Saturday Night Shit

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Sun Oct 14 17:53:03 PDT 2001


Unless he explained to the audience who Chomsky is, I wonder just what percentage got the attempt at humor by invoking his name?

Steve

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, ravi wrote:


> Dennis wrote:
> >
>
> > But last night,
> > as bombs rip through the flesh of Afghan women and children, Quinn
> > returned to give his "view," and it's clear that he's read his Hitchens
> > (or perhaps Richard Bernstein in the Times). Not only did he say that
> > the terrorists hit us because they hate Britney Spears' bellybutton, but
> > he threw in a slam against "Professor Chomsky" for good measure. It was
> > cheap and easy and far from the point...
>
> >
>
> i saw that show too last night and quinn said something meaningless
> like "yeah its all about the oil. thanks prof. chomsky" with a sneer
> on his face. its funny that nbc doesnt mind taking shots at chomsky
> but will probably not dare put the man himself on. having never seen
> quinn anywhere but on SNL (unlike you), i was not surprised - his
> humour has always pandered to conservative notions.
>
> --ravi
>
>
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