Message to Democrats
https://youtu.be/0hpHepzw1pI
My memory may have been compromised, but I'm pretty sure the line "pray with me Jew boy" was in that skit. Even for television then, that was pretty wild.
https://x.com/carmencafasso/status/1291150597920620544
reply accurately recalls the anti-Semitic line "pray with me, Jew boy" from a 1975 SNL skit where Dan Aykroyd portrayed Richard Nixon praying with John Belushi as Henry Kissinger in the White House.
The skit, from SNL's debut season, satirized Nixon's post-Watergate desperation and reflected the era's bolder, often offensive humor that targeted political figures' real prejudices.
Posted amid 2020 election discussions, the exchange revives interest in how early SNL sketches like this one captured historical tensions, as confirmed by archival references and viewer memories.