Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow
This past Saturday was probably (unconfirmed) Tina Fey's last Saturday Night Live, after 9 years working on the show.
Next year she's going to be writing and starring in the undoubtably awesome 30 Rock, which leaves little time for anchoring Weekend Update and head writer-ing and playing with her cute baby.
I know it's not cool to admire SNL. It has the singular ability to appear as if were in a state of constant decline. But I still watch. It's the only show of its kind, and even when it fails (as it often does), there's usually something to enjoy or at least to learn.
And I wholeheartedly love Tina Fey. She's smart and wry and introduced the word "cooter" into my vocabulary. She made the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabees into the incomparable Mean Girls. She kicks ass and dominates in the comedy world, which is traditionally a huge sausagefest. And she's hilarious.
So it's sad for SNL if it's true (unconfirmed), but not too sad for the rest of the world, because there's 30 Rock. And maybe her leaving (and I assume Rachel Dratch is leaving too — she's also in 30 Rock, and also great) will shake things up. It'll be interesting, worth watching, and yet another excuse for everyone to complain that the show is not as good as it once was.
And after the jump, a poll. Because I love polls almost as much as I love Tina Fey.
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4 comments May 22nd, 2006