August 11, 1973: "American Graffiti" at the movies

Once in a while, you can catch "American Graffiti" on TV.  In fact, I saw it a few months ago.  Frankly, I enjoyed it a bit the more "the 10th" time around.

Back in '73, I did not get into "American Graffiti" at all.  It "didn't have much a plot" as they sang in "Wake up Little Susie"! 

Happy anniversary to a very popular movie.  

The music was great but the story is still a bit confusing so many years later.    Like "Saturday Night Fever", the songs were better than the story.     Nevertheless, the movie had an impact and introduced a lot of people to Wolfman Jack, the legendary DJ who was very popular in the West coast.

Let me find my soundtrack copy, that double LP that I bought in the 70's now available in a digital format.

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August 1973: Happy anniversary American Graffiti

We celebrate another anniversary of the release of "American Graffiti", a movie that I've grown to like over the years.

It must have been 1984, or maybe 1985, when I rented a copy of the movie to try out my new VHS player. 

I rented "American Graffiti" because there weren't that many other options available.  In fact, I remember that I checked out "Blood and Sand", the story of the Spanish bullfighter dealing with fame and fortune, and "For whom the bell tolls", the Hollywood version of Ernest Hemingway's book about the Spanish Civil War.

My new VHS player introduced me to "American Graffiti" and specially the amazing soundtrack of songs.  I fell more for the songs than the script.  Eventually, I came to like the story, too.

American Graffiti was about a bunch of kids in their first summer after high school.  It was great and I like it a lot now even if I was too young to enjoy songs like "See you in September" by The Tempos.

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"I'll be alone each and every night
While you're away, don't forget to write
See you in September
See you when the summers through
Here we are Saying goodbye at the station
Summer vacation Is taking you away
Have a good time but remember
There is danger in the summer moon above
Will I see you in September
Or lose you to a summer love
Counting the days till I'll be with you
Counting the hours and the minutes too
Have a good time but remember
There is danger in the summer moon above
Will I see you in September
Or lose you to a summer love....."

1973: "American Graffiti" is a year older with Frank Burke

   

 

American Graffiti is a year older.....a 2014 chat with Frank Burke.....click to listen...

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WNBA is a mess. Socialists and Democrats. Colombia earthquake.

 WNBA is a mess. Socialists and Democrats. Colombia earthquake.

The fake blonde tackles the real blonde

The fake blonde tackles the real blonde:

The WNBA has become the battleground for race and “transgender” issues in America, and what a strange battleground it is.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/the-fake-blonde-tackles-the-real-blonde/

We remember Rocky Colavito (1933-2024)

Rocco Domenico Colavito was born in New York on this in 1933 and passed away in December 2024.

He broke with the Indians in 1955 and was hitting a lot of HR's in a few seasons.

As a kid, I remember having a 1965 Rocky Colavito card.   It was awesome to see all of those HR's on the back.   

Colavito was quite a power hitter:   374 HR & 1,159 RBI in 1,861 games.   His best season was 1961:   .290 average, 45 HR & 140 RBI.   He hit 4 HR in one game in 1959.

Great power hitter and one of the most popular men ever to wear the Indians' uniform.

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1971: We remember Killebrew's # 500 & # 501

On this day in 1971, Harmon Killebrew hit # 500 & # 501 off of Mike Cuellar.

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August 1974: Nixon, Ford and the presidency

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It was the first week of August 1974 when the unthinkable happened: President Richard M. Nixon announced that he had resigned the presidency.   We say unthinkable because it was the first and only time that a US president had resigned.  He made his announcement on TV the night before and formally resigned at noon on this day in 1974.

As I recall, I rushed home to watch President Nixon’s departure from the White House and President Gerald Ford’s inauguration.  I kept telling myself that I was a witness to history — a resignation and a new president who was never directly elected by voters.

Later my dad came home with a business friend visiting from Venezuela.  We sat down for dinner and the friend commented that it was impressive to watch a transfer of power without tanks or shots.

After the speech and his departure from Washington, President Nixon went into political exile but made a comeback in the 1980's with some great books, one of  them his memoirs, RN.  He became one of the premier foreign-policy statesmen in the world.  

President Nixon died in 1994 and was given a full presidential funeral.  

PS: This is a great book:

A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas

 

Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas. The latest from the polls in Texas, Data centers and Texas politics, The WNBA is crazier than ever plus we remember President Ford 1974.

CANTO TALK podcasts from last week

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