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> On Wed, 18 May 1994, Gloria Monti (GD 1995) wrote:
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> > > Did anyone see Harvey Pekar's appearance on David Letterman
> > > Monday night?  His showings always makes for interesting
> > > television.
> > >
> >         This major *Non Film Theory* detour allows me to take Matt's
> > question one step further and ask this list a question which I have
> > been debating with a member of Screen-l for quite some time.
> >         Question: how many of you watch Letterman?
> >         I find it hard to believe that the whole nation is raving about
> > the show, as it has been pointed out to me.  I also find the long lines
> > outside the theater to gain access to the show, as well as the whole
> > souvenir shop deal quite puzzling.
> >         Opinions welcome.  Thank you.
> >         Jeremy, do not police me. I am doing some American Studies-popular
> > culture field work here. :-)
> >
> >         Gloria Monti
> >
> Well. . .this appears to be the age of "stupid," Gloria; if it's
> stupid, eg, "Beavis & Butthead" and "Stupid Pet Tricks," then it sells.
> Of course, "stupid" has always sold, but I suspect there's bit more
> technique a Buster keaton-like "stupid" than a Letterman. That's a
> ridiculous comparison, anyway. overall, though, I'd say Letterman at this
> point is the master of "stupid." Anyone, by comparison, like jay leno,
> for instance, is just stupid.
>
> Patrick [log in to unmask]
>
 
 Did someone mention Beavis and Butthead?
 
    Q.  Do they represent the completion of a return to "oral primacy"?
    Q.  What is oral primacy?
    Q.  Are the words "suck" and "cool" just other ways of grunting?
    Q.  Is our mulitiplicity and complication just other forms of grunting?
 
 
 
    Mike Nischik