This brought a tear to my eye. It was filled with some sadness but lots of joy!! Class of 77 here!! It was the best era EVER to be a teenager!! Whilst our generation was becoming liberated/modernized, we still held on to family values and traditions. What a great balancing act!! It's so sad to see what's become of this once-great nation of ours (and its people)!! I hope, no...I PRAY we fix things soon so our grandchildren can experience the HOPE and joy we all had back then!! Thanks for sharing this. Was fun to watch!!
The 70s and 80s were great ..watching vids like this is very nostalgic and bittersweet .. youth and energy and that innocent fun mindset . A time that will never be again. Time goes by blindingly fast
I'm an 1980 grad. Phoenix, AZ, class of about 400. I never saw race. TV, ads, magazines... all the same to me. My class had maybe a dozen Hispanics that were all American, Zero Blacks, the other 390 milky white like me. I see race now, unfortunately. Mass immigration and acceptance and glorification of thugish behavior got us here to 2024 apocalypse.
@@atatterson6992 I've seen Changes in last 17yrs in Phoenix area, cant Imagine in your 44+ yrs. Arizona 100yrs ago was 90% White, nope had 90% Whites. I grew up in Midwest City, Best friends were Hispanic, Black and surprisingly Japanese. In 1978 for the 8th grade moved to the Suburbs, District had one Hispanic Kid, rest of the K-12 all White. There we had Grad Class of 130. In the City my School had 2400 in 10-12th. Back then the City had 4 HS with 9K attending, K-12 was 35000. Now there is only 9900 K-12. My 4 Grand Daughters are getting great education here in AZ, much better then would have where I'm from
@@firstsgt279 Thanks for taking the time to ade to the PHX convo:-) I loved growing up there. The biggest, most impactful thing to happen to me/us in the first 18 years of life was someone I knew once had their bicycle stolen! Such a scandal!!! I'm afraid AZ has been bleeding from paper cuts for many years, but ever since Kari Lake had the election stolen from her, coupled with Buyden "winning" 2020... AZ has some major work to do.
@@atatterson6992 HA, Yeah! Lived/Stationed all around while in Army. The Metro Phoenix area there is so much choose from. Spent a Decade in Ahwatukee/Tempe/Chandler corner while my Kids Graduated HS and went to ASU. Last 8yrs been out in San Tan Valley where we just built new home last yr, now just waiting for the new north/south highway be built and connect us
I loved those days! I can remember the feelings of that era instantly. Amazing time. I still think the guys of the '70's are the hottest!!! The funniest. The most original. The best. Best looking.
This is a great memory I'm sure. I joined the Marines straight out of 10th grade in 76 and missed all of the graduation exitement but I did have a different kind of graduation you could say. The 70s was a great time for sure.
I was a freshman in 1976 I'm 63 an yes by God those were the REAL GOOD OLE DAYS. Damit we had fun I remember this there was a group of guys that always stood on the 200 hall they set bottle rockets off I graduated with those nuts
I really enjoyed watching this! I cracked up laughing a few times! Kids were way funnier than in the eighties when I was in school. Thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us! 💜
I wish somebody had thought of doing this at my high school. 76-77, I was a sophomore and we had a absolute blast that year !!! You don't realize it at the time, but those teen years were very special times! When you get older, you cherish your memories, and if youre lucky to still have them, you cherish your friends more !
Teen years are important and if you were to interview us back then - we’d complain how boring it is and how we couldn’t wait to get out into the working world. Bass as I ally when you are going through it you don’t realize the greatness of it and the fun you are having. In high school you are with your friends all day and get to meet girls - doesn’t sound that bad lol .. but when those times are gone they are gone
Class of ‘76 here. Very good video, gentlemen. I still have many friends from high school and younger. We went through Elementary, Jr High, And High School together. Whitman, Einstein, and Madison. Go Warhawks!
I'm class of 1980, and I enjoyed this blast of the past. I miss those days and wish I could go back. Kids of today will never enjoy their time in today's schools like we all did. :(
I was only 5 in 1976, so seeing this makes me nostalgic for my 70's childhood - the humorous moves of the 2 guys during the segment about 3 minutes in looked like an early version of breakdancing to me!
Wow!! That was Mr. Runyon walking into class at scene 1:21. I took his photography class 12 years later 1988. What a memory!! Thanks Mark for the video.
Excellent work! The locations, The Lighting, The little Themes & Skits! The Editing, & sound track. A fine Film for 1976 The critics gave you 👍👍👍👍 Out of 5 😎
First of all, a HUGE thank you for this video! It reminds me of being 18 as well. I see The Monkeys, The 3 Stooges, The Marx brothers all represented in your antics! The filmography is so fantastic. Again, thank you.
