National Anthem and flying flags. "This ends our broadcast day". "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast Syttem. This is only a test. Had this been an actual emergency, you would have been directed where to tune in your area for information"
@Becky Gann. So do I. I truly miss the 70s. I wish a time machine existed so I could travel back and re-live these wonderful times. Awesome childhood memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I LOOOVE IT !! SO VERY VERRRRY cozy huh ?! I just actually forwarded it to ky twin ( the PEACOCK) w the words** Don't miss! An OL Familiar MuchLoved friend of ours!!**.. Oooh seein tjr little pop m fresh doboy w lil Santa hat on + the Burger King gift certificates r so very heartwarming ,esp bein a Xmas lover! These make me feel so very coZy!
I graduated high school in 1975. I think it may seem like simpler times because there was no 24/7 news and we did not sit in front of the TV or the computer all the time. We were out playing with friends, engaging in school activities, or enjoying time with the family. I was an Army Brat and my dad was in Vietnam in 1970. So simpler no, but as children we didn’t have the horrible side of life shoved in our faces constantly (unless of course you lived in the areas where you couldn’t avoid it). I can’t imagine being a child today and seeing all that is going on constantly on the TV. The commercials reflect a desire to be positive and upbeat, which is also lacking today. I always loved the Coke commercial and it’s still brings a smile on my face today.
I graduated in 1976. I agree with you. I'm also from Buffalo. A lot of these clips were pulled from our local stations. I loved that Coke commercial too!
I was 12 years old in 1975 and tv concluded programming at midnight (or thereabouts) , not to mention there was no cable. The city I lived in had 4 tv stations. I’ve thought about the children today and how different things are for them and I feel sorry for them for many reasons, the way tv is today being one of them. It’s nice to have grown up in the 70s because things seemed more simple back then.
WOW JERRY I SAID THE SAME I MISS MY MOMMY I WANNA GO BACK BUT I MISS MY MOMMY AND DADDY IM FRIGGIN 58 YEARS OLD I AM SO NOT HAPPY THESE DAYS AND COVID AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST UGGGGGG
I was 10 in 1975. Such an amazing decade the seventies were. I think the most Iconic commercial ever is from Coca Cola, "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony, I'd like to buy the world a coke and keep it company." I think that particular add campaign is timeless, and we could sure use that message now. Yesterday seventies were amazing.
@wil 27 Well, I've signed the petition to recall Newsom. We're getting close to the number of signatures needed. I've always to visit Scotland. It looks like there are so many beautiful places there. Maybe someday.
@wil 27 Yes, so many beautiful places to see here in CA. Just stay clear of the big cities. I wish I could say things will get better, but I kinda have to agree with you.
Agreed. Born in '59. Kid in the '60s, teen in the '70s, a 20-something in the '80s, and I would even include 30-something in the '90s were all pretty sweet. The '80s were my favorite, I think at least partly influenced by my age during that decade. I'm still doing ok, but I sometimes hurt in places I didn't even know I had back then. As some comedian said (Sinbad?), you know you're getting old when you can manage to hurt yourself while you're asleep.
You are lucky ... i was born bang in the middle of the 70's so i missed out on all the 70's disco clubbing with REAL dj's on real decks...wish i could have experienced that era as a teenage so much
Completely right I was born in 1966 so I was about 9 in 1975 but it seems like I grew up at the best times they've ever had and will ever have the 70s and 80s
@@renee4690 I was born in 1967, so like you I grew up during the 70's and it was perfect! As kids we used our IMAGINATION for our fun. I can remember family night at the 41-Twin Drive-in Theater. There were Go-Kart tracks about ¼-mile before the Drive-in. My Dad would put me on his lap and "let me drive". We had problems like most families. Some issues were extremely hard, however the time, or the "era" whatever you call it, was by far the best time to be a kid! So many childhood memories, childhood experiences, adventures and dreams. The 70's was a more simple time, but far more fun. Back then kids had respect. Parents actually were parents. I miss those days. People cared about others, they weren't so self absorbed. 1970's were perfection! I was so privileged and LUCKY to have been able to have grown up during that time. God Bless and let's HOPE and PRAY that the 70's can return? Better 📺TV📺shows, 🎬Movies,🎞 games, and people. Take care and be safe everyone!
Maybe if I close my eyes and click my heels three times I can be back to when all was right in my life. Had my parents, my grandparents and no one wore masks to hide their smiles!
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or Frosty the Snowman. Yes, those were the days. No All In The Family reference intended lol
Agree, im 64 and it feels like yesterday when things were so different and life was simpler. I feel the Covid pandemic has really changed our way of life more than we realize , its taken away a lot of joy too!
Know what you mean. Parents, aunts, uncles are all gone. Still some brothers, but their health is failing on them now. Being the youngest can sure be a mixed blessing sometimes...
All of us on here commenting - I feel like I’m with family- wow we had it good and didn’t even know.. I kind of cry a bit missing it all so much! Social media is killing our society
@@rickycoleman8841 That's because Viagra hadn't been invented yet. It wasn't until 1998, 23 years after these commercials, that Viagra came out. I don't think there was any ED medication at this time.
I couldn't agree more grandma always had a way of making us feel wholesome, loved, and at home. Grandma I miss you and I will love you always God bless
Two of my favorites as a little kid were the Puppy Chuck wagon commercial with the miniature covered wagon and horses that would run out of the bag. And the Budweiser Beer commercial with the Clydesdale horses and the "Here comes the king of beers" song. Man, I miss bein' a little kid in the 70s! Life was so simple!!
Lived in Houston.....remember when one of the three channels (can't remember which), would play the Lord's Prayer before signing off the air. Really loved that as a kid!!❤❤
I remember that too. And if a girl called I'd have to stretch the cord to go in another room. Plus you had to memorize phone numbers back then. Today I can't even remember my wife cell number. 😉
I used to dial phone numbers by hitting the disconnect plungers the right number of taps to coincide with the phone number, 9's got interesting at times...
I loved the 70s commercials,fast forward 2 the ones now,they're pretty insulting 2 your intelligence,2 say the very least? I've actually bought a boxset of classic commercials,really? It's rather amazing how much history/pop culture is captured in those 30-60 second ads,you really wouldn't think that they had enough time 2 do that,but they knew what they were doing,everything holds up 2 this very day,actually doing the job of making you want 2 purchase the actual product(nowadays it's the exact opposite,my pillow,seriously)? I sorely miss those days of pure innocence,it didn't even feel that way then,but it was,surely isn't now,is it? I was born in '67,so I've been a witness firsthand of all the the decades of drastic change,incredible! TV in Europe respects/acknowledges your intelligence,US TV insults it,reality tv,really? I love classic/vintage tv,collect them on DVD boxsets,can't get enough,they harken back to an incredibly beautiful/revolutionary time in American history,I'll always cherish it... I still feel that era currently,I'll never ever let go of it,since there's no timeline on feeling groovy,even though I know damn well that it's 2021,whew... BLESSINGS 2U STAY SAFE TAKE CARE PEACE ☮ #back2thefuture #godspeed #peaceonelove #rocknroll #groovy #righton #rockon
It wasn't easy but it was simple. Money was hard to come by but most people were fine living within their means. Less money, less crap. More contentment and fun.
