The comedy team of 2008 —Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — are dead-on with their impersonations of The Mighty Q (Fey) and CBS news anchor Katie Couric (Poehler). Tina Fey uses The Mighty Q's own vapid responses and gestures and Amy Poehler captures Couric's attempt at gravitas. Fey's depiction of the The Mighty Q asking for a "lifeline" and Poehler's stunned reaction are comic genius. Together, Tina and Amy create magic. If this is (fair & balanced) LOL humor, so be it.
P.S.: NBC is getting smarter in making this clip available to bloggers. Kudos to the Peacock.
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SNL Open (9/27/08)
By Tina Fey (Palin) and Amy Poehler (Couric)
[Tina Fey is the former "Saturday Night Live" writer/performer who created and stars in the television sitcom "30 Rock." A 1992 graduate of the University of Virginia (in Charlottesville), Fey began her comedy career with The Second City improvisational troupe in Chicago. She joined "SNL" as a writer in 1997 and eventually joined the cast, anchoring the "Weekend Update" segment and appearing in occasional sketches. Her smart-girl glasses and sideways glances added a sex appeal that landed her in men's magazines, and Fey emerged as one of "SNL's" brightest stars. After 2006 Fey left the cast of "SNL" and developed "30 Rock" (which also stars Alec Baldwin and former "SNL" player Tracy Morgan).
Amy Poehler is an actress whose sketch comedy talents took her from "Saturday Night Live" to feature films like "Baby Mama" (2008). Poehler took her comedy experience after Boston College (1993) to Chicago, where she worked in comedy clubs doing improvisation. She and a few colleagues went to New York in 1996 and began the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational comedy troupe and training ground for up-and-coming performers. The group had a cable TV show (1998-2000), after which Poehler landed a spot on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." She became a regular cast member within the first year, and by 2004 she was one of the show's main performers, co-hosting the "Weekend Update" segment with Tina Fey. Poehler's movie career, flavored by her "SNL" connections, has included the Will Ferrell comedies "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" (2004) and "Blades of Glory" (2007), as well as the Tina Fey movies "Mean Girls" (2004) and "Baby Mama" (2008).]
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