STANDING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES!

Woody Allen in 1977 with Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall"
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it was in the film "Annie Hall" where Allen gets stuck in a movie ticket line behind a braggadocios college professor trying hard to impress a 20-something student (he's obviously on a date with) that he is an expert on the author Marshall McLuhan, of "Understanding Media" fame. An amusing footnote: Only two of us in my high school Media Class read that book as an assignment; Even our teacher admitted he couldn't make sense of it. I can't speak for the other kid; I was trying to be "Cool". I wasn't. Back to the film: Allen's frustration is building. Finally, he looks directly into the camera (a technique that I still find hysterical!) and says the following to the movie theater audience.

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Allen: "What do ya do when you get stuck in line with a guy like this?"
Professor: "Hey! What? I can't have an opinion?"
Allen: "Your opinion, sure. But do you have to pontificate like that? Marshall McLuhan. You don't know anything about Marshall McLuhan!"
Professor: "Oh, is that right? Well, it just so happens that I teach a course at Columbia called 'T.V., Media and Culture'. So, I think that my insights into Mr. McLuhan's work is...is....valid".
Allen: "Oh yeah? Well I just happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here (actually pulls author McLuhan out in front of the camera from behind a cardboard advertisement).
Allen to McLuhan: "Tell him".
McLuhan: "Yes, I heard what you had to say. You know NOTHING of my work. The fact that you teach a class in anything at all is truly amazing!"
Allen looking back into camera lens: "Ah, if only life were like this!"

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