Anyone here remember "In The News", CBS Saturday mornings?

[Aristus]

I've been a newshound from an early age, and I used to love "In The News" on Saturday mornings growing up. It was a little six or seven minute piece about whatever was in the news at the time that might interest kids 7 to about 14 years of age who wanted something more than "The Chan Clan" and toy commercials on television.

Do you remember any of the reports?

The ones I remember most were about the experimental "Gossamer Condor" plane flights, and the advent of the Delorean sports car.

Anybody else remember this?

[Left Is Write]

1. I remember the segment, but no specific stories.

[krkaufman]

5. Ditto

Remember the segment... no specific stories.

Some links...

http://www.jumptheshark.com/i/inthenews.htm

http://thestickingpoint.typepad.com/the_sticking_point/2005/05/does_anyone_els.html


Looks like you could get a clip of an "In the News" segment here...

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/newbonham/835/videos/kidvid.htm

[Aristus]

7. Thanks for the links, krk!

Funny that something like "In The News" should show up on "Jump The Shark".

I liked reading the reminiscences of the spinning globe and the synthesizer music theme.

[trotsky]

2. I remember when they profiled Skylab when it was going to fall down.

I can still hear their little theme "song". Great segment, nice way to keep kids informed. But alas, it took away valuable advertising time so away it went.

[Aristus]

3. I always wondered why it disappeared. Now I know.

I should have guessed. "Don't inform the kiddies abut important world events. Inform them about TRANSFORMERS! They're robots in disguise!"

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. Christopher Glenn!

That's all I remember.

[Aristus]

6. Is that the narrator? I'd forgotten the name.

But I remember his authoritative baritone voice. Really got your attention.

[supernova]

8. I remember, that's what made me a news hound

I remember Christopher Glenn (who still works at CBS radio, I think), but I don't remember specific stories.

It's one of the things that got me interested in the world.

[Aristus]

9. They just don't respect the minds of young kids anymore.

Now the corporate media just wants kids to consume, consume, consume!

[trotsky]

10. A kick for the afternoon crowd, and also a comment...

Get any group of ~30-40 year olds together and ask them about the parts of speech, or the Declaration of Independence, etc. That Saturday morning stuff was ON to something. Kids paid attention and learned. They should have expanded it, not killed it. And worse, replaced it with 30-minute-long toy commercials sandwiched back-to-back.

[kick-ass-bob]

13. conjunction junction, what's your function?

I'm only a Bill, sittin here on Capitol Hill...


You're right - it did work.
:(

[mac56]

16. Thank the Reagan administration for that bit of deregulation.

nm

[Arugula Latte]

11. I loved that segment.

I can still hear the narrator's voice "...and that's why blah blah blah is In The News."

[maveric]

12. I remember that and "Big Blue Marble".

Which had an environmental twist to it.

[Aristus]

14. I LOVED that show!

The biiiiiiiig bluuuuuuuuuu marblllllllle in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

TV really bites these days, doesn't it?

[mac56]

15. And "In The Know"?

Remember the theme song by Josie and the Pussycats?

[swimboy]

19. Pussycats in the Know

Hey, hey, beat the drum--
We're gonna have fun
We're pussycats on the go!

With things to see and places to be
We're groovy cats In The Know!

[mac56]

20. Welcome, swimboy!

:thumbsup:

[swimboy]

22. Saturday Mornings

Thanks, Mac56!

Remember Shazzan? It's ring time, Sis!

Part of the CBS Cartooniverse

[Hugin]

17. I remember it explaining what a "landslide" was relating to the Nixon...

... re-election.

Wonder where that "liberul media bias" was in those days.

[deutsey]

18. Yeah...and Schoolhouse Rock on ABC

Imagine all that time wasted on non-commercial things like news and education. What were they thinking? :sarcasm:

[enigmatic]

21. In The News was a great, great show

Christopher Glenn was Mr. Rogers' smarter, more world-traveler-like younger brother to me; I'd love to see those old eipsodes again..