😪🤧 missing all of my deceased family members during the time these commercials came out.. it's very emotional for me.. but also greatly appreciated to share this.
I’m thinking the same, when we were young, we took for granted of the people who were around us growing up. Every day I tell my grandmother that I miss her and thank you for her unconditional love for me.
Life was so amazing! Dreams, hopes, new friends, glamour, stability, real moments of interacting with humans in person, great music, most everyone at church on Sundays, taking responsibility for oneself ! It's all inside me. No one can take it away! I'm who I am because of when I grew up and I like it!
Ya think. Not me. Vietnam, Watergate gas shortages tobacco smoke residue on everything. Clunky low tech cars with no safety features. More air and water pollution. Jim Crow alive and well back then. Low def tv's that cost 4 to 5 times more when adjusted for inflation. I was there then. I am here now because of robotic surgery that didn't exist then. Low tech medicine then was great too haha. Could even smoke in hospitals. I could go on and on
@29710online - Be careful what you wish for! I once saw an episode of *The Twilight Zone* which started with someone expressing sentimonies almost identical to yours. Needless to say, it didn't end well.
@@mkpizzello7627 Still way better back then than now. Much less traffic. Cooler cars. Fewer giant trucks all over the road. Lower cost of living. People were friendlier. Women actually dressed up once in a while. You could get on a plane five minutes before it took off. Better music. You could actually go to a movie. Or a concert. Fewer liberals.
I still think the best commercial was Jim McKay's "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" for ABC's Wide World of Sports, showing the ski jumper losing balance and becoming a human rag doll flying off the side of the ski jump ramp.
1975.. A good year for so many of us. Graduated from school, met the man I'd marry some day and off to college.I can't tell you how much i miss those days. Now ? Retired, my husband I met all those years ago is in a nursing home. I'm now considered vintage and find it so funny the things we lived with and eventually got rid of are now highly sought after in antique shops...Hang on all you young people, you'll wake up tomorrow and be vintage too...🤷☮️
I used to play with my next door neighbors in our open backyards! We used to play with our Matchbox cars and Legos back in 73, 74, 75, 76! We'd ride our bikes on Saturdays on a new neighborhood being built behind ours! Then we'd hang out at the park across the street and watch our View Masters! I remember everything as if it was yesterday and wouldnt change it for playing video games indoors, rather than running, sweating, breathing the fresh air, getting a healthy tan, or just sitting on the grass with my friends on sunny afternoons! I wish parents nowadays would take all the gadgets away and make their kids go out, meet their neighbors, and play with them so they can treasure those memories like millions of us adults like do! Thanks for this great video!
@@mainman127 I was a kid in both decades. Born in 64. The 60s were awesome as well. In some ways better. You could buy a Hershey Bar for a nickle and it was bigger than the one's we pay $1 for today. And they used real cane sugar. No franken sugar (high fructose corn syrup) that causes obesity and diabetes.
Born in 1960….so in the 60’s the world was new and exciting…in the 70’s the world became more serious and threatening …in the 80’s the world was exciting again.
All of a sudden I'm taken back to watching TV and lying on the floor so I could breathe under my parent's cigarette smoke cloud as well as being ready to be the Remote
WOW you guys too? LOL! Same here! Only my mother smoked, but my aunts and grandfather did so yea, the house had a lot of smoke a lot of the time! Funny. I ended up smoking myself and quit after 32 years! But just remember; why bear the high cost of color TV when you can rent one?
Same in our household. And my brother or I would lay on the floor and use our toes to change the channel. We had one of those push button TVs. Lol. Thought we were advanced when we got a new push button TV as opposed to a dial. Or rotary. Whatever they were called.
I am a 46 year old man and it makes me really sad myself for some reason… things seem so empty and meaningless these days… guess it’s something you go through.. I don’t know
I know your thinking of NBC CBS and ABC . But I remember we had channel 2 KTVU and channel 44 as well as PBS. I remember Pete Wilcons of CREATURE FEATURES was on channel 2.
G. ROBB, I was 20 years old in the United States Marine Corps in 1975. Stationed at Camp Foster Okinawa then on to Camp LeJeune NC. Thanks for your service to our country
We were free we had imagination. You have no idea how much I miss those days.Used to turn on the tv go in the kitchen get my cereal and by the time i got back to kiving room the tv was all warmed up and the picture was just coming on. We would go out and play all day without a care in the world. So much has changed in the past 50 years. I am so happy i grew up when I did........
Right on. I mean we had Atari and what? Pong, wasn't it? But I remember the best times were spent outside playing. Yeah. Kids today have became sadly lame and boring. And they'll be in charge one day. That'll be boring.
I love the station identification with the NBC Peacock.....made me teary eyed because you knew a good show was coming on.....this from an 11 yr old in that year.....thanks for the memories.
@@rmb9726 it made it extra COZY when it did come to be that night though to finally see your show again ,ESPEC.if it was a TO be Continued episode ! Something to look forward to.+ boy did we!
I detest with a hot passion todays commercials. They are annoying.But ill come here to watch the silly commercials of the 70s.The may have been a bit tacky at times.. but could also be innocent.. sweet and even works of art.No Viagra or BP med commercials.... I miss that era but can revisit here at utube!
@@glowinggold9488 yes today's commercials can be overwhelming with content and so much advertising, especially on cell phones. But going back to the simplest of days brings back a smile or two. 😁💯👍💕
I haven't seen a VCR tape jumpin' around in about 40 years. We used to dislike when it did that. Now it makes me feel kind of nostalgic. I miss those times.
Thank you for bringing back memories for me. Before the internet before social media before 900 channels there were about 7. Life was better back then. Too much violence and anger now. And tv stations went off the air around 2 or 3am.
I remember the only problems I had to solve back then was, what show to watch and what toys to play with. Parents were either watching tv or reading. Simple days, simple times.
I was 5 in 1975 and I can still remember these commercials, and I can still picture my mom and dad watching tv from the dining table while I played with my toys on the carpet 🥹🥹
Yep I was 9 and the flags were everywhere. I think the sense of nostalgia we feel for those simpler times is more acute because it was just such a different society and world. With little exception, not much has really changed the last 20-25 years, but 1975 vs. 2021?! A whole different world.
Ahhh yes!!! Us too ( 4 kids) AND Tuesday night line up we were our glory ! Happy Days Lav + Shirley ,3s Company + Taxi. All 4 r on Pluto for free along w TONS if other free chans movies shows music BUT ive Yet to c KOTTER pip up --+ we all cozied up in fromta our big beloved console too kn Thursday nights ,w big bowls of something phenomonal ieg.Mac + meatballs thanx to our awesome Mama We all talked about Barbarino Horseshack,n BOom boom + Epstein IN school next day! Great cozy shows! I'm gonna look for full eps rt now on TH-cam matter of fact! Perfect rainy nite 4 it !: ) Thanx for giving me the GREat idea!
