Nov 5 2008 03:58 PM ET

Tina Fey says she's retiring Sarah Palin impersonation

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by Jennifer Armstrong Tina Fey’s hilarious turn as Sarah Palin put Saturday Night Live on the electoral map like nothing else in recent memory — Read the full post.

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  • Ha Ha
    Wed 11/05/08 4:39 PM

    I can actually agree about the “mediocre” 30 Rock comments. The shows somewhat funny, but isn’t anywhere near as great as EW makes it out to be. I guess that shows us the sorry state of television these days. You’ve gotta hype something!

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  • Michele
    Wed 11/05/08 4:41 PM

    As a matter of fact, I did. I also voted for Obama. This has nothing to do with politics – it has to do with supporting women who work to attain success in a male dominated world!!!!!

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  • TO Jeez, Louise
    Wed 11/05/08 4:44 PM

    Yeah, whatever happened to Bill Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Will Farrell?

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  • Nick
    Wed 11/05/08 4:48 PM

    Michele, Tina Fey is teaching our daughters to stand up for candidates because of the issues, not because of their gender. Palin was only chosen as a running-mate in order to manipulate voters with her gender and her everyman personality, and at least in part thanks to Tina Fey and the SNL writers calling Palin out on her dangerous inexperience, the country was not fooled. Tina Fey isn’t required to play nice just because Palin shares her gender; treating her with kid gloves would have been the real disservice.
    And 30 Rock is hilarious; every single line in the season premiere was instantly quotable. Nothing mediocre about it.

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  • TO MIchele
    Wed 11/05/08 4:50 PM

    I fully support women running for office, but not blindly. And ridiculing her backwoods accent isn’t sexist, but complaining that a female politician’s voice reminds a commentator (Chris Matthews – the pig) of his mother – is.
    We can mock the $150k clothing budget and laugh about John Edwards’ $400 haircut.

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  • Jackie
    Wed 11/05/08 4:52 PM

    I didn’t support Palin because I didn’t support her beliefs. I vote for someone because of what’s in their mind, not their pants.

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  • anna c.
    Wed 11/05/08 4:52 PM

    well said Nick.

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  • garth
    Wed 11/05/08 5:00 PM

    Face it, Palin LOST the election for McCain. No one with a brain believed he considered her the best running mate. She was chosen purely because she has a vajayjay. Dumb move.

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  • Xena
    Wed 11/05/08 5:05 PM

    Right on, NICK! Couldn’t have said it better myself. Palin was a POOR “substitution” for Hillary Clinton.

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  • me me only me
    Wed 11/05/08 5:05 PM

    Awwwwww

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  • Victor
    Wed 11/05/08 5:06 PM

    I agree that McCain lost because of his pick of Palin.
    I also agree that 30 Rock IS over rated. I’ve tried to watch it the last 2 seasons. It had it’s moments but those are mostly attributed to the awesome Alec Baldwin. I would boldly say that he’s above this show. I watched the season premiere last week and it was weak.
    The SNL comment was wrong. Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Will Farrell, Adam Sandler all went on to bigger and better things, among others.

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  • isabelle
    Wed 11/05/08 5:07 PM

    Fey totally dissed her gender by impersonating Palin. Bi-racial Obama totally disses whites by calling himself an african-american. the media spoon fed the americans obama, and unfortunately, fell for it.

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  • Jeez, Louise
    Wed 11/05/08 5:08 PM

    Ok, I was wrong about my SNL comment, but I’m happy to see others that agree with the overrated praise 30 Rock gets.

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  • Kent
    Wed 11/05/08 5:10 PM

    Hey Isabelle, bitter much? You’re such a cliche’. How sad for you.

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  • Happy in Galoshes
    Wed 11/05/08 5:12 PM

    How soon will Lorne Michaels retire SNL now? It only got ratings due to the over hype of Tina Fey’s SOMEWHAT funny impersonation of Palin and they weren’t all that! The rest of the shows were tired bits. It’s time to put SNL out to pasture. It died over a decade ago.

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