please welcome back to the show, our buddy, tina fey! [ cheers and applause ] what i'm talking about right there. new york city loves you, tina fey. come on. >> i love it. being here. you look gorgeous. >> thank you for having me. >> jimmy: thank you so much. come on, we love you, love you.-- a couple weeks ago, was it? >> yeah, at the lincoln center deal. >> jimmy: lincoln center. >> yes. >> jimmy: we were backstage. you and your husband threw this amazing event for honoring lorne michaels. >> yes, lorne michaels was getting an award from lincoln center, and it was a fundraiser to raise money for stuff there.band jeff and i got put in charge of making a show. and we just made everyone come sing. it was tsongbook show. so people came and sang. what's the -- the what time gals? the -- >> jimmy: the ragtime gals. >> the ragtime gals heresang. >> jimmy: i sang barber shop quartet. >> a version of r. kelly's "ignition." >> jimmy: of course. yeah. [ cheers ] as one does. >> because that's -- when you book," that's what you think of. >> jimmy:

here is you and tina fey. this is you have kind of a a drunken night together. >> kissy time. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, kissy time. that was the original title of the film. >> it was. kissy time. we agonized over that. >> jimmy: and you changed it to "whiskey tango foxtrot." >> mistake. >> jimmy: but it was "kissy time." anyways, here's martin freeman and tina fey in "whiskey tango foxtrot" take a look at this. >> like a good shag. >> okay, let's try to be adults here. >> i thought we were. >> obviously this is just a a ka-bubble thing, right? >> nope, that's not what this is. >> you don't need to be gallant. >> i'm serious. i fancy you. kim baker. along with dozens of women in this country, actually, yes. >> no, you didn't. because this is not me. i would never do this. >> precisely. because you're not you anymore. you're in the ka-bubble. you said it yourself. don't. >> is that my toothbrush? [ light laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: yeah, okay. martin freeman, everybody. "whiskey tango foxtrot" is

it's tina fey. but she -- great performances. tina fey is here, ladies and gentlemen. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: she rocks it. >> steve: she's excellent. >> jimmy: she destroys. she is so good in this movie. people are gonna flip out. and we always like to try new games with tina, because she's the best at everything. and tonight tina has agreed to try a fun new game called "know it all." so, stick around for that. it's gonna be fun. [ cheers and applause ] plus, fresh off her live all-night political coverage of super tuesday, rachel maddow is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] we're gonna talk to her about the latest on the big presidential campaign. and we have great music from santigold! [ cheers and applause ] santigold has a new record out. "99 cents." >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: yeah, the record itself, it costs probably $12.99. probably 15 -- depends. it varies. >> jimmy: but the name of the album is "99 cents." but that is not the -- >> steve: price of the album. >> jimmy: price of the album. >> s

i'm here with tina fey! [ cheers and applause ] "whiskey tango foxtrot" out this friday. we're about to play a new game called know it all. here we go. know it all know it all know it all >> jimmy: tina's going to need an opponent tonight. and we found a very good one for her. she's the host of "the rachel maddow show" on msnbc. please welcome rachel maddow! [ cheers and applause ] >> hello. >> jimmy: the energy, the energy. >> how are you? >> jimmy: this is going to be an exciting game right here. [ cheers and applause ] now, know it all is a game of knowledge and deception. here's how it works. each round you'll choose a a category things like fruits, countries, tv shows and you take turns naming something in that category. your clock counts down when it's your turn. whoever's clock runs out first loses that round. if you can't think of anything in the category, you can bluff and make something up, but if your opponent hits the challenge button and successfully calls your bluff, then they win the round. you can also challenge if the player repeats something you already s