We probably had one television set at home it was probably a 19 inch and I can guarantee you that we had a much better time than anyone today with a 100 inch flat screen .
Love these times, I'm 63 now, these times suck. We dont have cable, everything thing we watch is on DVD. We collect all the old shows and the old variety shows. Wonderful programs back then. We even have DVDS of just the old commercials. Absolutely miss these times
Me too Sarah! I collect DVDs of all the things I loved to watch back when. I don't have cable. I have a little window antennae. At least I can watch Svengoolie and his old scary movies lol.
@@jillsmith633 I'm 61 and cut the cord almost 2 years ago and have a antenna and I get 3 channels with old shows and movies for free and I'm much happier. And I have some DVDS, Columbo is my favorite.
I’m ok with the present world…it was a shit show in the 70’s too in many ways. The difference was we were young & innocent & unaware most of the time….
It was 46 years ago, my parents were both 20 and newlyweds, I would be born a year later. They were simple times and my parents remember all of these commercials.
Wow, I graduated HS in 77. My mom & I are only 20 years apart. I remember by her 40th birthday she had her eyes done. Just crazy how people looked older.
Gawd, I will take the World Wide Web and search engines over Yellow Pages any time! 😊 I do NOT miss Yellow Pages, although I was quite speedy at finding what I needed, as I love to read, and do well with grammar and spelling.
@Marc Poindexter I'll bet this generation doesn't know what a phone book is. They probably never seen a pay phone either. Long distance calls used to be stupid expensive. Unfortunately, now people have gotten addicted to starring at their phone.
Yeah, Yellow Pages was the closest thing we had to the web, and the morning paper, and how about the TV Guide? I remember reading an article in the TV Guide sometime in the 80s about the coming information superhighway, well, it came and here we are driving along
So happy to remember some of these! I was in high school during most of these and times were quieter and simpler and life was much fuller. It was a great time to grow up.
This is why I have a completely vintage house and only wear vintage clothing it’s my way of remembering the best time there ever was! Everything that everyone has said below is so true. We all feel the same. 59 years old here.
I still remember my brother and I having to split a Burger King Whopper that my mom cut in half. We didn't have enough money to get one for each of us.
We didn’t have Burger King until I graduated from high school (1980) whoa I’m old, McDonald’s was here first, but Taco Johns was here way ahead of them. Wow what memories
Or even us children of the early 80s, it’s comfort food as well! I wish we could go back in simpler times when playing outside was the norm instead of glued to social media all day etc
Oh yeah.... graduated high school in 75. Problem is, I wasn't staring at television 24/7. I don't remember a lot of this. Chasing pretty gals. Caught one on May 75, and a good one at that. We'll celebrate our 40th in August. Great Days Indeed!
Graduated the same year,,,after walking across the stage and getting diploma, Had to be on a greyhound bus at 11:pm for Parris Island, South Carolina. These commercials bring back memories of better times…
"Problem is, I wasn't staring at television 24/7. I don't remember a lot of this. Chasing pretty gals. Caught one on May 75, and a good one at that." I used to chase pretty gals myself even before I was a teenager. But none of them wanted me and I almost got in trouble for it. Then when I was 26, I decided I wouldn't waste my time. I was going to wait for them to come to me, and if that didn't work within two years, I'm just going to have to accept my status as an eternal bachelor. As you can probably guess, it never did.
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Anybody else remember when TV went off air until the next morning?
yep. Got up at 6 on Saturday morning and turned on the tv and saw the test pattern and the national anthem before the cartoons. A great routine.
National Anthem and flying flags. "This ends our broadcast day". "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast Syttem. This is only a test. Had this been an actual emergency, you would have been directed where to tune in your area for information"
Yep. I'm 56
i woke up on the couch many a late friday/saturday night to that multi-colored screen
You got that sooo right.
I wish I could go back to the 70s and be a child again.
Me too. I'd go straight over to my paternal grandparents house. They made me feel so loved and safe.
@@donbeadling5426 well, I’m pretty grouchy myself. 😊
@@reesedaniel5835 I would be at my childhood home with my parents and siblings. I would savor every second.
@Becky Gann. So do I. I truly miss the 70s. I wish a time machine existed so I could travel back and re-live these wonderful times. Awesome childhood memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Have you ever seen the 2010 TV show Life On Mars?
That NBC “in living color” peacock used to be so exciting because a “special” was beginning….gives me chills hearing it again!
I LOOOVE IT !! SO VERY VERRRRY cozy huh ?! I just actually forwarded it to ky twin ( the PEACOCK) w the
words** Don't miss! An OL Familiar MuchLoved friend of ours!!**.. Oooh seein tjr little pop m fresh doboy w lil Santa hat on + the Burger King gift certificates r so very heartwarming ,esp bein a Xmas lover! These make me feel so very coZy!
I want to make a retro tissue paper replica of it. That was such a great design
@@elderlypoodle9181 That's a great idea!
For me, it would've been the thundering *CBS SPECIAL PRESENTATION* intro.
@@mr.roaddogwade7107 Pretty much all of television has. For me television ended in 1995.
I graduated high school in 1975. I think it may seem like simpler times because there was no 24/7 news and we did not sit in front of the TV or the computer all the time. We were out playing with friends, engaging in school activities, or enjoying time with the family. I was an Army Brat and my dad was in Vietnam in 1970. So simpler no, but as children we didn’t have the horrible side of life shoved in our faces constantly (unless of course you lived in the areas where you couldn’t avoid it). I can’t imagine being a child today and seeing all that is going on constantly on the TV. The commercials reflect a desire to be positive and upbeat, which is also lacking today. I always loved the Coke commercial and it’s still brings a smile on my face today.
I graduated in 1976. I agree with you. I'm also from Buffalo. A lot of these clips were pulled from our local stations. I loved that Coke commercial too!
I was 12 years old in 1975 and tv concluded programming at midnight (or thereabouts) , not to mention there was no cable. The city I lived in had 4 tv stations. I’ve thought about the children today and how different things are for them and I feel sorry for them for many reasons, the way tv is today being one of them. It’s nice to have grown up in the 70s because things seemed more simple back then.
Well I have a connection too! I was actually born this very same year! Cheers, folks!🍻😉
Even if we tried to sit in front of the tv, programming shut off after midnight
So you were a British Regiment Attached Traveler
I’m sitting here watching this and missing my Mom so much.
I can just feel her .
Aww the memories
Moms have a way of doing that 💜 I'm sure she's with you always.
I couldn't agree more so well said and I'm sure Mom is up there watching me and all of us knowing that we will do good somehow.
