I was telling someone about the Negro fellow who was apprehended… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 177

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

I was telling someone about the Negro fellow who was apprehended outside a house with a sofa on his head. When questioned, he said, “I ain’t a looter. I’m a psychiatrist and I’m making a house call.”

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 177

Quote #4417

Year: 1967

Chapter: McLuhanisms & Zingers