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Making fun of Sarah Palin is too easy. It's like shooting moose in a corral. So, naturally, Saturday Night Live had to bring Tina Fey back to take another shot. And, of course, it was another bullseye.
In impersonating Palin, some of Fey's comedic lines were ripped virtually verbatum from the Katie Couric CBS News interview. By comparison, it was at once painful and frightening to watch the network news interview, realizing that this unprepared candidate could conceivably be the leader of the free world anytime within the next four years and hilarious to have the Saturday Night Live parody have comedy imitate life.
Here's the SNL script of Saturday night's skit:
POEHLER AS COURIC: "Did you enjoy your week in New York City?"
FEY AS PALIN: "You know I did, Katie, and I wasn't sure I would at first. New
York is, of course, home to the Liberal Media Elite. But Todd and the kids had
a great time goin' to the Central Park, F.A.O. Schwarz and that goofy evolution
museum."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "So, sounds like the trip was a success?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Well, there were some funny moments. For instance, I had fifteen
to twenty false alarms when I thought I saw Osama Bin Laden driving a taxi. I
was embarrassed to be wrong but mostly disappointed I wasn't right! Also, in an
effort to bone up on foreign policy I went to the Times Square area to see a
film called, 'The Bush Doctrine.' It was not about politics."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "You went to the UN for the first time. How was that
experience?"
FEY AS PALIN: "You know, it was just amazing. So many interesting people.
Though I have to say, I was disheartened by how many of them were foreigners. I
promise that when Senator McCain and I are elected, we're gonna get those jobs
back in American hands."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "How did the world leaders you met with, react to you?"
FEY AS PALIN: "They embraced me, Katie. Both figuratively and, a couple of them
Pakistani guys, literally. But they were all so welcoming. Be it from Hamid
Karzai, the President of Afghanistan. Jalal Talabani, the President of Iraq.
Or Bono, the King of Ireland."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "On foreign policy, I want to give you one more chance to
explain your claim that you have foreign policy experience based on Alaska's
proximity to Russia. What did you mean by that?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Well, Alaska and Russia are only separated by a narrow maritime
border. (using her hands to illustrate) You got Alaska here, this right here is
water, and this is Russia. So, we keep an eye on them."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "And how do you do that exactly?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Every morning, when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things
they do, is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. And
if there are, you gotta go up to them and ask, 'What are you doing here?' and if
they can't give you a good reason, it's our responsibility to say, you know,
'Shoo! Get back over there!'
POEHLER AS COURIC: "Senator McCain attempted to shut down his political campaign
this week in order to deal with the economic crisis. What's your opinion of
this potential 700 billion dollar bailout?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this.
We're saying, 'Hey, why bail out Fanny and Freddie and not me?' But ultimately
what the bailout does is, help those that are concerned about the healthcare
reform that is needed to help shore up our economy to help...uh...it's gotta be
all about job creation, too. Also, too, shoring up our economy and putting
Fannie and Freddy back on the right track and so healthcare reform and reducing
taxes and reigning in spending...'cause Barack Obama, y'know...has got to
accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans, also, having a dollar
value meal at restaurants. That's gonna help. But one in five jobs being
created today under the umbrella of job creation. That, you know...Also..."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "What lessons have you learned from Iraq and how
specifically, would you spread democracy abroad?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Specifically, we would make every effort possible to spread
democracy abroad to those who want it."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "Yes, but specifically what would you do?"
FEY AS PALIN: "We're gonna promote freedom. Usher in democratic values and
ideals. And fight terror-loving terrorists."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "But again, and not to belabor the point. One specific
thing."
(several seconds of FEY and POEHLER staring at each other)
FEY AS PALIN: "Katie, I'd like to use one of my lifelines."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "I'm sorry?"
FEY AS PALIN: "I want to phone a friend."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "You don't have any lifelines."
FEY AS PALIN: "Well in that case I'm gonna just have to get back to you!"
POEHLER AS COURIC: "Forgive me, Mrs. Palin, but is seems to me that when
cornered, you become increasingly adorable. Is that fair to say?"
FEY AS PALIN: "I don't know, is it?" (She gestures 'cutely')
POEHLER AS COURIC: "Governor Palin, is there anything else you'd like to say
other than 'Live from New York, it's Saturday Night?'"
FEY AS PALIN
Yes, Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!!
After she helps John McCain lose the presidential election, if the governor of Alaska tires of her day job, there's no doubt that she has a future playing Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin.
