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Art imitates life -- or is it the other way around? Tina Fey does Sarah Palin

Because I’m old and decrepit, I go beddy-bye on Saturday nights before “Saturday Night Live” comes on. Besides, ever since Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, et al., it hasn’t been all that funny anyway.

However, I had been looking forward to seeing Tina Fey, Sarah Palin’s doppelganger, impersonate the Alaska governor, so I was pleased to learn about her SNL appearance last night. I think she sounds a bit more like Minnesota than Alaska, but it’s a funny piece of work. The Hillary stuff is also funny — at least I think it’s funny, though I acknowledge that it may be salt in the wounds of some of her former supporters.

For those who are as old and decrepit as I am or who just found themselves otherwise occupied last night, here it is. Just click on the arrow and you’re there.

Posted by Lee Sigelman on September 14, 2008 05:33 PM |

Comments

Chevy, Dan, Gilda, Jane, Garret … were on when I was in high school. Laughed for hours at Barbara Wawa…

But SNL’s still got game, sometimes when I get busy working in something I find I can make it until 11:30pm. Tiny Fey could be Sarah Palin’s sister … striking.

Posted by: Americaneocon | September 14, 2008 10:48 PM

I suppose it is funny by current SNL standards but it is also remarkably, and predictably, aligned with the main stream media smear job on Sarah Palin, not to mention the underlying “New York = Smart but Red State = Stupid” theme.

I’ll just quote Peter Wehner’s summary of this from Commentary Magazine:
“The ferocious response Sarah Palin’s nomination has provoked among the political class is turning this election into one based on a cultural narrative rather than an economic debate. The dripping condescension that some of Palin’s critics are demonstrating toward her is boomeranging. She is becoming a heroine to many Republicans, who are as energized as I can remember in defense of Palin. And in attacking Palin, many Democrats and liberal commentators are mocking her faith, worldview, and life experiences. In that sense, a great unmasking is taking place. A wide swath of liberals are revealing their arrogance, their cultural elitism, and even their ugliness. It may be therapeutic. And it may also cost them the election.”

Posted by: Robert L. www.neolibertarian.com | September 15, 2008 12:39 PM