A chilly oath, a loud GTO, and a jingle you will hum, plus a porch light and lemonade.

Evening, friends, Jack Reynolds checking in. January 20 always makes me think of a cold day when the whole country leaned in and listened close. I pulled one of those moments for #1, the kind that still gives you a little gooseflesh. And wait till you see the muscle car in #2, my buddy’s brother had one and it sounded like thunder at the stoplight. Brings it all back, does it not?

On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy stood in the cold and told America to ask what it could do for its country. I remember my dad turning the radio up a notch. At 43, he was the youngest elected president. Click to read about the speech lines that still get quoted today.

The 1965 GTO in Tiger Gold turned stoplights into stages. It listed for about $3,200 new, and clean Tri-Power cars now bring $90,000 or more. Three two-barrel carbs fed 360 horsepower, which felt like thunder back then. My buddy’s older brother scared us half to death in one. Click for specs, option sheets, and why this one crowned the muscle car era.

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Solvang’s Main Street in 1976 looks like a postcard you could step right into. John Margolies shot it on 35mm, and today this little town welcomes over 1 million visitors a year. My wife would have stopped for a bakery window. Click for the big scan and catalog notes, then picture what that same corner looks like now.

“Wow! I could’ve had a V-8!” was the kind of line you heard once and never shook loose. Those 1978 spots pitched V-8 as a blend of 8 vegetables, and one print ad even bragged about just 35 calories in a 6-ounce serving. I still grin at that little forehead bop. Click to watch the full original and see the exact moment everybody copied.

LeVar Burton broke hearts in “Roots” in 1977, then helped raise a nation of readers on PBS. “Reading Rainbow” went on to win a Peabody and 26 Emmys, and by 2025 the show even got a fresh reboot built on the spark he started. My kids watched him like family. Click to trace how he carried that steady voice from TV fame into a lasting legacy.

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Tonight’s ‘Your Memory’ comes from Ruth in Pennsylvania, thinking back to a sticky July evening in 1968. She says her mom set out a metal pitcher of lemonade, and the neighbors drifted over like it was planned. Kids chased lightning bugs by the porch steps. My dad always said a front porch is a small piece of America, am I right?

Tonight’s Quote comes from George Burns, who could make a whole room smile, even when he was talking about family. He joked that “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” I laugh, because there is truth in it. You can learn more about him here. Click in and see how he kept folks chuckling for decades.

See you tomorrow. Same time, same station.

– Jack

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