Open thread: Palinmania on SNL
posted at 10:52 pm on October 18, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Will they keep it light, or will Lorne and co. gratify the wettest wet dreams of HuffPo and dKos by sandbagging her with some sort of “Don’t vote for this woman!” ambush? Either way, the long-awaited confrontation between the ‘Cuda and the woman who claims she’ll have to leave Earth if Palin wins makes it worth watching. Weigh in below. While we wait, food for thought from Fred Barnes:
In the weeks after the convention, she was limited to two major TV interviews. When she did poorly in one–the Katie Couric interview–Democrats and hostile columnists unloaded, calling her unqualified to be vice president. There was little contrary evidence in the press by which to judge her or defend her.
I asked Palin whether she’d do things differently if she could repeat those weeks. She answered by silently mouthing “yes.” When two aides–we were on a McCain-Palin bus with staff and security–said “yes” aloud, she chimed in, “Yes, yes, yes, yes.”…
Now, despite her political talent, Palin’s future is unclear.
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Okay, that wasn’t bad.
Now let’s see if the show turns into a sandbag of Republicans now that they know people are watching.
Enoxo on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
uhm………okay……….what the hell was that?
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
What kind of animal was that in the hallway?
d1carter on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
What was that in the background, behind Baldwin? A donkey’s ass? It looked like the back of a taxidermied animal just stuck in the middle of the hallway. Guess I’ll have to freeze-frame the youtube video. Weird.
boko fittleworth on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
and let alec take shots at her to her face, including “that horrible woman”
The GOP is running an idiot campaign
mofo on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Word.
Spirit of 1776 on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Great blog, Ed. Just discovered it googling Ron Nessen and SNL.
CanadianGuy on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Lol. Those of you crying about this are clueless. You sound like Kos Kids crying about Obama appearing on FOX.
NotCoach on October 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
touché
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Good, you saw it too.
boko fittleworth on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
haha
JetBoy on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Very nice. And Alec Baldwin made me laugh out loud when he said “you’re way hotter in person”
Dudley Smith on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Poor Andy.
malan89 on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
They let Alec Baldwin rip on her right to her face. That wasn’t acting.
WisCon on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Are the Kosby Kidz exploding in rage that their “fearless” celebrity heroes aren’t setting her on fire?
Speedwagon82 on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Oh, it was cute. What are you all complaining about?
Well, here’s the sandbag with Brolin…
Pasalubong on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
i think it was great. i really think this will help in a weird way.
darkegop on October 18, 2008 at 11:37 PM
No slams, eh
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
And here comes the Bush bashing…….
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Oh, Josh Brolin and the rest of the regular show. Time for bed.
nocomme1 on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Josh Brolin. Great, it is going to be a total Republican hatefest.
Yup, there was his crappy shot at Bush about how neither should be President.
Republican on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
What was that?
Take shots at Palin to start if off.
Palin delivers a weak “shot” at Tina Fey’s show.
Alec Baldwin shows up. Uh?
Palin doesn’t really get a chance to deliver some shots.
And now Josh Brolin taking shots at Bush promoting his anti-Bush movie.
gumble on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
OH I SEE – PALIN = GWB!!
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Ahh–so that was the Canadian ISP a few minutes ago in my stats!
(Thanks for the kind words, incidentally.)
Ed Driscoll on October 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
ape hug……..wasn’t that cute…..
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
What the hell is this? (With Brolin)
I give Alec Baldwin props, though. Good on him.
Pasalubong on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
….
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Cool down about the Baldwin thing. If anything, it portrayed him as a two-faced individual who would completely change his character depending on if the famous person is actually in the room. No one’s going to be convinced that she’s a horrible person because he said it and then turned face.
amerpundit on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
I think that was the end of the Tina fey parody of Sarah Palin…
When you have a parody of a parody parodying the parody of the parody….
then that’s pretty much it.
seanrobins on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Palin was great.
carbon_footprint on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
The only reason Palin stumbled out of the gate is that she underestimated how evil the forces against her are. Now she’s savvy. BHO has been given a total pass on things in his life that disqualify him for POTUS by the same unethical, biased media.
Mojave Mark on October 18, 2008 at 11:39 PM
God this show sucks…..
