John McCain's advisors told him he should choose Palin because she represented the New Generation of Republicans. How right they were.
let's be honest: this has become a historic moment in tv history.
I love Tina as Sarah Palin! Back then, the thought of Sarah being VP was horrifying, but then I learned what truly horrifying actually looks like. 🍊🤡
The moment at which we believed we had hit political rock bottom and survived to better times.
This was so innocent. We all had no idea what was to come.
It hurts to remember that we thought we dodged a bullet when McCain lost.
Remember when we thought this was as batshit crazy as the Rethugs could get? Good times.
She said she was a feminist, acknowledged climate change, and wouldn't criminalize abortion. And we thought she was bad.. we really had no clue what was around the corner 😢
Still unbelievably hilarious in almost 2023. Both Tina and Amy deserved Emmys for this performance.
I love the one where Tina plays Palin and Amy plays a very desperate Hillary
Man she's amazing. Tina Fey, Amy Poelher, Kristen Wiig, are pure snl/comedy gold...
+axelle32 Among the 3 that u mentioned I think Amy Poehler is the best . Just look at her in Parks and Recreation .
i have no interest in politics but i keep looking for real interviews after watching these sketches on snl!
I actually think this is one of the best American impressions ever. She has captured her way of talking, behaving and thinking to perfection. She's not imitating, she's being her. The opening "oh hey, you know, sure" alone is absolute gold.
Amy's batting of the eyes killed me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ikr? She timed it perfectly. You could see the thoughts going through her head "DID she really just say that? Omigod, she did. My brain is collapsing ..."
I can’t believe I just now noticed Amy was heavily pregnant in this sketch.
i noticed in the real interview katie couric was blinking really fast as palin was rambling so it was great to see that lol
The fact that much of this sketch is based on what Palin actually said is just genius writing by Fey and all the other writers involved.
But it wasn't just nailing the writing, she also delivered a spot on impersonation of her. I still remember that bit about being able to see Russia from her porch. Tina slayed me every time she did Palin.
@@heinleinreaderyou don't remember it. You think you did. She never said it.
I'm always amazed how Amy doesn't break during this sketch.
Someone in the crowd was actually allowed to shout out "SAAARAHH" at one point, how the fuck did that get through. Person should have been ejected.
I’m always amazed how she’s not laughing 😂 especially with the life line statement😊
And people thought THAT was peak crazy. Holy shit people had no idea what was about to come.
Well, when you say Romney wanted to "put y'all back in chains" shit tends to happen.
ikr Tell me you're getting a clinically demented president in late Summer 2020, I call yo crazy.
Tina Fey looked more like Palin than Palin did.
That's allegedly what Tina Fey's daughter thought too!! Supposesdlly when the picture of Palin first came on TV as McCain's selected VP choice, Tina's daugther suppossedly said: OMG - Mom - McCain picked you for VP"!!!!
Yeah even Fox News mistook Tina Fey for Sarah Palin and showed Fey's photo in a segment about Palin
thank gawd for your comment. I was convinced Palin was being a good sport and doing the skit.
2022, and this is still gold and totally hilarious.
Tina’s dithering on the economy was brilliant. It’s actually quite difficult to speak nonsense that fluently.
@@kellypaws Yeah lol. Of course it's a lot easier if you actually think nonsense. 🙂
Have you seen Kamala Harris trying to answer questions? And she is the v.p. So you idiots keep laughing because the real clown show is the Biden administration.
Oh really?? Listen to anything Joe Biden tries to READ OF A TELEPROMPTER. Sarah palin is way smarter than lunch box joe.
Loving Amy's over-blinking, it's spot-on
that UN part kills me.
I promise that when Senator McCain and I are elected, we're gonna get those jobs back in American hands!
Tina Fey literally imitated Sarah Palin by looks and by voice. It still makes me laugh 13 years later.
Tina Fey did Sarah Palin better does Sarah Palin does the University of Michigan basketball team!!?
"Katie I would like to use one of my lifelines"😂😂😂
The entire skit was a build up to that line and it was sooo worth it. I laughed for 5 mins!!!!
