Oct 19 2005

The Question is Moot

Published by Miguel at 9:35 am under TV, blog

Jesse Jackson hosted Saturday Night Live on October 20th, 1984. One of the skits was of a gameshow called “The Question is Moot.” I don’t know why, but I always found it really funny.

A couple of nights ago, my TiVo recorded this episode, so I thought I’d grab this video clip and post it here.

[update!] The youtube clip doesn’t exist anymore, but you can still view the video here:

http://menino.com/mirror/question-is-moot.mov

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19 Responses to “The Question is Moot”

  1. # g amquis ing ll » Blog Archive » everything is fine nowon 23 Oct 2005 at 2:14 pm

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  2. # Warrenon 06 Jul 2006 at 11:01 pm

    Miguel -

    First of all, that Ronaldo optical illusion is really cool. Second, though, I was hoping you could direct me to a working copy of the Jesse Jackson Question is Moot video. I can’t find it anywhere and was really hoping to show it to a friend. Do you have a copy you can email me? If not, do you know where I can get a copy?

    Thanks,
    Warren

  3. # Miguelon 07 Jul 2006 at 11:41 pm

    Hi Warren, I’ve put a link to my mirror of the video — it works now.

  4. # Mikeon 13 Jul 2006 at 6:30 pm

    Miguel,

    I was hoping to show the video to someone as well but am having difficulty with the link you provided.

    Thanks,
    Mike

  5. # Miguelon 13 Jul 2006 at 7:37 pm

    Weird, it works for me.

    Try this direct link instead:

    http://menino.com/question-is-moot.mov

    That’s a direct link, while the other one was through a mirror thing.

    If it still doesn’t work, e-mail me (miguel at menino) and I’ll e-mail it to you directly.

  6. # Mikeon 14 Jul 2006 at 2:51 pm

    That worked – thanks a lot.

    Mike

  7. # Apple_Boxon 23 Mar 2007 at 11:11 pm

    Thank You, Thank You. I saw this during it’s first airing in 1984 as well. It’s amazing to see how funny Jesse Jackson and SNL were not so long ago.

  8. # chrison 30 Jun 2007 at 7:45 pm

    Thanks so much! Was looking for this for years, still remember it from 23 years ago, very funny!

  9. # DougieTon 31 Jul 2007 at 2:05 pm

    I love the Internet. I just used the line “I get the car” today, and wanted to find the video from the Jesse Jackson skit on SNL all those years ago. A little search and POOF! Here it is. Thanks for finding it, guys. Fun memories.

  10. # Randyon 27 Aug 2007 at 9:23 pm

    Thanks!!!! I was hoping to find this on youtube,
    but it was not there. But google found your site!
    Was it really 23 years ago? Yikes!!!

    I don’t agree with Jesse Jackson’s politics, but
    this skit is hillarious! I must have heard this
    in my head thousands of times over the years!

    Thanks again!

  11. # Chiaraon 13 Oct 2007 at 8:18 pm

    I remembered this being way funnier than it is — I laughed so hard back when I saw it on TV, and I didn’t laugh at all this time. Oh well, thanks for posting it!

  12. # Toddon 18 Apr 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Still have the video?

  13. # Miguelon 22 Apr 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Ok, just copied it over again. Should work.

  14. # Peter Hamiltonon 19 Jun 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Thanks for that. I needed to feel old. LOL.

  15. # Kevinon 17 Aug 2008 at 7:40 pm

    O.K. I remember this coming on as a kid and I died laughing then and I found this on google and I’m dying laughing now!!! This skit is as hilarious as it is rare. Thanks for hooking that up!!!!

  16. # Brian Gon 23 Sep 2008 at 9:36 pm

    thanks for posting this. I don’t care for Jesse Jackson, but I love this skit.

  17. # Tom Bon 16 Dec 2008 at 3:02 pm

    On this same episode was the first appearance of a ‘Tippy Turtle’ cartoon. He sang “First I’m gonna’ bother everyone that I meet, then I’ll go home and get drunk”. Do you have access to that part of the show? I’ve been looking for it for years. I know, I know…the question is moot…

  18. # Mark N.on 03 Aug 2009 at 6:26 am

    ALSO TRYING TO GET THIS CARTOON! LOVEIT!!! >>>‘Tippy Turtle’

  19. # Museon 10 Aug 2009 at 9:01 am

    TomB and MarkN… I’m with you! I’ve been searching everywhere for any episode(s) of Tippy Turtle.

    If you all come across a source, would you please let me know?

    Just in case you’re interested, here’s the SNL transcript of Tippy’s title sequence:

    http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84btippiturtle.phtml

    … NOW try and keep the song from getting stuck in your head!! muhahaha!
    Cheers!
    Muse

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