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Oct 9, 2008 1:55 AM CDT

Election Results In: Comedy Wins

Race for the White House proving a comedy goldmine

(Newser) - No matter which candidate ultimately surges ahead, political comedy is emerging as the clear winner in the presidential race, reports the New York Times. Tina Fey's dead-on parody of Sarah Palin has triggered a huge boost in viewership for Saturday Night Live. The Colbert Report and the Daily Show have...

Rambling Palin Opens Up to Press Pack

Oct 8, 2008 5:15 AM CDT

Rambling Palin Opens Up to Press Pack

Sarah rips Obama's 'forthrightedness' on 'No-Talk Express'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin surprised reporters yesterday by coming to the back of her campaign plane to take questions from the press corps for the first time ever, Fox News reports. The candidate spoke in her trademark rambling style for nearly 15 minutes aboard what reporters had dubbed the "No-Talk Express....

Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

Oct 7, 2008 4:34 AM CDT

Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

Just-kidding candidate blames 'trivial' questions for dicey interviews

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's flubbed interviews were all part of her plan to safeguard America's Palin-lampooning industry, the candidate quipped at a Florida rally yesterday. Palin told supporters that the rocky moments in the Katie Couric interviews—including a failure to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with—came from annoyance...

Now Palin May Imitate Fey

Oct 6, 2008 9:20 AM CDT

Now Palin May Imitate Fey

McCain camp considers putting VP candidate in comedy sketch

(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign is considering having Sarah Palin spoof spoofer Tina Fey by going on NBC and performing a rendition of Fey’s American Express commercial, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Saturday Night Live won’t air again for two weeks, but Palin may make a cameo on the network’...

Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate

Oct 5, 2008 6:41 AM CDT

Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate

Plays flute for the 'talent portion'

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey clobbered Sarah Palin in yet another dead-on Saturday Night Live skit yesterday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, skewering the candidate's stance as a maverick, her relentless folksiness, and repeated feints at last week's debate to dodge questions. Asked what she would do about the economic crisis, Fey/Palin, winking,...

Now Fey's an Author, Too

Oct 4, 2008 12:33 PM CDT

Now Fey's an Author, Too

Star of SNL , 30 Rock to write a collection of essays

(Newser) - Tina Fey just got a little busier. She's finalized a deal to write a collection of humorous essays for Little, Brown and Company, the New York Observer reports. Fey—currently in the spotlight for her spot-on impersonations of VP wannabe Sarah Palin—reportedly worked out a deal to fund the...

Tina Kills Again as Sarah

Sep 28, 2008 9:12 AM CDT

Tina Kills Again as Sarah

Foreign experience? She tells Russians who stray into Alaska to 'shoo'

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin in a command reprise performance on Saturday Night Live last night. This time, Fey parodied the candidate's foibles during her interview with Katie Couric, reports Comedy Centric. In the opening sketch, Fey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Palin, is stumped by a question...

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

Sep 25, 2008 2:22 PM CDT

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

Security detail has already toured the studios; Fey may return, too

(Newser) - Sarah Palin may make an appearance on a Saturday Night Live, where she was so accurately mimicked by Tina Fey on the season premiere, OK! reports. The Republican’s security detail has already cased NBC’s studios in New York. Fey could also come back to reprise her role, setting...

No Skirting the Issue:
Politics Now Women's Game

ANALYSIS

Sep 22, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

No Skirting the Issue: Politics Now Women's Game

Candidates are obvious sign, but best commentary, comedy comes from females

(Newser) - This election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent. The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys...

Feminist Fey Skewers Palin
as Only a Woman Can

OPINION

Sep 15, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

Feminist Fey Skewers Palin as Only a Woman Can

Candidate's doppelganger succeeds where male comedians' barbs get discounted

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has made John McCain into a punchline, and there’s been no shortage of late-night comedians pointing that out. Unfortunately, they’ve almost all been male. Thank goodness, then, for Tina Fey, Simon Houpt writes in the Globe and Mail. It took Fey, a dead ringer for Palin,...

