SARAH PALIN GOES ROGUE On William Shatner on The Tonight Show (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, December 11, 2009, 11:01 PM
Sarah Palin Stole the Show Tonight–
The former Alaskan Governor made a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show and went rogue on William Shatner.
Sarah was excellent—
Sarah turned the tables on Palin-basher William Shatner.
The AP reported on the surprise appearance:
Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” on Friday — and turned the tables on actor William Shatner.
In recent appearances on the late-night television show, Shatner has adopted a serious pose and recited some of Palin’s less serious observations.
He was brought out again Friday to read passages from Palin’s blockbuster “Going Rogue.” The carefully selected passages included ones about rapper Kid Rock and stalking sheep.
Afterward, it was Palin’s turn to read from Shatner’s autobiography, “Up Till Now.” The former Alaska governor’s selections included one in which Shatner talks about visiting an African elephant “in my underwear.”
After the readings, there appeared to be no hard feelings. The two left the stage arm-in-arm.
Mediaite has the full video clip.
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Rick Swift commented:
Ok, I don’t have a clue about the underwear and the elephant – someone fill me in! But, that was AWESOME to behold. Now, if we could just see her do something similar to Couric, all would be right with the world.
Stu commented:
Such a classy, smart and intelligent lady Sarah is!!!!
A true patriotic leader for our country!!!!!!!
Rose commented:
ABSOLUTELY GREAT!
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Brooklyn commented:
I happy for her, doing well.
But the video doesn’t play as well as the ‘echo chamber’ is going to suggest.
Mrs. Palin is mighty fine, good to see her in a MSM venue in this manner.
But it is getting to be lackluster Celebrity hype, and far from Presidential.
Not seeing it, and in fact, although I remain a supporter, my cynicism is growing even more.
wanumba commented:
Not often we see something that just makes everyone smile – “good natured” is hard to find these days.
stacy commented:
I was just gonna point out that the link to Spengler at the bottom of the page isn’t working because it has a typo.
But I love Sarah and would LOVE to see a
Bachmann/Palin from 2012 thru 2020 and then
Palin/Bachmann from 20/20 thru 20/28
I mean how awesome would that be??
jenny commented:
As usual she was totally awesome. She’s not running for President. Even if she was, I recall most recent Presidential candidate made the rounds on all the late night shows – Bill Clinton even played the saxophone. So what?
Go Sarah!
ahem commented:
Brooklyn: Take your astroturf and go home. Have a nice week-end.
Denise commented:
Actually, I don’t think it is lackluster celebrity at all. This was a surprise appearance so no one in the audience came to see her (unlike the friendly audiences at book signings for example). And yet, listen to the applause and the cheers. According to everything the MSM is trying to teach us, only idiots like Sarah Palin. She got a tremendously positive response, which I find encouraging.
In case you haven’t noticed, since the early 90′s, “Presidential” means comfortable on late night TV. It’s possible to balance serious and silly events. Sarah had an op-ed in the Washington Post on Climate Change today too.
Richard Romano commented:
Now that is just charming — something of which Barack Obama has little.
She’s just fabulous.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
Bullcrap Broklyn! Afer having worked her butt for the last 25 years, Sarah is having hilidays of her life. She’s having a well deserved rest, equally well deserved fun and an opportunity to recharge her batteries in order to come out with something new and even more suprising thatn before.
Even her political enemy from Alaska, a former “Democratic” senator Mike Gravel has predicted that and warned his leftoid mates not to underestimate her.
It looks like her entire potential is beginning slowly to emerge.
We’ve seen NOTHING yet.
God bless Sarah! God bless America!
Greetings from Aussie.
Harrison commented:
She has a great sense of humor and class.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
By the way; Ihave found the video of Gravel crapping himself over Sarah on http://www.texas4palin.com.
cp commented:
Sarah Palin will do great things for America and the World! Even though I am not an American but a chinese living somewhere in Asia, I have enjoyed every speech from Sarah Palin and I greatly hope she will become a president in America.
JB commented:
Seems Shatner is a great guy too!
Brad commented:
Hah! Take that Letterman!
