{"id":1372,"date":"2011-12-15T08:36:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2011-12-15T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T13:36:15","slug":"but-first-in-your-neck-of-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/12\/but-first-in-your-neck-of-the-woods.html","title":{"rendered":"“But First … In Your Neck Of The Woods”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happened during that hour?<\/p>\n

I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

I am referring to this morning from 7 am to 8 am when I couldn’t find my remote control and decided to do some writing instead … pity the poor readers of THAT article!<\/p>\n

But seriously, I am an avid Today<\/em> show viewer despite the liberal leanings of Matt Lauer and NBC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Al Roker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reason is I think the production value of the show is much better than the “trying to hard” Good Morning America<\/em> and the ” attempting to be viable” CBS Morning Show<\/em>, or whatever it’s called these days.<\/p>\n

But back to my 7a to 8a “plight”.\u00a0 Despite the fact I prefer Today, I really didn’t miss the “But first, this is Today on NBC” segue too much.<\/p>\n

After all these years, I’m still not sure that makes sense…<\/p>\n

Or Al Roker<\/em> passing it off to my local NBC weatherman by saying over and over “Let’s see what’s happening in your neck of the woods!”<\/p>\n

I have some woods behind my condo, but I’m not sure how many people across the country do. Or perhaps I’m just flat worn out by hearing it.<\/p>\n

Sheesh, can NBC retire, like Willard Scott<\/strong>, those two expressions already?<\/p>\n

Actually Willard is still around, doing his tribute to the golden oldie seniors who reach 100.<\/p>\n

Thank you Smuckers<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Which leads me to my last knock: how about turning down that background music while Willard is doing his spot?<\/p>\n

The next grandma you see … might be mine, after all.<\/p>\n

“But first …”<\/p>\n

Check out Matt\u2019s features on the New York Yankees at: http:\/\/yanksgoyard.com\/author\/mattster\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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