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Direct connection

By Matthew Rutledge on 12/06/2009

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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Posted in Cultural Ephemera, video | Tagged 1979, Disco, marketing, philadelphia, promo, TV, video | Leave a response

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