Friday evening fun at Palingates - Kathy Griffin and Levi Johnston, the complete program - Open Thread

After such a heavy (and successful) week with lots of serious stuff, culminating today in Sarah Palin twittering that American soldiers are getting killed in Afghanistan for a website based in Iceland and Sweden which is run by a guy from Australia, we have deserved a little break from all the madness.

It's time to have some really good fun, and today I discovered that somebody put the complete program of Kathy Griffin's meeting in Alaska with Levi Johnston on youtube, and it's absolutely hilarious. We have previously seen only some smaller parts of it, and trust me, the complete program is an absolute "blast" (Palinese) - it's hilarious and full of little treasures and even includes some more serious remarks which are very interesting (watch out for example what Tank Jones has to say about Sarah Palin...).

This needs to be seen, take it from me. It's hugely funny and gives some "unfiltered insights" into life in Alaska as well (well, more life in Anchorage and Wasilla, that is).

If Levi's new reality show gets close to that, then it will be an absolute winner. ;-)

Here are the five parts - ENJOY!

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Kathy Griffin and Levi Johnston go ice fishing in Alaska - UPDATE

Kathy Griffin is currently in Alaska and has hooked up with her old buddy Levi Johnston. AP published a report about the events and recapitulates them in a rather dry, very correct, non-confrontational style. It's almost like they wanted to make sure that "nobody" would be offended by this report:

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Comedian Kathy Griffin has brought her "Life on the D-List" show to Sarah Palin's home state, skewering the former Alaska governor at a raucous show in Anchorage.

Griffin was escorted on stage on Friday by Playgirl model Levi Johnston, who fathered a child with Palin's oldest daughter and is involved in a child support battle with Bristol Palin.

Griffin said she spent a day ice fishing with Johnston in Wasilla, and was surprised when 19-year-old Levi's friend brought along a camera - but only to photograph the fish they caught.

Griffin helped Johnston's celebrity star to rise, taking the aspiring actor to an awards show last year as her date. While in Wasilla, Griffin said she also went to Palin's home. There she left a note, inviting Palin to Friday's performance.

She asked the crowd to look around and see if anyone was doing a pageant wave.

Griffin said John McCain picked Palin to be his running mate on the Republican ticket after "talking to her for 10 minutes."

Of Palin's monologue this week on "The Tonight Show," Griffin only promised the audience she would never try to be a mayor.

Griffin also claimed Palin is a "gift that keeps on giving."

Griffin welcomed news that Palin is trying to shop a reality show or docudrama about Alaska. She called that a "gift from God."

Griffin is in Anchorage to coincide with Saturday's start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She was to have attended several events leading up to the race, including the musher's banquet and made many jokes about the annual Trappers and Miners Ball."

As no clips from these events seem to be available so far, I would like to draw your attention to two older clips which are particularly entertaining. In the first clip which was broadcast in November 2008, Kathy Griffin talks about Sarah Palin. The second clip is not Palin-related, but very enlightening. Kathy Griffin talks with Joy Behar about sexism in Hollywood.

Talking about older clips which are worth to be revisited: Here is Tina Fey talking about her Sarah Palin impressions in October 2008.

Sarah Palin actually accused Tina Fey of "exploiting" her - the Young Turks published a nice report about her remarks.

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UPDATE:

A video of Kathy Griffin's performance on Mach 5, 2010 in Anchorage is now available:

(h/t Polly)

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