Amazing, all it took was one skit at the beginning of an episode to ressurrect a show on comedic life-support and to cement a comedy writer's name into this generation's history of television. "Saturday Night Live" has finally pulled itself out of a moat full of boring characters and sketches that run way too long.
Lorne Michaels, the show's creator owes quite a bit to Sarah Palin for being the ditzy character she seems to be each time she attempts to form a sentence. Tina Fey also gets credit for doing such a dead-on impersonation of the Alaskan governor.
Here comes the "but" and it's a very small one I promise. I think Tina did a great job poking fun at Palin but was that really a stretch for her? Was it truly a challenge? Fey and Palin look unbelievably identical so really all she had to do was put on a similar outfit and talk with the same accent. To Tina's talent though, I have to say that the blank stares and air-headed mannerisms were classic.
Because of the success of the Palin sketch, it seems like the "SNL" writers have been rejuvenated. At least when it comes to the political stuff. The past few weeks have been gut busters and there is even a weekly live show on Thursdays dedicated just to the electoral circus. There is even talk of bringing Sarah Palin on as a guest on the show and if she's smart, she'll do it. That means we'll probably never see her a**. As a fan of the show from my youth, I'm really glad that Lorne is finally getting his groove back. Hopefully, November 5 won't be mark the return of "Saturday Night Live's" suckage streak.
-The Blackspot