Amy Poehler, Tina Fey recreate ‘SNL’ ‘Weekend Update’ — joke about ‘Mean Girls,’ Chris Rock, Rihanna and more
nypost.com“Weekend Update” to the Emmys 2024. Fey, 53, and Poehler, 52, famously hosted the news segment on “SNL” together from 2004 to 2006.
But on Monday, the duo fronted an Emmy Edition of “Weekday Update” to introduce the award for Outstanding Live Variety Special.“Good evening.
I’m Amy Poehler,” she started. “I’m Tina Fey and we’ve reached the stage in life where we will only present awards sitting down,” Fey joked.“Here are tonight’s nominees for Outstanding Live Variety Special.
The only show that’s longer than when they aired ‘Titanic’ with commercials on TBS, the Oscars,” Poehler quipped. On “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” Fey said of the comedian’s Netflix special, “Chris could be here tonight but if he wins, we’ll accept them on his behalf because we miss getting Emmys.”In regards to “‘Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium,” Poehler said. “Now I can’t speak for Elton, but he-EGOT to be excited.”Fey also gave a shout-out to Rihanna’s performance at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, calling it “the concert so good it got us all pregnant.” The final nominee of the category celebrated “the best musicals that were based on movies which will probably be movies again,” Poehler said as Fey interrupted, “Nothing wrong with that,” referring to her new “Mean Girls” movie musical.
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