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PEOPLE & ARTSSaturday 7 November 2015
Palin, Clinton, other politicians
who’ve appeared on ‘SNL’

Associated Press over her use of a private presidential election, then-
NEW YORK (AP) — The first Republican nominee John
of eight previous politicians email server, Clinton took McCain appeared along-
to guest host “Saturday side Palin, played by Fey,
Night Live” was U.S. Rep. a starring turn as bartender in a skit mocking their cam-
Julian Bond in April 1977. paign’s financial disad-
New York Mayor Ed Koch “Val” in an October ap- vantage against then-Sen.
was tapped in May 1983. Barack Obama. Appeal-
Former Sen. George Mc- pearance. In the skit, Clin- ing on the shopping chan-
Govern appeared in April nel QVC, the pair hawked
1984, a month after he ton offered a sympathetic commemorative plates,
had withdrawn from a action figures and jewelry.
presidential run. Civil rights ear to Kate McKinnon’s Barack Obama, 2007:
leader Jesse Jackson host- Obama appeared on
In this Oct. 3, 2015 photo released by NBC, Kate McKinnon ed in October 1984 after Clinton impersonation the show in 2007 in a skit
portrays Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, a failed bid to be the ‘84 depicting Hillary and Bill
and Hillary Clinton portrays Val during the “Bar Talk” in a sketch while poking fun at her late Clinton’s Halloween party
from “Saturday Night Live,” in New York. featuring the then-Demo-
opposition to the Keystone cratic candidates. Toward
Associated Press the end, a man walked in
pipeline and support of wearing an Obama mask,
which he removed to re-
same-sex marriage. veal it was really Obama.
“I have nothing to hide,”
Sarah Palin, 2008: he told Clinton. “I enjoy be-
ing myself. I’m not going to
Then-vice presidential can- change who I am just be-
cause it’s Halloween.”
didate Sarah Palin, lam- Rudolph Giuliani, 2001:
Besides his hosting en-
pooned hilariously by Tina gagement, Giuliani made
numerous appearances
In this Aug. 29, 2008, file photo, Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah on the show. But the most
Palin delivers a speech as Republican presidential candidate, memorable came in the
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduces her as his vice presidential days after the Sept. 11 ter-
running mate at Wright State University’s Ervin J. Nutter Center in ror attacks when he ap-
Dayton, Ohio. peared alongside first re-
sponders and delivered a
Associated Press message of hope and re-
solve. The opening ended
Democratic nominee. Fey, got some revenge with Lorne Michaels ask-
Rudolph Giuliani appeared when she made an ap- ing the mayor for permis-
in November 1997, fresh pearance on the show. sion to be funny, to which
from winning his second In her skit, real Palin ap- he responded, “Why start
term as mayor of New York. peared beside fake Palin now?”
Sen. John McCain hosted at a mock press confer-
in October 2002, long be- ence and was compli- In this Aug. 29, 2008, file
fore his ‘08 presidential run. mented on her looks by photo, Republican Alaska
In December 2002, former Fey’s “30 Rock” co-star Gov. Sarah Palin delivers
Vice President and Demo- Alec Baldwin. a speech as Republican
cratic presidential candi- John McCain, 2008: presidential candidate,
date Al Gore hosted. On the eve of the 2008 Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
Of the more than two doz- introduces her as his vice
en politicians who have presidential running mate
made cameo appearanc- at Wright State University’s
es, President Gerald Ford Ervin J. Nutter Center in
was the first, appearing in Dayton, Ohio.
April 1976 as he was seek-
ing re-election. More re-
cent memorable appear-
ances:
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
2015:
Coming off a summer
dominated by questions