Will Ferrell Returns to SNL

Last night's Saturday Night Live election special featured Will Ferrell returning to play George W. Bush as he gives his endorsement for McCain/Palin. As you can probably guess Tina Fey was also there to play Sarah Palin and Darrell Hammond played John McCain.

Ferrell reprised his famed impression of the president on the live "Weekend Update" special Thursday to give an "impromptu" evening address to the nation. He spoke about the election between John McCain and Barack Obama — both candidates, he said, that are "heavily patriotized" and "display much characterization."

He then gave his endorsement to McCain and Palin, something that they apparently didn't want. Ferrell said he was unaware that his approval ratings were low because he had several months ago declared the Oval Office a "bummer free zone." [AP]

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Ohhhh Sarah
SNL Debuts with host Michael Phelps

Another Big SNL Show

SNL has really come on strong this season. After a few recent years where it seemed SNL (except for a few very funny SNL Digital Short clips) had lost its popularity and relevance, it is back and just as funny as ever. The Tina Fey impersonations of Sarah Palin continued again this week but this time Sarah Palin actually made an appearance herself. This week's show was hosted by "W." star Josh Brolin. Here's the videos below but go over to Oldest Living and check out his take on the Palin SNL appearance.



A couple other funny skits from the show:
(including Mark Wahlberg confronting Andy Samberg about his impersonation of him)

Tina Fey Plays Sarah Palin....again

Anne Hathaway hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend. The highlights include....what else but Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin. This week Tina Fey & Jason Sudeikis parodied the Vice-Presidential Debate and Queen Latifah is also featured in the skit. The other included clip is Andy Samberg playing Mark Wahlberg as he talks to animals.

Ohhhh Sarah

Since this is a pop culture blog I try to post things that are newsworthy, funny or of particular interest. For the last 2 weeks now various Sarah Palin videos have been in the Top 10 viral videos on the web. I thought I'd share them with you, as I recently watched a few in the last few days and they were VERY entertaining.

#10 Viral Video of the Week:
Palin on foreign policy

#5 Viral Video of the Week:
Jack Cafferty tells us how he really feels about Sarah Palin

#2 Viral Video of the Week:
Sarah Plain reads all the news, but can't name a paper

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SNL Debuts with host Michael Phelps

With a little help from Tina Fey doubling as Sarah Palin and from guest host Michael Phelps and musical guest Lil Wayne, "Saturday Night Live" logged its best season premiere since 2001.

It was also the most-watched "SNL" for any date since December 17, 2002, when former vice president Al Gore was the guest host and jam band Phish was the musical guest.