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I couldn’t see it, but a flipside to the bad is that she showed their crap doesn’t scare her off. Let them laugh at her. When NBC gets thrown out of her VP press confere…, ur, nevermind.
Tommygun on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
What the hell is this?
Why did Palin decide to show up on this show and help promote this garbage?
gumble on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Well guys, I might have to take it back…Palin was sandbagged. They couldn’t have her on without propping up Alec Baldwin with her…unfunnily?
Either that, or Palin’s “people” didn’t do a good job of approving this one.
hmmmm…
JetBoy on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
This episode exemplifies why people don’t watch SNL anymore.
terryannonline on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
exactly
Guardian on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
…wait for it…
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I repeat….God this show sucks…..
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
“Sock it to meeeee?”
amerpundit on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
….and I just turned the channel to TCM.
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
pretty bland so far…she looks strong though as always…
JustTruth101 on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I liked it when Fey said “The real one?” and fled the stage.
Guardian on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Where
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I thought it was decent. Baldwin did a good job. The hotter in person line was great IMO.
aikidoka on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
That it?
I wanna see her do Weekend Update, but I don’t want to sit through this show if she’s not coming back.
Spirit of 1776 on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
this show doeos suck. palin did fine – quit freaking out everybody.
remember that a bunch of the mindless boobs are voting for obama b/c of his celebrity appeal. i actually think the letterman and snl appearances will help somewhat.
darkegop on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
AAAAAAAAAND —– Back to ME!!!
grtflmark on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
John Brolin is pretty cocky for a guy that does a weak Bush imitation and whose cinematographic brilliance is basically confined to “Goonies”.
Republican on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
I wouldn’t call it being “sandbagged.” It just wasn’t funny. Period.
terryannonline on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Good lord, this is reminding me why I quit watching, these skits are freaking horrible.
Brad on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
fu – no country for old men? we’ll see on 11/4.
JustTruth101 on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
She got a huge cheer. That’s all I cared about. The rest was a wash.
Ronnie on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
The long decline of Liberalism….
Marky Mark was funny.
Dr Evil on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Nobody watches SNL anymore……..and now I remember WHY!
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Palin’s handlers are knuckleheads.
Tobias2012 on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Is that it? Back to lame SNL sketches…
Right_of_Attila on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
She’s wont even appear again. That was her only appearance, I’ll bet. AND SHE WALKED OFF CAMERA WITH ALEC BALDWIN
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
They had to insult her?
Why not have her at the press conference and show how the MSM ask the most idiotic and biased questions and have her answer it in a smart and funny way?
The skit was lame. The only highlight, if there is one, is Mark Wahlberg…and Palin being there.
jencab on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
the show after that is kind of lame so far though
aikidoka on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
FYI, Lorne Michaels has spread his money around, but he’s donated the max to McCain
http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Lorne_Michaels.php
Dudley Smith on October 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM
I hate this show: it’s sick, amoral, juvenile, twisted, and IT’S NOT FUNNY.
EVERY SINGLE SKETCH SUCKS; EVERY ‘COMEDIAN’ IS NOT FUNNY; IT’S A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
Everyone on it needs to move to……..Lebanon, maybe
Janos Hunyadi on October 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Baldwin sure has put on a few pounds, huh?
d1carter on October 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
meh, I thought it was cute ; )
It’s basically what I figured it would be, with her saying Live From NY…. but I would have liked to have seen her with Fey.
Not to be mean, but seeing them both on at the same time in the same outfit really makes you realize how much more attractive Sarah is than Tina ; )
dead-duck on October 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
I see now, why I quit watching SNL when Belushi died.
abinitioadinfinitum on October 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
SNL’s rare shots at Hilary! and Obama are relevant, insightful, and funny. The shots at Palin and McCain (he’s old-oh no you di’n't! she has an accent-daaaaamn!) are lame because they put no effort into them.
boko fittleworth on October 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
I noticed 2 things. Palin got a great welcome and Brolin got a weak laugh at Bush’s expense. Kind of surprised me. And now, this crappy show is just crappy.
Sue on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Synopsis of Kos whine posted above:
Lorne makes Democrats look good but makeing Republicans look good is Nazi-like!
Speedwagon82 on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Last time this show was funny was when Dana Carvey, Lovitz, Phil Hartman and Dennis Miller were on it.
