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==''This Modern World''== ==''This Modern World''==
Liberal comic strip '']'' returned to its "Parallel Earth" series, where candidates appear literally as the metaphors used to describe them, to skewer Palin. Upon ]'s choice of Palin, the parallel Republican presidential candidate, a neanderthal named Ugg whose foreign policy consists of smashing enemies with big rocks, chooses an actual deer caught in the headlights as his running mate.<ref>.</ref> Liberal comic strip '']'' returned to its "Parallel Earth" series, where candidates appear literally as the metaphors used to describe them, to skewer Palin. Upon ]'s choice of Palin, the parallel Republican presidential candidate, a neanderthal named Ugg whose foreign policy consists of smashing enemies with big rocks, chooses an actual deer caught in the headlights as his running mate.<ref>.</ref>

==''Who's Nailin' Paylin?''==
] released a ] video exploiting Palin's perceived attractiveness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox concludes Larry Flynt's 'Palin porno' is legal|author=David Edwards and Muriel Kane|work=The Raw Story|url=http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fox_concludes_Larry_Flynts_Palin_porn_1013.html|accessdate=2008-10-14}}</ref> '']'' was released on November 4, 2008. Actress ] starred as the spoof Sarah Palin character, "Serra Paylin", while ] played the young Paylin in her college years.<ref name="avn">{{cite web | title =Hustler Sets Cast for Sarah Palin Spoof | author= David Sullivan| publisher = AVN.com| url = http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/32734.html| date =2008-10-08 | accessdate =2008-10-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Nailin' Paylin | | publisher = TMZ.com| url = http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/03/nailin-palin/| date =2008-10-03 | accessdate =2008-10-11 }}</ref>

Critic John Patterson of '']'' says that "the script's literary values are close to nil, and its political jabs... are often <nowiki></nowiki> to infantile."<ref name="pat1">Patterson, 2008, ''Under the Skin''.</ref> Patterson's review also cites "ridiculous dialogue" such as "Drill, baby, drill!" and "I'm speaking in tongues!"<ref name="pat1"/>

] and ] read dialogue from the movie on '']''.<ref>Rashid Razaq, "", London ''Evening Standard,'' 31 October 2008, thisislondon.co.uk.</ref><ref>"", youtube.com.</ref>


==Caribou Barbie== ==Caribou Barbie==

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Street Art in New York City before the 2008 Election

Sarah Palin became a subject of parody, satire and derision soon after her nomination for Vice President on the Republican Party ticket for the United States presidential election of 2008.

Immediate comic reaction

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A putatively Palinesque name is generated for Leone Sextus Tollemache.

A Comedy Central writer joked that "she's a pitbull who wears lipstick for some reason!" (in response to her statement at the 2008 Republican National Convention that the difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom was lipstick). In addition, David Harrington's "Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator" generates hunting, industrial, hockey-related, and other idiosyncratic personal names from names that are supplied to it. Also, comedienne Julie Brown re-wrote her 1980s single "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" as a parody titled "The Ex-Beauty Queen's Got a Gun."

Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live

Main article: Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin (left) and Amy Poehler as Hillary Rodham Clinton (right)

On September 13, 2008, Tina Fey appeared in a comedy skit, "A Nonpartisan Message from Governor Sarah Palin & Senator Hillary Clinton", on Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin, alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. The sketch was written by Poehler, Fey, and head writer and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers.

Due to its popularity, additional sketches with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin were seen in later SNL episodes leading up to the weekend before the election, with Fey ultimately performing her impersonation alongside both the real Palin and John McCain.

Gina Gershon

Actress Gina Gershon self-produced and posted several parody videos in which she portrays Palin for the comedy website Funny or Die. In one of the videos, Gershon, as Palin, dons a stars-and-stripes bikini and totes a gun, a reference to a widely-circulated, but faked, photograph purporting to be the real Palin in such a scenario.

Sara Benincasa

YouTube contributor Sara Benincasa created video logs, or vlogs, in which she stars as Governor Palin. In these vlogs, Benincasa (as Palin) compares the experience of heading up a Parent-Teacher Association to the responsibilities of running Alaska and discusses how being a mother of five children makes her fit to run the United States. In the skits, Benincasa's sometime comedy partner, Diana Saez, appears as Palin's (fictional) cousin and assistant Dina Heath-Barr.