Mom's love transcends all time💗
WOW JERRY I SAID THE SAME I MISS MY MOMMY I WANNA GO BACK BUT I MISS MY MOMMY AND DADDY IM FRIGGIN 58 YEARS OLD I AM SO NOT HAPPY THESE DAYS AND COVID AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST UGGGGGG
ME TOO MISSING MY PAST LIFE PERIOD
I remember back then at 2 AM they would play the national anthem and the TVs would go blank.
Yup, I remember that!
Oh yeah!!!! Wow, that was long ago.
It's 10 PM...........Do you know where your children are??
Thats when the poltergeist came out
Ha ha, yes!
I get more entertainment from these great commercials than today’s crappy shows!
old man yells at cloud!
Are you like 95? Just asking.
@@EmilyTienne Nahhhh don’t you have school tomorrow you need to get your sleep 🤫🤡
That is so very true😊
@@EmilyTienne
Tv these days sucks and I'm nowhere near 90 lol
I was 10 in 1975. Such an amazing decade the seventies were. I think the most Iconic commercial ever is from Coca Cola, "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony, I'd like to buy the world a coke and keep it company." I think that particular add campaign is timeless, and we could sure use that message now. Yesterday seventies were amazing.
I'm from `65 also. It was the best, school, tv, playing on the street till it got dark.
I was a kid in the 70's, I wish I could go back. Life right now still sucks.
Me too!
@wil 27 I agree it is. Sitting here in So. California trying to figure out where to move to.
@wil 27 Well, I've signed the petition to recall Newsom. We're getting close to the number of signatures needed.
I've always to visit Scotland. It looks like there are so many beautiful places there. Maybe someday.
@wil 27 Yes, so many beautiful places to see here in CA. Just stay clear of the big cities. I wish I could say things will get better, but I kinda have to agree with you.
@wil 27 A rather extreme view if I may say so!😫
For us children of the 70's this video is like comfort food.
Yes, but the comments are mostly toxic because some old fools feel compelled to trash EVERYTHING from today while pining for nearly five decade ago.
Please send me back to the 70's ?
@@generalyellor2187 - "Old fools" who can actually sit through a well written novel.
@@generalyellor2187 toxic? How so?
That's probably because people are becoming faker and faker
I remember being sooooo excited for Christmas when I was a kid, I loved the commercials as much as the shows.
I was 8 years old in 1975. Watching these commercials bring back good memories of my childhood.
They're a lot better than the ones today.
Me too! I was the same age as you were when I watched these commercials in Galveston, Texas!
Ahhh, simpler times and I was the remote control.
I was the antenna!
@@mrbear1302 bunny ears!
My sister and I also took turns changing the tv for my dad, ah the wonderful 70's!!
Lol...me too...
12 whole channels hat was a lot of turning the dial
Born in the 60’s, grew up in the 70’s & 80’s. Nailed it. Perfect timing. ✌🏼
Me too. I miss those days for sure.
Agreed. Born in '59. Kid in the '60s, teen in the '70s, a 20-something in the '80s, and I would even include 30-something in the '90s were all pretty sweet. The '80s were my favorite, I think at least partly influenced by my age during that decade. I'm still doing ok, but I sometimes hurt in places I didn't even know I had back then. As some comedian said (Sinbad?), you know you're getting old when you can manage to hurt yourself while you're asleep.
You are lucky ... i was born bang in the middle of the 70's so i missed out on all the 70's disco clubbing with REAL dj's on real decks...wish i could have experienced that era as a teenage so much
Me too i nailed it also ! I miss those days .
Yep, 1966 here, sure we had bad times , but overall we had a great time being kids during this era, lots of great memories.
What a wonderful time to be alive! Even if your childhood wasn’t that great it’s better than anything they have going on now. It’s called hope
Completely right I was born in 1966 so I was about 9 in 1975 but it seems like I grew up at the best times they've ever had and will ever have the 70s and 80s
@@renee4690 I was born in 1967, so like you I grew up during the 70's and it was perfect! As kids we used our IMAGINATION for our fun. I can remember family night at the 41-Twin Drive-in Theater. There were Go-Kart tracks about ¼-mile before the Drive-in. My Dad would put me on his lap and "let me drive". We had problems like most families. Some issues were extremely hard, however the time, or the "era" whatever you call it, was by far the best time to be a kid! So many childhood memories, childhood experiences, adventures and dreams. The 70's was a more simple time, but far more fun. Back then kids had respect. Parents actually were parents. I miss those days. People cared about others, they weren't so self absorbed. 1970's were perfection! I was so privileged and LUCKY to have been able to have grown up during that time. God Bless and let's HOPE and PRAY that the 70's can return? Better 📺TV📺shows, 🎬Movies,🎞 games, and people. Take care and be safe everyone!
YESSSSSSS
@Henry ~ Well said! 🙏 for ☮️🧡
20 years from now kids will be saying the same thing about the 2020's.
Maybe if I close my eyes and click my heels three times I can be back to when all was right in my life. Had my parents, my grandparents and no one wore masks to hide their smiles!
I tried it. Hope it works for you though!
@@jehudavis5422 Still waiting!🙄
@@cherylreichardt well we got the memories though
@@jehudavis5422 No doubt about it!
Haven't been sick at all this whole time, so I'm thrilled not to have people breathing on me.
I used to love when the peacock came on ahead of a special program. It usually meant a really good holiday show was coming up next.
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or Frosty the Snowman. Yes, those were the days. No All In The Family reference intended lol
Yes u are right
Yep!😊
Amen Sharon, Amen!!!!
Oh...yeah...👍🏼
I’m 62 now and Man I miss those days but it’s like that old saying, you cant go home again but most of all I miss my family and relatives dearly .
Agree, im 64 and it feels like yesterday when things were so different and life was simpler. I feel the Covid pandemic has really changed our way of life more than we realize , its taken away a lot of joy too!
@@DEB781 The world is changing but not for the better. Better days are past behind.
They live on in your heart and memories.
Know what you mean. Parents, aunts, uncles are all gone. Still some brothers, but their health is failing on them now. Being the youngest can sure be a mixed blessing sometimes...
@@starmnsixty1209 ❤️🙏
We were lucky to grow up during these times. 9 in 1975, was one of my favorite years for a lot of reasons. Great time to be alive!
I was 10 and loved this time too . Loved to go back ...
Everything was just better. Period.
I cant believe the one about renting a tv. Never heard of such a thing, or saw that one before. Everyone I knew bought a tv.
'75 was great. The Bicentennial in '76 will always hold a special place in my heart, too. ❤️
All of us on here commenting - I feel like I’m with family- wow we had it good and didn’t even know.. I kind of cry a bit missing it all so much! Social media is killing our society
Right on 😎
Amen Tammie- fear, uncertainty, hate, murder etc in news everyday now.
Yep we’re family baby….I knew I had it good. Every day during the summertime in the 70’s was a freaking miracle…Have a groovy sunshine day!!!
But wait ... I've 350 friends on Facebook , and not a one of them can come help me move the couch !!
You remember the saying, one never knows what you have until it's gone So true. Sigh.
