I loved Edith! She was so sweet and naive. 🌷

@62guitarguy Guns handed out to all airline passengers was the best idea ever to prevent hijackers.

Your Dad was a smart guy! Great show!

hey meat-head. We watched it religiously as a kid but I was born in 71. Edith was so cute and there was the Jefferson too -- to spin off later obviously.

@@creamepiecharlie Loved George Jefferson’s “mammie.” 😂

the year I was born, meh. :)

'71 was my grad year too, how the world has changed, miss those days so bad it hurts !!

Same here my friends. The year I got my licenses and a bad~ass 1968 Mustang GT Fastback with a 390 4 speed. I was wild and crazy 17 year old outlaw. I was a hell raiser but never hurt anyone, but caused the local police allot of headaches. Street racing was their main objective to catch me. They never did. I agree 110% with you, geraldking "It wasn't a different time. It was a different country."

Being 20 right now sucks, wish I was born back then. Electronics ruined the fun

but, now we know!!!...cars were simpler, but carburetors were a p.i.the ass

Yes it was. I would give anything to go back to living in the world as it was then. The world now is a horrible place. Technology, as much as we all love it, also ruined life as we knew it. I much preferred the way things were back then.

Shit man, I was born in 2000, but god damn I want to go back.

@@aceflamez00 Okay, zoomer

Check, check and check. (And, yes, pretty much everything was better 50 years ago).

I was 11...remembering What a year for me 🇺🇲 Groovy..

So crazy! 50 years! I used to cry just hearing the theme music from Brian's Song.

@@carolejohnson791 i was 7, peace signs, marching troops and a cheat for Pres.and lots of misinformation of history at school.

@@petethetaper that president may have got his hand caught in the cookie jar but our nation's economy was doing just fine. And I wouldn't mind having old tricky back in office if it were possible.

That sucks. I'm so sorry you lost your mom at such a tender age. Any age is bad, but 10 is terrible.

I’m so sorry.

Ray so sorry, glad you made it through

So you dodged the draft?

I turned 16 that year in June. Started officially dating my high school sweetheart. What a great year, although, my city in Los Angeles area had a major earthquake in February that year. Lots of damage everywhere but our home was still standing!

It was a long time before I could make out the words Boy the way Glenn Miller played... I had no idea what he was saying

@@noble604 The part most people didn't understand was, Gee our old Lasalle ran great. I listen to it now, and I still can't make out that that's what they're singing.

Julie Nielsen - it’s strange how much the world has changed. Now you just look up the lyrics. Then, you were guessing and making them up lol.

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And all presented by a man who deplored boxing as barbaric and lethal, ruining the lives of young men. It's too bad Howard Cosell was so good at it! And yeah, Tapestry was musical magic, but the production was pretty flimsy IMO. Listen to the distortion everywhere, and the tone of her piano was so dead, even by the standards of the time. It was like she had these great songs but was only allowed 2 hours in the studio to record them. Carole King is a genius, one of the best composers ever, and the label did her a disservice with that production. But by her talent alone, she clobbered the sales records of the time, and rightly so. I think she had 202 consecutive weeks on Billboard's album charts with Tapestry.

Thank You for Serving in the Vietnam War. I am a member of Rolling Thunder, Inc. which was founded in 1988 by Vietnam Veterans I have met. Why there are POW-MIA Flags on Government Agencies buildings across the USA.

Thank you for your service. ❤

Welcome home brother.

I was in the USN also... served as a RM in the Fleet Center on GUAM. I also matured from a 19 year old knuckle head to a man...had a buddy, Mark E Prince from Medford OR who just passed away...we would BS every day about our times in the USN...We later served in the Tonkin Gulf onboard the USS Constellation, CVA 64.

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Do you think a show like The Waltons would stand a ghost of a chance of getting on the air today? I seriously doubt it -- a pity.

wow cool

Yes, it WAS.

I would have loved to had seen Duane and Greg playing together

@@mags5459 they played over 3 hours, it was like being in church !!!

Its on my Iphone

I bet a LOT of us are looking for turntables, Amy! I guess they simply don't have the talent to do music like that anymore.

@@starmnsixty1209 A lot of catalog companies carry them now, that is, if you're up to paying $30 or $40 for vinyl. I'm glad I kept EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY ALBUMS. And they're in perfect, mint condition.

Yea, kept all my albums and 45's, have a turntable and there's nothing that takes me back in time more than the sound of crackling when you drop the needle

@@debrahelmlinger6256 HAHAHAH, me too.....only problem is now all you can hear is crackles....thank god for youtube.

