ABC This is the Place to Be 1971

From ABC, the generic version of This is the Place to Be, from 1971.

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• Promo

[petesahatna88]

i was born in 1988 and i am sad not be able to discuss with you, you are right, times must have been better, i whish beeing born 30 years earlyer.....

[KojiRecords]

You so eloquently said it all, so perfectly, I would add that, knowing what I know now, I would have lived life back then to the fullest. The times were indeed so much better then; those born after the 70's will never know or understand your touching comment---or my response.

[paulskipaulski69]

@AlisoViejoMan

Disagree. Just off the top of my head I remember Room 222, Julia, Good Times, What's Happenin, Flip Wilson, Love American Style, and Laugh In. I didn't notice it back then because I don't spend a lot of time looking at people's skin color. Like you do.

[spacepatrolman]

@zl1vette427 yea thats the FBI emblem [probably a fake FBI emblem they had a fake FBI headquarters set }EZ is supposed to be a nice guy even though he liked j edgar hoover

[zl1vette427]

Tauren, good points...and for the most part it was just 3 networks. At the school bus stop you were either an ABC, NBC, or CBS kid (most were ABC where I grew up). I look back and can't believe that I had to be right in front of the TV at the time the show aired and there was no taping or DVR'ing shows. Remember my dad always leaving my grandmother's in Brooklyn at a set time on Sunday's so we could see "The Six Million Dollar Man" in 1975 and 1976. Ditto for other shows on Friday nights.

[zl1vette427]

@spacepatrolman.....Richard Long died in 1974, not sure if EZ Jr. is in this montage but Richard Long definitely is in this (NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR). I think I see EZ Jr. in the first few seconds of the montage with what looks like an FBI emblem in the background.

[spacepatrolman]

@zl1vette427 That is efram zimbalist richard long died of a heart attack then

[zl1vette427]

Actfray, you stole the words right out of my mouth ! September was a month I dreaded and loved: new TV shows, but school started. BTW, how about the lack of reruns back then ? In the 1960's many sitcoms had 36 shows each year -- no reruns with regularity until the summer. Even the 1970's had most sitcoms producing 25-30 shows each year and the lasted 25 minutes each. Today, you are lucky to get 20-22 episodes and they last under 23 minutes sans commercials.

[barber747]

@AlisoViejoMan

That's because there weren't many non-whites (blacks especially) on TV back in the day. Of course, times have changed since then, even if it took awhile.

[AlisoViejoMan]

There were sure allot more White people back then

[actfray]

I remember seeing this promo when I was ten years old...sitting on my den couch in late summer - when summer still meant something - and dreading the upcoming school year. But I loved knowing that all my favorite shows would be there to keep me company. Thank you for the trip back in time!

[TaurenBedtime]

The problem is not that TV people now have no talent, it's that back then, each network was using 1/3 the entire talent in Hollywood. The problem is that now, each channel is leveraging 1/500th the talent, and thus crap.