CanadianGuy on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
i thought liberals were supposed to be the whiners…
Chill out. Anyone who’ll change their mind about Palin because of skit was going to vote for Obama anyway.
Trent1289 on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
John Brolin is pretty cocky for
a guy that does a weak Bush imitation and whose cinematographic brilliance is basically confined to “Goonies”a druken fuck who has the I.Q. of Bush’s farts.Republican on October 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM
fix it!
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Brolin’s a lock for the Best Actor Oscar. I don’t know why Palin bothered coming on the show though. She didn’t need to do something like this, she has nothing to prove to these people (if that were even possible).
scharfy on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
I think that was probably her whole appearance.
Basically, she killed the Tina Fey parody thing, showed that she wasn’t at all afraid.
My God this sketch is atrocious — the sushi bar proposal thing… No wonder no one watches.
ClintACK on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Thank you
Pasalubong on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
True. Now Alex gets to meet someone of integrity as opposed to the libtards he usually associates with. That’s a good thing.
Guardian on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Hey, man, keep it clean; this is a family site. Or, at least it’s not DailyKos. I’m serious.
Tzetzes on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Oh, please, will you ninnies stop complaining about everything? Palin was fantastic. She poked fun at Baldwin’s ability to act two-faced when caught besmirching someone (good on him for being the butt of the joke) and Fey was reduced to having her ‘character’ rushing off the stage when the real deal showed up.
Home.
Run.
rjwest21 on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
It was not really horribly bad.
But it was not nearly as funny as the Hillary stuff.
LibertarianConservative on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Gawd this show is awful!
flyboy777 on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
In the primaries.
Ronnie on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
He hasn’t taken a shit since the ‘04 election.
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
That really is the case. Whatever happened to “Landshark” and “Chee-burger, chee-burger,” or however that Belushi routine went?
Tommygun on October 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Is it possible that McCain wrote Brolin’s Bush-bashing monologue? /sarc off.
Republican on October 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM
So Fey gets to reinforce the idea that Palin is an imbecile one more time, Palin gets to stand there while Alec Baldwin slams her to her face, and Brolin opens up his monolog with a shot at McCain.
I suppose it could have been worse. Of course, I expect Weekend Update to be unusually vicious tonight also.
Brolin’s Bush sucks, by the way.
Kensington on October 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM
SNL = Seriously. Necrosis. Literally.
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM
No one has said they are voting for Obama here. What are you talking about?
terryannonline on October 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Alec Baldwin is probably running to the shower to scrub himself with pumice to get the Palin cooties off.
Enoxo on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
No coke, pepsi.
No fries….cheeeps.
JetBoy on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
….and the rest of this miserable “show” is a Republican bash-fest.
Oh, and….it sucks too…..
FiveWays on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
My God this sketch is atrocious — the sushi bar proposal thing… No wonder no one watches.
The only thing watchable on that show are the Macgruber sketches & the SNL shorts (like Lazy Sunday, D*ck in a box).
rjwest21 on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Yeah, that would have been great. If that’s it for her, it was a total waste of her time.
JustTruth101 on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Agreed. The skit was not funny at all. Why waste an appearance by Palin with this lame skit?
Man, all these hate America liberals around her, and the worst of the worst: Fey, Baldwin, Brolin, and Stone!
jencab on October 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Palin was good. The rest of the show is awful. The sushi bar proposal was excruciating to watch. Who writes this crap?
themediansib on October 18, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Which is why Tina Fey will never again do that lame parody.
It’s win-win.
ClintACK on October 18, 2008 at 11:49 PM
thank you Tzetzes
Bullhead on October 18, 2008 at 11:49 PM
My gosh I have not missed anything these past years by missing SNL.
I fear that is it for her, but I will give it another commercial.
WoosterOh on October 18, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Nothing will come of this except Sarah Palin will be perceived as a good sport.
Ronnie on October 18, 2008 at 11:50 PM
It’s interesting, though, that Lorne himself was in the skit. Does he usually make cameos? Or was this an implicit endorsement?
Enoxo on October 18, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Guardian on October 18, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Dollars to donuts: he let go and walked off without a word.
Ugly on October 18, 2008 at 11:50 PM
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