The show started with a fake news conference, where the spokesman told to the journalists, "No recording devices and don’t write anything down." Tina Fey then appeared as Sarah Palin, wearing a fitted red jacket and rimmed glasses.
"I am looking forward to a portion of your questions," she said, a jibe at the way the Republican vice presidential candidate - and other politicians - have avoided answering a number of questions during the election campaign.
When asked about John McCain and Barack Obama in the last presidential debate, the fake Palin says of Obama: "His words are smooth when he’s talking, he’s like an angel whispering in your ear. He makes John McCain sound like a garbage truck unloading trash at a landfill. Palin, who has in the past said, she loved Tina Fey’s impersonations, was first seen watching the show from the backstage with the show’s executive producer Lorne Michaels.
Interestingly, actor Alec Baldwin joins them, under the impression that Palin is Tina Fey. This is the most important election in our nation’s history and you want her, our Tina, to go out there and stand with that horrible woman?" Baldwin, a known left-winger, says to Michaels.
Told of his ’mistake’, Baldwin apologises. But Palin retorts: "I must say, your brother Stephen is my favourite Baldwin brother."
Palin then comes on stage to replace her mimic, who swiftly exits when she sees her.
"I’m not going to take any of your questions," she says. "But I do wanted to take this opportunity to say, "Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night."
Later in the show, Palin is seen bopping in her chair as a cast member, Amy Poehler raps a song, which the vice-presidential candidate said would hurt her election campaign if she performed it herself.
During the song, Eskimos, an impersonator of her husband Todd and a large moose dance on stage.
At one point, Poehler shoots the moose who falls to the ground, a jibe at Palin’s passion for hunting and fondness for guns. Fey’s spoof Sarah Palin has done wonders for Saturday Night Live’s viewing figures.
Ratings for the show have gone up, averaging 8.3 million viewers and the sketches are drawing as many as 9.3 million hits online. It is not clear whether Republican presidential candidate John McCain watched the show, but earlier in the day said that he thought Tina Fey and his running mate were "separated at birth."
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