[BC] SNL opening

[Cowboy]

On Sunday 14 September 2008 01:15 am, FrankGott at aol.com wrote:

>  It was longtime cast member Tina Fey.  When Palin was chosen our  immediate 
>  water cooler response was the similarities between Palin and  Fey.
>   
>  Perhaps she was chosen knowing she could be parodied.

 I doubt it. More a fortuitous coinkydink.
 It's show-biz !

 How many "famous" people have been parodied for comedy skits,
 advertising ( usually badly ) and the like ?

 Tina is one of the more talented performers/writers to have come
 down the pike since the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players.
 It's entertaining. It's fun. It's promotional. It's what WE should ALL
 be doing, and should have been doing right along.
 It's broadcasting !!

 I've always like their parodies of commercials, though I've seen
 fewer and fewer. It was difficult to know when they hit a "spot"
 whether it was a spot, or a bit. Do you head for the kitchen,
 or do you stay glued to the screen because it might be good ?
 The way we've been saying spots are supposed to be done.
 Part of the program.
 It *is* the content, stupid !

 When the mainstream commercial spots are so bad that folks
 like SNL think they are worth a parody, doesn't that tell us something ?

-- 
Cowboy