{"id":3283,"date":"2009-02-19T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2009-02-19T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T19:38:00","slug":"i-remember-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"I Remember When&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s lunchtime news chum all seems to come from the &#8220;I Remember When&#8221; era&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>From the \u201c<b>I Remember When Bozo Meant Something More Than an Insult<\/b>\u201d Department:<\/i> One of the earliest children\u2019s TV performers was Bozo the Clown. Originally devised by Capitol Records for children\u2019s records, he moved first to children\u2019s TV on KTTV in Los Angeles, then later many local copies and syndication through <a href=\"http:\/\/cahwyguy.livejournal.com\/748075.html\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Harmon<\/a> productions. One of the <a href=\"http:\/\/cahwyguy.livejournal.com\/6316.html\" target=\"_blank\">most famous and longest running Bozos was the Chicago production<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/chi-0218-bozo-main-storyfeb18,0,3378318.story\" target=\"_blank\">the Chicago Tribune has a nice piece on where Bozo and his props are today<\/a>. Many are still at the station, or awaiting the new home of the Museum of Broadcasting in that area. But Bozo, even today, still seems to hold a fond place in people\u2019s hearts.\n<p>In other children\u2019s TV news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/obituaries\/la-me-wayne-thomas18-2009feb18,0,1956990.story\" target=\"_blank\">Freight Train Wayne from the Engineer Bill show has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li><i>From the \u201c<b>I Remember When Schools Had Chalkboards<\/b>\u201d Department:<\/i> The Sacramento Bee has a nice piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/ourregion\/story\/1632757.html\" target=\"_blank\">what may be the last school in Sacramento County to have a chalkboard<\/a>. It appears that chalkboards, and even whiteboards, are disappearing from schools, being replaced with electronic whiteboards with touchable computerized screens. Some teachers don\u2019t care. Some prefer the old fashioned chalk that permitted you to combine colors (something a whiteboard doesn\u2019t do well), and can produce shading, and can be done without requiring power.\n<li><i>From the \u201c<b>I Remember When Leykis was political talk on KFI<\/b>\u201d Department:<\/i> Radio in Los Angeles is ever shifting, and it appears another shift is happening Friday, when at the end of Tom Leykis\u2019 program at 5pm, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/music_blog\/2009\/02\/klsx-going-top.html\" target=\"_blank\">KLSX 97.1 will drop talk radio and become Top 40<\/a>. Evidently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format\" target=\"_blank\">all host contracts have been cancelled, and the talk is going<\/a>. Some, like <a href=\"http:\/\/mahalo.30.forumer.com\/index.php?s=5d8f87a581573134531bdce615b646c9&#038;showforum=2\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Carolla<\/a>, will <a href=\"http:\/\/mahalo.30.forumer.com\/index.php?showtopic=11458\" target=\"_blank\">be moving to podcasts<\/a>. I don\u2019t know what is happening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blowmeuptom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leykis<\/a> (may be NSFW) &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodone.com\/site\" target=\"_blank\">Westwood One<\/a> has already dropped his syndication, but when I caught a bit the other day, he seemed to be promoting his show. No great loss, really, as his show had become a parody of itself. I miss his KFI days, though, when he actually did political talk quite well. As for what KLSX is becoming: The format, described as playing &#8220;all the hits,&#8221; will also be online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ampradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.ampradio.com<\/a> (don\u2019t visit if flashing does you in). Artists will include Justin Timberlake, Beyonc\u00e9, Rihanna, T.I., Kanye West, Usher, Britney, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, and Katy Perry, among others. Needless to say, I won\u2019t be listening to it.\n<li><i>From the \u201c<b>I Remember When The Mets Played at Shea<\/b>\u201d Department:<\/i> They did, but they can\u2019t anymore. The last piece of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/19\/sports\/baseball\/19shea.html?hp\" target=\"_blank\">Shea Stadium came down yesterday<\/a>.  Now what will the pilots use as a reference?<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s lunchtime news chum all seems to come from the &#8220;I Remember When&#8221; era&#8230;. From the \u201cI Remember When Bozo Meant Something More Than an Insult\u201d Department: One of the earliest children\u2019s TV performers was Bozo the Clown. 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