silber@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Jeffrey Silber) (02/18/86)
A favorite example of meta humor is from Annie Hall:
Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) is being bothered by a pseudo-intellectual in line
who is quoting Marshall McCluhan. Alvy replies "Well I happen to have Mr.
McCluhan right here" fetches him from behind a sign board, and proceeds to
deflate the pseudo-intellectual. Alvy then remarks to the camera: "don't you
wish real life was like this..."
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