TIMELINE 1974 - Nixon's Resignation, 10 Cent Beer Night & Blazing Saddles

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  • Weird History presents Timeline 1974. Timeline is going back to the '70s and revisiting some of the most poignant news, sports, culture and entertainment stories from 1974. From the debut of the Six Million Dollar Man, to Richard Nixon's resignation to Hammerin' Hank Aaron breaking MLB's Home Run record, a little bit of everything happened in '74.
    #timeline #the70s #weirdhistory
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  • @michaellong3836
    @michaellong3836 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jack Benny died in December of 1974. One of the greatest comedians of the 20th century.

  • @JohnSteech
    @JohnSteech 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Graduate from high school in May of 1974 and 😅this episode was mmemorable ❤❤❤🎉

  • @asset4802
    @asset4802 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    I love watching this series. It weirdly gives me comfort to realize that, as a millennial, so many of the issues that we're facing now were fought in similar fashion 50 years ago. It really gives truth to the statement "history repeats itself" in a strangely satisfying way. Sad, sure, but I feel better knowing we're never alone in what we are facing. Thanks for that.

    • @kristiskinner8542
      @kristiskinner8542 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hummm well Im a Xer but didnt come into the world until the last part of this decade but I think-imo it just shows that "the more things change the more they stay the same"

    • @monkpool
      @monkpool ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It is crazy that the stuff we’re facing now is almost exactly what our elders faced

    • @sea_triscuit7980
      @sea_triscuit7980 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've been realizing that lately too, alot of what's happening really correlates with the 70's-80's. Throw in the spice of 90's violence and you got the 2020's

    • @RyviusRan
      @RyviusRan ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kristiskinner8542 The oldest letter ever found (thousands of years old) was a wife complaining to her husband (who was trading in another town) that he never sent any money back home and she was forced to sell off most of what she had. Most likely the husband was living a double life in the other town.
      The oldest known joke (about 4000 years old) was a fart joke.
      People don't change much. Only things that change is the technology/tools we have available.

    • @curiodyssey3867
      @curiodyssey3867 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It gives me discomfort that we haven't progressed at all in 50 fucking years

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Weird History: Once again making me feel old *and* young again, simultaneously.

  • @jasonfrew2394
    @jasonfrew2394 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I still think the best thing to happen in '74 was The Rockford Files. It made Friday nights even better! 😁👍

  • @MK-zz8nr
    @MK-zz8nr ปีที่แล้ว +185

    1974 was the year I got married. I was only 19. Truly a sign of the times. We’re approaching our 50th in 2024. Was a wonderful year.

    • @badapple65
      @badapple65 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Times had to be different then I too married at 19 and purchased our first home for $39k in our first year with a down payment of money we’d saved ourselves. I remind our Grandkids that they do not need all of the things that people consider a Necessity now that didn’t even exist in those days.

    • @notsosilentmajority1
      @notsosilentmajority1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Congratulations. Long lasting marriages seem to happen a lot less nowadays. 🙏👍

    • @eruru08
      @eruru08 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@notsosilentmajority1 women had to tolerate a lot more back then infidelity and abuse not to mention most were not finically stable. Women have a lot more possibilities today therefor they do not have to put up with much.

    • @notsosilentmajority1
      @notsosilentmajority1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@eruru08
      OK, but what does that have to do with long lasting marriages? My parents, grandparents, myself and many people I know have had happy long lasting marriages and they weren't abusers or the women were not without other possibilities.
      What you said is true but it doesn't really fit into what was said. Perhaps, more opportunities have led to some selfishness as well.?.? These things can be read different ways.

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's cool

  • @WhatAboutZoidberg
    @WhatAboutZoidberg ปีที่แล้ว +53

    You got Blazing Saddles but forgot Young Frankenstein, released only 6 months later. What a year for Mel Brooks!

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    While Cleveland's 10 Cent Beer Night was one of the worst promotions, they actually played the Texas Rangers that night. The Houston Astros were still in the National League at the time, and apart from the all-star game and World Series, there was no interleague play yet.

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Whenever Ihear about this I am reminded of one of the bars in my college town that did 10 cent beers several nights a week. There was another that did boilermakers for 35 cents all the time.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      interesting 2:40 I thought it was an attitude not a person

    • @wadewilson6807
      @wadewilson6807 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was about comment about who they played

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wadewilson6807 who?

    • @wadewilson6807
      @wadewilson6807 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eddiesroom1868 the Indians

  • @masiguru9982
    @masiguru9982 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Graduated High School in 1978. Man, the 70's were great. My phone is absolutely filled with 70's Classic Rock. Long live Led Zep!

