Monday, November 01, 2004
Through force of habit, even though I no longer believe anything they say, I watched 60 minutes on CBS last night. Lorne Michaels was on. He's the dude from Saturday Night Live. They showed a clip from the dark ages, called "News for the Hard of Hearing" where in a small box in the corner, another guy loudly yelled the news that had just been read by the main guy. Mr. Michaels correctly noted that they could never do this sketch today, because now that is a disability. We've made so much progress as a society, that something can go from funny to a disability in 20 years. I long for the day when all things are disabilities, so no one has to be made fun of anymore.
