“He would mail them to me, and I would give them to Fred.
I think Fred still has one,” the “30 Rock” creator and star said.
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Tina Fey’s dad found a muse in theSaturday Night Livecast and it wasn’t his daughter.
Tina Fey and Fred Armisen at the 2010 SAG Awards.Credit:getty
“He was Fred’s biggest fan,” Fey said.
“And he just came up to my dad and was in a tuxedo.
And just came up to my dad in character, just going, ‘This is Rainbow Room?
Tina Fey and her father, Don Fey, at ‘Baby Mama’ premiere afterparty during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
I look for Rainbow Room?'”
I shouldn’t be doing this accent, but Fred, I guess, can do it."
Armisen was anSNLcast member from 2002 to 2013.
Portraits of Fred Armisen by Don Fey.Courtesy Fred Armisen
TheDate Nightactress said that her father adored the experience.
“It was so funny,” she recalled.
“He loved it.
He loved it.”
Fey’s dad’s love for Armisen’s work inspired him to make fan art of theDocumentary Nowstar.
“He would mail them to me, and I would give them to Fred.
And I think Fred still has one.”
Courtesy Fred Armisen
Poehler was thrilled by the revelation.
“Oh, Don Fey has great taste,” she said.
“He was just a smart artist, really cool guy.”
Fey also said she didn’t inherit many of her dad’s artistic abilities.
“I wish I had more,” she said.
“I think both my daughters have it.
They’re getting slightly better, but not at a rate that would impress.
They’re terrible.”
But no, of the four people in my immediate family, I am the least talented at art.
My daughters are very talented."
Watch the full conversation between Poehler and Fey above.
