I was 12 YEARS OLD and was learning to play the guitar to accompany myself when I sang. Three years later, I was an opening act for RICKY NELSON at the "Santa Clara County Fair" in San Jose, CA. Those were great days for me. I can't believe how so much time has passed.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
That's amazing, fob1xxl.
@Ootgreet1
16 күн бұрын
Imagining anything rural in San Jose is remarkable. Great comment.
@lablaine1981
13 күн бұрын
1958, 9 yrs old in St Paul MN 🥶...the schools,churches,beach,stores,campgrounds,state fair,& the streets were all quite safe,11 in a blue collar 🏠,🍀🍀for America in those times...
@williamhanlon8159
12 күн бұрын
@@lablaine1981 Things a probably safer today. The appeal of yesteryear is simply we were all much younger.
@marshaharris4268
16 күн бұрын
I was born in 1950. This was the best decade to live in. Proud to be a baby boomer. Thank you Fred for this channel. God bless you!!
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
I appreciate that, Marsha.
@markrethemeyer7666
8 күн бұрын
I was born in December 1958. I really enjoy looking at what my parents were looking at and watching while enjoying their 1st of 5 children.
@robertscott2210
16 күн бұрын
Two years before the world was graced with my presence lol 😆 But I do remember the 7th voyage of Sinbad from reruns, and of course, the Chipmunk Christmas song is still a classic! 👍👍👍👍👍
@dennisdeleo74
16 күн бұрын
Just over a year old and entering a world of the rocket age, classic cars, Giants football,and George Pal… who could ask for anything more?
@RalphMichaels449
16 күн бұрын
I was 5 years old all over again. Such great memories. Thanks again Fred. I love your channel. 👍🏻❤️
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Much appreciated, Ralph.
@eringo-bragh4243
16 күн бұрын
Lordy, I was 4 years old but I still remember some of these movies. I've gone back and picked up the pulp magazines on DVDs
@marthawelch4289
16 күн бұрын
Well, I was 4 in 1958 so I wasn't doing a whole lot to keep the free world free. I did manage to scrawl my name and phone number on an entry to win tickets to see Jerry Lewis (no Dean) in a show held in our city's Coliseum (AKA the Cow Barn). I won. My grandparents said, "If Dean isn't performing, we don't want to go." My parents weren't thrilled but they wanted to congratulate me on knowing my name and phone number. So, the 3 of us drove over to the Coliseum where our seats were on the floor, first row. Jerry wandered out and walked around singing his off-key rendition of "That Old Black Magic". He followed that with some jokes doing his famous cackle laugh. My mother and father and many other audience members did not approve of the "augmented" jokes. [I had seen Jerry doing his schtick on TV variety shows and the jokes were indeed different.] He then clowned around with the conductor and did a couple of upbeat songs. The audience was restless. People were tapping their toes and I heard "When's the intermission?" being whispered. Jerry took a break and the audience did a break-out to their cars, carrying their coats with them. My mom reviewed the program, making sure that Deano was definitely NOT going to make an appearance. Over half of the audience, including the 3 of us, did not return for the second half. The next year (1959) I was 5🎉 and decided to try my luck with that year's raffle. I won again. The prize was something called a Dutch oven. We brought it home and put it in the kitchen where it sat unused for 30 years until my parents died and a nice lady came to the "estate sale" and asked me if I would sell it to her for $10.00 because she had always wanted one to make special dinners for her family. I told her "Please take it to your home and enjoy it - complements of my family."
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
I was 4 as well, Martha, but I'm sure I would not have remembered so many details even from such an unusual evening. That's remarkable!
@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy
16 күн бұрын
Thank you Fred I have had a crappy couple weeks and I am grateful you posted such a lovely mood elevator!😂
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Happy to be of help, Chantelle.
@bobpierce115
12 күн бұрын
I was born in May '57, so all this is 'new' to me. A very good overview of what was happening this month in 1958. The only mistake was the '58 Chevy commercial starting at 3:15. The '59 Chevy would have been advertised this month, having already been out since that October. THIS ad would have run in December 1957.
@bradbundy1471
16 күн бұрын
Hard to believe i was 6 in 1958. I still ( somehow) remember a lot of this. Boy, i miss those days! 🤠🌲🌲 🎼
@NickvonZ
16 күн бұрын
Cool to see these things from a bit before my day.
@bridgetmccracken1381
16 күн бұрын
That was the perfect ending for a wonderful look back, thank you Fred!!!!
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Quite welcome, Bridget.
@Nunofurdambiznez
16 күн бұрын
a GREAT year in American History!!
