Chris Matthews: Tina Fey's Sarah Palin 'The Greatest Impression Ever'
As NewsBusters previously reported, NBC's Tina Fey once again impersonated former Alaska governor Sarah Palin while guest hosting this weekend's "Saturday Night Live."
The Palin-hating media were as usual enthralled by Fey's performance, with MSNBC's Chris Matthews actually saying on Monday's "Hardball," "This has got to be the greatest impression ever" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Up next: Tina Fey brings Sarah Palin back to "Saturday Night Live." This has got to be the greatest impression ever. I mean, sometimes -- I’m not going to talk about it anymore. It’s -- she’s so good.
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MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow." First up: She’s back.
On this weekend’s "SNL," Tina Fey returned to her role as frontierswoman/presidential candidate Sarah Palin
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE")
TINA FEY, ACTRESS: It is just so great to be back on FOX News, a network that both pays me and shows me the questions ahead of time.
(LAUGHTER)
FEY: And I just hope that, tonight, the lamestream media won’t twist my words by repeating them verbatim.
(LAUGHTER)
FEY: As for boning up on experience and policy, I’m planning a trip to the Middle East, where I will be filming a cameo in "Hangover 3," the third "Hangover."
(LAUGHTER)
FEY: The fellows go to bar, and I’m there.
(LAUGHTER)
FEY: I also recently purchased Rosetta Stone English.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
FEY: I want to acknowledge that, this week, we finally vanquished one of the world’s great villains. And I for one am thrilled to say good riddance to Katie Couric.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MATTHEWS: Wow, one of the great send-ups in TV history, I would say.
Greatest evuh?
Better than some of Rich Little's fabulous impressions? Or Dana Carvey's? Or Frank Caliendo's? Or Frank Gorshin's?
I think not!
As for Fey, she shouldn't find Matthews' praise all that flattering. Earlier in the show he said last week was the greatest week ever for the country.
The "Hardball" host appeared full of totally meaningless superlatives Monday - amongst other things, that is.
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Is his show still the lowest rated?
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:19am.
Just curious. He couldn't have been happy with Special Ed leapfrogging over him into prime-time, well, every night except Fridays when MSNBC goes for real ratings and runs women prison-shows.
No More! I Can't Take Anymore!
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:51am.
Say, what is this? Chris Matthews Night at NewsBusters? :)
I'm with you, Chris. I
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 6:51am.
I'm with you, Chris. I remember waaaaaay back when I used to respect Matthews. Now I just pity him.
Sad.
mb,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:33am.
Although I was kidding and , of course, NB can post as many examples of the insane rantings of Matthews as they'd like (I skip a lot of them unless there aren't many other posts), I still believe that he isn't an example himself of media bias when he's functioning as a commentator (if his partisan sycophancy can be called "commentary"). His bias is dangerous when he is employed as a political "analyst" for NBC. How could anyone, right or left, trust his analysis as honest? I don't think that any commentary - no matter how crazy or far left it is - is the bias that is so dangerous (although the dominance of leftist commentators in the MSM clearly shows the institutional bias). The real danger comes from the supposedly "neutral" reporting on regular news shows. So, while it's informative to read the kind of partisan diatribes of Matthews and his ilk, it isn't the bias that has to stopped if we are ever to have an informed electorate.
That's because you can safely
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:53am.
That's because you can safely make fun of a Republican woman and not be chastised by the liberal crybabies. On the other hand, if you make an impression about Obama or his wife, you get called a "racist" and you probably lose your job.
Don't believe me? When Saturday Night Live made a skit about "Tiger Woods Lady Problems," a bunch of left-wing loonies called it "racist".
There is no probably about
Submitted by rockyracoon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:37am.
There is no probably about it. One jokes about the tyrannical terrible twosome in the WH, at their own career ending peril, which as a result, would lead to hysterical media reporting, and the collective gnashing of teeth by all "enlightened" liberals. Oh the horror!!!
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Exactly! The smartest thing
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:53am.
