Capital Gang. My grandfather and I shared a love for Chris Matthews and Hardball, which started on an obscure network, America’s Talking, then moved to CNBC and eventually to MSNBC.
Finally, Sunday morning was appointment television for the three major networks’ political talk shows. I personally favored ABC’s long-running This Week With David Brinkley.
For a bit of levity, I tuned in religiously to CNN’s Crossfire, with legendary pundits Bill Press and Robert Novak. They were always yelling, and I’ve never been able to hear very well, so I didn’t get much out of it.
However, I can still do an impression of Novak’s intro to the show, “This is CrossssFIIIIIEEER!”Similarly, I tried never to miss the weekly syndicated, mostly conservative.