# What movie is this from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 8, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506 "2000-09-08T15:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/1 "2000-09-08T15:52:59Z")
What movie is this from? “Jane, you ignorant slut.” It’s not _Rocky Horror_, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/2 "2000-09-08T15:56:44Z")
It’s from the “Point-Counterpoint” section of the Saturday Night Live News, when Jane Curtain was anchor. Jane would state an opinion, and Dan Ackroyd would counter with that introductory sentence. ---
**Author:** ![JoshMoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ebca7d/32.png) [@JoshMoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoshMoses)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/3 "2000-09-08T15:56:45Z")
Dan Akroyd as Jim Fitzpatrick debating Laraine Newman as Jane Pauley. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/4 "2000-09-08T15:56:54Z")
Not a movie – it’s from _Saturday Night Live_. On Weekend Update, Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin used to do this debate thing called “Point/Counterpoint.” Jane would go first, present all her arguments, and then Dan would open his commentary with “Jane, you ignorant slut.” ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/5 "2000-09-08T15:58:35Z")
Well, I was close. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/6 "2000-09-08T16:11:33Z")
**DOH!** Thank you all - you’re right, of course. I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/7 "2000-09-08T16:17:00Z")
Most modern viewers won’t recognize it as a parody of a regular feature done on “60 Minutes” at that time. JoshMoses did, but he got the names wrong. Ackroyd was doing James KilPatrick, Curtin was doing Shana Alexander. It’s a shame that aspect is lost - Ackroyd and Curtin were doing very good impressions of those two. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-from/32506/8 "2000-09-08T17:25:45Z")
You mean it’s not from one of the early Tarzan movies?