Tina Fey has been winning much praise lately for her impression of
Sarah Palin, and rightfully so. But let's pause for a minute to give it
up for Amy Poehler, another hard-working comedy star who is about to
push out her first child any minute now.
Poehler is hardly the
only pregnant woman to ever work right up to her due date. But she is
one of the few who has done so while working on a high-profile, weekly,
live comedy series. Even though she has announced her plans to exit
"Saturday Night Live," she is still appearing in numerous sketches, not
to mention pulling double duty with the "Weekend Update Thursday"
editions of the show. (The final one of those airs tonight on NBC,
after "The Office.")
But Poehler really outdid herself on last Saturday's "SNL" with her Sarah Palin rap,
not just because she had the cojones to bust (gently) on Palin in her
presence or because she sounds pretty awesome when she shouts, "Can I
get a what-what from the senior section?" She deserves props for
shaking that big baby-belly of hers proudly on national TV, and looking
pretty good while doing it.
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