In one of the most delightful chapters of the book, Miss Fey describes her father, Don (a Goldwater Republican who looks like Clint Eastwood) in a series of comical occurrences. I’m sure NBC considered getting rid of it, but by the time we won the Emmy, they were too far along.” “Here’s this little show that no one thought would make it. Consider the lesson she learned in the process of launching her own show: ” ‘30 Rock’ is the perfect symbol for the pro-life movement in America,” Miss Fey writes. Though Miss Fey is politically left, many of her reflections in “Bossypants” will resonate with just about everyone.

Palin’s offer.” On the motherhood level, the two political opposites established common ground. Miss Fey really “appreciated the mom-ness of Mrs. Palin offered the baby-sitting services of her eldest daughter, Bristol (then 18), to Miss Fey, whose daughter, Alice, was a baby at the time.

Sarah Palin? The Republican vice-presidential candidate was key to making Miss Fey more famous during the 2008 election cycle. Miss Fey, who became the show’s first female head writer in 1999, makes a plea for a meritocracy - in society as well as the workplace.Īnd what about former Alaska Gov.

As part of Second City and later as a writer-actor on “SNL,” Miss Fey, along with other female writers and cast members, had to battle a sexist viewpoint of women’s place in comedy and typical roles created for them.

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