"Some of the more hilarious portions of Tina Fey's impersonation/satire were exact quotes from Palin's interview.

It's almost unfortunate that the verbatim parts were mixed in with the exaggerations (e.g., "I can see Russia from my house!"). Most viewers don't realize that much of the script came straight from the interview, unedited, and probably should be so informed."

For the first 30 seconds or so, I was thinking this is dumb and not very funny, because I thought that it was Palin in person. Then I realised that it was Tina Fey and the brilliance struck me...