After weeks of being mocked, Sarah Palin is headed to "Saturday Night Live." The Republican vice presidential candidate is set to appear on the long-running NBC comedy show this weekend.
"I haven't seen a script - not at all," Palin told syndicated radio host Neal Boortz Friday. "Haven't been hinted about what
that script is going to say."
Palin said she wanted to go on the program to "show Americans that we will rise above the political shots that we take because we're in this serious business for serious challenges that are facing good American people right now.
"We can do that, even, I guess, through a skit or two on 'Saturday Night Live.'"
An 'SNL' spokesman would not say if Palin would be on, noting the show is live and anything can happen.
Sen. John McCain seemed to confirm the appearance on CBS' 'David Letterman' show Thursday night.
"I think she is, yeah," McCain told Letterman. "Probably get more of an audience than our [presidential] debate did."
Former "SNL" head writer and Emmy-winning "30 Rock Star" Tina Fey has returned to the show to portray Palin and poke fun at some of the Alaska politician's quirky interviews.
Fey has earned raves for her dead-on impression of the outdoorswoman, in skits with Amy Poehler playing Sen. Hillary Clinton or Katie Couric.
"Election time is always good for 'SNL' and this is a bonkers election," Fey told TV Guide. "That lady is a media star. She is a fascinating person, she's very likable. She's fun to play, and the two bits with Amy, that was super-fun."
Fey also made it clear that she's not likely to keep doing Palin if the GOP ticket wins.
"We're gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I'm done. I can't do that for four years," Fey told TV Guide. "And by 'I'm done,' I mean I'm leaving Earth."
The timing of Palin's expected "SNL" visit comes just days after the third and final debate between McCain and Sen. Barack Obama at Hofstra University.
Saturday night's host is Josh Brolin, who stars in Oliver Stone's critically praised film "W." about President Bush.
Since being named McCain's running mate, Palin has been lambasted by comics, and some in the media, who have challenged her credentials to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
She told Boortz she can take the heat.
"There's certainly been some double standards at play, that's very, very obvious," she told Boortz.
"If you were trying to design a person who would not particularly appeal to much of the mainstream media, you could hardly do better than Sarah Palin," Fox News anchor Brit Hume told reporters this week. "She was probably going to lay an egg with those people."
But for SNL, Palin has been the goose that laid comedy's golden egg.
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