Bicentennial Minute

[caroleargo]

1976 was the best for me. First kiss, got to see the Tall ships in Annapolis Harbor,

[dukes0916]

Wow! I haven't thought of these in... well, over 35 years! ('Course, I was very young at the time!)

They seemed to have a duel purpose of educating people on revolutionary factoids, and also easing American National Pride... which was at something of a low ebb at the time. (Unlike today.)

[corrupt200]

makes me wish I was alive in 1975-76

[sirtfs]

I remember the year with all those minutes. Wow I wish it was 1976 again.

[linusvanpelter]

I was eleven when these aired and just loved them. Television was soooo much better then.

[samlatte]

Remember the bicentennial moments on CBS? wow!

[efan2011]

Damn, there was nothing good about this one at all. It was dark as hell

[corrupt200]

I was -5

[robwargo]

These were great!  I wish we could see them ALL again!

[edwardjames50]

@robwargo ~ I agree! CBS should release these historic minutes on DVD.

[linusvanpelter]

@robwargo I know! I remember these so well. What a great year.

[wmbrown6]

And after the last "Bicentennial Minute" at the end of 1976, there came the CBS "Newsbreaks" that lasted up till last year.

[ebonics4everyone]

People were much more literate on the average in 1975 than people are today. They still taught dates in history classes, which they don't do now. Today, history is all about making unimportant people feel good about themselves. That's why American students today can't tell you the name of 1 Revolutionary War general. They can tell you why the British were better than the white, male, heterosexual, slave owning Americans though. The average high school graduate couldn't find Boston on a map.

[PupuTheClown]

,,illegal alien or ghetto children ?, you know they lowered the national GPA average because of them.

[Newtwist75]

"slow down you are talking too fast"

Lawd Mizz Daisy its only a Bicentennial MINUTE.

[6sen]

I was a small little sperm.

[edwardjames50]

I was 25! Those Bicentennial Minutes were a nightly special event. I'd love to see the Streisand again.

[CaptDouchebag]

I was -4

[heebieandjeebie]

I was 12!!!!! :)

[Juliaflo]

I won't tell you how old I was, LOLOLOL.

Merry Christmas.

[terryseviltwin]

Funny that somebody from England was doing commercials for our bi-centennial!

[HCShannon]

Yes, but she was also a naturalized US citizen!

[terryseviltwin]

But, it still has irony that a person who was from the losing side of the war was doing a bicentennial celebration (a celebration of our winning that war). Just finding irony in it! I love Jessica, don't get me wrong!

[TheMikester307]

I was 15!!! Thanky you for putting this online!

[tubelover12]

August 31, 1975...Sunday. I was 9!

[e4bannan]

I was 6!

[MelanieLouM]

I was 13! ^_^

[Juliaflo]

I won't tell! LOL.

[warlaker]

Wow! you actually found 1 of these. I thought I'd never see these again.

[steveasat2]

"Yeah! Liberty Tree kilt that limey SOB like a bitch! Wooooooooot! SUCK IT, KING GEORGE!"

I mean, isn't that honestly the response this is intended to elicit? Sure, fancy it up with an Oscar-winner, but it's basically the story of rival frats attacking each others' mascots.

Whatever, the campaign was an interesting novelty that you'd think would be available on DVD. A bit of segue material and they wouldn't come off as entirely episodic. Ken Burns, maybe?

[Mktryk]

Yeah, why can't they put those on DVD? I used to love watching those every night back in the day. It was a great way to learn of a good part of the Colonial experience in great+small moments. Interesting that Miss Tandy actually played up her authentic British accent for that spot that denounced an act of vandalism by British soldiers when she usually toned it down to sound more 'Amurrican' for most of her performances.

[IdahoMoe1963]

Thank You!

[selloutasaurus]

thanx 4 posting this.i remember these bicentennial minutes.they were something we looked forward to daily leading up to July 4, 1976.