- (FBE) So today, we're gonna be doing something a little different
that we've only done once before with our elders.
- Wow. I wonder what it is.
- (FBE) So, you're actually gonna be reacting
to a newspaper. - What?
A very old newspaper? - I was in the behind the scenes
of one of the elder shoots.
It's either today's date or my birthday.
- (FBE) It is a newspaper from the day you were born.
- From the day I was born! Okay. This is interesting.
- What? That's so cool. Oh my gosh. That's crazy.
- (FBE) So, you'll all be looking at the New York Times
that has been scanned digitally, where you can look
at the full newspaper and click on any article
that has been archived over the years.
- Wow. That's awesome.
- (FBE) So, you'll get a chance to see what was happening
in the world the day that you were born.
- Oh, man. That's so cool.
- From my rival: New York. I'm literally wearing
a Boston Tom shirt, and you're gonna show me
a New York paper. (chuckles) Tuesday-- I was born on a Tuesday?!
- It was a Tuesday? I didn't even known that!
I was born on a Tuesday.
- Woo. This is awesome.
- Wow. That's... crazy.
- Okay! All right. "Head of democratic opposition
is released"? - Oh gosh,
"Japanese arrest cult leader blamed in poison gas attacks."
What?! - "City transit unit
using drug test." "Japan faces major shift
in policy towards China"?!
- "Portrait of man as mobster stirs community's disbelief."
- 60 cents, oh my gosh. Today, what is it? Like, $1.50,
maybe more for a newspaper? - (FBE) I think more.
- Woo, 15 cents. Dayumn. Oh my goodness.
- (FBE) So, this does have the full, entire New York Times
from that day, so you can actually click
through some of the pages and see the full entire newspaper.
- Wow. - Oh, Nixon!
- Oh, dang. Ads are a lot different.
(in high pitch) "We're poppin' out our poplins." (chuckles)
- Wow. Yeah, that's the suit. Look at that.
you won't wear that nowadays.
- "The look is you." Girl, look at them pockets!
You see the pockets in the dress!
- I remember these ads. I remember these
from when I was little, like the "Come get
your computer fixed here." I remember the first computer
that my family had looked like the one in the upper left corner.
It's just so crazy how fast the times have changed
and looking just at the quality of this newspaper
and the fonts and the look of it, it just brings back so many memories
from when I was little, and I would see my parents
reading the newspaper. - This is like the entire TV guide.
And I remember you'd have to go through the paper too
for movie times. If you wanted a movie,
there was no way to look it up. There's one that says,
"Donald Trump: Deal-maker," biography. Ugh. Eugh.
- (FBE) So, we are also gonna take you through
a couple key articles from the day that you were born.
- Okay. - (FBE) So, this is the headline.
- (gasps) "Washington, November 15, a member of President Nixon's staff
had said in a conversation with a business executive
that someone in the White House order the preparation
of the controversial political advertisement
that attacked eight Democrat senatorial candidates."
Ooh, you know, that's crazy that I always heard about Nixon,
but I did not know it happened right when I was born.
- "Clinton takes on violent television." Wow!
I had a lot of friends that were even--
their parents really censored the type of media that they took in,
and they only gave them stuff their parents thought
was appropriate for them. There was a conversation I had
with someone, and they weren't allowed to watch "CatDog,"
because that's not how God intended it. (laughs)
- "A bizarre election in Russia. Is this the future?"
(chuckles) What? That's so funny.
Yeah, people are freaking out that this is the first time
that a president who shouldn't or is not typically
who would be in power.
Hey, it's happened before in Russia.
- "Delegates to the Elks' national convention
rejected today, a resolution to remove the word white
from the organization's membership requirements."
Ew. Gross. I just had a very...
I would say a very balanced awareness of racism in my town.
I experienced the N word, of course. I experienced, you know, tar baby.
My skin doesn't even look like tar. What I do appreciate is the fact
that I had to learn really quickly who I was as a person.
Sometimes, even now, especially with the climate
of where the world is, the heightened awareness
that I feel now is a reminder of what I felt growing up in Kansas.
- "Take a communist to Barney's. My good friend Vladimir and I" --
Vladimir? Whoa. The headline sounds
as if they were so friendly with the communists.
But that I know of, they have never been friendly
with communists, especially during those days.
This thing is blowing my mind. I have no idea what they mean
by "Take a communist to Barney's."
- "Simpson's defense"?! (laughs) Whoa! That's a throwback.
I haven't talked to my parents at all about this,
which is kinda weird, 'cause my dad reads the newspaper every day.
I kind of wanna ask him about it now.
The fact that I was born right in the middle of the cases
is beyond me, because it seems so, so far away,
and it makes me feel terribly old.
- "Clinton praises Bush for quitting NRA."
(snickers) What?!
Yup, that's still what we're talking about today.
The NRA is all over the news. It's almost kind of sad
that these issues still haven't been solved.
