Tina Fey is great and handled herself well against an asshole of a talk show host. British humor my ass, he was intentionally rude because she happens to be a Yankee. Bravo Tina!!!
The audience were rubbish that night. Also, SNL isn't aired in the UK and 30 Rock isn't a big deal so I think they were a little thrown as to who she is. As a Brit, and someone who just finished her boo, I can honestly say I think she's awesome!
Im from Ireland and i agree about most people here not knowing who she is. But im a huge fan and i was really happy she came on his show! 30 Rock is hilarious i only wish more people from here watched it. Maybe Date Night will help with that :D
It's the same with British comedians who do interviews on Letterman or Conan O'Brian - Americans often don't get the sharp sarcasm of British humour and take what they say seriously. I don't really see the audience not "getting" her humour here, as there is a lot of genuine laughter coming from them throughout.
Did they actually gasp when she did Palin saying "I prefer American chocolate"?? Is that what passes for shocking now? The whole interview you could definitely feel the audience has no real idea who she is.
I've seen the 30 Rock A XXX Parody! LOL! xD And, is it me or do the Brits sometimes not get her humor? At times it seems like it flew right over their heads.The "I prefer the real America chocolate," that was more of the Sarah Palin impersonation for you guys right there. IMO I think it deserved more laughs but, in defense of the Brits, they have the Prime Minister, Parliament and the Queen so Sarah Palin is like whatever to them. Actually, come to think of it-she's whatever to us too! xD Haha!
@antoine1984 Im not sure if England doesnt get her, im from england and i love 30 rock. one of the funniest sitcoms around. People dont know here so much because 30 rock isnt hardly shown here. i have to watch it online.
I'm a Brit and a big Tina Fey fan but aside from her relative anonymity in the UK she was clearly nervous in this interview and so it didn't go over so well. It's the oldest rule of performance. When she is on Letterman she is far more relaxed and so hilarious.
"Suck on it." "HOW DARE YOU!" LOL I love Tina. And is asking Tina if she wants ham a real question? For someone who supposedly LOVES Liz Lemon that was an awfully stupid question! ;)
Im british and i find tina hillarious.. i dont think jonathan not getting the jokes is because hes "foreign" .. im sure there are plenty of people in america aswell that dont get some of her jokes different people have different senses of humor thats all.. and in regards to the sarah palin stuff off course were not gunna get it cz we barely know who she is and 2 shes such a terribly bland human. BUT LOVE TINA AND LOVE 30 ROCK
Love Tina Fey, but this is a pretty poor interview. I think it must be that she's very tired in this interview after doing god knows how many European junkets and flying around promoting her (very mediocre) movie that she doesn't sparkle here. Also the British audience is typically much quieter as well as not really knowing who she is so we must seem very unresponsive. Such a shame! She's so lovely and funny and I hope she comes back to the UK some day.
The Americans don't get British humour either - they don't understand the subtle nuances of British comedy at all, especially in those ghastly American talk shows! And the audience was laughing plenty at her jokes, plus she got thunderous applause at the end so not sure what on earth you are going on about!
@smahonav I think he was being quite genial for Jonathan Ross, it's just the audience. They seemed cold and almost afraid to laugh at this strange American woman. Nobody expects them to fake laughter, but if those jokes had come out of the mouth of say Jim Carrey an American comedian they're more familiar with, they'd be laughing their asses off. I just think it was a little weird. Maybe it gave some of us Americans the idea that you guys don't like sarcasm, which is far from the truth.
@MileyG94 so, then, if Britain deserves credit for American creations, then you get the blame too. Sarah Palin, spam, monster truck racing...all Britain's fault! Obviously, though, that logic doesn't work, as America is an amalgamation of mult-national immigrants. My own genetic stew is French, English, Irish, Swedish, and American Indian. Ethnically, I'm nothing in particular except white, and the Welsh bit is just a drop in the bucket. We aren't slightly removed Brits; we're our own breed.
Jonathan Ross isn't that funny, he tries to force humour using that whole sarcasm thing but he's not witty enough to pull it off. It's a bit grating watching him.
