‘NEWS TEAM, ASSEMBLE!’
01.07.10Oh, this is magical. This is a 1982 promo for WITI-6 in Milwaukee (then a CBS affiliate, now with Fox), and it 
captures the early ’80s in all their polyester-wearing, mustachioed glory: Up-tempo music! News van! More news van! Three-piece suits! Check-patterned jackets! Mustaches! News van! Fire! News van! Anchors turning to face the camera! Ba-dum-da-dum-daaaaaaa!
Man, I am SO ready for the news now. That video’s almost perfect. My only critique is that I would have liked more news van.
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I believe we can kick the asses of Iraq AND Afghanistan with this video alone.
“The reporter in the tan coat at right before they go back to the studio at the end is still there as an anchor …”
That would be Mike Miller, now at WISN-TV (Channel 12). There are a number of past luminaries in the Milwaukee media market, including Tom Hooper, onetime Contact 6 investigator. There are glimpses of the late Earl Gillespie, voice of the Milwaukee Braves, and Jim Paschke, now the TV voice of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Director:
I want snap cuts to the BEAT! Boo-boo-booooom!
(does HUGE rail of coke)
More power french horn.
The reporter in the tan coat at right before they go back to the studio at the end is still there as an anchor. Because Milwaukee is just one step below New York and LA, you see.
Wow. That was actually some pretty superb production value for any era’s news team, but considering that was from 1983 is mind-boggling. I’d rather watch that newsteam than the group of mouthbreathing asshats I see today.
@death2spies – “critique” can mean criticism:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critique
I used critique here because it sounded better to my ear in the sentence.
/still the champ
Do they have a PANDA WATCH! in Milwaukee?
I bet they set that barn on fire using the jacket from the guy at the :19 second mark.
I’m Ron Burgandy???
Nice dickstep Enrico.
And as long as I’m irritating people, it’s ‘criticism’, Matt, not ‘critique’
/gets pushed down fire escape in dustbin
60% of the time, this video is awesome EVERY time.
Why is that asshole weatherman drawing on the radar monitor with a permanent marker? He’s fuckin shit up like it’s nobody’s business!!!
I would like to thank that commercial for making Milwaukee look vital and exciting. I also loved the close up of the News Van’s headlights. Headlights=important News. It’s just common sense.
The music kicks ass. It’s badass enough to use as “wake-up music”.
What is that keyboard thing the writer is typing on? It looks like a computer, but there is no screen???
We’ve got a DEADLINE people. A DEADLINE!
WITI-6 in Milwaukee has always been down with the latest trends. The next year, they did a rap intro:
Boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-boom
I’m News Update, and I’m here to say,
I’m the news’iest guy in the USA.
I got a news van and report on houses burning down,
Like your cow if you have one…
/gratuitous Simpsons references will NEVER go out of style.
The director of the Bourne movies took his inspiration from this.
This smells of rich mahogany.
Needs more Wes Mantooth.
That was gold.
Go fuck yourself Milwaukee!
I want to fuck this on a unicorn.
Punch, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
/adjusts Umbro shorts
I still say that News Van looks like a Pedo Van.
In the year 2030, are people going to say we had bad hair?
Wonder how many monitors that guy wrote on before someone bought him an A5 notebook
i trace the downfall of society to the lack of three-piece suits.
Probably the best use of synthesizer we’ll see around here all day
Hell yeah, that makes me want to run through a brick wall.
Could have used a few more hot lady reporters with bad 80′s hair.