1968: What A Trip
Here are 68 reasons to watch Tom Brokaw's terrific "1968" documentary Sunday (9-11 p.m., History Channel), definitely Must See TV with a classic rock soundtrack for Baby Boomers who remember:
Haight-Ashbury
Tet offensive
Walter Cronkite
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Counter Culture
Mrs. Robinson
"Plastics"
LSD
"Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out"
Gene McCarthy
Generation Gap
Freak Out
Bummer
Jimi Hendrix
"Magic Carpet Ride"
Martin Luther King Jr.
Black Power
"Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner"
George Wallace
Andrew Young
Black Is Beautiful
"In The Heat Of The Night"
Hippies
Yippies
"Hair"
James Taylor
The White Album
Johnny Cash
Arthur Ashe
"Jumping Jack Flash"
Linda Ronstadt
Peggy Fleming
"Rosemary's Baby"
Middle
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Pat Buchanan
"Hell No, We Won’t Go"
Draft Dodgers
Tear Gas
RFK
"Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why not?' "
Simon & Garfunkel
Mamas & Papas
John & Yoko
Huntley & Brinkley
"All Along The Watchtower"
Democratic National Convention
Mayor Richard Dailey
Grant Park
Police Riot
"The Whole World Is Watching"
HHH
Cesar Chavez
Denny McLain
"Laugh-In"
Richard Nixon
"Sock It To Me?"
Black Power Salute
Bra Burning
Miss
Bert Parks
Whole Earth Catalogue
Apollo 8
Tom Brokaw: "So much of who we are now was set in motion in 1968."
posted by John Kiesewetter at 10:59 AM
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at 12/07/2007 3:54 PM 
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at 12/08/2007 2:19 PM 
Michael A. Banks said...
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at 12/08/2007 9:14 PM 
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Post a Comment*Gee, he obviously missed my service in the United States Army.
I'm not surprised.
Well, that's going to be a trip right back to when I was 17!
--Mike
anon, wrote: "Gee, he obviously missed my service in the United States Army.
I'm not surprised."
I'm not sure I understand the purpose of this post. Number two on John's list is Vietnam. If this is an attempt at cynical humor, I don't get it. If it's an attempt to suggest Tom Brokaw has some agenda that in some way diminishes the valor and service of those who fought in Vietnam, I don't get that either. Be thankful your name isn't on that wall in DC. Tom Brokaw's entire career has focused on the "greatest generation", and those that followed through every war, including Iraq. With only respect and admiration.
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