-Our first guest, tonight, is an Emmy-winning
and Tony-nominated comedian and writer
who you know from her work on "Saturday Night Live,"
"30 Rock," "Girls5eva," and "Mean Girls,"
both the movie and the Broadway musical.
She's the co-creator of "Mr. Mayor,"
which airs Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m., here on NBC.
Please welcome back to the show,
our very good friend, Tina Fey, everybody.
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-Hi! -It is so good to see you!
-It's so nice to see you.
-I've seen you in person a few times.
-Yeah. -The last time you were on
the show was via Zoom. -Yes.
-And your daughter Penelope did that lovely thing
that was happening in the early days of the pandemic.
She just fully crashed the interview.
-She just fully entered the Zoom, yeah.
-Yeah. And was not very complimentary to either of us.
-No, she entered the Zoom.
I believe she was wearing, like, a Colonial-lady outfit.
-Yeah. -Because -- as one does.
And then she just got behind me and just went --
[ Laughter ]
And did, like, a slow... -Yeah.
-...slow exit. You know.
-Does she like her time on camera?
She did seem very comfortable.
-She was a little too comfortable at that time, yeah.
Yeah, they both are.
You know, Penelope ended up on "Girls5eva."
But, yeah, Alice and Penelope are both really funny.
They have a great sense of humor.
I am embargoed from speaking about them on talk shows.
-Gotcha. -Because that's what happens.
Like, they're such a gold mine for stories, at first.
-Yes. -And then someday,
Axel's gonna come to you and be like, "I'm the Lobby Baby?"
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-"Really, Dad?" -It's gonna be a problem.
-"I'm the Lobby Baby?" And you're like, "Uh, well..."
and you have to backpedal. [ Laughs ]
-I'm just hoping Netflix won't be around by then, you know?
-Well -- [ Laughter ]
-Hey, can we talk about this?
Are you allowed to talk about that?
Yeah, okay. So, that is -- -Okay.
-Again, back in the days when I used to talk about them,
this is the other thing that, like, such a --
such a weird New York childhood that our kids have that like...
-Yes. -my older daughter is 16 now,
and she was talking to another teenager,
and he was saying like, "Yeah, it was hard 'cause, you know,
like, I got made into a meme."
She's like, "Yeah, I was a meme once, too."
Like, kids are growing up, like, being like,
"Yeah, I was memed once." [ Laughter ]
And I was like, "Oh, yeah." And I don't --
And I knew she had been a meme when she was little.
And I don't know when she found out she was a meme.
-Right, 'cause you didn't tell her.
-No! [ Laughter ]
Because it wasn't my fault. But she was a fantastic meme.
-It's a really good meme. Anybody --
Does anyone remember this meme? What's your camera?
-Here, right over there. Go over there.
-I don't work here. [ Laughter ]
I mean, that's a fantastic meme.
Even this, I might still get in trouble for reshowing this.
-Yeah. -Oh, that camera, sure.
-But she looks really good. Now is that --
Can we assume -- is that you?
-That's me looking just bedraggled.
-Yeah. -And I think part of --
part of the meme was, like, she was living high on the hog,
and I was bedraggled. [ Laughter ]
Thank you for cropping me out of that.
-I do love it. I mean, it is --
Somebody really nailed it when they were like,
"This girl's gonna be a meme." -And there were ones, like,
they put that next to, like, Michael Cera or, like,
next to, like, Happy Leo DiCaprio.
It's a whole thing. [ Laughter ]
-Now, you did a thing that I think is very kind
of a parent to do.
You allowed your children to get a pet.
What kind of pet do you have?
-Oh, yeah, I own a bearded dragon now, Seth.
-Okay. -Yeah.
-Who wanted the bearded dragon? -Penelope was very...
-Okay. -...is into -- very much into
the lizard, reptile lifestyle.
-And she was specific of this one?
-Yes. Um, [bleep] YouTube will tell you a lot about
different kinds of lizards and stuff.
And -- [ Laughter ]
-What kind -- is it a boy lizard, a girl lizard?
-It's -- their name is Herman. -Okay.
-And they come -- they're like this big.
-Okay. -And then it's, like, you know,
those little sponge capsules that you put in water,
and then it's like -- bwaaarrr!
He's already this big. I think, from what I'm told,
bearded dragons, they don't have a gender at first.
-Okay. -Their genitals develop
over time. -Gotcha.
-We decided that their name is Herman, no matter what.
-Okay. -None of us is really into,
like, digging for the genitals.
-Right? [ Laughter ]
-We're just kind of like, "Whatever."
It doesn't matter. -Right.
-They live alone. [ Laughter ]
In a tank. -Yeah.
-So -- And -- -Yeah, Herman's not filling out
a Tinder profile or anything.
-Exactly, Herman's not looking to meet people.
-[ Laughs ] -By the way, my mom
is staying with me right now. And guess what --
she's gonna say, "Why did I see your elbows?"
And I'm gonna say, "I don't know."
-Yeah. -Did you like them, though?
-It's great. By the way, you came out,
and I saw it, and I thought to myself,
"That is a wonderful sartorial choice."
-Yeah, thanks. -'Cause that's fashion
right there. -Fashion.
-Fashion. -Yes.
-But that is a very big asterisk
that your mother is staying with you.
-Oh, this is not for anyone's --
Anyone's mom is gonna be like, "What?"
[ Laughter ]
-That is her "Euphoria," that you're wearing that.
-This is her "Euphoria." [ Laughter ]
"I'm not gonna understand it!
I'm not gonna try to understand it!
I won't even look at it." [ Laughter ]
Um, lizards, yeah. -Yeah.
So you -- I'm gonna move -- Can I move off from lizards?
Do you have more to add? -Please.
No, I will say that the only thing about lizards is that you
also then get to be the owner of 60 or 70
live crickets every week also. -Oh.
Now, I'm assuming these are not around
for the lizard's companionship. -They are --
No, they're their food, yeah.
-So you get 60 crickets a week. -Yeah.
-Do the crickets -- -You have to go get them.
-Okay. -And then they sing all night
in your apartment. And it's so sad,
because they don't know they're on death row.
[ Laughter ]
They're singing like they're in Central Park.
[ Laughter ]
Death row. -That is heartbreaking.
-It's heartbreaking. -'Cause you know.
-I know what's going down. -Yeah, yeah.
-I don't know what kind of genitals Herman has,
but I know what's gonna go down with those crickets.
-You know he's got a mouth. -Yeah.
-They have a mouth.
-I should have brought a picture,
'cause when Herman eats,
they look exactly like Don Rickles.
-Really? -Yeah. I'll send you a picture.
-Okay, great. -Yeah.
-I have a lot of questions about "Girls5eva."
We'll be right back with more from Tina Fey.
-Probably more about lizards. -And more about lizards.