Winston commented:
I liked the segment….
joe commented:
Good moment for Palin here. Could not believe the enthusiastic and extended applause. Apparently O’Brien draws crowds from a different part of Hollywood than Letterman, Maher, and Kimmel. Do agree somewhat with Brooklyn in that, I would prefer the leaders of our nation to show more gravitas than on display on the average late-night comics show. However there is time for her to develop a presidential presence. What’s more important at this time is that the slanders and fears about her intelligence and temperament are rebutted by these appearences, and her public image rehabilitated.
squeaky commented:
the local paper recently ran an editorial about
Palin and while i thought for a nano-second that
hell had frozen over, it became apparent it’s sole purpose was to paint republicans as the cause of all this bad behavior. captioning it as
the republicans throwing Palin into a pool of
sharks. never mind that many [if not all] had obama/biden stickers on their dorsal fins. no
consideration of behavior done at the behest
or considered behest of the obama campaign.
the editor apparently wasn’t evolved enough to
consider the hands off approach of allowing others to do your dirty work…….
G. commented:
Palin and Shatner together, good humor, good natured.
A relief from everyday mud-slinging.
Jim you have an excellent blog. Thanks!
Matt Helm commented:
Presidential candidates and potential presidential candidates have been making the entertainment show rounds since Richard Nixon said “Sock it to me” on Laugh-In back back in 1968. (BTW, Hubert Humphrey was given the same opportunity to appear and refused, saying that it demeaned the dignity of the office he was running for. Who won the election and who lost?) This gives the governor an opportunity to once again connect with the American people by showing that she has good humor and that she can not only take a joke, but can give one right back without being cruel or mean.
With her appearance, everyone won: Conan’s ratings go up; Sarah gets another chance to show to the American people she’s far more than what the lamestream media insists on portraying her as; and Shatner gains by showing what a good sport he is.
maverick muse commented:
Sarah! is good.
Visited by the beloved Elephant, Shatner got caught in his underwear, wearing the same expression that Spock wore while missing his brain.
Great moment.
GrayRider commented:
Shatner looks dumbfounded, as if he’s standing there in his underwear.
marybel commented:
At first Shatner looked to me like he thought the woman in the red sweater might be Tina Fey. Maybe I’m wrong and he was warned beforehand, but I kept seeing him do a double take to make sure.
All in all a fun appearance with the two of them.
Jack commented:
a moment of truth…Sarah Palin has class and presence and William Shatner is still Cpt. Kirk.
bg commented:
++
great comments all..
Sarah is a class act!!
Glenn Beck Show December 11, 2009
and much more..
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Ohio Granny commented:
What I saw was a man falling into star struck love with a woman who could take it and dish it out in spike heels and a mega watt smile.
Presidential? No one ever has been as gracious and as solid as Mrs. Sarah Palin, who shows us all that core values count. She could have flexed her facebook fame into the total destruction of David Letterman, and gotten him fired, labeled a pervert, and destroyed, but she CHOSE not to because her core values don’t lend themselves to darkness, even when it is deserved. Unlike our current office holder, she has class that is real 24/7.
William Shatner waltzed off that stage with puppy love eyes while Sarah was shrugging off his hug.
Chisum commented:
How to solve a problem like Palin?
http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/donsurber/200912110500
Jackie commented:
For those who think Sarah needs more presidential polish – many of us don’t want another glossy, phony politician — we have enough of them already. Give us Sarah – real, down to earth and one of us – any day of the week.
Eden commented:
They had a rehearsal closed to the audience before the show, so Shat knew.
It was great. Typical Sarah.
Atomic Lib Smasher commented:
Surprised to see that warm of a reception from your average New York audience for Palin.
Political Lipskip commented:
Wow, the crowd really cheered and sounded excited to see Palin. In NY no less. I’m stunned at the reception.
Cody commented:
Stacy,
“But I love Sarah and would LOVE to see a
Bachmann/Palin from 2012 thru 2020 and then
Palin/Bachmann from 20/20 thru 20/28″
Wait-you want Bachmann to be president for 2 terms then turn around and be vice-president?
I hope I misunderstood what you said.
The only constitutional duty of a VP is to take the place of the prez should s/he die.