Ahh my high school yrs.!! I remember so many of these! And not a single medicare, insurance, pill, or law suit comercial!!..lol
No erectile dysfunction. I hate those ads. and insurance commercial the one with the emu the worse
Yeah how did we live without all those prescription pills from the caring pharmaceutical industry.
👍👍👍👍
@@rickycoleman8841 That's because Viagra hadn't been invented yet. It wasn't until 1998, 23 years after these commercials, that Viagra came out. I don't think there was any ED medication at this time.
Omg, lawsuit commercials! On EVERY channel you watch. If you hiccupped, somewhere, sometime, you have a lawsuit. Smh.
I wish I could have a cup of coffee w/my grandma while watching a program. Or just gossip. I miss her SO much.
I couldn't agree more grandma always had a way of making us feel wholesome, loved, and at home. Grandma I miss you and I will love you always God bless
@@tylerzorn6152 This brought tears to my Eyes Remember my "Grandma ".
😥
my gramma called potato's badada's .........
Missing mine too 🧡
Two of my favorites as a little kid were the Puppy Chuck wagon commercial with the miniature covered wagon and horses that would run out of the bag. And the Budweiser Beer commercial with the Clydesdale horses and the "Here comes the king of beers" song. Man, I miss bein' a little kid in the 70s! Life was so simple!!
🎶 Here comes the *KING...!* 🎵
@@StukInBuf 👍
Lived in Houston.....remember when one of the three channels (can't remember which), would play the Lord's Prayer before signing off the air.
Really loved that as a kid!!❤❤
A time when lawyer advertisements were illegal and every other commercial wasn't for prescription meds!
YOU SAID IT AND ALL THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS HAVE ACRYONYMS THAT SO CALLED EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE NOT!!!!!! LOL
@@sharonsobolewski3707 yes ....when the side effects are worse than what your being treated for!!!
@@jamesheggs6825 YUP
You must be American. LOL. TV in the USA is so different from in Canada and the other countries now.
and the ED commercials are the worse!
Still better than these idiotic 'reality' shows on TV today.
AMEN!
Sure got that one right.
Absolutely! It’s also better than most drama shows
Yep! I know that's right!
Absolutely!
The voices are nostalgic and warm. This brings me back to Saturday mornings and afterschool afternoons..... I love the sentimentality.
The thing is I still own a rotary phone, and yet know one knows how to use it, and a 50 ft cord to walk around the house.
...and I bet it was wired to red and green wires directly, no modular plug too.
I remember the rotary phone and also how to use it.
I remember that too. And if a girl called I'd have to stretch the cord to go in another room. Plus you had to memorize phone numbers back then. Today I can't even remember my wife cell number. 😉
I used to dial phone numbers by hitting the disconnect plungers the right number of taps to coincide with the phone number, 9's got interesting at times...
Same ✋
I wish I would have appreciated these commercials more at the time. The 70s were a blissful time in which to spend childhood.
I loved the 70s commercials,fast forward 2 the ones now,they're pretty insulting 2 your intelligence,2 say the very least?
I've actually bought a boxset of classic commercials,really?
It's rather amazing how much history/pop culture is captured in those 30-60 second ads,you really wouldn't think that they had enough time 2 do that,but they knew what they were doing,everything holds up 2 this very day,actually doing the job of making you want 2 purchase the actual product(nowadays it's the exact opposite,my pillow,seriously)?
I sorely miss those days of pure innocence,it didn't even feel that way then,but it was,surely isn't now,is it?
I was born in '67,so I've been a witness firsthand of all the the decades of drastic change,incredible!
TV in Europe respects/acknowledges your intelligence,US TV insults it,reality tv,really?
I love classic/vintage tv,collect them on DVD boxsets,can't get enough,they harken back to an incredibly beautiful/revolutionary time in American history,I'll always cherish it...
I still feel that era currently,I'll never ever let go of it,since there's no timeline on feeling groovy,even though I know damn well that it's 2021,whew...
BLESSINGS 2U
STAY SAFE
TAKE CARE
PEACE
☮
#back2thefuture
#godspeed
#peaceonelove #rocknroll
#groovy
#righton
#rockon
It wasn't easy but it was simple. Money was hard to come by but most people were fine living within their means. Less money, less crap. More contentment and fun.
And the music the best!
😎
@Carol Burns BAH HUMBUG.
I was 10 in 1975. The world was so much simpler and quieter.
It really wasn't you're waxing nostalgic
I was 5 🙂
I was 9 bro!!!! The good old days (even though I had a horrible childhood)
@@timalan8916 you were 8 and had no concept of the actual world. Humanity hasn't changed one bit cowboy.
I was 6.
😪🤧 missing all of my deceased family members during the time these commercials came out.. it's very emotional for me.. but also greatly appreciated to share this.
I’m thinking the same, when we were young, we took for granted of the people who were around us growing up. Every day I tell my grandmother that I miss her and thank you for her unconditional love for me.
That’s very sweet and I think we all relate to what you said.
Mom and dad, brother and my wife have all gone on😢
@@TrumpIsTheMan Hope you still have lots of friends.
@@echohunter4199 I think we all took them for granted. If we could only have known...
Life was so amazing! Dreams, hopes, new friends, glamour, stability, real moments of interacting with humans in person, great music, most everyone at church on Sundays, taking responsibility for oneself ! It's all inside me. No one can take it away! I'm who I am because of when I grew up and I like it!
God bless you K Happy I needed to see a post like yours
I’m with you. Love
I could watch vintage 60s and 70s commercials all day long! Brings back memories.
The world is never going to be the same. Sure do wish I could go back to these times. I remember them vividly.
Ya think. Not me. Vietnam, Watergate gas shortages tobacco smoke residue on everything. Clunky low tech cars with no safety features. More air and water pollution. Jim Crow alive and well back then. Low def tv's that cost 4 to 5 times more when adjusted for inflation. I was there then. I am here now because of robotic surgery that didn't exist then. Low tech medicine then was great too haha. Could even smoke in hospitals. I could go on and on
@@mkpizzello7627 Yes, even with all the things mentioned above, the 70's are still a better time than the mess going on now.
@29710online - Be careful what you wish for! I once saw an episode of *The Twilight Zone* which started with someone expressing sentimonies almost identical to yours. Needless to say, it didn't end well.
I was six years old and I didn't have to pay the bills. That would be good enough for me.
@@mkpizzello7627 Still way better back then than now. Much less traffic. Cooler cars. Fewer giant trucks all over the road. Lower cost of living. People were friendlier. Women actually dressed up once in a while. You could get on a plane five minutes before it took off. Better music. You could actually go to a movie. Or a concert. Fewer liberals.
Wow the one with the Christmas tree “I like to buy the world a drink” really brought me back for a split second. Unlocked memories and emotions!🥰❤️🥰❤️
I graduated from High School in 1975, and fondly remember several of these commercials.
nice. the days when the living room television was a piece of furniture.
On point.
Yep
A BIG piece of furniture!! 😊
And they were made to be repaired, not thrown away and replaced!
