Fey and Poehler bring their stars back to ‘SNL’
Special guests join ‘Sisters’ for parodies and holiday cheer
It was 2008 when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. As co-hosts of SNL this weekend, the former cast members of the show brought back their impressions and were joined by surprise guests. Here are highlights from the Sisters’ stars’ episode:
1. As Palin and Clinton, Fey and Poehler travel through time to give Kate McKinnon-as-present-day-Hillary advice.
Words of wisdom from ’08 Clinton (Poehler), who doesn’t want ’15 Clinton to be too confident about becoming president:
“On Christmas Eve of 2007, I was cocky, too. Then someone named Barack Obama stumbled out of a soup kitchen with a basketball and a cigarette and stole my life.”
Incoherent advice from ’08 Palin (Fey):
“You gotta do what you believe in your spirit, but also America. But not teachers and their fat liberal books, but also, even why worry about fast-food wages ...” she went on.
2. In a music video parodying Swift’s friend-squad-filled Bad Blood, leather-clad Fey and Poehler introduce their “Dope Squad.”
Instead of supermodels, the ladies’ squad includes nannies, a gynecologist and celebrity friends Gayle King, Robert Downey Sr. and Amy Schumer. “I did her show ( Inside Amy Schumer), so she owes me one,” Fey raps. Asks Schumer, “Wait, is this not a charity thing?”
3. Paul McCartney joins Fey, Poehler and Springsteen for Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.
Springsteen and the E Street Band singing the holiday hit is always special, but having them perform it at the end of SNL with Fey, Poehler and surprise guest McCartney is a Christmas treat. The former Beatle sang along and jingled bells while the credits rolled.
Other cameos included Maya Rudolph, who sang and played a TV co-host from the Bronx, and Darrell Hammond, who brought his Donald Trump impression back for the show’s cold open.