Sarah Palin has become “Saturday Night Live’s” icon and that’s a fact. Although last night’s “Weekend Update Thursday” was extremely hilarious and ran amok since it started the ball rolling and until its last seconds, it may have somehow let down television viewers who expected to see Tina Fey’s already famous performance as the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Nevertheless, the show was beautifully split into a 10-minute sketch of the latest presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain and a 20-minute report that contained yarns with regard to the economical crisis, the much talked about O.J. Simpson trial and other subjects besides the campaign.

The debate included an act by Fred Armisen, who, impersonating Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, offered replies in an unflustered and tedious manner, while Darrell Hammond, who filled the shoes of John McCain, displayed sudden and out of place wide smiles and kept on blowing his own horn concerning his maverick position in the Republican Party. Moreover, he repeatedly talked about his competitor using humiliating expressions such as “this character here,” “Junior over there” and “pee-pants over here,” which were obviously inspired by the Republican presidential candidate’s use of “that one” when he referred to his opponent during Tuesday’s nights debate.

The moderator was played by ex “Saturday Night Live” cast member Chris Parnell, who came back so as to impersonate NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and did not lose a single chance to say, “Your time is up!,” just like in the heavily discussed real debate.

The show was definitely a blast, even in Tina Fey’s absence (or Sarah Palin’s). However, we can’t seem to get enough of this character and “SNL” might as well make the most of our weakness for John McCain’s running mate.