    • @victorcarrasco3040
      @victorcarrasco3040 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I only listen to Led Zeppelin when I’m drawing! Everyone that knows this always spread the word that I’m not to be disturbed ! 🤘🏼😎✌🏻🇲🇽✊🏼Love and peace to all. Rock On!

    • @drealynne4256
      @drealynne4256 ปีที่แล้ว

      Led zeppelin is the best band in my opinion. The 60's and 70's had the best music in the last century..go ahead and try to argue anything different, you can't.

    • @jackilynpyzocha662
      @jackilynpyzocha662 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1982

  • @albertogonzalez2203
    @albertogonzalez2203 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love this series. my only gripe is that I wish the episodes were longer. 😊

  • @rexlesliehowardjr
    @rexlesliehowardjr ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Yeah I'm officially a hopeless nerd, geek, all that stuff because I love this! Timeline in Realtime! Blessings all!

    • @dylans--world999
      @dylans--world999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ur not a nerd or a geek just because you like learning about cool interesting stuff my friend

    • @graveyardheathen
      @graveyardheathen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same bruv lol

    • @dogetaxes8893
      @dogetaxes8893 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea, I love the timeline series, gives context to current times and allows me to see what other decades where like, never lived through the 90s, 80s or 70’s so cool to check what it was like.

    • @NASCARFAN93100
      @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dogetaxes8893 Weird History should complete the 1970-2020 Timeline Chain by doing the 2000s and the 2010s for seasons 4 and 5

  • @bobwakefield7875
    @bobwakefield7875 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I would like to formally thank your producer for "forcing" you to include the story regarding "The Professor". The greatest drummer of all time and the greatest Canadian band too. RIP Neil Peart forever missed.

    • @coasterobsessed9513
      @coasterobsessed9513 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i second this

    • @eltronics
      @eltronics ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Here, here! They were quite a trio! He was quite a drummer!

    • @johnhickman106
      @johnhickman106 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I approve of this post. Just wish Peart's name had been pronounced correctly.

    • @JoseGomez-cj1tq
      @JoseGomez-cj1tq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I seen Rush live. In my lifetime I'm glad I got to experience Neal perts 15 minute drum solo. Unreal

  • @wesmcgee1648
    @wesmcgee1648 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Met my high school sweetheart the day Nixon resigned. Had no idea she lived accross the road. Mood ring, patent leather two tone platform shoes, double knit slacks, silk shirts, Jovan musk oil cologne. Dude when I got that girl, I had it all.

  • @dcbfan1231
    @dcbfan1231 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The death of Mama Cass Elliot was in 1974. Such a great and talented singer!

  • @inukshuksixtyfour1164
    @inukshuksixtyfour1164 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you for including Neil Peart...rip❣🥁

    • @deevan1415
      @deevan1415 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      **snorts a line of Cheetos dust**
      "UH! AH! GOD, THERE IS NO FUCKING DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART!!!"
      **punches glass table**
      "It ain't easy being cheesy."

    • @svpracer98
      @svpracer98 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deevan1415 some kind of comedian are you?

    • @deevan1415
      @deevan1415 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@svpracer98 No, just quoting Family Guy.

  • @CaesiusX
    @CaesiusX ปีที่แล้ว +91

    This is such a great series IMO. So well done, and often quite a bit of fun.

  • @MrDDiRusso
    @MrDDiRusso ปีที่แล้ว +27

    SOMEBODY STOLE MY MOOD RING.
    I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.

    • @gkiltz0
      @gkiltz0 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They always turned black when you went outdoors in the winter!

  • @miriambucholtz9315
    @miriambucholtz9315 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The one thing from 1974 that I really remember was being locked up in a mental institution for 45 days. The old-school psych chemicals, which do their dirty work in the hippocampus, basically destroyed any other memory of that year. Most of what I know about 1974 comes from reading and from watching documentaries. It took me several years to build back my memory of anything after that. I guess I'll have to take your word for it.

    • @stro382
      @stro382 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't remember it either I was born that year 😃👍

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn

    • @EdsterIII
      @EdsterIII ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was sent to a young adult center in during the later part of the 80's. Luckily there weren't any medicinal experiments going on. It was all groups and discussions. Activities and other growing events to bolster self esteem and self worth. I am so sorry that you had to go through that. I can't begin to understand or even imagine what or how you felt. Memory wipes aren't exactly what you want unless the traumatic experience is worse to remember than to erase it all. I hope that your fully recovered and are doing well. Take care, and keep on going!

