But to bring intensity to the TV medium is fatal, or at least comic, as witness Archie Bunker's earnestness. It becomes cartoon, like Bugs Bunny, because the TV image is so different in its structure from radio or film. Take President Nixon. He's somewhat untakeable on TV, but quite acceptable on radio or on film.
“Technology and the Human Dimension”, Interview, L. Forsdale, 1974, reprinted in MM: The Man and His Message, 1989, p 23
Year: 1974
Chapter:
Television
Compiled by William Kuhns
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© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan