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gwenPosted:
Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:33 pm
Tina Fey hangs up her Palin wig
It’s official!
Comedian Tina Fey has gotten her wish and will no longer play Alaska governor Sarah Palin on the comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live” after the Republican contender for vice president lost out in Tuesday’s U.S. elections.
Fey’s dead-on impersonations of Palin drew record ratings for “Saturday Night LIve” and became almost as talked about nationally as the maverick politician and hockey mom herself.
But Fey, who stars in the NBC show “30 Rock,” told the magazine Entertainment Weekly that she has no plans to play Palin again.
“I have to retire just because I have to do my day job,” Fey told the magazine.
Fey, 38, went the extra mile by suggesting a replacement if “Saturday Night Live” needs someone to play Palin again, suggesting that ”SNL” cast member Kristen Wiig should carry the torch from now on.
“Maybe we could get a real torch,” Fey told Entertainment Weekly. “Or I could give Wiig the Palin wig.”
Before the election, Fey made clear she was hoping not to have to play Palin after November 4, saying she planned on “leaving Earth” if the Republican was elected.
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gwenPosted:
Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:27 pm
Sarah Palin "Where Are They Now? - Jimmy Kimmel Live
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gwenPosted:
Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:42 pm
Letterman - Top 10 Sarah Palin Revelations
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paxPosted:
Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:19 am
Red State Update Moves to Canada
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PerryPeabodyPosted:
Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:34 am
Obama Roasts Rahm Emanuel At 2005 Fundraiser (VIDEO)
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Recently, CSPAN rebroadcast a roast from 2005 where Barack Obama takes on his future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Discussed are Rahm's past with ballet and the accident in which Rahm lost his middle finger, a loss that Obama said essentially rendered Rahm mute.
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IsanahPosted:
Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:26 pm
pax wrote:
Sarah Palin's latest press conference:
That's one fugly, annoying dog!
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gwenPosted:
Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:20 am
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IsanahPosted:
Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:40 am
gwen wrote:
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prolificPosted:
Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:52 am
gwen wrote:
that's hilarious..
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wvgirlPosted:
Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:55 pm
prolific wrote:
that's hilarious..
It really is. I've watched SNL for 30 years. If I'm home, I'm watching it. I think this years SNL election 'coverage' will take the place of my favorites from the late 70's and 80's.
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prolificPosted:
Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:05 pm
wvgirl wrote:
It really is. I've watched SNL for 30 years. If I'm home, I'm watching it. I think this years SNL election 'coverage' will take the place of my favorites from the late 70's and 80's.
Oh SNL from the 70's was just the best...Gilda Radnor, John Belushi, Steve Martin..etc...but I agree SNL's election coverage this year has been hilarious.
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prolificPosted:
Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:11 pm
Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
Andy Borowitz
Posted November 18, 2008
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.
But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.
According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.
"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."
The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."
The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.
Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, BorowitzReport.com.
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