# In The News **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157 "2011-03-27T16:20:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/1 "2011-03-27T16:20:26Z")
Does anyone remember [_In The News_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_News)? This, along with _Schoolhouse Rock_, was one of my favourite bits of Saturday morning cartoons. I’d really love to watch all of the original segments again. It would be interesting to see how much has changed in the world, how much hasn’t changed, how news stories of the day turned out, and how the present compares to the early-to-mid-'70s. And I’m a sucker for 16mm documentary footage, vintage styles, and vintage cars. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/2 "2011-03-27T16:37:17Z")
Heh…I remember that [deedilydeedilydeedilydeedily](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qAM6YU3N1g) intro it had. Loved Christopher Glenn’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/3 "2011-03-27T17:24:32Z")
YES! And that deedilydeedilydeedilydeedily thing too! Somehow I misremembered/attributed the narrator to Charles Osgood (maybe from my love of the Osgood File). Maybe he subbed sometimes? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/4 "2011-03-27T17:28:07Z")
**Johnny** , there are a few segments on YouTube. Not a lot, though…like less than ten, that I could find. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/5 "2011-03-27T17:29:51Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > YES! > > And that deedilydeedilydeedilydeedily thing too! > > Somehow I misremembered/attributed the narrator to Charles Osgood (maybe from my love of the Osgood File). Maybe he subbed sometimes? The wiki article **Johnny** linked says it was Christopher Glenn and Gary Shepard who did the narrations. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/6 "2011-03-27T17:40:20Z")
Thanks. By the way, did anyone else see the title and think **Johnny L.A.** was posting to say he was literally in the news? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/7 "2011-03-27T17:43:04Z")
I’m not even a suspect! Why would I be in the news? Anyway, I didn’t even know the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/8 "2011-03-27T19:12:52Z")
Which came firstI think that “In the News” or “In the Know?” Somehow I had always thought that “In the News” might have evolved out of a “Josie and the Pussycats” segment called “In the Know,” in which the Pussycats hosted a minute or so blurb about. . . something. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-news/576157/9 "2011-03-27T19:19:32Z")
From the link: > [@](#): > > The “micro-series” (as it would be labelled today) had its genesis in a series of animated interstitials produced by CBS and Hanna Barbera Productions called _In The Know_, featuring Josie and the Pussycats narrating educational news segments tailored for children. This was eventually metamorphized into a more live-action-oriented micro-series produced solely by CBS’ news division.