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Bloggie Howser, M.D.

After I posted about the DVD for season one of Doogie Howser, M.D. being the worst DVD release ever last week, a reader emailed me the following:

Remember how each episode of Doogie Howser ended with him typing a diary entry into his PC?

So ... he had an electronic journal that was read by millions. Not a particularly conventional distribution medium, but wouldn't that technically make him the first, if not among the first, blogger?

Awesome! Doogie, you trailblazer, I'm sorry I bashed you.

Update: I've gotten two emails about prior art on this. Pete asks if Mr. Belvedere would count since he wrote in a journal during every show, and J. Curtis believes that Captain Kirk was one of the first audio bloggers (or perhaps podcasters?) for doing his captain's log each episode.

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This entry is part of the kottke.org weblog, of which The wonderous legs of Oscar Pistorius is the latest entry.

Within this weblog, this entry belongs in the Teevee, Weblogs categories and was published in March 2005.

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