I’m glad she wrote this book, but I’m not sure she is. In fact, she may be too honest about the burdens of hard work. Success is about hard work, and she illustrates this thoroughly, running through her years of improv in Chicago and New York. The bad kind: people who think meeting with her could be a ticket to fame. The good kind: people who tell her how much they admire her. She also tells how it feels to be ambushed by other people’s ambitions. Poehler talks about some of the fun parts of her Hollywood life, like doing witty bits at awards shows and befriending a Beastie Boy. Speaking of her Hillary Clinton impression, Poehler says she gave her a crazy laugh, “which she didn’t have in real life” and that she loved playing her as a “highly focused and slightly angry woman who was tired of being the smartest person in the room.” She hopes that Clinton got a vicarious thrill from watching. So you get a little window into where this comedian came from. Poehler’s mom recalls finding her way in the world as a woman while raising children her dad’s sweet tribute ends with a quip. In addition to annotation from “Parks and Recreation” co-creator Michael Schur, Poehler sprinkles in several short reflections from her parents. Meyers isn’t the only cameo in this eclectic memoir.

Seth Meyers, who makes a brief guest contributor appearance in “Yes Please,” says that when he wants to smile, he thinks about Poehler’s son - who was born a week after she performed that rap - watching his mother’s virtuosity one day. Because she was there, she is human, she knows it was special to be so pregnant, so electric, producing satire so immediate on live television. One of many small gifts Poehler gives readers of “Yes Please” is writing about that moment from her perspective - a glimpse into what it felt like to be on the inside of something special. She mime-shot at a guy in a moose costume and shouted, “Now you’re dead, because I’m an animal and I’m bigger than you.” She was nine months pregnant and rapping. Then, at the Weekend Update desk, with Palin a few feet away, Poehler rose and went for it. Sarah Palin stopped by “Saturday Night Live,” and looked on while Tina Fey - whom Poehler calls her “comedy wife” - reprised her spot-on impression of the Republican vice presidential nominee. The general election was less than three weeks away. But, more directly, with her Sarah Palin rap from 2008. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīored with midterm elections analysis? Of your Twitter feed? Of the way this particular weekday afternoon is dragging out its disappointments? Amy Poehler can help.

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