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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. And Won’t Age Very Well.

By Cal MacLean

Torontoist would like to thank whoever it was that put a “the” before “Internet”.


(“Arguing philosophy”, ROFL.)

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  • http://www.qwantz.com Ryan

    This video was the best use of internet I’ve seen all day!

  • rek

    Don’t forget: Ebaum’s World sucks -
    http://ebaumsworldsucks.com/articles/flash.html

  • http://www.thrownaskew.com Kate

    Thank you to whomever raided the CBC archives. Hilarious.

  • http://www.newmindspace.com lori kufner *

    i (heart) internet!

  • Steve

    Wow that was even before world wide web.
    Internet is cool!

  • http://www.delineated.com Carrie

    Eek. That modem shreaking in my ear brought back memories of the times it took 8 billion years just to read one email.
    *goes and rocks herself in the corner*

  • Marc Lostracco

    Poor Bill Cameron. R.I.P.
    The most charming part of this innocence, aside from people “passing on cooking tips” and clickety keyboards was that they had no idea of the deluge of joke emails, phishing scams and spam to come.
    $200 per year…those were the days. I love how that one guy is called an “internet enthusiast” and that he points out how there are not a lot of putdowns and personal attacks on Internet.
    Also: FILE EDIT PICT MODE COLOR TYPE

  • andrew

    it has a soul?!!

  • DeeKay

    I found it funny how noble the beginnings of Internet were. If only they knew that we would waste a good chunk of our time using it for porn, exchanging Chuck Norris jokes, and watching teenaged kids experiment with Diet Coke and Mentos.

  • Roxanne

    I think the guy with a “deep and abiding passion for all things thai” probably had an inkling of internet’s porn capacities…

  • Mike Jones

    When was that video from?

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstopping David Topping

    No earlier than 92 – I wanna say 93ish?

  • rek

    Does the mid-90s Discovery Channel series “Life on the Internet” hold a special place in anyone else’s heart?

  • http://www.myspace.com/darkstar416 Jason Paris

    Also, funny in the sense that its one of the few videos of CBC’s ill-fated Prime Time News that’s floating around the net.