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Saturday Night Live Tackles Issue Debate Did Not

October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One would have expected NBC to boost its ratings tonight by capitalizing on Tina Fey’s ability to impersonate Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin like they’ve done before.  But, alas, no.  Instead, Saturday Night Live’s WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY election special did something more valuable — it tackled at least one issue the second presidential debate [...]

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Blog Sets Several New Single-Month Records

October 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Thanks to readers like you, Bob McCarty Writes set several new single-month traffic records during the month of September.  They include the following:  Unique visitors (50,895); total visits (67,234); page views (202,651); and total hits (2,516,155). Below are the top 10 BMW posts published during the month of September: Twenty Percent of Bailout Profits to [...]

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Tina Fey Nails Sarah Palin Impersonation on SNL

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Actress-comedian Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live last night and, alongside Amy Poehler who played Hillary Clinton, took on the persona of Sarah Palin. The skit contrasted Palin’s glibness with Clinton’s seething anger about not being the first woman to have a chance to be on a winning presidential ticket. Whether or not you’re [...]

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