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	TV LAND-DETROIT GORDON CASTELNERO TV Land-Detroit profiles twenty six of the most popular local TV personalities and programs from the Golden Age of Detroit television. A treasure trove of fun facts and inside stories, Castelnero has the inside scoop on Detroit's most fondly remembered TV stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
	FROM SOUPY TO NUTS! A HISTORY OF DETROIT TELEVISION TIM KISKA A nostalgic trip thru five decades of Detroit television, Tim Kiska's From Soupy To Nuts! is a must-have for anyone who yearns for the days when Bill Kennedy was King of the TV Airwaves, the Lady of Charm was Queen and Sonny Eliot was the Joker. From Bill Bonds to Mr. Belvedere, Soupy Sales to The Scene and everyone in-between. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
	SOUPY SEZ- MY LIFE AND ZANY TIMES SOUPY SALES with CHARLES SALZBERG In 1953 an unemployed comic named Soupy Hines drove to Detroit looking for work. Seven years later Soupy Sales was one of the highest paid television personalities in the country. Now Soupy tells all, as he celebrates more than fifty years as a true television legend.
	STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD IT! SOUPY SALES' FAVORITE JOKES SOUPY SALES Hundreds of hilarious jokes as only Soupy can tell 'em. Some are slightly risqué, but all are extremely funny! Old School humor presented with expert Sales-manship! RECOMMENDED!
	THE BIRTH OF THE DETROIT SOUND: 1940-1964 MARILYN BOND and S.R. BOLAND A treasury of photos tracing the roots of Rock 'n Roll and Rhythm and Blues, Detroit style. The authors have collected hundreds of rare photographs of the recording artists, promoters, disk jockeys and venues that were popular in the Detroit of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. There's much more to the Detroit sound than Berry Gordy and Motown, as this book proves.
	THE GHOUL SCRAPBOOK RON SWEED and MIKE OLSZEWSKI Hey, Ova-Dey! Grab your Kielbasi and plunk 'yer magic twanger, it's the Ghoul Scrapbook! Ron Sweed, better known as the Ghoul, hosted Grade-Z Horror flicks on Detroit's Channel 50 between 1971 and 1975. Lots ofcool photographs and hardly any big words, an absolute must for any Ghoul fan.
	DETROIT'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE RONNIE MINOR, LAURIE ANNE TAMBORINO & THE PARADE CO. A unique assortment of photographs chronicling the history of J.L. Hudson's Thanksgiving Parade and Detroit's Thanksgiving Parade. A nostalgic look at the floats, balloons, bands and characters that marched along Woodward Avenue every Thanksgiving day since 1924.
	HI THERE, BOYS AND GIRLS! TIM HOLLIS An encyclopedic history of America's local kid's TV programming. Hollis has gathered information from nearly every local show and organized it state by state, city by city. Michigan and Detroit shows are well represented, along with hundreds of other local TV markets.
	TVPARTY! TELEVISION'S UNTOLD TALES BILLY INGRAM A campy look at classic television, TVparty! dishes the dirt on the classic TV shows you grew up with. Based on the TVparty website, the book gives you the lowdown on the Dual-Darrins of Bewitched, classic sit-com homes, Lucy's final days, Gene Roddenberry's lost TV pilots and dozens of other great stories, including a look at Detroit's own Milky the Clown. Comes with a bonus CD-Rom loaded with rare TV clips. RECOMMENDED!
	THE VERNOR'S STORY- FROM GNOMES TO NOW LAWRENCE L. ROUCH Vernors, that deliciously different drink, is a Detroit original. Invented by druggist James Vernor in 1866, it is the oldest soft drink in the United States. Rouch chronicles the history of the gingery beverage from it's humble beginnings in the 1880s at James Vernor's Pharmacy on Woodward Avenue to its acquisition by Cadbury Schweppes in the 1990s.
	HUDSON'S - DETROIT'S LEGENDARY DEPARTMENT STORE MICHAEL HAUSER and MARIANNE WELDON J.L. Hudson's Department Store was a Detroit icon. Hauser and Weldon have amassed hundreds of rare photographs of "the big store," from the magical window displays and magnificent architecture to the spectacular departments that stocked everything from grand pianos to spools of thread. RECOMMENDED!
