Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin to joke that "[she] was just trying to give Tina Fey more material." She also joked that it was to provide "job security for "SNL" characters." Palin later remarked that she should appear on "SNL" to spoof a series of American Express commercials which featured Tina Fey. Due to the popularity of the sketch and Fey's impression of Palin, Fey reprised her role during the September 27, 2008 episode. That sketch featured Palin being interviewed by Katie Couric (Amy Poehler), and parodied an interview which took place between Palin and Couric which aired days before the sketch's broadcast. In the
Public image of Sarah Palin making their way towards the exit" after Palin left the podium. After the McCain-Palin ticket lost the elections, media coverage focused on rumors of infighting within the McCain campaign, reporting that campaign staffers stated Palin had refused preparation for her interview with Katie Couric, was at times emotionally intractable, could not list the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and was unaware that Africa is a continent rather than a country, had scheduled an interview with French President Nicolas Sarkozy which turned out to be a radio station prank, spent far more than the reported amount