Who's watching in 2020 and still rolling on the floor? 😂
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This.
This is what’s wrong with the world and America.
“Every morning when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things they do is look outside for any Russians hanging around” 😂😂🤣🤣 Tina Fey nailed this Sarah Palin impersonation. “I can see Russia from my house” is forever etched in my memory! Rewatching in 2022 and it never gets old.
The writers didn’t have to think too hard on this one. 15 years later and still one of the funniest sketches they’ve ever done.
Everyone focuses on Fey's Palin but what about Poehler's Couric?! 😂 😂 😂
+Aisosa Ihama she nailed it but sadly people kinda ignore her marvelous performance...
Aisosa Ihama cause at that time people were so hyped for fey to play Palin ...... she talks about it in her book, people were pressuring her to play it and when she did people loved it
Sal Paradise You sound like a Russian bot account that doesn't realise the elections over
If any one thing sunk the McCain-Palin campaign, I think it was this skit. The reason was that most of America already thought Palin was short on brains, and this cemented in many voters' minds. Even if they did not see the live SNL broadcast, they saw this opening. Absolutely historic as well as hysterical.
any interview with AOC goes pretty much the same way.
both are vacuous bubbleheads.
3:58 - 5:00
I'm sure if Sarah Palin had to write a 10 page essay at any point, she would have put simply put S A on 10 pages.
Well, it didn't help if you saw the interview this was based on. My word, how that woman fought against saying anything remotely intelligent. Claimed to be well-read, but insisted it was a "gotcha" question to ask for the name of any newspaper or magazine whatsoever that she read.
This is literally one of the best skits SNL ever put out.
The "Fanny and Freddy" part killed me
Yeah, the "Fanny and Freddie" part was the part Tina Fey admitted to lifting almost wholesale from the actual interview (give or take a few words) because to her Palin looked "lost in a cornmaze" during it.
I hope people know that a lot of what Tina said from 3:55 to 5:00 min mark were the actual words said by Palin in her interview with Couric. They didn't even have to write up a funny dialogue for this clip. Palin was and still remains a clown
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from 3:55 to 5:00, even though I understood the words she uttered, but I'm still trying to figure out what she wanted to say 😂😂
It wasn't word for word, they did add some stuff in there of course- but saying that, it wasn't that much better.
4:00 is the actual Palin's response, pretty much verbatim... so much funnier for that.
+Eli Kübler-Ross Pretty much the best part of the whole skit. Tina didn't make those remarks up.
One of the best skits the show has done. Fey is astonishing.
Besides Tina, I think a lot of credit also has to go to Amy as Katie Couric with her really exaggerated facial responses.
Desmond P T I actually think that ruins the whole thing, but hey, that's me.
9 years later and this still brings tears to my eyes.. of laughter 😂
I can’t stop laughing 😂. I watch every year. Laughters good for the soul
3:58 Tina's simply repeating Palin's own words verbatim. Olbermann did a side-by-side comparison of them.
Just like with Trump, they don't need to be made fun of, they do that themselves by simply existing.
If you watch the real Sarah Palin doing interviews you would realize this is not a comedy sketch at all. It's actually a documentary! 😂😂😂😂
This never gets old. The one who wrote that last 'also' deserves a comedy medal imho :)
John McCain is a war criminal.
Look at the dumb trash he picks for high office.
Comedy gold, seriously. Tina Fey is so good it’s scary.
Amy Poehler’s slow-blinking as Katie Couric has me dead every time ☠️
I remember the first time ever seeing Sarah Palin on TV and thinking immediately; 'Tina Fey HAS to play her on SNL!' It was inevitable that would happen, and SO worth it. Still hilarious all these years later. Tina and Amy are legends.
Apparently, you weren't alone. I saw an interview with Tina where she said just that. As soon as Palin came on the scene people were telling her you HAVE to do her!
Amy is hilarious with blinking! But Tina is IDENTICAL to Palin, i had to check that this is not Palin!!
A republican keeping an eye on Russia! She WAS a maverick!!
