"Jane, you ignorant....." sarcasm, irony, and the conservative mind - AND the bubble we live in.

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7. That skit was based on a 60 Minutes segment

running at the time. And I'm trying to remember who was in it. It was Jane____ ??? and a RW gas bag. Part of the reason the SNL skit was so funny was b/c everybody was watching those 60 Minutes segments.

edit: Found it:

In 1971, the "Point/Counterpoint" segment was introduced, featuring James J. Kilpatrick and Nicholas von Hoffman (later Shana Alexander), a three-minute debate between spokespeople for the political right and left, respectively. This segment pioneered a format that would later be adapted by CNN for its Crossfire show. This ran until 1979, when Andy Rooney, whose commentaries were already alternating with the debate segment since the fall of 1978, replaced it. Rooney remained with the program as a regular until his last show on October 2, 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes#.22Point.2FCounterpoint.22_segment


Shana Alexander and James K Kilpatrick. :