Who says journalism doesn’t rock?
Author:Date: August 28th, 2009
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Our apologies for all the interrogatory headlines of late on our blog, but we couldn’t think of a more apt way to describe the Arizona Press Club’s 1986 music video.
It’s a five-minute, self-effacing poke at the media by members of the media. It includes cameos from several Arizona politicos who are still around, such as Bruce Babbitt, Fife Symington III and Terry Goddard. Although Phoenix Magazine is not involved, we had to appreciate the snarky humor. It’s a fixture of almost any media outlet.
Whether you love or hate the industry, you have to appreciate the creativity and hard work that went into this piece (and the hideous hairdos of the period). Remember to stick around until the end for the bloopers.The video made us wonder if anything like this would be made today. Given the industry’s turmoil and its increasing distaste for content that could garner any backlash, it’s doubtful such a piece would be blessed by corporate managers (and let’s face it – this one probably wasn’t blessed, either). In this way, watching the press club’s 23-year-old video clip today was refreshing.
And now we can scratch “Watch Terry Goddard do Chuck Berry’s duck walk” off our bucket list.