Tina Fey’s dad used to ship her portraits of Fred Armisen to offer her “SNL ”costar: ‘He was Fred’s largest fan’

Tina Fey's dad discovered a muse within the Saturday Night Live solid — and it wasn't his daughter.

Within the first episode of Amy Poehler's new podcast Good Hang, the 30 Rock star recalled her father, Don, turning into enamored by Fred Armisen throughout her time working with the Portlandia star on SNL. "He was Fred's largest fan," Fey mentioned.

Fey mentioned that her father, who died in 2015, visited the SNL set whereas the solid was rehearsing "Weekend Replace" throughout considered one of Armisen's "first few exhibits" as a solid member. "Fred was in a fancy dress for another sketch — he was in a tuxedo and my dad had not met him but," she recalled. "And he simply got here as much as my dad and was in a tuxedo. And simply got here as much as my dad in character, simply going, 'That is Rainbow Room? I search for Rainbow Room?'"

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Fey, an SNL author and solid member from 1997 to 2006, clarified, "I can't inform the story as a result of I can't. I shouldn't be doing this accent, however Fred, I suppose, can do it." Armisen was an SNL solid member from 2002 to 2013.

The Date Night time actress mentioned that her father adored the expertise. "It was so humorous," she recalled. "He beloved it. He beloved it."

Fey's dad's love for Armisen's work impressed him to make fan artwork of the Documentary Now star. "He used to color little portraits, little caricatures of Fred as like Fericito, as Prince," the actress recalled. "He would mail them to me, and I might give them to Fred. And I believe Fred nonetheless has one."

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Poehler was thrilled by the revelation. "Oh, Don Fey has nice style," she mentioned. "He was only a sensible artist, actually cool man."

Fey additionally mentioned she didn't inherit lots of her dad's inventive skills. "I want I had extra," she mentioned. "I believe each my daughters have it. I am going to Fireplace Island in the summertime, and I like to color portraits in my free time, and they’re horrible. They're getting barely higher, however not at a fee that may impress. They're horrible."

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She continued, "The one factor I need to paint is to attempt to seize individuals's faces, individuals like that I like. And I ought to take some lessons as a result of, in fact, the issue is I don't draw the top proper after which they arrive out like — typically I sort of like how wonky they arrive out. However no, of the 4 individuals in my rapid household, I’m the least proficient at artwork. My daughters are very proficient."

Watch the complete dialog between Poehler and Fey above.

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