Written by : Amelia Smith

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler celebrate friendship

WASHINGTON, D.C. – From Steve Martin and Martin Short to Cheech and Chong to Waldorf and Statler,

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famed comedy duos lean on at the least a bit bit of shtick.

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – Emmys winners, authors, actors and, notably, comedians – are a joint unicorn.

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Friends for 30 years, partners in movie (“Mean Girls,” “Sisters”) and TV (“Saturday Night Live”),

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theirs is a courting constructed on shared scrappiness that led each to massive achievement.

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They’re also very funny sans the shtick. Sort of a Gen-X Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda –

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two cool girls whose banter ping-pongs certainly and who can examine every different from a mile away.

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On Friday, the spitfire duo kicked off their Restless Leg excursion at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington.

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Tickets for their outings – their first live comedy suggests collectively – bought out so quick that what become

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To maneuver their collective history via a 100-minute performance would possibly seem daunting.

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Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin impersonations! “30 Rock”! “Parks & Recreation”!); a few costume changes instituted for purpose,

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not arrogance; improv; stand-up; and, most rewarding, a Q&A consultation staged on  couch chairs with Fey and Poehler of their pajamas.

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