Comments on: Podcast: civility in online public discourse

By: Paul Fried

Paul Fried — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:41:14 +0000

Re: Aykroyd “Ignorant slut” quip:
One person’s harsh incivility is another’s affectionate, humorous, obscure cultural reference?

Sometimes context is everything.

Memo to LoGroNo readers:
Prereq:
Thorough familiarity with late ’70’s SNL.

If you didn’t watch the right (or left?) TV in the right era, you don’t get the joke, or the civility?

By: Bruce Morlan

Bruce Morlan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:07:40 +0000

Oh my. Having to explain cultural references, next thing you know I won’t be able to use “Watergate” as a prototype for political malfeasance without a Wikipedia link …

By: Ross Currier

Ross Currier — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:32:52 +0000

I love the photos of Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd.

Ah, those were the days…my senior year in high school.

Well, as I think about it, there was much social awkwardness…

…but great comedy on television to boost my spirits at the end of the night.

Have I ever told you that Jane Curtin was from Wellesley, Massachusetts?