Whenever I hear the voice of longtime (very long) CBS news commentator Christopher Glenn, I'm transported back to the days when Satruday morning TV was for kids.
For a decade, starting in 1972, he hosted In the News. For some reason I'll never forget the computery sound of the audio theme (it wasn't really a song, just a 5 second sound) or the animated spinning globe that opened the short current events news segments that were served between the shining stars of the pinnacle of children's television that was 70s Saturday morning cartoons.
I don't normally listen to a station that plays CBS news, I'm an NPR man, but this morning I bummed a ride from my mother, who works close enough to where I do that she doesn't mind, and she had on the local am talk station upon which Mr. Glenn can be heard every morning with a short current events roundup much like 'In the News' was but for grownups.
Today's broadcast, though, made obvious that noone is perfect- even an inveterate professional like Mr. Glenn. Several times he had to re-read a word or slow down and correct himself. Even with these glitches, though, the news was communicated smoothly and clearly in a manner only a seasoned pro can pull off.
And with the nostalgic connection to my youth I always feel when I hear his voice, I'd probably tune in to listen to him read the phonebook, but if Speed Buggy didn't come on in a few minutes, I'd probably switch back to NPR or put in my Abner Jay tape.
Posted by Roger at May 15, 2003 08:52 AM"In The News". what a great concept: Package current events into kid sized chunks and toss them into the commercial breaks during the Saturday morning cartoons. I clearly remember the morning I learned that women would be allowed onto Navy ships as crew members... I don't remember which jammies I was wearing or which sugar coated cereal I was eating straight from the box... I do however remember that it was Mr. Glenn's silky baratoe that delivered the news to me.
Posted by: ken at May 17, 2003 08:46 PM