FameCrawler : Parks and Recreation

Amy Poehler Talks About Doing Sketch Comedy With A Baby Bump

Josh loposer — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Despite how much Amy Poehler's baby belly added to the hilarity of everything she did on SNL last year, she's not looking forward to doing sketch comedy while pregnant again any time soon.

“It wasn’t [easy], because when you’re really that big and you’re doing sketch comedy it’s like wearing a sombrero in every scene,” Amy said during a Thursday visit to The Today Show. “It’s really hard to play different people.”

Sure, some of us might miss watching Amy do her thing -- like that amazing Sarah Palin rap -- with a pregnant belly, but it sounds like she's pretty happy to be free of the bump... as I'm sure most ladies are after 9 months.

Not to mention, Archibald "Archie" William Emerson is a lot more fun to play with now that he's out. Though he does wake up a bit on the early-side.

“He’s been up since 4 this morning, so he’s raring to go,” she explained before joking, “He had a little cup of baby coffee."

Amy and daddy Will Arnett wouldn't really let little Archie drink coffee yet, would they?

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Amy Poehler Drops Baby Knowledge

Whit Honea — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Amy Poehler has been a parent for about 5 minutes (give or take six months), but she already has some pretty good advice for anyone that might be expecting or expects to be ... um, expecting. If this is you, or perhaps your "friend," you should consider clicking over to Strollerderby for a quick dose of enlightenment.

And this is for Amy:

Amy Poehler Is Back - Will Her New Show Be A Hit?

Josh loposer — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:01:00 GMT

After taking a few months of mommy leave to enjoy time with her new baby boy Archie, Amy Poeher is back at work, but not on SNL ... sniffle.

Her new show, Parks and Recreation, hits the small screen Thursday April 9th on NBC. Will it bring the funny? So far, critics can't seem to make up their minds on whether the spin-off from The Office (both share the same writers and producers) will become the instant classic that it should be. Some are hailing it as the next 30 Rock, while others are holding their noses.

As an old fan of Upright Citizens Brigade, I'm hoping new mother's return to TV will rock the rabbit ears, er, converter box.

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Will Arnett as Father of the Year?

Karl Erikson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Still a new dad to Archie William Emerson, now 5 months old, Will Arnett says that so far dadhood is quite fun. Will, in fact, says, "It's still very early, but I've just been nominated Dad of the Year. Well, I nominated myself."

Archie's mom, of course, is actress and comedian Amy Poehler. Even though he was born in New York City, the whole family picked up and moved to Los Angeles now that Amy is starring and filming in the new NBC show "Parks and Recreation."

Will says Hollywood fits the family perfectly. "Try and keep us off the red carpet," he says. "We go red carpet hunting!" While he'd prefer to raise Archie in New York, he's not too worried.

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