It's like, well, 23 years from now, we'll see if the headlines are still--
they're probably still gonna be the same issues,
'cause, I mean, these things don't get solved overnight.
I remember when I was young, my parents would get the paper
at their doorstep every day and read the paper every single day,
and now I don't even think we get it anymore.
- (FBE) So, newspapers aren't actually the only things
that could take you back in time. Another great representation
of the time is the music and the movies.
- Right. - (FBE) So, first,
we are actually going to play you the top song from the top
of the Billboard Charts on the day that you were born.
- Okay, the '90s just killed it with music,
so I feel like it's gonna be a good one.
- The day I was born!
(squeakily) What is it? What could it be?!
- ♪ Yes, I will ♪ - ♪ Let me fill your heart
with joy and laughter ♪ - I didn't know this, bruh! Dude!
- ♪ Togetherness, well, it's all I'm after ♪
- Bro. You know how-- I was gonna say stupid!
But, like, how dumb. I always thought that this song
came out maybe six to eight years before I was born.
- ♪ And it's too late ♪ - I love this song.
- (sings along) ♪ Too late ♪ - ♪ So, we really did
try to make it ♪
♪ ...can't hide ♪ - ♪ (hums along) ♪
Get it, girl.
- ♪ Don't go ♪ - Oh. Ohhh! (laughs)
I knew it was gonna be good! - ♪ Wanna have it your way
or nothing at all ♪ - Ah!
- ♪ But I think you're moving... ♪ - I'm so happy now! (laughs)
This is TLC, right? That doesn't make me feel old.
That makes me feel happy that I'm represented so well in music.
- ♪ ...buzzed and it's all because ♪ - ♪ This is how we do it ♪
- Oh my gosh! I don't even know who this is,
but I know this song. Everyone knows this song.
- ♪ All my neighbors, you got much flavor ♪
- ♪ This is how we do it ♪ - (chuckles)
This was the top, the number one, the day I was born.
I wonder if my parents were jamming to that
in the hospital, you know? (chuckles) It's such a happy, fun song.
It's still popular today. You still hear it around sometimes.
- (FBE) So, next up, we are gonna show you the trailer for the movie
that was the number one at the Box Office
on the day you were born. - Oh lord. What could that be?
- I feel like this is gonna be bad.
♪ (somber string music) ♪ - (chuckles) I never heard of it.
- (voice-over) From the most widely-acclaimed new novel
of the 1970s, Love Story.
- (chuckles) Nope. Wow.
How come I never seen this movie before?
It looks like it's a long love story.
So, I don't know if I would sit throughout the whole thing.
- (voice-over) Once, in a small village,
there were three daughters. - Oh my gosh! Are you serious?
- ♪ Matchmaker, matchmaker ♪ - Oh my gosh.
I'm gonna cry. - (voice-over) The story
of the strength that binds a people
and the love that binds a family. - You don't understand.
I did not know this. I'm gonna cry. Oh my gosh.
This is the very first musical
that I ever saw in the eighth grade
when I fell in love with musical theater.
I did not know that was the-- when I was born.
- (voice-over) The future, the polar ice caps have melted.
- Dun, dun, dun. - (voice-over) Those who survive
have adapted to a new world. - What is it?
- (voice-over) Universal Pictures presents...
- Never seen it. - (voice-over) ...a world unlike any
you have ever seen. - Whoa!
- (voice-over) Waterworld. - "Waterworld," whoa!
Holy [bleep]. That's "Waterworld" from Universal.
Whoa! Whoa! I've never actually seen the movie.
I've only seen the show. I'll take "Waterworld."
I feel like I have to go see that in honor.
- (voice-over) For 100 years... - (gasps)
- (voice-over) He has wandered the... - What? I've seen this before.
I feel like I know what it is.
- (Casper) There's a girl on my bed. - Casper the ghost! Yes!
This was my favorite movie when I was a kid.
Oh my gosh! I remember we had it on VHS.
We named my dog Casper.
- (voice-over) Life at Whipstaff Manor...
- (Casper, whispers) Can I keep you? - Aww.
- (voice-over) ...never be the same. - This is bringing back
all the memories. I'm just so proud of my birthday now.
We had "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "This is How We Do It"?
Could it get any better? I don't know.
- (FBE) So finally, we showed you multiple mediums that allow us
to look back into our past. - Yes. It was so fun.
- (FBE) What are some of your favorite ways
to capture what life was like growing up for you personally?
- For me, a lot of times it's video games
and just nostalgic toys. Toys really bring me back.
Like, I was thinking the other day about a Skip-It.
Oh my gosh. Those were so fun!
- Through music, news. Movies, a little.
And then I look back, what I was doing at that time,
who I was with, you know, and things like that.
- I'm a huge scrapbooker for my girls.
So, you know,
from the time they were born all the way through this.
So, you guys just did this for me. (laughs)