View Full Version : Amy Poehler to take permanent leave of SNL after election


Brian Damage
09-18-2008, 02:25 PM
Amy Poehler is spreading her small screen wings and flying away. She says she will take a break from "Saturday Night Live" after the November election to give birth to her first child.

"It's gonna be really hard — Boyz II Men hard — to say goodbye to yesterday," Amy says in the new issue of Men's Vogue. " 'SNL' was dangerous, late-night, last-minute and star-studded, but like any good drug, you need to know when to put it down."

And it gets worse, or better, depending on your point of view. She's not coming back to "SNL" after maternity leave. Instead Poehler is preparing to star in her own NBC series from the executive producers of "The Office." At least we have that to look forward to.

And there's always Poehler's animated kids' show "The Mighty B!" in which she portrays overachieving Honeybee scout Bessie Higgenbottom. We have yet to tune into it, but we may have to now.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/09/amy-poehlers-le.html

Chocolate Moose
09-18-2008, 03:40 PM
I think it's time. She can make a lot more money doing less work, and she has her baby to consider.

70s show watcher
09-19-2008, 06:12 PM
im going to miss her alot but i agree she has come as far as she can go on snl its time for her to explore other projects