Saturday Night Live has gotten their highest ratings in 14 years thanks to VP candidate Sarah Palin.
Palin's brief, upbeat and mostly silent visit drew an audience that could top 14 million, the biggest for NBC's late-night satire show since Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan hosted on March 12, 1994.
In overnight figures released Sunday from 56 Nielsen markets, Saturday's audience mushroomed 47% over the previous original "SNL" this fall, which drew about 9.7 million viewers.
If projections hold steady when hard numbers come out Thursday, "SNL" will also have drawn more viewers than all but two of last week's prime-time shows, "Dancing With the Stars" and "CSI." source
Watch Will Ferrell's return to Saturday Live as George Bush with Tina Fey reprising her popular role as Sarah Palin. There are rumors that Barack Obama will appear on the November 1st edition of Saturday Night Live. SNL creator Lorne Michaels did not confirm that Barack Obama will appear in the show.
"I heard the rumors about him, and there were also rumors about
John McCain coming on the show as well," he said. "Again, I'm not being
coy, but until people are in the building. . . . Twice we expected
Obama, but he had to cancel. Once because of the hurricane [last
August] and again because of his trip to Hawaii [to visit his ailing
grandmother last week]. "And," he added, "we never announce anything."
Apparently, Barack is not that fond of Fred Armisen's impression of him. The Post reports:
"I've
got to say," Obama told an interviewer last week, "compared to Tina Fey
and what she's doing with Gov. Palin, my imitator isn't doing as great
of a job. I do know that my ears have been getting bigger and bigger on
that show each episode. I'm sure they'll get it right over time." source
Appearing as President Bush on the prime-time edition of "Saturday Night Live," Will Ferrell offered his political "strategery" to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin. Ferrell reprised his famed impression of the president on the live "Weekend Update" special Thursday to give an "impromptu" evening address to the nation. He spoke about the election between John McCain and Barack Obama — both candidates, he said, that are "heavily patriotized" and "display much characterization." He then gave his endorsement to McCain and Palin, something that they apparently didn't want. Ferrell said he was unaware that his approval ratings were low because he had several months ago declared the Oval Office a "bummer free zone." Speaking to Fey again appearing as Palin, Ferrell informed her that her role as vice president was "the most important in the land" and that the "president can do nothing without checking with the vice president." Fey corrected him that he had it backward. Eventually Darrell Hammond as McCain turned up to reluctantly receive the endorsement. The sketch between Ferrell and Fey was the meeting of two of the most popular political impressions in the show's history. It might have been complete only if Chevy Chase stopped by as Gerald Ford, Dana Carvey appeared as H.W. Bush and Amy Poehler joined as Hillary Rodham Clinton. source
MARK WALHBERG TALKS TO THE ANIMALS
Mark Walhberg also made a funny SNL guest appearance after Andy Shamberg parodied him in a "Mark Walhberg talks to the Animals" skit. See Mark Walhberg prove that he has a sense of humor.
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