That's the way Ted Baxter, THE ANCHORMAN, would greet the staff of the make believe TV station in Minneapolis where Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) was employed.
In those days of 3 networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) and PBS, many of us in the real world of television news watched (and learned) about how to do things right (like Lou Grant said) or not so right (as Ted Baxter did).
In was during those times that I decided every TV newsroom should have an autographed picture of Ted Baxter hanging on the wall - so I wrote him a letter and asked for an autograph.
OK, don't make fun, yes it was a letter. E-mail hadn't been invented, yet.
A few weeks later I opened a large manila envelope, and there it was - an autographed picture of Ted Baxter - ANCHORMAN.
My photo is long gone, so I looked for a similar photograph - and found one on the internets this throwback Thursday. The photo shown below is just like the one I received.
My photo included a note that said a recent move in production studios caused the tardy reply to my request for a photo.
The autograph on my photo said, as any anchorman would hope for a competing station (ha ha) :
Hi Rodger
Keep of the fair work!
Ted Knight
Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) - thanks for trying to keep Ted on the straight and narrow - and the rest of the office staff focused on the issue of the day. Thanks for the memories. You made it on your own!
