Soupy
Sales. Johnny Ginger. Auntie Dee. Sonny Eliot. Robin Seymour. Bill Bonds.
The
list of characters who entered our living rooms through Detroit television is
long and colorful. This
one-hour DVD documentary examines local TV from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
Highlights include rare footage with an amazing vocal performance by 14-year-old
Ursula Walker, who today is a Detroit jazz legend; profiles of Soupy
Sales, Sonny Elliot, Bill Kennedy and other local celebrities; the story
behind one of the longest-running TV series in America, Detroit’s
American Black Journal; recollections from Mitch Ryder and others,
vintage Detroit commercials and much more.
DVD
extras include George Pierrot's Detroit, highlights from a rare 1952
WWJ sales film, scenes from The Incredible 60s, a WJBK documentary and Looking
Back, a slide presentation.
Orders filled by "Detroit Memories."