    • @yungmutt123
      @yungmutt123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One flew over the Cuckoo's nest (1975) really showed how terrible those institutions were. I'm so sorry you had to experience that hell. At least things have gotten better somewhat..

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish I could have a chemical injected into me that would make me forget 1974.

  • @zepmarq
    @zepmarq ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I'm so looking forward to this episode!
    It's going to be interesting to experience the world as my parents did in the year I was born. However, I've always said that the best part of being born in the '70s was growing up in the '80s...and I'm so grateful for that! 😎

    • @TheBlindPhotographer
      @TheBlindPhotographer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You would need a Time Machine and Body Switcher to experience the world like they did. lol

    • @Zenithxblack
      @Zenithxblack ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are the same age!

    • @ahuddleston6512
      @ahuddleston6512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!!!!

    • @shannon_w.
      @shannon_w. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My birth year too 👍🏻

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shannon_w. that's you in your profile picture

  • @MrRezRising
    @MrRezRising ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Thanks from all the Neil fans. Your producer was right. 🤘🤠
    Peart joining the band was definitely my highlight, even though I didn't know it at the time.
    And my favorite narrator saying my favorite drummer's name...?
    Xanadu.

    • @deevan1415
      @deevan1415 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      **snorts a line of Cheetos dust**
      "UH! AH! GOD, THERE IS NO FUCKING DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART!!!"
      **punches glass table**
      "It ain't easy being cheesy."

    • @Im2Old4ThisShite
      @Im2Old4ThisShite 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *saying your favorite drummers name, INCORRECTLY.... 😂

  • @Carma4001
    @Carma4001 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    When you do 1975 don't forget Karen Ann Quinlon. She became a very important figure and court decision when she fell into a coma.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep I certainly remember that I was in high school and we had a talk about that during one of the classes especially since it was a Catholic School .

  • @steveball20
    @steveball20 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ahh, the 70's.... I grew up in the 70's, the music, the fashion, the politics, it was a time where life was just simpler and in my humble opinion a time of fun. I met my wife in 79 and married in 81. We still love the music in fact I just bought a Fleetwood Mac album this week! This series is such an accurate representation of the era, I'm looking forward to more!

  • @robjohnson4059
    @robjohnson4059 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The narrarator has the perfect voice. His comedic sarcasm is perfect.

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sounds like a Simpsons character.

    • @SupersonicChip
      @SupersonicChip 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like Stephen Colbert...pretty spot on.

  • @thomasziniewicz2086
    @thomasziniewicz2086 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i am digging this series and i really love that you put in about neil peart joining RUSH for the first time ! Rest in Peace, Professor !

  • @scorpleeon
    @scorpleeon ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I turned 12 this year and remember 90% of these things from the family watching the evening news with Walter Cronkite and having 2 thick daily newspapers, one delivered morning and the other the afternoon. I had a great childhood. The 70s were great for a lil tween!

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for recalling the heyday of great newspapers. In the early 1980s, I started a career in which I was privileged to report for some of the best papers. By the middle part of the ensuing decade, it became clear the institution of journalism was dying. I've done fine with new ways to make a living, but the nation is in grave danger without any independent press.

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    ABBA is 1 of the top 5 greatest musical groups of all time!

  • @kyleshiflet9952
    @kyleshiflet9952 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Blazing Saddles is still the funniest movie ever made and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is still one of the scariest films ever made

    • @BakedRBeans
      @BakedRBeans ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Ramones sang...."Texas chainsaw masacree! They took my baby away from me!"

    • @sullisen
      @sullisen ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Exuse me while I whip this out"

    • @kyleshiflet9952
      @kyleshiflet9952 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BakedRBeans one of my favorite songs by them

    • @kyleshiflet9952
      @kyleshiflet9952 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sullisen citizens screams

    • @jpsned
      @jpsned ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I've heard the audio clip of "Where da white women at?", but never knew it came from Blazing Saddles... until today! 🙂

  • @lisalifebeyond5053
    @lisalifebeyond5053 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love these segments .. The crazy thing is I was only 6 and I remember the commercials, of course Jaws, and all the sitcoms. So fortunate to be a kid pre-internet and social media! End of the innocence .

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Blazing saddle debut. 😀👍

    • @jamesmoss3424
      @jamesmoss3424 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lindaangus2307 yes it is a classic. 😀👍

  • @chrissyknowsitall5170
    @chrissyknowsitall5170 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I was 4 in 1974. I live in Washington were Ted Bundy was raised and I'm telling you, I remember all of that about him. It was always on the news. I'm loving the 70's timeliness the best!! Great work guys!!!

    • @krymera666x7
      @krymera666x7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not gonna be born for another 3 years.

