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Nov. 4, 2008 | In the past month, millions tuned in to "Saturday Night Live" just to see Tina Fey do her spot-on imitation of Sarah Palin. Fey's hilarious sendups of the vice-presidential candidate quickly became the stuff of water cooler legend, and Palin's own appearance on the show brought ...
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Open Thread for Night Owls, Early Birds & Ex-Pats: Election Eve Edition
Daily Kos —
Thomas Schaller at Salon writes: The end of the satirical industrial complex? For the past eight years, Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and other comedians have had us laughing through our tears. If Obama wins, will the laughter die? Bush's rise to power this decade contributed significantly, if not primarily, to the emergence of what Stewart has called the "satirical industrial complex." The complex's roster includes Stewart and his late-night Comedy Central cohort Stephen Colbert; the "Saturday Night Live" ...
The Funniest Election Season Ever: A Retrospective & Analysis
The Moderate Voice —
... an all time high.
From Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton to Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin, SNL earned record breaking ratings. John McCain’s Letterman no-show might have hurt his campaign more had he not so deftly handled damage control in a later appearance. We had the NYTimes asking, Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? and the Washington Post covering The Colbert Bump. By election day Salon wondered is this the end of the satirical industrial complex?
Throughout the campaign I’ve ...
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