With Palin pick, 30 Rock is looking eerily vice presidential yet again
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I would vote for Tina Fey for president in a heartbeat.
I don’t even care if her politics are more like Alec Baldwin’s—OK, maybe not that wacky—than mine. A Fey administration would be the funniest, snarkiest, most surreal since Rutherford B. Hayes ran amok on Pennsylvania Ave. (A real kook, that Rutherford.)
Still, I don’t think it was necessary for John McCain to put Fey’s doppleganger on the ticket to try and lure votes.
OK, not exactly spitting images. Tim Goodman found better comparisons, but hey, this is his day job. The similarity between Fey and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is striking. (Gore looks a lot like Baldwin in that pic, come to think of it.) Try Googling the phrase Fey and Palin and see what comes up. Apparently a lot of other people think so too.
A lot of them are pointing out that it’s too bad Fey doesn’t have her SNL gig where she could portray Palin weekly. I say, bring Palin on 30 Rock. It would help balance the silliness that was former veep Al Gore’s cameo, and it’s not like the show’s trademark isn’t surprising guest stars (i.e. Pee Wee Herman, Seinfeld, etc.).
Speaking of guest stars. Will Arnett is going to be back, which I pretty much figured but was thrilled to see anyway. Jennifer Aniston will be swinging by, too, making her return to the network that made her famous.
Now if only the season premiere wasn’t almost as far away as Election Day.
(Photos: AP, NBC)
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I’m sure every Fey fan had that immediate reaction when they first saw Palin. Upon further inspection, she looks more like Judy Tenuta but I digress. Thankfully, Tina films 30 Rock in NY and, we can hope, may make an appearance or two as the new VP pick as we approach the election. We can only imagine how Tina would portray Palin given the revelations about her.
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