I’m going to be real with you guys for a minute. Outside of DVDs for my Virgin Diaries, I haven’t been watching a lot of TV lately. So maybe that explains why two of my clips this week never even aired on television, and the other two are from Jimmy Fallon. Look, I work with what I have, people. Regardless though, these clips are really funny, so enjoy!
Emmy Comedy Actress Roundtable
Okay, so this is kind of cheating since it technically wasn’t on TV, but this Hollywood Reporter roundtable, with current Emmy-nominated comedy actresses, is amazing. These women are obviously hilarious (except for Mary-Louise Parker, who just seems kind of scared), so there’s that. But more interesting to me are the tales of ageism in Hollywood. They all concur that TV is much more forgiving, but these women – who are all in their late 30s to late 40s – have a much harder time when they go out for film roles. Not only did Christina Applegate get passed over for a magazine cover because they don’t put women “over 35″ on, but both Sarah Silverman and Amy Poehler were asked to audition for the part of Jonah Hill‘s mother. These ladies are all hot. We live in a crazy world, people.
As an extra-added bonus, here’s an interview from the same day that the roundtable was shot, with Amy Poehler and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In it they discuss their future projects together, including a lesbian epic that spans over 80 years, in which they both gain a lot of weight.
Will Arnett gets in touch with his adolescent girl side on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
I didn’t have high hopes for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and I will say that I’ve been pleasantly surprised. He manages to get really fun and irreverent interviews out of his guests (of course, it probably helps that most of them are already friends of his). In this clip, he gets the brilliant and amazing Mr. Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, to read a piece from the Judy Blume classic coming-of-age novel, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Granted, the “getting guests to read things outside of their demographic for comedic effect” meme isn’t anything new (Conan brilliantly did it several years ago with Stone Cold Steve Austin and a book of poems by Jewel), but it’s Will Arnett, which automatically makes it awesome.
Alec Baldwin is Tracy Morgan in Ballboys.
Speaking of irreverent interviews, Alec Baldwin just doesn’t give a crap anymore. He’s riding a whole second wave of success, so if he wants to wear gold boots on Jimmy Fallon, then dammit, he’s going to wear gold boots. The entire interview is pretty amazing, but I’ve excerpted my favorite part below: Alec Baldwin as Tracy Morgan, and Jimmy Fallon as Robert DeNiro star in a tennis comedy called Ballboys.
Clacked by Kona Gallagher 
on Jul 26, 2009 @ 16:30 EST5EDT
