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Palin to Appear on Saturday Night Live This Weekend

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October 16, 2008 11:24 PM

Live from New York, it’s Sarah Palin!

After weeks of being skewered by comedian Tina Fey on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to appear on the program this weekend, ABC News has learned.

Palin will travel to New York on Saturday, and is tentatively scheduled to appear on the sketch comedy program that has parodied the Republican vice presidential nominee in three skits this fall.

It is not clear whether Palin will appear in a live segment with Tina Fey, whose uncanny separated-at-birth impersonation of Palin has drawn rave reviews, including one from Palin herself. Fey, who now produces and stars in the NBC sitcom "30 Rock," had previously served as the head writer of "SNL" and co-anchor of the show's "Weekend Update."

During a press availability aboard the Palin campaign plane last week, Palin called Fey's  impersonation a "hoot" and said that would "love to" appear on the program to try to give the comedian a taste of her own medicine. Palin says she has dressed up as Fey for Halloween in the past.

"I love her," Palin said of Fey. "She's a hoot and she's so talented and it would be fun to either imitate her or keep on giving her more material and keep her in business."

When Palin's running mate Sen. John McCain was asked by David Letterman during a taping of "The Late Show" on Thursday whether Palin would appear on “SNL,” he said, "I think she is, yes," adding that the appearance "will probably get more of an audience than our debate did," referring to Wednesday night’s final presidential debate between McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.

SNL first parodied Palin in a sketch for the show’s season premiere last month, with Fey playing Palin as part of a joint press conference with Sen. Hillary Clinton, played by the show's resident Clinton impersonator Amy Poehler. Two weeks later, Poehler changed roles, impersonating Katie Couric interviewing Tina Fey's Palin in a parody of Palin’s widely-panned interview with the CBS News anchor. And just two weeks ago, the program performed an extended spoof of Palin’s vice presidential debate with Sen. Joe Biden.

Saturday Night Live has been a critical stopping point on the campaign trail. Both Sens. McCain and Obama have made live cameos on the program in the last year. Sen. Clinton also secretly flew to New York in March to appear in a well-received skit alongside Poehler, who played Clinton on the program throughout the Democratic primaries.

Fey has said she will continue the impersonation of Palin until Election Day, but told TV Guide in an interview that she's "done" with the impersonation if the McCain-Palin ticket wins the election.

"We're gonna take it week by week," Fey told TV Guide for an upcoming issue. "If she wins, I'm done. I can't do that for four years. And by 'I'm done,' I mean I'm leaving Earth."

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You better stop calling telling the truth about Obama that he hangs around with people who blows up American buildings or you will be called racist like they did to the Clinton's

Posted by: katie butler | Oct 17, 2008 12:05:17 AM

As a democrat who used to be a McCain fan - it saddens me to realize who is really is as his campaign has revealed. What a shame. We need a diplomat running our country again - and Barack Obama is a born diplomat. I would pal around with him any day!

Posted by: Angela in Indiana | Oct 17, 2008 12:06:25 AM

Barack Obama is a Socialist!

Posted by: al | Oct 17, 2008 12:06:40 AM

"For the FIRST time in my adult life I'm proud of this country" Michelle Obama

Things that make you go hmmmmm.........

Posted by: al | Oct 17, 2008 12:09:08 AM

Do you think Joe the Plumber can see canada from his house? if so, bam new vp pick.

Posted by: huh? | Oct 17, 2008 12:09:22 AM

Wrong move, SNL! You just moved from the category of great politican satire (which is great when the American media refuses to do its job) to the category of just another show looking to lift its ratings.

Posted by: jim in California | Oct 17, 2008 12:09:47 AM

Socialist? really?
What is this the 1920's? Beware the red menace.
Ha maybe we should try sacco and vanzeti again.
ooooohhhhh no the socialists are coming.....

Posted by: huh? | Oct 17, 2008 12:10:45 AM

and no doctor is going to want to work??
you think??
I mean canada and great britain both have socialized medicine and look where that got them...... good medicine, still doctors to diagnose.... don't they also have a greater life expectancy then american's?
Let's not even get started on how much their currency is worth compared to ours.

Posted by: huh? | Oct 17, 2008 12:13:30 AM

Hussein is a Muslim.

