Tag Archives: The 1970s

PBS: ‘Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings’

Source:PBS– The Summer of Judgement (1983) Source:The New Democrat  “Produced by WETA, Washington DC, and aired on PBS in 1983, the second of the Summer of Judgment series reflects on the events surrounding the Watergate Affair during the summer of … Continue reading

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The Carol Burnett Show: Disaster 75

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The Baltimore Movie Trailer Park: Airport (1970)

Source:The Daily Review The 1970s, was a crazy and very entertaining even with how gloomy and depressing a decade that it was. With the bad economy, Vietnam War, high crime rate and everything else. But one of few great things … Continue reading

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Franken Splean: Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1978)

Source:The Daily Review If I was growing up, or an adult in the 1960s and 1970s, I might consider if I had access to, going through that decade on one big alcohol and illegal narcotics high. The problem with that … Continue reading

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ESPN: ‘An Audience With Muhammad Ali (1974)’

Source:ESPN– World Heavyweight Champion and The Greatest of All Time, on Muhammad Ali, in London, England, in 1974. “An Audience with Muhammad: an audience with muhammad ali reg gutteridge documentary sugar ray robinson jake lamotta gene fullmer bobo olson randy … Continue reading

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Retro Viewing: BBC’s I Love 1979

Source:The Daily Review What do I remember about 1979? Not much. First year of nursery school and unfortunately I do remember that. I still have a class photo from June, 1979 that proves I was there. Living in Bethesda, Maryland, … Continue reading

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CBS News Special Report: Archibald Cox Pre-Saturday Night Massacre

Source:The New Democrat  I believe President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald, was essentially an admission of guilt. That whatever credibility that President Nixon had left in this affair was now gone. Because the President was essentially telling … Continue reading

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Video Detective: The Seduction Of Joe Tynan (1979) Starring Alan Alda & Meryl Streep

Source:The Daily Review The Seduction of Joe Tynan is one of the best political movies I’ve ever seen and it reminds me a little bit of the Ted Kennedy-Jimmy Carter 1979-80 Democratic race for president, which I’ll get into later. … Continue reading

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HBO Sports: Thrilla In Manila Documentary: The Heavyweight Battle of The Century

Source: The Daily Review I’m not a boxing expert and don’t pretend to be one and I haven’t followed boxing very closely for almost twenty-years now since the heavyweight division went into the toilet as if it was flushed down. … Continue reading

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Michaels Backporch: ‘Hardcopy Feb. 4, 1991 Charles Manson Pirate Prison Tapes’

Source:Michaels Backporch– from Hard Copy. “Description: Hardcopy Feb. 4, 1991 Charles Manson Pirate Prison Tapes Charles Manson Interview TV by Hard Copy was produced and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television and, for much of its time on air, was often … Continue reading

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