The curtain scenes at 2:17 had me ROFL! In fact I can barely type type this because Im laughing so hard. TOOOO funny. It reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me when I was in 9th grade. A guy in art class was sitting at the back of the room wacking off with his junk hidden under the desk. It was all fun and games until the teacher realized what was going on. Ahhhh yes good times for sure! LOL
I was15 that year in Tarboro, NC. I remember the crazy stuff kids tried to pull off everyday. The lunch room antics - putting small holes in someone's milk carton, stomping on ketchup and mustard packets as someone would walk by, firing off an M-80 in the bathroom...and riding the school bus was the worst! Now I'm an old man facing my 62nd year and looking forward to retirement soon! Yikes.
Hi Mark, I shook your hand at Ha Ha a Go-Go many years ago. I graduated Sequoia High in Redwood City. Thanks for bringing back the feeling of being a teen.
I just came across this; my mind blew up with memories of Arroyo High. I graduated from Marina H. S. in 75 I spent a lot of lunch breaks at Arroyo. I had a lot of friends who went there, we used to drag race at the end of Grant Ave.
I was much younger than these kids at the time but I remember people being more whimsical and mellow ( and no, it wasn't all drugs). And the clothes! Even the light shown differently then, as strange as that sounds. High school must have been a blast back then.
I agree Daniel born in 1966, the sun was yellow back then not bright white sun simulator like today. Jesus is coming soon! Romans 10:9-10 KJV That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead- Thou shalt be saved! Rapture of the Church is imminent!
That is a Great film and memory....I only wish I had a film of my high school friends. I graduated in 76 in Hawaii but I did go to Fremont junior high school in Seaside California.
I remember my High School was very much like "Dazed and Confused" As a freshman in the 70's I was Mitch Kramer, too young to Drive hanging out with the older Kool Kids and experiencing my first Beer and MJ that Summer
I was 9 years old but the Uncle was class of 76 so I got to see "stuff". Dazed and Confused nailed it down perfectly. So fun a summer from May 28th to August 23rd, 1976. Yes I remember August 23rd as I became a big brother and school started. Great times. Class of 85.
Those really were still great times. My older sister was in high school then, and there was a lot of hippieness still around, and everyone wasn't so uptight and political. It was still there, to a lesser extent, in the early 80s, when I was a "Freaker".
We were thin back in the 70's; the clothes required it. Halter tops; tube tops; low cut pants and short shorts. Guys and girls both smoked to stay thin.
It wasnt that everyone was happy. It was that we were grounded by society and by our parents. We were not fed the lies about what victims we were or how oppressed we were. We werent the center of our parents universe. We were not worshipped by our parents. We were supporting players, not rock stars. Ironically, we were prepared for the future better than todays kids who have been coddled and overchallenged at the same time. So out of balance now.
I really enjoyed this. How lucky are you to "See" yourself reliving your high school days. I graduated in 1992 and this bring back so many wonderful memories of my high school days. I love your music selection. What song is playing when you are in the scuba gear?
I was 16 years young in 1976. I was at high school here in New Zealand. School certificate year. Long hair on my shoulders, flared trousers just like these young ones are wearing. I remember songs being played on the radio such as Jeans On by David Dundas and Disco Duck by Rick Dees
I'm class of Santa Monica HS class of 1980, and I loved this. San Lorezo is a very different place today. I would love to know what happened to all these classmates. You should do a video!
I was a freshman in 1976. Shout out to all my fellow 60 year olds, those were the days. ❤❤❤❤
Me, too. Well, freshman year was '75, but I was still a freshman in '76. 😉
Me too!
1976✨✨To All The✨✨⭐⭐⭐ Freshman Strong✨✨✨💪💪💪⭐⭐ If Father Time✨✨ Could Only Turn Back The Hands Of Time😞✨✨
🌹💙 Sr. 80 Rocks! 👍
I was a sperm. Shout out to all of my fellow sperm who lost the race.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end...
We'd sing and dance, forever and a day
I graduated in 1976. Can't believe that was 48 years ago. Those times were the best.
This was my class 76 high school was fun,challenging,safe and respectful to teachers and students plus pleanty of cool cars from the 60s
This brought a tear to my eye. It was filled with some sadness but lots of joy!! Class of 77 here!! It was the best era EVER to be a teenager!! Whilst our generation was becoming liberated/modernized, we still held on to family values and traditions. What a great balancing act!!
