Playboy: A Columbia coed was recently quoted in Newsweek as equa… — “Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 66, reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 254.

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Playboy: A Columbia coed was recently quoted in Newsweek as equating you with LSD. "LSD doesn't mean anything until you consume it," she said. "Likewise McLuhan." Do you see any similarities?
McLUHAN: I'm flattered to hear my work described as hallucinogenic, but I suspect that some of my academic critics find me a bad trip.

“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 66, reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 254.

Quote #4379

Year: 1969

Chapter: McLuhanisms & Zingers

Notes: The Newsweek article mentioned is “The message of Marshall McLuhan”, Newsweek, Vol. 69, Iss.10, March 6, (1967), P 53-57