>>>>>>>http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/gov-palin-cold-open/773761/
>>>>>>>http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/
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>>>>>>I have no idea why NBC was on (probably was watching the news and forgot to change the channel) but I actually thought the opening bit was pretty funny and she came off very well.
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>>>>>Yes, I thought she came off as a really good sport about it all. The only trouble is that Tina Fey's rendition of Palin is so spot on that I'm never sure which one I'm watching.
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>>>>>>Since one funny bit from SNL (excluding weekend update) is far higher than their weekly average I quickly changed the channel.
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>>>>From what I read she did come off well. The article mentioned that she was supposed to do the Alaskan rap Amy Poehler did during Weekend Update but decided she shouldn't. It included a good line -- "All the plumbers in the house pull your pants up!"
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>>>I think that she was never supposed to do it. I think that her refusing to do it and Amy doing it instead was the way the skit was always supposed to go.
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>>This is what I read -- can't swear for its accuracy.
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>>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/10/palin-fey-snl.html
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>>Palin returned for Weekend Update but said she didn't feel comfortable delivering the skit that had been written for her. Amy Poehler did the bit instead, delivering what had to be a first for the show -- an Alaskan-influenced rap song, complete with backup dancers dressed in parkas and another dancing cast member dressed as Palin's snowmobiling husband, Todd
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>I see what you're saying, but, while I can't prove it, I think the quote above is just talking about how the skit went, and not real life outside the skit. In the skit, Palin said she wasn't comfortable doing the skit. I don't think she 'surprised' them live by suddenly refusing to do it.

I think you're right.

What I found interesting is there was no on-stage cast group hug at the end of the show - just music playing over the graphic of Brolin (something about that guy makes me want to hit him). Wonder if something interesting happened that made the stage unavailable at the moment the show was going to sign off ...