![]() ![]() ![]() “That was exactly what we wanted to avoid.” Garland wanted the bombing case to unfold, and decades later he was still repelled. This undignified spectacle served as a photo negative of how Mr. The bombing took place on April 19, 1995, at a time when the former football star’s criminal trial, which began that January, was a national obsession. Garland last year about the Oklahoma City bombing, it was the first thing he mentioned. The skit lasted less than a couple of minutes, and it’s been largely forgotten - except by the attorney general of the United States, Merrick Garland. It was a (sort of) funny sendup of the way those connected to the double murder trial had suddenly become famous. ![]() Jay Leno’s “Tonight” show featured a ragged chorus line of black-robed hoofers meant to resemble Judge Lance Ito, who was presiding over the trial, as well as a look-alike for Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor. The Dancing Itos were a lesser pop culture legacy of the O.J. ![]()
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