Only to have her hero "Trump" come behind them & become a Russian Puppet.
What did John Lennon say? Life is what heppens to you while you are making other plans. But Ms Palin is hardly an outlier - just think of the frantic Republican opposition to deficit spending, even though they somehow never seem to maintain that stance when in office. Let's be polite and call it ironic.
@@regnichol462 Let's be polite and only call you moronic. And believe me, that's really being polite.
@@reneep9972 You could be a bit more helpful and explain just what has brought you to this frantic level of politeness. Or not. Actually, TBH, i don't really care that much.
14 years later and this still has me in stitches! OMG, what a time to have been alive.
Those few lines about when Alaskans wake up they look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen, sometimes when I'm just minding my own business it comes into my head iconic
I always go back to rewatch this whenever I need a good laugh.
Kim A watch the "debate" with Queen Latifa as Gwen Ifill, rip. It's also hilarious! I can just think about it and start laughing.
Sarah Palin is no longer the one with the odd values. Her family's antics are tame compared to the Cheeto.
I have watched this clip many times. It is always hilarious - not to mention an iconic television moment.
This is 100% accurate on every Palin interview
the sarah palin sketches in 2008 that SNL did apparently really changed the political votes, and helped the democrats win, in the episode where sarah palin features as guest the episode got 14 million views, more than ever before! I love SNL
@113053284804509145800 When Obama won he removed American troops from Iraq ISIS filled the vacuum. Because Obama removed American troops from Iraq untold thousands of women and men have been raped, tortured, mutilated and killed by ISIS. Let your conscience deal with that complete truth, if you have one.
+drServitis you have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
btw, he sent troops back...
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Bush signed the deal for America's troops to pull out of Iraq with the possibility that they should stay in Iraq if needed. Obama refused to let them stay. Obama refuses to use American troops for any fighting or defense mission, only allowing them to be advisors or using the Air Force to bomb. This is why the Islamic State problem has gotten out of control in Iraq and Syria. Obama also said that if the Assad regime in Syria used chemical weapons that he would be stepping over a forbidden line. Assad then used chemical weapons and Obama did absolutely nothing in retaliation. Obama also said that the Assad regime in Syria must be removed. Now Russia has sent massive reinforcements to Syria to support Assad and Obama is doing nothing. No one believes Obama will act, because he refuses to, so no one is afraid of Obama. And America is the only nation powerful enough to defend the innocent and oppressed and to maintain world stability, but under Obama our allies know they cannot depend on America. Even defense of our long-time NATO allies in Europe is in question under Obama. When Medvedev was president of Russia and on a trip to America Obama said, not knowing he was on camera with an open microphone, "just get the Russian heat off of me about the rocket shield America has been planning to build in Poland to defend Europe, because I have an election to win, and after I win the election I will do what Russia wants." !!! I personally believe that Obama may be supportive of Russia because his own mother and grand-parents were members of the Socialist Party in America during the Cold War. Very scary!
+Ben Swartz It just shines a light on the truth. This, for example, is mostly taken from the real interview.
I could never get tired of watching this. Amy Poehler's facial reactions are priceless:))
One of the funniest skits ever. Tina Fey really nails it!
I feel bad for the generation that does realize how, sadly, phucking accurate this was.
probably the same generation that voted for that orange buffoon...what was his name again? I've already forgotten LOL
When she goes off the rails at 4:00, that is almost a verbatim replica of the interview. Frightening.
Someone in the crowd was actually allowed to shout out "SAAARAHH" at one point, should have been fucking ejected. Its not a, fucking comedy club. Jesus.
@@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 : you mean the actual Palin-Couric interview?
This was even more funny at the time because the response at 3:58 is near identical to the real Palin's response in the original interview,
Tina Fey is AMAZING i love her
Tina Fey owned that part.... I think Palin was created to go into politics to allow Tina to parody her so so well....
Oh my G-d, I needed a laugh tonight. The US has me where I can start cryin' at any news report. Tina, Amy and SNL, thank you!!!
