While the previous video was more of an internal self-promotion video for WFAA in Dallas, this video was a major ad campaign used during junctions and station breaks for Philadelphia’s KYW-TV. It is simply stunning — these promos have a futuristic, whimsical, avant-garde tenor paired with a bit of psychedelia. It might be the closest TV ever came to producing something obviously influenced by cocaine.
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What I am about to show you is brilliant, in and of itself. It manages to make Philadelphia seem like one gigantic fire hydrant set loose, this weird combination of hip, informed, dramatic and coy at the same time.
However, this is just the song KYW-TV used for their Direct Connection promo spots, which aired from 1979–1980. The background images are the same ones used during the actual commercials, but the footage of the commercials themselves have been taken off ..read more
