Al Franken

Well, we're beginning to try to make an argument higher up. We're thinking maybe this is something General Electric will understand, that we're in competition with cable and Saturday Night Live's on at 11.30 and at least at one time had a reputation of being on the cutting edge. And some of the censorship that we've had this year and in the last couple of years has really been silly. Yeah.

We wrote a sketch called Jew Not a Jew. It was a game show in which it would be like a big board and someone's picture would come up. It would be like Family Feud and there would be two families and Penny Marshall's face would come up on it. There you go.

We wrote a sketch called Jew Not a Jew. It was a game show in which it would be like a big board and someone's picture would come up. It would be like Family Feud and there would be two families and Penny Marshall's face would come up on it. There you go.

We wrote a sketch called Jew Not a Jew. It was a game show in which it would be like a big board and someone's picture would come up. It would be like Family Feud and there would be two families and Penny Marshall's face would come up on it. There you go.

She was, you know, the star of Laverne and Shirley, now a director, married to all the family's meathead one time, Penny Marshall, Jew or not a Jew? And then ding, ding, ding, ding, take it Knopfler's. You know, she's from New York or something. She's got a big nose. We're going to say Jew. Sorry. Penny Marshall is Italian, of Italian descent.

She was, you know, the star of Laverne and Shirley, now a director, married to all the family's meathead one time, Penny Marshall, Jew or not a Jew? And then ding, ding, ding, ding, take it Knopfler's. You know, she's from New York or something. She's got a big nose. We're going to say Jew. Sorry. Penny Marshall is Italian, of Italian descent.

She was, you know, the star of Laverne and Shirley, now a director, married to all the family's meathead one time, Penny Marshall, Jew or not a Jew? And then ding, ding, ding, ding, take it Knopfler's. You know, she's from New York or something. She's got a big nose. We're going to say Jew. Sorry. Penny Marshall is Italian, of Italian descent.

But anyway, the point was that our censors said, no, you can't do this because some people will take it the wrong way. And we're just saying, well, yeah, but it's not intended to be anti-Semitic. I'm Jewish. I wrote it. I'm Jewish. This is what we used to do at home when we were sitting at home. We'd see Mel Farrar on TV and go, you think he's a Jew? I don't know.

But anyway, the point was that our censors said, no, you can't do this because some people will take it the wrong way. And we're just saying, well, yeah, but it's not intended to be anti-Semitic. I'm Jewish. I wrote it. I'm Jewish. This is what we used to do at home when we were sitting at home. We'd see Mel Farrar on TV and go, you think he's a Jew? I don't know.

But anyway, the point was that our censors said, no, you can't do this because some people will take it the wrong way. And we're just saying, well, yeah, but it's not intended to be anti-Semitic. I'm Jewish. I wrote it. I'm Jewish. This is what we used to do at home when we were sitting at home. We'd see Mel Farrar on TV and go, you think he's a Jew? I don't know.

And my dad would go, you know, Leslie Howard is Jewish, Alan. Really? Yes, he is.

And my dad would go, you know, Leslie Howard is Jewish, Alan. Really? Yes, he is.

And my dad would go, you know, Leslie Howard is Jewish, Alan. Really? Yes, he is.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So it's sort of a living. We made it into this game show.

So it's sort of a living. We made it into this game show.

So it's sort of a living. We made it into this game show.

No, it never got on the air. And it's just stupid, you know? I mean, I think at one point they, like, asked some rabbi if it was okay to put it on or something.