It's sad your best years were when you were sooo young.

@@Daysleeper1000 Yep, you’re right. It is sad that those times, which now happened more than 50 years ago, were as close to perfect as it gets, but keep in mind, I viewed that era through the very limited window 12/13 year old eyes & emotionally processed them with a brain that was 14 years away from being medically, fully formed and able to reason with logic & proportion.. Those years were special because I had nothing to compare them to. My juvenile perspective back then was extremely narrow-I’d not yet witnessed life in a real sense. I grew up & moved on & put those years in to perspective. They were good, but they couldn’t/wouldn’t be on the same level as glorious things I’ve experienced as an adult…& as a retired, middle aged woman. I’m glad I had them, they’ll always be retrievable (I hope) but in the interim (thank God) I’ve found or created other happy memories to keep them company. But in all honesty, those Jr. High years will always hold an extremely special place in my soul.

@@TheLaurkenGroup I'm thinking the loss of your mother has had a major impact. My sister and I are 60 and 62, caring for both of our parents full time. We're blessed we can do this. Both parents have differing dementias, and it is exhausting. When I hear about people thinking their best years are JUNIOR HIGH I just cannot relate. I've had college, military, travels, wedding ( still married since 1985) children, grandchildren, career experiences that eclipse my junior high years. We do live in dark times, and I love reminiscing YT videos, for sure. I'm personally going through very difficult times caring for both parents, as well. It's exhausting, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Wishing you the best!

@@Daysleeper1000 We all go through different odysseys in life. None of us make it through ANY of it without a scratch or any upheavals. My very ill mother died in March of ’21. I lost my father from whom I was estranged this past May. The fact that I hold my Jr High years with such regard has a psychological basis, that’s too involved to get into. But in difficult times, we, as a species, often glom onto the perceived, ‘good ol” days’, to add ballast, if you will, but it has to be done so in a healthy, realistic manner. It can be fun & often reassuring to go back. In fact, in the absence of the ability to heal from emotional wounds inflicted for whatever reason, being able to go back in time if only via gray matter, might be the only thing many of us have. But it’s lacks logic & you realize being 12 emotionally vs 57 physically is incongruent. So, you make every effort to grow up while doing the work, & eventually you start the healing process & learn to jettison the toxicity in your life, while taking responsibility for any negatives you brought to the table. I never married, never had kids, had no military service, but I learned all about investing & estate planning after having an absolutely fascinating 32 year career in broadcasting which allowed me meet incredible people & introduced me to travel, a bug that continues to bite, so fortunately, I quell it by taking a major vacation abroad every year. Seeing the world & being a part of it, learning from it, has filled the voids others might perceive me as having. I could say I envy you for having what sounds like an exemplary life, with great, emotionally functional parents & a very stable home life. If that’s true, you’re extraordinarily fortunate, but I didn’t have any of those things. Instead, I’ve learned to process the unpleasantness and compartmentalize those sad, tragic memories in a safe place in which I control egress & regress. There have been been other happy components to my life, but I still hold and might always hold my Jr. High school memories as some of my very best. I see nothing wrong with that. It hasn’t by any means kept me from moving forward in giant steps. In fact, I firmly believe we must always move forward, but some of us can’t do that without going back, lifting the anchor, raising the sails & releasing the tethers on the dock, that keep us from doing so. Cheers. I send you my best.

@@TheLaurkenGroup I relate completely to many of your issues. I was severely abused, along with my sister and brother. I was the scapegoat, sister the lost child and brother the hero. I understand trauma all too well, especially trauma bonding and codependency. I totally get it. You've had an amazing life, and travel is good for the soul!!!! My sister and I have empathy never shown by our parents, but fortunately, the dementia has removed all of both parent's defensiveness, and I now have a mother I'd never had. So I'm enjoying living in the moment with both parents. Dad was a weak grandiose narc and mom a malignant borderline. As the scapegoat, I learned never lose optimism, never lose hope. Even to my detriment. Thank you for sharing your unique story. I wish you the best!

....where everybody worked to keep the 'colored people ' out.

I can remember going to my grandparents 50th & they seemed old.

@@samanthab1923 Wait till you turn 60 or 70. Time flies like a meteor. You'll see, soon enough.

Stella Rocquie 😂

By any chance is one of them on the 13th?

Same here.