Exactly! The smartest thing the Democratic party ever did was get a half-Kenyan guy to run as a "black" person because all criticism was officially OFF LIMITS. Obama shares absolutely nothing with your average American that is black but he reaps ALL the benefits. (i.e. don't even TALK about him if you know what is good for you).
Smart politics on the DNC's part but VERY bad for the country because nobody in the Presidency has ever been OFF LIMITS like right now.
He can't even play basketball like 1/2 a Kenyan
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 1:49am.
Do you know he spent more time on his brackets than he did waking moments thinking about saying "yes" to killing UbL?
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
please
Submitted by scarletandgold on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:55am.
tingles is insane...he,s beyong help.. i really think this man is unstable and dangerous to our country..
Best Ever
Submitted by easygoer on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:33am.
Fey the best ever? Hardly. The guys Noel mentioned are all better than her, no doubt. But for my money, no one can touch Jim Morris for POLITICAL impressionism. Here he is doing Bush the Elder: http://youtu.be/cIRNqqeKj3A Hilarious. He also does Reagan, Clinton, Bush the Younger, Gore and others. All brilliantly.
It must be pretty great,
Submitted by Phryj1 on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:52am.
after all, they do often attribute parts of Fey's impressions as actual Palin quotes.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Best impression ever?
Submitted by richardsh on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:56am.
No Chrissy. The greatest impression ever is your continuing impression of a babbling baboon. And what is amazing is that you never seem to go out of character. Remarkable.
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Submitted by richardsh on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:57am.
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and just hates women
Submitted by Hippopaulimus on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 7:08am.
Why doesn't Crissy just come out of the closet? ... Someone remind him that his ratings will then improve with the libtards.
And Sarah Palin, presidential candidate? ... did I miss something?
I believe she and her family made the decision not to run for Pres. when she resigned as Gov. ... Since then, she has just been yanking the Dem's chains.
White - does not mean racist
Heterosexual - does not mean homophobic
Male - does not mean sexist
ugly
Submitted by mayjon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 8:20am.
tina fey is an ugly, untalented, unfunny, hate filled scar faced bi*ch. She couldn't even shine sarah palins' shoes.
Actually, Tingles' impression of an NBC hack is tops....
Submitted by thescoots on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 8:23am.
with SNL's ratings in the tank...he is paid to give props to inhouse programming....So really, its all about money to the liberals any way you slice it. Having said that....there is no one on the level of the late, great Frank Gorshin when it comes to impressions....His Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster imitations are scary good...RIP, Frank...you were the best.
Booooooorrrring.
Submitted by merly1 on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 8:47am.
Gosh, NBC promoting an NBC show. Here is my shocked face--->:oO
At best, Fey can only be rated number two in
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:05am.
her impression. crissy get's number one for impersonating a human being.
I don't agree
Submitted by jessieH on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:22am.
The greatest impersonation is Chris Mathews being a tv newsman
It would be racist
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:36am.
Imagine someone doing a REAL Obambi impression complete with the side to side binkyprompter reading, the uh, uh, uh, uh, uh's, the big ears, the ME, ME, ME and I, I, I?
The myriad of lies and mistatements?
Imagine if SNL did that.
Nah, never happen.
The Couric comment was funny,
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 9:51am.
The Couric comment was funny, but not in the way Tina Fey intended.
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I gotta admit...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 10:31am.
it's pretty good. And I loooove Sarah!
I did a great impression of
Submitted by NC Cop on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 10:35am.
I did a great impression of Chris Matthews this morning, right after breakfast.............but then I flushed it down the toilet after wiping my a$$.
"Frontierswoman"??????
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 10:34am.
Frontiers-woman, Chris? Really? Frontiers? I would call you an idiot, but an idiot can have an IQ of 20.
Keep dreaming, Chrissy
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 2:18pm.
Keep dreaming, Chrissy. Dana Carvey's Bush impressions wer far better than anythig Fey could do, especially the SNL skit where he put on the NVG's and said "Imagine 400,00 of these coming at ya. It's scary. It's scary." Classic!
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Thanks Noel for the greatest post ever.
Submitted by delmar on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 5:37pm.
I won't say anymore.