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Ed Cunningham Directing ‘Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad Of Walter Day,’ Follow-Up To Cult Classic Slamdance Doc ‘The King Of Kong’


Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad Of Walter Day,' a follow-up to doc 'The King of Kong,' is in the works with Ed Cunningham directing.

The documentary follow-up was presaged by a scene in The King of Kong in which Day reveals that he had his heartbroken in the mid-’80s, during the golden age of arcades, and began hearing “big rock, love songs” in his head almost immediately thereafter. Produced by Jon Perkins, Gordon, and Cunningham, Arcades & Love Songs ‘ EPs are Scott Jackson, Kerry & Cathy Loveland, Paul Campoamor, and Harrison Kordestani. A former NFL player for the Cardinals and Seahawks, Cunningham has also spent 30 years as a radio host, television reporter and commentator, having started his network career at CBS before moving to ESPN and ABC.

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