    • @graveyardheathen
      @graveyardheathen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My mom was 4 as well lol

    • @johnhpalmer6098
      @johnhpalmer6098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 9 in '74, so forth grade and recall some of that went down that year, though I read later that Abba won the Eurovovision competition with Waterloo. I may have been familiar with it then, at least a couple of years later.

    • @stro382
      @stro382 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was born ☺️😳

    • @krymera666x7
      @krymera666x7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnhpalmer6098 I grew up during the crazy 80’s and can only imagine the teenager stories you have about them.

  • @darrinwebber4077
    @darrinwebber4077 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 11 years old in 1974.
    I watched Blazing Saddles at drive in. Six Million Dollar Man. I remember it all.
    And while I did not know about D&D then... My friends and I role played as comic book characters. ( I did get into D&D years later after USMC ).
    Thank you.

  • @catalinacurio
    @catalinacurio ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A Night at the Opera by Queen in 1975 when Freddy gifted us Bohemian Rhapsody… 😊

  • @JetFire0422
    @JetFire0422 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had no idea Jaws was based off a book. Very interesting to learn something new

    • @crankychris2
      @crankychris2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spielburg is widely credited with the tag "The number 1 killer of sharks on planet Earth" [Scientific American].

  • @JohnSmith-rw2yn
    @JohnSmith-rw2yn ปีที่แล้ว +86

    The 70s really does come across as quite grim in movies, TV shows and literature but then music seems to have it so glam and fun and really rebellious. My father just always uses the phrase "oh it was just grim"

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I didn't see it that way. This was the year I graduated High School and started college so I was full of hope and promise.

    • @szzk7937
      @szzk7937 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like you and your father not WASP

    • @JohnSmith-rw2yn
      @JohnSmith-rw2yn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hectorsmommy1717 I'm the same with 2008 financial crisis. First year of university and the world was awesome!

    • @donh01965
      @donh01965 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was 9 in 1974....good lord I'm old

    • @kimberley3577
      @kimberley3577 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donh01965 did you enjoy the decade?

  • @amac2342
    @amac2342 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Blazing Saddles, the greatest film ever

    • @BakedRBeans
      @BakedRBeans ปีที่แล้ว

      My vote goes to.......SIDEWAYS

  • @nicheknack
    @nicheknack ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Purple microdot was a colorful and thought provoking episode of 1974... had to add that because it was overlooked . ✌🏻 & ❤

    • @ladyrebeccaroth-altic7011
      @ladyrebeccaroth-altic7011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Peace, pot, & microdot!

    • @jackmehoff5523
      @jackmehoff5523 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great stuff wasn't it....I'd go over to central park nyc buy 100 dots for $90. $3 bucks a dot at school Fridays the whole school was laughing their ass off tripping. The good ol days...

  • @chadhoganlive
    @chadhoganlive ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of the best series on You Tube!

  • @drmorqWarrenProject
    @drmorqWarrenProject ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I saw Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP) perform in November of 74 at the Henry Levitt Arena in Wichita Kansas... It was life changing. I had some good times in 74... but this was the best moment of the year for me.

    • @tamedshrew235
      @tamedshrew235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw the same tour show in New Haven around the same time. I remember the Christmas tree on stage that electronically blew up at the end of the show. Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

    • @susanhewitt5602
      @susanhewitt5602 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was only 7, but I remember the song "Lucky Man" by ELP, my brother learned it on guitar and taught me. Great time and great music!

    • @rman52
      @rman52 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Most talented band in rock history. Keith was the only genius of the genre.

    • @drmorqWarrenProject
      @drmorqWarrenProject 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@rman52 Carl Palmer was recognized as one of the greats at that time... He is a classically trained percussionist....
      Keith was mostly self taught and yes... he was a genius...

    • @rman52
      @rman52 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@drmorqWarrenProject Preaching to the choir. Carl is the greatest percussionist of rock. My all time favorite drummer.

  • @onecoolcat2478
    @onecoolcat2478 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was 4 years old that year. Land of the Lost was my very favorite Saturday morning show!!!

  • @Brandiafinegirl62
    @Brandiafinegirl62 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1974 was my all time favorite year!!!

  • @Swim2TheMoon
    @Swim2TheMoon ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Duke Ellington was a composer, just as Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart were.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 ปีที่แล้ว

      good timesq

    • @graveyardheathen
      @graveyardheathen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All legends too

    • @williamperkins9349
      @williamperkins9349 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Noone said he wasn't.

    • @PolishPony57
      @PolishPony57 ปีที่แล้ว

      bullshit!