Me too!

me 3 🙂

Ditto

Me four

Me too, October 6th...😆 Happy Birthday to you and me🎂

March 2nd was my birthday. Happy birthday to us all!!!

Me too! January 31! 🎉

Me too.

Thank you for your service. My late husband was also a Vietnam vet.

@@monicaqueenan9985 thank you sorry to hear about your husband

Damn. That's cute.

I was those kids age.

That movie scared the crap out of me! I was 7 at the time...

About the only hopeful thing in that year.

I remember all the TV commercials talking about all the closed-circuit venues out there to buy tickets for it. It was the largest boxing payday at the time. Then watching it on Wide World of Sports two weeks later with the late Howard Cosell as the commentator.

@@spokanetomcat1 Today they have the fight on pay per view on Friday night and its on youtube an hour later.

@@charlesbaldo There is another big pay-per-view heavyweight fight coming on. Fury vs Wilder III. Yep maybe see it an hour later on here...LOL

Ali and Frazier literally and slowly killed each other in all those fights.

@@vernwallen4246 It was a brutal slugfest. However Ernie Shavers was the one that knocked them both into brain damage. Everyone that fought Shavers always said he hit them the hardest. Its weird, I thought pugilist sports would go away, but they have become even more popular, MMA is brutal.

Loved Shaft....shut your mouth!

@@jamescress Or as they say now, STFU, LOL!

Duel also premiered on ABC tv

I completely agree with you a longer version would be great so they could cover more subjects for the year that they are covering!

Thank you Jesus, thanks for sharing

RTOD, good for you. 👍

I’m just a young mexican stoner trying to make it out the hood by doing reaction videos on my KZfaq channel 😪😪…

The Jesus Movement was just getting started. It saved our social world. I hope it comes back, we need it.

@@yfa6244 We're very close to the end times. Many are looking to God but there won't be a big revival that turns the world around. If anyone reading this seeks God, the bible says that no one comes to God except through Jesus, his son, who died on the cross to pay for our sins, and was resurrected and sits at the right hand of the father. Accept Jesus as your savior today. Salvation is through faith in Jesus only. No works or sacraments or meditation or good intentions will do it. WWIII is about to break out, famine is close, as is disease. If you died today, would you spend eternity in hell, or in heaven with Jesus?

Wow, didn’t know that was the actual date, course, my birthday is on July 2nd but, there was some facts, I don’t remember in 71 because, I was just turning 4.

Yes it was! I loved the Doors and JM, RIP Jim!!!!

Actually it was July 3rd

@Allie M Johnson • My wife always complains about getting old (she is an old 58 vs me being a young 71) and I always tell her that getting old is better than the alternative...

Did you go to your 50th reunion?

@@samanthab1923 No. I never went to the prom either

@@AllieJ123 I also graduated in 71 and did not attend the prom. And will not attend any of their reunions.

Pink Floyd...Meddle

Don't forget Hee Haw

The Sooouullll Train with Don Cornelius LOL When that came on the cartoons were over and it was time for bike riding and friends.

@@coloradostrong Don: "You can bet your last money, it's going to be a stone gas, honey!"

Not sure but I think the Waltons were on Thursday nights. I watched it all the time.

@@jamescress Yep, that’s exactly what, I was saying!

That's cool. One of my brothers was born on 1/16/61

True!!!!!!!

ABA finals---Utah Stars beat the Kentucky Colonels, four games to three.

@@elwin38 I remember seeing at least one of those games on CBS

I was 15 my mom loved Cannon

“How did you get so fat?” “It wasn’t easy.”

I have the DVD set. I'm enjoying it now. I didn't care for it much back then when I was 11 in 1971.

Sad. I barely enjoyed what we had (born in '77).

The downfall of the USA started in 11-22-63 in Dallas TX.Our freedoms/economy have been slowly/rapidly slipping away ever since.NO BLUE IN 22.🗽👍

@@vernwallen4246 Agree 100%. I consider LBJ our worst president that started the downfall.

Huge difference between '65 and '67 or '68.

exactly..but my question is what do you consider the real 60's? the early beatles, drag strips??....my 60's is stuff like that huge protest in d.c....and the pentagon papers

freakin girls were hippies trapped in jeans 🥰

I wore hot pants! I don't imagine the girls at Catholic school did though!😁🤣😂

Don't forget the Jackson 5ive cartoon series premiered on ABC.

Columbo premiered on NBC as part of its Mystery Movie programming

I think John Boy was a closet Gay.

I'm a big Waltons fan to this day!