Meet The New Ladies Of Saturday Night Live
Snuck in among today’s news that NBC was canceling hot garbation like My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle was the nugget that Saturday Night Live has hired two new women to help fill the void left by Amy Poehler.
And…it’s two white girls we’ve never heard of. All good, though; it’s not like they needed someone to play Michelle Obama or anything. So now Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins are about to have their moment in the spotlight'but who are they? Read on to find out…
MEET: ABBY ELLIOTT
• Comedy Cred: Being Chris Elliott’s daughter.
• Where You’ve Seen Her: Upright Citizens Brigade, King of the Hill (okay, one episode. Sue her.)
A reel of her many characters and impressions. We vote for the Drew Barrymore:
As Angelina Jolie in a SoCo ad. Yeah, we’d smash:
MEET: MICHAELA WATKINS
• Comedy Cred: A member of L.A. sketch troupe (and SNL cast factory) The Groundlings.
• Where You’ve Seen Her: The New Adventures of Old Christine (yeah, us either), guest spots on Californication, Grey’s Anatomy, and Frank TV (yeah, us either).
In a Folger’s commercial spoof. Now that’s advertising we can get behind:
Learning what “TMI” really means. With that sweaty tech dude from Ocean’s 11!:
In a Groundlings skit. Of course, we’d watch anything about female masturbation:
