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  • October 2008

    • Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25

      New York Post  |  Oct 10, 08 2:48 PM CDT

      Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live after all, New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports. The VP candidate and her endearing near-profanities are scheduled to visit Rockefeller Center Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the election. Is a reverse lampooning of Tina Fey in the works? As the folksy cliche goes, stay tuned. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • vice presidential candidate  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • Tina Fey

    • Biden Speechless? SNL Lampoon Does the Trick

      Washington Post  |  Oct 9, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Biden Speechless? SNL Lampoon Does the Trick

      (Newser) - If there’s one thing Joe Biden is famous for, it’s his ability to talk. And talk. And talk some more. But after ABC’s Diane Sawyer showed the Democratic VP nominee a clip of Saturday Night Live lampooning his debate performance, Biden laughed so hard he was rendered speechless for a good spell, the Washington Post reports. "Oh God. I wish I had that much hair," he said, eventually. More »

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      Election 2008  • Joe Biden  • Saturday Night Live  • vice presidential debate

    • Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds

      USA Today  |  Oct 9, 08 12:16 PM CDT

      Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds

      (Newser) - As if Knight Rider wasn't bad enough, NBC continues to look like a college kid "furnishing an apartment out of mom's hand-me-downs" in debuting the "witlessly Americanized" sitcom Kath & Kim , writes Robert Bianco in USA Today . The Australian remake wastes Molly Shannon's talents while "exposing the limits of Selma Blair's comedy range." The show "jerks from comedy to cautionary tale," making it a "horror show," Mark A. Perigard agrees in the Boston Herald. More »

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      NBC  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • network television  • Selma Blair

    • Clock Ticking on Real Palin's SNL Debut

      Newsday  |  Oct 9, 08 9:33 AM CDT

      Clock Ticking on Real Palin's SNL Debut

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin won’t be on tonight’s Saturday Night Live prime-time special, but head writer Seth Meyers tells Newsday the door's still open. “There's nothing specific yet, but our window of opportunity is before the election," Meyers says . “We'd love to have her.  We'd love to have McCain and Obama on again, too." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • New York City  • Saturday Night Live  • cameo  • Seth Meyers

    • Election Results In: Comedy Wins

      New York Times  |  Oct 9, 08 1:55 AM CDT

      Election Results In: Comedy Wins

      (Newser) - No matter which candidate ultimately surges ahead, political comedy is emerging as the clear winner in the presidential race, reports the New York Times . Tina Fey's dead-on parody of Sarah Palin has triggered a huge boost in viewership for Saturday Night Live . The Colbert Report and the Daily Show have canceled vacations to keep the jokes coming and the ratings soaring. More »

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      Election 2008  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • David Letterman  • Jay Leno  • Jon Stewart  • Tina Fey  • Late Night  • Lorne Michaels

    • Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

      New York Daily News  |  Oct 7, 08 4:34 AM CDT

      Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin's flubbed interviews were all part of her plan to safeguard America's Palin-lampooning industry, the candidate quipped at a Florida rally yesterday. Palin told supporters that the rocky moments in the Katie Couric interviews—including a failure to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with—came from annoyance with the "trivial" questions, reports the New York Daily News . More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Saturday Night Live  • interview  • Tina Fey

    • Hathaway Mocks Conman Ex

      MSNBC  |  Oct 6, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      Hathaway Mocks Conman Ex

      (Newser) - Anne Hathaway made fun of her high-profile split with convicted fraudster Rafaello Follieri on Saturday Night Live , reports MSNBC. “I broke up with my boyfriend … and two weeks later he was sent to prison for fraud … I mean, we've all been there, right, ladies?” the actress said in opening the show, which scored one of its highest ratings since 2002. More »

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      television  • Saturday Night Live  • Anne Hathaway  • Raffaello Follieri

    • Now Palin May Imitate Fey

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Oct 6, 08 9:20 AM CDT

      Now Palin May Imitate Fey

      (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign is considering having Sarah Palin spoof spoofer Tina Fey by going on NBC and performing a rendition of Fey’s American Express commercial, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Saturday Night Live won’t air again for two weeks, but Palin may make a cameo on the network’s first Weekend Update spin-off special, slated for Thursday. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Saturday Night Live  • Tina Fey

    • Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Oct 5, 08 6:41 AM CDT

      Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate

      (Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey clobbered Sarah Palin in yet another dead-on Saturday Night Live skit yesterday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, skewering the candidate's stance as a maverick, her relentless folksiness, and repeated feints at last week's debate to dodge questions. Asked what she would do about the economic crisis, Fey/Palin, winking, explains: "Gosh darn it, we're gonna ask ourselves, 'What would a maverick do in this situation,' and then, you know, we'll do that." More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Joe Biden  • Saturday Night Live  • Tina Fey  • parody

    • Now Fey's an Author, Too

      New York Observer  |  Oct 4, 08 12:33 PM CDT

      Now Fey's an Author, Too

      (Newser) - Tina Fey just got a little busier. She's finalized a deal to write a collection of humorous essays for Little, Brown and Company, the New York Observer reports. Fey—currently in the spotlight for her spot-on impersonations of VP wannabe Sarah Palin—reportedly worked out a deal to fund the building of six new libraries in poor NYC neighborhoods. Her writing credits include TV's 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live , and the movie Mean Girls . More »

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      book  • Saturday Night Live  • humor  • Tina Fey

  • September 2008

    • Tina Kills Again as Sarah

      Comedy Centric  |  Sep 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      Tina Kills Again as Sarah

      (Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin in a command reprise performance on Saturday Night Live last night. This time, Fey parodied the candidate's foibles during her interview with Katie Couric, reports Comedy Centric. In the opening sketch, Fey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Palin, is stumped by a question from Amy Poehler’s Couric and asks “to use one of my lifelines—I’d like to phone a friend,” she says. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Saturday Night Live  • interview  • debate  • Tina Fey  • Amy Poehler  • parody

    • Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

      OK!  |  Sep 25, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin may make an appearance on a Saturday Night Live , where she was so accurately mimicked by Tina Fey on the season premiere, OK! reports. The Republican’s security detail has already cased NBC’s studios in New York. Fey could also come back to reprise her role, setting the stage for a meeting a la the classic Janet Reno/Will Ferrell showdown and and Hillary Clinton's appearance with doppelganger Amy Poehler. More »

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      Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • Sarah Palin  • Saturday Night Live  • Tina Fey  • Amy Poehler  • cameo  • Will Ferrell  • Janet Reno  • public appearance

    • Franken Hatched Mac-Mocking SNL Skit

      Politico  |  Sep 21, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      Franken Hatched Mac-Mocking SNL Skit

      (Newser) - Former Saturday Night Live scribe and current Minnesota Democratic Senate hopeful Al Franken hatched the idea for last night’s sketch mocking John McCain—raising tough political questions for the program and NBC, Politico reports. Critics raised concerns about the propriety of a politician playing a role in an attack on a candidate from the rival party. Franken's involvement may also fuel claims that NBC has a liberal bias, Politico notes. More »

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      John McCain  • comedy  • Saturday Night Live  • Al Franken