It's so sad to see what's become of this once-great nation of ours (and its people)!! I hope, no...I PRAY we fix things soon so our grandchildren can experience the HOPE and joy we all had back then!!
Thanks for sharing this. Was fun to watch!!
The 70s and 80s were great ..watching vids like this is very nostalgic and bittersweet .. youth and energy and that innocent fun mindset . A time that will never be again. Time goes by blindingly fast
I'm an 1980 grad. Phoenix, AZ, class of about 400. I never saw race. TV, ads, magazines... all the same to me. My class had maybe a dozen Hispanics that were all American, Zero Blacks, the other 390 milky white like me. I see race now, unfortunately. Mass immigration and acceptance and glorification of thugish behavior got us here to 2024 apocalypse.
@@atatterson6992 I've seen Changes in last 17yrs in Phoenix area, cant Imagine in your 44+ yrs. Arizona 100yrs ago was 90% White, nope had 90% Whites. I grew up in Midwest City, Best friends were Hispanic, Black and surprisingly Japanese. In 1978 for the 8th grade moved to the Suburbs, District had one Hispanic Kid, rest of the K-12 all White. There we had Grad Class of 130. In the City my School had 2400 in 10-12th. Back then the City had 4 HS with 9K attending, K-12 was 35000. Now there is only 9900 K-12. My 4 Grand Daughters are getting great education here in AZ, much better then would have where I'm from
@@firstsgt279 Thanks for taking the time to ade to the PHX convo:-)
I loved growing up there. The biggest, most impactful thing to happen to me/us in the first 18 years of life was someone I knew once had their bicycle stolen! Such a scandal!!!
I'm afraid AZ has been bleeding from paper cuts for many years, but ever since Kari Lake had the election stolen from her, coupled with Buyden "winning" 2020... AZ has some major work to do.
@@atatterson6992 HA, Yeah! Lived/Stationed all around while in Army. The Metro Phoenix area there is so much choose from. Spent a Decade in Ahwatukee/Tempe/Chandler corner while my Kids Graduated HS and went to ASU. Last 8yrs been out in San Tan Valley where we just built new home last yr, now just waiting for the new north/south highway be built and connect us
Class of 78, and I enjoyed watching. Simpler times, no cell phones, no school shootings.
Class of 77... brought me right back . Thank you!
Wonderful time. Class of ‘76 here too but in the UK! Thank you for reminding us of the much happier and simpler times.
I loved this it was like stepping back in time to my high school days! Class of 1977
Such a sad dichotomy that nostalgia brings joy and sadness in equal measure.
Nice video! My mom graduated from Arroyo in 1974. Gale Mlaker and her older brother, Lynn Mlaker, graduated from Arroyo in 1970.
I graduated in 1982. This exactly how I grew up. No internet , no cell phones, life was great! Now look where we are.
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I loved those days! I can remember the feelings of that era instantly. Amazing time. I still think the guys of the '70's are the hottest!!! The funniest. The most original. The best. Best looking.
I enjoy watching these old grainy videos from the mid 1970s. So many memories of a time that no longer exists
This is a great memory I'm sure. I joined the Marines straight out of 10th grade in 76 and missed all of the graduation exitement but I did have a different kind of graduation you could say. The 70s was a great time for sure.
Thanks for your service. You lived it well 🇺🇸
I was a freshman in 1976 I'm 63 an yes by God those were the REAL GOOD OLE DAYS. Damit we had fun
I remember this there was a group of guys that always stood on the 200 hall they set bottle rockets off I graduated with those nuts
Class of ‘79 👍
Class of 76 best time ever. ❤
Absolutely the best videos to watch about a great time with great music. Before technology ruined things . No cell phones.
World went to trash by mid to late 2000s with the boom of smartphones and social media.
Some hilarious bits here. My favorite was the two guys getting the shakes at 3:02. Thanks for the laughs.
I was born March 1976. I would do anything to go back and live and grow up in that time again.
It was fun.
At 9 years old in 1976.
Dazed and Confused nailed the look and feel of 1976.
Man what a time.
Class of '88... didn't change much from this. Go Dons!
What a great time to be a kid..... If only I knew then........ahhhhh
I really enjoyed watching this! I cracked up laughing a few times! Kids were way funnier than in the eighties when I was in school. Thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us! 💜
I wish somebody had thought of doing this at my high school. 76-77, I was a sophomore and we had a absolute blast that year !!! You don't realize it at the time, but those teen years were very special times! When you get older, you cherish your memories, and if youre lucky to still have them, you cherish your friends more !
