Tina Fey says she is through playing Sarah Palin now that the election is over.

Fey’s Palin character helped Saturday Night Live’s ratings skyrocket this season with viewership up a whopping 70%. Ratings for Fey’s show, 30 Rock, also rose 20%.

She names her television show as the main reason she will not continue with the Palin impersonation. “I have to retire just because I have to do my day job.”

Her spot-on impression of Palin was so good that we can’t imagine anyone else even attempting it. But when asked who she would likely pass the torch to, she replied,

“I think [Kristen] Wiig would do a really good job. Maybe we could get a real torch. Or I could give Wiig the Palin wig.”

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