The Putt Putt Speedway song sounds like Cat Stevens. Haha
I still think the best commercial was Jim McKay's "The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" for ABC's Wide World of Sports, showing the ski jumper losing balance and becoming a human rag doll flying off the side of the ski jump ramp.
omg I remember that...loved it...although the ski jumper probably didn't think it was enjoyable.🤣
Remember when they would televise Evel Knevel jumps! My dad would call us in to watch.
I will never forget that. As a little girl, I always thought the skier was dead!
pup lover Concussion & broken ankle
@@samanthab1923 Really?! Ha, 45 year mystery solved 😂
1975.. A good year for so many of us. Graduated from school, met the man I'd marry some day and off to college.I can't tell you how much i miss those days. Now ? Retired, my husband I met all those years ago is in a nursing home. I'm now considered vintage and find it so funny the things we lived with and eventually got rid of are now highly sought after in antique shops...Hang on all you young people, you'll wake up tomorrow and be vintage too...🤷☮️
You made great memories for the family
Back when the neighbor lady would tell me to get off the phone(party line) lol
Could you imagine that today phone rage.
Simpler times indeed. A time when social media did not exist.
The same year the U.S. had pulled the last of its troops out of Vietnam.
@Stephen Anthony we had a base in our house and one in our truck...mostly so we could keep track of where dad was fishing...lol...
@isaiah j. Delluvia Seriously why so rude?
Or utube
@ANTI DIOS ....i think what he means is everyone wasn't so captivated with social media ,allowing most of their time to be consumed by it .
Have y'all noticed something about the actors in all these commercials? They look like regular people without perfect skin and capped teeth!
Teri Garr at 7:16?
And the kids are now 50-something!! I was 9 to 10 years old!!
@@spikespa5208 Robert Conrad at 3:22...quite the size and dietary difference!
They have something else in common that's not common today
Now regular people don't look like normal people.
The 60s and 70s had the most amazing toys!
Funny how such simple toys would entertain us for hours on end. My imagination was one of my best tools back then.
I used to play with my next door neighbors in our open backyards! We used to play with our Matchbox cars and Legos back in 73, 74, 75, 76! We'd ride our bikes on Saturdays on a new neighborhood being built behind ours! Then we'd hang out at the park across the street and watch our View Masters! I remember everything as if it was yesterday and wouldnt change it for playing video games indoors, rather than running, sweating, breathing the fresh air, getting a healthy tan, or just sitting on the grass with my friends on sunny afternoons! I wish parents nowadays would take all the gadgets away and make their kids go out, meet their neighbors, and play with them so they can treasure those memories like millions of us adults like do! Thanks for this great video!
Or cartoons. Late 60s Saturday mornings at SIU, the boys commandeered the Student Union tv for cartoons. Missed their Bullwinkle☺
Had a lot more game shows too:
Concentration, Match Game, Say When, To tell the Truth, Video Village, and more
Today's kids don't know what imagination is.
@@starmnsixty1209 I'd imagine you're right. Lol. 1970 !!!!
The 70’s ...the best decade to be a kid
Nah....the 60s were.
@@Thinkmacflythink We can agree to disagree
@@mainman127 I was a kid in both decades. Born in 64. The 60s were awesome as well. In some ways better. You could buy a Hershey Bar for a nickle and it was bigger than the one's we pay $1 for today. And they used real cane sugar. No franken sugar (high fructose corn syrup) that causes obesity and diabetes.
I’m a latch key kid from the. 70’s, and I had the most amazing childhood despite all of the ugliness this world had to offer.🍁🪱🎶🕸🕸🐝🦉
Born in 1960….so in the 60’s the world was new and exciting…in the 70’s the world became more serious and threatening …in the 80’s the world was exciting again.
All of a sudden I'm taken back to watching TV and lying on the floor so I could breathe under my parent's cigarette smoke cloud as well as being ready to be the Remote
Ha Ha! My friends Dad always joked that's why He had kids, "They are perfect little channel changers"
Yep, that was our house. A sea of smoke.
St.ONed 😂😂😂😂
WOW you guys too? LOL! Same here! Only my mother smoked, but my aunts and grandfather did so yea, the house had a lot of smoke a lot of the time! Funny. I ended up smoking myself and quit after 32 years! But just remember; why bear the high cost of color TV when you can rent one?
Same in our household. And my brother or I would lay on the floor and use our toes to change the channel. We had one of those push button TVs. Lol. Thought we were advanced when we got a new push button TV as opposed to a dial. Or rotary. Whatever they were called.
Seeing those commercials now they seemed so calming and just lovely. It was a fun world
And I bet if you looked closer you'd know why
I deeply miss these days! Thank you for this. Blessings! ❤️❤️❤️
Ann Margret with George Burns and Bob Hope AFTER Elvis.
What a night of television. Who needs more than three channels with that level of quality.
She sure was a knockout!
Cable T.V. 5 years later ruined everything.
Now we have about a thousand channels full of trash.
@@rafaelrodriguez1029 Yep
Remember Chiller, with the hand coming out of the ground?
I know I am getting old when Alice from Brady Bunch is looking good to me.
😂
Lol
I was thinking the exact same thing!🤣
Lol
😂😂😂 That’s what I thought when the cheating older man from Moonstruck was handsome recently lol
I was around 9 years old and remember so many of these commercials. I wish times were still like this
Ditto.
Believe it or not but these commercials from back in the day are more entertaining than the movies of today
I don't know why,but I feel like crying when I see these commercials.😭
I am a 46 year old man and it makes me really sad myself for some reason… things seem so empty and meaningless these days… guess it’s something you go through.. I don’t know
We miss living in a simpler time... 🙂💛
@@kevindubose6964- Kevin, I feel the same way and I'm 49 years old.
I was 22 back then, in the military, stationed in California . I remember as a kid, we only had 3 channels and they went off at midnight .
I know your thinking of NBC CBS and ABC . But I remember we had channel 2 KTVU and channel 44 as well as PBS. I remember Pete Wilcons of CREATURE FEATURES was on channel 2.
Grob I remember ABC stayed on all night on Friday @ Saturday@ I remember when the elves made the cookies @ not a machine
G. ROBB, I was 20 years old in the United States Marine Corps in 1975. Stationed at Camp Foster Okinawa then on to Camp LeJeune NC. Thanks for your service to our country
@@paulbegley1464 my younger brother used to watch creature features RIP Artie miss you ♥️♥️🙏
@@ellenccke141 So sorry for your loss. You'll meet again. Let's just hope not too soon.
FYI The Burger King commercial has Tootie, Kim Fields in it! ✌️
yeah, I noticed that.
I thought that was her!
We were free we had imagination. You have no idea how much I miss those days.Used to turn on the tv go in the kitchen get my cereal and by the time i got back to kiving room the tv was all warmed up and the picture was just coming on. We would go out and play all day without a care in the world. So much has changed in the past 50 years. I am so happy i grew up when I did........
