Saturday Night Live: SaraTina

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Of the few TV shows, except news, that I usually watch, Saturday Night Live is one of my favored that I'd watch it whenever I can get to. What interests me is not those frivolous, mischievous parodies, but the impersonations on the show, especially those done by Darrell Hammond, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, of course, the list won’t be complete without the talented Tina Fey. They are hilarious!

Here are a couple of clips from the recent SNL that impersonate Sara Palin, the Republican vice president candidate. Tina Fey did such a good job that people started calling it, “Saratina."


Couric / Palin Open

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Palin / Hillary Open

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edrifter 发表评论于
回复苏乡门地的评论:

Delighted to know you like Darrel, too! Yes, "Subtle" is exactly the word Hammond's performance deserves. You've really paid attention to and appreciated him well. :-)

Have a wonderful weekend!
苏乡门地 发表评论于
Yeah, Darrel's mimicking Clinton and Gore makes him one greatest impersonation master of SNL, the accent, the facial expression and body language, all very subtle indeed,truly unforgettable.

Ok,I plan to watch Saratina tomorrow night~~ Thanks!
edrifter 发表评论于
回复苏乡门地的评论:

Hi,Suxiang! Say ditto to your "ditto"! :-)

Good thing you mentioned that: those commercials are just as good! And it seems they're excluded on other shows. I ever wondered why such good commercials do not get to be viewed by more audience. They are probably made only for SNL.

Well, speaking of the king of the show, I like Darrel Hammond better among the guys, though he does not show up as often, his impersonations of Clinton, Al Gore, Trump and Chris Matthew are classic. For the new comers, there's a guy I like very much but don't remember his name, he's tall and dark hair, had an excellent show a while ago mimicking Al Pacino. Just dead on! Another newbie, Kristen Wiig, is good too. For Chevy Chase, Carvey, Will Ferrell and Mike Myers, I like Myers better. It usually does not appeal me too much if the character goes too crazy.

I think there will be another episode of Sara Palin show after tonight's VP candidate debate. Looking forward to it and hope you'll enjoy it, too, if you get to see it. :-)
苏乡门地 发表评论于
Ditto:)). but I did not watch these clips.

Some of those old "Deep Thoughts" and commercials were my favorite. Who would you say was the king of SNL? Chevy Chase, Dana Carvey or Mike Myers,unforturnately, once they got into this Hollywood crowd, they were not funny to me anymore.
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