I'm Emily Litella - What's all this talk about a PBJ

[burythehatchet]

I've made plenty of PBJ's in my life. There's nothing exciting about them. Sometimes they annoy me when they've been in my purse for too long and the jelly soaks the bread. But the way to fix that is to put peanut butter on both sides of the sandwich so the jelly cant leak out.

And who cares that George Bush was given a PBJ on August 6? Why does it matter? Did he not like the PBJ? Was the PBJ soggy? Did he eat it anyway? What kind of jelly was on it? Was it straberry preserves? because you know that preserves and peanut butter just don't mix.

I just don't understand what all the fuss is about. There's so many.......

excuse me Emily, that PDB, as in Presidential Daily Briefing.

Oh....never mind.

[skooooo]

1. Emily, we miss you!

Come back!

[CanuckAmok]

2. "What's all this I hear about Presidential AIDS?!" N/T

[Richardo]

3. My favorite Emily Litella rant:

"What's all this I hear about a Presidential erection?"

[burythehatchet]

4. Little ahead of her time

;)

[Richardo]

5. That's what I thought while I was typing it - it's not as outrageous now

...as it was in the mid-70s. Oh well.

[chelsea0011]

6. I always liked her calling Chevy, "cheddar"

[burythehatchet]

7. Do you recall her talking about lancing a boil on Geraldo Rivera

Even funnier today when I think about it.

[BurtWorm]

8. Was that Emily Litella or Roseanne Roseannadanna?

"You know dose little crusty white flakes you get on da corner of your mout' when da spit from your tawkin' dries up there?"

[ronnykmarshall]

12. That was Roseanne

It's on Gilda's live album.

[burythehatchet]

14. You are correct

Geraldo's boil was Rosanna Rosannadanna, a spoof of a new York TV news personality Roseanne Scamerdella.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i am so lacking in american culture

i had absolutely no idea what you guys were talking about!

[BurtWorm]

10. From the heyday of Saturday Night Live

Gilda Radner was Emily Litella, and here is a typical bit she would do (borrowed from a fan's page):

http://www.geocities.com/ladolcegilda/violins.html

Chevy: Weekend Update recognizes its obligation to present the responsible opposing viewpoint to our Editorials. Here with an Editorial Reply is Miss. Emily Litella.

Emily: Whats all this fuss I keep hearing about violins on television? Now why dont parents want their children to see violins on television? Why, I thought the Leonard Burnstein concerts were just lovely. Now, if they only show the violins after 11:00 at night, the little babies will all be asleep. And they wont learn any music appreciation. Why, they'll end up wanting to play guitar, and bongo drums. And go to Africa and join these rock and roll outfits. And they wont drink milk! (Slams fist pn desk.) I say there should be more violins on television! (Chevy taps her on the shoulder.) and less game shows! Its terrible! the way they...what, what?!

Chevy: Miss. Litella, that was violence on television. Not violins. Violence.

Emily: Oh, well thats different.

Chevy: Yes.

Emily smiling: Nevermind.

[Richardo]

11. Emily was a character played by Gilda Radner on the original SNL...

(Saturday Night Live) in the mid 70s.


A hard-of-hearing old lady who would give editorial rebuttals on the "Weekend Update" segment, hosted at that time by Chevy Chase (or "Cheddar Cheese" as Emily called him). She would go on these rants about things she had misheard until Chevy stopped her and corrected her, after which she'd just look at the camera and say "Oh. That's different. Never mind."

:D

[burythehatchet]

15. Lioness - this was during a time when most of us believed in American

ideals. Watergate changed all that, and we began to lose our innocense.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. ahh sometimes you sound so old

at other times u can be quite the teenager
:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

17. She also did a bit on "presidential erections"

ohhhhh...eLections..

nevermind :)

[tjwash]

20. What's all this fuss I hear about...

...pouring money into canker research?

Those were actually SNL's worth watching....

[burythehatchet]

21. back then SNL was THE cutting edge comedy show

I remember being 12 or 13 y.o. and I could never stay awake through the whole show. But on Monday at school all the "cool" kids would be parroting the lines from the previous Saturday. I would always say to myself that "next week I'm definitely going to stay awake".

Boy is this bringing back memories for this 40 something year old.

[burythehatchet]

22. I'm a teenager when its advantageous

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

[tjwash]

19. "What's this I hear about busting schoolchildren..."

Ha-ha

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Tiny Kingdom

On Gilda's live album she does Emily as a teacher. One of the kids mouths off to her while she's reading "Tiny Kingdom".

Emily: Sit down, you, you with the knife. What? What? Get fudge? No too sweet rots the teeth. What? WHAT? Get fucked? Oh that every different. .................. ASSHOLE!

[Richardo]

18. "Itsy bitsy.........teeny weeny................little bitty............"

I don't remember the rest of the adjectives but that was an inspired bit. :D

[latebloomer]

23. "What's all this I hear about endangered feces?"

(personal favorite)

[put out]

24. And, what's all the fuss about making Puerto Rico a STEAK?

And, from Rosanna Rosannadanna "and so there I was, Me, Rosanna Rosannadanna in tha gym steam room with DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, and she was sweatin' like a PIG! and she had this little balla sweat just hangin offa her nose, and it just STAYED there and it would wiggle around and it was like, she didn't even FEEL it. So I, Rosanna Rosannadannna, said, "Hey, DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, wipe that sweat offa your nose! Are ya tryin to make me SICK?"

Imperfect memory, but hey, spot me 30 years or so.