Before his acting days in the Miller Light commercials or playing
Moses Hightower in the Police Academy movies Bubba Smith discussed with
NBC how he and the Baltimore Colts planned on stopping Joe Namath and
the New York Jets in the 1969 Super Bowl.
Bubba said that Joe
Namath sets deep into the backfield and he hoped they would get a jump
on the ball and catch him as he is going back. The Colts only got to Joe
Namath twice for total of 11 yards lost for the entire game. The Jets
went on to win Super Bowl by the score of 16-7.
Sadly, we lost Bubba Smith at the age of 66 on August 3, 2011.
Category: 1960’s
Petula Clark- Sign Of The Times
Sign Of The Times was performed by Petula Clark off her My Love album
released in March of 1966. The song had much more percussions than in
any of her other releases but she just said it was a “straight-ahead
love song” with no hidden meanings like many songs of the time.
In
1999 Target Department Stores used Sign of the Times In 1969 B.F.
Goodrich used the tune but changed the words to “It’s A Radial Age”.
The Dodge Boys- Dodge Charger
Popular actress at the time Pamela Austin stars in this commercial for the Dodge Boys 1966 fastback Dodge Charger.
Bewitched Opening Credits
Bewitched was the longest running supernatural themed sitcom that ran from 1964 to 1972.
The Driving Instructor
F Troop Season 2 Opening
A politically incorrect TV show in the 60’s is even more so today about US soldiers and American Indians in the wild west. It ran from September 14, 1965 to April 6, 1967. The first season was 34 episodes in black and white and 31 episodes in color in the second season.
Relive the memories here! Makes a great gift!
Who Remembers Falstaff Beer?
Falstaff Beer reached it’s peak of production in 1965 with over 10 million barrels brewed that year but watched it’s sales drop 70% in the next ten years. Today the brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Corporation. Mmmmm, Beer!
Bat Masterson Intro
Actor Gene Barry played a fictionalized role of the real-life marshal William Barclay “Bat” Masterson in the NBC series that ran from 1958 until 1961.
Freddie and the Dreamers – Do The Freddie
Do The Freddie was a dance fad in 1965 by the British band Freddie and the Dreamers. To do The Freddie, simply stand in place; then, in rhythm with the music first extend the left leg and raise both arms, as if you were doing jumping jacks; then extend the right leg and raise both arms again. Repeat until the song’s conclusion.
Frederick “Freddie” Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006 was the frontman/lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers. He died of emphysema.
Kimba The White Lion
Kimba the White Lion was an anime or cartoon as we called it from 1965 to 1967. It was the first color animated series in Japan.