Posted on 09/19/2009 11:45:39 AM PDT by EveningStar
Tina Fey recently won an Emmy for her uncanny resemblance and venomous impersonation of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In accepting her award, Fey was her typical, obloquious self saying, “Mrs. Palin is an inspiration to working mothers everywhere because she bailed on her job right before Fourth of July weekend. You are living my dream. Thank you, Mrs. Palin!”
2008 marked a departure from the memorable, more cordial years of Chevy Chase as a clumsy Gerald Ford or Dana Carvey’s hilarious H.W. Bush: “wouldn’t be prudent.” Fey was downright mean.
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Liberals are mean. This is news?
I would use a different word for Tina Fey - one that can’t be posted here.
Fey is ugly. They put on a wig, glasses and costumes and called it a “Palin” lookalike. Oh please...
Nonsense.
Was it one of the words on George Carlin's list?
Yes.
Newt Gingrich invited Chris Farley to D.C.
Carvey was at a party for Bush 41 and walked out to "Hail to the Chief", while Bush was in the crowd.
Nancy Reagan reportedly laughed so hard that she fell out of a chair.
I saw Hartman do Barbara Bush twice. The second time was pretty amusing (Jan Hooks was Hillary). The first time was downright mean, nasty and insulting (that was the writing of the sketch as much as it was Hartman, granted).
Tina Fey is a moonbat incapable of independent thought.
Fey is a monkey.
Fey has always been faux-smart, and very cold and mean. She is only funny when mocking herself, as in her new show. The entire Palin thing was written by that comedy writer on SNL, Seth Meyers. He’s funny. The faux Palin was hilarious (see the skit where she was speaking behind a podium with faux Hillary Clinton for BEAUTIFUL comic timing — Amy Poehler was genius there!!). Fey only played the part.
But when Fey is herself, she is mean-spirited and pseudo-intellectual, but actually quite poorly informed. Maybe she watches MSNBC.
Feys portrayal was ugly and decietful — but (sadly) it worked...
How Obama Got Elected... Interviews With Obama Voters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8
Fey is probably at least as much of a moonbat as Garaffallo (sp- who cares).
I hated it when Palin went on SNL. She should have told them to kiss her @ss. I hope it was McCain’s idea.
I am inspired to have a Tina Fey jack o’ lantern for Halloween. If I leave the seeds in it, it will have more in its head than Fey herself.
Downright boring too.
I agree - well written humor can draw a laugh from anyone. A few days ago, I saw a skit from SNL. It had about 10 republican congressmen in a room, one of whom was Joe Wilson. They all agreed that when Obama said “... no illegal will be covered by healthcare...” they would all yell out “You Lie”. The thinking was that they couldn’t ALL get in trouble. They practiced it. Then, Joe Wilson went to the bathroom and while he was gone, the group decided not to do it. Joe didn’t get the message and was the only one who yelled. Afterwards, they tried to console him and said not to worry because nobody heard it, anway. Besides, he’s not very well known, except for the Confederate flag episode in SC...
I admit - I laughed out loud!
As you watch her, you’re thinking what an uncanny resemblance she has to Palin; but when you see the two of them standing together, you see immediately that Sarah Palin is gorgeous and Fey is drab looking in comparison.
I thought I read somewhere that Fey hated the way she looked when standing with Palin and refused to be seen in the same frame with her anymore. She knew how plain she looked next to Sarah Palin.
I’m not surprised Fey made fun of the woman who made her a household name while accepting an award for playing her. Liberals are the meanest, stingiest, and most vindictive people I know.
Tina Fey is a cheap imitation and she knows it. Sarah has CLASS, meanwhile, Tina Fey and the other liberals are ASSES. Tina Fey is and will continue to be a one trick pony. Nothing more then a liberal whore
Can one imagine Eddie Murphy returning to SNL to lambast Obama night after night weeks before the campaign? And NBC clearing blocks in their prime time schedule in order to promote more time to bash Barack? Of course not.
If Fey wad so mean to Palin, why is it that both McCain and Sarah went on SNL?
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Breitbart said on Fox yesterday that he was going to release another anti-ACORN or anti-Obama story on the website, Big Hollywood, in a few days. This, of course, is not it.
Tina Fey is proof the world that even average looking women can be considered “stars”.
“I hope it was McCain’s idea.” WHAT DO YOU THINK!
Fey’s 5 minutes of fame are about up. Maybe she’s so mean because she knows that?
Disconnected cable about five years ago (cost too much, service out in the boondocks seriously sucked, etc) but kept the old TV set around to allow the grandkids to play DVD’s when they come visit. All this time, I’ve kept thinking that we’re going to have to replace that old set someday.
Only problem is it seems every time Grandma and I get started seriously talking about running into town and getting that new flatscreen we’ve looked at for the last year, we go visit friends just in time to catch some of the current excuse for programming or read something like this story.
Tina Fey?
SNL?
I’m supposed to spend my hard-earned cash to drag some piece of electronic hardware into my home so I can inflict drivel like that on myself and my family?
I’d rather just go out in the shop and pound my thumb with a hammer.
Then go spend the price of that flatscreen on ammunition.
Agree 100%. In her interview with John Ziegler (Media Malpractice) she said that she didn't know most of the disgusting lowblows on SNL before she went there.
God knows Palin has no bigger fan than myself, but going on SNL was wrong. Don't feed the media beasts.
Dunces like Tina Fey, comfortably ensconced in their little show-biz bubbles where everyone is a die-hard liberal know-nothing convinced they're brilliant 'artists', are willingly used by leftist political operatives to mock and, they hope, undermine the credibility and validity of any conservative politician they consider a threat.