    • @Swim2TheMoon
      @Swim2TheMoon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@williamperkins9349 actually a lot of people have disputed that claim. I'm a music major, and I encountered the debate quite a bit.

  • @stuffedninja1337
    @stuffedninja1337 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw this was live and started bouncing in my seat. Gonna have to show this to my mum (she graduated high school in 74’).

  • @LadyCaspar
    @LadyCaspar ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I am so in love with these flashback vids. I haven’t been so excited for the next episode of a show since Rachel went to meet Ross at the airport then saw him with Julie. Longest-summer- EVER.

    • @jennifer_moss
      @jennifer_moss ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine is the summer between Season 4 and 5 with the "I Ross take the Rachel" finale 😳

    • @EdsterIII
      @EdsterIII ปีที่แล้ว

      For me they remind me of a much better time! A much safer place, more respectful, more fun, and well if you were a kid like I was, born in 1967, so I grew up in the 70's, it was a incredibly fun time to grow up! I remember biking in the woods on the trails that led to Mud Lake! We had forts built out there. We'd go 🎣fishing🎣, swimming, hiking, exploring, and again biking. I remember the🌐Wide🌎World🌎World🌎of🌎Sports🌎, watching the Harlem Globetrotters, Indy Car🏁🏎Racing🏎🏁, and the best......Evel Knievel! Then we'd go out and build a ramp.(These rarely ended well!) We'd then decide what we'd jump and how many of said items we'd attempt to "soar over". Those old metal round🗑🗑garbage🗑🗑cans were usually the most used item. At the beginning of our "block/road" we had a decent hill which we usually used for 🛹🛹 skateboarding🛹🛹, but it worked as a speed booster for you bike as well. Again these never, or RARELY EVER ended well. Sometimes you'd land on the cans, & bounce off them. OUCH! Or if you were lucky? You'd clear the cans but land awkwardly and bounce across the road. Or the worst-case scenario would be landing either ON THE CANS front wheel first, or past the cans, again front wheel first, and then flip over onto your back and slide into home plate on the gravel. Also remember, the 70's kids never or again RARELY EVER wore ⛑🪖helmets🪖⛑, so kids would go home, many if us crying, bawling our eyes out, as Mom picked the road rash off our backs, arms, HEAD, and legs. We usually wore shorts too! Thankfully no one was ever hurt bad. No hospital runs although I'm sure I got a concussion or three. This may sound silly, crazy, and idiotic, and in some ways, I'll agree it was! However back then we didn't have smartphones attached to our heads like an extra appendage. We didn't have💻laptop👨‍💻👨‍💻computers💻, tablets, or multiple gaming systems, and hundreds of television channels. We had ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, & a couple of local unaffiliated stations. We had two. We played outside, we had to use our own devices for fun. Building forts, creating igloos in the winter time. We'd get together with our buddies and play football, baseball, basketball, or the most fun! HOCKEY! But in most cases we had use our IMAGINATIONS! It was truly an amazing time for me growing up in the 70's! I got to meet the Crusher, AWA All-Star Wrestler. I got to meet almost every Milwaukee Brewers players from 77-83. Times were so different! I really miss them too. Take care everyone and God Bless us all!

  • @neilmccann5826
    @neilmccann5826 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    ABBA: the best wife-swapping Rock group EVER!

    • @mrchrislatino
      @mrchrislatino ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fleetwood Mac & The Mama's and Papa's are close seconds.

  • @AutomaticHandguns
    @AutomaticHandguns ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My year! Thank you!

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Happy Days debut. 😀👍

  • @alexchittock844
    @alexchittock844 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't wait
    Love to see all the old footage!

  • @UraTrowelie
    @UraTrowelie ปีที่แล้ว +28

    If only the current cover ups could be exposed. I imagine recent corruption would make Watergate seem like child's play.

    • @billschlafly4107
      @billschlafly4107 ปีที่แล้ว

      The patriarch of a crime family and child abuser occupies the whitehouse. So there's that.

    • @JoseFlores-xh5cj
      @JoseFlores-xh5cj ปีที่แล้ว

      They get exposed, but social media immediately censores and silences anything that doesn't fit the Liberal narrative

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You mean like Jan 6, 2021 ??? When they stormed and trashed the Capitol building.

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kiss first album was released. 😀👍🤘🎸

    • @anthonyx9481
      @anthonyx9481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      February 18th 1974. This date should be a holiday. 📀

  • @theiggy1474
    @theiggy1474 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Blazing saddles is a classic

  • @Dominicandude34
    @Dominicandude34 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I´m obssesed with timeline for some reason

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    There were a lot of paranoid people who lied about Dungeons and Dragons. Dungeon and Dragons was and still is safe entertainment etc...

