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Tina Fey and Ellen Page go live from New York

Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night Awesome! Sorry, I meant “Live!” I just got carried away when I heard that the first two post-strike SNL hosts will be Tina Fey and Ellen Page. The writers' strike hasn’t even been over for two full days, and already the good news is falling like manna from heaven. Tina will host Feb. 23, and Ellen will follow March 1. I’ve already marked my calendar.

Tina’s hosting gig will be her fist return to SNL since leaving the show in 2006 to create 30 Rock. While she is intimately familiar with the sketch comedy show’s inner workings (she joined in 1997 and served as a cast member, "Weekend Update" anchor and head writer), hosting is another animal altogether. Who knows: Maybe she’ll take another spin behind the anchor desk for old times sake. And you just know they’ll get in some inside jokes about her making a show about a show within the show that she once was on and is now returning to. Wow, sorry; I just have myself a meta migraine.

Like Tina, Ellen is also a first-time host. The Juno star has already proven her comedy chops in the film. I can’t wait to see how the freshly minted Academy Award nominee navigates the absurdities of live sketch comedy. Her appearance comes the week after she celebrates her 21st birthday. Oscar nominee, SNL host and X-Woman — and all by the age of 21? I’m equal parts in awe and jealous.

Oh, and speaking of being in awe, have you seen Ellen’s new Interview magazine cover photo? Hello.

It’s also nice visual confirmation of this secret “crime,” which she revealed at Sundance last year.

So, which host are you most excited about? Or, like me, do both of them make you want to Snoopy-dance around the room?

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Submitted by

Dorothy Snarker

on February 14, 2008 - 10:05am.

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A-MAZ-ING!

Submitted by

Renee (131 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 9:55am.

Ok, this is THE most exciting news in AGES!

How perfect too - I just happened to be watching SNL last weekend (one of the re-runs of course) and I kept thinking: "Why hasn't Tina Fey hosted yet??"

And then Ellen Page the week after??

I think that's just too much cool, geeky pleasure all at once.

o0o0o0o ellen page..my

Submitted by

reeyah87 (14 posts)

on February 18, 2008 - 3:44am.

o0o0o0o ellen page..my future wife *drools*

~maria

OMG!

Submitted by

BQ (108 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 9:58am.

EXCITING! I haven't watched SNL in ages, but I'll be tuning in for those 2 weeks!

Love Them Both...

Submitted by

imthey (450 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 10:42am.

I love them both! I don't usually watch SNL, but I will make exceptions when the host or musical guest is someone I really want to see, so in this case I will twice make the exception and eagerly watch SNL!

I can't wait to go to my local bookstore and pick up a copy of the new Interview with Ellen Page on it as well.

"Think Sideways"

I M THEY

Oh wow...

Submitted by

Amylin (194 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 10:48am.

That is some freaking good news! I heart Tina Fey! And Ellen Page is amazing too :)

YES! YES!

Submitted by

carolinagrrrl (246 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 11:02am.

I read this news last night on tvguide.com and just thought to myself... "OMG, there is totally going to be a blog about this tomorrow!"

FANTASTIC news... I really hope Tina does Weekend Update. And I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to seeing what they do about 30 Rock.

Ellen Page after?!? Excuse me... I need to go sleep off some of this excitement.

"Whatever people consider to be normal, it never is." -Ashley Davies

whoops.

Submitted by

carolinagrrrl (246 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 11:03am.

apologies for the double post. i seem to be doing a lot of that lately.

"Whatever people consider to be normal, it never is." -Ashley Davies

my jaw hit the floor

Submitted by

chanticorae (76 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 11:05am.

when i saw that ellen page cover. my goodness, i'm a sucker for a pretty lady in a suit.

Sorry to nitpick but

Submitted by

Lrenda (46 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 11:57am.

"Tina’s hosting gig will be her fist return to SNL since leaving the show in 2006 to create 30 Rock."

Sorry to nitpick but Tina's first return to SNL after leaving to do 30 Rock was actually a brief cameo with Tracy Morgan in the monologue when Alec Baldwin was hosting to promote 30 Rock.

It's True! It's True!!

Submitted by

Slym (1607 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 12:01pm.

There IS a GOD!!! TINA FEY.... Oh weee!! Marking both dates and if I miss any of them, why I'll... I'll..... i'll.. take my right foot off and shove it ..... or just shoot myself in the foot or something... and Ellen page.... shiit... (insert HAPPY SNOOPY dance here X 10)! Oh yea, strike is over, oh yeah.. it's a good thing.... Ok so i'll leave the singing alone and just dance!

my sister heard this news at

Submitted by

heidi (32 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 12:29pm.

my sister heard this news at one o'clock this morning and called me from a dead sleep to tell me. sweet!

I've never really liked SNL,

Submitted by

clever as a belle (35 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 12:33pm.

I've never really liked SNL, only watching it when someone I really really love is on the show, and I can't even remember when the last time was. But I'll definitely be watching when Ellen Page is on. I have a massive crush on her. And when I saw that issue of Interview in my mailbox? I couldn't get inside to read it fast enough. Love her.

Uh...

Submitted by

Lemon (39 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 12:54pm.

*can't function after seeing those pictures of the amazing Ellen Page*

Holy Smokes!

Submitted by

WindRyderX (51 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 2:32pm.

Thanks for the heads up! I never woulda found out if it wasn't for you. I love Tina Fey, Ellen Page, and SNL, mix em all together and you got urself a big lovefest... I marked those dates on my calendar and Im lookin forward to em.

SWEEET

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Coni (82 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 2:35pm.

