I’ve heard that, but since I’m computer illiterate I don’t know how it all works. But since I’m on Prodigy tonight, I’m learning a lot through my typist, Peter.

The remark plays on the early-1990s novelty of consumer online services (like Prodigy) and on celebrity discomfort with emerging technology. Sherman frames himself as “computer illiterate,” then undercuts the confession by noting he is nevertheless “on Prodigy tonight,” relying on a “typist” to mediate his participation. The humor comes from the mismatch between being present in an online space and not personally operating the machine—an echo of earlier eras when public figures dictated correspondence. Read more broadly, it captures a transitional moment in digital culture when access often depended on intermediaries and when learning the new medium happened socially, through helpers, rather than through intuitive personal use.