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The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register
Entertainment
Peter Larsen

Summer of ’72: How ‘The Godfather,’ the Rolling Stones, a chess battle and more shaped pop culture

In the summer of ‘72, “The Godfather” made moviegoers an offer they couldn’t refuse.

It was a summer when the Rolling Stones returned to the United States for the first time since 1969, on a legendary tour behind the album “Exile On Main St.”

It was a summer when the TV Western “Bonanza” was still so popular that the new season aired Monday nights while older episodes from 1967-1970 were retitled “Ponderosa” to run on Tuesdays.

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