The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

Some how I think O.K. is going to slip in another banana peel. Back to the year 1967, so much was happening. 

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OK Solberg:

I want to again welcome you to The 04:05 Coffee Break. Guys, Grab your cup of coffee, maybe a glass of iced tea, bottle of water possibly, and let's see what's happening out there.

OK Solberg:

Spring wheat $6.45 a bushel, 6-4-5. A 550lb steer calf $4.45 a pound on the top end if they're shiny, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings top end, $3.15 a pound. But, guys, there's more, much more.

OK Solberg:

Now I had so much fun looking back on the year when I was 10 years old that I decided to do more. So listen to what I found. 1967. What a year it was. If you were listening to the radio in 1967, you heard a different America.

OK Solberg:

Now the year began with the monkeys, I'm a believer, which carried over from 1966, then came kind of a drag by the Buckingham's, the Rolling Stones with Ruby Tuesday, the Turtles with Happy Together, Aretha Franklin singing Respect, and the Doors with Light My Fire.

OK Solberg:

And as the year ended, the Beatles' hello goodbye reached #1. Every one of those songs reached the top one spot on the billboard hot 100. But there was much more than music happening.

OK Solberg:

On January 27, tragedy struck the space program when a fire swept through the Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test at Cape Kennedy, killing 3 astronauts.

OK Solberg:

The investigation that followed led to a major change in spacecraft design, testing, and safety procedures. Can you imagine? Apollo one up in flames. Then in June, the Supreme Court ruled Loving versus Virginia striking down state laws that prohibited interracial marriage.

OK Solberg:

That summer, thousands gathered in California for the summer of love. While the Monterey Pop Festival brought performers such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin before huge audiences. And then and then there was the banana.

OK Solberg:

A strange rumor spread that you could dry and smoke banana peels and get high from something supposedly called bananadyne. By November, the American Journal of Psychiatry had actually published an article titled The Great Banana Hoax.

OK Solberg:

But 1967 also brought violence. Detroit and other American cities experienced devastating civil unrest during the summer, with Detroit suffering extensive destruction and loss of life.

OK Solberg:

And on December 3, medicine made history with Dr. Christian Barnard performing the 1st world's human to human heart transplant in South Africa. Think about that year. Three astronauts died reaching out for the moon.

OK Solberg:

A surgeon transplanted a human heart. A Supreme Court decision changed America law. Cities burned, young people gathered by the thousands to hear new music, and somewhere along the way, people actually believed the banana peel could get them high.

OK Solberg:

Oh, yes. 1967 was quite a year. And if you happen to be listening to the radio, you heard the soundtrack of a country changing right before your ears. What a year it was. Guys, I was 10. How old were you?

OK Solberg:

I'll close with a fitting bible verse, Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Yes. Psalm 90 verse 12. Teach us to number our days and teach us, please, to appreciate each day.

OK Solberg:

The weekend is near, so until next time. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.