Geraldo videos in the 1970s archive

Geraldo shows in the 1970s

Geraldo in chair 1970s

The 1970s saw some truly momentous moments in Geraldo’s TV history. 1973 was the Willowbrook Expose, helping spur the national conversation about how the developmentally disabled were treated in this country. Additional shows, like The Littlest Junkie were part of Geraldo’s original and groundbreaking work for WABC’s 20/20.

Watch some of these historic videos below.

Geraldo Rivera, Howard Cosell, Fred Williamson, Frank Gifford, 1974

August 1, 1974

Monday Night Football

1974 Geraldo Rivera on Good Night America hosts the Monday Night Football trio of the time; Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford and Fred Williamson. This clip starts with a portfolio of Fred ‘The Hammer’ Willliamson, we then meet Frank...

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August 1, 1974

X Rated Movies, Monday Night Football

From "Behind the Green Door" comes x rated movie star, Marilyn Chambers, to tell us about her trip from Ivory Snow girl to porno movie queen.

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July 18, 1974

An interview with Evel Knieval

1974 Geraldo Rivera introduces us to famed stuntman Evel Knieval on his show ‘Good Night America’. This interview takes place only a couple short months before Evel’s second attempt at jumping the Snake River Canyon, on his X2...

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July 18, 1974

Evel Knievel, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Seals & Crofts

We go to Snake River Canyon in Idaho to look at the site where Evel Knievel was to make the longest and most dangerous jump of his career, and speak with the man himself.

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July 4, 1974

NYC welfare housing

1974 1974, New York City. We discover the big apple’s largest “welfare hotel” where over 700 are housed in 500 rooms, almost a third with public assistance funding. In the 50 years since this expose, which resulted in...

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July 4, 1974

David Cassidy, Sha Na Na, David Frost

The singing idol of the bubble gum set, David Cassidy, is live in our studio to talk about what it's like to be a sex symbol (to the younger set) and he talks about his career past, present, and future.

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June 7, 1974

Marriage with Sly & Kathy Stone video

This show revolved around the theme of marriage. We talk to then newlyweds, Sly and Kathy Stone (of Sly and the Family Stone) and show films of their marriage extravaganza at Madison Square Garden. Clifford and Edith Irving come on...

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June 6, 1974

Playboy, Political Activism

The head of the bunny regime, Hugh Hefner, takes us on a tour of the West Coast Playboy Mansion. He then comes back east and appears live on the show to discuss his empire and how it grew.

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May 1, 1974

An interview with Grace Slick

1974 Good Night America, Geraldo Rivera sits down with Grace Slick, then performing with Jefferson Airplane, to talk about hard rock and hard drugs. Grace shares her experiences as a musician who has tried all the ‘fun’ and...