Cool to see the kids toys in a time when kids actually played instead of sitting in front of a tv playing video games all day
Kids play with what is out there, if they do not have video games and they are given a ball they would be like us and go play kick ball or whatever.
Right on. I mean we had Atari and what? Pong, wasn't it? But I remember the best times were spent outside playing. Yeah. Kids today have became sadly lame and boring. And they'll be in charge one day. That'll be boring.
@@audrasenig7368
Pretty scary thought. I'm glad I was a kid when I was.
@@anthonycrnkovich5241 me too and without the technology
@@abbeysomething1352
Yes, and things still got done and life was happy!
Amazing how an NBC peacock can bring back wonderful memories. No wonderful memories from 2020. Lucky to be a baby boomer.
And, I'm lucky to be one of the older Gen X'rs. The boomers were the "big kids," to me.
@@gardendormouse6479 I hear you!
I'm glad I was born in 1976 and grew up with these wonderful memories.
You know it!!!
❤
I love the station identification with the NBC Peacock.....made me teary eyed because you knew a good show was coming on.....this from an 11 yr old in that year.....thanks for the memories.
Wow, that Gladd garbage bag ad was vicious.
Remember how we had to wait a whole week to see the next episode? I had patience back then......
I know, sometimes I wait until the whole season is available. I might lose interest otherwise.
Yes, six million dollar man
@@rmb9726 it made it extra COZY when it did come to be that night though to finally see your show again ,ESPEC.if it was a TO be Continued episode ! Something to look forward to.+ boy did we!
I think it kinda gave us something to look forward to ,and as that night of the week drew closer,boy DID WE !
Everybody loved that day, when it was part 2
Whoever would have guessed watching these would bring on tears. Thanks for the nostalgic look back.
Yes, they were simpler times back then, felt more secure, and less complicated. Wish we could go back, and undue the future now.
I agree. I am right back in my childhood living room with my wonderful mom and dad. How I miss them ☹️
I detest with a hot passion todays commercials. They are annoying.But ill come here to watch the silly commercials of the 70s.The may have been a bit tacky at times.. but could also be innocent.. sweet and even works of art.No Viagra or BP med commercials.... I miss that era but can revisit here at utube!
@@glowinggold9488 yes today's commercials can be overwhelming with content and so much advertising, especially on cell phones. But going back to the simplest of days brings back a smile or two. 😁💯👍💕
Hugs 🤗
I haven't seen a VCR tape jumpin' around in about 40 years.
We used to dislike when it did that.
Now it makes me feel kind of nostalgic.
I miss those times.
Thank you for bringing back memories for me. Before the internet before social media before 900 channels there were about 7. Life was better back then. Too much violence and anger now. And tv stations went off the air around 2 or 3am.
and thanks to the internet we can watch them an reminisce about them, definitely better times.
I remember tv as a child then. I miss the 70s.
Times were tough back then! We actually had to get off the sofa and walk all the way over to the tv to turn the channel.
Lucky you
I only had channel 4
My dad didn't have to. He had me.
Yes and all the stores closed at 5 pm on weekends
Oh, how I remember the sacrifices I had to make to walk across the room!!
That’s why we were skinnier back then
I remember the only problems I had to solve back then was, what show to watch and what toys to play with. Parents were either watching tv or reading. Simple days, simple times.
I was 5 in 1975 and I can still remember these commercials, and I can still picture my mom and dad watching tv from the dining table while I played with my toys on the carpet 🥹🥹
I too was 5 in 1975.. I’m 53 now!
I remember the U.S. Bicentennial in ‘76. I was 8. Had a “76” flag. You could buy flags all over the place that year.
I was the high school graduating class of '76.
Yep I was 9 and the flags were everywhere. I think the sense of nostalgia we feel for those simpler times is more acute because it was just such a different society and world. With little exception, not much has really changed the last 20-25 years, but 1975 vs. 2021?! A whole different world.
I was 10 , glad i stopped to watch this .a far better time
I was 14 years old and was in the bicentennial parade. Hated it! Loved it all once the parade was over. The seventies were great!
Time for a revolution............again, its comming
We couldn't wait to watch Welcome Back Kotter every Thursday night.
You and everyone else! It was kind of fun to go to school and everyone would be talking about the latest episode.
Ahhh yes!!! Us too ( 4 kids) AND Tuesday night line up we were our glory ! Happy Days Lav + Shirley ,3s Company + Taxi. All 4 r on Pluto for free along w TONS if other free chans movies shows music BUT ive Yet to c KOTTER pip up --+ we all cozied up in fromta our big beloved console too kn Thursday nights ,w big bowls of something phenomonal ieg.Mac + meatballs thanx to our awesome Mama We all talked about Barbarino Horseshack,n BOom boom + Epstein IN school next day! Great cozy shows! I'm gonna look for full eps rt now on TH-cam matter of fact! Perfect rainy nite 4 it !: )
Thanx for giving me the GREat idea!
I loved that show
The Sweathogs! Lol
Welcome back!
I was 14 in October of 75. It was great to be a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s I don't care if they call me a hippie. That would be a compliment.
We probably had one television set at home it was probably a 19 inch and I can guarantee you that we had a much better time than anyone today with a 100 inch flat screen .
Exactly! I loved my little black & white watching all the great shows in the 70’s in my room
Funny how 45 years later I remember some of those. Takes you back to simple times. Nice time travel. Thank you
We certainly didn’t think something like 2020 would happen in 1975.
We had way better media
Can’t believe it’s been that long! Yeah I miss those times
Me too!
@@jennifers8843 You said it. Most people looked up to the news media as honest and interested in truth.
The good days when there was one phone number per family.
@Matt Rost - we were so poor we couldn’t afford a simple phone until my mom moved in 1976 when i was already 20 years old ! !
YES IT IS COOL I LOVE IT
yes and never had to use the area code.
...and as teenagers, we were cautioned not to spend too much time on the phone, because someone might be trying to call.😊
And it hung on the wall and had a dial wheel.
It was a great time… tv was entertaining, there was talent, imagination… and Elvis was still alive.
I’m 68 yr old lady. Wow do these take me back. I so wish I could have my parents and little sister just one more day. Great memories. 😊❤
Love these times, I'm 63 now, these times suck. We dont have cable, everything thing we watch is on DVD. We collect all the old shows and the old variety shows. Wonderful programs back then. We even have DVDS of just the old commercials. Absolutely miss these times
Me too Sarah! I collect DVDs of all the things I loved to watch back when. I don't have cable. I have a little window antennae. At least I can watch Svengoolie and his old scary movies lol.
@@jillsmith633 I'm 61 and cut the cord almost 2 years ago and have a antenna and I get 3 channels with old shows and movies for free and I'm much happier. And I have some DVDS, Columbo is my favorite.
@@freedomring4813 Columbo is my favorite, too.
I miss those days..where everything was simple...not like today...this is when t.v. was awesome..not the trash today
How old are you? Excluding most of the horrible reality shows, especially The Bachelor, TV, especially the dramas, is great today!
