If you’re a lifelong Oklahoma City resident over the age of 40 or so, you may remember something called the Cliff Davis Metroplex Magazine.
Well, at least I think that’s what it was called. Back then, Kliff was still a Cliff.
Airing during local commercial breaks at odd hours during the mid to late 90s –and usually sandwiched between spots for Budget Divorce, Oklahoma Discount Furniture and Attorney Victor Wood – the 60-second advertorial “magazine” would feature three or four local mom-and-pop shops that Cliff/Kliff would introduce as “businesses you need to know about.”
Naturally, the reason you’d need to know about these businesses is that they paid Cliff/Kliff – the son of Foreman Scotty – to come out to their store, salon or chiropractic office, shoot some video, write a script, package it all into a 15-second ad, and then air it with other spots in a bulk media buy.
Although he may have attempted a reboot, the Metroplex Magazine is long gone, but Kliff Davis is still alive and kicking as a local AM radio host, enjoying the wild good life as a Western Ave. socialite at the ripe young age of 75.
We know this because he had a big birthday extravaganza this past week and shared photos.