SNL producer thankful Palin, not Pawlenty or Romney, got the nod
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s name was mentioned last night on PBS’s “NewsHour” in relation to “Saturday Night Live.”
Reporter Judy Woodruff was questioning SNL’s executive producer Lorne Michaels about the recent appearance of Sen. John McCain’s runningmate Gov. Sarah Palin on the show.
Woodruff asked Michaels what would it have been like had McCain had picked Pawlenty or former governor Mitt Romney as a runningmate instead of Palin.
“It would not have been as much fun,” replied Michaels.
There are just so many “hooks” to Palin on which to hang skits, the SNL people explained.
She’s a comedic gold mine, they opined.
