Originally posted by Plankton
***whoooosh****
That is the sound of this thread going over my head.
I am officially confused, but I will gladly accept your previously offered congratulations, say "Thanks", and take my arse beating from Sin City again.
From Wiki
Emily Litella was an elderly woman with a hearing problem who made regular appearances on SNL's Weekend Update op-ed segment in the late 1970s. Attired in a frumpy dress and sweater, Litella was introduced with professional dignity by the news anchors, who could sometimes be seen cringing slightly in anticipation of the verbal faux pas they knew would follow.
Gilda Radner (as Litella) peered through her reading glasses and, in the character's trademark high-pitched, warbly voice, read a prepared statement in opposition to an editorial that the TV station had supposedly broadcast. This sketch was, in part, a spoof of the Fairness Doctrine, which at the time required broadcasters in the United States to present opposing viewpoints on public issues. Litella became increasingly agitated as her statement progressed. Midway in her commentary, it became apparent that she had misheard and/or misunderstood the subject of the editorial to which she was responding. A typical example:
“ What is all this fuss I hear about the Supreme Court decision on a "deaf" penalty? It's terrible! Deaf people have enough problems as it is! ”
The news anchor interrupted Litella to point out her error...Litella would wrinkle her nose, say something like, "Oh, that's very different...." then meekly turn to the camera and say, "Never mind."...Other misheard topics to which Litella responded were "saving Soviet jewelry [really Jewry]", "endangered feces [species]", "violins [violence] on television", "busting [busing] schoolchildren", "presidential erections [elections]", "flea [free] elections (and then "flea erections") in China", the "Eagle [Equal] Rights Amendment", "conserving our natural racehorses [natural resources]", "sax [sex] on television, "firing [hiring] the handicapped", and "making Puerto Rico a steak [state]". About the last of these topics, she complained, "Next thing you know, they'll want a baked potato with sour cream!"
The message on Litella's answering machine was, The line "Never mind" became a lighthearted catchphrase of the era.
NOW
You know whats REALLY funny. This was my original reply....
Character Roseanne Roseanna Dannah from original Saturday Night Live cast. Would go on and on about the wrong interpretation of something then when told her error would go "Neverrrrmiiind".
It passed for funny in 1976.
LOLOL
That was another character she would do in the same segment, but totally different. I did not watch it regularly and somehow or another I thought the two were the same character.
Nevermind!