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Do 20-Somethings Know Who Alan Alda Is?
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 6, 2010
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For those of you who know who Alan Alda is, you might feel either smug or old now. NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan was at the Upper West Side Apple Store yesterday, where he saw Alan Alda: "[Alda] told the 20-something greeter that he was there to pick up his computer. She asked him to have his picture ID ready. Eventually, a more mature (30-something) technician emerged with the computer. Seeing that Alda had dutifully placed his drivers license on the table, the slightly-older Apple employee said, 'I won’t be needing that.'"
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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