	ROCKIN' DOWN THE DIAL- THE DETROIT SOUND OF RADIO DAVID CARSON The history of Detroit radio and its personalities from the mid 1940s thru the 1970s. From Jack the Bellboy to the Payola scandal of the 50s to the Big 8 and the beginning of underground radio, Carson tells the story of Detroit's biggest air personalities and classic radio stations. The definitive book on the evolution of Detroit radio. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
	CLUTCH CARGO- TELEVISION'S FIRST COMIC STRIP Vol.1 26 Color Episodes on 3 DVDs This cartoon has everything. Beautifully drawn, but (very) limited animation, clever writing and best of all...LIVE ACTION LIPS! As a cost cutting measure human lips were superimposed over the drawings, giving the cartoon a bizarre but charming quality. Clutch and his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot made their first Detroit TV appearance on WWJ-TV, in 1959. In the early 1960s Clutch and the gang could be seen mornings on WXYZ-TV as part of FUNEWS.
	THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW B/W and Color- 150 minutes, DVD Say, kids! What time is it? It's Howdy Doody time! From 1947 until 1960 Howdy, Buffalo Bob, Clarabell the Clown and the residents of Doodyville entertained the first generation of TV kids. From the NBC vaults come four episodes with original commercials, including the final show, in color, where a tearful Clarabell speaks to the kids for the first time to say "Goodbye." Howdy Doody aired in Detroit on WWJ-TV.
	POPEYE- ORIGINAL CLASSICS FROM THE FLEISCHER STUDIO B/W and color- 137 minutes, DVD with extras There are loads of Popeye DVDs flooding the market. Forget the rest, this one's the best! Seven b/w Fleischer classics with original Paramount logos plus the three Technicolor two reelers with original titles, all remastered from beautiful 35mm prints. Plus tons of bonus features, including inter- views with the original voice artists, trailers, pencil tests, still galleries of rare art and more! Popeye cartoons originally aired in Detroit in 1958, on CKLW-TV's Captain Jolly show. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
	THE OUTLAWS IS COMING- THE THREE STOOGES with Johnny Ginger- B/W 91 minutes, DVD Producer Norman Mauer had a brilliant idea. Film a western starring The Three Stooges, and populate it with some of the country's most beloved local TV kid's show hosts. Each local host would then promote the movie on their TV show. Detroit TV was represented by WXYZ's Johnny Ginger, who played Billy the Kid in the film. This was the Stooges' last feature film, and its not too bad. Goofs And Saddles, a bonus short, is included.
	FELIX THE CAT- COLLECTOR'S EDITION Color- 105 minutes, DVD with extras Join Felix the Cat and his pal Poindexter as they try to outwit The Professor, his henchman Rock Bottom and the evil metal menace Master Cylinder in ten original TV episodes from 1958. DVD extras include the original promo reel used to sell the series, an interview with animation historian John Canemaker, Feline Follies; a bonus Felix short from 1919 and a Felix Sing-Along. Felix cartoons were first seen on Detroit TV in 1958, on WWJ's Milky's Party Time.
	MR. DRESSUP- TICKLE TRUNK TREASURES Color- 225 minutes, 3 DVD box set From 1967 to 1996 Mr. Dressup and his puppet friends Casey and Finnegan sparked the imaginations of three generations of Canadian youngsters. This 3 DVD set features games, music, crafts and simple activities created for the pre-schooler. Introduce your child or grand- child to a world of imagination with the delightful Mr. Dressup. Detroit youngsters were lucky enough to watch Mr. Dressup on CKLW-TV.

	SOUPY SALES-THE WHOLE GANG IS HERE Color and B/W, 3 DVD box set 3 plus hours of skits and songs from the 1979 version of the Soupy Sales Show, with Clyde Adler as White Fang, Black Tooth Pookie and Hippy. Includes the classic Pie Fight sketch with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack and UNCENSORED footage of Soupy's run-in with the naked lady. RECOMMENDED!
	SOUPY SALES IN LIVING BLACK & WHITE B/W, 150 minutes, DVD A collection of Soupy's New York shows from 1965-66, featuring Frank Nastasi as White Fang and Pookie. See Soupy do The Mouse! See Pookie sing the Blues! See White Fang play fetch! See the Man At The Door torment Soupyand much, much more. RECOMMENDED!
	GRIT, NOISE AND REVOLUTION: THE BIRTH OF DETROIT ROCK 'N' ROLL DAVID CARSON The story of the great garage-inspired, blue collar Motor City rock 'n' roll bands that exemplified the Detroit rock sound: the MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels, SRC, the Bob Seeger System, Ted Nugentand the Amboy Dukes and Grand Funk Railroad. The first book to chronicle Detroit music of the 1960s and 70s- a pivotal era in rock music. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!