YouTube Matters: Sarah Palin Vlog #843

After an eight month drought our parched lips are sprinkled with a brand new Palin Vlog. In this installment we see a sad a broken woman struggling to find comfort in her time of trouble and where else does she run except to the arms of friend and fellow governor, Mark Sanford?

Enjoy!

YouTube Matters: Alphacat, Sara Bennincasa and SNL

Open Letter to Lorne Michaels

Dear Lorne -

It must have been a pain to travel around the country finding the best comic talent for your 31 season hit, Saturday Night Live. The planes, the hotel rooms, the rental cars, the bad food, and those dank comedy clubs - the fact that you stomached it is a testament to your dedication and love for putting the best comic talent on the world brightest comic stage. Now times are changing and America's best talent may only be a few mouse clicks away. This is a huge opportunity for you.

You and I both know that SNL is at is consistently funniest when lampooning American Presidents. To this day the funniest thing I've ever seen on SNL was Darryl Hammond as Bill Clinton addressing the press after he was exonerated; "I am bulletproof." Political satire is what keeps your show relevant. This year has given us the prepackaged hilarity of Sarah Palin, and the fact that Tiny Fey is a dead ringer made her casting a no brainer. But the work of Sara Benincasa as Sarah Palin was spectacular. 23/6, the comedy wing of the Huffington Post (widely considered to be the future of media and recently valued at $100 million) bought the exclusive right to post her material in the final weeks of the election. This was brilliant, not only because Sara B is brillinat, but because Sara B. is cheap. She, along with her friends have created funny without the expenses that accompany a live production. In the world of new media content is still king, but it's also much cheaper.

In the future, Lorne, you will have to augment your award winning cast with a motley crew of ameturs. Check out this clip from Iman Crosson playing President Obama.

I haven't seen a better Obama impression anywhere and I would like to see what he could do on SNL. You still have the biggest comic stage in America and I would emplore you to add some of the brightness light emerging from the most unlikely places.

Aaron

Satire Matters: Sara Benincasa's Sarah Palin #3

FAIL. The entire Web ad team at the McCain campaign needs to be fired.

TV Matters: Letterman Exposes McCain

Rarely does entertainment intersect so succinctly with current events. Here we have McCain telling a bold face lie to Letterman for no apparent reason. McCain could have easily said, "David, I have to do "The Evening News" because I suspended my campaign today." End of story. Instead, this clip is going viral and the entire affair exposes McCain to endless ridicule.

The best thing to come out of the McCain campaign are the Sara Benincasa Palin vlogs.

Satire Matters: Rachel Maddow and Sara Benincasa's Sarah Palin

My number one crush at the moment is on Rhodes Scholar and hottie Rachel Maddow who is only out of my league because she's a lesbian. My second biggest crush right now is on Sara Benincasa who portrays Sarah Palin in a series of leaked vlogs from the McCain/Palin campaign. What really makes the volgs work is the work of Diana Saez whose Dina Heath-Barr apparently loves Rachel as much as I do. The sad truth is that Dina Heath-Barr has a better shot at Rachel than I do. Tear.

Satire Matters: Sara Benincasa's Sarah Palin

While the world has been clamoring for SNL to bring back Tina Fey to do Sarah Palin, I'm throwing Sara Benincasa's name into the ring. Sara Benincasa's Sarah Palin is likable, believable, and completely insane. With her comic partner Diana Saez as Dina Heath-Barr, Palin's cousin, personal stylist,and campaign manager, Benincasa lampoons the ridiculous vice presidential run of Governor Sarah Palin with an inspired improvisational style.

I was tempted to include all of the Palin Vlogs, but just visit Benincasa's YouTube page. For even more Benincasa comedy visit her blog Que Sera Sara - Whatever will be, will be Sara B.