Obit: James J. Kilpatrick, Conservative voice on "60 Minutes", at 89

[CrankyYankee]

Mr. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander exchanged their views in the "Point-Counterpoint segment on the CBS program “60 Minutes”, which, in turn, was parodied on NBC's “Saturday Night Live” by Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. Read more about Mr. Kilpatrick here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/us/17kilpatrick.html?ref=obituaries

 

[LKellerIII]

And just to clarify: Mr. Kilpatrick never did say "Shana, you ignorant slut..."

 

[wbhist]

Actually, Kilpatrick and Alexander were one impetus for the SNL "Point/Counterpoint" skits. Another was the "op-ed" duo of conservative Dr. Martin Abend and liberal Prof. Sidney Offit on New York station WNEW-TV's (now WNYW Fox 5) 10 O'Clock News - and of course, even in their most heated debates, Dr. Abend never said, "Professor Offit, you ignorant slut . . . " (He did, however, more than once suggest Prof. Offit go back to Russia - but that's another story.)

 

[BRNout]

And just to clarify: Mr. Kilpatrick never did say "Shana, you ignorant slut..."

No, he sure didn't.

I recall these segments quite well. They would get a little heated, though nothing like what we see today. However, for the time, Point/Counterpoint seemed like pretty contentious stuff. SNL brilliantly extrapolated on the well-watched segments with Dan Aykroyd saying what we all thought Kilpatrick may well have thought of saying now and then - though never (ever) would or could.

That's what the sketch so damn funny!

 

[Corky Marlowe]

They were parodied in the movie "Airplane!", too..."I say, let 'em crash!"

 

[bpatrick]

I think people finally got tired of the fact that Jack (as he
liked to be known) and Shana never agreed on anything, and
the segment was replaced by Andy Rooney's. I wonder what
"60 Minutes" will come up with when he's gone?