I think it's the glasses more than anything else that made people think "Tina Fey".
She really doesn't have the same face shape as Palin:
Actually, if you put Megan Mullally in glasses, she looks a little like Palin:
When I first saw Palin, I figured Casey would play her, but I didn't think they would go outside the cast to find someone to do it, so I wasn't really thinking about Fey at all.
Dude. I don't know. That side-by-side comparison of Palin and Fey is pretty uncanny to me...I think Casey is actually too round faced...and Megan Mullally looks nothing like her other than the glasses.
Yeah, i think I was on your side until that side by side. Cheekbones and chin.
Obviously if Tina wasn't called back to do it, Casey was the natural choice.
That'd be funny if they brought back Dean Edwards to play Obama.
...actually, "funny" may not be the right word.
Actually, Donald Glover does a pretty good Obama .
SNL probably should have snapped him up when they had a chance instead of letting him get away to "Community".
Now that you mention it, I bet Glover would have made a GREAT cast member. However, I'm glad it didn't happen because I'd rather watch him on Community.Originally Posted by BillBrasky
After hearing last week's CDR Radio, I thought it was extra funny when Weekend Update followed a Weekend at Bernie's joke with one about Andrew Lloyd Weber.
Also, I thought Jude Law was a really solid host. He reminded me of Jon Hamm, in that he had a presence on stage that brought a commitment to his characters that sometimes is lacking with the guest hosts.
MacGruber screened last night (in a non-final cut form) at SXSW, and went over very well. In this piece by IFC it mentions that Ryan Phillippe, who is in MacGruber, will host SNL on April 17th.
Article: http://www.ifc.com/blogs/indie-eye/2.../macgruber.php
Adding to the Sarah Palin thing, I remember thinking Casey looked a lot like her in the Josh Brolin "Narc School" sketch last year, where she played the teacher.
Pic: http://img641.yfrog.com/img641/986/narcschool.jpg
I'd have to side with Brasky on this one, with those glasses I think she had the right look for it, even moreso than Tina, at least in this particular sketch. Then again, I also remember thinking Nicole Parker looked more like her than Tina, when she played Palin on Mad Tv last year.
As for Obama, I think most of the people they looked at in 2008 have all moved on to better jobs at this point, Glover on Community, Wyatt Cenac on TDS, etc. I think Jordan Carlos was one of people mentioned as well, I haven't seen his impression though.
I don't know, I still think Fey looks more like Palin.
In retrospect, the fact that they chose Fey was obviously good for both her and SNL. Fey got some heat or Q ratings or whatever it's called when 30 Rock's future was still uncertain. SNL getting a former cast member made it into a sort of mini-event, not seen since the august days of John Goodman's Linda Tripp. The whole thing was a runaway success, going viral and what not.
Winter is Coming: Summer 2011.
Tina Fey looks nothing like Sarah Palin.
Casey is Sarah Palin.
(btw i'm blind)
If AST got their way, SNL's biggest claim to cultural relevance in these past few years would be totally moot, as a generally unpopular (outside of AST (I like her)) new cast member would be playing one of the greatest political characters of all time. And 30 Rock might be cancelled.
Night gathers, and now my snark begins. It shall not end until it gets hacky. I shall take my wife(... please!), hold no lands, father no negative ratings. I shall wear no crowns and win no AST Top 20 Rankings. I shall live and die by my posts. I am the LOL in the darkness. I am the fire that burns against the trolls, the sneer that guards the realms of men from Kyle Cease's Comedy Boot Camp. I pledge my life and honor to the AST's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
Right. I don't disagree with ANY of that. Actually, the point I was trying to make is that both sides were kinda right. That's the kind of thing that makes for a compelling doc.
I kinda wonder if they did Casey a favor, in a strange way. Being unestablished, people might have seen her "Palin" and thought, "Well shit, ANYONE could do that. Palin's a dumb cunt who got thrown under a giant spotlight! Where's the challange?"
Or she could've become a superstar. Who knows?
I heard Casey is staring in a new one-woman show called "Tig Ol' Bitties"
Oh crap, did someone say "Superstar"?
"I'm Sarah Palin and I'm FIFTY!! I luv it, I luv it, I luv it, I luv it, I LUV IT!!! Fifty years old and I... LIKE... hu-DOGS!!!!!"
TO STAGE TIME WITH YE. THINE JOKES NEED CRAFTING
"SNL in the 2000s" special to air on April 15th:
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7942/snl2000s.jpg
Christopher Walken has a "Best of" SNL DVD but they can't figure out a way to release Martin Short's Nathan Thurm SNL stuff on video?
It looks like that's on "The Best of Harry Shearer". That's not what it's called, but he does have a DVD out with that "60 Minutes" bit on it. I just hope the "60 Minutes" theme song survived music clearance issues.
I've been thinking recently that we'll probably NEVER get a proper "Best of Will Forte", since SO much of his best stuff involves singing.
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