Thanks for posting DoughtyOne ;o)
It was a funny skit. Places like Alaska and the Midwest are foreign countries to these people. No understanding of the people that make this country work!
My wife and I watched the one from last week with “Hillary”. I thought it was hysterical. They poked just as much fun at Hillary as they did Sarah.
The other thread was going downhill fast.
The most vehement comments came from those who, of course, had not seen the show.
Thanks for trying to provide a little ‘balance’, and the link.
Maybe those posters can watch it, and see the truth.
That’s the way I see it too. It’s an indictment of the press not the Palin’s.
Thanks, I had not seen it.
Excellent. A very good example of the elitist mentality of NYTimes type people and their left coast ilk.
Thanks for posting that. I put in my years in Manhattan, and I know those leftist, smug, but articulate Manhattan reporters—every character in that skit was spot on.
I had not seen it but based on the description on the other thread this was both good for Palin and a damning take on the MSM’s hatred of her.
We are such losers.
Instead of burning it down, we nervously laugh, and lie to ourselves.
No wonder the left has its way with us daily.
There is actually a thread that focuses on the incest but when I read the last line I got it.
Thanks for the Youtube clip, it does show them ripping on NYT pretty heavily.
Long, but funny
I’ve only seen the description and, while other FReepers too it as a scurrilous attack on the Palin family, it sure reads like an attack on the MSM to me. And a warranted one, at that.
I said last night that I watched the whole show and didn’t see one funny sketch. I was mistaken - this was a funny one. They really lampooned the MSM and their elitism.
Good sketch. I like the polar bear thread, as I have actually once had a conversation like that regarding bears and mountain lions in while hiking in Colorado.
LOL, good one
Thanks for posting a rational thread on this.
It takes a comedy skit to set the record straight.
Pretty funny — especially for post-funny era SNL. They even razzed the Times reporters for not knowing anything about guns.
It sure did bring out the stupidity of the media....lol....
The *BEST* thing that could happen to the staff and writers if SNL is a McCain and Palin victory. There’s no way to make Biden funny, and great limits as to what they could do to Obama, but in their sheer self interest would be having our side win.
And the skit opened with the accusation that Sarah Palin’s husband was sleeping with her daughters.
Calling a bottom of the gutter sexist political whisper campaign “funny” just isn’t.
And you missed the fact that Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al Frankin wrote that opening scene.
It was a mock of the NYT.
What made me laugh was how the audience sounded dumbfounded by the skit. They didn’t laugh all that much, and for those that did, some of it sounded like nervous laughter.
It’s safe to say that most people who attend SNL tapings are leftist, and this audience in particular probably got the joke that this skit was slamming the metrosexuals and elites of the NYT. I’m guessing most of them were offended by the skit for daring to slam the NYT in particular and smarmy metrosexuals in general.
Given that the reporter speaking about Alaska was the normal and authoritative character in the skit, and given that he was appalled by the freak-like, out-of-touch nature of the other reporters, this skit was clearly mocking the NYT.
Probably was a pretty accurate portrayal of the effeminate, perverted, ignoramuses that pass as “journalists” at the New York Times.
Very funny. Funny because it is so close to reality.
Wow, I can not believe that SNL ridiculed the NYTimes this way. Spot on and hilarious!! Thanks for making this post, the other thread was like Bizaro world. Did any of those freepers even watch this skit or simply freak when they heard it mentioned incest? Its an attack on the Times folks, watch the skit before commenting next time.
I saw the other thread about this. I don’t know what got into SNL, but this is all a huge, huge slam of the press, and NYC culture in general.
I honestly can’t see how this is anti-Palin.
Before I watch this clip, I just want to be sure of one thing — Can polar bears sense my watching a video that makes reference to them?
well that vid didn’t last long.... NBC must have their goons out in force this morning.
This was exceptional. Thanks for posting!
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Didn’t see last night’s skit; wish I had.
One of the rating services uses a set-top box that does a minute-by-minute analysis of what people are watching.
I wonder if Disney/ABC saw something interesting happen last week with the Palin/Clinton sketch, like a spike followed by a very serious dropoff when that stupid gameshow skit that attacked homeschoolers came on.
Shoot. Video pulled. What is NBC afraid of by allowing this on youtube? Do they think they’ll lose money somehow???
I have been intentionally avoiding many shows because I expect them to be unfair to Palin.
SNL portrayl of NYT dead on, 100% nail on the head.
SNL broadcast actual clip/fake? of NYT secret reporter meeting, tying Palin to incest, sexist organizations
Stay classy NBC. At least they are accurate about the New York Times.
Reporters
1. Don’t know how to drive stick
2. Worried about access to local psychoanalyst
3. No one with an American name
4. Worried about access to transgender bathrooms
5. Gets Snow machine confused with a crucifix
6. Put Palin rumor mongering above report on Lehman brothers
7. Think shotgun is a assault weapon
8. Investigate Palin’s childhood membership in 4H
9. Receive Pulitzer prize for unprovin rumors of Palin incest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzaHuuSbl5c
9/20/2008 Season 34 Episode 2
also see http://www.hulu.com/saturday-night-live
Awwww, All I got was this message: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NBC Universal
I saw that skit earlier this morning before they pulled it off but I have to agree with you, this was more a slam on the MSM than the Palins. Just goes to show that some of us here in Freeperland need to have more of a sense of humor and not be so kneejerk about things.
Video no longer up on You Tube due to copyright infringement, or so the message claims.
Sadly soon after viewing the skit on You Tube the link no longer functioned when I attempted to view it a second time. Hopefully that is just the result of an overloaded server.
Thanks again for posting the skit.
I've probably watched SNL three times since October 1975. I don't even have a TV now.
Looks like SNL is seeing the hypocrisy of the Left after 30+ years.
The Left can show a picture of presidential candidate G.W. Bush on NBC and run a crawl saying "Snipers wanted;"
The Left can give a tirade demanding mobs attack and kill a Republican Congressman and his family;
The Left lone wolves can slash tires, fire bomb opposition property, hack into private accounts;
The Left's MSM can try to destroy the Palin family;
The Left's candidate can travel the world saying "America is guilty of atrocities but I love the bitch and I'm going to change Her into a good citizen of the world."
Rats are sophisticated "satirists" and we're not.
We are bigots and racists.. hmm, I'll take that any day considering the Rat alternative.
well that vid didn’t last long.... NBC must have their goons out in force this morning
Since it got pulled I went to NBC site to see if it was there. Didn’t find it but watched the John McCain opener and thought it was funny.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-approves-open/669582/