A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

…Jack Paar ran a cool show for the cool TV medium, and became a rival for the patrons of the night spots and their allies in the gossip columns. Jack Paar's war with the gossip columnists was a weird example of clash between a hot and cold medium such as had occurred with the "scandal of the rigged TV quiz shows.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, pp 29-30
Year: 1964
Chapter: Hot & Cool
Compiled by William Kuhns
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