really? weekend update? That was totally a meh.
The cold open? even worse.
These were the only two segments I saw on hulu. Was there more?

i just got barraged by a bunch of footage of it, kept thinking Tina Fey really does look like her, oh, no, wait--

I'm confused. Was she actually on SNL? Or are we talking about Tina Fey's portrayal?

Cos, if it's the latter, I agree. There was a fantastic convergence of a candidate from whom it was fun and/or easy to derive humour, and a comedienne who was able to accurately and uncannily portray said candidate.

(And that, my friends, may be the least graceful sentence I've ever written.)

Other highlights? Maybe Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford? I suppose a nod to Dana Carvey's George Senior is appropriate. The guy who did Clinton was alright, but...I dunno, somehow lacked something.

I agree with her. Steve is MY favorite Baldwin too!

I agree with Mudpuppie-she rocked SNL.

Richat, it was really her.

Because Fuck the Whales, right?
What do those goddamn fish things think they are? People?

I missed her on the SNL last night. I was up, too! Dammit.

The opening segment was mildly amusing. They packed it full of celebrity cameos so it got a lot of "surprised" laughs.

The "Weekend Update" bit was something else. It was a rap song that Sarah Palin "refused" to sing, so nine-month pregnant (and hey, how come THAT wasn't brought up) Amy Poehler performed the song, while Palin sat in her seat and sort of danced along.

For a non-performer, it would have been incredibly difficult for Palin to perform the song that Poehler did (although I'm sure that was never even an option), but IF SHE HAD, that would have been piss-your-pants funny.

Most politicians embarrass themselves on SNL with their wooden acting and inability to tell a punchline. The gold standard, however, for SNL politician greatness was set by Al Gore. I still crack up when I think about his portrayal of Trent Lott.

also: FARTFACE!

but IF SHE HAD, that would have been piss-your-pants funny.

I would have seriously considered voting for McCain if she had done that. My god, it would have been beautiful.
But I think she had a fairly standard politician experience on SNL last night, nothing amazing, but nothing bad.

That is frightening, freak.
i'm worried about Alaska when she loses. Do they have to take her back?

huh. Well I'll have to try to track that down and see it. Sometimes SNL stuff is hard to see out of the states. They are pretty aggressive in keep stuff off of youtube, I think.

If hulu and nbc work in Canada, you can see them there. i thought there were just two skits with her, i didn't watch it, just caught bits and saw the opening on hulu. It's everywhere so it shouldn't be too hard to find. It's not that big of a deal.

i like how Tina Fey's been on about how it's an imitation anyone can do, just recycle your northern accent from Fargo or something, doncha know.

She did almost nothing. She wasn't funny and they barely used her at all. I don't think she made any impact on a younger demographic through this; not sure why she did it.

A question: Is this the first time a candidate in an electoral race has been on? Rather than someone elected, I mean, in this case for VP?

I love how bad TV and reality blur more and more this election cycle -- come on, Joe the Plumber? that's bad, bad reality TV. last night's SNL was pretty weak for me -- Baldwin is not the man he used to be since he obviously underwent anger management counseling. also, he looked fat and huge and dwarfed Palin and Michaels. the whole "he thinks Palin is Fey" was very, very obvious. and making fun of 30 Rock because no one watches it? bah.

Palin was good because she can indeed deliver a script she has memorized (or she reads off of a TelePrompter), but she feeds off of an audience reaction. she's awesome in front of a crowd of crazed right wingers, more often than not in the provinces. in a studio full of people who clearly despise her and want her to lose? not so much. Obama looked more at ease in his interview with Bill O'Reilly than Palin did last night.

the strongest part for me was, funnily enough, at the beginning -- the press conference, since the real Palin will never give one -- the question about her crack re: the "pro-American parts of the country", and the answer (I paraphrase: it remains to be seen if Ohio Florida and Pennsylvania are either super anti American or very patriotic) sounded painfully true.

oh, and yes, I thought she was taller.

Well, it was funny last night after all the wine.

i'm not sure what it means that they even had her on.
On one hand, it's too undignified to ask it of someone who would be in a leadership position, so are they saying it's not a slight for her as she is so unqualified, or ratings ratings ratings or "--nowadays you don't have to be a good student or a student at all to be presidential! Dignity, schmignity! It's already all shot to hell--"?

Well, it was funny last night after all the wine.

That's the only thing that would've made it funny, to me.

Oh I thought it was funny. Also, I'm in love with Amy Poehler and last night's Weekend Update just intensified my love.

Hulu does not work in Canada. :(

Amy Poehler is HUGE, but she moves like that belly is fake. The bar sketch was a riot for me.

NBC have both segments on their website.

I just watched both Palin appearances on NBC's website. I thought she did a good job! At least she memorized her lines (,ALEC BALDWIN). Hearing her speak right next to Tina Fey speaking just shows how good Tina does the accent. Accents are hard and hers must be insane to fall into, I'm impressed.

It was very Bob Roberts does Cutting Edge Live.

In the movie, populist singer-politician Roberts appears on an SNL lookalike (Bob Balaban brilliantly plays a version of Lorne Michaels who looks like Paul Shaffer). One of the actors (John Cusack) refuses to do a promo with Roberts (he was misled about the appearance), and a producer goes over the edge when Roberts opts to play a song that directly references the upcoming election instead of one of his more general "the poor/hippies suck" political hits.

Anyway, I think it's more characteristic of the Republican view of SNL that everyone on it is a flaming liberal ready to dump on the GOP at a moment's notice, or walk on principle rather than "promote" one, than it is a true characterization. (Well, maybe the first cast ...) They've skewered their share of Democrats.

I was underwhelmed, and kind of surprised that her handlers let her say "Caribou Barbie." She didn't get any laugh lines. She did her job, kind of like in the debates, but didn't exceed expectations...they should've negotiated something splashier and spunkier for her.