Posted by: Kerry | Oct 17, 2008 12:17:50 AM

Okay, so who is watching Alaska while its governor is making a total jacka$$ of herself not only on the 'campaign trail', but now on SNL?
I guess she doesn't really take her state of Alaska that seriously.
Hey Alaskans, are you guys doing okay up there while your governor is prancing across the lower 48 states and now hamming it up in Saturday Night Live?
When will this travesty stop?

Posted by: Joe the Physician | Oct 17, 2008 12:18:57 AM

It would be nice if SNL's best political parody in a decade wasn't rendered toothless by a cynical guest spot. No one owes this vindictive, dumb, locked-down she-jerk time on their show.

Posted by: Susan von Plat | Oct 17, 2008 12:24:00 AM

None of the GOP attacks is sticking because everyone can see that Obama is absolutely mild and intelligent. The GOP cannot recognize these things (or understand their merit) because they've never encountered them, or sought them in their dumb, dumb figureheads.

Posted by: Waahhhh... socialism! | Oct 17, 2008 12:27:39 AM

Hussein is a Marxist Muslim.

Posted by: JOE | Oct 17, 2008 12:31:13 AM

The medical take over by the Gov't will be about as good as the Welfare program in this country. Everybody will have to wait 6 months to see a sub-par BLACK doctor for major surgery.

Posted by: huh? | Oct 17, 2008 12:33:12 AM

None of the attacks against Obama are sticking because the Media is either afraid of being called racist like the CLINTONS for telling the truth about Obama or Obama will pull out the RACE CARD himself

Posted by: Waahhhh... socialism! | Oct 17, 2008 12:34:41 AM

Yay! I can't wait to see sarah on SNL.

Posted by: Johanna | Oct 17, 2008 12:49:14 AM

They are just doing it for the ratings! The comment was made by AL, "Not only is Sarah Palin the successful Governor of the LARGEST State in the Union...". Well, Al, it may be the biggest but it is number 47, yes 47!, in population. Not too many people to govern is there!? She is a flake just like McCain. She uses her disabled child as a political gain. McCain picked her out of spite since Hillary wasnt picked just to try to get chummy with the women in this country. Just because she is a woman doesnt make her qualified and worth all the womens votes. She cant stand up to the tough questions and accusations...why do you think she hasnt been allowed to do a Q&A with the press!?! For crying out loud, she didnt know what the Bush Doctrine is, and shes in politics!!! Couldnt name any publications where she gets her news from, are you serious!!? Oh by-golly, gee, wink wink...take that crap back to Alaska and huddle up in that igloo with your pregnant teen daughter.

Posted by: You know who | Oct 17, 2008 12:50:10 AM

JOE; A Marxist Muslim. That's cute, but stupid. McCain is a desperately cranky old badger, prowling around restlessly, looking for the magic button he can push to make himself worth voting for. Ah, darn, he can't find it.
Sure, Obama is a left-winger, and he has a different approach on national spending priorities. Bush screwed up this country so bad, it will take some time and money to repair it. If our taxes go up to fix what's wrong, so be it. No more borrow-and-spend Bush-clones...

Posted by: MountainMan | Oct 17, 2008 12:51:09 AM

I've watched SNL since 1979...I am a woman. If Sarah Palins is on SNL this Saturday night, I will absolutely not view the program. I've only not watched SNL a few times. The other times I did not watch SNL was when I was giving birth to my 2 sons, and when my mother died. As "Joe the Physician stated, "No one owes this vindictive, dumb, locked-down she-jerk time on their show." It will be SNL's loss if she is on the show. Sarah Palin, and the possibility that she might be (if elected), a heartbeat away from being one of the most powerful individuals in the free world is NO JOKE. C'mon people, the U.S. has been through enough negative. We do not need a extremely controlling, unethical female or as for that matter any gender...including Palin's husband who wants Alaska to be a different country than the U.S.A, in a position to decide whether to use Nuke bombs...for goodness sake, the woman kills defenseless animals from a helicopter. Get a grip America! Why would you want this?

Posted by: jade | Oct 17, 2008 12:57:49 AM

It's a dumb move on Palin's part...she becomes part of the joke...You can do this when you've been on the major news shows, but it looks silly when you avoid any kind of confrontational interview...I'm not sure of any VP candidate who is afraid of journalists, Leno, Letterman, or their own shadow...

Posted by: 1percenter | Oct 17, 2008 1:01:18 AM

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