Funny-Girl Talk: Tina Fey and Jenna Fischer

This article was included in the print version of TV Guide a few weeks ago, and was posted at TV Guide Online this week.

Tina Fey and Jenna Fischer talk about their respective must-see Thursday shows, 30 Rock and The Office.

An excerpt:

TV Guide: Since you’re both on TV on Thursdays, do you watch each other’s shows? Don’t lie!

Jenna Fischer: Seriously, 30 Rock is my favorite new show on television. My husband and I TiVo it. I’m really excited for this interview, because I want to geek out with questions about Tina’s show.

Tina Fey: Thank you, Jenna! I’m also an Office geek. I have to say, that season finale last year, you and John Krasinski played that so lovely. Was it weird to have to play a tender love scene with him?

Jenna: Well, I love John, so it was cool because I was so comfortable with him. But we took it seriously. We put a lot of effort into it, and we were very protective.

Read the rest of the article at TV Guide Online; see a scan of the print version at Just Jared.

Tipsters: Mui and SHK

Jenna on Craig Ferguson

SPOILER WARNING! Video and subsequent comments will contain spoilers.

Jenna Fischer appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS) tonight. Other guests included Edward Norton and Ming Tsai.

Jenna discussed the Golden Globes, her antler-wearin’ husband, and whether zombies poop.

Click here for the video
(no longer available); then head on over to James’ (Jenna’s husband) MySpace page for reaction (and a wicked funny photo).

Jenna Fischer in ALIVE Magazine

Jenna Fischer ALIVE Magazine St. Louis

Check out an interview (and stunning photos!) of Jenna from the December issue of ALIVE Magazine in St. Louis, Jenna’s hometown.

Some excerpts:

KH: Do they ever have to do multiple takes because you’re cracking up at a funny scene?

JF: I laugh a lot—and I mess up the most takes either by laughing or sneezing. The editor was putting together the DVD and said he wants to insert a track just with all the takes I’ve messed up from sneezing because I have bad allergies. I have allergy pills hidden all over the place—in my bedroom, in my purse, in my trailer. [Ironically, cats are one of the things she’s allergic to.]

KH: Maybe Pam should just have allergies!

JF: I know, they should just write that in next season. But sometimes we’ll be taking a scene and I’ll be holding in a sneeze and my eyes start watering and they’ll be like, “We can’t use that either; it looks like Pam’s crying!”

Read Ready to Launch by Kelly Hamilton, photographed by Rick Gould. (Article no longer available)

Photo posted with permission from ALIVE Magazine.