My appreciation of Saturday Night Live comes and goes
throughout the years. There are times when I have tuned into the show
religiously knowing there would be some great material, for instance when Will
Farrell played George W. Bush. Other times, I could barely watch it and cringed
when I tried to. Then, in 2008 this happened:
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey made SNL in those days, especially
when they together anchored Weekend Update. As a team, they were unstoppable.
Individually they were still so good! Yes, it was sad to see them leave SNL but
then we got their sitcoms, 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation, two of the best
sitcoms of all time in my opinion.
30 Rock – Here’s a montage of the best moments by another
wonderful comedian, Jane Krakowski. Her character, Jenna, was one of the
funniest.
Parks & Recreation – We are all Leslie Knope. And some of us are Ron Swanson and/or Donna Meagle....
Tina more recently gave us the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and
Amy gave us Broad City. Unlike their original sitcoms, they give the spotlight to other female
comedians. Funny ladies supporting
more funny ladies, here here!
Maya Rudolph also shined on SNL around the same time as Tina
and Amy. Her Beyoncé was amazing!
The current ladies of SNL have been killing it! Cecily
Strong, who usually makes for a funny sketch, spoke at the White House
Correspondents’ Dinner. And although the audience did not always appreciate her
jokes, she rocked it.
The most notable project for a few of the SNL ladies was
this summer’s re-versioning of the Ghostbusters. Controversy laden because some
people who ain’t afraid of no ghosts apparently are afraid of women portraying
busters of ghosts. Kristin Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon (along with non-SNLer Melissa McCarthy) were truly funny in this movie that showed respect to the
original but made the story its own. This movie was the inspiration for this
series of posts – well, okay this and Inside Amy Schumer – because female
comedians are rocking it! And, I don’t know if you have noticed, but there are
a lot people who are loving it (me included, obvs!).
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