Celebrity | Tina Fey Fey Waves Goodbye to Playing Palin 30 Rock creator vows to get back to day job By Elizabeth Wolff Posted Nov 6, 2008 10:35 AM CST Copied Tina Fey portrays Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left, and Amy Poehler portrays CBS news correspondent Katie Couric in a scene from NBC's "Saturday Night Live," in New York. (AP Photo/NBC, Dana Edelson) To the list of political figures out of a job after Election Day, add one: Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey. "I have to retire just because I have to do my day job," the creator and star of 30 Rock tells Entertainment Weekly. The struggling sitcom saw a ratings uptick last week on the coattails of Fey's Saturday Night Live cameos. "I think [Kristen] Wiig would do a really good job," said Fey. As for a torch passing, she said, "Maybe we could get a real torch." Read These Next FEMA failed to answer thousands of calls after the Texas floods. Air India pilots cut off fuel to engines 30 seconds into flight. Newsom turns nickname back on Trump. Epstein fallout intensifies within Trump administration. Report an error