@justajo2
9 күн бұрын
I turned 13 in 1958. A very impressionable time for a teen boy... and wow, was I impressed by everything. Brings back some great - and a few not so great - memories. (When you have two older brothers, stuff happens!)
@Ij-jan
16 күн бұрын
I was only three. In this particular video, it was fun to watch what my parents were viewing back then.❤ thank you
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Jan. I was four.
@dougbrowne9890
16 күн бұрын
Before my time, but I know I would have loved being in that time. So much I know from it. So much I love from it. Today blows. I would have loved there being no internet or cable TV. Just AM radio. Most cars/trucks having manual transmissions. Soda pop in glass bottles. Comic books for a dime. Going to the drive-in to see a movie. So much more to love. Thanks for another trip Fred. Every one of them is worth the price of admission. Well, you know what I mean (I think???).
@rentslave
11 күн бұрын
We had regular TV then. I still have a few comic books,some with free coupons for Palisades Park.
@gittes98
15 күн бұрын
Thanks again Fred: I practically wore out the Chipmunks record a few years later when I was about 6. Instant, warm memories.
@brendajeanproffitt6919
16 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤it..amazing thank you so much my friend Fred
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, friend Brenda.
@frankwafer6919
16 күн бұрын
🎥Thank you for this wonderful gem!😎💯💥👍🙂!
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Frank.
@bobcarter6869
16 күн бұрын
Thanks Fred I was 7 years old in 1958 and already a rock-n-roll fan I drove my father crazy playing my 45 of shake rattle n roll over an over until my dad made me stop love your videos
@FredFlix
15 күн бұрын
Thanks, Bob.
@luisreyes1963
16 күн бұрын
65 years ago, Chicago experienced the tragedy of the Our Lady Of Angels school fire. A moment in history never to be forgotten. Thank You, FredFlix. 🙏
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Luis.
@Rippypoo
16 күн бұрын
Thanks very much for this one. This is the year that I was born.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Rippypoo.
@debbiebarnhardt1590
16 күн бұрын
I always have wonderful memories when you post these
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
I'm happy to hear that, Debbie.
@davidbaise5137
16 күн бұрын
Fred, you did it again. This is a great presentation. Thank You! At the end, I was reminded of “The Witch Doctor” - “ooh eeh-ooh a-a. Ting tang - Walla Walla bing bang”.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Would liked to have used that, David, but it wasn't on the charts that month.
@davidbaise5137
16 күн бұрын
@@FredFlix you are the one to know!
@continentalgin
16 күн бұрын
Thanks, Fred! We've certainly seen the world change a lot in our lifetimes. My dad was a regional sales manager for Colgate Palmolive for many years.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Sounds like clean living for your family, CN.
@robertromero8692
16 күн бұрын
Great nostalgia trip, Fred! '58 looked like a great year. I have 7th Voyage, along with several other Harryhausen titles. Great stuff. Love the Paul Frees narration for Monster on the Campus.
@FredFlix
15 күн бұрын
Thanks, RR.
@hcrowe57451
11 күн бұрын
As of today with all in the news woudn't it be great to go back to the america we used to know .
@benjaminwilson4558
16 күн бұрын
You need to assemble all of these Chronologically. Each video is a visual, auditory, and participatory reflection of the historical growth of American Popular Culture. They are segmented history lessons. Each one shows "our" unique-timely American(ism) and how we amplified culture(s) here and globally.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Benjamin, by chronologically do you mean the video itself or the America We Knew series? To do the former, it would be too difficult and time consuming, would probably hurt the flow of the video and wouldn't be as much fun for me. As for the latter, of course if you've been watching you know I started with Feb. of '74 and have been posting each month chronologically (presently on June '76). Then I started to backtrack, posting various months as "specials." But thanks for referring to the videos as being a reflection of the historical growth of American pop culture, which is exactly what I intended and hoped to achieve.
@Ootgreet1
16 күн бұрын
@@FredFlix Benjamin's proposal sounds reasonable if you were to create a KZitem playlist ordered by the era of each video. So a playlist for 1958 would start with your video for the earliest date you did in 1958, etc. You have so much content now that you could easily create one playlist for every year. It would be work but it wouldn't require editing every video. Just create a play list for each year and drop the videos for that year into it in order.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
@@Ootgreet1 I'll check into that.
@Agislife1960
15 күн бұрын
The 50's was before I was born, but that Sinbad Movie was in the theaters in the early 70's and was a big deal with us kids.
@jeffreycone7504
12 күн бұрын
I was born December the 12th, 1958; on a Friday.
