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Sent from: cubensis@well.com (John Bagby)
Last night, while watching Colorado Public Television, my roommate
and I came upon a program that has now usurped, in my mind, the 1992
Vice-Presidential debate as the Mother of All Surreal Debates.
The program was a special PBS broadcast of "William F. Buckley's
Firing Line" in the format of a dense, intelligent, surreal, two-hour
debate on the recent signing of the Communications Decency Act.
Debate teams were comprised of the EFF's Barlow/Dyson and the ACLU's
Ira Glasser versus the infamous Buckley and the truly evil Arianna
Huffington (and geek-pundit pals).
The debate is moderated by Michael Kinsley of CNN's Crossfire.
My own favorite bits of surreal brilliance included:
* Buckley vs. Barlow (one-on-one)
* Any words that Arianna Huffington uttered
* Whenever Buckley moved. The man is an alien.
* Moderator Michael Kinsley's bizzare, reactionary facial expressions
This debate is a goddamn classic. You can get tapes for $50 from
Firing Line, or better yet, don't give them your money and dub a
friend's.
Firing Line - "Debate over CDA"
2700 Cypress Street
Columbia, SC 29205
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