Leonard Pitts: How times have changed. And how they haven’t.

You may, if you are old enough, recall a TV actor named Foster Brooks.He was a guest star on such classics of boomer kitsch as "The Monkees," "The Munsters" and "The Mod Squad." But if you do remember him, it's likely for one thing only: his imitation of inebriation. Brooks made his slurring, stammering "funny drunk act" a TV staple, back when drunks were still considered, well ... funny.To recall his career is to marvel at what a difference a generation or two makes.That era produced another TV