@@generalyellor2187 how old are you that you think tv is good now?
@@aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470 Idk definitely love Netflix, Hulu, TH-cam. Tv is great today thx good sir.
Nothing was ever simple.
IM LIKE NUMBER 101 STANDS FOR TV 101 THE BASICS OF TV AND COMMERCIALS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE LOL
A world run by adults, however imperfect, looks like science fiction today.
I was 17, watching and hearing these commercials sure takes me back to the good ole days
Wow you know the present world sux when you're nostalgic for old commercials...but here we are!
I’m ok with the present world…it was a shit show in the 70’s too in many ways. The difference was we were young & innocent & unaware most of the time….
Right
The year 'love will keep us together" by the captain and Tenille came out. I loved them . DONT EVER TELL ANYBODY !
Statistically, It was a huge hit, but they quickly became a flash in the pan.
Lol. Saw them in concert!
I just listened to that song and realized she wasn't messing around. Those other girls better stay in their lane lol
Toni Tenille was a VERY beautiful tall woman 🌹
ITS OK I LOVED IT TOO AND I JUST LISTENED TO MY OLD ALBUM MONTHS AGO BEFORE I HAD TO MOVE I LOVE THOSE SIMPLE TIMES
WOW!!!!!! This brings back memories of a much simpler time.
I know technology has come along way but in 75 I was 9, I'd go back to that time again in a heartbeat.
It was 46 years ago, my parents were both 20 and newlyweds, I would be born a year later. They were simple times and my parents remember all of these commercials.
WOW, married at 20 years old in 1975. I was a 20 year old United States Marine, staying busy in the Marine Corps.
Me, born in 1952 and remember some of them...when I wasn't out attending rock concerts
Wow, I graduated HS in 77. My mom & I are only 20 years apart. I remember by her 40th birthday she had her eyes done. Just crazy how people looked older.
"Find us in the yellow pages" ....ahhhhhhh simpler times for sure
Gawd, I will take the World Wide Web and search engines over Yellow Pages any time! 😊 I do NOT miss Yellow Pages, although I was quite speedy at finding what I needed, as I love to read, and do well with grammar and spelling.
@Marc Poindexter I'll bet this generation doesn't know what a phone book is. They probably never seen a pay phone either.
Long distance calls used to be stupid expensive. Unfortunately, now people have gotten addicted to starring at their phone.
Yeah, Yellow Pages was the closest thing we had to the web, and the morning paper, and how about the TV Guide? I remember reading an article in the TV Guide sometime in the 80s about the coming information superhighway, well, it came and here we are driving along
As James Earl Jones would say in more recent years: "No other book can match it; 9 out of 10 use it... from Bell Atlantic."
So happy to remember some of these! I was in high school during most of these and times were quieter and simpler and life was much fuller. It was a great time to grow up.
This is why I have a completely vintage house and only wear vintage clothing it’s my way of remembering the best time there ever was! Everything that everyone has said below is so true. We all feel the same. 59 years old here.
Me too!!
I still remember my brother and I having to split a Burger King Whopper that my mom cut in half. We didn't have enough money to get one for each of us.
Yep, that was a big deal, my mom use to split a piece of wriggles chewing gum, so yeah I know. 👍💯😁❤
And they were probably only about 59 cents!
We didn’t have Burger King until I graduated from high school (1980) whoa I’m old, McDonald’s was here first, but Taco Johns was here way ahead of them. Wow what memories
OMG or my parents lying about my age so the buffet would be discounted or free... :) I was 14 and they were still passing me off as 10
@@strangenrare8663 My Mom did that too!😄 Good thing we looked younger then our age.
Back when you actually had to have talent to be on television.
Never read a comment with more truth!
Very true. Television, once a big beautiful medium has turned into a cesspool.
😂
Prime example: The Kardashians. Famous for being famously famous. And disgustingly 🤑 Rich
Now it's a bunch of virtue signaling propaganda.
When you had to get up and walk across the room to change the channel.
Good ole days. When we kids did kid stuff and parents only asked you one time
I don't know if its the 70s or my youth I miss so much .....they were concurrent
Right? Back when we had our whole lives ahead of us. Laugh it up kids, it's coming for you one day and sooner than you think.
Ahh, back when you didn't pay for tv, just had to go up on the roof and turn the antenna occasionally lol
Thank god we didn't pay. Only 8 channels & the worst reception ever. Depending on the weather we sometimes got Philly stations in clearer than NYC!
@@samanthab1923 you had to turn the antenna to get better reception lol
JemKeys TV There was no turning ours. My father was that kind who was always like Who touched this? Thermostat was a big NoNo, the paper, the mail, 😆
@@samanthab1923 😂, your dad sounds like the way I am with my kids, we become our parents lol
JemKeys TV That makes me happy to hear that 😊
Absolute best decade . Idyllic childhood.
Or even us children of the early 80s, it’s comfort food as well! I wish we could go back in simpler times when playing outside was the norm instead of glued to social media all day etc
80s would become the crap decade. Yeah it had some good music and films but that's it. The 80s where almost everything is made some place else.
@@bowtie3 Haha yeah that is true also
I turned 10 in 1980, don’t remember a whole lot about the 70s except Jerry Ford, and Jimmy Carter being the first presidents I remember
Oh yeah.... graduated high school in 75. Problem is, I wasn't staring at television 24/7. I don't remember a lot of this. Chasing pretty gals. Caught one on May 75, and a good one at that.
We'll celebrate our 40th in August. Great Days Indeed!
Most people except housewives weren't watching that much TV. I would say much less than people today are on their phones.
Graduated the same year,,,after walking across the stage and getting diploma,
Had to be on a greyhound bus at 11:pm for Parris Island, South Carolina.
These commercials bring back memories of better times…
and we just celebrated our 41st (492 months) July 26! Onward and upward! :)
Awww, Happy Anniversary!
"Problem is, I wasn't staring at television 24/7. I don't remember a lot of this. Chasing pretty gals. Caught one on May 75, and a good one at that."
I used to chase pretty gals myself even before I was a teenager. But none of them wanted me and I almost got in trouble for it. Then when I was 26, I decided I wouldn't waste my time. I was going to wait for them to come to me, and if that didn't work within two years, I'm just going to have to accept my status as an eternal bachelor.
As you can probably guess, it never did.
"I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony....."💖✌☝️
LOve that commercial; and I'm a Pepsi drinker LOL
"I'd like to find a world of Coke and keep it company" or something like that. Sounds so much more sinister now that I say it lol.
Actually, now that I listened to it again, "I'd like to buy the world a Coke...." My first interpretation was better lol
That is the only one I remember
I can’t believe....coke caved and and wants people to be less white.....they should go back to teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony.
My parents bought a zenith tv in 1973. The same year I was born. They still have it and they still use it.
I was 7 and every time the ad for a show that said “tonight at 9 Eastern, 10 central “ I remember thinking dang, that’s late I’ll be asleep. Lol.