Tina Fey Plans Potential Move to Outer Space In Case of Sarah Palin Victory

Though playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live has given a huge boost to Tina Fey’s already percolating profile, Fey herself is not so keen on the added workload. Already, she has implored the Emmy press room to help vote an end to her portrayal on November 5, and now Fey is telling TV Guide that if Palin wins the vice presidency, 30 Rock will have to find brand-new ways to shoot in low-oxygen environments:

The “SNL” veteran who has come back to play the Republican Vice Presidential candidate (and whose own show, “30 Rock,” is still nowhere to be seen), said, “We’re gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I’m done. I can’t do that for four years. And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth.”

Fey also said it’s a busy but exciting time for “SNL.”

“Election time is always good for [SNL] and this is a bonkers election,” she said. “And that lady is a media star. She is a fascinating person, she’s very likeable. She’s fun to play, and the two bits with Amy [Poehler], that was super fun,” Fey says.

Is Fey merely one-upping her costar Alec Baldwin’s notorious rumoured claim that he would leave the country if George W. Bush was elected, or should 30 Rock begin looking for contingency plans that offer it some new, interstellar tax credits? Sure, Tracy Morgan already has experience in outer space, but we fear the move would slash the sitcom’s impressive guest star list considerably. Heads up, Tina: Oprah does not do the rings of Saturn, OK?

• Tina Fey On Sarah Palin: “If She Wins…I’m Leaving Earth” [HuffPo]