saturday night live parodies sketch comedy television saturday night live aired critically acclaimed sketches governor vice presidential nominee lead united_states presidential election sketches featured cast member tina_fey returned guest star portray fey won primetime emmy award outstanding guest actress comedy series background soon john_mccain presidential campaign august announcement alaska governor vice presidential nominee people noted physical resemblance comedian tina_fey fey decided play daughter saw picture governor mother viewers began speculate play run november presidential election days broadcast sketch executive producer said ongoing discussions fey playing september nbc announced fey appear thirty fourth season premiere message governor sarah senator hillary_clinton sketch message governor sarah senator hillary_clinton aired thirty fourth season premiere september sketch starred tina_fey clinton respectively fey series head writer player appearance series officially leaving work rock series created sketch written fey head writer anchor fey featured fictional speech playing new_york senator governor respectively pair discuss presence united_states presidential election differences clinton governor republican_party vice presidential nominee senator clinton contender democratic_party presidential nomination course message tries present candidate job clinton gets progressively disgusted sudden rise fame john_mccain running mate despite background features references clinton campaign reaction critical reception sketch received critics wrote tina_fey nails sarah mannerisms accent amy amazing clinton timing better favorite line tina saying russia house fox added anticipated hoped pairing got annie squad thought fey impression wasn perfect accurate hillary_clinton find incredibly added camera absolutely hilarious james_poniewozik wrote fey perfectly good good job cultivated strong set female comics tried hard campaign try address simply going easy stereotypes letting female candidates hook huffington_post reviewer wrote fey bears striking resemblance nailed candidate distinctive accent response asked felt fey portrayal replied watched volume way thought hilarious didn hear word said visual spot press corps watched sketch plane laughing tina amy satirical politicians later claimed dressed fey halloween john_mccain campaign argued sketch portrayed hillary_clinton substantive thought case portrayed totally superficial thought sketch extreme series interviews leading joke trying tina fey material joked provide job security characters later remarked appear spoof series commercials featured tina_fey sketches popularity sketch fey impression fey reprised role september episode saturday night live sketch featured interviewed played sketch parodied interview took place aired days sketch broadcast sketch fey quoted near answers actual interview gestures following episode featured debate played appeared gwen appeared october episode fey cold opening alec_baldwin appeared sketch october episode saturday night live weekend update thursday fey appeared alongside john_mccain president november fey portrayed time sketch featuring real john_mccain numerous sketches featuring arizona senator sketch fun campaign barack_obama purchase major networks earlier week sketch afford buy home shopping channel wife appearance sketch memoir american life achieved best seller status pre orders fey announced resume governor despite having retired act months previously april fey hosted played unveiled television network featuring shows hey journalist starring husband governor fey hosted pregnant new sketch parodies fey fought republican_party debate candidates coordinating march episode hosted weekend update segment dialogue leads audience think supposed appearance fey wasn aware change convinces finish appeared saturday night live 40th anniversary special jokingly tina fey fey hosted december performed clinton sketch january following real life endorsement fey returned role parody speech given iowa endorsed served cold open
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