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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Trudy Haynes is my favorite. “I’m your direct connection… to ..read more
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 ..read more
One of my softest of soft spots, as soft as a baby’s skull, is for overwrought, extended television jingles that serve to connect a TV station with some kind of greater cultural meaning. Australia has the best ones, because it has that Commonwealth aesthetic, but tends to involve really folksy, silly montages of people hugging, drinking beer, running around in speedos, etc. This one for “Channel 0″ in 1980 is a real classic; the first time I saw it, I ..read more
