Vintage Ads

This one is fun for its pure 70s-ness and Ron Burgundy feel to it even without the mustaches. I grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and local news was (is?) a huge deal and many broadcasters who went on to national fame got their start there. Verne Lundquist also hosted the Dallas version of Bowling for Dollars about this time.



Not everyone went on to the big time, of course. The guy on the left was the weatherman and bowties were his trademark and wore them until he retired from Channel 8 in 2007. The other two went onto other DFW stations eventually. The woman, Iola Johnson, was the first African-American news anchor in the Dallas area.

This station was and is an ABC affiliate, hence the abc tag.

Edited to add: No mustaches, but we do have at least one bad toupee!