One of the feebler characteristics of the age – strongest in Japan – is that if it’s possible to do a thing, it should be done, regardless of whether its worth doing or anyone actually wants it, and in a development that sounds about as enticing as a party in a phone booth, a bulletin board operator, America Online, yesterday launched Online Tonight, a talk show, where once a month, subscribers will be able to feed questions to a guest via host David Lawrence, who for the inaugural monthly show interviewed Beach Boy Bruce Johnston; according to the Teleputing Hotline, the show features downloadable photos and takes place in an electronic auditorium where questions are passed to monitors, then on to the host and finally the guest.
