stream of consciousness that really caught on with audiences and created its whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live. mary. mary star, mary stockley. you had molly shannon on simmer down now and you had cheri oteri, ana gasteyer yeah, i think we both assumed and i think wrongfully, that a baker of your generation might tend towards a more dry or crusty muffin. and then tina fey was brought on as a writer, 25 plus years of saturday night live. you are the first female male head writer i heard. oh, that place is a boys club. it s horrible. it s horrible. and when i got there, my experience was that it was not that bad. i think i ve been very lucky to get to places kind of as they they change. i quit being head writer. we all sat in the room. i go, clearly it s tina fey who should succeed me. and everyone went, yep, we all knew tina was