Sarah Palin: Live from New York
— -- Sarah Palin showed up on Saturday Night Live, good-naturedly critiquing Tina Fey's impression of her in a mock press conference.
As Fey told fake reporters that "the American people are angry, and John McCain is angry too," the camera cut to Palin, who was dressed identically to Fey in a red suit, and SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels. Both were standing in a hallway outside the show's New York studio, away from the audience.
"I didn't think it was a realistic depiction of the way my press conferences would have gone," she told Michaels. (She hasn't held any). "Why couldn't we have done the 30 Rock sketch I wrote?" she asked, referring to Fey's low-rated NBC sitcom, which Michaels also produces. "Honestly, not enough people know that show," he replied.
Mark Wahlberg then joined them, demanding to know the wherabouts of cast member Andy Samberg, who mocked him in a sketch earlier this month. And rounding out the guest-star cameos, Fey's 30 Rock co-star Alec Baldwin quickly appeared, pretending to assume the VP candidate standing beside Michaels was actually Fey.
"This is the most important election in our lifetime and you want Tina, our Tina, to go out there and stand next to that horrible woman?," he said, gesturing to Palin. Corrected by Michaels, he told Palin, "You are way hotter in person." And she told Baldwin that "your brother Stephen is my favorite Baldwin brother." (Stephen Baldwin is a McCain supporter).
She then delivered the show's "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" opening line.
Palin made a low-key return appearance during the Weekend Update segment, when she demurred as Amy Poehler did a Palin-tribute rap that featured fake snow and a dancing moose. But Palin did sign off the segment with co-anchor Seth Meyers.
Fey's version of Palin has been a big hit for SNL, which has seen ratings spike this season. The appearance marked her first on a late-night show.
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