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In a classic series of Saturday Night Live sketches, Jane Curtin would provide a liberal point of view and then her counterpart Dan Aykroyd would provide a withering response, beginning, "Jane, you ignorant slut." Their point/counterpoint was an over-the-top parody of political discussion. But no longer.
In a recurring parody of 60 Minutes’ “Point-Counterpoint” segment, Curtin played the politically correct liberated female while Aykroyd played the offensively traditionalist right-wing nut...
Oct 8, 2018 · Dan Aykroyd: Tonight on “Point/Counterpoint”, Jane and I will argue Federal Aid for Abortions. Jane will take the Point for Federal Aid, and I will take the Counterpoint against. Jane? Jane Curtin: Safe abortions have always been available to the rich, Dan.
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Host Bea Arthur is Aunt Judy who has cast the four youngins to the basement kiddy table. Enter Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, and well-known Letterman-sidekick Paul Shaffer, Of course, the comedians don’t live up to their adult-sized bodies and soon are shouting and behaving like children at an appropriately-themed table. “Perhaps I am, ...
They’re Bees, they’re banditos, and they’re desperate. The skit begins with Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner relaxing to the radio’s evening news, which is stating, “Swarms of South American Killer Bees have been seen crossing the border into California.” Pretty much immediately thereafter, the window behind is filled with a large, extremely large, kil...
Frustrated patrons are annoyed that they can only get cheeseburgers, chips, and Pepsi at The Olympia Restaurant. John Belushi breaks the news to customers at the register that instead of Coke, it’ll be Pepsi, no fries you get chips, and that’s right, cheeseburgers for all. If a customer complained about having to order a cheeseburger, Belushi would...
This was some cutting-edge racial satire back in ‘75! Possibly the raciest racial joke on network television to date, and possibly still to-date. Richard Pryor was the invited host and only agreed to do the show with the addition of Pryor’s fellow companion, Paul Mooney as a scriptwriter. Apparently, the interactions with Lorne Michaels and NBC wer...
Speak softly and carry a big sword. We’re staying on the same Richard Pryor episode for my personal favorite appearance by the Saturday Night Live Samurai titled “Samurai Hotel.” Where John Belushi plays a stereotypical samurai wielding a katana. Belushi was infamous for never stepping out of the Samurai persona. In the scene, he and his bellhop Pr...
Another skit that raised the parental guidelines for the show, Point-Counterpoint was a segment on Weekend Update featuring Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd. A spin on 60 Minutes, this debate was about Lee Marvin and Michelle Tiola, and things quickly got heated: “But you wouldn’t know about that Dan…miserable failure.” (“Jane, you ignorant sl–”) The ra...
Chevy is back on this countdown and he’s hungry! The Landshark played by Chevy Chase finds his dinner by politely knocking on doors, using ploys like mumbling, “it’s the plumber.” This skit embodies everything SNL used to be, shots in the dark with an abundance of silliness. The character was a response to the film, Jaws, and would become one of th...
Steve Martin‘s classic tribute to the Egyptian boy king. Martin begins the sketch talking about the trinkets and commercialism that’s detrimental to honoring such historical figures as King Tut. He then preps the audience for his honoring song that he wrote while being ‘up in the woods’. Well cue Steve Martin for a scenery-eating dance, and he does...
In this infomercial, a slick-talking salesman played by Dan Aykroyd advertises the Super Bass-O-Matic ’76 fish blender. With the talents of a used car salesman, Aykroyd wows the viewer with his speech and wows one consumer played by Laraine Newman with a sample glass of the yummy fishy drink. After all, this is the tool that lets you use the whole ...
The Festrunk Brothers, played by Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, prepared for a wild double date with two “foxes.” Contrary to popular belief, Martin was never a cast member but did host 15 times with even more popup-appearances which gave the brother some opportunity to dazzle the ladies. These brothers were culturally inept with enough obnoxious be...
Apr 22, 1978 · Dan Aykroyd: Point/Counterpoint Federal aid for abortions. Jane Curtin: Garrett Morris: Gives Dan marijuana for a paraquat test
Jane Curtin: Bill Murray: Bill Murray's Celebrity Corner. John Belushi... Elizabeth Taylor: Dan Aykroyd: Point/Counterpoint
Feb 3, 2014 · A parody of the 60 Minutes "Point/Counterpoint" segments that ran throughout the Seventies, Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd argued in the steely tone of televised debates, but with insults that ...
