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June 2009
- 30 Rock Decoded: It's The Muppet Show
  
  Brian Lynch | Jun 10, 09 12:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - For once, the latest viral Internet sensation isn’t a crazy video—it’s a crazy theory: 30 Rock is a rip-off of The Muppet Show. Not crazy, blogger Brian Lynch contends, before marshalling “so many facts you HAVE to concede I'm absolutely right.” From Tina Fey/Liz Lemon as the Kermit figure to the show's own coded confession, he’s pretty convincing: “Jenna Maroney” vs. Miss Piggy: “NBC got really lazy on this one, as Jane Krakowski looks like the human version of the beloved Muppet.” More »
- Top Saturday Night Live Alums
  
  Time | Jun 5, 09 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Not all Saturday Night Live alums go on to bigger and better things after leaving the show. Time pronounces the top 10 who did. Will Ferrell has come a long way since those cheerleader sketches. His latest flick, Land of the Lost , opens today (and judging from the reviews, it's a good thing he already has an enthusiastic fan base). Janeane Garofalo and Sarah Silverman didn't last long on SNL , but that hasn't mattered much since. More »
January 2009
- Peanut Gallery to Fey: No, You Suck It
  
  New York Daily News | Jan 13, 09 10:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Only moments after Tina Fey lofted her Golden Globe and told several bloggers who've been chronic detractors to "suck it" Sunday night, they fired back with shrieks of sophomoric glee, reports the Daily News. "Give me something to suck on," posted "Cougar-Letter" on the LA Times' Envelope blog, while "DianeFan" rejoiced, "I'm famous. Sorry Tina Fey but I still don't think you deserved to win." More »
December 2008
- Fey Is AP's Entertainer of the Year
  
  Associated Press | Dec 23, 08 12:42 PM CST
  
  (AP) - Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted the AP's Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country. Fey was selected by AP members as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008. More »
- Down-to-Earth Fey on Top of the World
  
  Vanity Fair | Dec 1, 08 1:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - How did frumpy writer Tina Fey evolve into a glamorous TV star? Hard work and lots of rules, Maureen Dowd writes in Vanity Fair . “She is the Obedient Daughter, the German taskmistress, the kind but firm maker and keeper of rules," writes Dowd, who also solves the mystery of the scar on Fey's left cheek. "And what Tina wants, Tina gets, sooner or later, because she works and works and works for it." More »
November 2008
- Couric: Palin Needs to 'Learn About Governing'
  
  New York Post | Nov 13, 08 4:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Katie Couric didn't want to diss Sarah Palin when grilled by a New York Post reporter, but she did let slip that the Alaska governor "should keep her head down and learn about governing." Couric, whose interview with Palin during the presidential campaign opened up the candidate to a deluge of criticism, added—too late—that she "didn't want to judge." More »
- Fey Waves Goodbye to Playing Palin
  
  Entertainment Weekly | Nov 6, 08 10:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - To the list of political figures out of a job after Election Day, add one: Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey. "I have to retire just because I have to do my day job," the creator and star of 30 Rock tells Entertainment Weekly . More »
- McCain Pals With Fey, Skewers Himself on SNL
  
  USA Today | Nov 1, 08 11:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain capped a busy day of campaigning with an appearance on Saturday Night Live , where he teamed with his VP-lookalike, Tina Fey, to poke fun at himself and Barack Obama. In the opening sketch, he and "Palin" hawked wares on QVC because he's a true maverick—"a Republican without money"—and couldn't afford the bigger networks like Obama, USA Today reports. They sold "Joe" action figures: Plumber, Six-Pack, and Biden ("if you pull this cord, he talks for 45 minutes," said Fey.) More »
October 2008
- Is Don Draper Hooking Up With Tina Fey?
  
  Entertainment Weekly | Oct 31, 08 12:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Tina Fey, she’s about to get a hot, albeit fictional, new beau. A “ Rock -solid mole” tells Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello that Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame has signed on for a multi-episode stint on 30 Rock. He’ll apparently be romancing Fey’s character, Liz Lemon, as her neighbor. More »
- Fey: Palin Sketches 'Fair, Quite Gentle'
  
  Access Hollywood | Oct 22, 08 9:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL . At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all," but now she's on board. "We glue my ears down," she says. "That’s one of the tricks.” More »
- Drenched in Watercooler Moments, SNL Is Hot Again
  
  Chicago Tribune | Oct 18, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The fall TV ratings are in, and while Heroes needs saving and House is collapsing, Saturday Night Live has emerged as the biggest hit of the season, Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune . Unlike other shows, SNL ’s live ratings have jumped nearly 50% in its 34th season. “It’s the hottest it’s been since the early years,” remarked one analyst. More »
- Fey 'Leaving Earth' if Palin Wins
  
  MSNBC | 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 "fun" spoofing Palin, and considers her "fascinating." Elections are "always good" for SNL , and "this is a bonkers election," she said. More »
- Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA
  
  New York Times | 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 on Thursdays will keep audiences when 30 Rock returns in that slot Oct. 30. More »
- Election Results In: Comedy Wins
  
  New York Times | 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 canceled vacations to keep the jokes coming and the ratings soaring. More »
- Now Palin May Imitate Fey
  
  Chicago Sun-Times | 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’s first Weekend Update spin-off special, slated for Thursday. More »
- Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate
  
  Chicago Sun-Times | 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, 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 »
- Now Fey's an Author, Too
  
  New York Observer | 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 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 »
September 2008
- Tina Kills Again as Sarah
  
  Comedy Centric | 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 from Amy Poehler’s Couric and asks “to use one of my lifelines—I’d like to phone a friend,” she says. More »
- No Skirting the Issue: Politics Now Women's Game
  
  Independent (UK) | Sep 22, 08 2:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - This election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent . The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys are still there, hollering," says Hughes, but it’s the likes of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow leading the pack. More »
- Feminist Fey Skewers Palin as Only a Woman Can
  
  Globe and Mail | 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, to “tackle the jaw dropping jujitsu” of the Republican Party’s feminist turn. More »