‘It Just Goes To Show That Anyone Can Be President’
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Folks, please tell me that you caught the opening skit on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live last night … cuz, if you did then you know it was the funniest thing ever. If you missed it, check it out below:
Amy Poehler was great as Hillary Clinton but Tina Fey was EFFING brilliant as Sarah Palin. The voice! She killed me with that shrieking voice! SNL has a reputation for really funny political humor and amazing impersonations … this skit was just perfect for me. Tina rules, well done. Do you not just love this skit?
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hahaha…it was amazing!
LMAO! That was brilliant! I love Tina Fey!
Tina was GREAT. And they found a creative, funny (and legit) way to address Palin on the ticket, I never would have thought of making “end sexism” as the angle, but its brilliant cause it lets them bring in Hillary in a funny way too.
D-Boogie…thanks for pointing out where they did the locker room skit before!!! It was driving me nuts b/c I couldn’t remember how they did it with before, but I knew it was ridiculously familiar. Overall, I felt the writing was pretty lacking. The only skits I thought were any good was the T-Mobile one and Dinner Date one (and totally cause of Bobby Moynihan, I love him). The scary kids one worked cause Phelps was obviously relying alot on reading the monitors and it was a perfect excuse for him to stare blankly forward. the Charles Barkley one was a disappointment. Darrell Hammon finally found an impression he wasn’t that good at, and the idea had a lot of potential but they they left so much on the table there. How could they have kids working the crew and not have Bella screaming about their teeth or making other parallels to his comments about the Chinese gymnasts?
The skit was well done, but the show was flat. and Michael phelps is getting such a bad rep for his performance on the show. It was his first time doing a LIVE show and the sketches he was in weren’t that well written. he’s a straight edge guy, but he should have went to MADTv and did something with bobby lee with his 24 sketches. those are funny. SNL isn’t that funny anymore.
OH MY GOD!! That was PERFECTION on Tina Fey’s part!!! Thank you for posting that!! hahaha I’ve only TRULY laughed at like, 6 skits EVER on SNL, and that was one of them!!
Dana — i agree on the writing part. he’s okay in commercials he’s done cause he has the time to prep, obvs its tough to have a less then one week period to memorize lines, especially when you’re not an actor. To add to you’re arguement, I’d say he did just as well, if not better, then most of the other athletes/non-actors they’ve had host in the past. considering the circumstances, he did well.
There is a difference between recurring characters and using the same script. Seriously though, they need new writers.
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin was SPOT ON!! She nailed it!! And, talk about IDENTICAL twins…
Just to repeat what everyone else said, Tina Fey was so perfect as Palin! Though as soon as I saw Palin for the first time, I knew she would be..Amy Poehler is easily one of my favies and I love when she does Hillary..I haven’t watched the episode yet but have it on Tivo..Yeah..I’m old and can’t stay up that late anymore! Whatever!
Tina Fey BLOWS!
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin was absolutely brills. One of the best SNL skits in years. Hope she comes back.
BRILLIANT!!
“And I can see Russia from my house”… LOL!! I loved that sketch last night and enjoyed watching it again today. I hope they bring Tina Fey back more often to play Palin… they will only need her til November anyway! :D
Tina and Amy were brilliant. Best part of the show!!!
Awesome! I laughed so hard!! Tina did a great job playing Sarah!
This skit was so awesome! Tina Fey’s short appearance was the best part of the whole show. I already had somewhat of a girl crush on her, but I love her even more now! :)
OMG!!!! BRILLIANT!!!
Tina fey was perfect!The hand movements and finger pointing, spot on!I just pray that after January 2009 there will be no reason for her to play this role-ever again!
I cannot say how much I LOVED this. So funny they both did great but I think Fey was literally channeling Palin. AMAZING!!!
O Tina. Perfect.
I kind of hate Michael Phelps. Is that wrong? :P