Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to present Carol Burnett with lifetime achievement award
In the ’60s and ‘70s, Carol Burnett was the undisputed queen of TV sketch comedy. The Carol Burnett Show was a cultural juggernaut watched by tens of millions of viewers every week, and its namesake star was a titan of slapstick and farce in an era when the genre was nearly entirely dominated by men. So, it’s only fitting that when the comedian is presented with a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild this Saturday, it should be presented by two similarly distinguished female sketch performers: Tina Fey, the first female head writer of Saturday Night Live, and Amy Poehler, co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade and former SNL cast member.