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.)

Quote of the Day (Amy Poehler, on the ‘Barbie’ Oscar Controversy)

“When asked to comment, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig said they couldn’t hear ‘under a giant pile of money.’”— Actress and comedian Amy Poehler, on the Best Actress and Best Director snubs for Barbie, in her “Restless Leg Tour” with Tina Fey, quoted by Jason Zinoman, “Between Friends, an Endless Barrage of Jokes,” The New York Times, Feb. 10, 2024

Looks to me like Barbie has been driving all the way to the bank!

Quote of the Day (Amy Poehler, on How Life is ‘Like Being Attacked by a Bear’)

“I see life as like being attacked by a bear. You can run, you can pretend to be dead or you can make yourself bigger.” —Comedian Amy Poehler quoted in Hadley Freeman, “Amy Poehler: ‘I See Life as Being Attacked by a Bear,'” The Guardian (U.K.), July 11, 2015

TV Quote of the Day (Amy Poehler, on DiCaprio and Burnett)

“Let’s all calm down about Leonardo DiCaprio and how hard it was to shoot The Revenant. So you slept in a horse and ate bison liver, big whoop. Carol [Burnett] would have slept in that horse, worn it, done a song and a dance, and made a much funnier face after eating something very disgusting.”—Amy Poehler at the SAG Awards, quoted in Joanna Robinson, “Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Poke Fun at Leonardo DiCaprio While Honoring Carol Burnett,” www.vanityfair.com, January 30, 2016

Quote of the Day (Amy Poehler, on How to Disagree Effectively)

“If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. And you may even change their mind. Or they may change yours.” —Amy Poehler, “Ask Amy” video

Quote of the Day (Amy Poehler, on Her Teen Summer Job Scooping Ice Cream)

“Chadwick’s was one of those fake old-timey restaurants. The menus were written in swoopy cursive. The staff wore Styrofoam boaters and ruffled white shirts with bow ties. Jangly music blared from a player piano as children climbed on counters. If the style of the restaurant was old-fashioned, the parenting that went on there was distinctly modern. Moms and dads would patiently recite every item on the menu to their squirming five-year-olds, as if the many flavors of ice cream represented all the unique ways they were loved.”--Amy Poehler, “Work for Hire: Take Your Licks,” The New Yorker, October 14, 2013