# Palin to appear on SNL opener. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241 "2008-09-05T22:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/41 "2008-09-14T03:58:38Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > My guess is that they have Tina Fey make a cold opener guest appearance as Sarah Palin. Told ya so. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/42 "2008-09-14T04:43:40Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I hope so too, if only for the reason that, on the funny scale: > > Sarah Palin as herself \< Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. > > Only rarely, IMO, has the actual politician’s appearance increased the humor over a good impersonation (exceptions: John McCain’s guest hosting, Mike Huckabee on Weekend Update overstaying his welcome). Be serious. I loved ‘president’ Gore. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/43 "2008-09-14T04:46:38Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, or Megan Mullally — who does the best Sarah Palin? Mariska Hargitay! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/44 "2008-09-14T06:19:40Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t know if you were intentionally referencing this, but there’s a certain nude photo making the internet rounds which is being aleged to be Sarah Palin but is actually Julia Louis-Dreyfus. And it shows what anybody seeing Tina Fey playing Palin: Maybe she’s “okay looking,” but there are pros, some of whom are not entirely getting by on their looks, who are more attractive. Fey, for instance, seems unable to hide her “kind and pleasant” eyes. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/45 "2008-09-14T06:25:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t know if you were intentionally referencing this, but there’s a certain nude photo making the internet rounds which is being aleged to be Sarah Palin but is actually Julia Louis-Dreyfus. No, it’s not Dreyfus either. . > [@](#): > > … The picture was fabricated by placing the actress’ face on someone else’s body. [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/palin.asp) ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/46 "2008-09-14T07:56:18Z")
I think they need to recruit [this woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioGC40_AWhs&feature=bz301) to play her. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/47 "2008-09-14T13:58:47Z")
> [@pilot141](#): > > Not to get all Great-Debaty, but Palin’s schedule hardly qualifies for as embargoed from media access (or did I miss something?) The past two weeks, apparently. The McCain campaign delayed her planned return to Alaska so she could receive massive indoctrination. Her first interview was with ABC’s Chares Gibson a couple days ago. She couldn’t remember a lot — “What do you think of the Bush doctrine?” “In what respect, Charlie?” — and most of what she did remember, she delivered as talking point non sequiturs, such as declaring three separate times that we mustn’t “second guess” Israel. Wouldn’t be prudent, apprently, ever to consider our own national interest when Israel is involved. ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241/48 "2008-09-14T21:01:01Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Mariska Hargitay! Yeah! I actually saw a picture of her last night and noticed quite a resemblance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-appear-on-snl-opener/462241.md?page=2)