Tina Fey
đ€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, so we started, you know, we were in, we started together at ImprovOlympic. Yeah. Sharna Halpern said to both of us, this girl, you're going to like this girl. We're going to put you on the same team. And we were the only two girls on a team inside Vladimir.
Yeah, so we started, you know, we were in, we started together at ImprovOlympic. Yeah. Sharna Halpern said to both of us, this girl, you're going to like this girl. We're going to put you on the same team. And we were the only two girls on a team inside Vladimir.
and which is a gay porn that's what it's named after a gay porn VHS tape that was on display at JJ Peppers on Clark and Farway oh my god it's huge for them I remember we also were like we named it after that and then as a team we were like we should all watch it once as a group and then we were like oh we watched like the first 10 minutes and then people drifted to other parts of the party except for like one or two of the straight guys that just hung in yeah right code switching icon yes yes
and which is a gay porn that's what it's named after a gay porn VHS tape that was on display at JJ Peppers on Clark and Farway oh my god it's huge for them I remember we also were like we named it after that and then as a team we were like we should all watch it once as a group and then we were like oh we watched like the first 10 minutes and then people drifted to other parts of the party except for like one or two of the straight guys that just hung in yeah right code switching icon yes yes
And so we toured together and then she, and we were both understudies for the main stage and she was 100% the A team and I was the B team. Like, I remember one time Kelly Leonard was like, you know, so-and-so's going, Dratch, Dratch is going on vacation and Amy can't, she can do all of the nights except one. And I was like, so I get it.
And so we toured together and then she, and we were both understudies for the main stage and she was 100% the A team and I was the B team. Like, I remember one time Kelly Leonard was like, you know, so-and-so's going, Dratch, Dratch is going on vacation and Amy can't, she can do all of the nights except one. And I was like, so I get it.
And he's like, no, you're going to, she's going to do all the nights except one and you're going to go on one time. And I was like, okay. Okay. But, and then she left to go do UCB show in New York. And then, and then I did main stage literally only because she left or I would have been waiting another two years behind her. I was John Glazer's understudy. Oh, John Glazer.
And he's like, no, you're going to, she's going to do all the nights except one and you're going to go on one time. And I was like, okay. Okay. But, and then she left to go do UCB show in New York. And then, and then I did main stage literally only because she left or I would have been waiting another two years behind her. I was John Glazer's understudy. Oh, John Glazer.
And he is such like a gender neutral in his comedy that I just was like, yeah, you can just step right in. Totally. Cause it's all just like wonderful weirdness.
And he is such like a gender neutral in his comedy that I just was like, yeah, you can just step right in. Totally. Cause it's all just like wonderful weirdness.
Oh, they're the best.
Oh, they're the best.
I see them on Fire Island Summers in the summer.
I see them on Fire Island Summers in the summer.
Fire Island Pines.
Fire Island Pines.
Oh, so then I ended up trying to get a writing job at SNL and Adam McKay hired me and I started. And then, yeah, so at some point, I guess after the UCB TV show ended, I was like, but would you ever, but would you ever come over here? Would you ever audition? And I feel like it was sort of brokered that she was like, Basically, like I am not doing three through the door.
Oh, so then I ended up trying to get a writing job at SNL and Adam McKay hired me and I started. And then, yeah, so at some point, I guess after the UCB TV show ended, I was like, but would you ever, but would you ever come over here? Would you ever audition? And I feel like it was sort of brokered that she was like, Basically, like I am not doing three through the door.
Like I'm not like I'm too established to come with my characters in my box of wigs. And so it was some kind of in between. It was more like a camera test.
Like I'm not like I'm too established to come with my characters in my box of wigs. And so it was some kind of in between. It was more like a camera test.