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24th Jan 2016

VIDEO: Tina Fey returned as Sarah Palin for Saturday Night Live

Alan Loughnane

Because why do something new when the old one still works?

You may have seen Sarah Palin return to your screens this week as she came out to voice her support for Republican candidate Donald Trump, who’s once again creating headlines of his own.

There was a lot of talk about her speech this week and the syntax and expressions she used during her backing of Trump for the Presidential campaign, and SNL have latched onto this.

We all knew this sketch was coming, with Fey having previously taking up the character of Palin on numerous occasions since 2008.

What contributed to the hilarity of Fey then, was her willingness to use Palin’s quotes without editing and making them comical, and that trend certainly continued last night…

Video via Saturday Night Live

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