Matthew Rutledge » leotards http://mattrut.com It's my website, but you can read it! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Back when leotards told the story http://mattrut.com/2009/11/30/back-when-leotards-told-the-story/ http://mattrut.com/2009/11/30/back-when-leotards-told-the-story/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:41:28 +0000 Matthew Rutledge http://mattrut.com/?p=1487 Thanks to my inimitable friend Joseph, who has a penchant for finding all the weirdest crap that youtube has to offer, I have now watched this 1980 WFAA-TV (Dallas/Fort Worth) promo video eleventy times.

It is nuts how in 1980, mustachioed men in leotards were simply “court jesters” that told the story of TV ratings success, and not big flaming homosexuals doing pirouettes.

This is really worth a watch — for a number of reasons. It offers a glimpse into a world of broadcast television that used to spend lots of money to develop strong brand images, and it also offers a glimpse into the world of leotard-wearing fancy men circa 1980 in The Metroplex.

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