SNL On The Vice Presidential Debates
By Nicole Belle Sunday Oct 05, 2008 10:00am
Saturday Night Live offers yet another instant classic with their take on last week's Vice Presidential Debate:
IFILL: Now, tonight’s discussion will cover a wide range of topics, including domestic and foreign policy matters. Each candidate will have 90 seconds to respond to a direct question and then an additional two minutes to for rebuttal and follow up. As moderator, I will not ask any follow up questions beyond, “Do you agree?” or “Your response?” So as to not appear biased for Barack Obama in light of my new book, The Breakthrough: Politics of Race in the Age of Obama, coming out on Inauguration Day and available for pre-order on Amazon.com. And finally, we would like to remind our audience that , due to the historically low expectations for Gov. Palin, were she simply to do an adequate job tonight, and at no point cry, faint, run out of the building or vomit, you should consider the debate a tie. All right, let’s begin. Sen. Biden, how as Vice President would you work to shrink the gap of polarization that has sprung up in Washington?
BIDEN: Well, I would do what I’ve done my whole career , whether it’s been dealing with violence against women or putting 100,000 police officers on the streets. I would reach across the aisle. Like I’ve done with so many members of the other party. Members like John McCain. Because look, I love John McCain. He is one of my dearest friends. But at the same time, he is also dangerously unbalanced. I mean, let’s be frank. John McCain – and again, this is a man I would take a bullet for – is bad at his job and mentally unstable. As my mother would say, God love him, but he’s a raging maniac. And a dear, dear friend.
IFILL: Gov. Palin, how would your administration deal with the current financial crisis?
PALIN: Well, first of all , let me say how nice it is to meet Joe Biden. And may I say, up close, your hair plugs don’t look nearly as bad as everyone says. You know, John McCain and I, we’re a couple of mavericks, and gosh darn it, we’re gonna take that maverick energy right to Washington and we’re gonna use it to fix this financial crisis and everything else that’s plaguin’ this great country of ours.
IFILL: How would you solve the financial crisis by being a maverick?
PALIN: You know, we’re gonna take every aspect of the crisis and look at it and then we’re gonna ask ourselves, “what would a maverick do in this situation?” and then, you know, we’ll do that.
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The really sad part is that Tina Fey would be a much better vice president than Governor Mooselini.
This is the actual debate. Thats Sarah Palin not Tina Fey
.. oops sorry my mistake that is Tina Fey
I watched this last night and thought it was hilarious! I know some people were wondering if Palin could be nailed this week, but the line about marriage being between two unwilling teenagers was gold! Plus the idea that she wanted the talent part of the debate to play the flute.
And they nailed Joe Biden!
Until I got to know Palin a bit better, I thought that there was an 'o' in McCain's campaign motto of "Country First."
They both were great. Biden was just as funny as Palin in this one.
Gotta get used to this new look.
new S&L good, new C&L not so
Yeah, the new look isn't so hot... and having to view ads next to videos. Lame.
I don't like the new C & L format either...too much white space, have to scroll too much to find things...
if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
just call me crusty curmudgeon.
The new system is much more efficient and thus faster. It's also much easier to figure out who is responding to your posts. It's just cleaner in general. I'm pretty sure they'll make it look a bit better with time.
I like the new format.
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I'm back here shooting wolves in cold Alaska,
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Got kind of worn out speaking and campaigning,
All that winking squinted up my eyes.
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I'll be staying here awhile in cold Alaska...
Great, now the theme from WKRP will be running thru my head for the rest of the day.....
hilarious.
PALIN (Fey): Can I call you Joe?
BIDEN: Of course.
PALIN: OK because I've practiced a couple of zingers where I call you Joe.
I'm pretty sure thats precisely what Palin did in the debate. She had her cute folksy rehearsed attacks ready to recite, but she had to be sure she could call Biden by his first name.
What a fake
I missed that part.
Is SNL alive again??
I sure hope so.. Not that I really could tune in to watch it yet, Although lately I am thinking about it now and then...
I also can't decide on who to masturbate to anymore... Tiny Fey or Palin...
Maybe I can combine them...
oooo
lol
Is SNL alive again??
Nope!
I watched the rest of SNL last night and besides this opening skit it was just as terrible as it has been for the last 4-5 years.
the Reagan mention was great.
IFILL: How would you solve the financial crisis by being a maverick?
PALIN: You know, we’re gonna take every aspect of the crisis and look at it and then we’re gonna ask ourselves, “what would a maverick do in this situation?” and then, you know, we’ll do that.
As the writers at SNL are probably sayin', "Target rich environment".
Dontcha noo
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Nice..
This needs much more attention!!
It was a lousy You Tube feed but I would like to see it again when it doesn't stop and buffer some more then start. Too bad nobody will see my reply because it's so far up the page. Keep up the good work on reporting things like this. My biggest worry is the electronic voting machines and scanners. If another election is stolen, there should be a revolution.
