Amy Poehler's flirtatious energy enlivens Best Buy's pedestrian retail message: the salespeople are helpful.
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Poehler riffed and mugged and charmed a mostly silent Blue Shirt (Best Buy sales associate).
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The thing is, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are far from being the underdogs.
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Think of successful comedians Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jerry Seinfeld.
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The same issue has crept into NBC's "Parks and Recreation, " the likable small-town government sitcom from Fey's cohort Amy Poehler.
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From their laugh-out-loud opening quips to their improvised comebacks, old friends and "Saturday Night Live" alums Fey and Poehler didn't disappoint.
Best Buy's spot starring comedian Amy Poehler hit a chord with some.
Each, starting with "Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler, walked on stage when their names were announced, lining up like beauty pageant contestants.
"Hey, go to him, " Meyers' "platonic work friend" Amy Poehler said.
Amy Poehler chose a glitzy Stella McCartney halter neck black number.
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Again, Poehler is funny and appealing, and the questions are relateable.
But in this spot it was Poehler shining brightly, all alone.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were the best hosts in recent memory, walking the line of keeping the humor sharp without making people feel too uncomfortable.
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On top of the delightful news that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hosting the Golden Globes this year, we're hoping the female comedian-as-host trend continues.
Amy Poehler was hired explicitly for our Super Bowl campaign.
Two women recently bid big bucks at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars, " which benefits autism programs, to hang out with Fey and Poehler for one night.
Striking a less controversial note, Best Buy's 30-second ad in the first quarter starred Amy Poehler, of NBC's "Parks and Recreation, " asking a Best Buy employee endless questions about electronics.
Assisting Poehler and Fey on stage were Mr and Miss Golden Globes, the recipients of honorary titles that are traditionally awarded annually to the children of celebrities with their own ambitions in the industry.
Too vindictive for comfort, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler are the creepy brother-and-sister ice-dancing champs, Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg, ersatz heavies in matching pink tulle (props to costume designer Julie Weiss, who clearly had herself a ball).
But if belles du jour Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can excel at TV sitcoms and movies and teach Ricky Gervais a thing or two (or three) about hosting the Golden Globes, could they be queens of the night with their own talk shows?
In January, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the 70th annual Golden Globes (the first time any woman -- let alone two -- will helm the event without a male co-host), proving that the so-called "year" of the woman shows no signs of slowing down.
As some media outlets have pointed out, perhaps just to stir the pot, the foreign press association's decision to book Fey and Poehler could be seen as a slap in the face of the Academy for choosing to announce Oscar nominations on January 10, before the Golden Globes.
Even though all of those women work hard, have talent, and deserve our respect, the ecstatic reactions to Fey and Poehler kind of feel like that moment in the movies when the underdogs finally triumph and get their moment in the sun, surrounded by applause and confetti and tiaras and a bonanza of fireworks.
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