Joke of the Day (Tina Fey, on How Her ‘Restless Leg Tour’ Differed From ‘SNL’)

“This really feels just like S.N.L. Except that we will be in bed by 10. And I don’t have to go to a weird Tuesday night dinner with Lorne Michaels and Rudy Giuliani.” — American actress, comedian, writer, and producer Tina Fey, on her “Restless Leg Tour” with Amy Poehler,  quoted by Jason Zinoman, “Between Friends, an Endless Barrage of Jokes,” The New York Times, Feb. 10, 2024

I wonder how late Fey and Poehler had to stay up in the week before the SNL 50^th anniversary special?

Well, at least she didn’t have to attend dinner with the one-time “America’s Mayor.” Which brings up the question: which was weirder—a dinner conversation with Giuliani or the fact that so many once did consider him “America’s Mayor”?

(The image accompanying this post, showing Amy Poehler and Tina Fey at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York City at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, was taken Apr. 23, 2008, by David Shankbone.)