statement stayed with me and contributed to my joining the military.
Good for you , Mari... a true Patriot!
@@loveandfaith6517 John Kennedy almost started ww3 by putting missiles in Turkey in 1961 which resulted to the soviets putting missiles in Cuba. Not such a smart plan by President Kennedy. It was also the first time in history we went to defcon level 2. This is history for anybody who didn't know. But JFK did a great job with racism.
I started my TH-cam channel to teach the world about the effects caused by smoking marijuana 😳💨
Thank you for your service.
Seven Hunnid We all thank you for the hard work which you must have put into that task.You can blow all of us now.
Wonderful times for me...
1961 , I made my debut. Boy , was my mother relieved! A "C" section was a big help to her!
The following year, 1962, I finally got around to seeing Westside Story -- a real stinker by modern standards despite winning a slew of Oscars. As I was getting up to leave, the second movie began with an earsplitting sound of a full orchestra blasting the first sounds of what became the "007" theme song, I sat mesmerized for the next two hours watching Dr. No. It was FABULOUS!
My old man made a killing building backyard bomb shelters for terrified families. Later in 73 I was working with him building fireplaces after the Arab oil embargo, Good times.
My uncle built a house next to my grandfather that year and added built a bomb shelter. The Cold War was getting started and most anyone building a house added a bomb shelter.
Car 54 was one of the programs I remember. I think Route 66 came out around the same time.
Today, if you built a bomb shelter, the government would tax you, (for the second home), to the point that you'd have to move!
You can watch Car 54 Where are you on utube for free:)
00:46 Kidde was making fall out shelters then, now they make smoke and carbon dioxide alarms.
They owned the farberware corp too
They make carbon MONoxide detectors. Carbon dioxide is what you exhale.
I was born September 13th 1961. Wow. I sure have seen a lot. Some good some bad.
I was born Sept 21 of that year. Young people used to freak out when they found out. I was alive when JFK was president. Even though I was a baby and toddler way back then.
I remember that we had airraid drills in school, where we all had to go out into the hallway and lean up against the wall, facing the wall, with our hands behind our heads.
I was born Oct 18 1961 I lived thru the Vietnam war riots hippies Sychedelic music the Beatles the stones Cream yardbirds Led Zeppelin the birds Pink Floyd Jefferson Airplane the Who Blue cheer bt most of all The legend Jimi Hendrix and many others wow that was fun ✌️
My big brother got drafted . . .