Moose hunter, hockey mom ... comic? Sarah Palin put in an appearance on the US television institution Saturday Night Live at the weekend that will have made even her harshest detractors laugh. One of them was on the show with her: Alec Baldwin, the liberal member of the Baldwin acting family, appeared at the Alaskan governor's side in one sketch to tell her: "You're way hotter in person."
The programme has made headlines since Palin's nomination, thanks to her similarity to one of its regulars, Tina Fey. Saturday's programme featured both identically dressed.
The programme opened with Fey conducting a mock press conference, with the real Palin watching in a corridor. Baldwin approached the producer to upbraid him for inviting Palin on to the show, describing her as a "caribou Barbie", before being told the woman standing next to him was the real Palin. "Uh ... forgive me," he said. "Seriously, I can't believe they let her play you."
