Psip Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1958 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 11:45 pm: | |
Our Generation : Motown Airs on Friday July 20 06:30 PM The songs of Motown created a soundtrack for the boomer generation. In this episode, Steve Gillon goes to Detroit, home of Hitsville, where such classics as "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" and "What's Going On" were born. We'll meet with legendary Motown artists that have impacted the world musically and socially, erasing the term "race music" from the American vocabulary. We'll also visit with today's top singers, songwriters and musicians to learn how the legacy of Motown influenced their sky-rocketing careers. http://www.history.com/minisit e.do?content_type=Minisite_Epi sodes&content_type_id=51957&di splay_order=5&mini_id=51735 This should be an interesting program. A little birdie told me there will be some historical footage of Detroit in the program. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 726 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 10:28 am: | |
Exciting! |
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 703 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 3:05 pm: | |
All within the space of a half hour, including commercials. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 737 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 4:53 pm: | |
Not exciting! |
Jimg Member Username: Jimg
Post Number: 887 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 4:55 pm: | |
It'll be the cultural equivalent of "How Its Made"! Complex mfg stuff distilled into mere minutes... |
Psip Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1961 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 6:36 pm: | |
Lets hope not, I did give the producer a link to this thread, maybe they will read it. I know the show is "in the can". but I haven't seen it. "How It's Made", yea, if there is nothing else on. "The plastic is heated to 145.2 degrees. That is put aside and a rod of titanium is formed into a sphere. Then the 2 pieces and pressed together." WAIT what about making the sphere out of Titanium???? Thats a 2 hour program in itself! Of course, that is on the Discovery channel. History Channel is pretty good and fairly in depth. (Message edited by PSIP on July 14, 2007) |
Psip Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1965 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 11:15 pm: | |
Just a reminder that Friday, at 12:30PM and 6:30PM, this show will air on THC. |
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 713 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:07 pm: | |
Just saw this. Nice vintage clips. Interviews with a handful of former Motown stars, tour of Hitsville, but at 21 minutes it's way too short. |
Psip Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1967 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:16 pm: | |
I thought it was pretty good. It was way to short. I did think the historic footage was integrated very well. They did not dwell on the riot, but it was part of the story. |
14509glenfield Member Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 1105 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:55 pm: | |
Motown and the preceding other "short" of Man Lands on the Moon integrated...Music and Lunar Landings in one word....use an Apollo. |