Monday November 23, 2009
"Saturday Night Live" returned to one of its favorite pastimes --
skewering Sarah Palin, this time imagining a world in which the former Alaska governor becomes president.
Watch
SNL's mock trailer for "Palin 2012," featuring a mashup of the disaster movie "2012" and clips from Palin's book tour and the 2008 campaign.
On Election Day 2012, planet Earth is
going rogue.
Al Gore on SNL
Al Gore appeared on SNL's "Weekend Update" and announced that he's come up with a new tactic for getting people to care about green issues, which is to
start acting crazy.
Gore's cameo marked the fourth time he has appeared on SNL. The last time he was on the show, he appeared as
"President" Al Gore, addressing the nation from a parallel universe in which he had won the 2000 election.
See also:
Best SNL Political Skits
SNL's Sarah Palin's Skits
Jokes About Palin's Book
Latest Late-Night Jokes
Sunday November 22, 2009
Friday November 20, 2009
"President Obama arrived in China yesterday. And to foster the spirit of good will, he wore the traditional clothes made by the children of China. You know, L.L. Bean, J. Crew, Banana Republic, Nike, Reebok." -Jay Leno
"Sarah Palin's book is number one on Amazon.com right now. Stephen King actually has the number two book. Very scary new book called 'Sarah Palin Becomes President.'" -Jimmy Kimmel
"In Sarah Palin's new book, she says when she first laid eyes on her future husband, she said out loud, 'Thank you, God,' which is the same thing the Democrats said when they first laid eyes on Sarah Palin." -Conan O'Brien
"Sarah Palin goes after vegetarians, too. She asks, 'If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come he made them out of meat?' It's a really good question. Hey, wait a second. People are made out of meat, too! And so are cocker spaniels. I think the lesson is, don't go to Sarah Palin's house for Thanksgiving dinner." -Jimmy Kimmel
"On Monday, Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin will sit down and they're going to talk for an entire hour. And I was thinking, too bad John McCain didn't do that with her before he chose her as his running mate." -David Letterman
"The White House has announced that they no longer recognize Fox as a news organization, which puts them about eight years behind the rest of us." -David Letterman
Read more...
Wednesday November 18, 2009
Comedians and satirists are finding plenty to laugh about in Sarah Palin's book and publicity tour:
• Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue"
goes rogue on
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Watch as the book picks up a gun, evades FBI capture, shoots Rachel Maddow, and ducks into a hotel for a steamy love tryst.
•
Conan O'Brien does some helpful editing of
Palin's Oprah interview to shed some light on why she really resigned as governor.
•
Jon Stewart explains to conservative pundits
why he doesn't like Sarah Palin: "When you peel back the pretty, shooty layers of the Palin onion, there's no onion. It's just a conservative boiler plate mad lib."
•
Stephen Colbert reviews Palin's book: a "steaming pile of sh*t"
•
David Letterman presents the T
op Ten Surprises in Sarah Palin's Book. #2: Includes Levi Johnston centerfold.
• Sarah Palin
meets her double on her book tour
• Test your Palin-tology with
Going Rogue: The Quiz, by
Paul Slansky
• Sarah Palin didn't put an index in her book. So Slate
created one for her.
• View a series of amusing
political cartoons about Palin's book.
•
Borowitz Report: Palin Looking Forward to Reading Her Book
•
Satirical Political Report: After Viewing Palin Book Tour, Mayans Move Up Doomsday Date
•
NotTheLATimes: Scent of a Maverick -- Palin Releases Perfume Inspired By Her Memoir
• Palin goes rogue with
many facts in her memoir, including the details surrounding her appearance on
Saturday Night Live. She claims she was enthusiastic about going on the show in hopes of blunting the impact of
Tina Fey's devastating impersonation of her. But email correspondence released by McCain staffers shows that Palin was "
not thrilled" about the idea because she found the show's depiction of her "gross" and thought the cast members were "whack."
•
Jimmy Kimmel: "People see Palin as a candidate in 2012. Some people have started giving money to her campaign. For instance, she just received a very generous check from Barack Obama." (
Read more jokes about Palin's book)
See Also:
Best Sarah Palin Humor
Funny Palin Pictures
Top 10 Dumbest Palin Quotes
Get Political Humor on
Facebook and
Twitter
