Tina Fey and Amy Poehler re-enact Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric

Thanks Sarah for posting it.

I love it. And Tina Fey. Unfortunately neither Tina nor SNL are very known in Europe so most people won't ever get to see those clips. I make it a point to send or show the clips to everyone I know.

Best thing? It works even if you don't speak any English. It's that fantastic.

McKain/McCain is doesn't matter how you spell it, it still means disaster waiting to happen.

Sarah, you're doing a great job!!! Now go and get your Sunday rest!!

my favorite line is about the russians: "shoo, get back over there"

i can't believe that this woman is still running for VP. at this point i feel like i could do a better job even though i don't know anthying about american politics (since i'm from europe)...

lol seriously tho, but its just Clay Aiken that I can't watch the video :( 

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we wouldnt get these clips in Europe otherwise. 

If it wasn't so scary...it would be even more funny. I can't help to feel a knot in my stomach as I laugh at Tina and Amy's interpretation of Ms. Palin, maybe , becuase they do not need to invent much.. 

Have a good rest Sarah!  

Absolutely brilliant skit, says it all basically, god help the world if this woman becomes VP, it will be a nightmare for all of us, if Americans vote McCain into office.   Not a fan of Hillary but something tells me that perhaps Sen Obama made a big mistake not taking Hilllary as his running mate.  They would have made a formidable team.  Looks like McCain may have scored some points getting this woman as his running mate to gain those extra votes.   I think if the Republicans win, it may be because of Palin's glamour and the fact she appeals to the ordinary public voters, but i'm afraid to say to the detrement of all of us. 

...is Amy Poehler's reaction as Katie Couric.  You can see how stunned Couric is at every response from Palin.  It's like oh my holy god this woman might actually become the Vice President of the United States.  Lord help us.  SNL allowed the Couric character to have much longer pauses then in the actual interview, but it wasn't far off the mark.  During the real interview Couric looked like she wanted to say so much more, but had to be very respectful.  It is so spooky that the SNL parody is not so different from the actual interview.  Twenty years ago someone like Palin would have been ripped to shreads by every news media outlet even the ones on the right. 

The first Palin/Clinton skit is still my favorite.  If they go through with the VP debate, I'm guessing SNL will do a parody of Palin vs Biden.  That should be interesting.

Truly torn. On the one hand, Fey is a comedy genius and I can't get enough of her. On the other, I hope to God she can put this character to bed come November. Please God, don't let this moron become VP. Think about it - if Fey had made her up, we'd be screaming from the roof tops not to denigrate the capacity of a woman to run the nation. But THIS woman? If in doubt, ask her about the rape kits. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/opinion/26fri4.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin

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To be quite honest, it was funny in the real interview and its funny in the SNL skit, too!

With source material that's really this hilarious, our comedy writers might be in a bit of trouble . . . 

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I went to the Sarah Palin interview conducted by Katie Couric . I simply can't believe Palin has a mind of a elementary school kid. She has no idea what she's talking about or how to respond to difficult questions  asked by a professional journalist.  I'm not a Republican, but I sure would have picked a better vice president candidate. Who we pick as president sets the tone on how the United States look from the world's view. Some countries already think we're idiots. There are people out there still painting that picture.  I heard  a critic tell a reporter on one of the news stations tha tshe thought  Obama was too intellectual. This is a response after the Mcain-Barrack political debate. Yeah, ok.  And I got to thinking maybe America isn't ready for a  change ,maybe some of us feel complacent following and admiring idiots. Maybe the sky is really falling and I need to beleive it is.  Afterall,  Palin is the executive  president of a state  that is merely separated from Russia by maritime  and she initates herself as an expert on foreign policy because she can see a foreign country from her window.  If McCain and Palin wins I will never tell anyone I'm an American. I would feel so embarrassed.

    Positive Note: Sarah and Trish,  you two are doing a fabulous job with little staff you have. Trust  me I know how it feels. I work in a hospital. We're most of the tie short staff. Blessings to you and I hope you all get some rest.

The current political climate is prime for comedians (and late night talk show hosts ) and in this arena Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are reigning supreme right now. Their first skit still makes me laugh.

