"So after college--where she hung around with the 'arts weirdos' in Charlottesville--she headed for Chicago to study improv with the Second City comedy troupe, the outfit that nurtured John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers. Fey caught on as a performer two years later, in 1994, eventually appearing in eight shows a week. When scouts from 'SNL' came by looking for new talent, they promptly . . . passed her by."
Paul Farhi in The Washington Post profiles Tina Fey on the occasion of her winning the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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