Green Options » Lorne michaels http://greenoptions.com/tag/lorne-michaels Posts tagged 'Lorne michaels' Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:36:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Palin’s Appearance on SNL - Did It Help Or Hurt? http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/palins-appearance-on-snl-did-it-help-or-hurt/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/palins-appearance-on-snl-did-it-help-or-hurt/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:36:09 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/palins-appearance-on-snl-did-it-help-or-hurt/ Last night, Alaska governor and Republican candidate for vice-president, Sarah Palin, achieved a different kind of celebrity status by appearing on Saturday Night Live (SNL).

Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, left, and comedian Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live

The program featured an opening with the real Sarah Palin speaking to executive producer Lorne Michaels and actor Alec Baldwin, while comedian Tina Fey portrayed Palin at a mock press conference, in front of the studio audience. It also featured a rap gig by Amy Poehler on SNL’s mock news show backed up by two eskimos, a faux Todd and a moose.

Palin’s appearance on the popular sketch comedy show brought it to its highest rating in fourteen years, Reuters. The figures make it the highest-rated SNL since March 12, 1994. Although Nielsen Media Research won’t have a complete count of the show’s audience until later in the week, it will likely be around 14 million people — and 17 million for the first half hour, with the opening skit featuring Palin’s cameo.

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