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Anybody else watching this?
She was pretty good in the opening “skit” – not much of a skit, but some humorous banter with Lorne Michael and Alec Baldwin (said “Stephen is my favorite Baldwin brother”).
Not sure if that’s it or what, but more power to her for doing it.
UPDATE: Boy, it is going to be a little painful having to watch all the non-Palin skits in the meantime. Maybe it’s like that philosopher dude once speculated about music – that eventually all the possible melodies would be used and that would be it: Maybe all the jokes have already been written, and there is nothing left for SNL to do but play out the string. At 11:45 pm this is some unfunny stuff going on here in this first sketch and it is supposed to be the good material at the beginning, right?
UPDATE II: The real VW and Burger King commercials are FAR more entertaining than the SNL “MacGruber” McGyver parody. Lorne Michael should go to Madison Ave and hire some writers.
UPDATE III: 11:56 pm – Maybe no more Palin? The Suze Orman sketch was lame. I’m gonna surf the Web while this is on because this is one upcoming hour of life I know I won’t get back.
UPDATE IV: Elsewhere, African Press International says the Michelle Obama story will be updated tomorrow. This could be big news. Michelle apparently called in to complain about something and let slip that Barack Obama was adopted by a foreign national after he was born, and thus was not a U.S. citizen. Supposedly API is going to release the audio of the phone call from Michelle Obama, a phone call the Obama campaign reportedly says never took place.
UPDATE V: Powerline was worried the Palin appearance would be like going into the lion’s den but if that at the beginning was it, no harm done to her and she performed fine, certainly reminded why people love her. And a nice counterpoint to the Tina Fey impersonation version of herself which was playing at the same time. Made Fey’s look pretty insipid. But all in good fun.
UPDATE VI: She’s back, on Weekend Update. “I’m not gonna do the piece we rehearsed … I think it just might cross the line.” A rap. Sarah is playing along … heh. This is pretty funny actually.
UPDATE VII: Man, Sarah Palin is a natural in front of the camera. No wonder she strikes such apocalyptic fear in the hearts of her opponents. I know I speak for all of America when I say: We want to see more Sarah Palin!
UPDATE VIII: Whoa. Barack Obama and Bill Ayers shared an office for three years. That does not seem like it’s made it into the narrative yet; it will be interesting to see how this will update the “when I was 8 years old” data point, you know, the one where Barack Obama knows practically nothing about Bill Ayers.
UPDATE IX: NBC says the video of Sara Palin’s appearances will be up on their Web site, not there yet though. Here’s a snippet of the first portion on youtube. (May not be there long … copyright issues).
UPDATE X: Sarah came out for the farewell from the stage, about 15 seconds. Tina Fey did not appear to be out there.
UPDATE XI: NBC videos coming up now. Here is the opening. (Does Sarah Palin look good in comparison or what?) And here is the Palin rap.
UPDATE XII: Wow, Palin brought the highest SNL ratings in 14 years.
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Oh poor Joe. PT Barnum was right. You actually believe that story? They have been promising to update that ridiculous story for a week. How much money have you lost in Nigerian emails?
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/12842.html
Well I guess we will find out tomorrow, won’t we smart guy. World Net Daily certainly seems to be treating it very seriously.
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good for you for enduring an entire snl episode for your candidate, that is dedication!
and i probably have virus now from going to that api site.
I don’t think API is a scam site, it does not seem like one at all. I guess we will see tomorrow.
I watched the VT game — it was even more painful, I think.
Joe, posting here because it is a TV-related thread.
I can’t take it anymore. I can’t watch anything on TV at all. The ads are all Obama all the time.
Seriously, I see him two or three times in a half hour slot, and you can’t escape by switching channels.
He is on Comedy Network for pete’s sake!
I know we’re supposed to be a swing state, but I’m beginning to think that sooner rather than later the oversaturation of ads is going to backfire.
How many people who are scared to death about the economy are about to puke at how much he’s laying out to stroke himself to us?
That’s a good point. It is getting to where it’s almost an absurdity when some of these ads come on again. The election will certainly teach a lesson about hypersaturation of the airwaves, whether it works or works against you.
“World Net Daily certainly seems to be treating it very seriously.” ROFL!
Zimzo and I used to go back and forth over WND back in the day, but in the end we all agreed that is one of the more reliable news sites on the Internet.
Joe, you and I used to go rounds about it too. But that site is so goofy. Again, Nov 20th. Let’s connect up.
There was a woman that went into the hospital because of a condition that required her leg to be amputated (life threatening, and it would surely kill her if it were not removed). After the operation, she looked down and saw to her horror that they had removed the wrong leg. Because the condition was such that it was imperative that the leg be removed, they waited two days for the amputation to heal enough to operate again (this time with a different surgeon) and removed the other leg.
Naturally, the woman sued for malpractice, the hospital, the doctor, even the surgery nurse. When it got to court though, the suit was summarily dismissed. When the lawyer asked the judge why, he replied “she doesn’t have a leg to stand on.”
See, there are still jokes out there that have not been told.
Thursday, Nov 20? Ok thanks for the reminder. E-mail me the details when you have them.
Brian, ooh, that one may draw a penalty from the commish.
“Zimzo and I used to go back and forth over WND back in the day, but in the end we all agreed that is one of the more reliable news sites on the Internet.”
Funny. I’m glad you still have your sense of humor in these days which must be so upsetting for you.
ALL days have ALWAYS been upsetting for me so this is just flavor of the month. Do you think my sense of humor hinges on some fanciful notion of make believe happy time?
What a surprise. API didn’t deliver the tapes they promised yet again. You might want to check out this book Joe. It’s about people just like you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails
Philip Berg, the atty (former– Democratic –Deputy Attorney General of Pa)– who filed the lawsuit re: Obama’s citizenship, adoption, birth records– apparently is the one the API gave the tape recording to…for release…
Sally, very interesting. Personally I think API is playigng a game, free PR and such. I will keep looking to see what pans out though.
Berg’s case is something I see as serious. It could so simply go away if Obama would produce the proper documents.
Nothing ever happens 90 days before an election. The government and all its stupidity just shut down while in the “wait and see” mode or “I hope this gets forgotten” attitude. Oh, but they continue to get paid while doing NOTHING! Osama-bama’s birth certificate is buried in a time capsule under Ayers’ basement slab….along with crack, acid, a signed poster of Che, detonators, Mao’s Red Book…..
Obama probably has a vault in the dead lands of Chicago. I’m guessing that Geraldo will find it in a couple years and another made for TV moment will be born.
I thought it was pretty bad that after she agreed to do the skit on the Weekend Update part that she reneged and made a very pregnant co-host step in, so much for thinking of the child first..
I thought that was part of the skit–saying it was too racy?
Anyone FORCE the pregnant co-host to be on the show at all?
Obama has very few opportunities to make good on his promise to do the show. He backed out once already.
I thought Palin was a good sport, and the mini skit with Baldwin was funny. Not a gut buster, but funny.
Especially opened with the Mark Wahlberg cameo, where he’s looking for a particular dressing room in order to beat up a cast member who imitated him.
I remember Clinton playing the sax on Arsenio. It’s a human moment, and anyone who takes it on, especially after Fey’s dead on impressions, is a good sport.
Period.
Sarah Palin is a good leader. i can say that because she did some projects in alaska that helped lots of people .
There are critics of Sarah Palin but in my opinion she is also a very good politician and she also did some good projects in Alaska.
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