OK .... I thought Palin was funny on SNL.

[ronnykmarshall]

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[hlthe2b]

1. I thought the skits were amusing, but what exactly did Palin do

that was funny? I missed that... seriously. :shrug:

[ronnykmarshall]

11. See below ...

The Suzy Orman skit was a fucking scream.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. Those around her were funny. She just kind of stood there taking up space

[VolcanoJen]

3. Well, she was punked, and she was the butt of a running joke...

... but I thought she handled it well. For what that's worth. :-)

[NYCGirl]

13. So you think she didn't see the script beforehand?

:eyes:

[VolcanoJen]

14. It's well known that she didn't see it until hours before the broadcast.

Her handlers were complaining about that openly to the press.

However, she did see it, and she did go ahead with it. I'm sorry, but in my book that makes her kind of a dummy. If she were a Hollywood star, she'd be firing her agent this morning.

[NYCGirl]

17. She could've said she wanted it changed and they would have done it.

So she liked the script.

[barack the house]

4. ...

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Oh dear .... what did I miss?

[greyl]

5. Example, please. nt

[ronnykmarshall]

8. Did you watch it?

The look she and Tina Fey gave each other was a scream.

The Weekend Update part when she did a Jane Curtin impression was funny too.

[greyl]

15. Yes. I think you're pulling our legs.

That wasn't a Jane Curtain impression, it was only Palin saying "goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow".

[Callalily]

6. Frankly, I think she was

auditioning for a new job. She knows this VP thing isn't going to work out, and now her constituents up in Alaska have seen her true personality shine, so she's just looking for a new career. ;) That's all . . .

[SunsetDreams]

7. I didn't laugh at her 2 lines

I laughed at all the others around her.

[asdjrocky]

10. And that's the problem-

Look at Hillarys appearance, or Obamas or for that matter, McTroll. They always seem a bit uncomfortable, not quite knowing where to stand, and often times stumbling through what is written on the cue card. These people are not actors, they are politicians or public servants.

Sarah was good because Sarah is an actor, in the worst tradition, and that's why she was funny.

[LisaL]

I didn't.

I thought the whole thing was horribly uncomfortable. They were mocking her to her face.

[uppityperson]

19. That is what I thought was funny.

[Phoonzang]

12. Get him!!!! Burn the witch!!!

No really, I thought the first skit was funny. The weekend update part was idiotic.

[mokawanis]

16. A still delivery of lines

She's not an actress or a comedienne. She looked anxious.

[uppityperson]

18. I thought she was hysterically funny in a really pitiful, clueless way.

Tina Fey and whoever he is (the big guy bashing her until he found out she was Palin not Tina then was all "you're hawt") were funny in a funny way. I laughed at her pitifulness.

[renate]

20. I thought she did a good job

In the opening skit, Lorne Michaels and Alec Baldwin read their lines off cue cards and didn't look natural; I though she looked very natural and didn't read off the cue cards.

And whether she knew she was being punked on Weekend Update and was being a good sport or whether she was oblivious, again I thought she looked comfortable and natural in front of the camera.

It's like the debate--she didn't necessarily score any points except with those who liked her already, and there wasn't any substance behind what she said, but she didn't embarrass herself as a performer. SNL's digs at her and McCain's campaign notwithstanding (a pretty major "notwithstanding", of course!), I thought she did just fine. Which isn't really a surprise... she's gotten as far as she has by looking at ease in public and being self-assured in front of crowds and cameras.

:shrug:

[Maven]

21. I thought Amy Poehler was funny, and Alec Baldwin was funny.

Palin was little more than a prop.

[ronnykmarshall]

23. Did you see the Suzy Orman skit??

Oh my god! That was a riot.

And Adele!!! I just ordered her CD. She's great.

[Beaverhausen]

22. what was with the Llama in the hallway?

and the guy walking down the hall in the black hat. Wasn't that reminiscent of a Magritte painting?

[ronnykmarshall]

24. The Mark Walberg bit was funny.

I had to go on line to the skit from last week.

[AlCzervik]

25. i thought the Palin rap was funny as hell.

[Bettie]

26. I thought it was funny that she didn't get that people were

laughing AT her not WITH her!

[seabeyond]

27. my hubby did too. he is gonna make me watch. i dont wanna. lol. he especially liked the rap

and wants to watch again to hear all the words.

he gets the laughing at her, not with her. but he still thought she was funny. he can seperate wanting obama.... and not all things palin bad

[jonnyblitz]

28. I thought she was , too, or at the least, not as bad as DUers

PREDICTABLY said she was.

[Awsi Dooger]

31. Exactly

I saw the threads 3 hours before watching the program here in Nevada. Based on all the threads that accumulated during those three hours, the lock of all eternity was Palin had come across MUCH better than the consensus here.

There are posters here who would have ripped her if she saved two lives during the program.

I thought it was essentially a non-appearance, as I posted last night after viewing, but she certainly came across more positively than negatively. She really could have boosted her popularity if she had done the Weekend Update skit herself.

[cynatnite]

29. Actually, it was the making fun of Palin that was funny...Palin didn't really do anything. n/t

[Zuiderelle]

30. She was... but fortunately she didn't come across any differently than she actually is.