Has SNL gotten funny again?

[johnpalmer]

I don't watch TV, so I can't judge. But this was hilarious.

(I reckon anyone who thinks the media is unfairly portraying Palin as a lightweight might find it offensive because they do go for the easy jokes here.)

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

In some sense, last week's was funnier because they used Palin's actual lines. This week's started with her actual lines and added more funniness to them. Queen Latifah was a stitch.

[64tbird.livejournal.com]

It's hard not to go for the easy jokes with Palin. And they totally missed an opportunity to use "Say it ain't so, Joe!" which turned the drinking game from a "Shot for Maverick" to a downright guzzler. Or the fact that she cited the name of a Civil War commander as a present day commander in the Middle East.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

I thought they did a good job of being equal-opportunity offenders. All three characters (Palin, Biden and moderator Gwen Ifill) were mocked heavily in that sketch.

[callahanshappy.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the opening of three SNLs in a row since, oh, 1982 or 1983. There's a possibility that Palin is going to make a SNL appearance before the election.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

We must be channeling each other across the miles, darlin'; I noticed a reference to the latest SNL in some blog or other and just finished watching it.

I'm not sure it was *quite* as funny as the thing it parodied, but it was pretty funny. (-:

Tina Fey really is an incredible Palin standin...

[(Anonymous)]

SNL's been really good this season. The return of veteran SNL personality and writer Tina Fey really invigorated the show's political commentary quality. SNL's got a great team of people nowadays. Their "Fauxbama" and Palin characters are incredible.

The sad thing is I'm hearing that they're negotiating the Palin appearances on a week-by-week basis. Tina Fey reportedly doesn't like the role or the skits and wants to get on with her post SNL career.

-Bill