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>> tina fey and kim barker, good to see you guys. >> good morning. >> how are you? tina, you're basically playing kim, a tv reporter. what was this like when you read this book? >> yeah. >> it was described as kind of a tina fey character. >> the "new york times" review of the book described it as a tina fey book. i said, i'll read the book, or i'm an idiot. kim was a print journalist and you were working in the studio and they came into the office and said, who doesn't have kids? >> no, no, basically, i was trying to differentiate myself from the other reporters, who could -- i heard they wanted to send more women overseas. i figured the fact i didn't have kids and i wasn't married meant i was expendable, and therefore, nobody would sue if something happens. >> good feeling. >> i was joking around. a bit of a sense of humor. >> the lesson to me for authors, if you want your book made into review and she'll buy it and be in it. >> it's obviously a fictionalized account but does it give you a greater appreciation of what journalists go through? >> yeah. >> when they'r

great tina fey, yeah. >> jimmy: and margot robbie. the book. >> yes. written by kim barker. >> jimmy: kim barker. >> yes. >> jimmy: war journalist. >> yes.t's a best selling book. but this is -- you guys got good chemistry, you and tina fey. >> well, thanks. i had met her a couple of times before.cult to work with. >> yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: absolutely. almost impossible. a terrible person. [ laughter ] always said that. i've always said that. jinx. yeah. almost said it at the same time. yeah to get both right. but she's very -- she's easy and i like her. >> jimmy: i've always said that, too. [ laughter ] i said that she's easy.se ] since the first week i met her. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: she's easy. i told that to everyone. >> by the way, if i can jump in, i saw the movie and it is absolutely: oh really? hey, that's fantastic. there you go. >> i have no -- well, i have a a little piece of it. [ laughter ] but it was fantastic and martin was incredible.ery much. >> jimmy: you are great in the film. >> have you seen it? >> j

tomorrow night our pals tina fey and rachel maddow will be here. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tina, rachel and i are going to debut a brand-new game called "know it all." then i'm so excited. this thursday we got something cool. you guys know all the theme songs from tgif, "full house," "step by step," "family matters?" a few months ago we reached out to the guy who wrote and sang all of them. his name is jesse frederick and asked him if he'd write a theme he did it. it is amazing. and on thursday we're gonna tgif version of our opening credits. [ cheers and applause ] it's beaut -- the guy's plus, we'll have pharrell williams, we have priyanka chopra and loretta lynn on the show. >> jimmy: it's gonna be good. [ applause ] tango foxtrot." it hits theaters this friday, the talented, the gorgeous margot robbie is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] margot and i are going to talk about "whiskey tango foxtrot," then we'll play a round of the whisper challenge. so, stick around for that. yeah. last time we played flip cup. >> steve: right. >> jimmy

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we begin this evening with tina fey starring in a new fillm called whiskey tango foxtrot. joining here lorne michaels the producer and robert carlock the writer. >> it is a theme in the book, this idea that people get addicted to this adrenaline lifestyle and for sure kim in the movie, yeah, she's gone over there thinking she's going to go for three months, she stayed for three years, she finds herself like a junkie chasing the next story, the next victory and starts to realize maybe it's a dangerous lifestyle to live forever. >> rose: we continue with joes noero, "the new york times" con you will nis, his book is called indentures, the rebel against the ncaa. >> i have a salary cap, whether it is a $25,000 minimum for every player and that leaves half the cap to recruit. i don't mean to be so complicated. but the essence of the idea is that there is nothing wrong, there-- it is d-- you are mentally blocked on this. there is nothing wrong with using money as happens with every other student on the university, as a means to attract players. there is nothing wrong with that.

charlie: joining me is tina fey, screenwriter robert carlock, and one of the producers, lorne michaels. i am pleased to have all of them here. how did this get started? tina: i'm almost embarrassed to admit that i became aware of the book because someone forwarded me that times review in which they said kim barker presents herself almost as a tina fey-like character. then i got the book. >> your first book. [laughter] tina: and then i had somebody read it to me. the book was really good and really funny and interesting and well-written and well-observed and about a woman having these darkly comic experiences. charlie: did you turn to robert? tina: i went to lorne first, and said, i think this might be a movie. charlie: what did you say, wise man? [laughter] lorne: i said i knew a studio -- i knew that paramount was looking for a taliban comedy. [laughter] charlie: they called you up and said, i need a taliban comedy. tina: we have to beat ben stiller to this. charlie: so you bought the book rights? tina: i knew that robert was the only person smart enough to do all the research necessa

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