Tag Archives: 1980

Bob Parker: ABC News Nightline (October 1980) Presidential Campaign

Source:The New Democrat  By 1980, but probably much further back then that going back to 1968 or 64 TV and TV news especially was already a huge factor in how Americans got their political news and other current affairs news. … Continue reading

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CBS News: Election Night Coverage 1980: President Jimmy Carter’s Concession Speech

Source:The New Democrat  President Jimmy Carter stepping up to the plate and taking his loss to Ronald Reagan like a man. Definitely one of the earliest concession speeches at least at the presidential level. The sun might of still been … Continue reading

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CBS News: President Jimmy Carter on Hostage Crisis on Face The Nation (1980)

Source:The New Democrat I give President Jimmy Carter a lot of credit for all the time and effort that he put into seeing that the American hostages in Iran were brought home. Which includes the rescue attempt in the spring … Continue reading

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CBS News: John Anderson vs Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Debate

Source:CBS News– U.S. Representative John Anderson (Republican, Illinois) 1980 Independent presidential candidate. Source:The New Democrat “In 1980, the League of Women Voters invited independent John Anderson to their first presidential debate, and President Carter refused to attend. Ronald Reagan showed … Continue reading

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Vito Denelli: George H.W. Bush & Ronald Reagan Debate Illegal Immigration (1980)

Source:The New Democrat George Bush and Ronald Reagan both essentially arguing for some type of comprehensive immigration reform in the form of what is called a guest worker program. Where workers from lets say Mexico can some into America and … Continue reading

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Movie Clips: Airplane! (1980)

Source:The New Democrat  When I think of the 1970s,  I think of a depressing decade that got better as the culture, entertainment and fashion improved. We went from hippy culture and bellbottoms to flares in the early and mid 1970s … Continue reading

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NBC Sports: NFL 1980-Week 10: Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Colts: Full Game

Source:The New Democrat  The Colts actually looked like contenders in the AFC through nine games in 1980 but then went back to where they had been in 1978 and 1979, which was a competitive but not a winning team with … Continue reading

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NBC Sports: MLB 1980- World Series Game 6-Kansas City Royals @ Philadelphia Phillies: Full Game

Source:NBC Sports– Philadelphia Phillies closer Tug McGraw. “Kansas City Royals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 4, F — With the Phillies just one tantalizing out away from a Championship, Tug McGraw got ahead on Willie Wilson, then struck him out swinging … Continue reading

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BTRO: Airplane (1980) Food Poisoning Scene

. Source:Real Life Journal One of the funniest scenes in the movie which is really saying something because the humor in this movie was so ironic and not very obvious or cookie-cutter that most of the humor in this movie … Continue reading

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Barbara Billingsley: Airplane (1980) ‘Oh Stewardess, I Speak Jive’

Source:Movie Clips– Thank God the older, Anglo-Saxon woman was here, otherwise how would the stewardess be able to communicate with the jive-ass dudes! Source:Real Life Journal “CLIP DESCRIPTION: When a flight attendant struggles to understand her jive-talking passengers, a friendly … Continue reading

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