Watch Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers Reunite on ‘Fallon’

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Seth Meyers held a reunion with Jimmy Fallon last night on The Tonight Show. Fey and Poehler interrupted the host’s monologue, much to his (feigned) surprise, and critiqued his joke telling.

“Trump is banning paper straws and that’s the best you’ve got?” Fey asked. “You think you can do better?” Fallon replied. “Yeah, yeah, we do,” Poehler insisted. The group, joined by Seth Meyers, staged an impromptu joke off, dubbed the “Tonight Show Joke Off,” involving a series of set-ups and a red buzzer.

The joke set-ups involved Kendrick Lamar, paper straws, and Domino’s new pepperoni pizza perfume. There was no one overall winner, but Fey got in a particularly good zinger about Drake.

Later on the late-night show, Fey and Poehler sat down with Fallon to reflect on being part of Saturday Night Live and co-hosting “Weekend Update.” The comedians also teased the SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which will air on NBC and Peacock on Sunday. 

During the interview, Fallon asked, “Did you always know you were a great combination?” Fey responded, “It’s been a long time that we’ve been paired, right?”

“Yeah, we’ve been friends for over 30 years and we’ve been together doing stuff a lot,” Poehler said. She added of “Weekend Update,” which Fallon and Fey co-hosted first, “But I’m kind of like Tina’s second wife because you guys did it first and I came in and I got all the second wife goodness. I remember watching you guys do it and thinking, ‘Wow that seems hard, I hope I never have to do that.’”

She joked, “SNL feels to me like college. I would never get into it now.”

Fey and Poehler are heading back out on their ongoing Restless Leg comedy tour on March 29 starting in Florida. The tour will also take them to cities like Detroit, Phoenix, and Las Vegas before culminating with back-to-back shows in New Jersey, including two Atlantic City performances on June 21 and a show the next day in Newark. 

SNL50: The Anniversary Special will feature appearances from numerous SNL alums, including Kristen Wiig, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg, and Chevy Chase. The three-hour telecast will also include appearances from musical artists including Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, and Sabrina Carpenter, and celebs like Adam Driver, John Mulaney, Kim Kardashian, Martin Short, Pedro Pascal, Robert De Niro, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Hanks.