'SNL' sends up VP debate with Fey, Queen Latifah

This blog post is dedicated to the Time Warner Cable subscribers of Austin, TX who no longer have KXAN on their lineup.

'SNL' sends up VP debate with Fey, Queen Latifah

Posted: Oct 5, 2008 09:39 AM

NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Fey was back on Saturday Night Live again, offering another parody of Sarah Palin.

This time the storyline focused on the recent vice presidential debate. Queen Latifah was brought in to portray Thursday's moderator, PBS' Gwen Ifill. SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis stepped into the role of Joe Biden.

Winking and giving answers not always directly related to Queen Latifah's questions, Fey's Palin said that if she was elected, she'd make her decisions by asking "what would a maverick do?"

At the end of the segment, with a flute in hand she asked if there were a "talent portion."

Palin was runnerup in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest.

Sudeikis portrayed Biden as conflicted in his feelings for McCain, calling him "a raging maniac and a dear, dear friend."