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Tina Fey Spoofs Palin, Slams Michelle McGee On SNL
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 11, 2010
Modified Apr 11, 2010
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Tina Fey returned to her old stomping grounds at Saturday Night Live to host the show for a second time. As expected, Fey portrayed former VP candidate Sarah Palin as a bugging media mogul (The Sarah Palin Network with shows like Tea Party Wheel of Fortune and Are You Smarter Than a Half-Term Governor). She also did a segment on Weekend Update about women's issues, mentioning John Boehner (the "biggest bitch" in D.C.!) and the so-called Oscar curse where Best Actress winners' spouses cheat of them...man, did she rip into Michelle McGee, aka the other extremely tattooed woman in Sandra Bullock and Jesse James' marriage.
Click through for videos. Also, musical guest and tween dream Justin Bieber was featured in a number of skits—depending on your age, it was probably not enough Bieber or way too much much.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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