1994: “Today”: “What is the Internet, Anyway?”
Some confusion is obvious on the set of NBC’s “Today” show, regarding the Internet and the @-sign. This is reportedly footage from between segments that was not originally aired, and apparently dates to January 1994, around the time of the Northridge earthquake (that occurred literally five minutes from where I’m sitting, and which I remember very well indeed). Both the video and audio of this clip were in terrible shape when I received it recently — I’ve cleaned up both as much as possible, though the quality (especially hue distortion) still definitely isn’t anything to write home about. Don’t laugh too hard at Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric. It’s easy to forget how relatively recent a phenomenon the Internet is for most persons who use it today!
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You know what isn’t funny. You or someone like you posting this exact comment on every old video talking about the internet.
I was so not expecting this comment. Top notch sir top notch! ;b
who cares about a bunch of cavemen who died millions of years ago
what is the exact day of this?
you know what would be funny? if someone were to somehow someday harness the power of this thing called the “internet” to then share this video with others who would mock us for how little we understand about this “internet”. that could never happen…right?
“What is the Internet anyway?”
“That’s something that people will use to watch you in 15 years and laugh their asses of because you asked!”
I’d be interested in knowing that, too. Actually, the _Demolition Man_ folks have admitted there never was any explanation. Great running joke, though.
That sir, is the correct response.
Well done… There would be a prize, but unfortunately I don’t understand how to send one over internet.
What is it anyway?
the internet is a series of tubes, obviously.
NEXT: How to use the three shells
Haha funny vid… but seriously what is the internet?
Idiot, The World Wide Web was launched 4 years prior to this
I remember my paw first mentioning the networking and communication through computers… oh how I wanted the internet. Didn’t get it til I was 17, my parents seemd so slow on the uptake. That was 1997
your on it bitch lol, oh and you mean geeks n00b
winning the internetz was impossible for most back then…they did not know how it was won
0:37 That @ symbol looks different.
Yes, anything after 1995 is late 90′s.
You’ve got FAIL!
life was so much better back than.it was the days that society didnot have to depend on a computer. good and every kind of music was played on the radio.good tv shows were played only on tv.pictures were shown at home and socializing was direct or through by phone. and even education was taught through paper and pencil. and even back than we weren’t so dependent on technology like we are now. just tell me what happens if one day we don’t have a computer in front of us.
“You don’t need a phone line to operate internet?”
LOL
I wish we were still like this…. instead of being ‘on’ it all the time…. it was a simpler time
lolololololol
I’ve heard of the internet in 1996, I was in middle school. Back then, the internet didn’t have a firewall to block inappropriate sites. So kids my age were forbidden to use it on school property. I didn’t actually use it until 1999 at my aunts house.
Now it’s overrun with attention whores and it’s not the same anymore. It used to be peaceful. Now there is such a bad stigma attached to it. They should only let people over the age of 21 to use it. It will cut out a lot of the nonsense.
& then there were trolls.
I think the Internet Yellow Pages have achieved black hole mass and density by now.
I see a lot of “deep philosophical debates” on Youtube. It’s funny how the Internet was originally promoted and what it really attracted and fostered. “An exchange of ideas” = “vicious flame war between two stubborn cretins who probably rarely leave the house”
I think Google owns all those now…
I made one too!
Man, I wish I had the internet! All I have now is YouTube! Its a shame how technologically stunted the 21st century is..
The internet is a serious business
I can’t believe that somewhere in the video internet was compared to something like programing a vcr in terms of learning dificulty. If people from the 80s90′s thought that vcrs were complicated to program give them a smartphone or…ANY gadget from todays age and their brain will explode!
“If you are in the market for a new computer make sure to tell your dealer that you need access to the internet”.
SHITTT!! I just ordered a laptop from dell, and I didn’t tell them that I’ll need access to the internet. what am i going to dooooo!?
ok thx lol i still havent seen/read a digital newspaper yet, i guess i just prefer the real thing
“What Is Internet, Anyway?” A nigger.
what the hell is the name of the song in the very VERY beginning
Yeah, remember that time when we would get from point A to point B on horseback? Yea…
Many papers have e-editions for ipads etc.
I think “Internet” could be big!
this is confusing, … i have never read a daily newspaper on the internet . how do you do that? the only way i know you can read a newspaper is to buy one from a shop.. strannge video lol
About to move backwards even farther if SOPA passes
Hey, that’s High Noon by DJ Shadow starting at 0:16…
The Internet is really, really great… FOR PORN!
A lot of bad haircuts and big glasses on this video. Way to break from stereotypes, 90s people!!
I want to go back to 1997
Lol
My personal favorite, internet pornography.
It’ll never last.
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