I saw it.
"and for all you Joe Sixpacks out there watching and playing a drinking game...maverick!"
Today on one of the pre-game football shows, they had a skit that was supposed to be Obama and McCain. The guy they found to play Obama was amazing. Sounded just like him. He was so much better than the guy SNL has used in the past. SNL has got to find this guy and hire him asap.
I'm so pissed at both McCaine and Palin that I have a hard time laughing at even a great skit like this one of the Biden/Palin debate. That crack the real Palin made about Obama hanging out with his terrorist buddies, was so fu*king way over the top.
I noticed that Palin said "terrorist" in a vague manor. This will be Hillary's "kitchen sink" on steriods...it's all they got left.
Some are even accusing Palin for being racist because she did say Obama was a terrorist and "wasn't like us". When I read those remarks, the coded language was loud and clear.
It was also that same coded language when she spoke of "Main Street" to denote the same old dog-whistle theme of "hard-working white Americans" (without even contemplating that there are hard-working folks from all colors who matter just as much).
The other scary thing is that this crap has just started. It's going to get even nastier in the long run. :(
Of course it's coded racism.
These are the same people behind the Southern strategy, behind the Willie Horton and Harold Ford ads, and Jesse Helms' "hands" ad.
Mcacin is so morally corrupt and desperate to win, he even brought the same team that succcessfully smeared him with a racist attack in 2000 to help him beat Obama.
And McCain was against MLK Day for years, just like he was against affirmative action. He's an old white racist dinosaur, and he will happily use race to beat Obama, because the alternative is that he will go down in history as the first white man to lose the presidency to a black man.
Seriously, has there been ANY indication in McCain's character that he would willingly allow that to happen?
Speaking of McCain's racism, this is something that really deserves more attention:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/hongop....
"I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live."
Palin blames the MSM taking no responsibility that her phoniness(especially that fake ass smile), lies and general non-qualifications have made her an absolute gold mine for comedians....Tina Fey almost certainly will vote for Grandpa and his henchwoman.
SNL (yes, it's hard to believe that it's still on) is at its best with political material, and this is by far their best ! Sudeikis (sp?) nailed Biden, and Fey is amazingly uncanny as Palin. I thought it was smart for her to not focus too much on the flirty routine (got in some good winkin' though !), but instead focus on the empty rhetoric, the lexicon mangling, and the overused, smarmy "Joe Six Pack" and "soccer mom" references. heh.
Tina Fey and the writers at SNL do it again!
The line about marriage being sacred between two unwilling teenagers--perfect!
And Queen Latifah was great as Gwen Ifill. Her reactions to Fey/Palin were almost as good as Amy Poehler's Katie Couric.
And when Biden (I don't know the name of the guy who plays him) said "Joe Biden is better than *that*" and pointed at Fey/Palin...wonderful!
In a word: BRILLIANT.
Had me in hysterics!
Did a great dissection of the debate, a hallmark of great comedy and biting satire. They didn't miss a thing.
Oh and 2+2=4.
and she's doing it to herself. it's beautiful.
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Tiny Fey just gave the Obama campaign a new word...
MAVERICKEY
LOL!
Sarah Palin is now a national punchline.
Unfortunately, so was Dan Quayle.
That wasn't the best part.
The best part was when the Joe Biden actor just said right out that the woman was dumb while congratulating himself for not being "sexist". However, if the real Joe told it like it was on stage, Sarah would have won because people would have pitied this sick, bigoted (her comments linking Obama to the terrorists) woman.
Another great part was when Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) pulled out her flute and began to play it. Then she proceded to ask (paraphrasing), "There's no talent portion?"
Ultimately, it was Gwen Ifill's (the always versatile Queen Latifah) looks after Palin's questions. That made me laugh the hardest, because you know everyone had the same look on their face when this woman spoke during the debate (and some folks I know turned the sound down during the last half because they couldn't take this woman anymore).
The only thing I don't recall last night whether Tina Fey did the, "Can I call you, Joe?"line. I'll have to watch it again to refesh my memory.
Yep, she sure did do the "Can I call you Joe" line...and followed it with "Good, 'cause I have some zingers ready where I call you Joe", or something like that.
LOL!
I want to see that.
But still, some of the best stuff was when Tina Fey said the line about liking "Jews and Cuban food" and that "marriage was between two unwilling teenagers". (heh, heh, heh).
What was even more, I'm glad that she even worked in the line about shooting wolves.
"Ultimately, it was Gwen Ifill's (the always versatile Queen Latifah) looks after Palin's questions. That made me laugh the hardest,"
It must have been REALLY hard for Ifels NOT to react like that! I saw her on a show today being shown a clip of Latifah and she got a good laugh out of it.
the media seems to love SNL skits as much as the public - they probably really enjoy finally getting a good laugh since they have to keep a straight face at this stuff while it's going on.