Teen years are important and if you were to interview us back then - we’d complain how boring it is and how we couldn’t wait to get out into the working world. Bass as I ally when you are going through it you don’t realize the greatness of it and the fun you are having. In high school you are with your friends all day and get to meet girls - doesn’t sound that bad lol .. but when those times are gone they are gone
I’m only 30, but my parents went to highschool in the 70’s and this just feels like home b
In 76 just started high school
Class of ‘76 here. Very good video, gentlemen. I still have many friends from high school and younger. We went through Elementary, Jr High, And High School together. Whitman, Einstein, and Madison. Go Warhawks!
I'm class of 1980, and I enjoyed this blast of the past. I miss those days and wish I could go back. Kids of today will never enjoy their time in today's schools like we all did. :(
I was only 5 in 1976, so seeing this makes me nostalgic for my 70's childhood - the humorous moves of the 2 guys during the segment about 3 minutes in looked like an early version of breakdancing to me!
I graduated in 76. This brought back a lot of similar memories I had forgotten. Thanks so much for the fun lol! ❤
I graduated from that highschool in 09 and it looked exactly the same😂😂
Wow!! That was Mr. Runyon walking into class at scene 1:21. I took his photography class 12 years later 1988. What a memory!! Thanks Mark for the video.
Great video. Right in my wheelhouse, 1974-78. You didn't have to buy "Frampton Comes Alive." It was playing everywhere you went.
Excellent work! The locations, The Lighting, The little Themes & Skits! The Editing, & sound track. A fine Film for 1976 The critics gave you 👍👍👍👍 Out of 5 😎
First of all, a HUGE thank you for this video! It reminds me of being 18 as well. I see The Monkeys, The 3 Stooges, The Marx brothers all represented in your antics! The filmography is so fantastic. Again, thank you.
That was awesome! The foresight and the production was timeless…well done!
This should be archived as a national treasure.
The curtain scenes at 2:17 had me ROFL! In fact I can barely type type this because Im laughing so hard. TOOOO funny. It reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me when I was in 9th grade. A guy in art class was sitting at the back of the room wacking off with his junk hidden under the desk. It was all fun and games until the teacher realized what was going on. Ahhhh yes good times for sure! LOL
I was15 that year in Tarboro, NC. I remember the crazy stuff kids tried to pull off everyday. The lunch room antics - putting small holes in someone's milk carton, stomping on ketchup and mustard packets as someone would walk by, firing off an M-80 in the bathroom...and riding the school bus was the worst! Now I'm an old man facing my 62nd year and looking forward to retirement soon! Yikes.
My father, who was class of 76, set me this video saying how this was HS for him. Can’t understate how different our high school experiences were.
I love this video. It's like a time capsule. I was in 4th grade in 1977.
Hi Mark, I shook your hand at Ha Ha a Go-Go many years ago. I graduated Sequoia High in Redwood City. Thanks for bringing back the feeling of being a teen.
1:51 one of the very first mosh pits in history.
I just came across this; my mind blew up with memories of Arroyo High. I graduated from Marina H. S. in 75 I spent a lot of lunch breaks at Arroyo. I had a lot of friends who went there, we used to drag race at the end of Grant Ave.
Class of 76 here, Walt Whitman HS, South Huntington, Long Island, New York. Great time to be a teen.
Class of '77, SR BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL, Huntsville, Alabama. Thanks for the post.
It looks like you folks lived in such a beautiful world. Not so for all. You have been blessed. Be good to one another.
Damn the best retro feel good video!!!
We all thought we were so cool bicentennial graduates, 76 rocked
Mt Eden H.S. 1981. Seems like the same builder for the school.
Make no apologies for the content.. class of 77 here in another city...your film was great.
KIDS WERE HAPPY BACK THEN
Wow , Golden memories, very good job. Seattle 1976
Well done.
I graduated high school in '76' and this really brings back so many good and bad memories lol
There was plenty of bullying too.
laughing and crying at the same time. *damn i miss the 70s*
Was in high school in 1977, and I remember those rotary pay phones.
Best '70s-'80s video yearbook I've seen thus far on UA-cam.
Haha, I loved this! I hope everyone in the video went on to have long, fulfilling lives.
I went there only four years ago and NOTHING has changed! Thanks for sharing, that was very cool to watch!
Takes me back to HS, 1976, Lake Forest IL Moved to CA after college with a job. Cool to see the styles, hair, halls, young faces!
I was much younger than these kids at the time but I remember people being more whimsical and mellow ( and no, it wasn't all drugs). And the clothes! Even the light shown differently then, as strange as that sounds. High school must have been a blast back then.