Okay I'm pretty sure I just failed a history test, turned in a crappy Spanish essay, and will fail my psyc test tonight, yet I feel SOOOOOOO HAPPY right now!!! THANK YOU for posting this, makes my day a whole lot better! I will not be missing SNL those weeks for sure!

ahh, so hot!

Submitted by

Katherine (185 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 2:37pm.

omg. can't wait. i love them both so much.

omg, inbd

Woo hoo!

Submitted by

Gorgeous Nerd (39 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:28pm.

I have a major crush on Ellen Page, so I'm definitely going to be watching that episode.

If you like the Interview cover,

Submitted by

notshane (233 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:36pm.

you'll go wild for this undated pic of Ellen, taken long before she became the IT girl, posing ala Patti Smith's iconic cover for her most famour album Horse.

It's on this vid at 0.45. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6tFAQIubFM

Oh, you mean this?

Submitted by

onedimpledcheek (44 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 4:21pm.

Ellen Page

Yeah, that's my all-time favorite Ellen picture. Swoon.

thud

Submitted by

Dorothy Snarker (1501 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 4:25pm.

Thank God she is almost 21, I was starting to feel like a creepy old lady.

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Not Alone

Submitted by

Slym (1607 posts)

on February 15, 2008 - 8:14am.

First Jennifer from PA, and now "you" fainting - It feels so good to not be alone ...lol. Life's so much better when you've got company ;)

good god, good god, good god!

Submitted by

chefgirl (96 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 6:03pm.

it is just not right the way i feel about ellen page...and now this pic????

oy vey....

swooning

Submitted by

chanticorae (76 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 9:04pm.

jesus h christ.

I can't pick...

Submitted by

Lilli Putian (73 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:44pm.

I'm equally excited about them both! I can't remember the last time I watched SNL but I'll definitely be watching on both of their nights!

First Ellen on the cover of Interview and now this...yall just made my day!

I can't pick...

Submitted by

Lilli Putian (73 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:44pm.

I'm equally excited about them both! I can't remember the last time I watched SNL but I'll definitely be watching on both of their nights!

First Ellen on the cover of Interview and now this...yall just made my day!

Sweeet!

Submitted by

chloe121212 (241 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:48pm.

Soo can't wait! I'll admit, I haven't jumped on the Ellen Page bandwagon yet, (mostly because I haven't seen Juno yet), so I'm starting to rearrange things for Tina Fey's hosting spot. Heck Yeah!!!

Is it me or does Ellen have total "T.H.O." in that first picture? I don't why I noticed that? :-)

"I don't kiss girls who wear doilies"

Yay all around

Submitted by

jennifer from p... (1254 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 3:57pm.

Fey as an SNL host! Yay!!!! Ellen Page as an SNL host! Yay!!!

Bless Your Heart

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Slym (1607 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 4:04pm.

Very Very Very happy to know that I'm not the only one who cheers at the mere mention of Tina Fey's name. And in the spirit of my famous Tina Fey cheer, I pull out the pom poms and.... TINA FEY! TINA FEY! YAY! YAY! YAY! *Cartwheels and mid-air splits and all* lol

Slym

Submitted by

jennifer from p... (1254 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 4:49pm.

Aw, Slym, what's not to love about Tina Fey? ;) She's funny in an outright way and an ironic way, she's from PA, and she didn't get lasiks surgery. Who doesn't love glasses? It's like looking at a puppy through a window :D

Tina AND Ellen?

Submitted by

mPod (91 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 6:33pm.

This almost gave me a coronary.

I'm totally in like with Tina Fey and utterly head over heels for Ellen Page... Oh man. In lieu of that Interview cover I'm going to go pass out now.

I've been convinced that

Submitted by

aliya (1 post)

on February 14, 2008 - 6:45pm.

I've been convinced that they somehow broke into my brain to program their first two weeks back since I read about this a few days ago. They seriously are probably the two people I'd want to watch host the show.

If these two shows suck (the way many, many episodes have since Tina left), I'm giving up on SNL for good.

red lipstick to match the

Submitted by

mmmGelato (6 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 10:32pm.

red lipstick to match the red boys' underwear... it's just too good

Excellent news!

Submitted by

Forza Roma (121 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 10:40pm.

I haven't watched SNL in ages, but I wouldn't miss those two women!

If Ellen isn't queer, then those two are the top of the "Best Lesbian that Isn't" list.

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http://rachelwashere.wordpress.com/

oh my word

Submitted by

Spiffy (33 posts)

on February 14, 2008 - 11:04pm.

They are both extremely amazing

But ellen she looks super in that cover with that suit!

Thanks :)

Submitted by

notshane (233 posts)

on February 15, 2008 - 3:49am.

Sounds like you've made quite a few hearts flutter by posting the pic I was talking about, onedimplecheek [grin].

Yes, DorothySnarker - I realise I'm borderline creepy too, 21 notwithstanding!

And Cloe121212, if you haven't sampled any of Ms. Page's work yet, I would suggest renting Hard Candy first. She is beyond genius in that film. She's in practically every scene, and she's rivetting( altho you might have to take a break halfway through, given the intensity of the film) She owned every frame of that movie. (That's the film that won her the Juno role)

Here's a snippet from a review:

"Page, in all of her wonder and glory, delivered a full grown, angry, devastatingly clever woman in a young girl’s body. Why this is so worthy of praise, besides the obvious, boils down to two important reasons; one, Ellen Page was considerably younger than Patrick Wilson (her co-star) but still retained the gusto and the talent to completely hold her own despite any intimidation that might’ve been present by the age gap. Two, Page was essentially hoisting the entire film on her shoulders.

Ellen Page was constantly burdened with the task of pushing the action along and keeping the momentum and the tension and the suspense high. That’s quite the responsibility for a then 17-year-old to shoulder. "

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