Roooth:It must have been REALLY hard for Ifels NOT to react like that! I saw her on a show today being shown a clip of Latifah and she got a good laugh out of it.
She has a great sense of humor. Unlike the story (out of a British Newspaper) of all the reporters laughing on Sarah Palin's plane while watching the SNL parody of the Palin/Couric Interview. And if it was accurate, the front of the plane (where Palin sat) was deathly silent.
Roooth:the media seems to love SNL skits as much as the public - they probably really enjoy finally getting a good laugh since they have to keep a straight face at this stuff while it's going on
I think the political skits are a staple of SNL. Everyone knows what they're going to get with them. But these, even have a more pop-culture-like tinge to them because Tina Fey has to write few lines; she only has to repeat word-for-word what Palin says on the campaign trail. For Fey, the comedy writes itself.
Btw, I did watch the "Can I call you, Joe?" part at the very beginning. Now that was funny as well. :D
How can you not see Palin's face (in public or on TV) and not snicker after all that's happened?
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10.8% in Australia voted WcCain, compared to 12.2% in Canada !!!
Is there something we should know about the drinking water in Canada, or is it the long winter nights and the howling of the wolves !?
United States 30513 votes
82.6% for Obama,
17.4% for WcCain
Probably the simple fact that more people voted changes the numbers. Or it could just be Stephen Harper supporters, cuz they are mostly batshit crazy.
Nah, they just have a very large Catholic, conservative, pro-life demographic in their population.
Maybe a combination of the above, ferrofluid. Plus good beer! I just hope my fellow canucks have enough sense to kick Stephen Harper out in our upcoming election.
SNL has been great lately.
Interesting new look to C&L. I missed you guys last night. It was a rough day for me yesterday with a sick cat and no late night music club!
But I think 12.2% is approximately the population of Alberta. 'Nuff said.
The comedy for Sarah Palin writes itself but I never thought Joe Biden could be funny.
Jason Sudeikis killed it.
I think marriage is a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers..
Ohh.. that was genius! Pure Genius.
brilliant
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SNL = So spot on!!
Here's some more parody for you to pass around:
McCain with Palin Hand Puppet
http://i35.tinypic.com/103j1nk.png
Palin Pinocchio Puppet
http://i34.tinypic.com/2rw2m2t.png
Big Nose McCain with Jiminy Palin + Cavewoman Palin
http://i36.tinypic.com/2iw9ki1.jpg
Interviews: Can she do it?
http://i33.tinypic.com/2s7tgma.png
:30 Video that says it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0A5oSTqZ8
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Tina, er, Sarah did just enough to get by and now she's being lauded by the likes of Buchanan and Noonan, not for her intelligence or grasp of policies, but for her likability. The right doesn't have the highest standards, that's for sure. Oh, well, they used to think that W was pretty smart, so what did I expect?
funny how important a VPs likability suddenly is for Republicans considering the current VP is about as unlikable as anyone can be
Edwards won the "likability contest" by far four years ago but it didnt seem to matter then
Actually, Noonan seems to have tempered her excitment quite a bit, surprisingly enough. I saw her on a show this morning and by the time it was over I was wondering if she was going to vote for Obama when she got in the privacy of the voting booth!
Don't get me wrong, I'm no Noonan fan, and she still gushed about Palin's performance, but she really cut her on substance. She also praised Obama's temperment. And maybe she's trying to sell her book, but she was really pushing the need for Americans to rise above hyper-partisanship and she couldn't seem to bring herself to say anything nice about McCain's campaign, especially in light of the "pallin' around with terrorists" bullshit Palin is spouting now. It was odd, to say the least.
Then I switched to McClaughlin and Buchanan was on, and he was trying to push the whole "Palin won" thing, and what a star she is, and one of the other people started doing a grade school kind of sing-song chant, "Pat's in love, Pat's in love!". Buchanan was actually speechless for a second. It was hysterical.
I think Tina Fey does a great job as Sarah Palin, but the scary part is it's so damn realistic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trIpspUILg
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Man, I feel so....McCainized.
Personally I think the real Palin is funnier than the parody. I mean her answer on the bailout you cant write that stuff. And SNL never bothered to, they just quoted her answer word for word
Not to mention other Palin-classics like "Putins head" and "the good guys vs the bad guys", or when she was this close to endorsing Hamas, or when McCain had to defend her in front of Couric, or when she dodged the question what newspapers she reads
At first I felt a bit sorry for her because it was so pathetic. But after her fake debate performance, her endorsement of Cheney and her out of line attacks on Obama I have nothing left but contempt for her
She deserves to be laughed at
"The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein" has now become plainly, "Ceci".
