# I don't think I can tell Sarah Palin from Tina Fey **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202 "2008-10-09T18:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/21 "2008-10-09T21:08:40Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Why do you think men can’t tell women apart? Why the hell do I spend all this money on my hair, then? You don’t actually think you do it for men do you? I know very few men that could tell you the hair color of a good looking woman who walked by 5 min after she passed. I’ve always been told 90% of the reason women dress up is to compeat with other women. ETA: 60% on the quiz. I don’t watch Tina fey enought to recognize her. ---
**Author:** ![A.I.Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@A.I.Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.I.Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/22 "2008-10-09T21:10:08Z")
I just got a 100% even though I’ve never seen Tina Fey before and have seen maybe 20 minutes of Palin TV-time total. Maybe not knowing what Tina Fey looks like helped, since I just went down the list and decided “Palin” or “probably not Palin.” I was, however, fully expecting to see 50% or so after I clicked submit. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/23 "2008-10-09T21:15:17Z")
I couldn’t tell the difference during the very first SNL sketch. I actually waited until someone mentioned it on another message board. But I got 100% just now taking that quiz. Go fig. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/24 "2008-10-09T21:18:49Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > You don’t actually think you do it for men do you? I know very few men that could tell you the hair color of a good looking woman who walked by 5 min after she passed. I’ve always been told 90% of the reason women dress up is to compeat with other women. [hijack]Studies show that on average, the parts of the heterosexual male brain that light up when they see a pretty woman light up when a heterosexual female sees…a pretty woman. Curiouser and curiouser. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/25 "2008-10-09T21:25:24Z")
80% - you betcha, Ronald Reagan, Maverick… ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/26 "2008-10-09T21:26:40Z")
I got 90%. #6 was a toss up for me. The rest were pretty easy. I agree there are 3 that are hard to tell. Just look for the age. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/27 "2008-10-09T21:38:07Z")
90% ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/28 "2008-10-09T21:43:29Z")
100% I think that McCain looks like Twinkie the Kid! Could Twinkie be more of a Maverick…hat (check,) bandanna (check,) boots (check!) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/29 "2008-10-09T22:13:27Z")
100%. Fey is much, much thinner. ---
**Author:** ![ChadVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ChadVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChadVader)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/30 "2008-10-09T22:23:50Z")
100%. Tina Fey is actually attractive, and doesn’t have that giant grill like _The Thing_ from Fantastic Four. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/31 "2008-10-09T22:34:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Good Lord, there’s an online quiz: > [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-palin-fey-quiz,0,5534058.triviaquiz](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-palin-fey-quiz,0,5534058.triviaquiz) Shit! 50% This might be mitigated a bit by the fact that I haven’t owned a television for at least three years, but still, that’s upsetting. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/32 "2008-10-09T23:13:57Z")
90%. I think if the pictures were just a little bit larger I would have scored 100%. Fey is an excellent mimic, but doesn’t look all that much like Palin. As noted above, she’s younger, thinner, and hotter, with or without the scar. Palin is highly attractive within the universe of vice presidential candidates. Fey is highly attractive within the universe of show-biz celebrities. When she’s not in Palin mode, her glasses have black rims. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/33 "2008-10-09T23:15:21Z")
Hot dog! 100% And I too wish so much that Phil Hartman were still around, and not just to see him play Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/34 "2008-10-09T23:31:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Good Lord, there’s an online quiz: > [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-palin-fey-quiz,0,5534058.triviaquiz](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-palin-fey-quiz,0,5534058.triviaquiz) 100%, and I’m not even an American voter! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/35 "2008-10-09T23:33:10Z")
80%! Missed 3 and 4 (though part of it, obviously, is from seeing the sketches - still, there were some I was STILL unsure of…). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/36 "2008-10-09T23:56:18Z")
Heh, heh. Obarny looks like [Barney Fife](http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/256057-do-you-have-lawyer-president-usa.html), LOL, LMAO. 😃 I tooootally can’t tell them apart. Except for [Dumbo](http://www.disneynewsarchive.com/images/BVHE/DUMBO.jpg) and [Cheeta.](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&resnum=0&q=tarzan%20cheetah&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) LOL, 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/37 "2008-10-10T00:06:51Z")
90%. Fey’s face is thinner. Also, the pics where Palin looks serious are kind of a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/38 "2008-10-10T00:10:19Z")
Huh. I don’t think they look quite alike. But I’ve had a crush on Tina Fey since she did Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon, so I’m more familiar with her face. It is possible to _make up_ Tina to look like Palin, as SNL did this week. And arguably, the further removed one is from American pop culture, or from northern European features, the harder it is to tell. Tina Fey perhaps looks like Sarah Palin in the French mind, so the gaffe of Le Soleil is understandable. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/39 "2008-10-10T00:18:59Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > … Just look for the age. > [@TWDuke](#): > > … As noted above, she’s younger… You guys do realize that they’re only six years apart, right? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202/40 "2008-10-10T00:29:00Z")
> [@emilyforce](#): > > You guys do realize that they’re only six years apart, right? Yes. You do realize that Fey is six years _younger_ than Palin, right? As much as I like to pretend otherwise sometimes, I know I don’t look the same as I did six years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-tell-sarah-palin-from-tina-fey/467202.md?page=3)