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Mar 1, 2021 · A chronological account of how Tina Fey and Amy Poehler met, became friends, and became famous together in the comedy world. From their first improv class at Chicago's ImprovOlympic to their hosting the Globes for four years, see how they supported each other's careers and became one of TV's most beloved comic actresses.
Feb 15, 2023 · Entertainment. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been friends for 30 years and are going on tour. Here's a timeline of their friendship. Hannah Docter-Loeb. Feb 15, 2023, 10:25 AM PST....
Jan 14, 2024 · From meeting at an improv theater in Chicago to hosting the Golden Globes together, Fey and Poehler have been comedy partners and friends for decades. See how they met, worked and bonded over the years in this comprehensive article.
- 4 min
- Joyann Jeffrey
- They Meet
- They Move to New York
- Poehler Joins Saturday Night Live
- Martin & Orloff
- Mean Girls!
- Also 2004: They Become "Weekend Update" Co-Anchors
- They Make Baby Mama
- Also 2008: Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton Happens
- Parks and Recreation Premieres
- Fey Writes Bossypants
In a Chicago improv class, the women meet for the first time. Poehler is drawn to Fey after reading a one-act play Fey wroteabout Catherine the Great's views on sleeping with horses (yes, really), and introduces herself. Recalls Poehler, "I thought, 'that lady is hot stuff, I wanna know her.'" Soon, the duo becomes close, starting an improv team to...
A year earlier, Poehler had moved to New York to perform with the Upright Citizens Brigade, leaving Fey in Chicago. In 1997, though, Fey is hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live, and the duo reunites, performing together in UCB improv shows.
After several years of contemplating auditioning and much begging from Fey, Poehler joins SNL, signing on as a featured player and getting promoted to full cast member soon after. Says Fey, later, in Bossypants: "I remember thinking, 'My friend is here! My friend is here!" At this point, though, Fey is still doing "Weekend Update" with Jimmy Fallon...
If you haven't heard of this movie, it's for good reason; except for the cast, very little about it is memorable. Still, there is the cast: Fey, Poehler, David Cross, Andy Richter, Rachel Dratch, and Janeane Garofalo, among others. Although not particularly good, Martin & Orloffdid win the 2003 High Times Magazine Stoney Award, so there's that.
This gets an exclamation point, because ten years later, Mean Girls is still the best collaboration the ladies have ever done. Sure, the movie's mostly Fey's film, but what would it be without Poehler's "cool mom?" Thanks in part to her Juicy sweatsuits, boob job, and insistence that teenage sex "keeps me young," Mean Girlsis still a classic a deca...
This, though, is where the magic that is Fey and Poehler together becomes most clear. As co-hosts of "Weekend Update" (the first all-women team to do so), they were behind some of the funniest, most memorable moments of SNLhistory. The now-iconic casting was Fey's doing, as she says she pretty much hired Poehler without Lorne Michaels' consent. We ...
In 2008, Fey and Poehler co-star in Baby Mama , a comedy directed and written by another SNLalum, Michael McCullers. Although the movie isn't particularly great, their relaxed, relatable chemistry makes it enjoyable. The film goes on to do moderately well at the box office.
Although she leaves SNL in 2006 for 30 Rock, Fey makes frequent guest appearances, including the now legendary 2008 skit in which she plays Sarah Palin to Poehler's Hillary Clinton. The sketch goes viral, with Fey reprising her Emmy-winning role several times throughout the next few years. None of the appearances, though, are quite as good as the o...
30 Rock has been successful for a few years by the time Parks and Recreation premieres in 2009, and while the latter show takes some time to find its groove, it eventually becomes as loved as the former. Thursday nights on NBC are now all about Fey and Poehler, as every night on every network should be.
The trend of funny women writing memoirs starts with Fey's Bossypants , a 2011 book that quickly, and deservedly, became a bestseller. Funny, sweet, and wise, the memoir mentions Fey's love for Poehler often, and never more so than in a chapter entitled "I Don't Care If You Like It (One in a series of love letters to Amy Poehler)." We can only hope...
Dec 18, 2015 · In Sisters, real-life BFFs Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play a pair of siblings who throw one last party in their childhood home before their parents sell it off. The movie, which opens...
Feb 28, 2021 · From SNL to Golden Globes, the comedy duo has shared many hilarious and heartwarming moments over the years. See photos and videos of their best collaborations, from Wine Country to Sisters, and their tribute to Carol Burnett.
Sep 15, 2023 · Fey and Poehler's creatively fruitful friendship dates back to 1990s. Revisit their best Saturday Night Live sketches from their time on the show and their multiple returns since. By...
