“I was just like, ‘I feel like I’m working really hard.’
By the way, I’m responsible for like two minutes of content.”
Amid the stress of the writing process, “something amazing happened,” Fey said.
Tina Fey and Bill Murray.Credit:Mike Coppola/Getty; Michael Loccisano/WireImage
This, that."
The group had an unexpected visitor that alleviated the tension in the room.
“An angel appeared in the form of Bill Murray,” Fey said.
Bill Murray and Jane Curtin on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1977.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“Just wandered into the meeting.
Maybe open a window; you seem like youre all about to cry.'”
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“And then he just gave us this pep talk,” Fey continued.
And hes just like, ‘Shows going to be amazing.
Im seeing everybody at rehearsal, I feel like were all brothers and sisters.'"
The actress said that she didn’t expect such a sincere gesture from Murray.
“He just was like, ‘It’s gonna be wonderful.’
And I just was like, ‘Oh my God!'”
“Which still, on a Tuesday night, sometimes, I get a stomach ache.”
Fey concurred while discussing theSNL50: Beyond Saturday Nightdocumentary on Peacock.
“The one about the writers made me feel really sick,” she said.
“The body keeps the score.”
Fey also said that all-nighters prompted unfortunate eating habits in theSNLoffices.
Fallon said that his own writing sessions often failed to yield anything useful.
“I would make a run at write something and just not write anything,” he said.
What is wrong with me!
I couldn’t punch in anything!'"
SNL50: The Anniversary Specialairs at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Sunday on NBC and Peacock.
Watch the full conversation between Fey, Poehler, and Fallon above.
