Tag: Tina Fey

The former "Weekend Update" anchor who was this week's guest on "David Tennant Does a Podcast With," said she's' "glad" she's no longer on "SNL" given the increased demands the current news environment has put on the show's writers. "I feel relieved," said Fey, who served as head writer from 1999 to 2006. "The culture is so ugly and the political climate is so ugly. You'd have Bush Sr. come do a thing with Dana Carvey ... It's so truly ugly now." Richmond saw the physical resemblance, though she begged to differ. Fey recalled, "My husband said, 'She looks like you.' ' Though her Palin impression is now part of political pop-culture history and gets trotted out during every"SNL" election special, Fey doesn't believe it accomplished much other than highlighting existing ideas about the person she was impersonating. "I don’t think that show can really sway people," she said. "I think you can shine a light.