I posted this video earlier, but it was taken down by NBC. I found another source for the video. It’s so funny, if you haven’t seen it yet – watch it!

Love him!  I fell asleep last night before SNL came on, so I missed it!  I was glad to see these clips online.  Me love him long time.

Fans of Satuday Night Live, who’ve grown accustomed to seeing Tina Fey spoof Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, were seeing double Saturday night, when the Alaska governor opened the show.

Watching backstage as Fey did another spot-on impersonation – this time holding a press conference – Palin told Lorne Michaels, executive producer of SNL, “I just didn’t think it was a realistic depiction of the way my press conferences would have gone.”

Mark Walhberg joined them, looking for Andy Samberg to “bust his head open” after a sketch aired last week, in which Samberg played Walhberg talking to animals.

“He didn’t like the impression we did of him on the show,” Lorne explained to Gov. Palin.

“Tell me about it,” Palin answered back with a smile.

Enter 30 Rock star (and frequent SNL host) Alec Baldwin, who addressed Palin as “Tina.”

“You can’t let Tina go out there with that woman,” Baldwin told Lorne. “She goes against everything we stand for . . . They call her, they call her – what’s that name they call her?”

“That’d be Caribou Barbie,” Palin answered.

Once Lorne introduced the candidate to Baldwin, he told her, “You are way hotter in person.”

Her reply: “Why thank you . . . and I must say, you’re brother Stephen is my favorite Baldwin brother.”

Baldwin then walked over to the podium where Fey was continuing her impersonation – “the only poll I care about is the North Pole” – and informed her that the real governor was there. Dressed identically, the two women crossed paths but did not speak as Palin replaced her doppelganger at the podium.

That’s when Palin uttered those famous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

Later in the show, Palin bobbed her head (and even raised the roof!) to the music while Weekend Update host Amy Poehler performed a rap about the governor’s vice presidential campaign.

People.com

Did any of you catch this skit on SNL last weekend?  I’ve never laughed so hard. Kristin Wiig is hilarious!

Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live last night to impersonate Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

She and Amy Poehler, who played Hillary Clinton, delivered a special “non-partisan message” at the opening of the show’s season premiere (Watch above).

“Tonight we are crossing party lines to address the now very ugly role that sexism is playing in the campaign,” Fey’s Palin said.

“An issue which I am frankly surprised to hear people suddenly care about,” Poehler’s Clinton interjected.

After referencing Palin’s famous joke about putting lipstick on a pit bull, Fey declared: “Just look at how far we’ve come. Hillary Clinton, who came so close to the White House. And me, Sarah Palin, who is even closer. Can you believe it, Hillary?”

Poehler responded: “I can not… It’s supposed to be mine!

“I didn’t want a woman to be President,” Poehler continued. “I wanted to be president and I just happen to be a woman… I scratched and clawed through mud and barbed wire and you just glided in on a dog sled wearing your pageant sash and your Tina Fey glasses.”

Aside from sexism, Fey and Poehler joked about their policy disagreements.

“I can see Russia from my house” and global warming is “God hugging us closer,” Fey explained.

SNL creator-producer Lorne Michaels said Fey was perfect for the part of Palin.

“The whole world cast her in that role,” he told the Associated Press.

The show was hosted by Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

William Shatner appeared during Phelps’ opening monologue to mock the Olympian’s myriad of endorsement opportunities. Phelps’ mom Debbie made a brief cameo after being portrayed by Poehler.

Barack Obama was scheduled to make a guest appearance but bowed out to focus on Hurricane Ike relief efforts.

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