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Monday, January 14, 2013

Did You Watch the Golden Globes? What Did You Think?

Burlington native Amy Poehler teamed up with friend and former SNL colleague Tina Fey to host the annual awards.

Did you catch the 70th Annual Golden Globes last night? According to the Huffingtonpost.com, the award ceremony this year was the most-watched ceremony on television since 2007, with 19.7 million viewers. Of course there were big winners of actual awards two big ratings winners were hosts Amy Peohler, a Burlington native, and Tina Fay. According to the Huffington Post article the longtime friends made perfect comedy partners with "Fey, a little more wary and neurotic; Poehler, a little more wide-eyed and goofy. And both of them brilliant and fearless." The pair had some good laugh lines during their opening. One joke Poehler made was an homage to the previous host Ricky Gervais, whose edgy jokes caused some controversy. "We want to assure …

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Creating Buzz About Being 'Buzzed' at Golden Globes

The two comedians joke in a new promo that the award ceremony will be "slightly ghetto."

It seems like every time Amy Poehler and Tina Fey get together something funny happens. Just remember the Saturday Night Live sketches in 2008 featuring Fey as Sarah Palin and Poehler as Hillary Clinton and Katie Couric. The women are together again to host the Golden Globes, set to run on NBC on Sunday, Jan. 13, and in a new promo they stick to their comedy guns. As reported on Vanity Fair, the new promo by NBC, has the two going back and forth on what viewers can expect during the award show. Among such promises as "full of pageantry" and "wondrous" the two mention some less-than-traditional features for this year's Golden Globes. Poehler, who is from Burlington, jokes the night will be "drunken" and Fey says it will be "slightly ghetto…

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