Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something.

Betty Caruso Bronx Beat co-host (opposite Maya Rudolph). On April 18 2009 a Saturday Night Live special "The Best of Amy Poehler" aired. While attending Boston College Poehler was a member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe "My Mother's Fleabag".

She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2009. : /ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16 1971) is an American actress comedienne producer and writer. She has been nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Saturday Night Live and three times for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in Parks and Recreation.