It takes real acting chops for Amy to keep a straight face during this ...bravo
who else misses the good ol days of 10 years ago when we all thought she was as crazy as it gets? *sighs and takes a long drink*
There were nutjobs that held onto her every word and took it as a gospel. That kind of intensified and gave Trump his base for 2016.
@@RichV20 Yup.....and here we thought this was the worse it could get........fast forward and we've got an even bigger idiot in charge. 🤡
These truly were the good ol days. Everything is proper fooked right now.
Whenever I need a pick me up I look up Tina Fey as Sarah Palin vids 😂😂
This skit NEVER gets old. The genius of these women is just awesomesauce.
The funniest part about this, is a lot of her lines are from the actual interview.
Just her first "oh hey you know, sure!" got me laughing already 😂
The sad part is some of this was word for word what Palin had said in her interview!
It’s so funny that for a solid part it was a direct quote
Amy just made me realize that comedy can be done just with facial expressions
Only the really talented comedians can pull off physical comedy. Facial expressions and reacting are an integral part of comedy.
These two ladies can hold their own against any comic ever.
Dude you're a true idiot. All SNL FOLK are way over hyped.. Just like all of nasty ass NYC
Poehler and Fey - one of the greatest comedic duos ever!
They didn't even write jokes, they just read the transcript of the actual interview.
Amy and Tina! Simply the best!
6:06 I would like to phone a friend 😂
The fact that Amy didn't crack a smile was comedic genius 😂
5:55 "Katie I would like to use one of my lifelines."
"I'm sorry?"
"I want to phone a friend."
"You don't have any lifelines."
"Well in that case I'm just gonna to have to get back to ya."
Tina is incredible here (as always... so underrated). And let’s not forget about Amy whose reactions are so hilarious. Spot-on Katie Couric.
Tina Fay amazing
I watched the actual interviews between Sarah and Katie and there is A LOT of this that is taken directly from the interview!
Ok, I watched this video about 100 times so far and it just gets funnier and funnier... Love them both so much :) Love from CROATIA :)
They nailed it on this skit. Effing comedic gold.
Will this ever get old!!? lol
Hands down the greatest reoccurring impression SNL ever did. Tina as Palin is just too perfect. Genius.
This is my favorite SNL sketch and I've seen hundreds of them :)
Tina and Amy are a Blast!
2024 still Epic Comedy Moment In History
I can't count the number of times I have watched this over the years , but right now when we are in lock down and I've only been out of the house once in 2 weeks, it seems more brilliant than ever. If any of the guys who created this are listening/reading, thank you so much. This really raised my spirits, and, my goodness, we're in need of that right now.
They compliment each other perfectly, comedic gold!!!
I miss Tina Fey (Palin) and Amy Poelher (Hillary, Kate,...)
This was one of the best SNL season in recent times
Never fails to make me laugh. Tina and Amy are GREAT!!
"Bono the king of Ireland" :p~*
Me Be A Fairy and the funny thing is most Americans would believe he’s the king of ireland
I can't tell the real palin and this palin apart.
ABC Entertainment there are obvious differences. Here, she looks smart.
Best way is that the real Palin says "I can see Russia from my house" in a semi-intelligent voice which makes her sound even dumber than she is
Fake Palin says the same thing but in a dummy voice that makes her seem somewhat intelligent
The first time I saw her do this, I thought it really was Sarah Palin. Fought with my family about it LoL.
Tina Fey is an absolute treasure
Tina Fey as Palin never gets old.
WOW the voice is identical! :D The Russia statement was hilarious!
Hahahaha, Amy is the best! That face, those blinks, I can`t stop laughing, and I certainly don`t understand how Tina Fey kept a straight face :D
When this first aired, live, I then went and looked up the original interview. It was frighteningly identical.
2021 anyone? This never gets old.
If I remember, this was not even an exaggeration, more like a re-telling.
Yes the healthcare answer was verbatim. That's what made it so brilliantly cringey.
@@ClueSign yup. exactly.
It basically was.
You definitely remember correctly
As far as I can remember, the answers from Palin were not written by the SNL staff, but taken from a original interview. The script was already finished by reality, the two actors only had to give an individual performance.