"A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in and says ..."

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If only Roseanne Rosannadanna were still with us to address the Chris Christie scandal!

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I always loved hearing from Mr. Feder in Ft. Lee...

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2. Mr. Feder, Once of Fort Lee, Chimes In

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
JAN. 10, 2014

A Mr. Richard Feder, famously from Fort Lee, N.J., has a question about the rather infamous closings of lanes to the George Washington Bridge. “What were they thinking?” he asked on Friday. “What the hell were they thinking?”

More than 30 years ago, Mr. Feder, 64, was perhaps Fort Lee’s best-known resident, celebrated by a recurring character played by Gilda Radner on “Saturday Night Live.” The character, Roseanne Roseannadanna, would begin her segment on “Weekend Update” by saying, “A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, N.J., writes in and says ...”

Mr. Feder did not write any letters. A co-creator of the segment, Alan Zweibel, was Mr. Feder’s brother-in-law, and Mr. Feder, the show’s faceless sad sack, bore little resemblance to Mr. Feder, the husband who served then as vice president of a textile printing plant.

This week, as Gov. Chris Christie confronted a growing scandal about his administration’s role in shutting down the lanes, Mr. Feder’s public role, long dormant, arrived at a trying moment. “I’m getting emails to my website,” Mr. Zweibel said. “What would Richard Feder say about this?”

It turns out that Mr. Feder, who is still in textiles, is in a distinct position to comment: He was stuck in that very traffic jam.

read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/nyregion/a-mr-feder-once-of-fort-lee-chimes-in.html

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3. and speaking of SNL ... (if anyone remembers the Coneheads)

[Brigid]

4. "You're getting letters asking for donations,

Or Gene Shalit is defrosting all over your salad."

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5. 'A Mr Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes . . . '

RobertInWisconsin
1/12/14

TRANSCRIPT :

Jane Curtin: This past September for four days there was a major traffic backup on the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey. Here to comment further on the developing scandal is Weekend Update’s Traffic Correspondent, Chrisanne Chrisannadanna. (Applause.)

Chrisanne Chrisannadanna: Thanks a lot, Jane! A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in and says: "Dear Chrisanne Chrisannadanna, Last fall, I was tryin’ to drive to my job and got stuck in traffic for 4 hours and was unable to move left or right or backward or forward. At the time I was just tryin’ to quit smokin'. For 4 hours I went without a cigarette because I didn’t have any on hand. Listen, Chrisanne, if there ever was ever a time a guy needed a cigarette, being stuck in traffic for 4 hours was one of those times, you know what I mean? I had a panic attack, and it got so bad my face broke out, I was nauseous, I got constipated, my feet swelled, my gums started bleedin', my sinuses were clogged, I got heartburn, and on top of it all I was cranky and if that wasn’t bad enough I had bad gas. What did you know about this traffic situation and what are you gonna do about it?"

Well, Mr. Feder, you sound like a real attractive guy! You belong in New Jersey! [Applause]

But I know exactly what you're goin' through 'cause once, I, Chrisanne Chrisannadanna, quit smokin' and then I got stuck in traffic. This was a long time ago before I got elected and now I don't have to worry about dealing with traffic BS anymore myself. But what I did at the time was, I bummed a cigarette from one of those scroungy guys with windshield squeegees that used to bug people stuck in traffic all the time. I said to him, hey never mind my windshield, I’ll give you 20 bucks if you give me a few cigarettes and something to light ‘em with. And it was real expensive but it was worth it.

continues: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/12/1269207/--A-Mr-Richard-Feder-from-Fort-Lee-New-Jersey-writes

[joeybee12]

6. Thanks...I'd forgotten how funy those were!

[Jefferson23]

7. Is there anyone who did not love her? Mr Richard Feder, you're on.

A Mr Richard Feder from Ft Lee New Jersey writes in and says, dear Roseanne Rosannadana,
everyone wants my money and they're driving me nuts. So far I've heard from the United Way,
the United Nations, the United Jewish Appeal, United Artists, United Airlines and Save the Squirrels.

What should I do? Mr Feder, I think you should give a lot of money to everyone so then you be
broke and then you starve and then you drop dead and then you couldn't bother me with your
dumb letter.

...It goes to show, it's always something.

LOL

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8. k&r...