Comedienne and former Saturday Night Live castmember, Tina Fey, returned to the SNL stage last night in the guise of Sarah Palin, VP nominee for the Republican party, for the 4th time but this time was joined on stage (altho only in passing) with the actual Sarah Palin herself. Word came out late Thursday night that Palin would be making an appearance on SNL to try and score points with voters (much like Hillary Clinton did earlier this year) but it was not revealed in what capacity she might appear. Speculation ran from guesses that she might do an entire skit with the cast to guesses that she might appear alongside Tina Fey for a duel of the Palins. It turns out that Palin’s appearance was really nothing more than a short cameo. She essentially stood by while other people were funny around her (including Tina Fey, who was HILARIOUS again) offering only a few unfunny lines. Here is video of the opening skit that featured Palin and Tina Fey:
Seriously, Tina was freakin’ hilarious. It’s a shame that Palin didn’t get in on the fun because I think it might’ve helped her immensely. I didn’t find her standing around to be very funny at all. Palin did come out and appear on the SNL stage one more time during the Weekend Update. After the jump, check out that video — trust me, it’s not to be missed. Amy Poehler raps, ’nuff said …
Ye Gods, this was insanely funny. Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig are the best things about SNL right now and they deserve all the credit for the popularity that the show is enjoying these days. Again, I think Palin missed an opportunity to get in the fun here … she just comes out, sits there and offers a couple of unfunny lines. To her credit, I liked that she raised the roof:
But that was the extent of funny that we got from her. Both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made last night’s ep of SNL not only worth watching but an entirely enjoyable experience overall. Guest host Josh Brolin wasn’t so bad either ;)
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@ Jill-say what? SNL is pop culture, and yes currently they are dealing with politics. Trent’s “blinders” (or lack thereof) have nothing to do with this as far as I can tell. Although I don’t want to speak for Trent.
Seems to me he’s merely finding funny, relevent events and info that relate to the popular culture of today and posting it for our pleasure. It would be different, you know, if he was linking to CNN articles or something…lighten up a bit!
This actually made me respect Sarah Palin since SNL is so obviously making fun of her and she took it all with grace and dignity. I would not have done the same.
I love Sarah Palin! I thought it showed a lot of character, poise, class and courage for her to go on SNL when they are clearly gunning for her failure. The thing i noticed the most was just how pretty Palin is…especially compared to Tina Fey. As far as all those people talking about her lack of qualifications – just what has Biden done? Besides lie about his academic achievements, make up stories about being under enemy gunfire in Iraq while in a helicopter and now warning the nation that we will have an international crisis within six months if Obama is elected. Just some facts about Sarah Palin – Americans first line of missile defense that protects the entire United States is 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard is also the ONLY National Guard on permanent active duty. Sarah Palin is the Commander-in-Chief of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska. Governor Sarah Palin is also the only Governor that is routinely briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security and counter-terrorism. Finally, Governor Palin has a higher classified security rating then both Biden and Obama. It is so disturbing how ignorant and niave people are regarding Governor Palin’s credentials.
It’s great that Sarah Palin had a chance to do this. She definitely handled everything well and played along with the jokes a good amount. She is a really amazing person and a hell of a lot more respectable than Biden or Obama, in my opinion.
McCain 08!
omg… this is the first time I saw this rap. I watched it 3 times in a row. That was funnier that shit…lol