All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness. But not so with the manson case. It was the biggest publicity case the d. A. s office had ever had. The manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve parent, a teenager. Abigail folger, folger coffee. Jay sebring. Wojchiech frykowski. The labiancas. And sharon tate. All of you know how beautiful she was. But only a few of you know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charism
Scratch that. That doesnt sound good. Americas shadiest parts. No, that doesnt work either. Unknown shades of i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony first time on this continent . Kamau yes. As a africanamerican, theres a lot of talk about going back to this thing of the motherland. Anthony and look, a seriously radicalizing experience for africanamerican comics who come here before. Kamau yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anthony life changing, so we shall see. Kamau even walking through the streets, i have this feeling of like, when i moved from chicago to oakland you know you hear about oakland as being this black city. And you get there and its like, you know, theres black people here, but its not like anthony uhhuh. Kamau this is what i imagined oakland was going to be like. Like, this feels like thi
Congress must move ahead with impeachment proceedings. There can be no whitewash at the white house. I think what we have to do is feel it out. Were going to have to find out what the mood is. In 1972, Richard Nixon is very much at the top of his game and is in a position to achieve his goal of being the greatest president in american history. The comments before about mao and joe. He had desegregated all the southern schools, he had ended the draft, he had ended the epa, the cancer institute, and he had the greatest arms control agreement in american history. Not a bad record, and the American People thought so. Air force one has just landed at peking international airport. It is an historic moment, the official beginning of his visit to china. China was considered almost a different planet. And the idea that any american president would go to china was considered a fantasy probably at best. In terms of Foreign Policy, it was sort of a moon landing. I think one of the results of our t
They know when it hits the bottom, itll be 1990. Goodbye to the 80s in ten, nine, eight, eight, eight, eight oh, will this horrible year never end . When the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. And the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. Tv respects me. It laughs with me. Not at me. Youre stupid. Doh i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. I love you guys. The kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. And i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. We were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. Which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. Did you ever know that youre my hero the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon. The father strangling the child. Why you little we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American Famil
Terrorist attacks where hostages were taken have become increasingly common. There have been bombings, shootings, and strikes in Northern Ireland. Guerillas shot at a school bus near the lebanese border. The 1970s saw the development of the terrorist repertoire. Gangs of young people, products of the riotous 1960s prefer terror. Kidnapping, bombing, arson, machine guns, death and destruction. It was a global thing. In the 70s, those who wanted change faster than it was going to come resorted to violence. Japan has had its first plane hijacking. The chronicle of terrorism which took it as far as athens, greece. Most americans thought of terrorism as a problem that happens a world or half a world away. Throughout the 1970s, terrorism began to hit home. An elegant townhouse in new yorks Greenwich Village was destroyed by a series of dynamite explosions. Authorities first assumed an accidental detonation in a gas line had been responsible, except that the blast had been too powerful, destr