Friday, October 24, 2008

Will Ferrell, Tina Fey Unite as Bush and Palin on SNL

Will Ferrell, Tina Fey Unite as Bush and Palin on SNL

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On Saturday Night Live's final Thursday night election show of the season, SNL once again brought out the guest star power. After Saturday night's show with Sarah Palin, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg, SNL looked to finally run out of famous pairings and impressionists. But for the last SNL Thursday special, the show ended the run by pairing it's two most famous impressions of the last eight years- Will Ferrell's George Bush and Tina Fey's Sarah Palin.
Ferrell returned to SNL as Bush, under the premise of Bush coming out of his "bummer free zone" to give a prime time, super hyped endorsement to John McCain and Sarah Palin. Whether John McCain wanted it or not.
Tina Fey's Sarah Palin wanted it as she appeared with Ferrell's Bush, uniting the two famous SNL caricatures as well as Palin and Bush themselves, who are already linked negatively by their critics. To Palin's credit, Fey's version at least knew that the Vice President was less powerful than the President, unlike Ferrell's Bush.
Darrell Hammond also played John McCain, who was literally hunted down by Todd Palin in Alaska and dragged to the Oval Office. There, Bush gave his super damaging endorsement while Fey's Palin winked and posed and McCain tried desperately to leave.
Ferrell likely got more laughs as Bush in the sketch than he did in his last few movies combined. SNL certainly missed having Ferrell play Bush over the years. Since Ferrell left, Chris Parnell, Hammond, Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis have tried and mostly failed to play Bush over the years on Saturday Night Live. None of them could match up to Ferrell.
That may provide a preview of what SNL will be in for once Tina Fey departs as Sarah Palin. However, the show still has two more Saturday night shows and one more after election night for Fey to come back a few more times.

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