Friday, November 20, 2009

Photographers Are We

From my Surly Editor® Mike James, a vintage clip I'd all but forgotten. I don't know HOW: it's brilliant, timeless and more than a little Pythonesque. You don't see many station promos this whimsical anymore, but it's really no sillier than your average spot featuring some middle-aged weatherman all puffed up and voguing atop his very own Doppler tower. Now for something completely different...


Produced in the mid-80's by WTHR-13-NBC in Indianapolis, "Photographers Are We," celebrates the hard-working camera-toters who had just helped WTHR be named "Indiana news photography 'Station of the Year,' for the fourth year in a row. Anybody know these guys?

6 comments:

  1. That. Was. AWESOME! Seriously, I loled.

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  2. holy crap! a station promoting photography. that's almost as funny as the spot!

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  3. Simply brilliant!

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  4. BTW, I found out I've got to pick a story for the Holiday Photog Special. We get a whole half-hour!

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