These “academics” should be asking us if we want fries with that.
It was the skit in which he and other cast members would dress in 18th century English formal wear, complete with powdered wigs, and discuss “scandalous” literature of the period.
They'd hold their noses in the air, sip tea with their pinkies extended, read somewhat salty passages from various books, then laugh and giggle like teen-aged school girls.
The brainiac who wrote this piece would fit right in.