    • @scottblack7182
      @scottblack7182 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Paranoid people dont lie on such matters. Con men and narcissists do .

    • @daveerk6573
      @daveerk6573 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Can't blame also Ozzy Osbourne, Natural Born Killers (movie), Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Vampire the Masquerade (game).

    • @patrickaker4380
      @patrickaker4380 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for that breaking news, my man!

    • @kristiskinner8542
      @kristiskinner8542 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daveerk6573 left out Judas Priest

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daveerk6573 - can't blame comic books or video games, either.

  • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
    @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'd like to thank Gygax and Arneson for D&D. Got my first Basic boxed set from a KB Toy & Hobby on sale for $4.99 when I was 10 and having trouble reading. Turned me into a voracious reader for life.
    The OG Gateway drug for literacy.

  • @curiodyssey3867
    @curiodyssey3867 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Weird how cops always seem to 'accidentally' burn down whichever place they happen to be raiding

    • @searcymasonry
      @searcymasonry ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they have my suspicions up . my son was murdered 6 years ago and the law has no doubt what happened . in the last 2 years one poi was injured so badly the cops had to give him months to recover before they could even talk to him . more recently a poi has been killed in an accident . me thinks they have a 5th column .
      days ago a dreadful ' biker commune ' base burned to the ground , and it wasnt a small fire .
      on a more upbeat note , i dont give a F how justice is achieved as long as it makes our county safer .
      think about it . all the judge has to do is grumble " somebody oughtta throw a match on it " and i think L - E would have at it .
      indy had daily fires a few years ago . when it finally subsided there wasnt an ally garage ( abandoned ) makeshift crackhouse left standing .

  • @ITIsFunnyDamnIT
    @ITIsFunnyDamnIT ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I Love Love Love this series. I was born in 1970 so I was just a young child when all this was going on, but I do remember some things about the 70's like the clothes, fondue parties, bean bag chairs, Macromere, disco, many tv shows from that time, riding in the back of a pick up truck was fun. It was safe to drink water directly from the garden hose, riding in the back of a station wagon, no one wore seat belts, I miss Sambos. Fancy stylish vans with a dark plastic window in the back. Atari when it first came out. I had a big wheel I used to ride for hours around the block. They used to make toy guns that looked like real guns, because there wasn't a bunch of mass shootings back then. Candy and bubble cigarettes. Used to love watching Chips, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Happy Days, Little House On The Prairie, Gilligan's Island reruns, Threes company, Sanford and Son, Etc etc. played outside till the street lights came on than you knew it was time to go inside. Life was simpler back than.

  • @Karlosangeles1
    @Karlosangeles1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in kindergarten in Hollywood,Ca in 1974,and one of my classmates was in an episode of Rockford Files.

  • @aaronburrell3729
    @aaronburrell3729 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I was born!

    • @rabbidcow2135
      @rabbidcow2135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have 2 more years left. Weird and interesting to watch life happening just before you were here to take part. Can't feel too full of myself knowing that things were rolling along without me and will do just that when I'm gone.

    • @3d_printer_go_brrrrr
      @3d_printer_go_brrrrr ปีที่แล้ว

      Worst day ever

    • @curiodyssey3867
      @curiodyssey3867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old AF!

  • @u.s.militia7682
    @u.s.militia7682 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was born in 69 & grew up in the 70’s. Times seemed better back then. Family was still a thing & it’s almost gone today.

    • @batkat0
      @batkat0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤡

  • @mydogsnameislucy768
    @mydogsnameislucy768 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These videos are really quite amazing. They make me feel nostalgia for years I didn’t even exist in. Lol

  • @OvelNick
    @OvelNick ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That $1.99 restaurant commercial...Chopsteak. That was a generational thing I guess. During culinary school I worked at a butcher shop. Besides the fact that my grandfather could've afforded the better grade and cuts of meat before that I was bringing home really amazing steaks. He'd always make comments about Chopsteak. My father-in-law's ABSOLUTE favorite meal (I've worked at some really quality kitchens with amazing ingredients) is a fried bologna sandwich. It seemed so wild to me. Guys, WHATEVER YOU WANT.... "Chopsteak, let your gma cook it. She knows how I like it", "fried bologna sandwich, Oscar Meyer's on sale. The one in the red casing." lmfao. Took me over 10 yrs to realize that it's not just about the taste and the ingredients. It's the memory and nostalgia. When you grow up poor and things like that are a once a month kind of meal...it becomes the a favorite. Everyone eating it, together, good laughs... Good memories. Meatloaf sandwiches are where it's at for me now. I don't make it (which adds to it after 80 hours a week in the kitchen), I don't ever ask for it. My wife will make it on Monday nights sometimes and being Monday and Tuesday are my weekend. Meatloaf sandwiches on rare occasions I get to sit down and enjoy with my kids are the BEST little surprises.
    Sorry, I know I went on a rant far off topic.