I liked the Very Bitter Ceci Hussein part. :(
But, the posts will always be the same. :D
The good part is that I can edit my responses. :)
That is a plus.
My understanding of US politics is that the job of VP is basically squat. Do the odd meeting, pretend to be the head of the legislature in the case of a tie vote, etc, etc....when did that change? Why all the attention on Palin? She's a female Dan Quayle. Is she unqualified? I don't know. She is new to federal politics. That should make her qualified. Sure she's a ditz, but she isn't running for Prez. McHolyShitIamOld is. If everyone concentrates on the senile old nutbar, you shouldn't have to worry about him dying as Prez and her sworn in.
A Sneak Preview: How a President Palin Would Handle the 3 AM Phone Call
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=3733
Dude!
Tina Fey is a patriotic American who is doing a community service with this role by helping to shine the light on Slick Sarah.
In other news, Slick Sarah and the GOP going back to it's southern strategy racist roots http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/ap-p...
Weakest one yet. I was looking forward to Hammond doing Biden. This guy was piss-poor. If this was anything other than a skit of the VP debate, I wouldn't know if it was Biden. And like their lousy parodying of Obama last week, they surprisingly had little on Biden, so again resorted to making shit up for it to be funny, which it wasn't.
Tina Fey as Palin was good once again, but ridiculing Palin for being dumb and cutesy is already getting old, not mention misleading. As we saw at the Republican convention, and as recently as yesterday, Palin is a nasty character who will pretty much say or do anything to help her politically. She's also extremely condescending and dishonest. The more people see of her, the more she resembles Bush.
SNL and Tina Fey need to make adjustments, or hope Palin does more interviews.
If the whole world laughs with you, you are a success
If the whole world laughs at you, you need some introspect
If the whole world ridicules you, you need to dig a hole, crawl in, then pull it in after yourself to obliterate any traces you may have left.
Heh.
Don't mavericks usually end up divvied between the glue and the dog food factories?
When we verify we're human, is it a good thing or a bad thing they're not asking us to solve a quadratic equation?
Certainly would cut down on conservatives responses.
i don't mind the new format, but, and i guess it's cause i'm in canada, if i have to look at bush and harper's stupid faces every time i watch a C&L video, i may be sending a bill for my computer.
It's a good thing that during the debate Joe Biden didn't do his best Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles impersonation, "S'cuse me while I whip this out."
"Are we not doing the talent portion?"
Oh well. I like the new C&L, even if I'm having to get used to it. Unlike Certain Other Posters, I just assume it's me who's a techno-idiot.
And just to say thanks for posting a long clip like this, for all of us in New Zealand and elsewhere where the only SNL we'll see is on sites like this one. Loved it. Wasn't sure at first, though, if I was watching the actual debate or a parody - which is rather troubling.
Okay, now to post, where's the little button, um, there it is, 2 + 2 equals... Oh, dear, I'm sure this must be a trick question, because according to Our Preznit and his doppleganger, 2 + 2 = a fundamentally sound American economy...
Tina Fey's rendition of Palin is frighteningly accurate. She recited prepared speeches, and carefully prepared lines with no substance.
If you register, the comments get neat little boxes around them, and you stay on the comments page (not a new one) and you can click for BOLD and italics, etc. Just trying to get in sync with the new site layout (dinosaur that I am.)
We can also flag comments as inappropriate, but I NEVER WOULD. I like to read all the comments UNCENSORED.
These skits are almost enough to get me watching SNL again! We've got the first season on DVD now. I'm looking for the Steve Martin monologue where he pushed his new book:
"How to turn a million in real estate into $25 cash!"
(Or is that another thread?)
This was excellent. Funny how Palin has that Canadian accent and the wing nuts still like her. The right wingers are total shallow fools and it shows through, like a wet t-shirt on an Italian girl. :P
Very upper Midwest: Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan- with much less Finnish influence than the last, though.
As a Canadian I can assure you that accent is very much an American one. That whole nasal "A" sound and the "doonchan knooo" thing. Don't pass that off on us, we got enough accents up here to deal with already, thank you.
Did anyone notice that when she tried to act "folksy" all she did was drop the "G" on any word ending in "ing." For instance, "You know when I'm talkin' that means I'm lyin." *wink*
And I can't help but notice that they waited until after the debate to "take the gloves off."
I guess I should have waited until the edn of the clip to post thew comment about her droppin' the "g"s at the end of her words. And while I was at it, I guess I should have made sure my username didn't say "KnIckles."
Tina Fey is a goddess. That is all.
A Friend sent me this, its nice to know that AK people see Palin in a similar fashion.
"A view of the VP debate at the Bear Tooth Theater Pub in AK. Here's a video showing what happens when you mix good local beer and a VP debate. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2gtei_-Ot0
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