The Recontextualization of a Woman of the People

In 1984 she was named Showtime's funniest person in America. Her first regular TV role is in the short lived Fox sitcom called Open House. "I feel like for to be a female MC in the 80s is probably huge," says Judd Apatow of his friend and fellow comedian Amy Poehler. 'When comedians get too famous they have to start making their comedy about being famous and rich'