35 Things Every 1970s Home Had That Nobody Remembers

Shag carpet you raked, a phone with the dial in the handset, a lava lamp, and a big wooden console in the living room. 35 things every 1970s home had, counted down with Captain D. and the walnut knob off his old console stereo. When he says "go ahead," answer out loud. The book: Nostalgic Word Search & Trivia: Large Print Puzzles for Adults and Seniors. 80 word searches and 100 trivia questions, answers in the back. The book is in Amazon's final review and goes on sale in the next few days. The link will be right here as soon as it's live. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:01 #35 The carpet you could lose a toy in 1:50 #34 The phone with the dial in the handset 2:47 #33 The lamp you watched instead of the TV 3:35 #32 The face that was on everything 4:27 #31 The tape with no rewind button 5:19 #30 Four speakers in one living room 6:09 #29 The coffee maker with a ballplayer on the box 7:02 #28 The encyclopedia next to the groceries 7:52 #27 The knots holding up the plants 8:39 #26 The stamps you licked into a book 9:41 #25 The chair with no shape 10:28 #24 The albums that came in the mail 11:26 #23 The bed that sloshed 12:54 #22 The records you saw on TV 13:47 #21 The refrigerator the color of a field 14:42 #20 The gadgets from the TV commercials 15:24 #19 The living room you stepped down into 16:14 #18 The party where nobody danced 17:19 #17 The round chair from the import store 18:01 #16 The catalog you wore out by December 18:40 #15 The blanket on the back of the couch 19:26 #14 The little magazine on top of the set 20:03 #13 The pet that never needed a walk 21:01 #12 The picture that came out of the camera 21:47 #11 The slide show at your uncle's house 22:28 #10 The home movies with no sound 23:11 #9 The painting on black velvet 24:08 #8 The tennis game on the TV 24:55 #7 The watch that showed numbers 25:48 #6 The beep on the ceiling 26:29 #5 The poster on every bedroom wall 27:34 #4 The pottery that grew hair 28:14 #3 The poem at the end of the night 29:09 #2 The radio that talked back 30:18 #1 The big wooden box in the living room HOW THIS WAS RESEARCHED Every date, price and number was checked against a written source, listed below. The memories come from real viewers: 6,572 comments under four videos about the 1970s home. One of them, with 318 people agreeing, reminded us that the console was really a '50s and '60s thing, so the video says so. Sources (Wikipedia, English): Shag (fabric) · Trimline telephone · Lava lamp · Smiley · 8-track cartridge · Quadraphonic sound · Mr. Coffee · Funk & Wagnalls · Macramé · S&H Green Stamps · Bean bag chair · Columbia House · Waterbed · K-tel · Chartreuse (color) · Refrigerator · Earth tone · Ronco · Conversation pit · Tupperware · Papasan chair · Sears Wish Book · Granny square · TV Guide · Pet Rock · Polaroid SX-70 · Carousel slide projector · Super 8 film · Velvet painting · Magnavox Odyssey · Magnavox · Pong · Digital watch · Calculator · Smoke detector · Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster · Chia Pet · High Flight · Citizens band radio · High fidelity · Radiogram (device) · Curtis Mathes Corporation PHOTO CREDITS (Wikimedia Commons) Public domain: 38 photos, including period ads; each one is labeled on screen. CC0: Benoît Prieur, Daderot, Daniela De Ponti, Dunn17, Gonzaplays45, Granny Enchanted, Hans Peters for Anefo, Hiart, Kravk, Mbrickn, Thomas Backa, Wiley.andrew.r CC BY 4.0: Jonathan Mauer, José Antonio Ortigueira Amore, Marsh Davis; Indiana Landmarks, R. Henrik Nilsson. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 3.0: Daniel Christensen, Rept0n1x, Thomas R Machnitzki. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 CC BY 2.0: April Killingsworth, Barbara Spengler, Becks, Cayobo, Daniel Oines, David Jackmanson, Dean Hochman, Digital Game Museum, Doug Wilkowske, Emily Allen, Ethan Prater, Everfalling, Government & Heritage Library, State Library of NC, Greg Gjerdingen, H. Michael Karshis, Infrogmation of New Orleans, Jeremy Noble, Justin Hall, Leonard Nevarez, Michael Gatchell, Mike Rosenberg, Nina Matthews, Personal Creations, Phillip Pessar, Silvio Tanaka, Steve Shook, Tony Webster, Trish Hamme, Wandering Magpie, [1], family of Infrogmation of New Orleans, frankieleon, goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento), marc falardeau, niceness, ~My aim is true~. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 STOCK FOOTAGE: Pexels and Pixabay, 43 contributors, each credited on screen (not period film). Captain D. is the host character of Radio Reimagined; his stories are told in character. The facts come from the sources above, and the viewer memories are real. Images marked "AI illustration" are AI-generated paintings, not period photos. The narration uses a synthetic voice by choice: the person behind this channel doesn't speak English, and this is how we can bring these stories to you. What was in the big wooden box in your living room? A TV, a record player, or all of it at once? And who in your house was allowed to touch the knobs? #1970s #Nostalgia #RetroHome