@edc1965
16 күн бұрын
To think that my mother was only 14 and I was still 7 years away...is 🤯.
@davidrudolph1102
16 күн бұрын
Wonderful video! All a person has to do is compare this video with one of your videos from the 60s or 70s to see how much our nation and culture changed. Your videos are not only entertaining but have great educational value in teaching people how our country changed and evolved pre-Kennedy to post-Kennedy (or "Camelot" as some say:)! Your videos are actually great teaching tools! Thank you! 😀
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, David, and I appreciate your words.
@markcornish2519
16 күн бұрын
Thanks for showing the world baby me was in
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're welcome, Mark.
@Borella309
15 күн бұрын
Monster on the Campus!!!!!!!! I was minus 13 months in 1958, but saw this over here in Australia when I was 8 or 9 in the late 60's - downloaded it a couple of years back and am gonna kick back one wintery night and have a blast watching this silly, but childhood memory, movie. Again Frederick, loving your work - I actually can appreciate the amount of work in gathering, sorting, editing and fine-tuning each video you post - stellar work!
@FredFlix
15 күн бұрын
Thanks, Borella. It's a labor of love!
@gmwcfhg
13 күн бұрын
I would love to travel to the 50s for a short visit like Michael J Fox in Back to the Future - Colgate having toothpaste in a can similar to ones for shaving cream seems like a precursor to the Colgate pump they would come out with in the mid 80s
@Dadsezso
15 күн бұрын
Where is Mr. Peabody and the Wayback machine when you need them?
@tomklock568
16 күн бұрын
The month of my birth! Thank Fred. Guess I’m not that old reading other comments 😂
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You're just a young'un, Tom
@tomklock568
16 күн бұрын
@@FredFlix glad to hear it 😄
@simonagree4070
15 күн бұрын
OK, Simon? OK! The very month and year my baby sister was born. I still don't know how to tell her I love her, but we're both still here. I'm pretty sure that any ad for 1958 model cars would have been aired in the autumn of 1957. Just sayin'. Those monster movies were the bread and butter of my weekend afternoon TV and Saturday matinee movies in the '60s. I'm still watching some of these TV shows on MeTV, but without the weird old commercials. Now we have weirder new commercials.
@FredFlix
15 күн бұрын
"My sweet sister, I love you."
@merce10554
16 күн бұрын
The monsters from The 7th Voyage of Simbad remind me those of Jason and the Argonauts. 🤔 Those comic books at 12:12 must have been at home. They look so familiar. Lestoil! Ha! ... and of course, Colgate with Gardol. Not bad for a four and a half year old. 💜🤟
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Both sets of monsters were created and animated by Ray Harryhausen.
@merce10554
16 күн бұрын
@@FredFlixSo that's why. Five years later we got screechy Talos. Awesome. 💜🤟
@rolfsinkgraven
16 күн бұрын
I was 2 years old back then and i dont remember anything lol.
@ernestcruz6316
16 күн бұрын
The Teddy Bears only had that one hit record, but two of their members went on to varying degrees of fame. Lead singer Annette Kleinbard later changed her name to Carol Connors and wrote or co-wrote some big hits, including "Hey Little Cobra" by The Rip Chords, and Bill Conti's "Theme from Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)". The guy on the left, of course, is Phil Spector, who needs no introduction whatsoever.
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Didn't know that about Connors, Ernest.
@stanleycostello9610
16 күн бұрын
I find the late '50s and the early '60s interesting. Goody-two-shoes girls and sexy bad girls. Ricky Nelson and Elvis. Wholesome films and horror films. The cold war was in full swing, and I think that horror movies were, in a sense, playing on the fear of the Dirty Commies coming to take over America.
@wheeler71
16 күн бұрын
👍🌞good job
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
Thanks, wheeler.
@neilwilburn6848
16 күн бұрын
On "The Millionaire", how did John Deresford Tipton give the million dollars away TAX FREE??
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
I'm assuming the taxes were paid up front.
@arelyt
16 күн бұрын
Fred, let me guess, you are holding back July 1976 till next week, right 🎉
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
You got it, arelyt.
@cainealexander-mccord2805
16 күн бұрын
That Sinbad movie was made by millionaire 10 year-olds.
@jameswilhoite8150
16 күн бұрын
Only 3 but what a start ricky, johnny,alvin the great syfy from the 50"s TY @fredflix
@FredFlix
16 күн бұрын
YW, James.
@ArmpitStudios
16 күн бұрын
The first thing I thought of the was '58 Chevy, mainly because of the perfect example in American Graffiti. That would've been a spectacular time to be around in America. I missed it by a few years.
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