Tina Fey was named Entertainer Of The Year
The woman who gave us those humorous Sarah Palin impersonations during the campaign season is finally getting her recognition.
Tina Fey was recently named Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year.
Fey is a former cast member of “Saturday Night Live.” She currently stars in the NBC sitcom “30 Rock.” During the presidential campaign season, Fey returned to SNL to impersonate Sarah Palin on various skits, which kept us entertained during the long drawn-out presidential campaign.
Below is a classic spoof of Tina Fey imitating Palin during that infamous interview with Katie Couric. (followed by a clip of the actual interview)
Tim Henley
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Amy Poehler leaves Saturday Night Live
Dec. 13 was Amy Poehler’s final day on Saturday Night Live. She has been with the show since 2006. She often portrayed Hillary Clinton during the campaign season.
Her most memorable moment on the show was when she did a skit about a press conference between Hillary and Sarah Palin, who was played by Tina Fey. The clip is below.
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Barbara Walter’s 10 most fascinating people
Every year, Barbara Walters hosts a special about the 10 most fascinating people where she picks 10 fascinating celebrities and interviews them.
Her top nine picks are listed below, but if you want to see who was chosen as the number one most fascinating person, then you have to watch the show Dec. 4 on ABC.
I’m going to take a guess and say that Barack Obama will probably be number one, but I don’t know for certain.
Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps
Actress Miley Cyrus
Actor Will Smith
Actress Tina Fey
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh
Pregnant man Thomas Beatie
Actor Frank Langella
John McCain on Saturday Night Live
Republican presidential candidate John McCain gave a humorous performance on Saturday Night Live during the weekend (Nov. 1).
He appeared in a skit with Tina Fey (as Sarah Palin) and his real wife Cindy.
The clip is below.
Tina Fey returns as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey, above, portrays Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. The two have a striking resemblance.
Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey returned to the show again during the weekend to portray vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for a second time.
Fey and Amy Poehler performed a skit involving the interview that Palin gave with Katie Couric.
The clip was absolutely hilarious and accurate to a tee.
The funniest moment was when Katie Couric (played by Poehler) asked a question and Sarah Palin (played by Fey) replied, “Katie I’d like to use one of my life lines. I want to phone a friend.” Katie responded “You don’t have any life lines.” Palin replied “Well in that case I’m just gonna have to get back to ya.”
Although I laughed at the segment, I actually do feel sorry for Palin. Everyone portrays her as being “un-smart.”
Whether she is or not, is not up to me to decide. Maybe she just appears to be “un-smart” whenever she’s in front of the camera.
Tim Henley
Michael Phelps on Saturday Night Live
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps hosted “Saturday Night Live” during the weekend. He was featured in various comedy skits, and I just have one thing to say—Michael needs to stick to swimming.
The skits weren’t very funny whatsoever, but I don’t know if Phelps is to blame or should we blame the writers. During some of the scenes it sounded like he was reading off of a teleprompter word for word, which he probably was.
On the other hand, it probably was good for NBC to put Phelps on the show despite his lackluster acting skills. Phelps is popular sports figures in the country especially after the Olympics, and I’m a lot of people watched the show that night which translates into big ratings.
The highlight of the show was the performances of the current king of rap Lil Wayne. He performed his hits “Lollipop” and “Get Money.”
Another notable moment was the opening of the show when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler portrayed Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton during a press conference. Tina Fey’s portrayal of Sarah Palin was right on.
Barack Obama was supposed to make an appearance on the show, but he canceled because of Hurricane Ike.
Michael Phelps’ mother and William Shatner made a brief appearance on the show. I guess if Obama can’t make it on the show, the next best thing is to have Phelps’ mother and William Shatner….not really
Tim Henley
