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Dallas Backdrop on GMA

Posted on December 5th, 2007 11:10am by Adam McGill
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Watchers of ABC’s Good Morning America (and readers of Unfair Park) know Dallas is one of three cities invited to design a backdrop for the show — along with New York and Chicago. Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau (smartly) tapped Brad Oldham to do the design. Wanna see it? Okay (photo credit: Ida Mae Astute/ABC):

Dallas GMA backdrop

14 Comments to “Dallas Backdrop on GMA”

Puddin'Tane @ December 5th, 2007 at 11:54 am

Good Gawd Y’All!!!

For a minute I thought it was the Dollar Tree store.

Well…at least it’s colorful and “sparkly”.
HR Director @ December 5th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

Well, that’s very interesting.
Ed @ December 5th, 2007 at 12:24 pm

Pretty pathetic - looks like a kid’s room.
Bethany @ December 5th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

From what I gather, there was a whole lot of tussle between Oldham and the GMA producers about what would be included. I’d be curious to find out what part of that was their insistence, and what part was Oldham’s original concept. I also heard he had far less time to produce that than the other cities involved had.

If I were just guessing, I’d say the bottom half o’crap was someone else’s idea.
Kelly @ December 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

Why does everything from Dallas have to be so big and over the top!! Hold on to that sterotype!!

Why no posts of Chicago or NY for reference?

Are those Ice Skates?
Matt @ December 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

The first thing my eye is drawn to is MODANO in the corner. If we’re going for the big sports hero of the moment in town, shouldn’t that be a Romo jersey? It’s off-putting.
And LOL about the ice skates!
Anne @ December 5th, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Who are those little people on the top? Isn’t there a reference to Neiman Marcus? And why do we always have to have cowboy boots??
Daniel @ December 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pm

I’m no art director, but this “treatment” is distressingly middlebrow. Very Dillard’s, n’est-ce pas?
Gwyon @ December 5th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

To their credit, this is exactly what I picture when I think of Dallas.
Miss M @ December 5th, 2007 at 2:09 pm

Perhaps Brad should have gotten some help from his brother, Todd.
Puddin'Tane @ December 5th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Gwyon: pretty close.

If Oldham meant to show a Dallas where people throw lots-o-money at pure crap then he hit the nail on the head!

In fact, if you look close enough you can see that stolen 350k diamond ring….
Bethany @ December 5th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

It’s missing a Silver City courtesy van, a McMansion, and a Jim Schutze action figure wandering the banks of the Trinity River.
Puddin'Tane @ December 5th, 2007 at 2:23 pm

Btw, the antler tree must have been thrown in for good measure for the deer hunting set down in Mexia.
Uptown's Downtown @ December 7th, 2007 at 1:15 pm

It’s missing an eight ball, blonde wig, a pair of silicone implants, and a BMW. . .and where in the hell is the 30K millionaire sign?