    • @crankychris2
      @crankychris2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, it's a vivid memory that you chose to share with us. Thanx.

  • @molinalong3468
    @molinalong3468 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Rest In Peace to 1974
    Richard Long
    Jack Benny
    Agnes Moorhead
    Duke Ellington
    Mama cass Elliott

  • @WordUnheard
    @WordUnheard ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone else in here also born in 1974? The 80's and 90's were amazing!

  • @rainbowlack
    @rainbowlack ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My parents were both young kids in '74, 5-6 and 7-8 years old, but ABBA has been a constant in our lives :) they're my favourite band

  • @Brekner
    @Brekner ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Friendly reminder to like an favorite these videos. Not sure how much it helps, but these series are just amazing and deserve way more views!

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You did something right when you put the symbolization of 1974, not Richard Nixon but the group ABBA! Good job

    • @rman52
      @rman52 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nixon ended the war. He started the seeds of good relations with China and ended our cold war with them. Signed anti ballistic missle treaty with Russia. Without those accomplishments, you might not have been around to post on here.
      That's more important achievementsthan most ever in his position do. No he was not as likeable and personal as a Jimmy Carter as an example.
      But nice guys don't always accomplish much.

  • @joshua.recovers
    @joshua.recovers ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I feel that they should do the wholeness of the 1900s since they're about half way through the decades.

    • @NASCARFAN93100
      @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว

      Considering they did Timeline 2020 They should do the 2000s and the 2010s to complete the 1970-2020 Timeline Chain before they complete the rest of the 1900s

  • @memories1004
    @memories1004 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am most thankful for this Timeline videos. The best and most nostalgically entertaining series...

    • @NASCARFAN93100
      @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree and I hope Weird History does the 2000s and 2010s to complete the 1970-2020 Timeline Chain

  • @lonellfletcher
    @lonellfletcher ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its stunning to me that Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers is an OBSCURE event in history. How? How do you do something that stunning, survive it, and not have it be one of the most well known events ever in history? Madness.

  • @vapour_wav
    @vapour_wav ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1974 Defined movie and music culture this time! Seems a contrast from all of the 70’s years when it first boomed with ABBA and so many movies.

  • @TheBlindPhotographer
    @TheBlindPhotographer ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yay more timeline

  • @Pumpkinmagic
    @Pumpkinmagic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a few 70s vinyls up on my ebay. My uncle passed a few years ago and low and behold in my garage 2 tubs full of vinyls from the 60s' 70's and 80's! What gems to find! I've kept a few for my self as you know there's nostalgia in the music. The 70s were a weird time but did in fact have great music. Love this series and can't wait if they go further back time!

  • @jvjdrn
    @jvjdrn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was only 8, but I remember most of these events. Great documentary.

  • @molinalong3468
    @molinalong3468 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Famous in that year
    Michael Landon
    James Garner
    Peter falk
    Mary Tyler Moore
    Cher
    Redd Foxx
    Buddy Ebsen
    Gene Rayburn

  • @zg-it
    @zg-it ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My mood ring was recently stolen, I don't know how I feel about it

    • @BakedRBeans
      @BakedRBeans ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good one! Send it to The Arroyo restaurant- maybe they will put it on their sign.

  • @briangraham1024
    @briangraham1024 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In 1974 I graduated from university. Got myself a '72 orange Kawasaki 500 H1 to go with my '68 red Triumph Spitfire. Fun times for sure. Yup, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive sang that year I was: "Taking care of Business" 😄

  • @sauce1974marisa
    @sauce1974marisa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so neat!
    I didn't know Little House On The Prairie premiered on the day I was born!

  • @Franniiv3
    @Franniiv3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I feel like Cher has remained the one solid constant throughout the decades! We already know Cher will feature in the 1960's series! Another great entry, I look forward to reading the personal accounts of where people were in 1974; Here in the comments! xo

    • @ashleelarsen7765
      @ashleelarsen7765 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love Cher too, I grew up in the 90's 😁

    • @mrchrislatino
      @mrchrislatino ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lots of older greats out there but usually still playing their hay day stuff. Very few artists like Cher (maybe Elton John & Billy Joel) have constantly refreshed and stayed relevant for decades.

