Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin played nice with Tina Fey and company on Saturday Night Live last night. Even so, we were surprised to learn, courtesy of Frank Coffey and the goodfellas at eTrueSports, that the Idaho-born Alaska governor once had another interesting NYC gig . . .

“It Was Fun, Gyratin’ And Gruntin’ In Front Of All Them Liberal Media Types”
Governor Denies Relationship With Former Knick Charles Oakley
New York – Following news that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin secretly signed an incentive-laden, deferred contract to play for the NBA’s New York Knicks beginning November 5th,  eTrueSports has learned of a previous personal and business …read more

We liked the monologue Michael Phelps did on Saturday Night Live, but we really like the ‘do the eight-time Olympic gold medal winner sports in this school quiz skit. Try to tough it out past the mediocre video quality long enough to take a peek at the rug (4m, 49s):

Watch gazillion-time Olympic gold medal winner and swimming wunderkind Michael Phelps’ opening monologue from last night’s appearance on Saturday Night Live (3m). Who knew mom Debbie Phelps was going to do a guest spot as well?