Friday Flashbacks with Hooper – 1977

Welcome to Friday Flashbacks with Hooper! I am a history nut and I thought it would be fun to remember what was going on while our cars were first hitting the streets.

Each Friday I will share a few Flashbacks from each of the 2nd Gen years starting with 1977. After several facts are posted about each year, I will move on to another. This one is a little early because I have my sister-n-law's wedding rehearsal.

Some of these facts I am sure you remember and I am sure there are a couple you would like to forget.

What was on TV
Three’s Company (NBC)
60 Minutes (CBS)
Alice (CBS)

Interesting Facts
Apple Computer becomes incorporated.

Top News Stories
David Berkowitz is arrested on August 10th for the Son of Sam killing spree in New York.
Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash.
New York’s famed disco, Studio 54, opens.

Pro Football Champion
Oakland Raiders

Indianapolis 500 Winner
A.J. Foyt/161.331 MPH

President
Jimmy Carter

New House
$49,319.00

Average Income
$15,070.00

New Car
$4,785.00

Gas
65 cents a gallon

Milk
$1.67 a gallon

Movie Ticket
$2.00

What was at the Movies
Smokey and the Bandit
Star Wars
Saturday Night Fever

What was on the Radio
Car Wash – by Rose Royce
Hotel California – by The Eagles
Rich Girl – by Daryl Hall & John Oates

I hope you enjoyed some of the fun flashback facts from 1977. Stay tuned for more each and every Friday as I cover all the 2nd Gen years.

What do you remember from 1977? Please jump in and add to the list.

Take Care

My class song - Skynyrd's "Freebird" won by the narrowest of margins over Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven".

Also popular - Maynard Ferguson's "Primal Scream" album of trumpet solos like "Gonna Fly Now" theme from 'Rocky'.

Elvis Presley dies at age 42

First-class postage stamp - $0.13

Non-engined shuttle 'Enterprise' performs series of test glides from back of specially modified NASA 747.

Previously unknown bacterium discovered and commonly called "legionaire's disease".

First woman Episcopalian priest ordained on New Year's Day.

TV miniseries "Roots" a big hit.

Additional noteworthy movies "Annie Hall" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

hotel California id s still on the radio lol,most ppl are tired of it

nice flash back