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New York, It's Sarah Palin!

Candidate set for Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night

Oct 17, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Viewers awaiting the next impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live may be stunned to see the real thing. Palin plans to make a cameo appearance on tomorrow's show, sources tell CNN. No word yet on whether champion Palin-impersonator Tina Fey will be joining the vice-presidential candidate for her... More »

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

 Fey 'Leaving 
 Earth' if 
 Palin Wins 

Can't hack her alter-ego for much longer

Oct 14, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey can't face four years of playing Sarah Palin and said she's quitting the planet if the GOP ticket wins. "If she wins, I'm done,” Fey tells TV Guide.  And by ‘I'm done,’ I mean I'm leaving Earth.” Still, Fey had "... More »

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

 Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA 

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

Oct 13, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin

 Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25 

VP candidate scheduled for October 25

Oct 10, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

(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... More »

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

TV REVIEW

 Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds 

Aussie remake misses satirical mark

Oct 9, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • network television • Kath & Kim • Selma Blair • Molly Shannon

 Clock Ticking 
 on Real Palin's 
 SNL Debut 

Head writer: She's welcome ... until Election Day

Oct 9, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Election 
 Results In: 
 Comedy Wins 

Race for the White House proving a comedy goldmine

Oct 9, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

Just-kidding candidate blames 'trivial' questions for dicey interviews

Oct 7, 08 4:34 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

(Newser) - If The Office has made Scranton, Pa. cool, Saturday Night Live took it down a notch in a vice-presidential debate sketch this weekend, the Harrisburg Patriot-News reports. Playing Joe Biden, actor Jason Sudeikis staked his outsider status on "hard scrabble" Scranton, saying, "You'll see, it's a hell... More »

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 Hathaway Mocks Conman Ex 

Actress' SNL monologue includes dig at Rafaello Follieri

Oct 6, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

 Now Palin May Imitate Fey 

McCain camp considers putting VP candidate in comedy sketch

Oct 6, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(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’... More »

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

 Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate 

Plays flute for the 'talent portion'

Oct 5, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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

 Now Fey's an Author, Too 

Star of SNL, 30 Rock to write a collection of essays

Oct 4, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • humor • Tina Fey • book

 Tina Kills Again as Sarah 

Foreign experience? She tells Russians who stray into Alaska to 'shoo'

Sep 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance 

Security detail has already toured the studios; Fey may return, too

Sep 25, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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

 Franken 
 Hatched 
 Mac-Mocking 
 SNL Skit 

Candidate-comedian's role triggers ethics, political controversy

Sep 21, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • comedy • Al Franken • Lorne Michaels • Seth Meyers

 Poehler on
 'Verge of Tears'
 Over SNL Exit 

Has six shows before leaving

Sep 19, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Amy Poehler preps for her final episodes of Saturday Night Live, the masterful Hillary impersonator says she’s as upset to leave as her co-workers are to see her go. "I'm on the verge of tears every minute,” Poehler tells USA Today. After 7 years with the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • New York City • celebrity pregnancy • Amy Poehler • Will Arnett

 Poehler Plans Early SNL Exit 

Actress will move on
to her own show
after maternity leave

Sep 16, 08 9:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Poehler will make her exit from Saturday Night Live earlier than planned, E! News reports. The Emmy-nominated actress, who is expecting her first child with husband Will Arnett, won’t return to the show after her maternity leave, which starts in a few weeks. Instead she’ll start work... More »

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Saturday Night Live • celebrity pregnancy • Amy Poehler • Will Arnett

OPINION

Feminist Fey Skewers Palin
as Only a Woman Can

Candidate's doppelganger succeeds where male comedians' barbs get discounted

Sep 15, 08 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has made John McCain into a punchline, and there’s been no shortage of late-night comedians pointing that out. Unfortunately, they’ve almost all been male. Thank goodness, then, for Tina Fey, Simon Houpt writes in the Globe and Mail. It took Fey, a dead ringer for Palin,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • feminism • Tina Fey • Sarah Palin

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