I agree Daniel born in 1966, the sun was yellow back then not bright white sun simulator like today. Jesus is coming soon! Romans 10:9-10 KJV That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead- Thou shalt be saved! Rapture of the Church is imminent!
that was so fun to watch, great memories good for you for taking movies !!! wish i did .
That is a Great film and memory....I only wish I had a film of my high school friends. I graduated in 76 in Hawaii but I did go to Fremont junior high school in Seaside California.
I'm C/O 2009. Amazing this exists! Thanks for sharing!
Bro!! Thanks for this time capsule! Reminds me of my Jr High school in San Diego in the 70's!! Class of 1981!!
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I was born in 1976
I graduated in 1977, Teresa Harness
Class of '77 Edison High School
I was class of 76 too, this looked like my high school days in Colorado, but almost everybody men and women had long hair.
I remember my High School was very much like "Dazed and Confused" As a freshman in the 70's I was Mitch Kramer, too young to Drive hanging out with the older Kool Kids and experiencing my first Beer and MJ that Summer
I was 9 years old but the Uncle was class of 76 so I got to see "stuff".
Dazed and Confused nailed it down perfectly.
So fun a summer from May 28th to August 23rd, 1976. Yes I remember August 23rd as I became a big brother and school started.
Great times.
Class of 85.
There’s Scott Nickerson! He was in my class!
I was in the class of '72'. I enjoyed this video. Brought back a lot of great memories 😂 🎉. Kids knew how to enjoy themselves back then. 😅😅
This is awesome!!! You have created a true masterpiece.
Those really were still great times. My older sister was in high school then, and there was a lot of hippieness still around, and everyone wasn't so uptight and political. It was still there, to a lesser extent, in the early 80s, when I was a "Freaker".
I'm class of 1980, what is a freaker? I've never heard that term before. I was more of a jock/nerd in High School, lol.
In Australia we're just streakers 😁
There were the freaks ,stoners heads according to which part of the country you were in. 🎉
@@tonycollazorappoim guessing he means a stoner or EMO type
Mark, you captured the scenes of 76 when life really was wholesome, I remember by "M" hall we had a designated Smoking area, enjoyed your video.
I liked L and N halls better, with the orgies and weed areas.
there were no such halls. if you went to arroyo where was the weed smoking done? L and N halls didn't exist. orgies? non existent. @@ChatGPT1111
When a highschool was a sacred place .of nurturing and love.
i was in freshman in 87 man those days were the days
We were thin back in the 70's; the clothes required it. Halter tops; tube tops; low cut pants and short shorts. Guys and girls both smoked to stay thin.
I was only 6 years old back in 1976. It is fun looking at this video of HS Students in the 70's.
All the freedom in the world, but still understood boundaries! Completely unburdened, and we lunatics ran the asylum!
It wasnt that everyone was happy. It was that we were grounded by society and by our parents. We were not fed the lies about what victims we were or how oppressed we were. We werent the center of our parents universe. We were not worshipped by our parents. We were supporting players, not rock stars. Ironically, we were prepared for the future better than todays kids who have been coddled and overchallenged at the same time. So out of balance now.
I really enjoyed this. How lucky are you to "See" yourself reliving your high school days. I graduated in 1992 and this bring back so many wonderful memories of my high school days. I love your music selection. What song is playing when you are in the scuba gear?
Made me want to go back!
Dang, I wish I could have experienced those antics!
I wanna go back.
Brilliant idea of taking your camera to film what you did. I bet most high school graduates from way back would have done the same.
I was 16 years young in 1976. I was at high school here in New Zealand. School certificate year. Long hair on my shoulders, flared trousers just like these young ones are wearing. I remember songs being played on the radio such as Jeans On by David Dundas and Disco Duck by Rick Dees
I was in the 6th grade at this time. The best years of my life were just ahead of me.
I'm class of Santa Monica HS class of 1980, and I loved this. San Lorezo is a very different place today. I would love to know what happened to all these classmates. You should do a video!
Did I just witness the first ever mosh pit?
Cool movie! Thanks!
Phone booths, that's what I'm talking bout., and they're in shape,
we didn't worry about being gunned down at school .
Except on Mondays
Great job!!
the real dazed and confused ... niiiiiiiiiice :D
Hangin' out...down the street.
The same old thing...we did last week
Scratch concealment and image restoration would these clips a bit.
I was only 3 back then but remember some of the 70s along with the 80s, in many ways they were much better times.
There was plenty of bullying too.
Lots of fun to watch just wish quality was a little better-should have used Iphone
crazy watching this i’m class of 24 arroyo high
The first 3 years of High School all I thought about is getting out of there…then Senior year came and I didn’t want to leave 😢
That was awesome.