> He was always so pleasant and good natured on the air. <
Yes. That was back when you could watch a mainstream news program and not automatically get upset.
Absolutely right. You didn’t have the horrible harpies on shows like The View. You didn’t have nonstop TDS. You had pleasant people like Jane Pauley and Gene Shalit to start your day. I rarely watched any of the morning shows, but when I did glance at them, they always seemed like nice people.