-Our first guest is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress.
She directed and stars in the film "Moxie,"
which is on Netflix now.
Please welcome back to the show one of the all-time best,
Amy Poehler. Hello, Amy!
-Hi, buddy!
-You know, I'm going to tell you this,
and this is a true thing, because I believe
this is the third time we have talked in this past year --
you keep looking better and better on Zoom.
-Oh, my God. Well, happy COVID-verssary.
-Thank you very much.
-Every March 11th, me, you, Phoebe Bridgers,
let's get together, let's talk about our year.
-I would like that, I think.
-I was just thinking the other day that
yours was the first show I did
when I started doing press for "Moxie."
and now you're the last piece of press I'm doing.
Full circle.
-And so usually, this would be a junket
where you would have to be out on the road
talking about your movie.
You have been talking about it the same amount,
but you have been at home.
Have you enjoyed the home press tour?
-Very much.
You know, I know it's not as fun,
and I cannot wait to be back in your studio for sure,
and to see everybody, and to see you in person.
But, you know, one of the misconceptions is,
I don't really like people. -Mm-hmm.
-And so it's great, because I don't have to be around anybody.
-Yeah. -And that's great.
-Well, I think that's why people
value being friends with you so much,
is that from the outside,
people assume you're friends with everybody.
but we have actually really made it through a gauntlet
to be at a place where you're willing to spend time with us.
-Can literally count on one hand. I can count on one hand.
[ Laughs ] How many people I like.
But you make that list, Seth.
You make that list.
-You know who else is on that hand is
Maya, Kenan, and Tina,
and you and Tina hosted the Globes again.
Fourth time.
And Maya and Kenan showed up, and what a delight they were.
-What a delight.
-And it struck me, I was confused, because,
of course, Kenan did "SNL" on Saturday,
but then he was in the L.A. half of the Globes.
-For people that have not seen the show,
they played winners of Least Original Song,
and they came up, and Tina had written this bit for them,
and in beautiful form, Maya arrived already dressed
and ready to party,
and Kenan had flown in right from New York the evening before
and had not yet read the sketch,
and we were about ready to go live.
Those two are such geniuses, they're like stunt men.
You know, like when you see a stunt man about to do a stunt
and they're kind of joking around
and they're really loose?
And they're just kind of like,
"Oh, you're gonna jump off this building?"
"No, not if he pushes me first."
They're just so good at their jobs
that they were -- it was awesome to have them around.
They're the best. -It should be noted,
it wasn't just reading lines off a teleprompter.
There was also prop work.
A fantastic joke is that Maya reached under her dress
and took off three high heels.
-She had three shoes.
-And seamlessly did it.
I mean, again, you know me, terrible.
You put a prop in a sketch, and then you basically just
see me staring at it the whole scene,
'cause I'm so nervous about what I'm going to have to do.
Whereas she, just so gentle and perfect.
-Yeah, they're incredible.
And that night was so strange,
and you know, you're staring at an audience
that is separated and masked,
and you can't really tell when anybody's laughing,
because nobody laughs like --
Nobody laughs like you think they're going to laugh.
You know? Like --
Everyone just laughs like --
Like, that's maybe how their body moves.
So you can't tell if maybe they tipping over
or if they're laughing, you can't tell.
So to be onstage with that weird sci-fi quality
and with those two was just a dream.
-I have been backstage at Globes that you have hosted.
It is both a really fun energy backstage
and then there's the additional energy of the after party.
I'm assuming neither of those happened.
-No food or drink was allowed.
-No food or drink?
-Zero.
-So what was backstage? -I had to sneak in carrot sticks
and my own water.
And at one point, I checked in with Tina on Zoom
and she was eating something.
I was like, "What are you eating?"
She was like, "I'm eating sushi."
I was like, "Where did you get sushi?"
So that was it.
New York had sushi.
-Well, that, I think, is the real...
You were leaning into the stereotype of L.A.,
that all you had was water and carrot sticks.
-Yeah, I mean, we had tons of pills,
and we all went for a hike.
-Oh, so pills were allowed.
-Of course pills were. It's the Golden Globes.
Of course pills are allowed.
-We'll be right back with more from Amy Poehler.
We're going to talk about her great new film "Moxie."