Doonesbury

The comic strip Doonesbury mocked Palin through the use of Zipper Harris, a slacker college student. The strips of October 20-25, 2008 depict Harris dodging questions from his botany professor by paraphrasing Palin's evasive language, in an attempt to cover up the fact that he has not studied the relevant course material and does not know the answers.

Live with Regis and Kelly

Kelly Ripa impersonated Palin on the Halloween edition of Live with Regis and Kelly (broadcast October 31, 2008), parodying phrases associated with Palin such a "Say it ain't so, Joe" and "Maverick", wearing Palin's well-known red outfit, and speaking in Palin's accent. Her co-host, Regis Philbin, impersonated Joe Biden.

This Modern World

Liberal comic strip This Modern World returned to its "Parallel Earth" series, where candidates appear literally as the metaphors used to describe them, to skewer Palin. Upon John McCain's choice of Palin, the parallel Republican presidential candidate, a neanderthal named Ugg whose foreign policy consists of smashing enemies with big rocks, chooses an actual deer caught in the headlights as his running mate.

Caribou Barbie

Following her nomination, Palin was often tagged with the epithet "Caribou Barbie", owing to her background as a beauty pageant contestant in her home state of Alaska. Palin herself uttered this phrase when she made an October 18, 2008 guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, filling in the blank for Alec Baldwin, who could not remember what people called her.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

About a month after the election, professional wrestling promotion TNA Wrestling began a series of vignettes on it's flagship program TNA Impact, where she was invited to join Beautiful People via the TNA website. In these vignettes, Palin fails to respond to their invitation and an imposter responds. Members Angelina Love and Velvet Sky fail to realize that the imposter (played by Shannon Spruill) is not the real Palin while their co-member in the the group Cute Kip does as he tries and fails to get their attention in trying to tell them the truth. The Palin imposter soon invites Angelina and Velvet to the White House leading to episodes where the duo (who pride themselves on their appearance) are given makeovers where they lose their makeup, change their hairstyles, and begin to wear more conservative apparel to their dismay in an attempt to be part of Palin's cabinet.

References

  1. Dennis DiClaudio."Sarah Palin, Still Strong on Women's Issues"; ComedyCentral, September 9th 2008
  2. "Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator", Poli Tsk Tsk Tsk (politsk.blogspot.com); accessed October 25, 2008.
  3. Gene Weingarten, "Chatological Humor", Washington Post, September 16, 2008 (accessed October 25, 2008)
  4. Christie St. Martin, "Soup Landmine Palin", Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2008 (accessed October 25, 2008)
  5. Gilbert Cruz, "Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator", Time, September 23, 2008 (accessed October 25, 2008)
  6. http://www.youtube.com/user/Kielan2154
  7. http://juliebrown.com/blog/index.php
  8. Wallenstein, Andrew (2008-09-18). "NBC's Web sites see surge in traffic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  9. "Tina Fey Guest Stars On Saturday Night Live Season Premiere As Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Gov. Sarah Palin" (Press release). NBC Universal Media Village. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  10. SNL Transcripts
  11. Luchina Fisher, "Will the Real Sarah Palin Please Stand Up?", ABC News, September 15, 2008
  12. Gina Gershon. "Gina Gershon index page". Funny or Die. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  13. Gina Gershon. "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin". Funny or Die. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  14. Samantha Chang, "The Improper: Sarah Palin Bikini Photos Are Fake", The Improper, September 4, 2008 (accessed 2008-10-31)
  15. "Video: Gina Gershon Spoofs Sarah Palin", US Magazine, September 11, 2008 (accessed 2008-11-01)
  16. David Sarno, "Bikini-clad Gina Gershon spoofs Sarah Palin", Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2008 (accessed 2008-11-01)
  17. Brian Braiker, "The Palin Parodists", Newsweek - "Web Exclusive", September 3, 2008.
  18. Glenn Chapman. "Palin parodies flood the Web". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  19. Siddhartha Mitter. "Poking Fun at Palin". WNYC.org. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  20. Doonesbury comic of October 20, 2008
  21. CNN (2008-11-03). "CNN Showbiz Tonight: Funniest Campaign Ever". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help) (video)
  22. This Modern World cartoon of October 2, 2008.
  23. Chris Weigant, "My 2008 'McLaughlin Awards'" Huffington Post, December 26, 2008.
  24. "Caribou Barbie" Urban Dictionary.
  25. David Freddoso, "Following ‘Caribou Barbie’", National Review Online, September 5, 2008.
  26. "Tina Fey & Sarah Palin Cross Paths on SNL", People Magazine, October 19, 2008.

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