{"id":280909,"date":"2019-10-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1078832"},"modified":"2019-10-02T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T11:00:00","slug":"the-15-greatest-moments-from-amy-poehler-and-tina-feys-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/the-15-greatest-moments-from-amy-poehler-and-tina-feys-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"The 15 Greatest Moments From Amy Poehler and Tina Fey’s Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The friendship between Amy Poehler<\/a><\/strong> and Tina Fey<\/a><\/strong> is the gift that just keeps on giving.<\/p>\n

We first met the pair as they both began to rise to fame on Saturday Night Live<\/em>, where Tina served as the show’s first female head writer, and the two became the show’s first, and to date, only all-female anchor team during the popular Weekend Update segment on October 2, 2004. The two were longtime friends, meeting while taking classes at ImprovOlympics in Chicago in the early ’90s, and when Amy joined SNL<\/em> in 2001, four years after Tina had started as a writer, it was the beginning of something great\u2014not just for us, but the two talented comedians, as well. <\/p>\n

“I was so happy,” Tina wrote in her 2011 memoir Bossypants<\/em>. “Weirdly, I remember thinking, ‘My friend is here! My friend is here!’ Even though things had been going great for me at the show, with Amy there, I felt less alone.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Over the years, we’ve been treated to not just some incredible moments on the stage at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, but a handful of movies co-starring the two, a trilogy of co-hosting appearances at the Golden Globes (2013-15) and more displays of fierce female friendship than we can truly count.<\/p>\n

But we’re going to try. In honor of that first Weekend Update appearance 15 years ago, we’re taking a look at our 15 favorite moments from this fruitful and very funny friendship!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Wine<\/div>\n

Netflix<\/p>\n

Wine Country<\/em> Women<\/h3>\n
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For her directorial debut on the 2019 Netflix film, Poehler tapped her best pal for the bit part of Tammy, the owner of their Napa rental home\u2014not to mention five more SNL<\/em> friends, including Maya Rudolph<\/strong> and Rachel Dratch<\/strong>\u2014and kind of let her steal the show with the oddball role. How’s that for friendship?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob Latour\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Academy Awards Scene Stealers<\/h3>\n
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With Maya Rudolph<\/strong> in the mix, the dynamic trio kicked off the 91st Annual Academy Awards in 2019 welcoming everyone in attendance and they totally stole the show making us wish they were the hosts all night long since there wasn’t a host at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Turner<\/p>\n

SAG Awards Sweethearts<\/h3>\n
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At the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2016, the radiant friends presented Carol Burnett <\/strong>with the Life Achievement Award. During their speech, the famous comedians praised the comic legend for The Carol Burnett Show<\/em>, saying<\/a>, “Besides seeing the comedy every week, and how funny she was, and how beautiful she looked, it was important for us to see that Carol was also the boss. It was her show. And that implanted in our brains, and it made us dream of a life where we could get paid to make comedy with our friends, but also be their boss.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dana Edelson\/NBC<\/p>\n

“Dope Squad” Gang<\/h3>\n
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The duo poked some fun at Taylor Swift<\/strong>‘s “Bad Blood” music video and girl squad with their SNL<\/em> parody<\/a>, “Dope Squad,” in 2015. Rather than featuring Swift’s crew of young, A-list celebs, Fey and Poehler’s hilarious performance honored everyday women, from gynecologists to nannies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Universal Pictures<\/p>\n

Sister, Sister<\/h3>\n
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The Hollywood besties played estranged siblings<\/a> in the hilarious 2015 comedy Sisters<\/em> and trust us, you can’t help but laugh when you watch them together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul Drinkwater\/NBC<\/p>\n

Golden Globes Champagne Stars<\/h3>\n
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The entertaining co-hosts raised a glass during the opening ceremony of the 71st Golden Globe Awards in 2014 and they had us laughing all night long. Poehler started off the show with a quick jab at Matt Damon<\/strong>, joking<\/a>, “In any other night in any other room you would be a big deal. But tonight, and don’t take this the wrong way, you’re basically a garbage person.” And who can forget their dig at George Clooney<\/strong> when talking his 2013 film Gravity<\/em>? “George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend another minute with a woman his own age,” they joked. Zing!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul Drinkwater\/NBC<\/p>\n

Golden (Globes) Toast<\/h3>\n
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Bringing drinks to the stage, the co-hosts joked<\/a> at the 2013 award show, “Well, the show has really taken a turn. Time to start drinking.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John Shearer\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

SAG Award Tribute<\/h3>\n
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When Tina took home the award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013 for her work in 30 Rock<\/em>, she made sure to pay tribute to her pal Amy, whom she’d beaten. “I share this with my sweet friend Amy Poehler, who I’ve known for so long,” she said. “I’ve stolen so many of your moves. Amy, I’ve known you since you were pregnant with Lena Dunham<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John Shearer\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Heckling at the Emmys<\/h3>\n
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Not merely content to just be the best parts of awards shows where they were the official hosts, Tina and Amy popped up in the audience at the 2013 Emmy Awards to roast host Neil Patrick Harris<\/strong>. Armed with buckets of popcorn and wearing 3-D glasses, they told the host, “Yo NPH! Take those pants off! America wants to see what you’re working with.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Michael Becker\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Girl Power<\/h3>\n
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As orchestrated by Poehler, the entire group of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominees at the 2011 Emmys took to the stage as their category was being announced, holding hands like contestants in a beauty pageant. Melissa McCarthy<\/strong> beat them both, but it kickstarted the idea that every award show is made better when Tina and Amy are together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Baby<\/div>\n

Universal Pictures<\/p>\n

Baby Mama<\/em> Babes<\/h3>\n
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Obsessed with the hilarious pregnancy flick Baby Mama<\/em>? You’re not alone. We couldn’t stop laughing when Poehler peed in the sink after type-A Fey baby-proofed the house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NBC<\/p>\n

Political Powers<\/h3>\n
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Is that you, Hillary Clinton<\/strong> and Sarah Palin<\/strong>? Oh no, it’s just our favorite funny gals in one of the best Saturday Night Live<\/em> sketches ever<\/em>. In fact, Fey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her Palin impersonation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NBC<\/p>\n

B—hes Get Stuff Done<\/h3>\n
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While there were plenty of stand-out moments from behind the Weekend Update desk the second Tina and Amy became Saturday Night Live’s first (and, to date, only) all-female anchor team on October 2, 2004, our favorite remains when Tina returned in 2008 for a segment on Hillary Clinton’s first bid at the presidency. “Maybe what bothers people the most is that they think Hillary is a b—h,” she said. “Let me say something about that. Yes, she is. And so am I, and so is this one [points to Amy]. You know what? B—hes get stuff done!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n

Mean Girls<\/em> Mama<\/h3>\n
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Though they didn’t share any screen time during the 2004 classic Mean Girls<\/em>, we love the fact that Tina wrote the part of “cool mom” June George specifically for her best pal. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Mom<\/div>\n

NBC<\/p>\n

Mom Jeans<\/h3>\n
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In this 2003 SNL sketch written by Tina, we got what might be the best commercial parody the show has ever done. Co-starring Amy, Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch, the four had us cracking up, especially when the tagline rolled around: “For this Mother’s Day, don’t give Mom that bottle of perfume. Give her something that says, ‘I’m not a woman anymore…I’m a mom!'”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks for the laughs, ladies!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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