As I watch the actual interviews again, I am stunned by the accuracy of these parodied portrayals.

CBS Katie Couric Interview with Sarah Palin

Almost as funny is the way that Amy Poehler mimics how Katie Couric talked to Sarah Palin like she was a Kindergartener. Poehler had the eyelash flutter down, but did a much better job than Couric with the long, bemused stare. (Which is how I watched the original interview in its entirety.)

Best line: "Every morning when Alaskans wake up, the first thing they do is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. If there are, you gotta go up to them and you gotta ask them, 'What are you doing here?' And see if they can give you good reason. If they can't, then it's our responsibility to be like, 'Shoo, get back over there.'"

Thanks for posting this for us Sarah. I missed it last night and was glad to see this up. Tina Fey nailed it, again. Loved the comments she made on Russia...and thanks for posting the transcripts to compare what she actually said. Quite scary. The lifeline bit was great too...then when she finished an answer in the middle of a sentence...ha.

Once again Tina and Amy (and Sarah) have delivered!

Sarah, bless you for knowing what AE readers want and need!

Amy and Tina continue to work it! 

Amy's head tilt, eye blink and deer in the headliights stare were killing me.

Tina has just immersed herslef so much she must have to take a hot shower, a la Silkwood, to get the Palin off of her. 

The opening sketch was hilarious. It didn't take me long to realize the language symmetry between it and the actual Palin-Couric interview and it only made me laugh even harder. After the sketch, a friend quipped that the McCain campaign was going to offer Tina Fey $10M to debate Joe Biden on Thursday. 

As much as we love the impression and the funny, yet sad way in which comedy imitates reality with Sarah Palin, this must end on November 4th. Sarah Palin does not need to be a 72-year old heartbeat away from the presidency.

But if the opening sketch got me a little excited about the upcoming SNL election series on Thursday nights, the two other political sketches--the presidential debate and Bill Clinton's appearance on Weekend Update--worried me a little bit. They weren't nearly as funny and, the debate sketch was just bad. 

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Sarah this was most appreciated.  Thanks for taking the time and thinking of us.  You spoil us sometimes ;)

I can't pick any one line or gesture both Tina and Amy were totally hillarious and totally awesome at the same time.  Those two are an unbeatable team!  I love them both to bits and that skit was absoloutely flawless.

Wish I could help with some of the work :). We appreciate you and the team; you guys are awesome and totally rock!

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thank god that whole Palin character is made up... I mean... she can't possibly be real right?

only to get to see more of these! :D

But alas, I don't live in the US of A. shame :P

Tina Fey for President.

That is all.

I love the comedy with Tina Fey and I'm absolutely scared with the possibility of McCain and Palin winning! I'm a democrat (because I think gay republican is an oxymoron) and I really dislike Obama, but I'm willing to vote against McCain.  Even though the first impression I had from Palin was very good...  until she talked. 

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I thought the half hearted handshakes were especially funny :) and the complicated economic policy with dollar value meals - always important.

These sketches are far more genuinely funny than anything I've seen in a while.

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes, but don't be afraid...

Even though neither myself, nor any of my friends voted for her, we are all embarassed to be Alaskans, right now.  If Palin wasn't a real candidate and we saw Tina Fey's character we would all think how absolutely rediculous the writers of SNL were being.  I attempted to watch the Katie Couric interview, but lasted 1 minute 45 seconds in to it.  I felt myself loosing brain cells just by watching it.......

 Like others, enjoy Tina Fey's portrayal, but praying to any and all dieties that after November, that character can get sent back to the Tundra.

Thanks for this great, insightful, and quickly posted blog, Sarah.  I really appreciate everything that you do for this amazing website!  I'd have to say that my favorite portion of the sketch was when Fey/Palin discussed the United Nations.

I missed the actual interview wth Katie Couric, so I'm watching it now. Palin makes these skits so easy to pull off.

The skit was hilarious. Loved the hand gestures when Tina says 'Alaska's here, this right here is water, and that's, up there's Russia.' Amy's portrayal of Katie Couric's blinking was priceless.

Now I await the VP debate Oct. 2nd.

Ha! That skit made me cringe sooo many times because it was so accurate. I, gah. SNL will have a field day come the VP debates.

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