Listener Jeff pointed something out, let’s discuss. Five events occurred in 1969 that were huge stories, HUGE JERRY HUGE! Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge, the Manson murders, and the Beatles did their last recording session together. First, landing on the moon. I remember the night like it was as they say, yesterday. That grainy image of Neil Armstrong stepping onto moon soil, and we went from the Wright Bros. to the moon in 66 years! AND we did it several more times after that, but since then nada. They say there’s more technology in the average cellphone today than what was available on Apollo. Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick(dick in the name, hmmm) Massachusetts after leaving a party. His female passenger drowned. It didn’t help probably that he waited 10 hours to report it. Didn’t stop him from running for president though. How’d that work out for you Teddy? The Manson family cult went on murder spree in L. A. brutally butchering several people including movie star Sharon Tate who was pregnant at the time. Manson didn’t actually commit any of the murders but spent the rest of his demented life in prison. A few years before he died he came down with some malady and was “rushed” to the hospital. Rushed?! What the F for? To patch Charlie up to get him back to prison to do what? Carve more things in his forehead? Isn’t there a code to take a slower bumpier route to the hospital for ditchrats like him. There should be. In 1969 the Beatles did their last session together ending one of if thee most incredible runs in show business. AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN 7 YEARS! Oh and Manson thought they were singing to him directly. Again, slower route to the hospital. And finally, the Woodstock music festival happened that year, billed as “nothing but fun and music” but because of torrential rains and very little crowd amenities it looked like one big shithole….literally. And you think a lot of whackadoo nonsense has happened in the past 20 years…. hey, all the above mentioned events in 1969 happened over the course of 33 days! Now go enjoy some seedless watermelon that wasn’t around 55 years ago.
Gunga, galunga
Garry