Obviously, since her vice presidential nomination acceptance speech, the left has considered Sarah Palin a threat - and a serious threat, at that. Conversely, SNL's Tina Fey and her nasty jibes at the former Alaska governor, are hardly a treat to Sarah Palin.
SNL pimped for Carter in the 70’s, Clinton in the 90’s and Obammie the Commie in the 2000’s.
Leftists never change their goals or their means.
They don’t laugh too hard when the jokes are made about them, however. That’s when they start talking about meanness and incivility and the need for monitoring.
Unfunny witch (or at least rhymes with it).
As stated before: Palin (per her Ziegler interview) said that she didn't knew most of the jokes before going there (probably after counseling with McCains crappy "campaign"). I guess they thought they'd "defuse" SNL by appearing there. It was a terrible decision. They should have told the MSM to go to hell.
In my opinion it worked... Palin carried herself pretty well and standing on the same stage with Fey she looked good. She wasn't afraid to face her impersonator, and she came off confident and good-humored.
You are kidding right? You don't see the benefit that going on the show had to those two candidates, regardless of Fey's act? How do you think you counter something like that and what conservative wants to erase all exposure to various demographics because of some negatives from that media source?
Your dislike for Palin is dumbing you down, you don't need people to explain this basic stuff to you about conservatives needing to be a part of the critical media so that they can present themselves, in person to that media's audiences.
Both republicans did great in their SNL appearances.
I thought only conservatives could be nasty and mean spirited. When liberals do it, it’s called “enlightened”.
It might have been funny once, but they ran it into the ground. SNL is occasionally funny, but it’s not really appealing to my (admittedly odd) sense of humor.
I wonder why you keep trying to hammer that falsehood home.
Palin’s SNL appearance was a coup for Palin, you are wrong to keep trying to spread that rewrite of history that you are making.
It is a dishonest attack on Palin and no one seems able to shake you from constantly spreading it.
IMO SNL doesn't deserve to be graced with her attendance.
What falsehood?
Have you seen her interview?
This is one back biting impersonation that has had it's 15 minutes.
Agreed. My sparse history of reading about King Arthur and his knights, kept ringing a distant bell. For the sorceress portrayed in "Le Morte D'Arthur" is a leading character. She was one Morgan Le Fey. Sometimes spelt as Fay. She was a seductress and had powers given her. The word "Fey" in the old english language has meanings that vary, but agree in that it means some higher power of being able to foresee things. With witchery thrown in.
I checked on "Tina" and it is a short version of something like Stamatina. Yes, I cringed when I heard of the Governor going on SNL. I did not watch, since I have a habit of expletives that disturb my liberal spouse, when she has on the T/V.
Sarah Palin is still our Sarah.
When the series started Tina's self-deprecatory take on her character, Liz Lemon, was refreshing, but Liz is now such a nebbish or shrew that it's hard to tolerate her anymore.
And the rest of the characters -- Jenna, Pete, Kenneth, Frank -- are also uninteresting or repellent. Compare Thirty Rock to Mary Tyler Moore thirty years ago and you can see the decline: the pace is faster but the characters are a lot less interesting.
The last good thing on the show was when Liz went to her high school reunion remembering how the other students tormented her and realize that she'd been the one tormenting them. Since then, I haven't found much reason to watch the show.
Tina's career has had a similar downward trajectory. She was quite funny and not bad-looking for SNL, but nowhere near attractive enough to be on all those magazine covers.
In the same way, Tina isn't as funny or as bright as she came to believe she is. She ate up all the hype and thought it was real and that led her to move too far from her actual strengths.
You are accusing me to be "dishonestly attacking" Palin!?
I referred to an actual statement from her. She said to John Ziegler that she did not know all of the vile Fey jokes. Ziegler showed her a clip about Fey mocking Palin and her daughter... Palin's reaction was clear: she looked appalled and said "a mama grizzly rises up in me!"
And regarding the issue whether it was wise or not to go on SNL, that's a subjective opinion.
In my opinion, it was not a good decision. Many other Palin supporters agree with me. You disagree and think it was a "coup". Fine... a different opinion. That's has NOTHING to do with "falsehoods" or "attacks". The only falsehood is your unfair attack on me.
I guess, but if those days were more cordial it wasn't because of Chevy, but because entertainers couldn't get away with what they can today.
Chase certainly did his bit to sink Ford, and he was never in the running for any humanitarian awards.
Did you watch her on SNL and see the positive effects, the positive media , the positive responses here at FR as Palin reached an audience that would have normally been totally isolated from her and her real persona?
Do you think that Fey’s impressions were not weaker with the SNL audience after they got to see the Governor themselves?
Your negative opinion is well in the minority, yet you keep hammering it on thread after thread, I don’t know why.
Here is a thread on the show with freepers almost all liking it except for instance “ WilliamReading” who posted this “This appearance was a net minus for Sarah Palin. Who is running the campaign these days?”, but he was an anti Palin troll who’s account has been closed.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109432/posts
Chevy Chase forever branded Gerald Ford as the clumsiest President in history which was a negative branding caricature with no friendly or endearing humor in it and it wasn’t even based on any truth or reality.
Guess who was the best athlete to ever be President.
IMO Conservatives shouldn't in any way legitimize these evil leftist propaganda shows.
And her interview statement clearly shows that she was disgusted with the SNL jokes against her family, which she did NOT know at that time.
That being all said, I don't understand why you think I am attacking her with a "falsehood" for just stating my opinion.
Hope I clarified that.
Cheers
On thread after thread you spread the impression that she did badly and that it was a big mistake to go onto the show.
You are creating a new history of the actual event in many people's minds. The SNL appearance by Palin was a very positive and revealing victory in a unique niche of the media, not a degrading defeat for her.
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