I don’t like to get involved in CELEBRITY SPATS, but you can’t insult FRIENDS OF THE PROGRAM and get away with it.
Earlier this week, the public radio financial “news” program Marketplace ran a piece comparing Mac and PC owners. It primarily contained the sort of information you might expect — allusions to Priuses and lattes and the like. Which would have been fine… BUT FOR THE FACT THAT IT ALSO CONTAINED VICIOUS SLANDER.
Perhaps that slander would have slipped unnoticed into the ears of our nation’s Prius-driving, latte-sipping public radio listeners, if it weren’t for eagle-eared Matt Tobey of the CC Insider. Tobey, a righteous warrior in the cause of JUSTICE, pointed out a vicious, unfounded accusation buried within the piece. “Reporter” Andrea Gardner claims, with reference to the Mac v. PC commercials: “the PC guy is overweight and balding.”
Excuse me?
Pardon me?
HOW DARE YOU?!
As we all know, the PC is portrayed by John Hodgman, the handsome, Yale-educated comic writer and former professional literary critic.
And as all of us with ANY SENSE know, JOHN HODGMAN IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT BALDING!
It may be that the esteemed Mr. Hodgman is slightly overweight, though he’s been looking quite trim and health lately in my view. HOWEVER: he has a full, healthy head of hair. He certainly has more hair than I, a NOT-BALD MAN TEN YEARS HIS JUNIOR.
I have registered with the Marketplace staff my EXTREME DISPLEASURE with this IMMORAL AND POSSIBLY ILLEGAL DISCOURSE. I have even recorded it for their benefit, and they promise to REPLAY this recording on this coming TUESDAY during their so-called “program.”
If you wish to register your opinion of their opinion of a GREAT AMERICAN, Mr. John Hodgman, you can use Marketplace’s comment form here.
(Above: NOT BALD, BUT VERY FUNNY)