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A mock public-affairs book chat show on Saturday Night Live in 1983–84, in which a deadpan host interviews authors whose books or behaviour quickly undermine the discussion. SNL Archives lists four installments with different hosts: October 15, 1983; April 14, 1984; October 6, 1984; and December 1, 1984.
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