Fey 'More Palin Than Palin'

Sep 14, 2008 5:19 AM CDT

Fey 'More Palin Than Palin'

Tina nails Sarah impersonation on SNL season opener

(Newser) - Tina Fey ushered in the new Saturday Night Live season last night with her much-anticipated Sarah Palin impersonation, sharing the opening skit with Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton in a “public service announcement” deriding the media’s sexist coverage of the presidential campaign. The sketch also skewered Palin’s...

SNL Wants Tina to Play Sarah

Sep 12, 2008 11:39 AM CDT

SNL Wants Tina to Play Sarah

Fey could portray VP candidate as early as tomorrow's season premiere

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is in talks with Tina Fey to return to the show to play Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The former SNL head writer could take on "The Barracuda" as early as the show's season premiere tomorrow. "There are...

Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

Apr 27, 2008 7:02 PM CDT

Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

Chick flick laffer helps spark 17% ticket surge

(Newser) - Comedy sparked a box office comeback this weekend as Baby Mama banked $18.3 million from mostly female film-goers, Variety reports. Also fueling the 17.2% hike over last year's frame were stoner sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay with $14.6 million in second, and Jackie Chan's...

Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

movie review

Apr 25, 2008 7:50 AM CDT

Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

Only quiet chuckles in conventional flick

(Newser) - Critics don't seem thrilled about the arrival of Baby Mama, which tells the story of an overachieving, infertile career woman (Tina Fey) who hires a rough-around-the-edges high school dropout (Amy Poehler) to bear her a child. The movie's not "laugh-out-loud funny," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post....

'SNL' Staffers Not Laughing
at Hillary Bias Claims

Mar 13, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

'SNL' Staffers Not Laughing at Hillary Bias Claims

Show tries to be equally unfair to all candidates

(Newser) - “Saturday Night Live” staffers are getting serious over accusations of a pro-Clinton bias, with producer Lorne Michaels telling the Los Angeles Times any perception of bias is a "major concern" and assuring “there’s no agenda.” The show’s send-up of a media crush on Barack...

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

OPINION

Mar 3, 2008 7:45 AM CST

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

Clinton joins the resurgence

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy...

Fey's 'SNL'
Spot May
Boost Clinton

OPINION

Feb 26, 2008 4:00 PM CST

Fey's 'SNL' Spot May Boost Clinton

'Bitch is the new black!' bit should help counter the Obama video blitz

(Newser) - She didn't rap over a stump speech, but Tina Fey's rousing defense of Hillary Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" may help the underdog candidate challenge Barack Obama's domination of viral videos, writes Time TV blogger James Poniewozik. Fey's lampooning of the arguments against Hillary, including that she's a bitch—...

Wanted: Comic Who Can Imitate This Candidate

Feb 20, 2008 6:31 PM CST

Wanted: Comic Who Can Imitate This Candidate

Saturday Night Live auditions for the part of Barack Obama

(Newser) - The latest indication Barack Obama is one of a kind: Saturday Night Live can’t find an actor to impersonate the Democratic presidential candidate. Show mastermind Lorne Michaels says mimicking any celeb's “mildly irritating” minor tics is crucial to any impersonation. The show, returning Saturday from the writers' strike,...

Tina Fey Will Host SNL's
Return Show

Feb 13, 2008 4:58 PM CST

Tina Fey Will Host SNL's Return Show

30 Rock star and former head writer is booked for Feb. 23

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live's first new show since the writers' strike began will be hosted by former head writer Tina Fey, MSNBC reports. SNL was the only late-night comedy show to go AWOL for the whole strike. "SNL thrives during an election year and they can’t wait to get...

Seinfeld Spot May Backfire for 30 Rock

Oct 5, 2007 5:15 PM CDT

Seinfeld Spot May Backfire for 30 Rock

Sitcom king's cameo could be series' jump-the-shark moment, critic says

(Newser) - Seinfeld played Seinfeld once again in an irony-drenched cameo on "30 Rock" last night: In order to boost ratings, a fictional NBC exec decides to digitally insert Jerry into all prime-time shows. The kicker is that the self-parodic comic may not liven things up anymore, the New York Observer's...