Since the prez is limited to two terms, no sane party would nominate a former 2-term president for VP
Chisum commented:
Sarah Palin Morning Posts
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/12/sarah-palin-morning-posts.html
Don commented:
Notice she said the lines in Shat’s book from memory.
ctrptrct commented:
As my Irish ancestors always said, Don’t get mad, get even. What a class act that Sarah Palin is! Love ‘er!!
RubyTuesday commented:
You know it was staged, but it was cute. It was a win-win-win situation. I love Shatner’s narcissism – a parody unto itself – and it played perfectly into this skit.
Anthony Mator commented:
Conan will always be the most entertaining late-night comedy host. What other show would have thought to do something so bizarre?
Kevin commented:
The Tonight Show is taped in LA so that makes her reception all the more remarkable if you ask me.
And I agree with some of you above, and I’ve said it for a long time– I would rather a President who knows what a gallon of milk and gas costs, than one who thinks it’s ok to sup on Wagu beef at 100 USD per pound on the taxpayers dime while unemployment is at 10%!
I’ll take a down to earth moose hunter any day in place of an elitist, narcissistic commie snob.
I almost feel sorry for the left, because they really have no idea of the utter decimation they are going to suffer in 12 months time. They still think they are ‘popular’ LOL
Which is going to make that ‘deer in the headlights’ look on all their faces so much more satisfying. Get ready for another “But no one I know voted for Nixon!” moment.
Chisum commented:
Sarah Palin: The Tonight Show Last Night
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=197710073434
nohype commented:
Sarah Palin certainly has had an amazing month or two. Maybe she has just been lucky. Or maybe she really is as talented as her supporters think she is. Or maybe she just looks good because the current occupant of the White House has not had a very good past month.
When do you know if you should take a promotion? When you recognize that you can do the work that your boss does and do it better. I think Sarah Palin recognized last fall just how limited Obama is and understood that he would self destruct. (I could see it from out here in the boondocks, so she certainly would have been able to see it from her vantage point.) People keep wondering if she is running. If you simply look at what she has been doing, the answer should be obvious.
One Way commented:
Great stuff — also terrific was video of Shatner interviewing Rush.
http://hotair.com/
about 20 minutes but worth it if you like Rush.
Hit the video of this Tonight Show episode with Palin and then the “pals with Rush” link.
Jayne commented:
Palin did that without a teleprompter, without notes, without reading from the book. Smart, beautiful, classy, funny, but most of all courageous -she’s got it all. Ain’t it a shame Barack, you’ve got to promise people other people’s money to get them to like you.
William commented:
Note to self – in order to be sure I do not loose my standing as a doctrinally orthodox Catholic I must never, ever express anything but a 110%, nigh on worshipful, attitude toward Gov. Palin lest I also open myself to being seen as someone who is not also affirming of good female role models.
In short, remember, I can frequently commit the sin of calumny against Obama but must never speak even the tiniest word against a Bush or in regard to the antics of Gov. Palin.
Subnote: even though I do, most heartily, think Obama is a seriously dangerous President expressing anything but affirmation for Sparky Sarah is the fast-track to being a bad Catholic in the eyes of all good Catholics.
rachel commented:
I just love Sarah. She’s smart, and feisty…and AMERICAN.
Joyce commented:
The ONLY reason I voted for McCain was because he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. I have followed her career since she was elected Governor of Alaska, where she did a terrific job. She is smart, logical and unafraid. I hope she runs in 2012. She will get my vote, unless someone else rises up to lead the Conservatives. But so far, all the usual suspects seem weak and spineless. Not like Sarah….she took all the unfair and relentless smears, the constant slings and arrows and rose up like a Phoenix. If she had really been the stupid hick they tried to paint her as, they wouldn’t have spent 5 minutes of air time on her…they wouldn’t need to. The ONLY reason they tried to smear her was because they feared her. They know she’s good…and because of that they had to destroy her. But they failed.
You, GO, Sarah!
neomom commented:
I watch and listen to her carefully. I don’t want to be Tigered. So far so good. It’s a long way from 2012, but I think she is cooler than the other side of the pillow. She also has the wisdom that comes from generations of family and not some pot/coke head transgendered bi-racial foreign marxist/commie professor with a chip on it’s shoulder. (no insult meant to the transgendered, I don’t care if you get an addadictome, just don’t expect me to pay for it.)