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For those curious, this is from the Bea Arthur Special, which aired on CBS in January of 1980. I cannot verify this, but I seem to remember the next day 48,000 Americans asking Ayatollah Khomeini to take them hostage as well, should it be re-run.
OK, it wasn't THAT bad. Bea Arthur in the Star Wars Holiday Special -- THAT was bad. Make-the-Pope-an-atheist bad. And Bea Arthur was the best part.