3 posts and columns on impersonation

Twitter Trusts, No Longer Verifies

in Media on November 30, 2010 at 10:19 am PT

Want to prove that you’re the real deal on Twitter? Unless you’re really famous, and/or an Apple executive, you can’t do it with a “verified” badge anymore.

Sarah Palin Plays Sarah Palin on SNL and Nails It

in News on October 19, 2008 at 12:37 am PT

Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin did a very smooth–if sweetly awkward–job in her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” last night. It was a good decision to go low key and also do a bit of stunt casting by bringing in Mark Wahlberg, who was mocked in an impersonation last week by SNL, and also Alec Baldwin. Palin also appeared later, rocking out to a very funny rap. Sometimes politics can be really ugly and sometimes silly–this time Palin managed to poke fun at herself without being either.

The Very Last Online Sarah Palin Spoof We'll Post (Until the Tina Fey One, Of Course)

in News on September 12, 2008 at 9:21 am PT

Last week, BoomTown posted just some of the many, many online video spoofs of Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Gov. Palin, one of the more colorful political figures to pop up in years, is like the gift that keeps on giving to the Web comedy world, which seems to be churning out video after video of mock impersonations of her. Here’s the best I have seen so far, by well-known actress Gina Gershon–who actually looks like her–on the most excellent Funny or Die comedy Web site.