Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live to parody Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Ironically, Tina Fey's impersonations have been proven to be actual quotations from the Sarah Palin transcript. Tina Fey portrayed Sarah Palin during an interview with Katie Couric and cited "Palinisms" verbatim in the skit. Watch CNN make a comparison between Tina Fey's parody and Sarah Palin's actual words during her Katie Couric interview.
CNN Laughs It Up Over Sarah Palin Interview
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's sayings are so popular that Palin Bingo cards and drinking games became popular during the VP Debate.
The SNL VP debate sketch shows Tina Fey cranking up the Sarah Palin winks and folksy lingo by repeatedly using expressions like "maverick", "hockey moms" and "joe six-pack" while avoiding answering each question asked by moderator Gwen Ifill. Sarah Palin's VP debate performance suffered from low expectations due to her lackluster performance during interviews with Katie Couric. Palin was unable to cite which newspapers she read and current Supreme Court cases which left many voters wondering about her qualifications for the VP position. A highlight of the skit comes when moderator Gwen Ifill portrayed by Queen Latifah asks Governor Palin if she believes in gay marriage. Tina Fey's response as Palin refers to Palin's pregnant unwed teenage daughter who is going to marry her boyfriend after the "Juno type" scandal broke. "I believe marriage is meant to be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers..."
A viewing of the debate gave the impression that Sarah Palin had crammed herself full of so much information during "debate camp" that she was determined to give roundabout answers only to questions that were in her Cliffs Notes. Watch David Letterman's top 10 Things Overheard at Sarah Palin Debate Camp. Watch the Sarah Palin/ Joe Biden VP debate video if you missed it.
It's starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president. Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as the sketch comedy show continued to pull out all the stops in its election year season. Queen Latifah dropped by to portray Thursday's debate moderator, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and cast member Jason Sudeikis stepped into the role of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden. The "SNL" take on the week's political events has become a dependable part of the news cycle this fall, offering near-immediate parodies of the presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, and their running mates. The show — particularly the opening sketches — have resonated with higher ratings for the NBC program and increased traffic on its Web site where early-to-bed viewers catch the talked-about sketches in the days after. Saturday night's opening sketch of the VP debate appeared likely to garner similar buzz thanks to Fey's popular Palin impression. Winking and giving answers not always directly related to Queen Latifah's questions, Fey's Palin said that if she was elected, her decisions would be guided by considering "what would a maverick do?" At the end of the segment, she asked with flute in hand, "Are we not doing the talent portion?" Palin was runnerup in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest. Sudeikis, with hair slicked back and a tight-fitting suit, portrayed Biden as conflicted in his feelings for McCain, whom he called "a raging maniac and a dear, dear friend."
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