    • @whiteowl4097
      @whiteowl4097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 14 years old in the later half of 1974 and I had to endure the sudden death of my mother from a brain aneurysm. 1974 was not a good year for me

    • @ashleelarsen7765
      @ashleelarsen7765 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrchrislatino Sheeran

    • @graveyardheathen
      @graveyardheathen ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because Cher is timeliness lol, she ruled every decade

  • @nadas9395
    @nadas9395 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New timeline on my birthday! We're already on '74. Wow

  • @cherylkosmerl3668
    @cherylkosmerl3668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Blazing Saddles still one of my favorite movies especially when they're sitting around the campfire. I was 9 yrs old gosh I'm old I did learn some things though.

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 12 back in that year. So many memories flooding back , most were of what I experienced triggered by what happened Globally! Thanks!

  • @drealynne4256
    @drealynne4256 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is there any weird history videos made on the 1960's? I'd love to see that decade brokendown! I feel like you really packed a perfect blend of sports, politics, entertainment, music, and pop culture into each episode.

  • @dogwarjones2503
    @dogwarjones2503 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This series is fantastic, keep up the great work!

  • @MrChupacabradude
    @MrChupacabradude ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I worked at the Arecibo Radiotelescope in 2019 as a tour guide
    It was a wonderful experience It's a shame it collapsed a few years ago but the museum is still open to the public!

  • @DodgeDartSongs
    @DodgeDartSongs ปีที่แล้ว

    God, this is SO GOOD! You not only capture the big events, but you capture the spirit of the era. Look at those commercials: not an ounce of sarcasm in 'em. I actually surprised myself when I started crying at the weirdest moments.

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hank Aaron hit 715th .😀👍⚾️

  • @KevinMayle1974
    @KevinMayle1974 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The year I was born!

  • @walls2ink
    @walls2ink ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fine Sunday morning thank you Weird History 🙂

  • @kylelawson91
    @kylelawson91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you weird history my father was in a car wreck in 01 and lost some of his memory and because of u he starting to remember his childhood also thank you for teaching me the things my parents forget to teach me keep up the good work

  • @bluebear1985
    @bluebear1985 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Here are the major winners of Academy Awards for films released in 1974:
    Best Picture- The Godfather Part II
    Best Director- Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II)
    Best Actor- Art Carney (Harry and Tonto)
    Best Actress- Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
    Best Supporting Actor- Robert De Niro (The Godfather Part II)
    Best Supporting Actress- Ingrid Bergman (Murder on the Orient Express)

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Godfather Part II was also the first sequel to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars.

    • @calfiger
      @calfiger 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for posting 🙏🏾

  • @skitebird
    @skitebird ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this series. I'm a double major, one of them being history, so I frequently have long long talks with my mom about what the world was like when she was growing up, the music, the movies, the state of politics, etc. because I'm just so interested in it all, and yet I always end up learning something totally new from these videos! ✨

    • @izzysvids
      @izzysvids ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah these offer an amazing perspective into the pop culture and what was influencing everyday people in previous generations, not just what was in History books.

  • @Humanradio42
    @Humanradio42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    loved this walk down history. Thank You.

  • @coreymasoy7034
    @coreymasoy7034 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great episode ⭐💯 I was born in 1974.

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best damn series on TH-cam.

  • @partsunknown1679
    @partsunknown1679 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you guys deserve way more views and likes for these videos

  • @walls2ink
    @walls2ink ปีที่แล้ว

    Guess I'll re-watch this episode and pretend it's premiere Sunday!!! Thank you for all your hard work 💜

  • @mollyknop7344
    @mollyknop7344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just spit out my wine laughing when the narrator says, "In a story forced upon us by our producer, Neil Peart officially..." Every single Rush fan is that guy!! That was hilarious. I love Weird History but that comment was too awesome. Thank you!!!

  • @JohnAnderson-rl3im
    @JohnAnderson-rl3im ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I truly appreciate these glimpses of the past I lived through...so many Vivid memories for a child to have. Vintage 1963 and living in gleeful wonder at the miracles I've sen

  • @MomentsInTrading
    @MomentsInTrading ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I see 10 Cent Beer Night is mentioned. There are whole videos on just that.

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes, we have that video

    • @dustanglx50
      @dustanglx50 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeirdHistory Texas Rangers, not Astros

  • @druzo26
    @druzo26 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing content, well produced!! Emmy worthy!! Thank u!!

  • @johnashley327
    @johnashley327 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 8 years old in 74. I remember standing in a long line to watch Jaws. Also remember Land of the Lost on Saturday mornings.