J. L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade Detroit, MI 1973

[TheStanbabe]

I remember watching The J.L.Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS TV back in 1973.."Dr Sesuss"(Teddy Geisell)was the parade's grand marshall.

[tahirahj]

my mom was prego with me and had me @ Hutzle hospital of Detroit in April 4, 74 :-)

[bscurti]

lived in detroit fom 69-76. my dad worked for motown at the building that used to be on woodward ave before it became a parking lot. he used to take us down to the offices to watch the parade from berry gordy's office. this video brings back alot of good memories. went back there this year for the first time since moving away over 30 yrs ago. it's a shame what has happened to the area

[RealDetroiter]

I lived at Parkside Projects in the early Seventies and quite a few other places around the City throughout the years.. I saw Oopsy in person at one years Shrine Circus.

[ovalvw57]

grew up in Detroit and the only time I went to the parade was in 73. Thanks!

[Bioshockerxx]

thanks for this footage, its great to see OOPSY the clown from ch4 again I used to watch him alot along with bozo on ch9.JL Hudsons was a magnificent store I love the toyland and the elevator operators pulling that gate a cross to go up.Being from Windsor we wnt on the tunnel bus shopping with my grandmother who was also hungarian and she would speak to me in hngarian to watch ot for the "feketa".LOL!!!

[sle1973]

I was at this parade with my high school sweetheart, one of my favorite memories. Thanks for the video

[kb8mcz]

Thats when I took this vedio, with my highschool sweet heart also!

[mdumas43073]

My mom often talks about going down to Hudson's (and Crowley's) at Christmas time in the '50s and '60s.

It's all long gone, now.

[thenegas2008]

i remember taking the fort st bus downtow with my mother. at least2-3 a month.what happend to you detroit. i can remember a funny incident that happend on the bus once. well we lived near delray which at time was mostly hungarin be of hungarian decent myself at the time could speak it quite well . well 1 day on the these 2 older ladys were speaking hungarian .thinking no could understabd them to be continued

[thenegas2008]

well they wher just gabbing away in hungarian . but oh my god you should have seen the look of shock and disbelief in the faces when i started to speak with my mother in hungarian. it was so funny i was 10 at the time 1956

[Dread315]

I was born and raised in Detroit. This is from the year I was born! Thanks for posting!

[nikkiesalsa]

I lived in detroit fmom 1997 until 2006. I can't believe that it was ever that clean and pretty.

[detroitchuckie]

Thats Mayor Gribbs giving Santa the key to the city.

[phiteau2002]

I remember as a child my mother an I shopped at the JL Hudson building, it was great. I live in MO now, I watched them blow the JL Hudson building up on the discovery channel. I felt like a part of me died when I saw that. My Daddy took us to that parade every year until he died in 1984. I miss Detroit.

[loungelizard5000]

Or oopsie.

[loungelizard5000]

I think it was Oopsy...not Oppsy.

[krapug1]

Yes, Hudson's was truly, "The Christmas Store" and then some. Thank You for this great peak at what was the 2nd largest department store in the USA.

[MikeWilsonTrac]

I was on the Bozo the Clown Show when I was

seven! Cub Scout Troop 1173!

[kb8mcz]

I was on it also when I was in the Cub Scouts but dont remember the year (middle or late sixties)or my Troop #.

[RMH69]

I WAS ON THE OPPSIE SHOW WHEN I WAS 5

[Biggie1231]

Wow thats so Clear

[becksgr]

Oppsy the Clown!!!! Thats great

[kb8mcz]

You hit the nail right on the HEAD!!

[meinkrys]

Believe or not Detroit was once a truly Great American City. National disgrace if you ask me.

[kb8mcz]

Yes, it was once a great place! Sad

[Winnin813]

Thats amazing. Damn Hudsons had to be blown up. Stupid Detroit .