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Palin appeared on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, where Jerry Seinfeld jokingly mistook her for Tina Fey. [31] Fey and Poehler co-hosted SNL on December 19, 2015, and performed as Palin and Clinton, transported through time from 2008, in yet another sketch that also featured Kate McKinnon's portrayal of Clinton. [32]
SNL's ratings rose at the peak of the Lewinsky-scandal, [9] and when Monica Lewinsky guested the show in 1999, she appeared with Hammond's Clinton. [10] In the sketch, Clinton dreams of the life after his presidency, and Lewinsky is his wife. [11] In 1997, he appeared as Clinton at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner. [12]
SNL cast member Amy Poehler had the longest-running role as Clinton, playing the role regularly from 2003 to 2008 (and reprising it twice, in 2012 and 2015). [ 1 ] [ 5 ] During the 2008–09 season, the show aired several critically acclaimed sketches featuring Poehler as Clinton, and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin .
In honor of the season 42 premiere of Saturday Night Live, we've decided to narrow down our favorites political sketches.
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin seemed like she was in on the joke when she appeared in a 2008 episode of SNL alongside Tina Fey, whose recurring impression of the politician gained widespread ...
Tina Fey brought her iconic impression of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin back to Saturday Night Live to spoof the governor's endorsement.
SNL ' s coverage of the 2008 presidential election caused ratings to increase rapidly. [1] [2] The season premiere opened with Tina Fey playing Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin (alongside a pregnant Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton) in a "non-partisan message on sexism". [3] The phrase "I can see Russia from my house!"
Saturday Night Live has long mocked the television medium with many fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. Another of the show's frequently used styles of recurring sketches has been the talk show format (e.g. "Brian Fellow's Safari Planet", "The Barry Gibb Talk Show", etc.).