Amy Poehler describes Alanis Morissette as a mother of three who feels like a real person as well as a famous singer.
“She is the mother of three. She is like she feels like a person in the world, as well as this big, famous, talented singer.”
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Amy Poehler
10 episodes · 36 quoted claims
- 3 Nov 2026Alanis Morissette (Live)1h 12m
- 27 Oct 2026Noah Wyle1h 14m
- 20 Oct 2026Kate Berlant1h 11m
- 13 Oct 2026Paul McCartney1h 18m
- 6 Oct 2026Marcello Hernández1h 20m
- 29 Sep 2026Andrew Garfield1h 8m
- 22 Sep 2026Ashley Padilla1h 13m
- 15 Sep 2026Robert De Niro1h 16m
- 8 Sep 2026Sandra Bullock1h 14m
- 1 Sep 2026Kenan Thompson1h 5m
Amy Poehler says Alanis Morissette made Jagged Little Pill with Glen Ballard after releasing two earlier records, though she corrects her age on the spot.
“And you have this moment, uh, where you decide to make this record with Glen Ballard, and you're twenty one.”
Amy Poehler says Jagged Little Pill came out in 1995.
“1995, you know, that was when it wa when the record came out, 95.”
Amy Poehler says Alanis Morissette wanted 'You Oughta Know' to be the first single from Jagged Little Pill while many others did not.
“where you wanted. You oughta know to be the first single, and a lot of people didn't.”
Amy Poehler names Brandi Carlile as a collaborator on Alanis Morissette's holiday album.
“And so you have a really great collaborator, Brandy Carlisle.”
Amy Poehler notes that Steve Martin plays banjo on Alanis Morissette's Christmas album.
“and in your Christmas album, you have Steve Martin playing banjo.”
Amy Poehler notes that Alanis Morissette is a twin, and Alanis describes a telepathic bond with her twin brother Wade.
“A lot of people don't know you're a twin. What's the twinniest thing about you?”
Amy Poehler notes that The Pitt and ER, set in Pittsburgh and Chicago, were both shot on the same lot in Los Angeles.
“A lot of people don't know that the pit and ER were not shot in Pittsburgh and in Chicago, but right on the lot in Los Angeles.”
Kate Berlant's comedy special Parmesan is on HBO.
“Kate is a comedian, an actress, and um, artist, and she has a new special, uh, on HBO called Parmesan.”
John Early appeared in Search Party and Maddie's Secret.
“You might know John from Search Party, you might know John from Maddie's Secret”
Amy Poehler says Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak's podcast PooG moves from products such as a red light mask to Dante's Inferno.
“They like, talk about a red light mask and then somehow get to Dante's Inferno very fast.”
Amy Poehler says the Beatles were together for eight years and made 13 albums before breaking up when Paul was 27.
“When you were 27, you were only together for eight years, you made 13 albums.”
Amy Poehler advises SNL cast members who want careers beyond the show to follow their own judgment rather than other people's advice.
“don't take anyone else's advice, don't listen to anybody”
Amy Poehler describes a game, played earlier with Fred Armisen, in which a person must talk for a minute as an expert on an assigned subject.
“get a subject and you have to talk for a minute, um, as if you were an expert”
Amy Poehler recommends the film Places in the Heart, whose cast includes Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan.
“Check out a movie called Places in the Heart with Sally Field and Danny Glover and a young John Malkovich and Ed Harris and Amy Madigan”
Amy Poehler describes Ashley Padilla's SNL sketch in which a woman farts when coworkers surprise her.
“her coworkers try to surprise her. They turn on the lights and she farts as soon as she sees them, and it's just like, downhill from there.”
Amy Poehler says there have been only about 170 to 180 Saturday Night Live cast members.
“I was looking up the number again, cause I always get blown away by the fact that there's only been like 180, 170 something cast members.”
Amy Poehler describes the Groundlings as an improv and sketch group that has been hugely influential.
“It's an improv and sketch group and, uh, hugely i influential for so many people”
Amy Poehler described the Tribeca Film Festival as celebrating its 25th year.
“the Tribeca Film Festival, now celebrating its 25th year, is exactly that.”
Amy Poehler noted that De Niro's mother was a poet and painter and his father was a painter.
“Your mom was a poet and a painter, your dad was a painter.”
Amy Poehler said De Niro played the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz in fourth grade.
“You were the lion, the cowardly lion in Wizard of Oz, in 4th grade,”
Amy Poehler said Del Close, an improv teacher in Chicago, spoke the title line in The Untouchables.
“there's a gentleman in the Untouchables, this guy named Del Close, who says the titular line in the movie.”
Amy Poehler asked De Niro about the Goodfellas scene with Lorraine Bracco, who played the wife of Ray Liotta's character.
“There's this, that wonderful scene with you and Lorraine Bracco, where Lorraine is playing the wife of Ray Liotta.”
Amy Poehler said the Tribeca Film Festival started when New York City was hurting after the September 11 attacks.
“It started at a time when the city was was really hurting”
Amy Poehler referred to De Niro's daughter Helen as 14 years old.
“What, what have you and Helen, your 14 year old, seen recently?”
Amy Poehler says Sandra Bullock won an Oscar and a Razzie in the same weekend.
“you won an Oscar and a Razzie in the same weekend.”
Amy Poehler notes that Sandra Bullock is playing a witch in Practical Magic 2 almost 30 years after the first film.
“you're playing a witch 30 years later, almost from when you played it before.”
Amy Poehler says Sandra Bullock cared for her partner, Brian Randall, who died of ALS.
“the care that she took of her partner, Brian Randall, who died of ALS.”
Amy Poehler says Lucille Ball rehearsed her physical comedy by walking through it, even though it looked spontaneous.
“Lucy used to come in and walk through her physical stuff, which you imagine like her physical stuff felt like it was spontaneous”
Amy Poehler describes TT and Mario, the married singing duo played by Kenan Thompson and Maya Rudolph, as starting romantic and turning raunchy within seconds.
“And then maybe ten or 15 s in, they start talking about each other's booty and how tight it is.”
Amy Poehler says that in his SNL audition Kenan Thompson paused before starting and said 'Oh my god, SNL' to himself.
“Where you take a moment before you start and you go, Oh my god, SNL, you said it like to yourself”
Amy Poehler says she watched Kenan Thompson's SNL audition on a private plane with Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels and Lindsay Lohan while filming Mean Girls.
“Cause Tina was there and Lorne was there, and Lindsay Lohan was there”
Amy Poehler says traffic was stopped on a New Jersey highway for a shoot in which she and Kenan Thompson, hungover, played the Black Eyed Peas.
“literally they stopped traffic in the middle of a New Jersey highway”
Amy Poehler says she gave birth to her first son, Archie, the day after rehearsing and watched the show with him in her arms.
“I rushed from set to have my kid and my 1st son, Archie, and he was in my arms and I was watching the show”
Amy Poehler cites Kenan Thompson's Jean K. Jean, a French stand-up comedian who appears on Weekend Update, as a character she still quotes.
“Jean K. Jean, the French stand up comedian who says Zutelores when he does update”
Amy Poehler says Kenan Thompson played a character in the SNL sketch Deep House Dish, a Euro MTV-style show written by James Anderson.
“a character that he did on a sketch called Deep House Dish, which was kind of like a Euro Mtv show and written by the great James Anderson.”